It's to point out that, whilst Nardole is there to serve him, he's also there to supervise him, as part of the deal (presumably with the Time Lords, for nearly destroying the universe and also murdering/regenerating a Time Lord general) whereby he's stuck guarding the vault.

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Though in the archetypal 'Master risks his life to save the Doctor', (the 5 Doctors special), he quite deliberately chooses to save the Doc in return for the Council's promised 13 new regenerations, instead of betraying him to seek immortality. Again, it's left open as to whether or not the Master knew that the…

In fairness, he's risked his life quite a few times to save the Doctor (though always with just enough personal benefit that it's not clear whether his motives are entirely selfish or not).

They do a similar thing late in the 10th doc's run (the Romana companion era, a 2nd time lord in the TARDIS, and it actually rocks! (largely b/c Baker and Lalla Ward were engaged and got married during that run, and their chemistry overwhelms all the more recent 'actual' romance arcs)).

I think it needs to be seen in light of what's happened over the past few episodes - the Master doesn't kill the Doctor, god no, he's his best friend and last remaining kin. He just imprisons and tortures him to try and teach the Doctor that he is wrong about humanity, and about his whole moral viewpoint - i.e. he's…

Agreed, but as someone with 10 years of kung fu, 10+ years of savate (did those two simultaneously), plus 5 years of karate as a kid, and whose savate was far more grappling-heavy in its technique than most (always found that the easiest way to beat a more skilled fighter was just take them to the ground), you DO…

Yeah, but that's because it's ALSO the Hong Kong style to cast martial artists who were already famous within the no-rules fight tournaments that preceded (and inspired) MMA; BEFORE they became actors. Like Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris (drop the jokes, in the Hong Kong films he always played "evil white guy" for Bruce Lee…

Yes. I'm also capable of distinguishing between a nation's domestic policies, and the threat they pose to the world.

Pity the US never seems to give Russia the same charitable interpretation. And given how badly the US has overtaken the Nazis in terms of civillian massacres, you might want to consider how your sentence would read if you replaced "America" with "the Nazis".

Apologies for the self-reply, but it's worth noting that the Hebrew's "7 year limit" on slave contracts is what the US slavers overlooked when citing the Bible's comments on slavery. They're talking about an arrangement that was the proto-employment-contract, where you were free to negotiate better terms or walk away,…

Actually, whilst slavery was common, US/Arabian-style slavery (i.e. permanent, unpaid, passes on to your kids and is based on race) was extremely rare amongst the 'great civilisations' - it was one of the key distinctions that the Greeks, Romans, Persians, Carthaginians Mycenians and Chinese made as to why they were…

Sometimes an upvote just isn't enough. Let me applaud and also add:

There's also a pretty major plot contradiction in how the ancients casting the spell to create the first Slayer was metaphysical rape, whereas casting a spell to turn every potential into a Slayer, regardless of whether they were present in Sunnyville or had any idea what was going on, was yay girlpower.

I think the review is a bit harsh on the acting abilities of the average WWE star. Not that they're all great actors, but if you had to choose between 'random member of a pantomime troupe that specialises in incredible live stuntwork' vs 'random member of the population', there's going to be a much higher percentage…

The show gave Giles some serious karma in that respect as well - I love how, once the main characters leave high-school and he doesn't have to do the 'teacher' act anymore, he's revealed to be a total player (in the sense that he's implied to have a VERY active love life, while still being a thoroughly decent guy).

Not really. That episode was more about how it's nice to think that you're going to keep dating your high-school sweetheart forever, but in reality things change. The whole episode was focused on Willow's growing anxiety at the realisation that the girl in Oz's class has a lot more in common with him than she does…

SPOILERS (in tags) but quite an important point of discussion given the general malaise as to where this version of Negan is going, and all the non-comics readers wondering why the hell the character is so popular in the original version Ok, Negan's key purpose in the comics is as the brutal villain that does a…

You know, if it weren't for the numerous clashing IP rights preventing "Wolverine and Batman go to Highcastle" being made, I'd say you've just shown that there's still one more film left in them

The Cable Guy crashed on first release because Carrey is a lot better at playing 'intimidating physical threat' than most people have him credit for, especially people expecting to see his slapstick comic highjinks.