The Dr Who thread

[phattslagg]

Yeah - utterly fantastic. I even liked a lot of the music - some nice retro synth work in there.

[Darkflame]

Triangle, wasn't it?

Yup, my wife got it. She called "wait this is Triangle" VERY fast.

Still, enjoyable as hell.

Regarding both Triangle and this epp though, theres a silly consequence eventually;

Spoiler: show

Those dead bodies on the boot will eventually weigh down the boot and capsize it.
In this, meanwhile, that ocean of skulls is going to be more like "skull mountain" eventually.

[Ollie]

If it matters, I expect some sort of erosion takes care of it.

[Harlequin]

Well... Capaldi is never going to get a monologue longer than that. Very well written, directed, scored and performed.

Well that was... mostly a conceit for its director. Dat end and preview though O______O
Is he going to regenerate? I thought Capaldi was in this for the foreseeable? Though I think it was Moffat who said that, and we all know he's a bigger liar than the Doctor himself. I want him to stick around though.

I have heard that Moffatt might be leaving the series soon. I desperately hope the same is not true of Capaldi.

And is he like billions of years old now, or does the time loop negate that

He should physically and mentally be no older from the end of Face the Raven than it took him to get from the teleport to inside Room Twelve (plus a perhaps a few minutes of punching). The version of him who escaped was effectively stored in the teleport's reconstitution buffer for a couple of billion years.

[Mayhem]

Guess they knew how to build tech to last, could YOU imagine a hard drive lasting 2 billion years?!

[RamaBot]

Heaven Sent was the best episode of DR Who I have ever watched.
Just brilliant.

I really hope Capaldi stays for a good long while. He is to me what DR Who should be. Strange, mysterious, funny and serious.

[Darkflame]

Regarding everything lasting that long; Its explained by the "closed energy loop" or what-not no? Whatever is eventually restoring all the rooms to the starting state, presumably takes care of wear and tear as well.

If it matters, I expect some sort of erosion takes care of it.

yeah, of course it doesnt matter. Erosion works too.
I just like thinking of the long term consequences of this sort of thing.
I'll stick with my Triangle one though, at least it gives that poor girl a out eventually.

[merman]

The skulls were modelled on Capaldi's. Just to add an extra touch.

[Baggypants]

Panowie!

edit: regarding dialogue, I've given up watching it on my telly, I watch it on the iplayer in chromium with html5 video on cheapo laptop speaks and I can hear it better.

I found it utterly compelling, I could almost feel every punch.

[pogo]

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[Harlequin]

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I want to know which country that was filmed in.

[lazerwalker]

But where did the clothes by the fire come from in the very first run through the loop? (and indeed the skull & bird message?)

[pogo]

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I want to know which country that was filmed in.

NZ I presume.

edit: rewatching it she does say “here to New Zealand”. Also did anyone notice the heavily bookmarked book on the desk in front of him?

[pogo]

Now on YouTube:

[toxibunny]

But where did the clothes by the fire come from in the very first run through the loop? (and indeed the skull & bird message?)

We didn't see the first run. Presumably he did that one in his underwear.