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The Boy Who Holds the Keys on Discord

I want to admire Jack Murray-Bell's review of Revelation from the last magazine, as it's a solid piece of movie critique. Knowing that he generally enjoys the movie a lot, I appreciate how he didn't gloss over its messy plot structure. Now, The Deadly Assassin does explain that The Sash of Rassilon grants some sort of self-sustenance abilities that would allow The Master to survive if he again conducted the plan along the lines of the one we see in The Confrontation of The Wicked. However, the whole point of having regenerations in the movies was to allow for them to be standalone watches, so the viewer should not be required to know The Confrontation of The Wicked or The Deadly Assassin inside and out. Without the context they provide, Sash is but a weird mcguffin and The Master's plan is very hard to understand. Also, I shouldn't have laughed as hard as I did when I saw the infobox on how "well, actually space battles in Star Wars were even longer...".

@federatedstatesofflanagonia on YouTube

Wow, I wasn't expecting this, but the podcast is fantastic! A podcast version of the magazine is an excellent idea. I'm not blind, but I do have a musculoskeletal disability that limits the amount of time that I can comfortably spend at my computer each day. This podcast allows me to experience your work away from the computer with less damage to my physical health. Definitely a great way to make your work more accessible to anyone in the community who has difficulties related to reading and/ or using the computer, not just those with sight issues.

Vincentprice1911 on Discord

I have a strong feeling that for the most part Seson 27 is gonna stay the same because the original lineup made sense. So there's gonna be some wrenches thrown into the mix that'll screw everything up. Since Aaronovitch is Cartmel's protege essentially, it's probably gonna have something to do with the producer, if that's possible. Plus, we literally know nothing about Edward Young outside of his (probably fake) name and the one story he wrote.

TimeLordMaster108 on Discord

So, here are my brief thoughts on what we've gotten so far on Series 4 of Doctor Who: Adventures

Prince of the Daleks was a decent start to the season: liked seeing Roger getting to experience the platinum jubilee, but sadly the Daleks are wasted. They do nothing except chase the group around.

The Marinus Factor is actually quite good. I liked the educational aspects and how we see the Doctor and co trying to fix Marinus.

The King's Wrath is a decent historical, though I do wish they'd actually done more than just a runaround.

Murder on the Dance Floor is sadly another dull one, but it could maybe lead to something with the Master.

I'm looking forward to seeing what this story with the First Doctor will have to offer.

Adam on widwwa.co.uk

The WIDWWA Rewind section in the magazine was fantastic this month! I loved learning about the truth about why Doctor Who was cancelled. I never realised the reason why. I think the fandom was whipped up so much hate toward Michael Grade and people in the BBC that many never stopped and thought why it was actually cancelled. Brilliant stuff!

Chelle Email

I want to apologise if I sounded rude in the last issue. I wrote that email in anger after I saw the trailer for Doctor Who: Adventures on Twitter. While I don't agree with putting the King in such a prominent role in a Doctor Who episode, I do understand, following your explanation, why this (may) have happened in the WIDWWA universe. It still doesn't excuse it but I'm less angry about it than I was.

On a more positive note, I really enjoyed Murder on the Dancefloor, especially, it was a lot of fun. I also really liked the WIDWWA Rewind features.

Thank you for all your views!