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Post by coffeeaddict on May 14, 2017 1:15:00 GMT
I actually liked Bill in this one.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 1:23:23 GMT
Another blow-by-blow as I watch:
Oh, bless. This crew continues to make me crack a smile.  Figures that the Doctor would have found a way around the fluid link after The Daleks. There's something... different about this episode's soundtrack. A little more operatic than normal, I'm rather liking it. Huh, sonic screwdriver makes a decent force lance. Oh, that's not good... "Great we rescued a racist." "Excuse me?" HA. Ah, sorry.  That scene for the spacewalk was brilliant. Marvellous bit of storytelling. Beautifully heroic of the Doctor, stellar acting from Capaldi too. Ah, the enemy isn't a living being. It's a system. And a recognition of its human cost. HELL YES. This is what I'm talking about. A chance to explore some lasting consequences. I haven't been excited about an upcoming story like this for ages, it's great! |
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Post by The Matt on May 14, 2017 7:50:33 GMT
Best episode of the series for so far for me. Funny, exciting, dramatic and with quite the cliffhanger. Blows the socks off most of what we got last series.
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Post by omega on May 14, 2017 8:31:38 GMT
That was dark, especially when Bill got "zombified". That should have been a sign that there was some way back though.
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Post by Timelord007 on May 14, 2017 8:36:49 GMT
Excellent episode, dark gritty & mature this is my type of Doctor Who episode (zombies in space) & I'm glad there wasn't a syrupy ending tagged on like last weeks Knock Knock.
Good performances from the cast especially Peter Capaldi & Jamie Matheson who is surely fast becoming the new series best writer.
Only quibble it needed another 10 minutes & I'd like to seen that attack in space more to see what led to the Doctor saving Bill giving her his helmet, however that's only my own greedy personal quibble, i loved this episode.
I have to rate this a 9/10
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Post by acousticwolf on May 14, 2017 8:40:13 GMT
Well, that's another one my boy won't be watching for a few years.
Another good episode, this series (and Tardis team) is shaping up to be Capaldi's best. A great use of casual racism (or just a misunderstanding) from a different viewpoint.
Loving this series so far and just hope it doesn't dip when Missy/the Master turns up.
Cheers
Tony
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 8:49:04 GMT
Doctor Who was the fourth most viewed Saturday night TV programme, with 3.57 million, a series low. A quiz show called Pointless, Britain's Got Talent and The Eurovision Song Contest all beat it. This excellent new series of Doctor Who isn't really setting the world on fire, is it? Great, consistent time slot, lots of promotion and a seemingly popular TARDIS team.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 9:37:48 GMT
Doctor Who was the fourth most viewed Saturday night TV programme, with 3.57 million, a series low. A quiz show called Pointless, Britain's Got Talent and The Eurovision Song Contest all beat it. This excellent new series of Doctor Who isn't really setting the world on fire, is it? Great, consistent time slot, lots of promotion and a seemingly popular TARDIS team. Yeah. And, at this point, it'll probably be going down for the coming weeks, which is slightly worrying. |
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Post by sherlock on May 14, 2017 9:42:17 GMT
Doctor Who was the fourth most viewed Saturday night TV programme, with 3.57 million, a series low. A quiz show called Pointless, Britain's Got Talent and The Eurovision Song Contest all beat it. This excellent new series of Doctor Who isn't really setting the world on fire, is it? Great, consistent time slot, lots of promotion and a seemingly popular TARDIS team. Eurovision and BGT are juggernauts, Who was never going to beat them. It is a bit worrying that it lost to Pointless though (was that even a new episode, most of the time they're just repeats). |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 9:45:01 GMT
Doctor Who was the fourth most viewed Saturday night TV programme, with 3.57 million, a series low. A quiz show called Pointless, Britain's Got Talent and The Eurovision Song Contest all beat it. This excellent new series of Doctor Who isn't really setting the world on fire, is it? Great, consistent time slot, lots of promotion and a seemingly popular TARDIS team. Eurovision and BGT are juggernauts, Who was never going to beat them. It is a bit worrying that it lost to Pointless though (was that even a new episode, most of the time they're just repeats). 3.57 million viewers. Third lowest overnight in the show's history. Of all time. |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 9:49:00 GMT
Well, that's another one my boy won't be watching for a few years. He'll love it when he does. I think I was eight when I saw Revelation of the Daleks. Another good episode, this series (and Tardis team) is shaping up to be Capaldi's best. A great use of casual racism (or just a misunderstanding) from a different viewpoint. And one that you'd expect to see a bit more often in sci-fi. One of my absolute favourite moments (because it's wonderfully set up) is from a short story where a human character is standing up for human values in a totally alien society and the delegate -- who's been pretty cordial up until then -- turns around and snaps very, very angrily: |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 10:03:11 GMT
