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Have you ever considered that the Prime Directive is not only not ethical, but also illogical, and perhaps morally indefensible?
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Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Doctor Who Social Club@startrek.website•Episode Discussion | Doctor Who | 2x03 "The Well"English2·17 hours agoI don’t get the “sequel to “Midnight”” thing, though.
I haven’t finished it yet, but the YT video I just shared to the community is shedding some light on how it came about.
TL;DW, they were having trouble getting their original idea (involving actual Nigerian gods) to work, scrapped it, noticed the similarities between what they had left and “Midnight”, and leaned into it.
I don’t really have a big issue with the entity’s shifting motivation - and they did handwave it a bit by saying it was “leaning” during that first episode - but I think it’s incredibly risky to do a sequel to an episode that’s basically perfect.
Nowhere to go but down, even if you name something that’s very good.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteto Daystrom Institute@startrek.website•How was T'Ana able to recognize the era of Earth by smell (or did she)?English6·19 hours agoI wonder if she might recognize some scents from her holodeck…adventures with Shaxs.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Doctor Who Social Club@startrek.website•Episode Discussion | Doctor Who | 2x03 "The Well"English3·19 hours agoIn today’s society, probably not - in “Unleashed”, Rose Ayling-Ellis says it takes the average person about seven years to become fluent. But it’s a good dream to have, and if people started learning early enough in life, and valued it enough…
As for the Lombardians, maybe they have some improved sci-fi educational techniques. But at the same time, they clearly don’t have the same expectations of their soldiers…
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Doctor Who Social Club@startrek.website•Episode Discussion | Doctor Who | 2x03 "The Well"English2·21 hours agoFlood Watch 2025
So, Mrs. Flood may not be human, but rather Lombardic, a conveniently human-like species that apparently rose to prominence after Earth was destroyed on May 24, 2025.
And it’s possible that she’s not so much interested in the Doctor, but rather the Vindicator, which is capable of triangulating and locking on to a particular date, and “reeling it in” in order to travel to it.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Doctor Who Social Club@startrek.website•Episode Discussion | Doctor Who | 2x03 "The Well"English3·22 hours agoOkay, I was aware of the rumours that this was going to be a sequel to “Midnight”, and sure enough…
Unfortunately, I’m not sure it was worth it. “Midnight” is so perfect as self-contained story about an inexplicable, unexplainable evil, and this episode didn’t really bring much new to the table.
That said, it was engaging, and I enjoyed watching it. I guess my biggest complaint is that when you lose the abject terror of “Midnight”, it’s easier to get distracted trying to figure out the “rules” of the entity, and how it works. The performances were all excellent, and it’s always good to have a horror story of this nature, but I don’t think it’s going to end up on my list of all-time great episodes.
I thought the reuse of Britney Spears’ “Toxic” was a little puzzling - I guess the connection is that it was the last song heard in the history of Earth in “The End of the World”, which gives it some weight now that the Earth is gone?
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPto Canada@lemmy.ca•McGill closes DEI office, replaces racialized staffEnglish13·1 day agoI reject the framing of DEI as a “right buzzword.” Don’t let them co-opt it.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPto Canada@lemmy.ca•McGill closes DEI office, replaces racialized staffEnglish23·1 day agoUnless the story is completely fabricated, I don’t see an angle here. If anything, the slant of the article is pro-DEI, which is…not what I would expect from American propaganda in 2025.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPto Canada@lemmy.ca•Hudson's Bay artifacts don't belong in private hands, should be handed to the public: Wab KinewEnglish7·2 days agoI would imagine the devil’s in the details.
Who’s assessing the artifacts to make that determination?
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPto Canada@lemmy.ca•McGill closes DEI office, replaces racialized staffEnglish422·2 days agoRelevance to this story? What’s the grand conspiracy in this case?
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPto Canada@lemmy.ca•McGill closes DEI office, replaces racialized staffEnglish171·2 days agoIt’s really not that complicated. If a typical organization is presented with two equally-qualified candidates, one of whom is a minority (of any kind, not just a racial minority), the organization will hire the non-minority candidate nearly every time. DEI policies exist to combat that sort of institutional bigotry.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteMto Manitoba@lemmy.ca•Manitoba government asks auditor general to review daycare project connected to PC campaign director's companyEnglish2·2 days agoThis one’s a little strange - I assume the province must have some information that they’re not sharing, because it seems like there was at least one layer of separation between the government and the Boom Done Next (ugh) contract, and the company’s co-owner says that Marni Larkin recused herself from the process.
