The Dr Who thread

[Ollie]

I thought they were still mostly in the UK.

20 million in the UK? So, about 1 in 3 of us...

[merman]

That 20 million figure was how many had permission to settle here.
What was not made clear was if they were breeding...

[zip accident]

Series 1-4, boxed:



http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002 ... ge_o00_s00

Is it worf owt?

[Istar]

So... yeah. Good job. Nailed it.

10/10.

Edit: just watched the monologue again - stand-out performance from Capaldi right there. Now he's The Doctor.

[F-ZeroOne]

That... that... that, I think, is the performance I've been waiting for from Twelve this whole time. Don't get me wrong, I think hes been good all the way through but I think thats going to be one of those moments that defines this particular incarnation of The Doctor.

Spoiler: show

I didn't believe Kate was a Zygon for more than thirty seconds, but I can forgive that as a set up to that one-liner. Also, that line about "nothing good on the other side"...? Zing!

We're also going to be getting some really interesting toys of this series... Doctor With A Guitar, Doctor In The Chair, Doctor With A Guitar And A Tank, Clara-In-A-Pod...

[Harlequin]

That... that... that, I think, is the performance I've been waiting for from Twelve this whole time. Don't get me wrong, I think hes been good all the way through but I think thats going to be one of those moments that defines this particular incarnation of The Doctor.

I agree. An excellently performed monologue.

Spoiler: show

I didn't believe Kate was a Zygon for more than thirty seconds, but I can forgive that as a set up to that one-liner. …

I am afraid I emitted a LOL. Quite loudly. Fortunately my upstairs neighbour did not complain.

[F-ZeroOne]

The other nice thing about this episode is that it was a bit less heavy-handed with its themes than last week.

[Ollie]

I reckon they should have left Zygella as Clara and have the two Claras take over from Osgood, thus freeing up Osgood to be the new companion, but other than that... good job.

[F-ZeroOne]

Just re-watched a key scene and realised that there was no music for a large part of it - that was a wise decision.

[phattslagg]

The music was far less intrusive in this two-parter than at any time I can recall since new Who. I barely noticed it at all.

[Governmentyard]

Wish I could say the same, still overintrusive on the whole. Capaldi's rant was immaculate and took the two-parter from 'whatever' to 'ermagerd'. Is it now possible that both Osgoods are zygons..? They'd both know it if so. The main thing, though, was Clara in pyjamas again. No-one can pyjamas like Clara. Remember that episode - I think it was the orient express one, and she had silk pyjamas in that? This was another good pyjamas episode.

I hope when she leaves it's because she ends up being trapped in a pyjamas dimension where you have to wear pyjamas and then they spin-off a new Torchwood-esque racy series called "Clara in the Pyjamas Dimension Wearing Lovely Cute Pyjamas and Skipping About". I mean if Moffat doesn't do that, he's basically useless. Bring back RTD.

[pogo]

Yes, that was saved by lots of shots of Clara and the Doctor’s monologues. Problem was again there was too much talking and exposition, not enough actually happening. In fact the loose ends of last week were tied up very quickly, with just a quick diversion to see a Zygon for some reason singled out for forced exposure. Apart from that though it was walking about and talking. The ending seemed very contrived and far too like the last time they had a showdown under the Tower of London. Clara does look good in pyjamas, and made up and trying to look evil as Bonnie, which made it very watchable. Otherwise though very forgettable, and nothing that could not have fitted into a single episode.

[Dio]

I think there's a secret challenge being taken by the production team this year about trying to make the cliffhangers work. More generally over the last few series there's been a lot of deliberate probing of the conventions of the classic series to see which ones are a real problem and which ones were just scuppered by bad producing or crappy budgets.

For example, this is the first time since the revival that a kid would probably get the old Lenny Henry Doctor Who gag about "Quick - run down lots of corridors!"

From where I sit, I think the cliffhangers have been only dubiously successful, but I generally prefer the pacing of the two-parters. It results in less random waving of screwdrivers.

[Jonesey]

Capaldi's rant was immaculate Clara in pyjamas No-one can pyjamas like Clara. she had silk pyjamas in that? good pyjamas episode.
trapped in a pyjamas dimension wear pyjamas "Clara in the Pyjamas Dimension Wearing Lovely Cute Pyjamas and Skipping About"

The tight top contributed. I found the "rant" a little overcooked but good show, sir.

I might be in love with Osgood a bit..

[Mayhem]

I might be in love with Osgood a bit..

She IS a cool character now...

Ingrid Oliver went to school down the road from me, in fact she was probably in the same year as Katherine Parkinson... who knows if I met either of them at the time.