Doctor Who was the fourth most viewed Saturday night TV programme, with 3.57 million, a series low. A quiz show called Pointless, Britain's Got Talent and The Eurovision Song Contest all beat it. This excellent new series of Doctor Who isn't really setting the world on fire, is it? Great, consistent time slot, lots of promotion and a seemingly popular TARDIS team. Eurovision and BGT are juggernauts, Who was never going to beat them. It is a bit worrying that it lost to Pointless though (was that even a new episode, most of the time they're just repeats). Of course, I appreciate that, but I can't understand why Who's ratings are actually declining. I'd say the time slot negates (to a large extent) any idea that people are outside in the 'sunshine', and Doctor Who is currently so good! On the bright side, we still have seven episodes left, a Christmas special and at least one series under the eye of Chris Chibnall to enjoy. |
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on May 14, 2017 10:10:56 GMT
Not sure what I thought of that, it was a certainly a well made episode-good pacing, superb characterization for the leads, very tense and atmospheric direction and a nice balance between scares and humour...but to be honest it just left me a bit cold, a bit talky/preacy in parts...might have to rewatch it to grade it... That ending though...surely it won't be a permanent thing? On the other hand, so glad to see the sonic destroyed again...I certainly hope that is more permanent... They can't seriously make the Sonic Screwdriver being destroyed permanent now given we know he has a collection of them in his university office. |
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Post by sherlock on May 14, 2017 10:13:32 GMT
Not sure what I thought of that, it was a certainly a well made episode-good pacing, superb characterization for the leads, very tense and atmospheric direction and a nice balance between scares and humour...but to be honest it just left me a bit cold, a bit talky/preacy in parts...might have to rewatch it to grade it... That ending though...surely it won't be a permanent thing? On the other hand, so glad to see the sonic destroyed again...I certainly hope that is more permanent... They can't seriously make the Sonic Screwdriver being destroyed permanent now given we know he has a collection of them in his university office. Damn. Forgot about that. Ah well, it was nice whilst it lasted. |
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Post by aztec on May 14, 2017 10:47:14 GMT
Not sure what I thought of that, it was a certainly a well made episode-good pacing, superb characterization for the leads, very tense and atmospheric direction and a nice balance between scares and humour...but to be honest it just left me a bit cold, a bit talky/preacy in parts...might have to rewatch it to grade it... That ending though...surely it won't be a permanent thing? On the other hand, so glad to see the sonic destroyed again...I certainly hope that is more permanent... They can't seriously make the Sonic Screwdriver being destroyed permanent now given we know he has a collection of them in his university office. That's true  Maybe they could go the other way and have the Doctor build a sonic guitar to compensate. |
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on May 14, 2017 10:51:21 GMT
They can't seriously make the Sonic Screwdriver being destroyed permanent now given we know he has a collection of them in his university office. That's true Maybe they could go the other way and have the Doctor build a sonic guitar to compensate. That would be bloody amazing. I would pay double the license fee for that. |
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Post by fitzoliverj on May 14, 2017 11:16:55 GMT
Really? Who do you think it is? {Spoiler}
It's the First Doctor. Trust me on this. If I'm wrong, I'll send you my Tom Baker socks! Why? Why that choice? What's the motivation? (Oh, and I've changed my mind about the political subtext of the episode. Clearly the so-called capitalist system is actually a statist left-wing affair, as it confiscates the Doctor's private property (atmosphere) for the dubious good of the municipality.) |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 11:27:54 GMT
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It's the First Doctor. Trust me on this. If I'm wrong, I'll send you my Tom Baker socks! Why? Why that choice? What's the motivation? I don't know the motivation, that will be explained further along the line. But I'm increasingly convinced! |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 11:35:09 GMT
{Spoiler}
It's the First Doctor. Trust me on this. If I'm wrong, I'll send you my Tom Baker socks! (Oh, and I've changed my mind about the political subtext of the episode. Clearly the so-called capitalist system is actually a statist left-wing affair, as it confiscates the Doctor's private property (atmosphere) for the dubious good of the municipality.) Champagne socialism, then? |
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Post by elkawho on May 14, 2017 11:51:52 GMT
Excellent episode, dark gritty & mature this is my type of Doctor Who episode (zombies in space) & I'm glad there wasn't a syrupy ending tagged on like last weeks Knock Knock. Good performances from the cast especially Peter Capaldi & Jamie Matheson who is surely fast becoming the new series best writer. Only quibble it needed another 10 minutes & I'd like to seen that attack in space more to see what led to the Doctor saving Bill giving her his helmet, however that's only my own greedy personal quibble, i loved this episode. I have to rate this a 9/10 Do you know, while I was watching this I was thinking, "I think Simon's really going to like this one." Ha! I thought it was great. I actually had a hard time watching during the airlock scene. They set the horror of that up so well with the opening lecture. Everything came together so perfectly in this episode. I don't think it needed that extra 10 min. It was great. |
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Figures that the Doctor would have found a way around the fluid link after The Daleks.
