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Let me know what questions you have for my monthly chat! 

The episodes I will be covering are: 

Good Omens: 1x01-1x03

The Mandalorian: 1x01-1x05 

The Walking Dead: 10x10-10x13 

Classic Who: "The Macra Terror" & "The Faceless Ones" Parts 1-4 

Torchwood: 4x05-4x08 

Doctor Who: 12x10 

*The Monthly Chat will be recorded on March 30* 

Comments

Ian Smith

Classic Who: From what you've seen of him in the surviving live action footage,would you say that the quality of the animation is helping you become more familiar with the 2nd Doctor? The Timeless Children: You weren't too happy about this one,I recall. Would your opinions be likely to change on a rewatch? Whereabouts do you think RuthDoctor fits in the Doctors timeline? Of the Masters/Missy that you've seen so far,how does this latest one rate?

Paul Hayes

A general Miracle Day question - has it been a strange experience watching it while the current pandemic unfolds? I realise they are very different situations, but there are some parallels between the story and our current reality, particularly in the idea of overloaded hospitals and medical systems struggling to cope. Thankfully, humanity in the real world seems to be behaving rather better in this crisis than we do in the Torchwood world!

Dave Ford

So - hopefully I've not left this too late. Mostly just a question about Bond and Austin Powers. Clearly you didn't really like the AP movies. Firstly - with Bond - you clearly enjoyed the Daniel Craig movie - would you be tempted in time to react to some of his others ones, or even the Brosnan movies? As for Austin Powers, that clearly didn't go down nearly as well. Austin Powers is supposed to be a spoof of the sixties Bond movies whose attitudes haven't aged well - but now Austin Powers itself is over twenty years old and its approach perhaps is suffering from the same problems. Bond has always been fairly tongue-in-cheek, and it's hard to spoof films like that. If it fair to say you enjoyed the sixties spoof (Casino Royale) more than you did the ninties spoof (Austin Powers) - and if so, why?

George Teed

The Mandalorian: 1) Are you finding it easy to empathis with Mando's character despite only being able to see his face? What do you think of Pedro's body language in the series? 2) What do think of the show's 'Western-inspired' structure? Insofar that each episode is a short, somewhat self-contained, weekly bounty adventure etc. Do you prefer a more typical structure, with 50m episodes where every episode is crucial to the 'main plot', or do you think this works well for this show? 3) How are you liking the relationship between Mando and Baby Yoda so far? Is it what you were expecting from this show? The Walking Dead: 1) Do you think Alpha 'losing' Lydia in episode 10, and her then saying she's no longer human, made her stronger or weaker? Do you think that her instability ultimately somewhat contributed to her death? 2) What do you think of Negan's seeming affection toward Alpha? Do you think that by killing her he was working through his guilt/baggage/closure with Lucille? Obviously we don't know all the details about what happened there but I got the impression that Alpha somewhat reminded him of his late wife 3) Now we know Carol released Negan, what do you make of her actions since then and all her risky attempts to kill Alpha herself in retrospect? 4) In light of her first human kills, what do you think of the perspective Judith has in this world she's been raised in? Especially when you compare it to when Carl first killed a human, back when 'civilised society' was more recent to the adults? Do you think it's good that she's always so eager to help and fight off the enemy? 5) Speaking of Judith's upbringing, I was wondering if you had any thoughts on how she'll now be raised by neither of her parents for a short while? I know the writers were just having to work around Danai's choice and that Judith gave her blessing for Michonne to leave but I guess I had mixed feelings about it anyways? Or is finding Rick the priority here? 6) It's a complicated topic but, is Negan 'redeemed' or even redeemable in your eyes? Torchwood: 1) What do you make of Jack and Angelo's relationship and do you think meeting Angelo changed the way that Jack then approached relationships? In comparison to how Jack later got close with Ianto, do you think he softened up to the idea of forming a relationship or was he just as standoffish with Ianto as ever? Do you think he regrets not letting himself get more official with Ianto now? 2) Thoughts on Gwen's guilt for being a survivor, and her lines saying she "thought she was better than them", and how she blames herself/Torchwood for the situation at stake? Do you think Torchwood really is hostile and toxic and does more harm than good? I mean, would you say Gwen has changed for the worse or better since the start of the show? 3) What do you make of Oswald's character at this point in the story? I think he had accepted death and now doesn't know what to do with his life and his freedom. Do you think he's just trying to become a normal person in society at this point, and trying to change his ways as best as he can? I wonder if you think that would even be possible in this situation? Doctor Who: Oh boy... 1) Ddid you think the finale wrapped up the season as a whole in a satisfying way? Or do you think the season was setting up too much that did/didn't pay off in this finale? 2) How do you like Sacha Dhawan's portrayal of the Master? Do you wish he was more sympathetic to the Doctor like Missy was? 3) What have you made of Jodie's performance as the Doctor this season? She's been given a lot more material that's been less bubbly 4) Do you like the show tackling these more ambitious storylines, with the writers exploring more of expanding the history of regeneration/gallifrey/the Doctor etc etc. Or would you rather they leave some aspects of the show be? 5) What did you think of the companions' involvment with the Doctor this episode, and this season as a whole? Do you think they work well as a collective? 6) What are your general thoughts about the Timeless Child idea now? Would you have preferred the Timeless Child idea if maybe it was a seperate time lord character/villain, or even if it was the Master?