This bit was interesting, though:
John Q’s website says its profits are split between its shareholder municipalities. CBC News reached out to the 12 shareholders and only heard back from two.
The RM of Rosser said no money has been received so far by the municipality from John Q.
The RM of St Andrews says it also has not received any funds from John Q.
I don’t know how much profit they’re planning to make from day care centres…
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteMto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•P+ SpongeBob crossover adEnglish4·3 days agoFor me, it’s hard to top the Paramount+ ad from a few years ago that gave us this:
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Doctor Who Social Club@startrek.website•Doctor Who Boss Shares the Unusual Note He Got About Psychological Thriller Featuring a Deaf CharacterEnglish2·3 days agoI just assumed every British actor had to do a tour of duty…
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteMto Doctor Who Social Club@startrek.website•"I knew this would happen because it leaked online" — Is Doctor Who Planting Leaks in Its Own Show to Mess With Fans?English1·3 days agoI have a friend who tracks the leaks and rumours pretty regularly. It’s madness.
First: Maybe it’s all just a coincidence. The leaks were unintentional, and that standout line in “Lux” is simply one of those absurd, once-in-a-blue-moon alignments of fiction and reality.
It’s funny that this “possibility” hinges on the notions that leaks and rumours are some kind of new phenomenon that RTD wouldn’t already have been intimately familiar with, and aren’t completely predictable.
Second: Somehow, Russell T Davies had a prophet-like vision, saw it all coming two years in advance, and wrote it in.
This one gets my vote. It’s got to be supernatural.
Third: What if the leaks aren’t accidental at all? There were a couple from the opening episode that were accurate, and now some in the follow-up. Perhaps they were planted deliberately, but only small, mostly harmless titbits, and are meant to prime the fandom discussions without giving too much away. The rest? A bluff, just noise to muddy the waters.
This one is actually plausible. RTD knows how to play the game. I don’t think I’d go so far as to suggest he’s planting “leaks,” but he’s never been above stoking speculation.
fourth…what if every single leak was planted as part of a larger meta-marketing campaign, with the story eventually folding that chaos into itself?
Okay…I don’t really think so, but with the final episodes being called “Wish World” and “The Reality War”, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if there’s some more meta-commentary along the way. As I mentioned in the discussion thread, I do feel like the trio of fans will return.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Paul Giamatti Experiences The Eerie Stillness Of 'Black Mirror' And Teases Being A 'Bad Guy' On 'Starfleet Academy'English5·4 days agoIt was great. I had a ball doing that. And I mean, again, during the “Star Trek” world, it’s lovely people, and it was nothing but pleasure, and it was a dream wish fulfillment for me to be able to be in “Star Trek.” I play a very interesting, complicated guy, bad guy, I suppose. I’m a bad guy. Yeah, I guess I’m a bad guy. But yeah, so I dunno what more I can say about that without giving too much away.
I’m in more than one episode. I have a little arc through this season. I reappear and become more problematic as the show goes on.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteto Canada@lemmy.ca•Sifting the Rubble After Rebel News Worked the Election DebateEnglish11·4 days agoI think the only path forward is for journalists to get serious about defining and protecting their job. No government is going to step in to do it because of the optics, but many sectors have colleges that define and enforce standards of behaviour.
It’s time for journalists to step up and do the same.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteto Canada@lemmy.ca•Women are steadier leaders in times of crisis, but they are still being overlookedEnglish2·4 days agoI don’t doubt that this is true on balance
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteto Canada@lemmy.ca•Brookfield’s tax avoidance and corporate practices dog Carney campaignEnglish81·5 days agoI know the questions keep coming up (and it’s totally fair play), but…I don’t have the impression that it’s had any sort of impact on the electorate. Maybe I’m wrong.
Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMto Doctor Who Social Club@startrek.website•Episode Discussion | Doctor Who | 2x02 "Lux"English1·5 days agoPresumably a hint that there’s a crossover with “The Tick” coming up.
The lesser of the two evils in the race, so that’s…good?