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Me too actually, though I've seen it several times already.
Without spoiling anything I will say that its well worth the watch.
Holy crap its PAUL MCGANN!!
The 24-hour clock isn't used much in the States (although I like it and my phone's clock uses it). Although speaking of full stop/period, I'm curious.
Do the British refer to the menstrual cycle as a "full stop"?
Now I have to post this:
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So fucking awesome!
Damn, Wiki contributors will have one hell of a night.
So Gallifrey is still out there. That will definitely make for some interesting storylines.
I'm not sure how to interpret Tom Baker's appearance at the end though.
And Peter Capaldi appeared as the 12th, or actually 13th Doctor onscreen. I was so giddy when he appeared.
So fucking awesome!
Damn, Wiki contributors will have one hell of a night.
They can rewrite how the 8th and 9th came into being now, finally put a rest some of the Time War stuff.
So Gallifrey is still out there. That will definitely make for some interesting storylines.
Possible it could mean that what happened in "The End of Time" where 10 is killed was somehow related to this...
I'm not sure how to interpret Tom Baker's appearance at the end though.
Remember Baker and all of the other Doctors were there for the creation of the "painting" so he would remember that it happened...and precident is there for Doctors in the past interacting(think 5th/10th, 2nd/6th). He doesn't say much about the incident, it was more of a nod to the fans but he was also letting Smith know everything is all right now since he had to do the same exact thing in the past and found a way around it thanks to the help of others
And Peter Capaldi appeared as the 12th, or actually 13th Doctor onscreen. I was so giddy when he appeared.
That was a surprise out of the blue- everyone thought Eccelston would appear, but it was him with the special appearance! And it was new stuff too, the hairdo was different than how he appeared in the Doctor Who universe in the past two acting jobs...plus they showed only his head, nicely done hiding his new costume 8-)
Now that the 50th has aired the BBC released this tongue in cheek parody webisode, written, directed, and starring Peter Davidson. Not sure if this is a joke about the media's pestering of them for the last year or if it was a true way of getting the three non-involved doctors into the 50th frenzy
Whole webisode (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01m3kfy)
This episode relit a fire of joyous youth in my heart, the same kind of geeked-out, childish excitement that I had when I saw Avengers Assemble the first time. Like all great, warm-hearted art, it didn't require me to have any real investment in the characters to understand the beauty and simplicity of something that just says 'look how fucking awesome it is that we have all these doctors in one place.'
And when Capaldi's eyes showed up, my head nearly exploded.
Some of the body doubles were ropey as fuck, though. The fake Christopher Ecclestone they used was terrible, I think I look more like him from behind than that guy did.
So Netflix UK had season 1-6 of NuHu on it so I basically binge watched all (most) of it so I was adequately prepped for the new season. Spoilered for some actual spoilers and also for length.
Series 1
I'm probably biased because it was the first time I'd regularly watched Doctor Who, but of the three modern Doctors (the only ones I really know properly) Eccleston remains my favourite Doctor. He's dark, damaged, angry from the Time War, and it means that when the show has its moments of wonder he finds a real joy in it just like the viewers do. I'm thinking specifically of the two-parter in World War II, when he's overjoyed that 'Just this once, everybody lives!'
I also really like Rose as a companion. She's not just along for the ride, a damsel in distress - she's strong, she's clever and streetwise in a way the Doctor isn't, but also flawed - hence the episode centring around her father. This is also pretty much the only season that I happily watched every episode of without any of them being boring, irritating or flat out stupid. Horror doesn't usually affect me much but the World War II two-parter (by Steven Moffat, surprise) scared the shit out of me the first time I saw it, especially when wotsisname from One Foot In The Grave turned into one of the gas-masked bastards. I also quite enjoyed the Slitheen as new beasties. The first Dalek episode is brilliant (bringing some new elements to the Daleks instead of having them just as relentless killing machines) with real darkness in it. The reality TV episode is a little bit iffy, although it is quite a funny concept, but it's dated, BADLY. Especially having fucking Ann Robinson-bot in it, Jesus Christ. At least Big Brother still exists.
It is slightly annoying that they spent so much time on Earth.
