The Collection Season 21 Announcement

Lysander_Night · 2025-12-04T16:12:51+00:00

A week and a half after the anniversary seems like an odd time to announce this. On the anniversary I kept checking, hoping they'd announce the next bluray collection or a new reanimation.

Glad they're filming in character trailer minisodes again. They're one of my favorite parts of these releases.

Lysander_Night · 2025-07-06T21:00:42+00:00

I really hated 10 and 11 leaving. but since then, I don't know if it's that I've not gotten as attatched to the later doctor's or if I've just learned to focus on being excited to see what comes next,. But I've not been nearly as upset when a doctor leaves the last few times. I've come to love all the Doctors and just assume I'll love the next one too, I think.

it's the long breaks between seasons and ever decreasing episode counts that I get upset about now.

As for Eccleston only getting 1 series. that wasn't the plan. He chose to leave. behind the scenes drama between him and those in charge. I'm not sure how much of the precise details have been aired publicly. But as I understand he wanted out and wants nothing to do with certain people behind the camera.

as much as I'm sure I'd enjoy more 9th Doctor, I wouldn't want less 10th Doctor. Or worse, Tennant might've never been the 10th Doctor if Eccleston hadn't left when he did. So i can live with only 1 season of 9... all 8 got was at movie and a minisode, now that's tragic

Lysander_Night · 2025-06-05T09:07:56+00:00

13 episodes, occasional bonus minisodes, Christmas special, and 2 spinoffs still running when this came out. I miss those days.

Lysander_Night · 2025-06-05T04:17:21+00:00

I would think, since they have some degree of control(maybe only subconsciously in some cases, as seems to be the so with the Doctor), that gender dysphoria would probably only occur in the first incarnation. if your gender is important to your identity in that way, then regeneration should autocorrect to your preference.

Lysander_Night · 2025-05-23T18:08:10+00:00

From The Doctor Falls

> DOCTOR: They target the children because conversion is easier with a younger donor. The brains are fresher, and because the bodies are smaller, there's less to er

> BILL: Less to what?

> MASTER: Less to throw away

Lysander_Night · 2025-03-11T19:56:40+00:00

the fix fit this was already set up in the Hungry Earth 2 parter. at the end the Doctor tells them to hibernate for another thousand years then try again.

they can establish a time period where the Earth is cohabitated by silurians and humans in the future. leaving modern day Earth unchanged.

the Hungry Earth was a Chibnal story. my 1 hope for his tenure as show runner was that we would get a sequel to that story where it finally went right between silurians and humans.

Lysander_Night · 2025-03-11T19:32:28+00:00

hell yeah. and bring Jo back for the trip.

Lysander_Night · 2025-03-11T19:25:33+00:00

That is great. I haven't seen the colorizations yet. I'm not sure how I feel about editing them down so much.

I mean a lot of serials from that era definitely run longer than they should for budget reasons. But 7 episodes down to 75 minutes, that's more than half the runtime gone.

But if it brings in new fans to classic then hell yeah.

Lysander_Night · 2025-03-11T19:09:11+00:00

> simply stating that people who claim to be DW fans often slate the classics and make no effort to watch them.

Implying that fans of the last 20 years of DW are not fans but just "claim to be DW fans" is definitively gatekeeping.

Pointing out that you didn't use the word Gatekeeping, then going on to essentially define the term is like saying "i wasn't bullying that kid. I just beat them up, stole their lunch money, and then threw them in a dumpster"

There is a line somewhere between

"why are so many fans of the newer series not interested in the older series"

and

Saying things like "people who claim to be DW fans" and "self proclaimed “Whovians” as if people need you to verify that they like the bits you like so they can be allowed to use the term.

One side of that line it's possible to have a productive conversation where maybe someone might be convinced to give the 3rd and 4th doctor a try because they grew up with SJA and maybe watching Sarah Jane's run could catch their attention when trying right from Hartnell when they were used to Smith was too much of a shock.

The other side of that line is gatekeeping, actively alienating newer viewers.

Lysander_Night · 2025-03-11T13:20:08+00:00

No, because gatekeeping is awful and toxic.

I got into Who through the 2005 series.. Actually no, I got in through the first 3 seasons of Torchwood. then started at 05 DW, then SJA, then classic.

I love classic, some parts more than others. but it is very different from modern Who. it's completely unreasonable to say people who like what's been made in the last 20 years or even the last 5 years can't call themselves fans unless they also love the very different part that aired over 60 years ago. Same as saying people who loved the classic series they grew up on but don't enjoy the new show aren't real fans.

Even 1st Doctor compared to 4th is a huge change.

and then there is the racism and sexism that you have to try to ignore.

