presidentdisastra The Universe is Calling United States · They/them Followers 8 Following 12 Following Follow Follows you Overview Diary Badges Statistics Reviews My Stories My Completed Stories My Favourite Stories ♥ My Rated Stories 1 ★ 2 ★ 3 ★ 4 ★ 5 ★ Stories I have reviewed Stories I own My Saved Stories My Completed, Unrated Stories My Skipped Stories My Next Story My Uncompleted Stories My Unreviewed Stories Stories I do not own My Collectables My Owned Collectables My Unowned Collectables My Saved Collectables (Wishlist) My Quotes My Favourite Quotes My Submitted Quotes presidentdisastra has submitted 19 reviews and received 10 likes Sort: Newest First Oldest First Most Likes Highest Rating Lowest Rating Spoilers First Spoilers Last 19 reviews 13 April 2025 · 113 words Classic Who S9 • Serial 1 · (4 episodes)Day of the Daleks presidentdisastra Spoilers Review of Day of the Daleks by presidentdisastra 13 April 2025 This review contains spoilers! This is a good episode with a nice balance of silly and intense moments. I'm pretty sure it's the first appearance of a clear precursor to the mind probe. I appreciate that among the (human) bad guys, morality is less clear than it seems at first—as is blame. Jo's innocent belief that anyone who treats her well must be in the right is sweet and believable. The Doctor's implied-torture scene is excellent. The timing of cut-aways is used to great effect. Yates and Benton are fantastic. There are great silly moments, like Ogrons chasing a fourwheeler, interspersed with more serious and intense ones. All around, a solid and enjoyable episode with good pacing. presidentdisastra View profile Like Liked 0 13 April 2025 · 148 words Classic Who S15 • Serial 4 · (4 episodes)The Sun Makers presidentdisastra Spoilers Review of The Sun Makers by presidentdisastra 13 April 2025 This review contains spoilers! One of my all-time favorite episodes! First off, it's hilarious that it managed to accidentally be one of the best anti-capitalist episodes in a show full of purposeful anti-capitalist episodes. It's meant to be anti-tax, but the way taxes are treated is more just using a different word for fees and the cost of living. The biggest problem is exploitation by the company that runs the planet, has a monopoly on goods and jobs, and pumps the air full of drugs to keep the populace nervous and easily exploited. At one point they actually explicitly go on strike. Leela gets a chance to be a leader in her own right, which I always appreciate, and there are some excellent moments with her and K-9. It's also funny to see that the company is aware of the Time Lords but remains unconcerned about them because they aren't monetarily exploitable. presidentdisastra View profile Like Liked 0 10 April 2025 · 65 words Doctor Who S11 • Episode 4Arachnids in the UK presidentdisastra Spoilers Review of Arachnids in the UK by presidentdisastra 10 April 2025 This review contains spoilers! This is such a good episode for the Doctor being autistic! And for building the fam’s relationship! It’s generally sweet and wholesome and I really enjoyed it. My only real issue is that there’s no wrap up about Robertson, either making a Thing about his escape or giving him some justice for what he did. They just kind of stop the spiders and move on. presidentdisastra View profile Like Liked 0 10 April 2025 · 127 words Main Range • Episode 50Zagreus presidentdisastra Review of Zagreus by presidentdisastra 10 April 2025 The thing is that this is not a middling story. I just can’t decide if I love it or hate it. The plot itself is all over the place and hard to follow. I don’t care much for Alice in Wonderland themes, or some of the implications of the story, or its treatment of Leela. Charley is cool but I have a few issues with her. And it relies heavily on recognizing voices, which is not my strong suit. But oh my Rassilon, the lore. There is SO much here about Gallifrey’s history, and Rassilon, and that bit is great. It also has some fantastic Doctor moments and did give us Romana writing fanfiction. So basically, this three stars is me giving it both 1 and 5 stars simultaneously. presidentdisastra View profile Like Liked 0 9 April 2025 · 293 words Classic Who S8 • Serial 2 · (6 episodes)The Mind of Evil presidentdisastra Spoilers 1 Review of The Mind of Evil by presidentdisastra 9 April 2025 This review contains spoilers! There are some fantastic moments in this serial. The checkers scene where both the Doctor and Jo shush the Master, the moment when the Master panics because he thinks he killed the Doctor for real, Jo getting to be brave and clever in her own right, the overacted fight scenes are fun, and both Benton and Yates are great. However. The plot has FAR too many aspects so that they all sort of get lost: the dangerous effects of the machine, the hostage situation in the prison, the peace conference being hijacked by a hypnotized Chin Lee (who also doesn't get enough on-screen