Series 2
In comes David Tenant as the new Doctor, a Doctor I often found quite irritating - he's quite a know-it-all, a bit of a goof (I love goofballs but not so much as the hero of a show I'm watching) and the constant references to him being attractive are irritating and the main hallmark of what I disliked over the seasons leading up to Peter Capaldi. Especially annoying given the Christmas Special really suggested Tennant was going to be an even more pissed-off Doctor than Eccleston, especially when he destroys the Prime Minister.
At least we still have Rose, though. There are some great episodes - The Girl In The Fireplace is a great one, The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit was quite scary in places (although that's probably due to my Christian upbringing). Also the closing two-parter (DALEKS AND CYBERMEN AHHHHH) was pretty great, again a new spin on the Daleks by having this small cult of named ones with actual personalities instead of just being drones. Gets rid of Rose Tyler, which I found a bit gutting. However, that fucking Torchwood woman somehow surviving being a Cyberman and CRYING THROUGH THE MASK OF THE SUIT may be one of the biggest 'fuck yous' to an audience I have ever seen.
There is also Love And Monsters, which may be the most detestable episode of the show I have ever seen and ends with a fucking dick joke.
Series 3
This is the season that got me to stop watching, largely because I found the premiere episode dreary and unoriginal. Martha is pretty much a blank slate, but the new aliens in it don't help. The Judoon are an okayish concept, interplanetary police, etc. etc. but they're just fucking space rhinos, and are really symbolic of my other key issue with Russell T. Davies as a show runner - on multiple occasions he thinks that he can justify a new alien design as just an Earth animal IN SPACE! Space rhino! Giant space wasp! Big space beetle! Fish humanoids! Sigh.
There are also some pretty shitty episodes. The Shakespeare one sucks, the Daleks in New York ones suck. But there's also a clutch of really fantastic ones - the Lazarus episode is great and delightfully creepy, and Blink (hello again Moffat) the first time I saw it was one of the scariest things I've ever seen, despite having no actual gore. Also one of the few episodes to really use the time travel thing to its full potential without just kind of being 'TIME TRAVEL MAKES WEIRD SHIT HAPPEN SO SHUT UP'. Human Nature/The Family Of Blood is a weirdly mixed pair of episodes. It has some great proper acting from Tennant when he has to decide to kill John Smith so that the Doctor can live. However it's also got some confused ideas. When The Doctor re-emerges he despatches the Family with relative ease, raising the question of why he bothered hiding in the first place. There's an unnecessary racial subplot that goes nowhere, and one of The Family (the younger lad) is overacting to a preposterous degree compared to the other three. Jessica Hynes' acting in it is wonderful, but she is someone I've loved as an actress since Spaced. Nitpicky moment - why couldn't The Doctor have a 1913-suitable hairstyle? He could keep his hair the same length but just slick it back. Why did no one notice that his hairstyle looked like he had just got out of bed? Not exactly in style for 1913.
Then there's the Master episodes which are amazing, partly for the writing and partly because Jon Simm, just Jon Simm. Jon Simm is glorious. Camp, crazy, funny, but also unremittingly evil, like Jack Nicholson's joker. Jon Simm. JON SIMM. 'It's a gas mask... because of the gas.' I also love that the Master has his own musical score based on the drumming, which is delightfully creepy and a great piece of music in its own right. And despite John Barrowman being surprisingly irritating in real life, I never get sick of Captain Jack Harkness.
Series 4
OH CHRIST IT'S CATHERINE FUCKING TATE
...and she's not bad. Catherine Tate is someone else who I found irritating and I was going to give the new season a chance until I saw she was in it, at which point I basically stopped watching until the specials in 2012/13. I wish she hadn't used that annoying accent, but the character is actually quite well written and significant, much more of a worthwhile companion than Martha was, contributes a whole shitload more.
However she's not helped by an opening episode about a weight loss pill. Giant. Who. Gives. A fuck. There's not many episodes that stood out to me in this. The library ones are pretty good, and hey look it's River Song.
