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Review of Doctors Assemble! by FreddyPavao

31 March 2025

A simple story with great execution.
The whole Doctor Who Lockdown iniciative during the pandemic was increible per se. It was a little beacon of light in a very dark time we were passing together. Just for that alone this story deserves a high rate.
The story itself is simple but so well-executed. All voices are on point. Jon Culshaw was a madman taking all those roles just for himself, and as usual, was rockin' it.
The Doctors interacting was totally on point. The script really got the spirit of how each of the incarnations would react to a group chat, down to the profile pictures they would use and all! The part when all of them start arguing at the same time and out of the blue we start hearing the recorder blasting in the background was simply precious and cracks me up every time.
Hope we have another one like this in the future (no pandemic needed of course. One was enough)

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Review of Mr Ring-a-Ding by FreddyPavao

29 March 2025

An extremely creative way to introduce the character into Doctor Who lore.
Here we have just a silly adventure with Mr. Ring-a-Ding being exactly what the character appears to be, a simple light-hearted Rubber Hose cartoon character.
This per se has a lot of potential. It serves as a great hook for us to create a bond and have a pre-established relationship with the character, so when we see the twisted version of him in 'Lux' chances are it'll be more impactful.
Also, the fact that Mr. Ring-a-Ding saves Easter in this story and his debut episode on the TV show is gonna be exactly the day before Easter is a nice touch.

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Review of Party Animals by FreddyPavao

28 March 2025

As the title implies, this story is just a big party. You'll have lots of references scattered everywhere (from Simpsons and X Files to Captain Britain and Star Trek), no real danger on it or anything like that. On some pages, it's almost like a Where's Wally board, where you have to pinpoint every character hidden on it. That said, this is not a bad thing at all!

The story also gives some nods to Doctor Who's own history. It's the first appearance of The Nicholas Briggs Doctor and his companion Ria in any official Doctor Who Material. Until this moment, these characters were only in the Audio Visuals, which are not licensed by the BBC, but have a big impact on Doctor Who as a whole. The Audio Visuals stories are basically a proto-Big FInish, so having them interact with the current TARDIS team is a very sweet touch.

The interactions of the two Doctors, Ace and Ria are on point. The Doctors are very happy to see each other and the companions have that sweet bickering with their respective Doctors, which is always fun to see.

In summary, Party Animals is a sweet short story that will get you giggling and that's enough.
Cheers and Happy Birthday Bonjaxx! 🍻


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Review of The Curse of Fatal Death by FreddyPavao

27 March 2025

This review contains spoilers!

The Curse of Fatal Death manages to encapsulate the spirit of Doctor Who extremely well.
All the basic elements of a good Doctor Who story are present here:
  • The Doctor explaining (or failing to explain) crazy concepts to the companion
  • The Master allying himself with the Daleks
  • Good use of time travel (as in the "I anticipated your journey back in time" moments)
  • Regeneration scene(s)
  • and even a twist that brings an unknown element to something already established in the lore
    (as is the case here of the Doctor going beyond the regeneration limit, which back then was something we didn't know how it would happen or what effects it would have - for all intents and purposes, in this reality, when the regeneration limit is exceeded, the Doctor regenerates into a gender-inverted body apparently).
The fact that it was written by Steven Moffat makes the whole thing even more interesting, as we see that Curse served almost as an incubator for ideas that he would apply in his run as Showrunner more than a decade later. We see the Doctor regenerating into a blonde woman just as she becomes the 13th, and also the Master renouncing his villainy and openly flirting with the Doctor (something that we see happening with Missy and the 12th Doctor in the regular universe).
The Curse of Fatal Death does NOT try to be anything serious or tied to the "real" continuity of Doctor Who, and that is precisely what makes it excellent.
It's 23 minutes of pure fun that I like to revisit from time to time :)

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