Adventures In Manga Maker Comipo #70.

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Adventures In Manga Maker Comipo #67.

Chronicles Of Inania

I'm not gonna lie to you. I wasn't really looking forward to seeing The Woman Who Lived. After last weeks one two punch of crushing mediocrity and ghastly, character defying author fiat I just wasn't left with any particular faith that this weeks episode was going to be any good.

Any to be fair, it wasn't. But the problem I find myself facing is that it wasn't even bad in any particularly interesting ways. So now when I come to write the traditional review I'm left wondering what it is I can talk about without descending into petty personal insults and ad hominem strawman attacks.

And even that used to be better back in the old days.

Adventures In Manga Maker Comipo #66.

Adventures In Manga Maker Comipo #65.

A Space Helmet For A Cow.

You know, I always thought I had a pretty high tolerance for bad Doctor Who stories. I have willingly watched Timelash on several occasions and actually enjoyed it. I'm pretty sure that The Web Planet is the closest I'm ever going to get to experiencing hallucinogenic drugs. I've never met a Sylvester McCoy story I haven't liked, despite the 80's being objectively terrible at EVERYTHING.

It's funny because it's actually set in a freezer shop.

So I'm actually starting to worry a bit. Because I'm finding that I have a lot tolerance for the new series than I used to. Am I just getting old? Is this what losing ones faith feels like? Or maybe is the series just not being made for people like me any more?

The problem here is that it's the last of those options that's actually the most worrying. Because if the The Girl Who Died proves only one thing, it's that whoever the show is being made for these days has REALLY fucking low standards.

The Predictive Text

It's funny really. Last week I was starting worry that I might start having trouble finding things to say if the episodes were going to fall into the "Part 1 good, Part 2 meh" pattern that a lot of 2 part stories suffer from. And whilst I'm not sure that Before The Flood was quite as good as it's preceding chapter, it wasn't really bad in any way.

No, the problem I'm having in trying to talk about it is that it went almost EXACTLY as I expected.

Adventures In Manga Maker Comipo #64.

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Adventures In Manga Maker Comipo #62.

Back To Bas(e Under Siege)ics

I love a bit of base under siege. I mean, who doesn't? It's a classic staple of Doctor Who. And there's an awful lot to recommend Under The Lake as a fairly strong entry into that venerable lineage of stories. And we'll get to all that good stuff in time, trust me. But first there's one thing that worrying me that I'd like to talk about for a moment.

This may sound odd, but as of right no I find myself slightly afraid of ping pong.

Don't look at me like that. Ping pong balls can be SCARY.

Adventures In Manga Maker Comipo #61.