It’s a combination of all of the above. The Netflix Marvel shows are coproductions. Marvel TV and Netflix are both paying for them and both have some creative control. LC season 3 was having creative differences between Netflix and Marvel over the script and if the season was going to be 10 episodes or 13. It got so…

Disney has said their streaming service will be family friendly. I can’t imagine they will bring the Netflix shows over based on that and could have built a deal where they kept them.

In fairness, that’s in no small part because Agents was itself too obnoxious for a long time (in fact it was so obnoxious that I still don’t quite trust people telling me it’s good now).

Whittaker gave a lot of thought to her costume. https://wegotthiscovered.com/tv/jodie-whittaker-explains-origin-doctor-who-outfit/

You are allowed you own opinion and all but, wow, if you haven’t seemed to choose a set of opinions almost 100% diametrically opposed to mine...

I had a different take. I want to find good things to say about his three series but, well, they are middling overall. There were definite standouts, don’t get me wrong... But the overall take on every one of them had to be considered average at best. Again, that is my opinion.

To be entirely honest, after the last couple years, “Fine” is a revelation.

Ah yes, dyspraxic Ryan with his £20 plastic robot laser gun, the true epitome of a dangerous gangbanger.

Look I’m pretty sure he was picked because he’s a 20 year lad first (playing CoD is a given) and therefore the one character where it would make sense to have him go a bit gung-ho in that scene. PC Constable Bland…

I’ve been rewatching the show recently, and he has a point. All of the bad behavior was so outlandish it was easy to laugh at and say “no real person would do this!” But there are a lot of jokes played off the entire office objectifying Pam and there’s a part of me in 2018 that goes “oh shit a lot of people really do…

I’m of the opinion that you can get away with most offensive jokes if you frame them in the right context.

I don’t think the delivery of the intro was THAT bad, but the constant pretending to be looking and typing something into her MacBook was.... special. 

This is so true. We “let” my two year old “win” a goldfish at the fair, thinking it would be a simple first pet and it’s turned into a ridiculous undertaking. I didn’t realize that goldfish need massive tanks (20-30 gallons PER fish) with strong filters and of course they send you home with a tiny little box that is…

I have a bit of a knee-jerk reaction to celebrities getting “trendy” or “exotic” pets like this, because it sets a bad example for people out there who are inclined to impulsive and bad decisions...

I also loved the darker tone and more luxurious pace. It felt like a horror movie that the Doctor accidentally dropped into, and that kind of genre-bending is what I want from Doctor Who. The villain was legitimately scary, IMO, even before the face of teeth reveal, which made me gasp out loud.

I liked the lower-stakes plot; they just had to save one person. I’m a little tired of the Doctor having to save the whole world in his/her regeneration stories. I also liked that the Doctor got her new outfit in a thrift shop! Whittaker was totally convincing as a natural continuation of the Doctor and the companions…

When she and her companions stumble upon a dead body and one of them offers to get something to cover it, the Doctor quietly responds, “Thank you, Grace.”

Forking loved it. Been watching this show since Tom Baker (I’m an Old), and this feels like a fresh start and a good one at that. The companions are a good start: I love that there’s no romantic overtones, or need to squash them; I love that the companions are ciphers for the audience and not a Special Puzzle to…

Definitely liked the smaller stakes in this episode and I hope it continues. It’d be nice to see a modern show (particularly Doctor Who) return to smaller stakes a bit more often. The “I’m the Oncoming Storm, I’m the Doctor” business got a bit old, I liked the “I’m just a traveller, I do what I can approach”.

Solid post-regeneration episode. Better than most of them but it’s a pretty low bar. The Doctor acted like The Doctor.

Well, that was a solid episode! IT was very grounded - I don’t think we’ve ever had such well-formed companions right off the gate. We have a sense of their history, their motivations and their personalities besides their archetypes or the companion role.