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Perfect summary for this entire season! If you’re going to rewrite history, then bring back Lord M! Hell yes, have Lord M and Victoria give in to the passion, or at least Rufus Sewell, the real guy was an old, old man by this point.

Still trying to make Victoria into the demonstrably loving mother I see...LOL, so she visits Skerrett personally? yeah I believe that, also, Skerrett dies so of course V&A hit the sack ASAP.

From wikipedia (but that is not where I heard it first) "John Brown (8 December 1826 – 27 March 1883) was a Scottish personal attendant and ... His brother Archibald Anderson "Archie" Brown, 15 years John's junior, eventually became personal valet to Victoria's youngest son, Prince Leopold"

Actually it was Brown's asshole brother who was put in charge of Leopold, and yes, he was a cruel drunken bully.

Here is a good piece on the real Feodora, completely unlike the character on the show with 5 children to boot!

Did anyone notice how JC was being filmed to look extra tiny in this episode, I really hadn't noticed it before, but they were clearly manipulating to perspective to enhance the Queen's tininess, IRL Coleman is about 3" taller than Victoria.

INR? at first I thought, who in the hell is this?

re Victoria's constant pregnancies: "When Victoria’s doctor warned the 38-year-old queen against having a 10th child she cared about one thing, asking: “Am I not to have any more fun in bed?” here is an article about V&A as parents (although I do think that they are being hard on Albert in this respect, he apparently was the more involved parent.) https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/queen-victoria-adored-prince-albert-8971898

To be honest it seems as if the flights of fantasy are being ratcheted up this season---some of the story-line, is preposterous (the sister.) Victoria and Albert were 29 when Louise was born so they probably could have still looked youngish, neither aged well however, LOL. Albert had a warm and very close relationship with his daughter Vickie, so far none of that is being shown. Vickie was also much more intelligent than Bertie so I can see why they wrote in the Bertie confusion about his future Kingship. Albert is really being sidelined this year story wise, although if they get to the Great Exhibition he should figure more prominently. I had to laugh at the nudie painting--apparently their living spaces were full of nude sculpture and paintings, in that scene it looked as if Albert was trying to excite Victoria, which IRL never seemed to be an issue, by all reports the Queen was very enthusiastic about the sexual side of her marriage.

All I want to know is the the phone number of Ms Huffman's plastic surgeon (just kidding but she looks fantastic for a woman in her mid 50's.) At any rate, her bio dad was about 50 when she was conceived and with her mother being 41 when she was born she sure was a late in life product of an affair. BTW, did the bio father have another family, did they say?

LOL about Palmerston, the writer has chucked any pretense at realism clearly.

I really love the Worsley reproduction of the Victorian and Albert wedding but I noted with interest that the American version added much more info and split it into 2 parts, I watched the British production in December and it was only one program, I am actually pleased that the American production added more clips. Interestingly we in the USA are seeing this season before the Brits.

Well you gotta love the surprises that DNA yields, I did Ancestry last year and found a half brother I had no idea existed, apparently my mother had a war time romance and the result was the brother. Pity that the "forensic" ancestry researcher could find nothing else out about Martin's grandmother's lover.

Resolution lost viewers--->https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6547721/Doctor-New-Years-special-loses-MASSIVE-1-5-million-viewers-rounding-major-ratings.html IMO not a highlight of the season which was mediocre but Jodie wasn't at fault, I love her, the writing is problematical.

BBCAmerica is shameless with the amount of commercials they insert, watching the marathon was difficult for this very reason.

I probably like the 3 companions more than you because Chibnall is giving the Doctor a family (I also adore Jodie and have no problem with her as the doctor) but I do think that too much time was given to that couple who weren't nearly as interesting as the episode "The Next Doctor" with guest star David Morrissey as a traumatized Man who thinks that he is the Doctor, he got a lot of story time, but his character deserved it, and yes, the Kylie Minogue episode which I found both romantic and truly touching. This one with the single Dalek did not pull me in like some of the other Holiday specials. Overall, I did like this season and watched every episode (the last season with Capaldi almost lost me frankly, I was not a fan.)

I thought that it was OK, then again I have been watching BBC America's marathon of past season's special episodes and this one pales in comparison to some of them of course.

Here is the general story, Dickens dumped his wife (who he impregnated over and over again, she gained a lot of weight with each pregnancy) of over 20 years for a 17 year old actress---for the gory details:

Nolefan, Lucy Worlsey, in the Victoria wedding special I refer to ^ seems to think that Lord M had a little crush on Victoria, he apparently cried like a baby at the wedding, LOL. whatever the truth, he sure as hell didn't look like Sewell at the time, I was so happy when the series got past that bit of fantasy. As for the real Lord M and teenage girls and having a distressed wife, have you heard about the number Charles Dickens did on his long suffering and constantly pregnant wife?

did anyone else watch Dr Lucy Worsley's Victoria & Albert: The Royal Wedding last week on BBC2? Here is Lucy talking about it:

Actually if you look at some of the photos, and paintings, of the very young Victoria, she was rather lovely in the way that most young people are--no not a ravishing beauty, but fresh and pretty, later of course after years of pregnancy she because fat and dumpy. The thing to remember is that when she met Albert (who also became dumpy in his 30's and bald) that "lightening" bolt of lust hit her (and by all reports Albert reciprocated) their love affair was hot stuff, LOL. I can't wait until the series gets past this Melbourne speculative fiction (the real Lord M, a handsome man in youth apparently) was 60 when Victoria was 18 and well past the Rufus "swoon-worthy" Sewell stage--in reality, she was a girl who needed guidance, not a creepy "funny uncle." Yes I resent the line the series takes on this issue.

Look I am Capaldi's age and I felt that he was not only too old but he didn't seem particularly robust, I did like the last series with Bill but by then it was too late IMO (also "The Husbands of River Song" was a really great episode because Capaldi and Kingston are closer in age and the wistful yearning of both characters was touching and believable.) I am really loving Jodie as The Doctor and feel that the series is back on track, the cinematography and special effects have been outstanding this series, and the music in the "Punjab" episode was gorgeous.

Excellent episode and Chibnall didn't hit the viewer over the head with his social commentary (although it was in there of course.) Just New Year's eve to look forward to and that is it for the season sadly. I will say that Jodie has been a rousing success as the Doctor IMO and I have a fierce girl crush on her.

bwahahaha the weight gain hasn't done him any favors either

LOL, so the supposedly civilized young princess gets an eyeful of what is essentially a hairy ape and goes all moist at the prospect? Oh Jesus, The show worked that angle with Rollo and that French wench and that worked because..well because Clive Standen---huba huba, LOL, There really is no reason physically for Ivar to be impotent is there? paraplegics and quadriplegics have reflex erections, and Ivar simply has a deformity of his legs, so are they saying his impotence is psychological? Did the real Ivar have progeny I wonder? I hate this story line frankly. yes and not even HER possession to dispense with, it would be a bargaining chip for her father.