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Finally, I'm up to date!

Awesome. Just absolutely fucking awesome. I was laughing out loud at every masterful kids-behind-the-sofa moment. And the ending was the icing on the cake. "DON'T BLINK!" Forget stepping on the cracks in the pavement, kids will not be blinking at statues now.

So much for my theory that all episodes without a lot of the Doctor in are shit :D.
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Right, stayed out of this thread as I missed it at the weekend, and have only just watched it tonight.

That was, quite possibly, the single most fucking awesome episode of Doctor Who I've seen since ... since I was 5.

It actually made me jump. And swear, out loud, in a way I probably didn't when I was 5, but would have if I'd known how.

It made me think, and gave me chills, and gave me damp eyes, and had me on the edge of my seat from almost 2 minutes in until the chilling, horrible, wonderful end.

I'm 39, and I might actually have nightmares tonight.
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Fucking scary! I've been thinking about it a lot since Saturday, and those fractions of seconds of blackness before the statues moved are getting even more disturbing. What a great idea.
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Post by offyoutoddle »

heh - a friend in the office reckoned he got no sleep last night because his girlfriend was so jumpy after watching this. That is brilliant, this episode was the best one in 3 series easily.
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Watched it last night on Virgin on Demand.

It wasn't until the TARDIS dematerialised that I realised I'd stopped sitting on my chair and was stood up.

The bit at the end where the penny drops for Sparrow was the icing on the cake for me. Excellent piece of writing.
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Yes - another vote for best episode so far.

Oh, and the original story is now up on the BBC site (but you probably knew that) so no need to seek out the book.
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Came across this while looking at Toothpaste For Dinner for the ongoing pics thread and thought I'd share with you lot:

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Bollocks to Turlogh.

I have been spooked this afternoon by the statues on Queen St, being as they are in the end montage from that ep. For the first time in a long time, having a j in my garden at night sees me jumping at the little noises you get. Excellent stuff.
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John Barrowman wrote:"It's not the Captain Jack from Torchwood. He's not angsty, he's not moody; he's determined, but in a different way. Captain Jack from Doctor Who is a little more light-hearted, because he’s back where he wants to be. Although he loves the Torchwood team, one of his main objectives over the past couple of years has been to find the Doctor, to figure out why Jack is the way he is. Now he's there, he can let the Doctor take the responsibility for everything and he can sit in the background a bit."
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Reverend Goatboy wrote:Thank god
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I haven't seen it mentioned here but this is an interesting site:

http://www.cuttingsarchive.org.uk/

They have tonnes of newspaper and magazine clippings about Doctor Who, dating back to the '60s.
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I think one of those angels came to visit on the sunday at RV, I just found this in my photo collection :wink:

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The BBC have just posted the biggest spoiler for Doctor Who ever. I read it and instantly wet my knickers in fanboy excitement. It's for the last episode and please don't read it if you in anyway shape or form dislike spoilers. This one will do a good job of ruining it for you.

Oh and avoid all forms of media for the next couple of weeks. This one's a doozy.

*SPOILER*
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/progin ... /sat.shtml
*SPOILER*
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