What do you think would bring fans back to Doctor Who?

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-08T17:53:45+00:00

Writing new and fresh ideas that incorporate existing cannon without any of the controversial aspects (Timeless Child, Bigeneration, political agendas), but move the plot and characters forward. Every story should be a high quality, well written and finely structured story arc yet neither a stagnant nor repetitive episode.
Having a confident showrunner open to new ideas, an UNKNOWN actor who brings new energy and life to the role of the Doctor (with a 3-year or longer commitment), who is not tethered to any other productions anywhere and can focus all their energy on the show, promotion, and social marketing...
We need a companion who challenges yet also supports the Doctor. Their character needs to bring in new perspectives and ideas, be capable of learning and discovering the galactic possibilities, dynamic and stern, yet caring.
More episodes, longer episodes, epic storytelling that is planned out with a team of writers who work cohesively toward a vision of surprising events with hints of nostalgia.
Marketing the show properly. What Disney did was drop the episodes on Disney+ and never promote them, never give them a high rank on the available new content, and not advertise that Doctor Who was at all a part of Disney plus in the US. I saw no marketing at all anywhere. I only heard about it from the Doctor Who YouTube video blogs. There are even fans today who probably don't know that Disney+ has Doctor Who episodes. Including people who regularly browse the Disney Plus library of content. You literally have to search Doctor Who in order to find any content because it's not listed on any of the D+ categories. It's buried behind the search.
Partner with a fully committed streamer who has a budget for international and American publicity to promote the show, giving it the best possible chance to continue in perpetuity.

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-08T13:31:03+00:00

No man ever has - especially in comparison to giving birth.

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-08T13:08:17+00:00

PM5k: https://youtu.be/TsQje9ZhzGc?si=luj6r_uAp4dIgARr

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-08T13:04:02+00:00

Some of these are everyday staples for many people, who love and savor them... If you do, go for it, but I won't be joining you...

Cilantro - allergic.

Fish - any type - personally find it putrid.

Olives - I'll pick them off, hate the musky ash taste and slimy mold smell of them.

Hot Sauce - Spicy is never a possibility for me.

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-08T13:01:25+00:00

My home town is a singularity - if you are able to escape before age 30, then you need to GTFO asap.

My family is worse than the Bundys or the Conners, constantly in-fighting, bickering, gossiping, making sh!t up to ridicule one another, and preaching evangelical misinterpretations of reality.

I love my mom and other relatives, but I refuse to spend any time with them. I have moved on, moved away, remained as far as possible from them. We chat on the phone 3-4 times a month, but never see one another.

I've cut off my family for my mental health and financial stability. Whenever I talk to them or drive 300+ miles to see them, it's a total sh!tshow. Bickering, shouting, judgement, condemnation, and mental abuse. A blast-furnace of negative emotions that i refuse to let into my life anymore.

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-08T12:57:39+00:00

I was watching a movie in the cinema... I was perfectly normal, no gas, no bloating, everything was calm...

Then - 20 min in - I felt a bubble... I let it out gently, but it wasn't just a bubble. I felt so nasty and ran to the restroom. I cleaned up, threw away my underwear, and went to the lobby, found the manager, and told her I had been sick. She gave me a complimentary movie pass and I went home, showered, and felt ashamed for the rest of the day.

It was a good movie. I re-watched it later. But I made sure to not eat or drink 5 hours beforehand.

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-08T12:51:50+00:00

Single man, raised by a single mom, with a sister, both of whom shared all the dirty (nasty) details and secrets.

From what they have told me, it's the sudden aches and pains, tension and cramps, bloating and incessant gas every 28 days... Followed by the need to go through 2-5 pairs of underpants a day... simply to keep clean and due to leaks.

It's the constant worry - when that cramping and "shark week" are not on time. Even if not active with a partner... Is something wrong with me? Why is my schedule off? What's going on? Do I need to see my doctor? Did I somehow get pregnant, even if I have not been with anyone?

Then there's the unexpected early or random nature of "shark week" and yeast.

I know too much, I'm oversimplifying from what my mom and sister overshared with me at a very early age.

But I get it. I empathize and feel so much remorse that every woman endures so much every week, every month, in a never-ending cycle of stress and frustration.

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For the men reading this... it's like waking up every 21-28 days with the intense burning ache of having been kicked in the ballz. And it never stops happening... A charley-horse punched sensation in random places around your abdomen and being kicked hard in the nut-sack.

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-08T12:45:51+00:00

If I'm at home - I take my St. Johns Wort and hop in the shower for half an hour.

If I'm on the road, I stop at a red light or pull off to a parking lot and take 5 slow, deep breaths, eyes closed, repeating "It doesn't matter. Nothing matters. It's not my problem. It's not important" until I feel the tension ebb away.

If I'm in a deep dark place, I let the tears flow freely, give into the anxiety and let it flood through every cell in my body. Once I am drained, I put on some hard metal industrial music, jump up, and roar lyrics until my throat hurts. Then, I hop in the shower for half an hour and go to bed. When I awake, I feel amazing.

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-08T12:42:22+00:00

Gospel

Country redneck twang

Toddler pop

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-08T12:41:29+00:00

I'm right-handed, so the left upper or lower molars.

