The Doctor Falls (TV story)

I was rewatching the giggle again and when I got to the regeneration part I realized something that made me a bit sad…

The last three regenerations have all had the same cause of death.

12: laser from cyberman

13: laser from the master

14: laser from the toymaker

I’m a bit disappointed now because up until this point we only had two occasions where doctors died of similar causes

First, War, 11: old age

3 and 10: radiation poisoning

But these were far enough apart that (excluding war and 11) that it didn’t feel like rehashing. But having three regenerations in a row be caused by lasers feels a bit lazy and generic.

Now that I’ve noticed that I want to hear what others think, I just like when they’d get more creative with the causes of regeneration.

Heres hoping that Ncuti will have a better cause of regeneration

One of the greatest stories of all time, and the best Cybermen story certainly since The Tomb of the Cybermen, possibly since The Tenth Planet, and probably just ever. The Cybermen themselves are certainly the best they've ever been here—Moffat understands the horror of them and wisely overwrites the wonky Nightmare in Silver by focusing on their macabre origins rather than special powers. It's the most compelling science-fiction story arguably since the days of Kit Pedler, but crucially for me, he also gives us the best Master since Roger Delgado—two of them too! I'd never warmed to John Simm before really, but he is so much better for being toned down, and Michelle Gomez is astonishing. The "Missy" arc is brilliantly handled. A stunner.

We're entering what I now call "the home straight" for this series, as I'll have finished all these episodes before the next series comes along. As such I want to reiterate that with Jodie's stories I'm not going to tolerate "this is where it started to go wrong!" comments. Generally people get it. But if you don't can't think of anything nice to say, that's fine, we just don't need to know. And if you feel the need to share something negative, that's also fine, but please do so elsewhere.