Doctor Who Predictions Update
- doctorbrick
- May 8
- 4 min read
We are halfway through this series already - which is hugely depressing! Could we really be four episodes away from the end?! I know, doom and gloom, so let's concentrate on the positives. This series has been so bloody good so far.
Before the series started I predicted what I would thought would happen in each episode. Keep reading to see how I have got on so far.
PREDICTION: I know trailers can be deceiving, but from what we have seen it does seem to be shifting to a slightly darker tone this series. I hope so - every Doctor needs shit to get real. So before I make a prediction, I will make a wish - please don't be too bloody silly! I love that Doctor Who is silly, I don't love talking babies though.
We are going to have to meet a new companion, and this is making me think Belinda isn't from our time, or maybe even our planet. Could she be from an alien world or the future, or both for that matter. Scrap that, I have just seen another trailer, Belinda appears to be from Earth.
Anyway, perhaps this episode will be along the Detroit: Become Human vibe - robots gaining a soul and rebelling - just slightly less gritty than the game and a little more cheesy.
VERDICT: Well for starters I got Belinda completely wrong, but I guess I got the essence of the episode pretty spot on, sort of. It was so much better than Space Babies, and that was my one true hope for the episode. I am taking a win on this.
PREDICTION: I have actually realised I have hardly any knowledge of this series other than the couple of trailers and episode names. Just going by the title reveal, I am guessing this is when Ncuti dons his bowler hat. Also going by the reveal this is the episode featuring Mr. Ring-a-Ding. This does seem to follow last series, a set up episode, a mysterious companion to solve, then a more experimental bonkers episode after.
I have no idea how this will play out. None what so ever! People being turned into cartoons? Kind of like the wire or the wi-fi in The Idiot's Lantern and The Bells of Saint John? I have no clue, and I love it!!
It looks like it is going to be a banger episode though - I have very high hopes for this one.
VERDICT: I was correct - it was a banger, and it was bonkers! As for the rest? I was wrong, very wrong. This was more wild than I predicted, it was only the Doctor and Belinda who were turned into a cartoon, and it was nothing like The Idiot's Lantern or The Bells of Saint John.
PREDICTION: This has the look of a base under siege episode.
I cannot place a monster in this, so I am going to gamble by guessing it is the Daleks. The well is actually on Skaro and the Daleks are coming. A base under siege isn't the MO of this version of Doctor Who, that seems to boring and safe, a base under siege with a Dalek twist then.
VERDICT: I got two things correct in a way, I am saying I did anyway. This was a base under siege, and it was a returning villain. It wasn't the Daleks though, it was the Midnight Entity. This defiantly had a twist, just not the one I was expecting. I will give myself 6/10 for my prediction though.
PREDICTION: I do worry about UNIT, they are a bit bland. They do not excite me. That said, Ruby is in this one so it isn't the end of the world. By the small newspaper clipping it seems UNIT are keeping aliens, and I assume, as is always the case with UNIT, they fuck it up. A few pointless cameos later and the Doctor and Belinda swoop in to save the day.
That is very negative of me I know. If this is the episode with the guy and Ruby with the hand creeping up on his back, well that looked good, so who knows, perhaps we are in for a horror treat. My favourite kind of Doctor Who.
VERDICT: I take it all back. UNIT were well done here, apart from the Vlinx who is absolutely pointless. Ridiculously pointless to be honest! Kate had her best episode yet. The Doctor and Belinda did not save the day, and this was more a look at how horrible humans are as opposed to a horror episode. This series seems to be taking a critical look at the human race a lot as it happens. I did not predict the monster would be a Doctor Woke YouTuber!
One thing I also didn't predict was quite how amazing this series would be. Judging by the viewing figures so far, Doctor Who is being very, very underappreciated.
It may be that the show needs to look at different ways of telling stories. Would a more serialised story through a series or two make a nice change? It is hard to find a show quite like Doctor Who, but in this day and age does it really work? Only time will tell I guess, but it has been so far so good for me!
What have you thought about the series so far? Did you predict anything as completely wrong as me? Let me know in the comments below.
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