The final three parter makes the entire series worth it though. All the old friends come back for another go round, even fucking Sarah Jane, and the sheer velocity of the story across these three parts had me completely hooked in to watch it all back to back. This was really a fantastic three parter that got me properly invested and I love that it focused in on Donna rather than The Doctor himself and gives Rose a much better ending than 'hey, you're in an alternate universe, now fuck off.' And I love Wilf. Wilf rules. Also I love Mickey. Real character evolution from him, going from pretty much a useless gooseberry to a heavyweight player in storylines at times.
2008-2010 specials
I dunno what the fuck was going on for these few years, but hey whatever. These specials were a real mixed bag for me. Without a companion as an entry point we're left just with Tennant's Doctor, who I don't really like that much. The Next Doctor was okay, Planet Of The Dead bored me to tears so I didn't even finish watching it.
Then there's the Waters Of Mars, where the Doctor finally has the arrogance to play with fixed points in time, and it backfires. A quite thrilling episode.
The Master returns (in pog form) and the fucking Time Lords! I had no idea this had even happened, that's how out of the loop I am. I love that they finally explained the drums, but I much preferred the Master as an insane overlord rather than as a scruffy street urchin who has super powers for some reason. The closeout for all of the old supporting cast from The Doctor by visiting back through time was a lovely little moment, quite a tearjerker, although I still can't stand the 'I don't want to go' bullshit.
Series 5
I can't believe how much the tone and direction of the show changes from the instant Moffat takes over. It really doesn't even feel like the same show at all. Which is in some ways a positive as it's a real clean break from the Davies era, but I'm not sure whether I actually prefer the way it now looks. It is certainly a lot more cinematic, though. And at least they were off Earth a lot more.
I don't much care for Matt Smith's doctor either, although he is at least an improvement over Tennant. Also, in this season, Amy's kind of a bitch to Rory, behind his back and to his face, something which clearly still irks him even in series 6.
There weren't many episodes that really stood out to me but then that's because Moffat puts more emphasis on the ongoing arc of things than Davies did. There are still some standouts - the Churchill episode is pretty cool although I have no idea why we needed to hear Churchill say 'buggering.' The vampires episode isn't great. I loved the one with the Dream Lord - the guy playing him was perfect and the reveal at its ending helped me like Smith's Doctor a whole lot more. The Hungry Earth turned into a decent two-parter but had the most disheartening setup I've ever seen for an episode (CARNIVOROUS EARTH OH MY GODDDDD). I loved James Corden in this, and I usually can't stand the guy at all. I haven't the faintest idea what the fuck happened in the final two-parter of this. Also Moffat really does use death as a dramatic crutch (more on that later).
Series 6
This series has by far my favourite Christmas special, partly because Michael f'ing Gambon and partly because I loved the story and the way that the story shifts with the time travel, making Gambon at first a brighter character, then a darker one, before the final adjustment.
I hated the opening conceit of the Doctor getting killed. This is partly more of a criticism of the way TV shows and the media interact these days than anything else - I hate that nowadays the new Doctor is such a big deal that it has to be announced in advance instead of done as a surprise like Tennant was. Obviously the Doctor survives or there wouldn't be a show. Obviously he doesn't regenerate because no one had been announced to replace Smith. This was also an irritant in the Hitler episode when The Doctor is poisoned irreversibly by River (who became increasingly annoying) but obviously he isn't because no he doesn't die at all because he's the fucking Doctor and he already got killed in the opening episode. Oh, and Rory dies all the fucking time. Stop it. Just, stop it.
That aside, I adore the opening two episodes of this season in every other element. The Silence is a fantastic concept, the aliens are fucking cool looking (simultaneously influenced by G-men and the bigheaded little green men of old) and the ex-FBI agent is a character I'd love to see more of. I also love the little reveal that he has a black, male lover at the end which Nixon doesn't know how to react to (also props for not going the easy route with Nixon at any point).
I also really liked A Good Man Goes To War, because the Doctor makes an actual mistake for once. Not an arrogant, 'fuck this I can save people' mistake like Tennant's Doctor, but he is just outsmarted by someone (another thing that never or rarely happened to Tennant, who had the answer to every question whether it had been asked or not). I loved all the previous one-off characters coming back and uniting, and the Sontaran nurse was hilarious, especially when he's working on the young boy's injuries and expresses a desire to fix him up good as new so that one day he can kill him on the battlefield instead. I enjoyed 'Closing Time,' Corden entertained me a lot again and I loved seeing The Doctor just, well, interacting with the real world, and especially that woman who thought Corden and the Doctor were a gay couple. Not sure how I feel about Corden overcoming the Cyberman assimilation through the power of a father's love or some shit.
