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their music is sort of meh

Careful...

the climax that is apparently just about finding the right “anti-chord” to banish Maestro?

I think this is the most "magical" episode of the season by a large margin, and as much as this sort of resolution makes sense for that kind of story...you have to really nail the emotional truth of the story to make the anticlimax works. In that sense, I agree that this episode doesn't quite make it there.

And the woefully underdeveloped Lennon/McCartney just happens to wander through the halls of Abbey Road and hit the right note to fill the CGI power bar?

I actually kind of liked that moment, though it would have been nice for the Beatles to be more involved prior to that point.

the silent moment where the Doctor’s sonic cancels out all sound

Definitely the high point, dramatically speaking.

Shoutout to President Fauxbama in "The End of Time"...

If we had even a couple more users as dedicated as you, I think we'd be in great shape!

I think Lemmy as a whole is in a place where comments are tough to attract if the topic isn't a meme or something that makes people angry - I think that should sort itself out over time, but there it is for now.

I would definitely like to revisit the retrospective stuff, though - either NuWho or Classic Who (much of which I haven't seen). If a good excuse comes up to try again, I'll definitely do it.

I don't think I'd call it "great," but I don't think it's nearly as bad as many people think.

It suffers most from a visibly limited budget, and the fact that it occurs so early in the series that the actors hadn't really found their characters yet.

I'd love to visit the alternate universe in which it's a season four episode.

I enjoy this one a lot more in retrospect - the first time around, I didn't really connect with it, but there's some real good stuff in this one.

A few weeks ago, I went back and watched "Pyramids of Mars", and discovered that the scene where the Doctor brings Ruby to the "present" to reveal it's been devastated closely mirrors the Doctor doing the same to Sarah Jane in that story, which is appropriate since "Pyramids of Mars" is the debut of Sutekh.

A Beatles story without the notoriously expensive Beatles music was a unique challenge. I will say that the actor playing John Lennon absolutely nailed Lennon's mannerisms, particularly when singing in the studio.

I've had a lot of fun with these retrospective discussions, but I think we've hit the point of diminishing returns, and going further back into the archives right now probably wouldn't generate a lot of interest. Maybe we can revisit the concept in the future.

I'm not about to rewatch "Fear Her" to confirm, but I'm pretty sure he was on-screen.

Oh good, it's not just me!

TNG's "Thine Own Self" comes to mind - I guess because it has some similarities to "Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood".

Also...dare I suggest that "Move Along Home" has a certain Whovian energy to it?

Not on the list, but the first episode that came to my mind was "The Fires of Pompeii" - it's basically a Prime Directive story.

You're probably right, but...is that a reason not to try? Manitoba is currently the front line when it comes to preventing or delaying further westward migration.

I'd be pretty surprised if that scene doesn't play differently when in context - the hairstyle changes alone suggest that this is possibly (probably?) a dream sequence or something similar, reflecting Spock's own insecurities back at him.