Dot and Bubble 🐌 Discussion & Review Podcast | Doctor Who: Season 1

Is this an unprecedented kind of story? What does the ending say, & what does it avoid saying? How well does the Doctor-lite majority of the episode work? What meanings does the aesthetic & music suggest? (00:00:00) General impressions (00:01:59) Premise disguising the real point (00:09:28) Misdirection & hints (00:15:30) Ricky the surrogate Doctor (00:18:50) Who is "the audience"? (00:23:31) End of history setting & antagonist (00:27:51) Tech industry AI paranoia (00:30:35) Nostalgic Fallout-y aesthetics (00:32:47) Disturbing moments & Ricky's fate (00:37:24) Slug design & backstory (00:40:44) Slugs representing narrative's breakdown (00:43:27) Doctor-lite episodes (00:46:26) The ending & what it avoids (01:01:20) Ncuti's performance & characterisation at the end (01:05:54) The Doctor's decision to leave (01:11:23) Questions about the Homeworld (01:13:53) Music of the episode…

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