time post hypnosis), the stolen missile used to threaten a third world war, and Barnham wandering around all innocent because he no longer has his evil impulses. It's just too much, making it almost easy to miss that some of it doesn't make sense: the machine takes out "evil impulses" but then the mind grown from that causes people to see their worst fear and then, somehow, literally die from that fear (not the fear itself but whatever is the cause of the fear, ie actually drowning). At first it seems the evil impulses have just imbued the machine with sentience, but then it turns out that somehow a nearly-impossible-to-kill living creature has grown from them. The Master's entire plan is "start a war that decimates the Earth," which on its own would be amusing and I wouldn't mark down, but with everything together it's one more thing that isn't fleshed out. The story doesn't even have TIME to get into the problematic and eugenicist issues with choosing to (or even having the ability to) remove evil/criminal impulses from a person, beyond a couple throwaway lines at the beginning. presidentdisastra View profile Like Liked 1 8 April 2025 · 57 words Doctor Who S10 • Episode 8The Lie of the Land presidentdisastra Spoilers Review of The Lie of the Land by presidentdisastra 8 April 2025 This review contains spoilers! Two built-in AUs in the same three-part story! I love this one even more! It loses half a star for the Doctor being more of a bastard than necessary in testing Bill and then laughing about her terror and hopelessness. But everything else is great! Bill's imaginary friend of a mum saves the world! It's very sweet! presidentdisastra View profile Like Liked 0 8 April 2025 · 117 words Doctor Who S10 • Episode 7The Pyramid at the End of the World presidentdisastra Spoilers Review of The Pyramid at the End of the World by presidentdisastra 8 April 2025 This review contains spoilers! I love this episode! I love the end of the world being not only something other than war, but an accident through a series of small happenings. I love the Generals attempting a peaceful solution to save the world. I love the scene of Bill doing anything to save the Doctor. I love the creepiness of the monks. The solution of love doesn't make a lot of sense, when (1) Bill loves the Doctor, not the monks, and (2) the fear and strategy were also surely bound up with love for their family and world. But that doesn't matter too much when the story is good. My only real issue with it is un-disabling the Doctor before his regeneration. presidentdisastra View profile Like Liked 0 8 April 2025 · 59 words Doctor Who S10 • Episode 6Extremis presidentdisastra Spoilers Review of Extremis by presidentdisastra 8 April 2025 This review contains spoilers! I love this episode! I am a big fan of shows building in their own AUs, and the thought of people realizing their entire existence is a lie is so delightfully creepy. The Catholic Church isn't my favorite setting for it, but the acting and eeriness make up for it. I also appreciate the Doctor's disability actually disabling him. presidentdisastra View profile Like Liked 0 8 April 2025 · 87 words Doctor Who S2 • Episode 10Love & Monsters presidentdisastra Spoilers Review of Love & Monsters by presidentdisastra 8 April 2025 This review contains spoilers! I don’t know why so many people don’t like this one; it’s sweet. Tragic but light. I enjoy the focus on characters that aren’t the Doctor or companions. On the way ordinary people’s lives are disrupted. And yeah the monster wasn’t that interesting, but in this case the point of the story was the relationships more than the monster. Also, the look into Jackie being lonely was nice. I like the thought of her calling Rose about it and Rose insisting they immediately track this guy down. presidentdisastra View profile Like Liked 0 6 April 2025 · 132 words Doctor Who Specials Legend of the Sea Devils presidentdisastra Spoilers Review of Legend of the Sea Devils by presidentdisastra 6 April 2025 This review contains spoilers! This episode has a very classic feel, and honestly I think more of Thirteen's era should have been like this. She does best when in filler-type episodes, just running around having adventures with the fam. Though technically the stakes include the entire world, they feel small and localized, which I prefer. I like that the Sea Devils (unfortunately named, but that was established long before this) more or less maintain their classic appearance. The pirates (TWO different eras of Chinese pirates!) are great fun. The entire thing maintains the random yet earnest feel that made classic who so charming, only with impressive special effects. And, of course, the relationship conversation was expertly handled. The Doctor in an ordinary romance would never have worked, and this was a great way to discuss that. presidentdisastra View profile Like Liked 0 Show All Reviews (19) Sorting, filtering, and pagination, coming soon!