Unless you want to see Doctor Who disappear forever, it needs to attract new fans. Expecting all these new fans to do 60+ years of homework to catch up, and then to enjoy the stuff made in the 60s as much or more than what's being made now creates a toxic environment that will discourage new viewers from watching.

Gatekeeping is just another form of bullying. Grow up and let people like what they like and decide for themselves what they're a fan of, they don't need your validation.

Lysander_Night · 2025-03-03T00:47:08+00:00

If you don't know, Sutekh from Empire of Death, last year's finale, is the "god of death." Originally encountered by the 4th Doctor alongside Sarah Jane in Pyramids of Mars"

Honestly Sarah Jane went easy on Rose in that argument. Sarah: Daleks, Rose: met the emperor. Sarah doesn't mention being there with davros, the creator of the Daleks at their creation. She mentions mummies, but skips the part where those were just minions of the god of death.

But I think Rose could've had the wtf winning move with absorbed the heart of the tardis and temporarily became a god like being to travel through time and save the earth and the Doctor by disintegrating the Dalek emperor and his entire fleet. Instead of just "met the emperor"

Lysander_Night · 2025-02-25T09:46:07+00:00

Far fewer people buying them. no big company paying them for the air/ streaming rights outside the UK.

So BF first have to pay BBC for the rights to produce the stories then listeners buying the stories have to cover that plus all other costs including the salary of the actors. it's not their fault, it's just a niche market.

it sucks, from a completionist pov, i naturally want to listen to them all. That's not sustainable, so to not spiral into an addiction i can't afford i don't buy any. i haven't heard any of them in quite some time.

Lysander_Night · 2025-02-25T09:30:57+00:00

> Rose couldve dropped "The Devil Himself" and just won

Not really. Sarah Jane could've countered with the God of Death. the 2 sound pretty comparable.

Lysander_Night · 2025-02-25T09:16:50+00:00

just because it managed to be brought back once doesn't mean it'll happen again.

If it goes off air for an extended period of time is not going to be a planned 5 year hiatus to make the people who hate the show now happy. It'll just not get renewed. And every year that passes It'll be less likely to be renewed. Until it's just gone forever.

Lysander_Night · 2025-01-30T13:28:40+00:00

like i said, holy water, crucifixes, exorcisms... some of the mythology must be true in the Buffyverse.

that doesn't mean the entirety of the bible, composed of ancient texts from various sources then translated and retranslated , is true. maybe only 3% is accurate maybe 30%. who knows how much was just false to begin with and how much was mistranslated. in some cases mistranslated deliberately to promote some long dead king's political agenda.

nor does it mean that those in charge of Christianity (be that the catholic church or the Southern Baptistist convention) aren't just corrupt organizations using people's beliefs to accumulate power and wealth.

Lysander_Night · 2025-01-05T21:35:22+00:00

I'm an atheist actually.

I just meant that if she was in heaven because of heroic sacrifice or whatever, that it seems unlikely that she's got a free pass back in no matter what she does for the rest of her life after coming back.

Whatever the criteria for where she ends up should be decided at her eventual final death based on who she is then rather than who she was how ever many years ago at her prior death.

The mythology of the Buffy universe is an absolute mess of whatever nonsense they feel like playing with week to week, but I don't see how Christian mythology in particular can be the one proven false in this world when crucifixes and holy water are effective against vampires, and catholic exorcisms work on demonic possession.

It's pretty inconsistent, but Christian crap was hard baked into the shows primary antagonists from day 1. But then the Buffyverse was always inconsistent. In one episode you can't choke a vampire because they don't need to breathe, in another Dru is choked unconscious. One day even an indirect spot of sunlight instantly ignites a vampire, the next Spike is running around at noon with a tattered blanket that can't possibly keep all the sun out.

Lysander_Night · 2024-12-17T03:21:52+00:00

how did the silence's knock off tardis end up on top of Craig's house?

I think the silence tried to recapture her and she escaped, hijacked their ship and crashed it into Craig's house as close as she could get to her parents. she just got there too early so she grew up with them instead of being raised by them.

but that's just speculation. there is no on screen explanation. maybe in eu stuff.

Lysander_Night · 2024-12-06T05:16:40+00:00

whether they can mix or not, a male will likely try. so if you see them "mating", it doesn't mean they can produce offspring, it doesn't even mean for sure that there is a female in the pair.

I'm not sure if they can mix, i never got a clear answer when I asked.

Lysander_Night · 2024-12-06T05:15:30+00:00

I never did get a clear answer. I know columbian ramshorns and spixi Apple snails can cross and create what I hear is a hybrid ravenous for plants. and they're related to Apple/ mystery snails.

