Doctor Who

[Shrooblord]

I'm afraid to read what you said, but out of interest: is this episode the 50th anniversary already? Then I'll read it after watching.

[Master]

No, the 50th is in November, and is it's own special...thing.
What comes on today is merely business as usual, as it is.

[spiraldoor]

This may be of great interest to some, David Tennant and Billie Piper have been confirmed for the 50th Anniversary.

[It will be nice to see Tennant again, thought he had three whole series and was only replaced a couple of years ago. I'd rather see... any other Doctor, really. As for Billie Piper, I just want her to go away.]

What comes on today is merely business as usual, as it is.

It's a little more than that, considering how they're giving the Doctor a new companion whose nature will be the basis for the arc of the next eight episodes.

[Master]

Fair enough.
[The return of David Tennant is nice, though I'm hoping that the fangirls won't resurface. I agree though, other previous Doctors should return, Paul McGann especially, it'd be nice to see the fellow reaffirm his place as the Eighth Doctor. As for Billie Piper, meh really, her appearance doesn't really strike me one way or the other (though personally, I'd like to have had Catherine Tate)]
"The Bells of Saint John" has aired, and I liked it, a lot actually, and I do like how the G.I. has now taken on the face of Doctor Simeon.
I like also how they've toned down Clara's flirtatious nature, it's there still, but not so blindingly.

[spiraldoor]

It's a shame Richard E Grant never got to play the Doctor properly.

[Master]

Ah yes, he played an alternative 9th Doctor in a webisode, didn't he?

[Raven_Guardian]

what did you think about the last episode?

[spiraldoor]

He also played an alternative Tenth Doctor in a live-action Comic Relief episode.

[Master]

Would that be the Curse of Fatal Death?
Anyway, the Rings of Akhaten, looked good, had some good emotional moments, but the singing thing was a little corny.

[spiraldoor]

Would that be the Curse of Fatal Death?

Yes.

Anyway, the Rings of Akhaten, looked good, had some good emotional moments, but the singing thing was a little corny.

I like the singing idea, but whoever provided the girl's voice was too refined – it didn't sound like a frightened child at all. Very good episode though. Crazy space adventure with an ancient alien god-king and big over-the-top emotional speeches. This is what the show should be. Much better than that soul-sucking WiFi business from last week.

[Shrooblord]

Anyway, the Rings of Akhaten, looked good, had some good emotional moments, but the singing thing was a little corny.

I like the singing idea, but whoever provided the girl's voice was too refined – it didn't sound like a frightened child at all. Very good episode though. Crazy space adventure with an ancient alien god-king and big over-the-top emotional speeches. This is what the show should be. Much better than that soul-sucking WiFi business from last week.

Indeed. I also think that the Doctor character needed more moments like he had in this episode (saying that he has nobody and nothing left and getting all emotional about that) - that was my biggest objection of Matt Smith as the Doctor so far - there wasn't enough 'Doctor' there. His character was a bit incomplete.

I'm really looking forward to the rest of the series now.

[HappyHaunter]

Did they make a continuity error in that episode? Clara's mother died when she was a young adult, not when she was a little kid right?

[Shrooblord]

What? Where did you learn this? Are you confusing her own mother with [the mother of the family Clara's a nanny to from the very first episode of this series? They are not the same person.]

[HappyHaunter]

What? Where did you learn this? Are you confusing her own mother with [the mother of the family Clara's a nanny to from the very first episode of this series? They are not the same person.]

Ohh [this whole time I thought Clara was a nanny because her mother was one for that family and she recently died.

[Master]

Ah, so the Cold War aired.
It was pretty good, a little bit like Dalek, but it was a nice reintroduction to the Ice Warriors.
I'm not so sure what to think of Clara in this ep, we'll have to wait and see.

[Shrooblord]

It's funny how her character [through time is different every incarnation; in the Dalek Asylum she was completely confident and in control, in the Christmas episode she was flirtatious and a little cheeky and in this one she seemed absent-minded, dumbstruck by the reality of travelling with the Doctor]. Who knows where her character is heading.

[Master]

Hide was actually pretty darn good, I liked it a lot.
The whole twist of it not being horror, but romance did actually catch me out, I wasn't expecting that twist, I knew there had to be some sci-fi explanation for the ghost, but I think it was well done, a pocket universe with a lost time traveller, and descendant of Emma Grayling.
The argument between the TARDIS and Clara is rather interesting, and I'm hoping to see why they don't get on, I'd assume we're going to learn more of it in next weeks ep, given the premise.

[Shrooblord]

Master, I encourage you to block out your post with SPOILER tags... It's a good thing I'd already seen the episode anyway.

But yes - I also enjoyed Hide a lot. It really gave me the chills a few times; and I'm someone who watches/plays horror for entertainment, not shock. Extremely well done. I'm starting to see a new trend in the series that it's very, very good at doing: giving you the creeps in a not totally horrific way - they still joke about throughout and keep it lighthearted most of the time, but it can turn very grim with a snap of the fingers...
Looking forward to Saturday again!

[Master]

Righty-o, just watched Journey to the Centre Of the TARDIS.
[It was, pretty good, not the best of Series 7, I'll admit, the story seemed a little meh at times. It appears we're getting more references to the finale, and the major plot point it holds, and a book on the history of the Time War? Who wrote it? Why does it even exist?
I did like the Library, and the way the TARDIS rooms were presented (the one's that we got more than a fleeting glimpse of anyway) was pretty cool, though part of me was hoping that they'd take inspiration of the Gothic Cloister Room with its Eye of Harmony, but can't complain.
Few references to past arcs, including the Doctor's cot, if I'm not mistaken, and also the Crack (it did look slightly different, but it evoked it to me, more or less).
All in all, I liked it.]

[spiraldoor]

The salvage plot was a bit shoddy but the mythology-building stuff was great.