Forced Regeneration has always fascinated me. Or rather the circumstances surrounding the 2nd Doctor's regeneration did. It's essentially the Time Lord version of execution and that choice casts a rather dark shadow over what was, essentially, a fairly light incarnation.
The only other time we've dealt with forced regeneration was in 'Exile' from Big Finish. But we don't like to talk about 'Exile' given it's take on mental health and gender roles.
Which brings us back to 'The Power of the Doctor'. Geez, even the name makes it sound like a budget version of the 'Name/Day/Time of the Doctor' trilogy.
This should have been epic. This should have been dark. This was meant to be Whittaker's last chance to shine as the Doctor. Yet instead we get to see what might have happened if they'd cast Sacha Dhawan as the Doctor.
And of course he's absolutely bloody glorious. Of course he is.
I've spoken quite a bit about how much I actually like the Timeless aspect of this particular run despite reservations about almost everything else. However, casting Sacha Dhawan as the Master was absolutely genius. I've been a fan of his ever since I saw him in 'The History Boys' and he kept me coming back to 'Iron Fist'. He's bloody fantastic and I absolutely love his version of the Master.
Once again I've not been keeping up with Big Finish, so I don't know if his Master series is worth listening to. I'd be surprised if it wasn't, but I've not been back to Big Finish since Colin Baker gave us his version of the War Doctor.
Not that I disliked Baker's performance, not at all, I was just disheartened by Big Finish not quite grasping their own Unbound concept. Their subsequent rebranding of David Bradley's 1st Doctor as Unbound shook my confidence further.
But, as I usually do, I digress. I'm sure the new Master stuff is worth listening. Maybe I should pick up them and the Fugitive Doctor stuff.
Anyway, strap yourself in as we're back with Power next week. Of course we are. You all saw it, you had to have known we'd be tackling it.
