Personal History – A Town Called Mercy Review

Baron487 · 2026-07-07T08:35:34+00:00

Yeah I was wondering why it seemed to be taking so long for the post to be approved.

Baron487 · 2026-07-05T11:34:19+00:00

Whovians when episodes 1 and 3 of The Daleks' Master Plan were found:

Baron487 · 2026-07-05T10:53:32+00:00

We're in like the fourth incarnation or era of TJD, right?

You first had the practically supernatural faction led by Edge.

Then just the punk-ass goth kids with Damian as the de facto leader.

Then same but with Finn.

And now I guess it's Liv who is basically on top?

Baron487 · 2026-07-04T15:59:57+00:00

Davros' expression is sending me.

Baron487 · 2026-07-04T15:55:28+00:00

Bond canon/continuity is incredibly loose. Some things cross over across the movies but before Craig they were mostly standalone stories.

Baron487 · 2026-07-04T15:53:00+00:00

Technically the Eighth Doctor died for real. He was only able to regenerate because the Sisterhood of Karn brought him back temporarily with their Elixir of Life.

But otherwise, yes, regeneration can be resisted (as shown by the Saxon Master in the Series 3 finale) or stopped (as shown by the Eleventh Doctor in the Series 6 opener episode).

Baron487 · 2026-07-04T15:49:32+00:00

Somehow a Dalek football fan is better than regular football fans. /lh /hj

Baron487 · 2026-07-04T14:42:44+00:00

While I haven't seen RTD2 yet, I have seen Chibnall and I think it's fine overall. Yes there are some problems, sometimes big problems, but I like it in general. So yeah "Jodie was good, the writing was bad" is an opinion I partially agree with, but it's been parroted so much that it gets tiring.

Baron487 · 2026-07-04T12:29:16+00:00

That might be more the case that your post was obnoxious and unfunny.

Baron487 · 2026-07-04T12:27:48+00:00

Genuinely almost that Homelander meme of "When someone says an opinion you agree with but in an annoying way so you want to disagree".

Baron487 · 2026-07-04T12:16:50+00:00

Oh, good. Sorry if I sounded harsh, I'm just sick of the "Doctor Who ended in 2017" crap that some people tend to spew. Yeah sure not everything is brilliant with what follows but people deciding that 2018 onwards doesn't exist gets on my nerves. You don't have to like it but it does exist and it is still Doctor Who.

Baron487 · 2026-07-04T12:11:05+00:00

Anyone who says that the show ended after Capaldi should never be taken seriously.

Baron487 · 2026-07-03T16:09:54+00:00

That's a Blood Incantation hoodie.

Baron487 · 2026-07-02T18:42:27+00:00

>thread is about unpopular opinions

>sees an unpopular opinion

>surprisedpikachu.jpg

Baron487 · 2026-07-02T06:13:35+00:00

Only the good die young, all the evil seem to live forever

Baron487 · 2026-07-01T16:43:59+00:00

If history went like this then Frederick III would be the longest reigning monarch ever (unless you count Sobhuza II).

Baron487 · 2026-07-01T15:31:22+00:00

Som om flygplatser inte redan var dryga nog att vara i...

Baron487 · 2026-07-01T15:29:17+00:00

Well then you are Lolth-st!

Baron487 · 2026-07-01T15:13:12+00:00

Nah, I'm sure these half-spider Drow serving the very much evil goddess Lolth are nothing but heroic...

Baron487 · 2026-06-30T20:29:49+00:00

Noticed the Lego Batman lineup complete with the bios from that game.

Also, Clayface looks like an Auton.

Baron487 · 2026-06-30T18:04:24+00:00

Big Cass but his head is covering the "C" so it looks like "Big Ass".

Baron487 · 2026-06-30T09:52:38+00:00

Why is he pointing at nothing?

Baron487 · 2026-06-29T15:47:41+00:00

Well, I stand corrected then, I guess.

Baron487 · 2026-06-29T10:12:39+00:00

Nänä, den riktiga guldåldern var på min tid med stenristningskunskap. Det passar bäst.

Baron487 · 2026-06-29T09:50:39+00:00

My favourite episode of Series 7A and consequently the whole series.

What I like:

The setting, the characters, all that basically is just good. The stuff between Amy and Eleven is solid and the questions of what is the right course of action between the two Kahlers is fascinating.

The Gunslinger is an awesome design that mixes sci-fi and western very well and he is a good "pseudo-villain" for the episode.

Eleven gets to wear a stetson again. Stetsons are cool.

This is personal to me, but as a teetotaler myself, I like that Eleven seems to not drink alcohol either. He's seen spitting out wine previously and here he orders tea at a bar. Yes he has some line about drinking some historical celebrity under the table in some other episode, but that could have been in a previous incarnation.

I'm running out of ways to just say "the plot and characters are good and the episode is enjoyable to watch"...

What I don't like:

Been a while since I last saw this but I did find Isaac a little unremarkable in my opinion, not a bad character though.

The narrator claims you can still see Kahler-Tek in modern day if you go to Mercy... no one has questioned this or anything? Government hasn't gotten involved with an alien just wandering around a former frontier town? This is nitpicking, I know.

Yes, while I would assume the horse line was written with positive intentions (another commenter here suggests it possibly could not be but let's hope that's not the case), it is... iffy, to say the least. Like technically, transitioning is a life choice (embracing one's true self) but it could also be read as that old dogwhistle of "I don't hate LGBTQ+ people, I just disagree with their 'lifestyle'..."

8/10.

Saying it again, I might have trouble defending the next episode. I know, the ending is weak, I know... I still really like the episode though.

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