Ron Paul 2016!

And it's And Fapaway's job to critique our critique of the critics.

I kind of dislike this explanation, because it partly lets the Doctor off the hook - oh, he's not just a generally thoughtless person, he was all woozy from his regeneration and not thinking straight.  It sort of obviates the need to ask all the hard questions that this episode raises.

The UK is one of three countries that your average Libertarian Nationalist will concede are worth thinking about.  (The others are Australia and Israel).

I'm pretty sure young Ron Swanson rubbed a few out to Margaret Thatcher

So now every time I look in the mirror I'll see the face of a guy who knows the difference between a fedora and a trilby.

Hysteria about it is definitely on the rise, and that's the relevant metric.

He actively assisted in setting up a criminal enterprise.  That doesn't come under confidentiality.  A lawyer is allowed to advise a criminal on how to avoid prosecution, not on how to manufacture and distribute.

That's a good point

Yeah, that image of Magneto crying about the Twin Towers was really jarring, given that he himself has done far worse in universe.

The US is actually notable for a low voter turnout, although it did improve somewhat in the 00s.  India's 60% is pretty bad on a global basis, but pretty impressive given it's a huge, poor, diverse country where democracy shouldn't really work at all.  Australia's 90%+ is one of the best but down to compulsion, which…

He may be an immortal space alien from another time and place, but he's a BRITISH immortal space alien from another time and place.

The Living Daylights is one of the best Bond films.  It generally confirms the rule that the first film by a new Bond actor is usually very good, if not their best.  (IMO Moore breaks this rule, but a lot of people really like Live and Let Die, so…)

Moore seems like a really nice guy, and some of his Bond films worked fairly well, but overall he's the actor who brought the least to the table.

Trolling Benedict Cumberbatch is the highest form of trolling.

GO ON

It was A Searing Indictment Of Thatcher's Britain, as basically every show in the late 80s was required to be.

Yeah, maybe he has earned the right to cash in, but he hasn't earned the right to be treated like he's not cashing in.  Nobody earns that right.

Post-Pirates Johnny Depp has never heard of this pre-Pirates Johhny Depp, but thinks he sounds like a bit of a loser.

You do realise that Malcolm Tucker isn't particularly representative of the roles Capaldi plays, right?  Sweary and aggressive isn't really his acting style - it's a style he can do, but he's actually played a lot of pleasant, gentle characters.