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For those interested, the next issue of Doctor Who Magazine, available Thursday, will have the following Series 13 items: - Interviews with Series 13’s directors, Jamie Magnus Stone and Azhur Saleem. - An interview with Annabel Scholey, who played Claire in Flux. - In the first installment of a two-part feature, costume designer Ray Holman discusses his creations for Series 13

An extract from the new Doctor Who Magazine (out Thursday) on the NYD special, Eve of the Daleks, directed by newcomer Annetta Laufer https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=eve-of-the-daleks-doctor-who-magazine

BTS Youtube video: Chibnall and Jodie discuss the Flux story

Wasn't it possible that the brothers simply wanted to share a bedroom when they first got there? It's been too long since I watched the show so I can't recall

I think 13 said in response something like "No, it can't be". I think any particular Doctor likes their current form and at least some are probably not ready to give it up yet. 13 spent most of her current regeneration in prison, so I'm sure she'd like some more time for fun The AI for this episode was 76. In the US on BBC America, the viewership for the 8pm timeslot was 0.09 in the 18-49 demo, up from 0.07 from the last episode, 411,000 viewers, up from the previous 334,000 viewers, and the rank was 51, up from 64

I thought this was enjoyable over all and somewhat funny and somewhat sad

I think Time’s comment was supposed to mean that no life or regeneration (ie, a particular life) lasts forever not that the Doctor would not regenerate, just that her time to regenerate again was coming soon.

It’s a documentary, it’s only one episode

Mindy Cohn looks really rough while Lisa and Kim look great

I agree, I’m loving those plus the 70s style promos for current ABC shows

Costume designer Ray Holman will have a two part interview on the season’s costumes in Doctor Who Magazine. Part 1 will be in the issue released Thursday. I thought the costume people did fantastic work for this season, particularly with Swarm, Azure and Karvanista The Doctor theorized she was split into 3 because she removed her stabilizing pin just as Swarm touched her and she was outside the normal bounds of space, but she added that it’s something that shouldn’t be possible

Fun episode. Mommy dear is an absolute nightmare and everyone is afraid of her. I'm glad Abishola finally stood up to her when she insulted Bob

That kid was a nightmare and her parents not putting a stop to at least her vandalism showed what horribly bad parents they were. A kid calling adults by their first names without their permission is a little more iffy and can depend on one's culture. Dave and Gemma tried to be understanding but their patience ran out. And it was actually fun to see a liberal couple trying to handle way too permissive parents

Looking back at it, it does feel like UNIT and Kate, except for seeing UNIT’s history and why it was shut down, were greatly shorted in the finale. Since Chibnall wanted to bring UNIT back, it felt like it was more for long term plotting purposes, that is to use a resurrected UNIT with Kate in one or more of the upcoming specials

BARB with an update, revising down to 4.513767 million viewers, revising rank up 1 to 21st

BARB made another update, revising down to 4.595766 million viewers, rank revised upwards from 20th to 17th for the week

BARB made a slight update, revising downward to 5.0186 million viewers, still 13th in rank

Slightly updated BARB numbers: 6.386445 million viewers, still 7th

7-day figures: 4.7245 million viewers, rank 24th for the week

28-day figures: 5.50396 million viewers; rank 11th for the week

In case this gets deleted, overnights were 3.58 million, rank was 5th for the night

I really enjoyed this, as frantic as it was. It may need a couple of rewatches to absorb the various plots. I especially enjoyed the opening scene and it jumping around various plot lines. There are a few unanswered questions, the big one being the state of the universe. It didn't seem like it was restored like I thought it would be. But overall, I think the rest of the various plots seemed to be resolved Sad about Jericho and Karvanista's people being killed. Sad that Karvanista can't talk to the Doctor about their Division experience or he will die from something put in his brain. At least Kar has Bel and Vinder to keep him company for awhile Jodie did a really good job here, especially split as 3 Doctors. I really liked near the ending with the Doctor apologizing to Yaz, telling her she has a lot she wants to tell her, and getting emotional. She even managed a tear. Also, it was good to see the Doctor still has the fob watch but is keeping the memories in there and will have the Tardis hide it until she's ready to deal with it. I loved hearing the 13th Doctor's theme as she was thinking about dropping the watch in the Tardis hole that would hide it somewhere I was a little surprised the Doctor used a plan to kill the Sontarans, but she kills when necessary and this was necessary. It also allowed the Dalek and Cybermen flleets to be killed as well before that, so that was a lot of destruction Overall, I really enjoyed this season, though I thought Episode 5 was a little weak, but that was mostly with the Unit plot. Karvanista, Bel, Claire, Swarm and Azure felt like the MVPs of the recurring guest cast. I think the actors and production team did a really great job, especially given the Covid restrictions they had to deal with. Now we have 3 specials to enjoy and I will definitely miss Jodie, as well as Mandip

Title for the New Year's Day special: "Eve of the Daleks", premiering of course January 1, 2022 Synopsis The Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and friends will kick-start 2022 with an action-packed spectacular episode on New Year’s Day. The festive special will feature guest stars Aisling Bea (This Way Up, Living With Yourself, Quiz), Adjani Salmon (Dreaming Whilst Black, Enterprice) and Pauline McLynn (Father Ted, Shameless). Sarah (Aisling Bea) owns and runs ELF storage, and Nick (Adjani Salmon) is a customer who visits his unit every year on New Year’s Eve. This year, however, their night turns out to be a little different than planned… Trailer:

Aw, the tree kangaroo and the horn billed bird were so cute in the first episode In the second episode, the bat eared fox and the aardvark were really cute. Not so sure about that croc though