Season 1 (2024) Reflection 💎 Discussion & Review Podcast | Doctor Who: Season 1

Update: 2025-05-02

Description

How did characters develop in the 2024 season? Promises of novelty, universe expansions and contractions, character conflict, audience relationships, storytelling worlds, & much more is discussed in this look at the second year of Russell T Davies' return.

(00:00:00 ) Overall feelings on S1
(00:05:12 ) Expectations & reality of RTD’s return
(00:11:20 ) Promises of newness vs. the outcome
(00:15:21 ) Considering 2024 S1 against other seasons
(00:19:56 ) Tracking S1’s narratives
(00:21:01 ) Church: Ruby & 15’s worlds
(00:28:34 ) Church: character conflict
(00:32:48 ) Space: story & arcs
(00:40:03 ) Space: character conflict
(00:42:30 ) Chord: Ruby & 15’s development
(00:46:45 ) Boom: Moffat’s take on Ruby & 15
(00:52:42 ) Boom: character conflict
(00:54:48 ) Yards: Ruby’s acceptance
(00:59:03 ) Bubble: Ruby’s acceptance
(01:03:43 ) Rogue: heart-to-heart moments
(01:07:27 ) Legend: arc focus & Susan
(01:12:57 ) Empire: story, arcs, character
(01:26:06 ) Strengths of 15’s character
(01:32:46 ) Fourth wall + editing
(01:39:23 ) Comic-Con: canon, friendship, Star Trek
(01:42:51 ) Comic-Con: RTD reflections
(01:56:08 ) Comic-Con: Whoniverse, announcements, IP, acting, leaks
(02:20:06 ) Mel, family, VHS
(02:23:32 ) Doctor Who at the Proms (2024)
(02:57:44 ) Bubble’s premise, 15’s characterisation, Yards’ ambiguity, S1’s shape
(03:13:37 ) The spinoff
(03:30:19 ) Season 3 + reflecting on the revived series
(03:35:20 ) Wobbly empire + audience relationship + streaming bubble
(04:09:31 ) Individual seasons as individual ‘worlds’
(04:22:12 ) Looking forward …

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