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I was trying to temper my expectations, but mobile games are a bit of a letdown, to say the least.

In this case, I'm wondering if, since Spock is the origin of the serum, the crew are somehow reflecting his self-doubts.

Paramount+ has been cancelling shows (which sucks and is bad), but they're certainly not dumping the franchise has a whole.

Prodigy moved to Netflix because the studio - also owned by Paramount - was able to shop it around for a new distributor.

Please, everybody knows Garrett's natural hair colour is blue.

It should be a conspiracy of like-minded individuals that exists parasitically within Starfleet, not an official (or an unofficial official agency).

In fairness, Sloan said they were a branch of Starfleet Intelligence with an official designation in his very first appearance on DS9, and nothing that came after that really contradicted him (other than his obvious lies in "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges").

Whatever liberties have been taken since then, that wasn't one of them.

I feel insufficiently teased!

Yeah, without any evidence whatsoever it feels to me like some kind of plan was changed midstream.

Notaro and Picardo join as series regulars reprising their roles as Jett Reno and The Doctor, and Fehr and Wiseman join as guest stars reprising their roles as Admiral Vance and Sylvia Tilly.

I'm shocked that Notaro will be a series regular, and even more shocked that Wiseman will not.

It is indeed.

I was hoping for something more suggestive of the story, but I'm actually very interested in anything that explores growing up in the Mirror Universe.

That trailer seems pretty insistent that this isn't the end...

If rumours are true that Freema Agyeman is returning as Martha though

Hmm, I hadn't heard that...

Wasn’t it rather clear that she was talking to a housefly?

Maybe not quite clear enough? The buzzing was noticeable, but I watched the scene on a full-sized tv, and only caught the barest hint of movement. But hey, I also managed to put it together in the end, so 🤷

I gather that getting Nicola Coughlan is kind of a big deal - they're hyping her up a lot - but I don't think I'm familiar with her.

Well said, all around. Wacky romps aren't my favourite genre of Who, but they're fine, and this is fine.

And I think there are advantages to starting a companion with a wacky romp - when there's a lot of exposition to burn through, it's probably not a great idea to have an overly complicated plot on top of it all. And the exposition is pretty well done - Gatwa's "gone" when Ruby asks him about his people is a uniquely sublime line reading.

If the episode is missing anything that would make it work better, I think it's a scene that "humanizes" the bogeyman before it ends up in the airlock. Thinking back to "The Beast Below," another wacky second outing for a companion, there was at least a trail of clues for Amy to consider that helped her conclude that the space whale was benevolent. "Space Babies" lacks that, and while "compassion for compassion's sake" is probably the better message, it's also a much harder message to sell in the moment.

In retrospect, it's interesting to see the Doctor sieze upon the apparent coincidence of having another adventure involving babies, which gets the Ruby's birth is important narrative going. Knowing that the point of it all is that they gave it importance over time, it's neat to see that beginning here.

The announcement that this is going to feature Kate Lethbridge-Stewart has me interested in the idea for the first time.

Filming begins next month and will be directed by Dylan Holmes-Williams, director of two Season 1 episodes – 73 YARDS and DOT AND BUBBLE.

I want to rewatch this one properly before I give it a real re-evaluation, but I'm guessing people are going to have Thoughts and Feelings about this one.

I’d be quite surprised if this did not later have to be re-litigated.

That's the state of indigenous relations in Canada in a nutshell. Constant relitigation, with very little progress.

Even when the courts direct specific settlements, the government does everything it can to avoid paying them.

I'm not that familiar with watch culture, but I do know it's a whole 'nother world.

Variety has a little more information on Yashere:

Yashere was the co-creator and showrunner of the sitcom “Bob Hearts Abishola,” which ran for five seasons on CBS. She got her start in the U.S. as a finalist on “Last Comic Standing,” and has appeared as a comedian on “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” “Def Comedy Jam,” “Live at the Apollo” and “The Tonight Show.” She’s also acted on “The Neighborhood,” “Crashing,” and “The Barbarian and the Troll.”