• Re: [NEWS] Doctor Who: Alex Kingston Suggests Two Actors as theDoctor

    From doctor@doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) to rec.arts.drwho on Tue Jun 23 13:51:45 2026
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    In article <111e2pe$29unm$1@dont-email.me>,
    Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
    On 23/06/2026 11:02 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
    The True Melissa wrote:
    Verily, in article
    <xn0prd5o1365gz001@news.eternal-september.org>, did
    blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:

    The next few years are going to be tiresome listening
    to everybody... as this person will say 'this' about
    "Doctor Who" and the BBC tender, in one click-bait article,
    another person will suggest something else on YouTube, then
    a famous person will throw more random comments in to the
    ring in a tabloid article about the future of "Doctor Who".

    It will give us something to talk about.

    It does, but by the time Doctor Who returns to our screens we
    will have gone round and around in circles with the same old
    arguments

    Well, alright then, lets break with tradition, then, and NOT go round
    and round in circles!!

    Let's go round and round the quadrangle instead!! ;-P

    Same difference..

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  • From The True Melissa@thetruemelissa@gmail.com to rec.arts.drwho on Tue Jun 23 10:51:09 2026
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    Verily, in article <111e2l9$1uup$6@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:
    I'm still rooting for the soccer to be over so we can get back to >rewatching.


    You will be waiting unitl 17 July.


    I already pre-watched The Ribos Operation, because I forgot about the
    soccer games. I'm going to wait on watching the others, though.
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  • From Jerry Brown@jerry@jwbrown.co.uk.invalid to rec.arts.drwho,rec.arts,tv,rec.arts.sf.tv on Tue Jun 23 16:22:28 2026
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    On Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:57:54 +1200, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
    wrote:


    The far-too-young awful new Poirot or the mumbling awful new Bergerac
    .... nope, but at least they are both white males.


    Alex Kingston Suggests Two Actors as the Next Doctor Who
    (They're Pretty Great)
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Edward Bluemel

    Never seen him

    Damien Molony

    He could work - excellent as twitchy OCD vampire Hal in "Being Human"
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  • From doctor@doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) to rec.arts.drwho on Tue Jun 23 23:14:07 2026
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    In article <MPG.44a4676dcad48fb398a0d5@news.eternal-september.org>,
    The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Verily, in article <111e2l9$1uup$6@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did >doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:
    I'm still rooting for the soccer to be over so we can get back to
    rewatching.


    You will be waiting unitl 17 July.


    I already pre-watched The Ribos Operation, because I forgot about the
    soccer games. I'm going to wait on watching the others, though.


    We can discuss the general idea of the Key to time.

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  • From doctor@doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) to rec.arts.drwho,rec.arts,tv,rec.arts.sf.tv on Tue Jun 23 23:17:45 2026
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    In article <019l3ll5tnl4q1t8phbil90dnh9l5son6m@jwbrown.co.uk>,
    Jerry Brown <jerry@jwbrown.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
    On Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:57:54 +1200, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
    wrote:


    The far-too-young awful new Poirot or the mumbling awful new Bergerac
    .... nope, but at least they are both white males.


    Alex Kingston Suggests Two Actors as the Next Doctor Who
    (They're Pretty Great)
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Edward Bluemel

    Never seen him

    Damien Molony

    He could work - excellent as twitchy OCD vampire Hal in "Being Human"


    2 candidates.

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  • From The True Melissa@thetruemelissa@gmail.com to rec.arts.drwho on Tue Jun 23 19:48:09 2026
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    Verily, in article <111f3vv$1b5q$1@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:
    In article <MPG.44a4676dcad48fb398a0d5@news.eternal-september.org>,
    The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    [quoted text muted]


    I already pre-watched The Ribos Operation, because I forgot about the >soccer games. I'm going to wait on watching the others, though.


    We can discuss the general idea of the Key to time.


    What did you think of a season-long arc? I liked it, personally, but
    I've heard some say they prefer unconnected adventures.
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  • From doctor@doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) to rec.arts.drwho on Wed Jun 24 05:14:43 2026
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    In article <MPG.44a4e5415afe91b498a0da@news.eternal-september.org>,
    The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Verily, in article <111f3vv$1b5q$1@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did >doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:
    In article <MPG.44a4676dcad48fb398a0d5@news.eternal-september.org>,
    The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    [quoted text muted]


    I already pre-watched The Ribos Operation, because I forgot about the
    soccer games. I'm going to wait on watching the others, though.


    We can discuss the general idea of the Key to time.


    What did you think of a season-long arc? I liked it, personally, but
    I've heard some say they prefer unconnected adventures.


    I loved it!

    They may look unconnected by very much connected.

