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john's avatar

That was a great article. Thank you I'm really enjoying this series of essays. I don't know if anyone remembers the Monks trilogy from Season 10.

The villains are aliens who've managed to convince the entire planet that they are the benevolent shepherd's of humanity and have been guiding us for thousands of years. There's Egytian tomb paintings with Monks in them, Monks with MLK, Monks at Yalta etc. The only person who is immune to this is BBB, black bisexual Bill. Everyone keeps repeating "the Monks have always been here " and treating Bill like a lunatic when she points out they have only just appeared.

That what all the forced diversity in Doctor Who and the other modern historical dramas reminds me of. "The blacks always been here they built Stonehenge don't you know" and eventually when we're all dead maybe people will believe it.

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wdq1's avatar

Moffat put a dominatrix into Sherlock so you are almost certainly correct.

The problem with Moffat is he inserts very intelligent concepts into things making you think he is leading up to something clever or good and then can't follow through, eternal disappointment.

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