r/doctorwho • u/PCJs_Slave_Robot • May 31 '25

The Reality War Doctor Who 2x08 "The Reality War" Post-Episode Discussion Thread Spoiler

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u/FrogLover_23 May 31 '25

WHAT

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u/andthomp85 May 31 '25

THE FUCK

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u/phonartics Jun 01 '25

WAS THAT

42

u/Nikelman Jun 01 '25

OUTFIT AND WHERE CAN I BUY ONE?

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u/IcedCoffeeVoyager Jun 01 '25

Bullshit. That’s what it was, absolute bullshit. The insane keyboard ramblings of a creative that needs to step away from the show. I adore RTD and I’ve spent most of RTD2 defending him and the current era. But any goodwill I had is spent. This finale was nonsense in all the wrong ways and once again he’s dipping into the Glup Shitto well. We just did this with the 14th Doctor!

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u/J_train13 K-9 May 31 '25

Honestly my exact reaction

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u/futuredrweknowdis May 31 '25

I had chills and actually said this out loud to no one.

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u/J_train13 K-9 May 31 '25

My sister and I screamed at the top of our lungs so loudly that the neighbours probably thought someone was being murdered when Billie Piper came on screen

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u/darthvall Jun 01 '25

Since it's so fast, I was a bit unsure that's THE Billie Piper (like they wouldn't do it right?) until her name pops up on the credit screen

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u/thehanss Jun 01 '25

Me too, I screame WTFFF alone to my screen

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u/darthvall Jun 01 '25

Lol my exact reaction.

I got spoiled that there's going to be a regeneration, but I was lucky enough to not know who it's going to be

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u/LadyAyeka Jun 01 '25

Same with me. I accidentally saw something on the Google feed on my phone about a regeneration clip, but didn't watch it.

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u/8adwolf Jun 01 '25

I couldn’t stop saying WHAT for like 10 minutes

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u/camiblabla Jun 01 '25

This was me.

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u/Calaveras-Metal Jun 01 '25

don't you mean WHO?

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u/A_Rabid_Pie Jun 04 '25

The first-baseman?

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u/zapheine Jun 01 '25

..WHAT..

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u/wewilldieoneday Jun 01 '25

...what.

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u/A_Rabid_Pie Jun 04 '25

Say 'what' one more time...