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  • From Blueshirt@blueshirt@indigo.news to rec.arts.drwho on Wed Jun 24 09:38:10 2026
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    The Doctor wrote:

    In article
    <MPG.44a4676dcad48fb398a0d5@news.eternal-september.org>,
    The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

    I already pre-watched The Ribos Operation, because I
    forgot about the soccer games. I'm going to wait on
    watching the others, though.

    We can discuss the general idea of the Key to time.

    Easy enough...

    Black Guardian = Bad
    White Guardian = Good
    Mary Tamm = Gorgeous
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  • From Blueshirt@blueshirt@indigo.news to rec.arts.drwho on Wed Jun 24 09:38:16 2026
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    The True Melissa wrote:

    Verily, in article <111f3vv$1b5q$1@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:

    We can discuss the general idea of the Key to time.

    What did you think of a season-long arc?

    It was different.

    I liked it, personally, but I've heard some say they
    prefer unconnected adventures.

    I prefer unconnected adventures. As you can dip-in and dip-out
    at random times later on when you want to rewatch some old
    episodes. Although the Key to Time season was still six separate
    stories that can be enjoyed individually... it wasn't a whole
    season consisting of one big story where you had to watch the
    episodes strictly in order to know what was going on.
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  • From The True Melissa@thetruemelissa@gmail.com to rec.arts.drwho on Wed Jun 24 06:02:31 2026
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    Verily, in article <xn0preikg1gc8tc005@post.eweka.nl>, did blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
    I prefer unconnected adventures. As you can dip-in and dip-out
    at random times later on when you want to rewatch some old
    episodes. Although the Key to Time season was still six separate
    stories that can be enjoyed individually... it wasn't a whole
    season consisting of one big story where you had to watch the
    episodes strictly in order to know what was going on.


    That's a great mix, IMO. If you come in partway through, you can still
    enjoy the main story and infer that these key pieces are being collected
    for some larger reason.
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  • From doctor@doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) to rec.arts.drwho on Wed Jun 24 12:04:28 2026
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    In article <xn0preicv1g1ae4003@post.eweka.nl>,
    Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article
    <MPG.44a4676dcad48fb398a0d5@news.eternal-september.org>,
    The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

    I already pre-watched The Ribos Operation, because I
    forgot about the soccer games. I'm going to wait on
    watching the others, though.

    We can discuss the general idea of the Key to time.

    Easy enough...

    Black Guardian = Bad
    White Guardian = Good
    Mary Tamm = Gorgeous

    What about 26 episodes?
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  • From doctor@doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) to rec.arts.drwho on Wed Jun 24 12:05:18 2026
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    In article <xn0preikg1gc8tc005@post.eweka.nl>,
    Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
    The True Melissa wrote:

    Verily, in article <111f3vv$1b5q$1@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did
    doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:

    We can discuss the general idea of the Key to time.

    What did you think of a season-long arc?

    It was different.

    I liked it, personally, but I've heard some say they
    prefer unconnected adventures.

    I prefer unconnected adventures. As you can dip-in and dip-out
    at random times later on when you want to rewatch some old
    episodes. Although the Key to Time season was still six separate
    stories that can be enjoyed individually... it wasn't a whole
    season consisting of one big story where you had to watch the
    episodes strictly in order to know what was going on.

    Until you reach the Armageddon Factor.
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  • From doctor@doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) to rec.arts.drwho on Wed Jun 24 12:05:56 2026
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    In article <MPG.44a5754687e7590d98a0db@news.eternal-september.org>,
    The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Verily, in article <xn0preikg1gc8tc005@post.eweka.nl>, did >blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
    I prefer unconnected adventures. As you can dip-in and dip-out
    at random times later on when you want to rewatch some old
    episodes. Although the Key to Time season was still six separate
    stories that can be enjoyed individually... it wasn't a whole
    season consisting of one big story where you had to watch the
    episodes strictly in order to know what was going on.


    That's a great mix, IMO. If you come in partway through, you can still
    enjoy the main story and infer that these key pieces are being collected
    for some larger reason.


    And that is why it works.

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  • From The True Melissa@thetruemelissa@gmail.com to rec.arts.drwho on Wed Jun 24 08:24:32 2026
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    Verily, in article <111gh5u$1q5u$5@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:

    In article <xn0preikg1gc8tc005@post.eweka.nl>,
    Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

    I prefer unconnected adventures. As you can dip-in and dip-out
    at random times later on when you want to rewatch some old
    episodes. Although the Key to Time season was still six separate
    stories that can be enjoyed individually... it wasn't a whole
    season consisting of one big story where you had to watch the
    episodes strictly in order to know what was going on.

    Until you reach the Armageddon Factor.

    True, but even if you saw The Armageddon Factor cold, you could pick up
    enough to understand the double-cross.
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  • From Blueshirt@blueshirt@indigo.news to rec.arts.drwho on Wed Jun 24 13:29:46 2026
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    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <xn0preicv1g1ae4003@post.eweka.nl>,
    Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    We can discuss the general idea of the Key to time.

