I hope so, too - right now, I don't see any reason not to take him at his word.
He mentions being tired and the role being demanding a couple of times in "Unleashed", too.
The bone beasts were alright, but I feel like the explanation didn’t really make much sense, and surely they could have found a better name than “bone beasts”.
Like you, I also went back to watch the old Omega stories, and I figure the Bone Beasts were a nod to Omega's bird skeleton sidekick.
A gap is inevitable, for sure.
But RTD has been talking about actively writing season three scripts for quite some time, so maybe it won't be too bad.
Ncuti: "It was always the plan to do this amount of seasons. Plus, it's a role that demands a lot of you, physically and emotionally and mentally."
The Disney deal may be up in the air, but I'm genuinely not concerned about the show's future.
I think they said it was due to the genetic bomb, but I'll try to double check when I inevitably rewatch it.
This article on the official site does absolutely nothing to clarify the situation.
Speaking of her return, Billie said: “It’s no secret how much I love this show, and I have always said I would love to return to the Whoniverse as I have some of my best memories there, so to be given the opportunity to step back on that TARDIS one more time was just something I couldn’t refuse, but who, how, why and when, you’ll just have to wait and see.”
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's a retcon. I'm fine with it, but those WTF moments start to pile up.
This thread is now officially a support group.
Okay, I think it's time for everyone to talk out our feelings together.
My thoughts on this one are complicated, and probably incomplete, so I'm relying on y'all to help me pick this thing apart.
My initial thoughts, off the top of my head:
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It's a typically messy RTD finale, probably less than the sum of its parts, which is pretty much what I expected it to be.
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There's unfortunately very little to talk about when it comes to the Rani/Omega plot. I'm left wondering if the "new" Rani regenerated in the Underverse. I'm glad the Mrs. Flood version survived to reappear another day, but I'm surprised that they didn't do more with her testy relationship with her counterpart.
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The Poppy story...huh. They actually did a pretty good job of taking something that I was not invested in at all when it started to unfold, and turning it into something that I genuinely felt bad about by the end. The bit with the Doctor and Belinda passing the coat back and forth as it faded away was very well done.
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And leaving Ruby as the one person who can remember "old" realities gives her an extra air of tragedy, as well. Millie Gibson played it very well.
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I absolutely loved seeing Thirteen again.
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And that ending...well, that's going to suck all of the oxygen out of the discourse for the next X years, so I guess I'll keep it brief. I'm not against it, but I'm skeptical. That said, I don't think it's something that RTD would do lightly, and he must have an idea of why he's doing it.
Open the floodgates. I need this.
I took it more as him knowing he was going to stay away during Poppy's childhood for safety's sake, and that he would have a different face when he returned.
I wanted to add that Thirteen's appearance has really grown on me - I think she's the one incarnation of the Doctor who would be able to drop the sanctimonious "I have to stop you" bullshit so quickly, and help Fifteen instead. The others would have gotten there eventually, but she's the version most equipped to get there so quickly.