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Have you ever considered that the Prime Directive is not only not ethical, but also illogical, and perhaps morally indefensible?
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Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Doctor Who Social Club@startrek.website•Russell T Davies says Doctor Who will "never end" as he addresses Billie Piper mysteryEnglish2·12 hours agoOne thing that I don’t think I’ve seen anyone mention about that “oh, hello” is that it’s another fourth-wall breaking moment, this time not from Mrs. Flood/The Rani. Does that mean anything? Who knows!
And there’s Susan, of course.
Good to hear he doesn’t seem to have abandoned that thread in the wake of the finale.
(I’m still wondering who Gus is, from Mummy on the Orient Express. Maybe they’re the same!)
Also good to hear he’s still a dedicated troll.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Doctor Who Social Club@startrek.website•Russell T Davies says Doctor Who will "never end" as he addresses Billie Piper mysteryEnglish2·12 hours agoSpeaking in this week’s issue of Doctor Who magazine, Davies wrote: "No, not the end, don’t be mad. Doctor Who will never end!
“There are pathways leading to potential futures – we’ve still got the mystery of that bright and blazing ending, ‘Oh, hello,’ yes indeed, hello Billie! And there’s Susan, of course.”
He went on: "I wonder if we’ll ever find out who the Boss is. Or who the Boss are. (I’m still wondering who Gus is, from Mummy on the Orient Express. Maybe they’re the same!)
“But we don’t know what’s happening yet, and while everyone works that out, I’ll take a pause on this page … Hopefully, we’ll have news soon, and certainly, The War Between the Land and the Sea is about to break out, so there are great things ahead. Until then.”
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Doctor Who Social Club@startrek.website•David Tennant, Peter Capaldi contribute to new Doctor Who project, raising money for charitiesEnglish5·2 days agoStories included have not only been written by Tennant, Capaldi and Whittaker, but also by Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Chris Chibnall, Steven Moffat and Hugh Bonneville. In fact, there are more than 50 contributors.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Producers Have A Genius Plan To Keep The Show Alive (Kind Of)English10·2 days agoJump 900 years into the past and do a period costume drama.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Producers Have A Genius Plan To Keep The Show Alive (Kind Of)English6·2 days agoI always figured TAS was the final two years of the five-year mission…
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Producers Have A Genius Plan To Keep The Show Alive (Kind Of)English12·2 days agoI think Goldsman’s actual statement is pretty vague - he could easily mean a spinoff with the non-TOS cast. Just redress the sets and you’re off to the races.
He could also mean a movie, or…some third thing.
And in any case, he’s moving on with his career.
It’s cool that they’re excited about possibilities, but I remain very skeptical that there’s any actual traction there.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPto Canada@lemmy.ca•Federal government unveils Canada Strong Pass to promote domestic tourism and travelEnglish10·3 days agoThe pass, which launches on Friday, doesn’t require registration or a physical card. Instead, the benefits will be available upon arrival at parks, national museums and when booking train tickets. Canadians and foreign tourists are eligible.
It’s not really a “pass” then, but cool.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteto Canadian Football League@lemmy.ca•CFL 2025 - Week 2 Discussion ThreadEnglish2·3 days agoYeah, that really didn’t sink in for me until some time had passed, but he was a real star. If the team really is that deep and it’s not a mirage…
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Doctor Who Social Club@startrek.website•Babylon 5 creator throws hat in the ring to take over Doctor Who – againEnglish3·3 days agoOkay, this is kind of a nothing story, but…what an interesting “what if”…
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Doctor Who Social Club@startrek.website•Retrospective Discussion | Doctor Who (2005) | 1x02 "The End of the World"English2·3 days agoAll that money for “the Doctor walks through some fan blades”.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•SNW Season 3 Early Review Round-UpEnglish5·3 days agoHeck, it was pretty much Goldsman’s pitch:
In the first pitch document that we sent to the network… we opened with a question asking, “What if we just did Star Trek?” And they said, “Okay.” Every day in the writers’ room, we try to imagine how would Gene Roddenberry and his team make The Original Series if they were doing it today?
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Doctor Who Social Club@startrek.website•Retrospective Discussion | Doctor Who (2005) | 1x02 "The End of the World"English3·4 days agoI…don’t really think this one is all that good?
I’m going to jump straight into something that I forgot to talk about last week: the Ninth Doctor himself. I’ve been trying to put my finger on what sets him apart from the others, and…for me, it’s his goofy aloofness. He’s at once extremely enthusiastic and slightly contemptuous of those around him, with an edge that definitely doesn’t carry forward to his successors. He certainly throws Rose into the deep end in this episode, dropping her far into the future, well after everyone she knows is dead and gone, just in time to (almost) watch her planet get destroyed by the sun.
There are really nice character bits throughout, like Raffalo the plumber and of course Jabe the tree lady. Lady Cassandra certainly is memorable.
The Doctor lets Cassandra dry out until she explodes in the end. Remember kids, the Doctor never does cruel things, and the more recent seasons have ruined everything!
Not the worst episode ever, but hardly the best. It continues to focus on Rose’s journey, and her reaction to exactly what it means to travel through time and space. It also continues to lay out the Doctor’s backstory in small drips.
Edit: Oh, and it’s sort of weird that they didn’t tie the Adherents of the Repeated Meme more directly into the Bad Wolf nonsense.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteto Daystrom Institute@startrek.website•s3e1 DS9, The Jem'Hadar. Why in the name of Christ on cracker do Jake and Nog disable autopilot in order to fly a Runabout they dont know how to pilot?English9·5 days agoFor those following along, it’s the season two finale, not the season three premiere.
JAKE: Maybe we’d better go back to the station for help.
NOG: Good idea. Computer, fly us back to the station.
COMPUTER: Please restate command.
JAKE: Computer, disengage autopilot and lay in a course back to the wormhole.
COMPUTER: Enter authorisation code.
It’s clunky, but it sounds like the “autopilot” is what’s keeping them locked in orbit of the planet, and they’re trying to break out of that pattern.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Harris Yulin Gave 'Deep Space Nine' One of Its Greatest PerformancesEnglish6·5 days agoI just clued in that you’re visiting from a Mastodon server. In that case, it’s unfortunately two clicks - first the startrek.website link, then the Gizmodo link that goes to the actual article.
Federation is an imperfect beast sometimes.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Harris Yulin Gave 'Deep Space Nine' One of Its Greatest PerformancesEnglish9·5 days agoIf you’re interested in the article, you could try, y’know, reading it.Edit: I was being a bit of a dumb-dumb.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Harris Yulin Gave 'Deep Space Nine' One of Its Greatest PerformancesEnglish10·5 days agoLike the article says, the early seasons are often given short shrift due to what comes later, but there’s some great stuff in there.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Doctor Who Social Club@startrek.website•Retrospective Discussion | Doctor Who (2005) | 1x01 "Rose"English1·6 days agoNoel Clarke - scandal noted - is quite good in a pretty thankless role.
Deadline seems to have taken a much bleaker interpretation from the very same content:
‘Doctor Who’ Showrunner Casts More Doubt Over Series’ Future As UK Ratings Plummet: “We Don’t Know What’s Happening”