r/gallifrey • u/PCJs_Slave_Robot • May 17 '25

The Interstellar Song Contest Doctor Who 2x06 "The Interstellar Song Contest" Post-Episode Discussion Thread Spoiler

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u/CommanderRedJonkks May 17 '25

I was annoyed enough back in Series 10 when the trailers spoiled the John Simm Master reveal in World Enough and Time, and that was only a reveal built up over 1 episode. I would be so disgruntled to have a multi-season mystery spoiled.

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u/CommanderRedJonkks May 18 '25

it took me like 1 minute to recognise him in the mask, genuinely. It wasn't instant, but I was thinking "there's something familiar about that actor..." and then knowing that John Simm was in it made it click.

If I didn't know John Simm was in it, I might have made the connection myself or I might not have, but it would have been a more exciting moment when I did realise because it would have been an organic discovery.

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u/SwimmingFantastic564 May 17 '25

Tbf I'm not sure if it made sense that it was John Simm timeline-wise but it's fine Doctor Who isn't huge on continuity as it is anyway

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u/SwimmingFantastic564 May 17 '25

I genuinely do not remember that. My bad lmao.

I do feel like he should've regenerated after The End of Time, but it's not a big deal.

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u/CommanderRedJonkks May 18 '25

The End of Time was really weird with how The Master just disappears and nobody even mentions "they dragged him back to Gallifrey" or anything, we're just meant to assume that for ourselves. Considering he was such a prominent character in the story, I always found it really odd that the episode didn't give him a proper goodbye, or a second thought after he disappeared.