Quiver he/him Posted September 27, 2015 Author Posted September 27, 2015 (edited) Wow! This episode is really good? Oh god, I'm tearing up over Davros? Him wanting to know if he is a good man is just like Twelve! This is gre- What. Wait. WHAT. Okay Moffat. Let's rap a minute. You know, I'm kinda bothered by the heel-turn (since the emotional stuff was so good), but I can accept it. Regenerating Daleks is kinda cool too, even if this is, what, the sixth time the show has done the 'make Daleks stronger than evar!" plotline. (And its better than the season 5 episode, so kudos there.) But...a prophecy? A hybrid creature if two warrior races, more powerful than either? The golden regeneration glow? Steven, did you get bored with Doctor Who and decided you wanted to write Dragonball Z? Honestly, the episode was okay, but this 'Hybrid' thing sounds goofy, and Missy's reaction at the end makes me sure its the overarching plot this year... Edited September 27, 2015 by Quiver 1
ParadoxicalZen he/him Posted September 27, 2015 Posted September 27, 2015 Wow! This episode is really good? Oh god, I'm tearing up over Davros? Him wanting to know if he is a good man is just like Twelve! This is gre- What. Wait. WHAT. Okay Moffat. Let's rap a minute. You know, I'm kinda bothered by the heel-turn (since the emotional stuff was so good), but I can accept it. Regenerating Daleks is kinda cool too, even if this is, what, the sixth time the show has done the 'make Daleks stronger than evar!" plotline. (And its better than the season 5 episode, so kudos there.) But...a prophecy? A hybrid creature if two warrior races, more powerful than either? The golden regeneration glow? Steven, did you get bored with Doctor Who and decided you wanted to write Dragonball Z? Honestly, the episode was okay, but this 'Hybrid' thing sounds goofy, and Missy's reaction at the end makes me sure its the overarching plot this year... Agreed, just like the Silence
ThirdGen Posted September 29, 2015 Posted September 29, 2015 The Twelfth last year was set up to be the Good Is Not Nice Doctor, with a prickly style kind of like the First. This two-parter has been setting the tone for more of a "cool" uncle who says dude and wears shades. Not a good change for an era already lacking in consequences. 2
Blaze1616 he/him Posted September 29, 2015 Posted September 29, 2015 The Twelfth last year was set up to be the Good Is Not Nice Doctor, with a prickly style kind of like the First. This two-parter has been setting the tone for more of a "cool" uncle who says dude and wears shades. Not a good change for an era already lacking in consequences. Does the change surprise you? People complained about crotchety Doctor. So they changed it back to what people want. I don't personally agree with people, I'd like a more serious Doctor who's crotchety, but what can ya do? 2
Quiver he/him Posted September 29, 2015 Author Posted September 29, 2015 The Twelfth last year was set up to be the Good Is Not Nice Doctor, with a prickly style kind of like the First. This two-parter has been setting the tone for more of a "cool" uncle who says dude and wears shades. Not a good change for an era already lacking in consequences. I figured it was a mix of Twelve mellowing after his epihihany last year, and the whole 'all of me is invited' thing. He isn't a good or bad man- he's an idiot! So now, he feels like he can play as more of an idiot... Whether that's accurate or not...eh. We'll see? This personality shift might just be a temporary thing (given his fears on what would happen), but... Yeah. Hoping we get him more serious again? Capaldi is good at playing that. 1
ParadoxicalZen he/him Posted October 4, 2015 Posted October 4, 2015 What's with the two parter theme extending beyond the first and last two episodes of every season o.O
Blaze1616 he/him Posted October 5, 2015 Posted October 5, 2015 What's with the two parter theme extending beyond the first and last two episodes of every season o.O That's always been a thing since the revival.
Kobold King he/him Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 I just wanted to say that after Before the Flood, I would be more than happy to watch a spin-off series of minisodes about the Doctor looking directly into the camera and explaining theoretical time travel paradoxes. All in all I'm loving Peter Capaldi's Doctor a lot more this season than I did in the last one. The sonic shades tickle me, and I love his antics with the guitar--made all the better by the fact that Capaldi was in real life a member of a punk rock band in his youth. If they keep this up, this could be... ...or maybe not, since it'll be hard to beat Seasons 5 and 2 by my reckoning, But still, it's shaping up pretty well. 1
+Slowswift Posted October 16, 2015 Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) It picks back up? Oh good. That probably means I can start watching again. (I kinda stopped halfway through S9E2 because lack of time and slight boredom) Honestly, I think Season 8 is definitely one of my favorites so far. Edited October 16, 2015 by Slowswift
+Slowswift Posted October 18, 2015 Posted October 18, 2015 So. The Girl Who Died. That wasn't weird at all. Nope. Also, that flashback? Ow. Ow. Ow.
