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Sorry for the many updates. Looks like there is a certain buzz ahead of the season climax...

The Doctor and the Rani go head-to-head in a monumental battle that will send shockwaves through the Whoniverse

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Rani is famously a scientist, and now she’s a scientist walking into a world where a Pantheon of Gods has been awoken, which is magic in the air. She simply finds it fascinating. To her, it’s a different form of science, she’s not there to reject it. She’s a true scientist with a very open mind. True scientists have open imaginations. Saying, “yes we can go to the moon,” “yes we can travel in time,” “yes, there’s anti-gravity.”

The problem with her experiments and her ideas is that she doesn’t care how many lives she loses along the way. We’ll see her running experiments on a massive scale. The very first scene of the two-part finale will really take people by surprise as to what she’s up to. And from then on, it never stops. It’s a huge extravaganza.

I was glad to read this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, that scientific core of her character is important, I think. Her embracing magic as "a different form of science" ...sounds a bit like a convenient copout so Davies can remain wedded to his fantasy turn.

I'm looking forward to how it plays out on screen, though. Archie Panjabi has oozed attitude in what little we've seen of her in the part so far, and I'm optimistic that'll go a long way (see Kate O'Mara).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Archie Panjabi has oozed attitude in what little we’ve seen of her in the part so far

We haven't talked about this enough. She's positively magnetic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

If looks could kill, Mrs Flood would still be regenerating after last episode 🙂

They're a great comedic pairing so far, though:

— This is all beneath me, and also a waste of my time. — Right you are, marm. Biscuit?