Doctor Who: Flux

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Doctor Who: Flux

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OK. I know I put this in another thread, but let's break it out.

The BBC Season 13 series and finale have aired. Major spoilers. You are warned.

As I said, it was a six episode "full arc" series - none of the episodes are standalone - they all tie into each other and a larger story arc. It's not like internal logic or faithfulness to science has ever been a Doctor Who hallmark ... it's never really been hard sci fi, given "hard science" hasn't yet even concluded time travel is possible. Boy that they pack so much crap into six episodes. The Weeping Angels may have actually been MADE by the Timelords and/or Division. Never made completely clear. The Sontarans are the big villains, but they double cross the Daleks and the Cybermen. The Master is about the only thing not to show up in this lollapalooza, although some think "The Grand Serpent" really was him.

Episode six was a head scratcher that makes some other episodes pale in comparison. The Doctor can be in three places at once and even interact with herself. Not another previous regeneration incarnation, herself. Time is a person and at war with Space, which I guess is also a person, although Time is apparently imprisoned on Atropos (the planet of Fate, natch). The Flux is made of antimatter which is why it's eating up the universe, but ... uh well their explanation of it seems to totally misunderstand exactly what antimatter is like. The Doctor's solution to it involves "hoovering" it up into something called a Passenger which apparently has infinite space inside. And you thought the TARDIS didn't make sense. BTW, the Flux has apparently wiped out three of the doctor's enemies, including the Sontarans, but we all know they'll be back. Heck, the Daleks are in the New Year's Special, so as usual we KNOW they weren't wiped out. They never have been before (even when it looked like they were).

Jodie did not regenerate. In fact, "Time" seems to warn her she may not be able to. Who knows why. As the Timeless Child, she actually may be the SOURCE of why other Timelords besides herself CAN regenerate. The Timelord and founder of Division, Tecteun, who found her as the TC, is now dead so no answers from her. Anyway, she did not find out where she comes from as the TC, but she appears to be from another universe, and it looks like Timelords acquired their regeneration powers from her. She also knows she had previous incarnations she can't remember as part of "Division" (a kind of Timelord covert ops group) and we know she had at least one that looks like Jo Martin, and THAT Doctor was not afraid to use a blaster rifle. Ending of the arc, she has a fob watch that might give her SOME answers about these incarnations she can't remember, but she asks the TARDIS to hide it away from her, for now, she doesn't want to know. BTW, the Flux has also wiped out a large portion of the universe, Jodie & crew seem rather chippy about that (maybe not as bad ad the Thanos Snap), but then maybe that's happened in a future that hasn't occurred yet? Ugh, timey-wimey-wibbly-wobbly nonsense.

If Jodie is about to swan song after the New Year's special and regenerate (or can she?) ... nothing teased by the BBC yet, but she's keeping Yaz and Dan as companions. In fact, Yaz is still mad about some stuff that they appear willing to work out.
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Doctor Who New Year's Special. Spoiler alert? :D

Plotwise, it wasn't very innovative. It's just Groundhog Day, with Daleks, or the 2nd-to-last episode of Agents of SHIELD. She's caught in a time loop, being killed by Daleks over and over again, until, of course, she breaks the loop. How? Oh yeah, of course, she blows them up with fireworks. Yep, the episode ends with a fireworks display. And a very strange romance ending for two characters introduced in the episode which will probably never be seen again. Oh, and the TARDIS sort of regenerated itself. So Dan, Yaz, and her are off to more adventures ... although it looks like (according to the Beeb) that's for two more specials later this year, and then she will regenerate (or will she? "Time" seemed to imply otherwise. But if she's the Timeless Child, she is actually the SOURCE of regeneration?) This much real-world we know: there will be a new Doctor in 2023, Jodie is riding out 2022, Chibnall is stepping down and Russell T. Davies is back at the helm. Will the 14th also be female? I ask this because here was the most interesting development of the episode....

People have been shipping Yaz and Jodie since, well, ever. Of course, we don't know about Yaz' ... orientation ... although when her Mum first meets Jodie, she point blank asks "are you two seeing each other?" :D In this episode, Yaz admits to Dan (and to Jodie after Dan forces the issue) she has feelings for the Doctor. What I wanna point out is storywise this isn't new; Rose Tyler fell for a male Doc, so did Martha Jones (though that went more unreciprocated) ... neither is a lesbian companion (Bill Potts was one) ... but ... here's someone admitting same-sex feelings for a female Doctor.

There only seem to be two more specials for Jodie this year and no regular season. How is this gonna play out? This much I can say -- gonna be interesting.
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