Kobold King he/him Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 I loved The Girl Who Died, but I have one comment to make about it... What the sparks were electric eels doing in medieval Scandinavia? 1
+Slowswift Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 I loved The Girl Who Died, but I have one comment to make about it... What the sparks were electric eels doing in medieval Scandinavia? Yes! And I'm kinda disappointed with the Ashildr storyline, too. I mean, everyone was hoping for Cool Time Lord Stuff. Alien tech? JUST USE UR REGENERATION ENERGY YA IDJIT - oh wait. You had that all stolen in the other dumb episode.
Kobold King he/him Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 Yes! And I'm kinda disappointed with the Ashildr storyline, too. I mean, everyone was hoping for Cool Time Lord Stuff. Alien tech? JUST USE UR REGENERATION ENERGY YA IDJIT - oh wait. You had that all stolen in the other dumb episode. Meh. It'd have been neat for her to be a new Time Lord, but I like how it turned out. I'm not too keen on any more Time Lord shenanigans until Gallifrey returns. Anyway, I've already formed my own headcanon. Remember the Doctor talking about ripples and tidal waves? Well as it turns out, he really is a tidal wave. Because of his interference, deliberately or not, the Whoniverse Earth is not the same as ours. The electric eels in Scandinavia are probably a result of the Doctor helping the Silurians with an invasion of alien butterflies back in the Cretaceous, somehow triggering the evolution of an entirely new species of eel in the present. Time tends to fix itself, preserving elements that flow directly into fixed points, but the universe is in a state of constant flux in all other regards. 2
ThirdGen Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 Yes! And I'm kinda disappointed with the Ashildr storyline, too. I mean, everyone was hoping for Cool Time Lord Stuff. Alien tech? JUST USE UR REGENERATION ENERGY YA IDJIT - oh wait. You had that all stolen in the other dumb episode. But then he got a "full set" back again.
Kaymyth she/her Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 I loved The Girl Who Died, but I have one comment to make about it... What the sparks were electric eels doing in medieval Scandinavia? Nonspoilery nitpick: Vikings are not the name of the people! The people were the Norse! Viking was a job description! Also, Vikings did not have horns on their helmets! (I blame Wagner for that one.) 1
+Slowswift Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 Am I the only one who ... I can't really pin down the exact emotion, but the Doctor translating Lofty's baby's crying? I... I... My heart. 1
ThirdGen Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 Am I the only one who hopped on Google when a villager mentioned corn?
Kaymyth she/her Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 Am I the only one who hopped on Google when a villager mentioned corn? Ooooh, I missed that one. Though we didn't get a specific date on the episode, I don't think that even the Norse who made it to N.A. ever came across corn.
Bort he/him Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 Am I the only one who ... I can't really pin down the exact emotion, but the Doctor translating Lofty's baby's crying? I... I... My heart. I know what you mean. I thought this one was a great episode, and I did quite like how it set up Arya Stark as the season's big bad (Sorry, I forget the actress' name). Unlike a lot of people though, I didn't watch it for historical accuracy. I stopped watching Dr Who for historical accuracy years ago. I do have to wonder about Lofty's baby though. I wonder if he grows up to be Vissini ("You know what that sound is, Highness? Those are the shrieking eels... They used to sing me to sleep when I was a baby.") 3
ThirdGen Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 It just barely gets a pass. Historically, corn had been used to refer to whatever the local staple was. (Regular corn's name was imposed, after all - the real thing was called a word the Spanish wrote down as maiz.)
Curious Anamaximder he/him Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 So, I have never watched Doctor Who, and I know it is about time travel and telephone booths, so could someone explain it to me? I just want to know what is. Thank you.
ThirdGen Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 It's a sci-fi show with a wide-open premise: there's an alien who goes by The Doctor, usually travelling with at least one companion. They can go anywhere in space and time, ending up in historical or sci-fi-ish places most of the time. Some episodes are funny, some horror, some dramatic, but overall it's a space adventure with a loose regard for its own continuity, so you can basically jump in at any point.
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