The Dr Who thread

[Cloudane]

You watch that shit?

Others in the household do. I try my best to avoid it! But sometimes it's kind of hard to with Christmas not really being an "avoid your family" day

[Harlequin]

Was it said that Clara was leaving at Christmas?

All that has been announced is that she is leaving at some point this season, which suggests before the Christmas special.

[Istar]

Clever. Exciting. Mostly internally self-consistent whilst being intriguingly backwardly-referential. Interesting premise. Genuinely tense in places.

8/10.

[Mayhem]

Yeah, thumbs up to that episode. Dr Who doesn't usually get very political, but there's an obvious thread about national identity, immigrants, integration, and radicalisation/ISIS in the story line. Replace Zygon with Muslim and there's some uncomfortable truths about how things operate in the world currently.

"Yes, bomb them, that's just what they want to radicalise more!"

Bit sad it looks like they've killed Jac off though

Anyone want to guess which Osgood it is, or more likely they won't reveal that...

[Harlequin]

Yes. Some of that was a bit too uncomfortably close to our reality. And, given what we have been told about the effects of that gas, the title of the next episode makes me more uncomfortable.

Anyone want to guess which Osgood it is, or more likely they won't reveal that...

It probably does not matter, unless she it put in a situation where she has little option other than to shape-shift.

[Ollie]

Anyone want to guess which Osgood it is, or more likely they won't reveal that...

I thought the inhaler gave it away, unless they've changed the rules since DotD.

Regarding Clara's exit, I predict (based on what we know about upcoming episodes):

Spoiler: show

She'll die in episode 10, but reappear "Heaven Sent" in episode 12.

I don't reckon she'll be around at Christmas, though.

[Meow]

I lost interested after 20 mins and switch it off. No thanks that was truly boring and awful. I think I'm giving up on Dr. Who.

[Governmentyard]

I don't reckon she'll be around at Christmas, though.

Good, good. I don't mind the character and Coleman herself is is the sort of girl I'd happily take a beating for (or from) but I hate the horsecrap that piles up around event telly and once they announce a character is leaving, it changes how you watch the series. Which is stupid, because all the companions are leaving, all the time, so it shouldn't make a difference.

How about this? Clara changes her mind about travelling through space and time because people do get bored of things, you know? Or meets someone else nice and wants to not make the same mistakes again. Or finds her work suffering despite only disappearing for a few minutes and makes the decision out of professionalism. Then she's all like "Pop in and visit me whenever you can" and he's like "yeah or no or whatever" and then he gets a new companion.

Watched last night's. Interesting setup. Bit habituated to the global alien threat stuff now though. Seemed to work better when the whole business was done in a quarry in the 70s, which is why I liked the Lake one.

[Governmentyard]

I don't reckon she'll be around at Christmas, though.

Good, good. I don't mind the character and Coleman herself is is the sort of girl I'd happily take a beating for (or from) but I hate the horsecrap that piles up around event telly and once they announce a character is leaving, it changes how you watch the series. Which is stupid, because all the companions are leaving, all the time, so it shouldn't make a difference.

How about this? Clara changes her mind about travelling through space and time because people do get bored of things, you know? Or meets someone else nice and wants to not make the same mistakes again. Or finds her work suffering despite only disappearing for a few minutes and makes the decision out of professionalism. Then she's all like "Pop in and visit me whenever you can" and he's like "yeah or no or whatever" and then he gets a new companion.

Watched last night's. Interesting setup. Bit habituated to the global alien threat stuff now though. Seemed to work better when the whole business was done in a quarry in the 70s, which is why I liked the Lake one.

[TFO]

Those 'crack' troops were all terribly shit though

[Cloudane]

Good stuff. Indeed a bit uncomfortably true
"You can't have the UK, it's occupied, they'll think you're stealing their benefits"

[Harlequin]

I liked the 'Once upon a time' start as well, continuing the season's story theme.

I am wondering for how long humans and their Zygon duplicates need to be linked to become as much hybrids as Osgood. And what happens if the Zygon is evil?

Writing of which,

Spoiler: show

have they really named Clara's duplicate after Bonnie Langford?

I lost interested after 20 mins and switch it off. No thanks that was truly boring and awful. I think I'm giving up on Dr. Who.

So, aside from the initial Osgood scene, you never saw anything that happened in New Mexico or the Middle East? I would have thought you might have been a little interested in the stuff about North American reactions to British immigrants.

[Ollie]

I am wondering for how long humans and their Zygon duplicates need to be linked to become as much hybrids as Osgood. And what happens if the Zygon is evil?

What if the human is? Aaaahh...

[F-ZeroOne]

Those 'crack' troops were all terribly shit though

Drone was a bit toytown as well. Real military drones, at least the ones used in drone strikes, are bigger than I suspect many people realise...

Not sure what to think on this one. I liked bits of it, but other bits seemed a little heavy-handed - yes, I understand the analogy without you having to drop hints, scriptwriter person!

Edit: forgot to say, really liked the ending though.

[Meow]

So, aside from the initial Osgood scene, you never saw anything that happened in New Mexico or the Middle East? I would have thought you might have been a little interested in the stuff about North American reactions to British immigrants.

Nope. It last Doctor Who for me, until the replace that Dr.