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During the dream sequence, there's some person covered in what I imagine is cloth. It caught me off guard when I noticed him. Who is he?

I've been reading some of the scripts and wonder why the series 1 page only has 2 available options to read, whereas the other seasons are practically all complete. Were there rights issues? Are they lost to time? Just curious.

And if there is anywhere else to find these missing scripts, please tell me; I love Series 1 so much.

I've been finally getting around to watching Season 18. I had seen State of Decay once before when I was younger but it all really went over my head. I'm gonna finish Warriors' Gate sometime tomorrow, but I've absolutely loved the E-Space Trilogy so far.

Full Circle was surprisingly good and really fresh, State of Decay was absolutely brilliant. And I haven't seen much opinion of Warriors' Gate but so far it's very atmospheric; that's good.

But I'm wondering what others think of this trilogy? What's your thoughts on the stories themselves and the overarching trilogy?

I've never understood why there was such hate over Sutekh's jackal (yes, jackal, not dog) design in Empire of Death, when this was his true form. He looked like a jackal back in 1975!

The iconic masked-design was present during Sutekh's scenes whilst he was imprisoned in the Egyptian Tomb on Earth because that was his prison uniform. And once the Eye of Horus was destroyed, setting Sutekh free, the mask vanishes. Again, because he was a jackal-looking alien.

Don't get me wrong, I love the mask look. Everyone does! But Sutekh was always intended to be some ugly ass jackal. So I don't see why, beyond making him quadrupedal, Sutekh's design in 2024 was so widely hated. Because that's the only noteworthy difference to be made out.

Some Doctor introductions value one more than the other. I'm obviously only counting ones that are introductions for new viewers, so not David Tennant and Peter Capaldi as their first stories assume you have at least some grasp on who the Doctor is. And not mentioning Matt Smith, because The Eleventh Hour perfectly sets up both aspects of the character imo.

In Christopher Eccelston's first story it isn't until the last 30 seconds that he reveals to Rose, and therefore the audience, that he's a time-traveler. Of course, there is hinting at it with Clyde showing off the pictures of the Doctor throughout history to Rose. But it isn't clarified as anything other than possibly a passed-down title from father-to-father. However, it is made very clearly to the audience that the Doctor is an alien and the TARDIS is a spaceship.

On the contrary, Ncuti Gatwa's first story, The Church on Ruby Road, there isn't actually any of way showing that the Doctor is an alien. It is never brought up or questioned. And it isn't until Space Babies that the Doctor tells Ruby that he's from another world. Despite that,, it is clearly shown many times that the Doctor is a time-traveler. Such as the opening monologue, to the Doctor teleporting to Ruby in the club, and the whole climax of the Doctor going back to 2004.

And similar with Nine, Jodie Whitaker's Doctor is only shown to be an alien. And it isn't even shown until episode 3 of series 11 to show that the TARDIS can travel in time!

So I am curious if there is a bias or an objective fact of what's better to prioritize when introducing a newbie to who and what the Doctor is.