Ep. 51 – Messing with the Humans

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Show Notes & Links:

• Missy (the previous incarnation of The Master?) was last seen at the end of S10
• Part 1 was directed by Jamie Magnus Stone, Part 2 by Lee Haven Jones
• Ada Lovelace was a pioneer in computer science & Noor Khan a British WWII hero
• Big Finish should ask Nakkiah Lui to write about the Doctor in the Outback
• Google used to have a ‘don’t be evil’ clause in it’s Code of Conduct
• Unlike the classic-villain-free season which preceded it, the previous New Year’s Day special, Resolution, included a Dalek
• Day of the Doctor was the amazing culmination of the 50th Anniversary Year
• The Cartmel Master Plan was never really Cartmell’s master plan
• Kylo Ren is a Star Wars villain
• Omega & Rassillon were (two of?) the founders of Gallifrey
• There was a Classic example of ‘contact’ in The Three Doctors
• The Remnants mentioned The Timeless Child in The Ghost Monument
• The Boneless were antagonists from another dimension in Flatline
• It’s Artron Energy, not Archon Old Man
• Donna’s fate in Journey’s End was very controversial

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