Finally, a series finale that isn't about twelve parts long, but I didn't find it especially inspiring. Because, again, OF COURSE the Doctor doesn't really die.
I got sick of River. Sick of the flirting. Sick of the mysterious bullshit. I just don't want sex in Doctor Who at all, thanks. It's not for that. I'm really hoping tha Capaldi's doctor doesn't have any fucking irritating love subplots. How does that even work? Is he humanoid? Does he have a dick? And you know what, I don't even want to know the answer to those questions!
I did find it a bit weird that Amy and Rory are absent for multiple episodes at a time. Are they the fucking companions or not? Come on now.
Two thoughts:
2008-2010 specials
... I still can't stand the 'I don't want to go' bullshit.
Oh, good. It's not just me. The thing is, they *so* didn't have to play it that way. The Doctor was broken at the end of Waters of Mars. He'd had a rough run all-in-all. I'm not saying there couldn't have been some wistful regret on his part, but I really would have preferred acceptance on his part of his chance at a fresh start.
Series 6
I just don't want sex in Doctor Who at all, thanks. It's not for that. I'm really hoping tha Capaldi's doctor doesn't have any fucking irritating love subplots.
Ok, that one may not have needed a spoiler, but so. much. this. Look, I know a lot of people liked Rose, but I would have liked her more without the romance sub-plot. And their attempt to retcon romance into the fourth Doctor's relationship with Sarah Jane left me seething in rage. In my opinion, Dr Who is at its best when it's clear that no matter how much the Doctor may *look* like a human, he is *not* a human. He's an ancient alien. Romance between him and humans is just freaking creepy. I am *very* much hoping that now we're back to a relatively old actor for the Doctor, we get back to something of a grandfatherly vibe between him and his companions.
I like that idea for Tennant's Doctor. Maybe he could've said something like 'at last, a fresh start... a chance to begin again' or something better written than that but with that general gist.
And yeah I am sick of romance. But Capaldi has gone on record as saying that he hasn't completely ruled out flirting so I'm the tiniest bit worried now.
I use proxy.sh. (They even have Iceland as option!) But for today I have a ticket for a theatre live screening of the episode. Yay!
Yeah, the love subplots were kinda weird. What I really hope for is that maybe, one day, Jenny (the clone "Daughter" of Ten) would make a comeback. Especially now with a more "fatherly" Doctor. It was Steven Moffat's decision to not have her die in that episode after all. And he once mentioned that it is possible for her to return.
a fair enough criticism, but i still rather enjoyed the episode. it had fun action, and i think did a great job of establishing the doctor as a more overtly morally ambiguous character than he's been in recent years.
the thing to me is that rusty basically screams chekhov's gun, so it was probably important that they establish him early in the season.
I though the disassembler/teleport key thing
was a bit cheap. I'll also agree with you that the Architect thing was rather predictable as well.
i rather liked it. the bank-heist was a neat idea, with a pretty good execution.
the architect being the doctor was a bit obvious (especially once it turned out that the suicide injections were actually teleporters), but handled well enough. the bit about a regretful older version of the bank owner hiring them to rob her own bank in the past was less obvious, and much more interesting.
the bit about the doctor realizing that the architect was him based on the fact that he hated his own guts was kind of interesting as well. at first it kind of bugged me, as i felt like it was trying to retread the idea of the doctor's self-loathing & survivors guild, which should be largely resolved since day of the doctor. but thinking back on it now, i sort of see it more as just basic self-awareness on his part; he's not seeing himself as a mass-murdering monster anymore, just realizing/admitting that he's kind of a dick this time around.
I watched the last two episodes back to back because I was busy last weekend.
Season 8:
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.
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
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!
That episode was dark as shit, genuinely emotional and basically the best episode they've had all season by a country mile. It was fucking brilliant.