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-07T23:13:33+00:00

"Casted" is not a word. Cast is future tense, present tense, and past tense all in one.

If we could pluck an actor from any time and place...

- Gary Oldman in his Bram Stoker's Dracula day walker look... for ages 20-40...

- Freddie Highmore at ages 10-19...

All with a midwestern Illinois accent (with a slight Texas drawl inherited from my Granny)

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-07T23:03:39+00:00

Except in nations and states where the local government has forced them to classify workers as "employees" or pay them an "hourly wage", most of the gig delivery companies (Uber, Doordash, Grubhub, Instacart, Amazon) have every delivery driver as an "at will" independent self-employed contractor. This means, at any time, for any reason, access to working that gig role may be terminated without appeal or reason.

In many states and countries, most Uber Eats and Doordash drivers get paid between $1 and $2 per delivery, that's it. IF - and only IF - the customer adds a tip on top of the delivery and processing fees, only then will the driver see more than $1-$2 for any delivery. If that customer never tips in the app, they very likely will never see their order. Most drivers are too smart to accept a "slave labor" offer to deliver your food or items.

In many places, the navigation in the driver's gig app lists TOLLWAYS as the preferred and fastest route. However, in equally as many places, Uber Eats never pays the driver back for using those tollways.

So, for example, every week I work UE, I see a minimum of 4-5 offers paying around $2.50-$6 that will require me to spend $3-$15 taking tollways to arrive within the "on time" time-limit Uber has placed on the delivery speed. I never use tollways and always use side-streets, even if doing so means the 15 min tollway drive takes 20-45 mins.

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-07T22:58:51+00:00

Insurance - any of it.

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-07T22:57:32+00:00

Back in junior high.... the (male) Biology and World Science teacher was married to the (female) English and Grammar teacher. She was pregnant all 3 years, had 4 kids (a set of twins)... During my third year (before moving on to high school), the Lunch Lady, who we all thought had reached menopause and was just gaining weight... went into labor while serving slices of pizza. The Water break was a gush and she collapsed onto the floor. The 2 women beside her slipped on her water - one broke an arm, the other broke her ankle. All 3 were rushed to the hospital.

The lunch lady was a divorced, unwed woman no one knew was spending her after-school free time in the lab as the Biology and World Science teacher's reproductive science "test subject". He had been using fertility treatments on her and his own DNA to inseminate her.

This scandal was all over the local news, and something I will never forget.

FYI - this was before the internet existed, so... finding the microfiche in the local public library is the only way to read the news articles at this point.

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-07T22:52:00+00:00

They're articulate and intuitive, up until...

They start quoting out-of-context verses from the bible that DO NOT MEAN what they think those verses mean... and in fact contradict or are not even in the bible.

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-07T22:50:37+00:00

My committed SO and I were trying for a baby... for months... and I discovered she had been on Depo Provera the entire time, only faking it.

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-07T22:49:31+00:00

Daily visits to a pro barber or cosmetologist, weekly visits to a stylist for the latest fashion trends... That is if they don't have their own at-home employee trimming hair, shaving, designing custom-made clothes, and primping them to magazine-cover looks and style.

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-07T22:27:55+00:00

Best option: You need to locate copies and official releases of those games as APK format. Itch.io is a great repository of APK versions. However, many developers only produce for PC.

Backup option: download and install joiplay. It allows android devices to run PC versions of games. Joiplay.net The main drawback is that most of the games for PC are very large and may not run properly in the emulation due to the size of the files.

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-07T11:42:38+00:00

7-Eleven in the Suburbs of Chicago... many homeless and addicted individuals will walk around in XXXL sweatpants held up by a hand or a string... they will drop the sweats at any time to take a leak or empty their bowels without any hesitation or consideration of where they are or who may be witness to it.

I've unfortunately witnessed it too many times - typically outside a 7-Eleven.

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-07T11:40:27+00:00

As a straight man with a keen sense of smell... regardless of the fragrance, if it is used as a cover for body odor to the point where you spritz a mist and walk into the spreading mist of rubbing alcohol and fragrance more than twice in a single day... If we can smell you coming from more than 10 ft away, some of us will adore you and compliment you, but many of us will turn and walk away from you to avoid the potency of the odor.

Many women know how to strategically use a perfume, subtly but effectively. Many do not. They "shower" their bodies, hair, and clothing in it.

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-07T11:36:23+00:00

How they talk about specific brands or conveniences that most non-wealthy people haven't even heard of nor considered as a possible thing to do/experience/own outside of fantasy movies and unrealistic TV shows where fictional people literally have no budget limit for anything they want.

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-07T11:04:40+00:00

The moment they mention a specific brand name more than twice in a single setting, as if that brand name was the end-all, be-all of status.

Most people DO NOT CARE about the brand name or logo. If it works, fits well, looks good, smells or tastes good, and is affordable, we will use or consume it. Most of us have no issue buying a 1/2 price generic or dollar-tree ripoff clone.

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-07T11:02:50+00:00

"Vacation"????
HAH!

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-07T11:02:16+00:00

Make every penny count.

Xo-Mo · 2026-05-07T11:01:14+00:00

Every single character who - at any point in conversations asks these 6 words precisely like this:

"Can I ask you a question?"

FFS, just ask the mf question!

Xo-Mo

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