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Iain Coleman's avatar

Jonn, can I make a request about an upcoming story? When you get to Arachnids in the UK, please don't illustrate it with a picture of the spiders in question. They are horribly realistic, and will trigger panic reactions in arachnophobes like me.

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Richard Smith's avatar

This episode worried me when I first saw it, but now when I watch it I really want to see the version of Doctor Who that it sets up, and which sadly we only see glimpses of hereafter.

That's not entirely unusual: The Eleventh Hour and even Rose set up a style of show that isn't necessarily followed through on, and later series in general of a tenure have a tendency to feel very different. But I don't think it's usually quite as stark, and the number of loose ends is... depressing.

I think Deep Breath and The Christmas Invasion avoid this, feeling very congruent with at least the next series if not two series, but they also come from a then-established showrunner.

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