We not only survived Season 2 Episode 1 but might have solved the whole Season!
Well, we got through that relatively unscathed.
Although the roller-coaster of emotions in Karl’s apartment even before the start of the episode had left everyone exhausted.
We all stood mesmerised in Karl’s living room as he cycled through his time loop and appeared at 06:00 – bang on schedule.
Tellix Vorn'Drath – our Head of T-shirt Wrangling & Taming – had already kindly prepared breakfast for everyone. 2 cans of Redbull delightfully coupled with a tepid Greggs sausage roll.
She’s on secondment from New Savannah and really wants to stay coz of the belly rubs, so she’s going the extra mile. Bless.
“With baited breath” doesn’t even begin to describe the seconds leading up to 07:59:59, not only the new episode, but also would Karl remain in our time continuum or be zapped to last Tuesday week (Which every Whovian with a Time/Space HNC knows is in null space so doesn’t really exist in the traditional Bose-Einstein framework of reality)
Long story short – Karl remained, everyone celebrated like crazy.
After that second and a half our eardrums were nearly ruptured by the shrill keen of a Weevil in mourning – a most disconcerting and chilling sound. (Watch Torchwood if you doubt)
Janet the Weevil stood, transfixed….pointing at the TV like Donald Sutherland in "Invasion of the Bodysnatchers" as the clock ticked to 08:00:03…………
Where was Doctor Who? The dogs were let loose alongside the panic. To this day we do not who let them out.
Side-eyes both accused and pleaded, “Have you done this?” & “Help!”
Then, like a light from above, the screen changed and Season 2 appeared on the menu. “Hallelujah! Praise the Ood!”
With reflexes only The Catkind possess Tellix grabbed the remote and pressed the button.
The OFF button...
Once again, Janet began shrieking, “We’ll miss the beginning! No!!!!”
She doesn’t really grasp the idea behind streaming technology, but I have admit that my heart skipped a beat as the same train of thought hoovered it’s way across my reasoning faculties.
We survived, that’s what counts. And boy did we survive.
The first episode was great. Well paced, well shot with fantastic special effects.
Gonna leave it at that, not the 2 ½ hours of conspiracy theories, replays, told you so’s, are you serious right now?’s, more replays, general name-calling, laughter and relief.
There were many highlights, if anyone is interested – comment.
But the one that absolutely stopped all conversation was this…...
Karl: How did the Robots just suddenly manage to jump back in time?
Janet: Through the Fracture
Karl: Where did the fracture come from?
Glug: “The border between this world and Earth keeps jumping about in time.” is what The Doctor said, “Everything is out of sync.” that’s the Fracture.
Karl: Okay, but where did the Fracture come from?
Then, after having said nothing since accidentally turning the TV off, Tellix said:
“They can’t go back to 24th May 2025, the day Belinda was taken, witnessed by Mrs Flood who calmly wished her, “Good luck.” like she was popping off the to The High Street on Xmas Eve.
The Doctor said a fracture in time, in reality. Perhaps the first shot fired in a battle, a WAR.”
Arching her back and purring a little, she then dropped the mic:
“It’s another Pantheon of the Gods. A Spider-God to come, Lux, the Anti-God of Disney and then the biggest God of all...”
She paused and looked each of us in the eyes, which takes quite a while as Zoraz and Zanthos, (Ganger twins made for surveillance with six pairs of eyes, two of which are on the back of their heads), and said:
“But, just like The Master became Missy, Mrs Flood is not a God, but a Goddess….THE GODDESS!”
And we will leave you with that.
Did we miss something? Are we completely wrong. Should we give Tellix a full-time contract?
Comment and let us know.
Have a Happy Whovian day!
The Team
NB Janet did not co-author this post - Not after last time and now with her not being portrayed as the kind, lovable, raw meat eating baby doll aura she thinks she emanates it's just not worth the cost of having to replace the double glazing if she gets wind of it and starts shrieking. (She can hit 110 dB and 556 Hz just yawning!
BTW: Things are not working out with the new Sales Manager for Transdimensional Evening Wear on Alzarius, turns out he was an Industrial Spy working for soapbox235.
Apparently the bottom has fallen out of the market for 1960’s transistor radios on Exxilon and they were looking to expand into Mugs & Coasters as they are now highly prized as symbols of undying love and devotion to The One True Doctor by the Insane Daleks in the Dalek Asylum. Not quite sure how they smuggle them in….