Dot And Bubble is INCREDIBLE (Doctor Who)

A secondary theme was the teens all waffle on about support and mutual vibes, but as soon as things go bad they throw each other under bus, backstab and lie to get ahead. Each of them thinks they are the most Important and wonderful person. Once they reach the wild they won’t have the community spirit to survive. They’ll be trampling over each other for food and shelter, no ability to work as a team. I give them two weeks at most.

I think that the ending kind of implies that all the surviving teens that escaped will just die. Mainly because none of them really know how to work, or what it even means to work. They have a general idea of history (pioneers like our ancestors) but their idea of work is sitting at a desk for a couple of hours. This is particularly pointed out in the scene when they first go down to the conduits, where Lindy remarks that everything is so manual, then Ricky says that they used to work very hard, and Lindy replies "Um, I work hard too? I get chapping?" But yeah, great episode, great acting, loved this episode

I knew this episode would be one that had a lot of both positive and negative opinions. But for me, Ncuti blew me out of the water when he "lost his sh**" To be his first scenes filmed, he stood in that Doctor role, and BECAME the Doctor. The rage, along side the compassion....Waring in his eyes was EXTRAORDINARY 💯💯💯

The fact that Ruby caught on immediately once they started. She probably had seen her Mother and her Grandmother deal with similar situations and was sensitive to seeing it happen.

No one mentioned how since they were killing un alphabetical order, Doctor Pee was killed before Lindy. RIP

WhoCulture really disappointed me with their shallow and tepid "ups-and-downs" of this episode. Your review was excellent, insightful, and an instant subscribe.

Lindy's scorn when she finds out that Ricky reads books was top notch. I thought that was the part that sealed his fate where she no longer cares about him despite him doing everything to help her. I felt like it was a commentary on the current book bannings too because she hates him for reading books, but it's clear she's never read one.

Took me by surprised. Wasn't expecting that to be as good as it was.

It might be a stretch, but I think the slug is an allegory for the 'working class' consuming the aristocracy. As historically, when the working class realise their labour value and then do the bare minimum, the aristocracy could not survive and are consumed.

Legit this might be my favorite episode of the series so far for how visceral it made me feel disgust and anger and sorrow at the end. Masterful episode and I think we're gonna look back on this one as a 10/10 too.

Everytime I look at the last scene I'm actually "happy", because Lindy is a monster and if the Doctor saved her, that would had been disappointing. Instead you watch her and the others going straight to their deaths as if they are able to do anything on their own. And I'm glad it turned out that way, because Lindy needed to pay for what she did. And she'll pay. Better this way. It's such a satsfying scene because it's the monsters chosing their death

I can only agree! Never has RTD conveyed such a subtle, powerful and poignant message against bigotry and the death of empathy caused by the alienation of social media! Outrage merchants and bigotted grifters pandering to toxic fandon can embarass themselves with their tedious meltdowns! This season, unfortunately too short, will be right up there with the greatest Doctor Who seasons and Gatwa take his place in the top five of Doctors!

Personally, I’ll say that this is the most episode was the most psychologically damaging piece of fiction I’ve ever seen. Maybe I was feeling extra-emotional the time I saw it, but it just feels.. terrifying. And I’m talking about creepier than internet rabbit holes and stranger things. It’s hard to wrap my head around the whole thing, honestly.

OK, hear me out: even if you lived in finetime world, you would still be able to use your legs without the bubble... BUT, the concept isn't wrong at all, just wasn't conveyed well. If you dig into the neuroscience behind it, it's absolutely possible she would have serious difficulties, but not outright fall over or clearly turn when trying to walk straight. the way your brain learns things and performs certain actions isn't exactly super general, sometimes certain skills are tied to very specific things. one great example of this is a video by Smarter every day called "The backwards brain bike" where he goes over practical examples of this. in fact, those things get less and less flexible as we age, and someone who spent their entire live on that VR bubble just wouldn't have the same spacial awareness of someone who actually sees things more than 2ft away from their face. just the fact that she had to think on how to look beyond the bubble already tells you she just never thought of it before. As I said, the portrayal was a bit too stupid, I don't think messing with her sense of direction was the right call, whist having her run into things like the pole and forgetting to dodge furniture and hitting her knee on the table seems like it would be a better way of showing it. she is used to have something avoiding obstacles for her, so she just wouldn't think of avoiding potholes and light poles and stuff. also maybe having her do a sort of drunk, swaying walk would likely be more realistic than outright being unable to walk on a straight line. And the part where she learned pretty fast once she had Ricky, it would absolutely happen exactly like this. in a couple minutes, her brain would get used to it, and the struggling would mostly fade. Also the bubble is spinning, which could cause motion sickness when the world suddenly stops spinning.

The reason the iPhone 15 has a USB-C charger is down to EU regualations stating all phones must use the same charger. So it actually stops Apple "making a quick buck". They also give you a charging cable with the handset, so where exactly are they making money?

I didn't realize this episode had anything to do with race at all I thought they just didn't like the Doctor and Ruby because they weren't from Finetime

As someone who predates the internet I'm biased but this was terrific . Clever nuances leading up to the full reveal . Great acting and writing - very much in the spirit of the original Dr Who .

Callie Cooke should be commended - imagine being told your character in a popular show would 'an elitist, rich entitled racist' and she has to try and make her at least somewhat sympathetic in parts.

I’m definitely in agreement with most of your takes! These episodes definitely require a rewatch to catch everything. It might be a stretch to say that it’s semi-commentary on the previous specials, and the fan base though. That’s a very small section of people who don’t like the change of the new era, and I doubt RTD would make it that much of a point to address.

I think they dont want to admit there feelings. Thats what makes her angry at them. They interrupted her literal bubble! (Wow!) she needed to feel what she was doing was wrong, and she didnt want to feel. Her angry emotions where a protector for her real feelings. Giving she never had real contact with people, and thats what we all need in life. Omg 🔥