    Easy enough...

    Black Guardian = Bad
    White Guardian = Good
    Mary Tamm = Gorgeous

    What about 26 episodes?

    26 episodes = good
    27 episodes = bad

    Happy now?
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  • From Blueshirt@blueshirt@indigo.news to rec.arts.drwho on Wed Jun 24 13:29:49 2026
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    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <xn0preikg1gc8tc005@post.eweka.nl>,
    Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

    I prefer unconnected adventures. As you can dip-in and
    dip-out at random times later on when you want to rewatch
    some old episodes. Although the Key to Time season was still
    six separate stories that can be enjoyed individually... it
    wasn't a whole season consisting of one big story where you
    had to watch the episodes strictly in order to know what was
    going on.

    Until you reach the Armageddon Factor.

    Well, you probably wouldn't watch "The Armageddon Factor"
    first... BUT, if you did, I'm sure you'd pick up enough on
    what had gone on.

    The bonus being... you wouldn't have to watch the rest of the
    stories then! :-)
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  • From Blueshirt@blueshirt@indigo.news to rec.arts.drwho on Wed Jun 24 13:29:51 2026
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    The True Melissa wrote:

    Verily, in article <111gh5u$1q5u$5@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:

    In article <xn0preikg1gc8tc005@post.eweka.nl>,
    Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

    I prefer unconnected adventures. As you can dip-in and
    dip-out at random times later on when you want to rewatch
    some old episodes. Although the Key to Time season was
    still six separate stories that can be enjoyed
    individually... it wasn't a whole season consisting of
    one big story where you had to watch the episodes strictly
    in order to know what was going on.

    Until you reach the Armageddon Factor.

    True, but even if you saw The Armageddon Factor cold, you
    could pick up enough to understand the double-cross.

    Yeah, I think so. Doctor Who isn't that complex, it's fairly
    easy to work out what was going on. Sure, the white/black
    guardian thing at the end might throw you off for few seconds,
    but you'd work it out easy enough.
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  • From doctor@doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) to rec.arts.drwho on Wed Jun 24 14:01:43 2026
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    In article <MPG.44a596893efa005598a0df@news.eternal-september.org>,
    The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Verily, in article <111gh5u$1q5u$5@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did >doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:

    In article <xn0preikg1gc8tc005@post.eweka.nl>,
    Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

    I prefer unconnected adventures. As you can dip-in and dip-out
    at random times later on when you want to rewatch some old
    episodes. Although the Key to Time season was still six separate
    stories that can be enjoyed individually... it wasn't a whole
    season consisting of one big story where you had to watch the
    episodes strictly in order to know what was going on.

    Until you reach the Armageddon Factor.

    True, but even if you saw The Armageddon Factor cold, you could pick up >enough to understand the double-cross.


    Correct.

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  • From doctor@doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) to rec.arts.drwho on Wed Jun 24 14:02:03 2026
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    In article <xn0preoia1od21o001@post.eweka.nl>,
    Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <xn0preikg1gc8tc005@post.eweka.nl>,
    Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

    I prefer unconnected adventures. As you can dip-in and
    dip-out at random times later on when you want to rewatch
    some old episodes. Although the Key to Time season was still
    six separate stories that can be enjoyed individually... it
    wasn't a whole season consisting of one big story where you
    had to watch the episodes strictly in order to know what was
    going on.

    Until you reach the Armageddon Factor.

    Well, you probably wouldn't watch "The Armageddon Factor"
    first... BUT, if you did, I'm sure you'd pick up enough on
    what had gone on.

    The bonus being... you wouldn't have to watch the rest of the
    stories then! :-)

    YMMV
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  • From doctor@doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) to rec.arts.drwho on Wed Jun 24 14:02:27 2026
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    In article <xn0preomv1ojpaj002@post.eweka.nl>,
    Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
    The True Melissa wrote:

    Verily, in article <111gh5u$1q5u$5@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did
    doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:

    In article <xn0preikg1gc8tc005@post.eweka.nl>,
    Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

    I prefer unconnected adventures. As you can dip-in and
    dip-out at random times later on when you want to rewatch
    some old episodes. Although the Key to Time season was
    still six separate stories that can be enjoyed
    individually... it wasn't a whole season consisting of
    one big story where you had to watch the episodes strictly
    in order to know what was going on.

    Until you reach the Armageddon Factor.

    True, but even if you saw The Armageddon Factor cold, you
    could pick up enough to understand the double-cross.

    Yeah, I think so. Doctor Who isn't that complex, it's fairly
    easy to work out what was going on. Sure, the white/black
    guardian thing at the end might throw you off for few seconds,
    but you'd work it out easy enough.

    Just like you can in Season 20.
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