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Past: FASA freelance writer, CB psychotherapist Present: SF writer, model-maker, painter, wargamer Always: I don't know what I don't know

Oct 24, 2022, 11 tweets

Excuse me as an old woman gets all emotional over what started as a children's show, which I watched as a child.

A part of my life, and like most things in life, there were good and bad moments in it.
1/10
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Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, John Bishop, Sacha Dhawan, Bradley Walsh, Sophie Aldred, Janet Fielding, Jemma Redgrave

David Bradley, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann

Katy Manning, Bonnie Langford, William Russell, and David Tennant
2/10
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Let me get one grump out of the way, Jodie was IMO the 14th Doctor.
3/10
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Though through the power of retconning she could be the 15th.

Or any other number since there exists an unknown number of previous Doctors.
4/10
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I also thought that Capaldi had at time been poorly served by the writers, but this was doubly so with Whittaker.

However, for this finale pulled out all the stops, and mad me quite emotional.*

*British shorthand for tears and all.
5/10
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So much to say, and about this episode. The writers made me care.

Companions, there were a few. I must admit I wanted to be Jo Grant (as in be her, with the Doctor).
6/10
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That group chat, so lovely. And of course, the Doctor cameos.

McCoy's line, "...there's always one."

When questioned about the robes.
7/10
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Graham and Ace, and another tug at the heartstrings.

Ace, because that was the first time Dr. Who broke my heart, when it was canceled by the BBC.
8/10
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Then there was that scene. So gloriously over the top, yet so perfect.


9/10
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Typo... don't you just hate the fact that Twitter doesn't allow editing a tweet after posting it.

Mad should read made; though now mad at Twitter for lack of edit feature.

Social media: can't live with it, can't live without it.

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