Though Extremis and The Doctor Falls (and many others) prove you mostly need more than conventional means (like a radio telescope).

The funny thing is, will some bloke 40 years from now have to worry about how to make the "I got another cycle" plot point original or not?

What? But I loved Peter Davison!

It's always been wrong, with the "Capaldi's too old" and the "Smith's too young" and the "this is why the show ended!". It's just before it wasn't as socially relevant, I guess. It was much more contained in the show itself and what it meant.

I love the way it shines through that Capaldi has really thought about the Doctor for so long, every time he talks about him. He has such a great grasp on the character and what it means to him that he's a thousands of years old alien.

The only reason I'd recommend it is that it really is chock full of great Capaldi moments and if you like him you are really missing out on those. He's acting is on point in that one imo. The rest of the episode is just standard DW with superheroes.

I just can't accept he's leaving because he doesn't want to not be able to give it his all and phone it in, and yet he's only gotten better as time went on. How would he have been two series from now?

As long as he makes a series of reaction faces to the newspaper, I'm content.

I haven't seen any first Doctor yet (no complete stories anyway), but I'm looking forward to it because it's fun that the Doctor gets to meet his first incarnation. Even if I knew nothing about Hartnell I'd still find that interesting, because of the thematic element it could have, etc.

I wasn't expecting it to change anything, if moral arguments could so quickly have "effective" resolutions we wouldn't be where we are today. I doubt it did any confirming either, like you seem to imply. I just had a bit of free time and I enjoy a bit of civil discussion, as far as the internet can manage it.

You're exactly what I was arguing against, I hope you recognise the irony in that.

My argument has been the same from the very beginning. People have the right to not be attacked for who they are or what they say, personally. It is a basic human right that people have a right to an opinion and identity and I think not being attacked for that is a pretty sensible corollary even if it is not…

Respect: due regard for the feelings, wishes, or rights of others. I clarified twice that I was talking about this and not the "being admired/well-regarded" kind. What is the use of generalising? I thought we were talking about Britain or at the very least the western world. Of course you can refute anything if you…

"What evidence can you point to for your position?"

But she isn't attacking people? When has she? The basis for respect is common decency; just as people have to be assumed to be innocent at first, people have the right to be respected as a human being before they give any indication they don't deserve it. It allows for the understanding that people lead different…

The funny thing is role models for girls are all starting to be pretty subversive, to the point when there are no "stereotypically" good role models for girls. Meanwhile, the stereotypical role model for boys continues to get even more stereotypical as time goes on.

They may also be called Time Lords when male, or Time Ladies when female, and that's all there is to it. I think this is only an issue if you make it, when it can so easily be explained away. Both Time Lords and the TARDIS may not care that much that the direct translation being gender-specific when in his own words…

She can be criticised for her views, of course. They doesn't mean people are entitled to attack her. People have every right to be respected and based from what I've seen, there are lots of people who don't get that. Minimising the fact that people shouldn't be attacked for who they are or their gender by calling it…

Don't go to Youtube, then.

So you think it's ok to attack an actress because she took a role they don't agree with?