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Thrillho:
I watched the last two episodes back to back because I was busy last weekend.

Season 8:
(click to show/hide)I very much enjoyed the bank robbery episode, but they couldn't have telegraphed that the Doctor was the architect better if they tried. Any time he is wondering how someone can be smart enough to outsmart him, it inevitably turns out to be him. I liked the two new characters (foxy black girl, too) and would happily see them again.

This week's episode was enjoyably daft. I much enjoyed the outright stupidity of it, which seemed to be by design.

I cannot stress enough how much I LOVE Capaldi's Doctor. The episode kind of sucked, but I find him mesmerising because for the longest time, we've had handsome and/or happy and/or nice Doctors, and back in the early days from what I've read he was apparently pretty rude to most people, including other incarnations of himself. Ecclestone was dark, but he was damaged and he let people in and showed joy. Tennant was a know-it-all goon with dark moments and Smith was a kneecap in a bow tie. Capaldi though? It's the first time since I've been a regular watcher that I've felt like the Doctor genuinely does not give a single fuck. The man is well over a thousand years old and with this many regenerations, why wouldn't one of them be kind of a dick?
Netflix UK boasted that they added Doctor Who season seven. This is bollocks. They added the first five episodes of it.

Watched the premier tonight. The actress who plays Clara appeared as seemingly one of her descendants in something that will presumably be explained later, and was... honestly, super hot in it, I've always found the actress attractive but in that outfit and playing the character that way (hyper flirty, super intelligent) even more so. I suspect this was by design. It was also a pretty good episode, quite a blockbuster, and made some interesting choices - the Daleks forgetting who the Doctor is - but it also had some standout shitty moments. For one, when the Dalek is slowly turning on and is taking forever to get 'exterminate' out and Rory thinks it's saying 'egg.' Seriously Rory, no wonder you've died like four hundred times and Amy dumped you. And that's another thing. SYNTHETIC DRAMA! I was quite on board with the idea that those two had broken up to add a new dynamic to the companionship and see where it went, but instead it was mentioned once, a dramatic scene occurred, and then that was it. THAT. WAS IT. What a waste of a plot device, especially given that it's based on Amy's inability to conceive, which is a pretty heavy plot point to just jack off all over the season premiere.

hedgie:
Wouldn't a lot of that be on the BBC iPlayer?

J:
i tend to agree with you re. amy & rory's breakup drama. i really felt that the idea that they broke up because amy couldn't conceive children was somewhat handicapped by the fact that

(click to show/hide)they already have a fucking kid! she is a significant character in the fucking show! the fact that she is their daughter was a significant fucking plot point!

Thrillho:

--- Quote from: hedgie on 01 Oct 2014, 12:06 ---Wouldn't a lot of that be on the BBC iPlayer?

--- End quote ---

No. iPlayer only shows the most recent episode, or if you're really lucky, the most recent series, and then it's deleted until the next time it's shown on TV.

Barmymoo:
Only the current series is ever on iPlayer, and sometimes only the most recent episode (in this case, though, all the episodes of this series of Dr Who is available for the entire run).

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