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I totally agree - I don't see why Disney wouldn't try to lock the back catalogue down.

The Sutekh synergy alone would have been very helpful.

Well, as an example, the Star Trek movies moved from Paramount+ to Max between January and May of this year. I think Disney has been coming around to licensing out more of their back catalogue, rather than hoarding it all for Disney+, as well.

Yeah, I don't know enough about the biz to know what the standard duration of these deals would be.

Also complicating things is the fact that some of these distributors are waking up (again) to the benefits of licensing some of their content to others, at least from time to time.

Yeah, just looking at what's available to me, "Classic Who" is on Tubi, the Eccleston through Capaldi years are on Prime Video, and I don't think the Whittaker years or 1996 movie are available on any streaming service at all.

So I guess that's a rough breakdown of how the rights are distributed?

It's absolutely bizarre to me that the Disney deal didn't include the back catalogue - it seems like that would be a huge asset when it comes to attracting and retaining viewers.

People don't share podcasts here very often (except for the one that has its own community here). Feel free to share podcast episodes any time!

It's looking more likely - Gillingham reversed his position on that back in March.

The documentation included here doesn't seem to indicate the plan for Portage & Main one way or the other.

TRANSPORTATON 2050 defines reimagined mobility as a transportation system where:

• Half of trips are made using sustainable mobility options

• Sustainable transportation is the most desirable option for everyday travel

• An efficient network provides access and mobility to both people and goods

• People of all ages and abilities to safely move around without experiencing death or serious injury

To put reimagination into practice, the plan sets four targets:

1. Economic prosperity: Goods can move efficiently by air, rail, and truck, ensuring support for economic growth

2. Mode share: Winnipeggers make 50 percent of trips by walking, cycling, transit and ride sharing by 2050

3. Road safety: Achieve a 20 percent reduction in fatal and serious injury collisions by 2026

4. Accessibility and equity: The transportation system is designed and built to be accessible and affordable to all Winnipeggers

To reach these targets, TRANSPORTATION 2050 provides a roadmap that will allow us to:

• Prioritize maintaining existing infrastructure over building new infrastructure

• Make strategic investments to move more people and goods using the roads we have

• Support development of complete communities where people can access their daily needs within a short distance

• And empower people to travel by their preferred mode

Hopefully he knows something we don’t, though it’s probably just off the cuff optimism /wishful thinking.

Unfortunately, I think it's probably the latter - previous interviews have been...I would say fairly pessimistic about future seasons happening on Netflix. But maybe something has changed now that S2 has been out for a while?

Dan Hageman: Season 3 is called “The Kim Collective,” so we’ll see. [laughs]

Eh, it's been done.

which makes me question what the difference between a shuttle bay and a hanger is.

Almost makes you nostalgic for Voyager's "Shuttlebay 2."

My assumption was error in the "Star Trek: First Contact" tradition.

DANIELS: It's pretty bad, sir. It looks like they control decks 26 up to 11.

PICARD: There are 24 decks. Almost 700 metres long.

Star Trek is a country, right?

Intimidated, probably.

I thought that's what she was getting at at the time, though IIRC she didn't actually finish her sentence.

For all the talk about mysticism, "Space Babies," "Boom," "Dot and Bubble," and "Rogue" were all pretty standard episodes with the typical sci-fi-ish trappings. Even the Sutekh story didn't really require extra story elements to work.

In the end, I think the "magic exists now" line is pretty overblown.

Oh, that's fantastic - more Thirteen and Yaz can't be a bad thing.

That would be my guess, as well - Buenamigo had the class recalled in anticipation of them being mothballed.

I'm not sure I'd leave Neelix in charge of the Female Changeling's prison cell...

This episode is bursting at the seams, and I'm not sure how well it really holds together. The titular giggle is only a factor in the story for the first act, and is almost dropped entirely when the Doctor and Donna get to UNIT. From that point on, the special races from scene to scene, barely stopping to catch its breath.

And dammit, it works, largely on the strength of the performances. Everyone is at their best, from David Tennant, to Catherine Tate, to Jemma Redgrave, to Neil Patrick Harris as the Toymaker. Tennant sells the Doctor's absolute dread of the Toymaker before the episode has really earned it, and just as ably sells the Doctor's weariness as the episode essentially hits a reset button on the era that started back in 2005. The eventual bi-generation, and the fourteenth Doctor earning his "retirement," feel well-deserved. On top of all of that, Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor seems fully-formed right from the jump.

All in all, it's very fun, and very watchable. As a stray observation, I noticed the line about how UNIT's computers are running Triad on this rewatch.

Overall, I think the 2023 Tennant/Tate specials were a big success. They served up three distinct "flavours" of Doctor Who - madcap romp, existential horror, and epic final battle, and it did it well. I don't know how well it plays to new viewers, but they were certainly a good way to "wrap up" the 2005 reboot era, and start the new one.