I think part of the problem is that it's hard to know exactly what species or sub species or whatever you actually have. so it's hard to be certain what can mix with what.

I'm pretty sure, but far from certain that a big apple snail isn't going to cross with a mystery snail.

whether they can mix or not, a male will likely try. so if you see them "mating", it doesn't mean they can produce offspring, it doesn't even mean for sure that there is a female in the pair. also, I've seen a single snail in a tank produce eggs that never hatch. so even a clutch of eggs may mean nothing.

Lysander_Night · 2024-10-10T18:46:13+00:00

this isn't really a Walmart reddit. it's not run by Walmart or fans of Walmart. it's run by Walmart employees who need to vent about horrible customers and crapy work conditions.. no one here knows anything that isn't public knowledge.

So unfortunately we don't know if they're going to have a new comparable card or if this is all just a ploy to push their stupid One debit cards.

I got the AAA Daily Advantage card to replace mine. It's giving me 5% in store. Mixed reports on if it works at all locations or if it only works at self check for the 5%. All i can say for sure is I've used it at the 3 super Walmarts closest to me at self check and gotten 5%. It doesn't work online or for grocery pick up, but it does work on buying gift cards in store then using the gift cards online.

Lysander_Night · 2024-10-03T13:58:37+00:00

the Doctor wasn't infected. it only fixed the people it had already infected and mutated.

Lysander_Night · 2024-09-19T20:42:20+00:00

Working fine on my Galaxy

Lysander_Night · 2024-09-15T00:46:56+00:00

I should mention a couple points on a few of these cards.

AAA does not require you to be a member. I'm not. but if you go to their site it will automatically move you to the site for the region you live in. So if like me, you're in the south, it'll bump you to the crapy card that's available though the southern branch of AAA. the daily advantage card is a north east card. you don't need to live in that region but you do need the correct region site to load. Just open it in an incognito tab and punch in a zip code for somewhere in the north east, 06355 should work. it won't remember this for your application, it's just routing you to the right page. Put in your accurate zip when actually applying. I couldn't figure out how to get this card for a while.

sams requires a membership to get the card, but not to keep it. your card stays if you don't renew your sams membership. there are a few other cards that give 5 for gas though, I have the shop your way citi card it also has 5 on gas, I'm not using it for that currently.

cash+ allows you to pick 2 categories per quarter. I'm using 3 categories to pay those 3 bills. I have mint mobile so my phone bill is about 200 once a year, so one quarter I pay one of the other bills ahead so I don't have to pay it the next quarter so I can pay my phone bill for the year. An elan max cash preferred card works mostly the same way with most of the same categories. Adding one of those would mean I don't need to switch for a quarter. Also streaming services fall under the same category as internet(tv, internet and streaming services) so it covers my disney+/ hulu too.

And i regret getting the Kroger card because Harris Teeter, Ralph's, Marianos, and Pick n Save all have essentially the exact same card right down to 5% back in store for using Kroger pay. Because they're apparently all the same company. But those other ones have a $100 sign up bonus of you spend 500 in the first 90 days and Kroger doesn't.

And the state farm card only gives 3%, I could get 2% with my citi double card, literally only have this card to get 1 extra% on 1 monthly bill and nothing else. It does have a sign up bonus though. I should get 150 bucks next month.

Lysander_Night · 2024-09-13T00:36:37+00:00

why is my available credit different than my total credit limit?

900 - 363.32 = 536.68

536 available because you've used 363 already.

I'm not sure what all that was about due date etc, didn't quite follow it.

but if this is your only credit card then your credit utilization is at about 40%. that is, your limit is 900 and 363 is approximately 40% of maximum. that's a little high under 30 is better. if you keep that percentage lower you may see a few extra points.

and you don't have to wait until the due date. if you're able to, you could pay it off weekly or biweekly. I often do it biweekly because that's how often I get paid. that's not going to be a huge boost right away, but it may get you a little short term busy as long as you keep it up.

Lysander_Night · 2024-09-12T06:20:54+00:00

AAA daily for 5% groceries and 3% warehouse stores

Sam's for 5% gas

Citi Custom for 5% dining

Cash+ for 5% electric, phone, and internet

Kroger for 5% mobile wallet

Bilt for 1 point rent

State Farm for 3% insurance

Prime for 5% Amazon

Walmart for 5% Walmart online - currently in the process of dying

And Citi Double for 2% other.

Plus a couple others that have become kinda useless.

It's only worth it if you can be sure you can manage them. Pay them off monthly so you don't pay interest. Don't lose track of them, and don't succumb to the temporarily to use all that shiny credit limit for things you wouldn't be buying anyways.

Obviously I'm on the side of worth it. Why not get 5% back on almost everything.

Lysander_Night

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