I will miss Clara though.
And while I kinda saw the Missy thing coming, OH FUCK YES
Hmmm. Danny Pink paradox remains unresolved.
At least this Christmas special wasn't as cloyingly sappy as some past ones have been.
If they follow up the 'Quest to Find Lost Gallifrey' story arc, all sins will be forgiven.
That second trailer does have one interesting part in it:
Missy is apparently in at least an alliance of convenience with Clara for some reason. Historically, the Master has co-operated with The Doctor and even been a comrade-in-arms when their interests align. It will be interesting to see if Clara is a hostage, a hypnotised dupe (in the original show, the Master has been shown as a superb hypnotist) or if they're genuinely working together to a common goal.
So, hot off the press (and relevant to recent discussion on this thread) news about the Doctor's companion (http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/jenna-coleman-quits-doctor-who-6449367)
Jenna Colman (Clara) is leaving the show having scored the lead role in an ITV historical drama
Agreed.
Spoiler tags, for a good reason:
His guilt and the "dying" Davros' (I don't think that he'll be completely gone any more than anyone/anything disintegrated by the Daleks at the end) backstory were really well-done, and I liked the way that the plots were integrated before the cliffhanger hit. I think that the invisible Skaro wasn't needed, but it did seem to basically be there to build up to the "oh shit" moment. Of course now, I'll have to wait another ~6 days to see the conclusion/continuation.
I do have a question, though, for anyone else who watched it on the BBC iPlayer. Were the services slammed in the UK, or is it more likely to be an issue with my VPN or ISP? There were a couple of pauses for it to buffer.
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I’m pretty pleased with the 12th doctor
Just watched Before The Flood, and the amplifier the Doctor uses at the beginning is made by Magpie Electricals. Ring a bell?
i want to say how much i loved the resolution of the last story.
the idea that the boxes don't actually do anything initially struck me as silly and predictable, but then i thought about it and it's really quite brilliant.
they're not there to end the truce, they're bait for anybody who would want to, just to get them into the room so he can talk them down.
and then the revelation that he's already had to go through this whole thing fifteen times already? absolutely perfect, because yeah, there are no permanent solutions to these things. there's always gonna be someone looking to stir up some shit.
and then on top of it all you've got capaldi's epic "Yeah, and then happens?" take down of short-sighted revolutionaries.
it's one of my favorite scenes ever from the show.
DAMNIT DON'T READ THAT SPOILER
Well, it is a rather big spoiler about the most recent episode, so you gotta tread carefully. But I just put it inside a second spoiler tag just to keep you safe.
i really don't get why so many people hate
I don't really hate Clare, per se, just the whole Impossible Girl part of her. The writers introduced her as a giant mystery figure (which never interested me to begin with), THEN tried to make her a person, but once the mystery part of her was revealed there never seemed to be much else. I know they made her more of a character during Capaldi's run, but she just never really grew on me. I really just want the next companion to be someone ordinary instead of one of Moffat's Special Snowflakes.
THE DOCTOR
"Go to the city. Find someone important and tell them I'm back. Tell them... that I know what they did and I'm on my way. If they ask you who I am, tell them... 'I came the long way around.'"
And...
THE DOCTOR
"You can probably still hear me so, just between ourselves, you've got the prophecy wrong. The Hybrid is not 'half-Dalek'! Nothing is half-Dalek! The Daleks would never allow that. The Hybrid destined to conquer Galifrey and stand in its ruins...?
"Is me."
Finally...
OHILA
"You have broken every code that you ever lived by!"
Next week's episode may be what The Day of the Doctor could have been but failed to be: Our final and absolute lesson in what The Doctor could be if he lost everything and became a monster.
"Rules? Good men don't need rules. This is a very bad day to find out why I need so many."
--The Eleventh Doctor
--Demon's Run
Damn, but "Heaven Sent" was a damned good episode. Also disturbing as hell, when you think about it.
I caught on fairly early that the Doctor was imprisoned in his confession dial. And about halfway through I thought, "What if they're all the Doctor's skull?" But I honestly didn't think they would have the guts to really go there. Man, that's grim.
I literally guessed that was his hand in the opening second.
