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Yeah, I agree - I think he did plenty of promotion.

The official announcement contains this gem:

The series is produced by Bad Wolf with BBC Studios for the BBC and Disney Branded Television and will air on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in the UK in December, and exclusively on Disney+ outside of the UK (where available) in 2026.

I thought the Disney deal was unquestionably a good thing at the time, too - it looks like it went as badly as it possibly could have, though.

As for RTD...I honestly thought he delivered two typical RTD seasons. A few absolutely terrific episodes, a bunch of silly camp, and unbelievably messy finales. Not too different from his original run, IMO.

That's what he does best!

Yeah, I lucked out in having nothing better to do at the time. I'm not sure if I'll be able to catch all of the rest of the series, but I'm definitely going to keep an eye on it!

I don't really follow baseball at all, and haven't watched any of the playoffs to date. But I did watch this.

"As the labour movement in this province, our leaders have made a commitment to rise to that challenge, defend the teachers and their rights, defend worker rights more broadly, and to defend our democracy. We have no choice."

[Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour] stopped short of confirming whether that response would include a provincewide strike, but said, “it’s one of the things that's actively under consideration."

I feel like the obvious rewrites to cover Gatwa's exit were so jarring, it's hard to feel overly positive about the twist.

But taken in isolation...IDK, there's potential there. It's all about the execution.

With RTD still on board, he's all but guaranteed to do...whatever it is he has in mind with Billie Piper.

Whether it's a one-off or an ongoing thing is pretty hard to say.

A "search for the Doctor" arc could actually be an interesting change of pace, assuming Piper isn't playing the Doc.

I'm not in Alberta, but pay doesn't seem to be the sticking point here - the union is trying to negotiate on class sizes (which AFAIK the province is refusing to even disclose) and classroom supports.

The BBC just confirmed that the show will continue and will return with a Christmas special in 2026 penned by showrunner Russell T. Davies.

Good. Let's just put it all behind us and move forward.

Abuse of the NWS has been progressively normalized over the last few decades, and I think we've reached the breaking point.

Saddle up to get the law changed, then.

She also says on several occasions, contractors came into her suite without 24 hours written notice, which the Residential Tenancies Branch requires.

Those don't sound like very good reasons to ignore your legal obligations.

I'm kind of stunned to see that MTL and WPG have identical records. I guess the fact that a couple of Winnipeg's wins felt like losses has something to do with it.

The Bombers lost Chris Streveler to a potentially career-ending injury in a fairly meaningless game.

Streveler has had serious limitations as a quarterback, which have been on full display this season, but he seems like a great dude, and it sucks to see him go out like that.

And with the BC win over the Riders, Winnipeg is set for a rematch (of sorts) against Montreal as they cross over to the East...

Klingon society is also deeply patriarchal. Women are denied direct inheritance and cannot sit on the High Council.

This seems to have been a relatively recent development (in TNG terms), as Azetbur seemed to be an uncontroversial pick for Chancellor.

And I think it does a disservice to omit Discovery's take on the Klingons, if we're taking about them growing with the audience. They took the feudal aspects and sprinkled in a healthy dose of xenophobia, which directly reflects cultural shifts over the last couple of decades.

Noted?