I also knew he would end up on Gallifrey, because that whole castle screamed Time Lord tech.
But I damn well stayed mesmerised waiting to find out I was right.
This series has been hot shit.
By the way what was with the complete non-ending of the sandmen episode? Or was I not paying attention?
Why didn't he use the shovel instead of punching something harder than diamond?
You know, my wife asked that exact same question.
My only answer is that by the time he realized he needed the shovel, the Veil-creature was already between him and it. Might have sped things up by a billion years or so if he could have gotten it.
Read a synopsis of "Hell Bent," and I am very glad I didn't bother watching this season. Something something something Hybrid, and ugh, Moffat just can't let a companion go, can he? Can't wait to meet the next Most Important Companion Evah! next season...
I honestly disliked that episode and felt that an hour had been taken from me that I should have enjoyed. It could have been the closing five minutes of The Doctor Falls and been several order of magnitudes better.
Was that an episode? It seemed to me to be a dramatisation of a meeting between the producers to hash out how they can justify continuing a story about a profoundly broken character who wants out after a way had been presented, in-universe, that couldn't be avoided. Frankly, the implication that he was the universe's counterbalance to evil struck me as wrong in lots of ways and I was left with the unsettling implication that it was an attempt to present a justification for continuing the show no matter what.
FWIW, My mother, who is even more of a fan than I, said that The Doctor was hurting badly enough that the producers 'should let him die' rather than force the character to continue to suffer for our amusement.
IMHO, Jenna Coleman's Clara is good enough a character (as well as having her own TARDIS and being functionally immortal) that her 'taking up the mission' after The Doctor's death is plausible way out rather than find artificial means to extend The Doctor's life beyond the character's ability to tolerate continuing to live. Heck, she could even adopt the name and mantle, deciding the universe needed 'The Doctor' as a symbol more than any one actual person (what I call the 'Dread Pirate Robbards/Codename: V' trope).
I'm honestly trying to decide if the ending was just for the cliffhanger, the TARDIS is jealous/angry that the Doctor is a woman (I don't know if The Doctor's Wife or similar would be relvant), or if it's "lol women can't drive".
I thought it was one of Moffat's better efforts, to be honest with you.
How do you feel about the oncoming era of Chris Chibnall?
They've crashed the Tardis in three regenerations, now, haven't they? This is not new. I can't say I'm impressed by that juvenile joke.
How do you feel about the oncoming era of Chris Chibnall?
I don't know. Aside from the odd re-run here and there, I've only watched the last half-season or so of Matt Smith and all of Capaldi, so I've only really known Moffat's writing. I've tried to catch up on Netflix, but I haven't got more than an episode or two into Eccleston.
They've crashed the Tardis in three regenerations, now, haven't they? This is not new.
I don't know, see above.
I can't say I'm impressed by that juvenile joke.
Nor am I, if it was even meant to be there. Probably not, if the TARDIS has crashed before.
Well. That was interesting.
That last bit at the end wasn't exactly... understandable (The whole thing with Grace dying)
but it was a nice little episode.
Enough of a hook to want to watch it again next week.
I quite liked it. Ms Whittaker is clearly going to have to grow into the role as all new lead performers must but, generally, it was a workman like episode that makes me think that the new production team know what they're doing.
I really appreciate one thing: No overt gender politics. The casting team and script-writers are just using performers from multiple ethnicities in a believable way, reminding us that all humans have common experiences, feelings, qualities and flaws. Similarly, we don't have a 'Woman Doctor' but The Doctor, the 'crazy old man in a magical blue box' who just happens to be in a female body this time around.
One critic has lambasted the episode for not emphasising Ms Whittaker's 'femininity and sexuality' more and that honestly made me wonder just what he was expecting from the show.
@jwhouk,
That ending was significant as it reminded us that, in Doctor Who, companions die all the time. There is no magical plot shield protecting them. I also suspect that it means that, when The Doctor gets the TARDIS back, she's going to that hunter's homeworld and altering their history a tad because no species hurts people she admires without consequence. Besides, there are all those 'trophies' needing a rescuer.
That may be the season finale, BTW, as I suspect that the Search for the TARDIS is going to be this year's running meta-theme.