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O! That was fantastic. Anyone wishing for a more RTD feel will have had a field day. Great episode. Agreed, no potential spoilers til those time shifting have had a chance to watch.
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And did you get the Who and Sherlock references in it ?
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"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
And did you get the Who and Sherlock references in it ?
I thought Dracula was pretty good and i'm looking forward to part 2 tonight. I didn't catch any Who/Sherlock references (I wasn't looking for any). But I thought I saw a few nods to horror movies in there...
Nun has a detective friend in London who helped find the fiance.
The fiance made mention of an attractive barmaid who works in a pub.. said pub having the exact same name as the one where Clara from Dr Whom was working
.. I still can't quite get used to seeing Lenny Henry in serious dramatic roles , although one is aware he's done a fair few over the years now. One sometimes wonders if we have some form of psychological imprinting with celebrities
Bradley Walsh continues to impress me too, never seen him in anything other than Who AFAIK.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
Bit hard to judge the story until we've seen the second part, but a BIG thumbs up to Sasha Dhawan in his new role.
So far, so good and no better nor worse than "new-who" has been since 2004. The BBC's main issue has always been trying to shoe-horn political correctness into Doctor Who, and the last season was the last straw for audiences, where we no longer came for the sci-fi but to be lectured. Spyfall pt 1 seemed to be getting on with the sci-fi this time.
Hmmmm. I would say the show was focused on being hip and with the times, than politically correct. There were stories in the 80s that were slipping it in - Happiness Patrol and Curse of Fenric comes to mind. McCoys last two seasons are at least a template for what was to come; companions having the spotlight, slight hints of homosexuality, digs at current political figures...
Nurglitch wrote: Indeed, the series was originally conceived to lecture about history, but we learn about our moral decisions from how we learn our history.
I'm so happy I live in a world where every single movie, television show, video game and novel now has to tell me how bad the world is and how evil all the people are out there. It really reinforces the point that those who make all this stuff are sad sacks with no joy left in life.
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Good conclusion to the first part and it looks like Doctor Who is back on form.
No problem with a bit of PC, but last season they spent more effort on trying to make statements than writing a sci-fi time travel show. A good example was the Rosa Park episode where the villian was merely just a racist man with nothing else to his character than "oh, I'm from the future". It could have been a cracking "Back to the Future" tribute, but instead it was essentially a documentory about Rosa Parks.
Here, the BBC is celebrating women that made significant contributes to the world(one of which I share the same skill), but they are related to the mystery in the present. It was a shame they didn't actually use their skills - the Doctor practically does everything and tells them "press this button", but I suppose the thought counts.
As a bit of fun, you'll notice a few scenes were influenced by Inglorius B'stards, The Last Jedi and of course the whole Google and Facebook controversy. Bit patched together but its Doctor Who so as long as we are getting a sci-fi fix, its fine.
Sasha Dhawen is pretty good in his role and the ending was just what Jodie needed for her character.
I feel like dropping Noor Inayat Khan back in 1943 Paris with a cheerful "Bonne chance!" was kind of a gakky thing to do. The story would have worked just as well if they'd picked one of the female SOE agents who didn't end up tortured and murdered by the Nazis, IMO.
Otherwise a good episode. I wasn't sold on Sacha Dhawan's Master in part 1, but he really nailed it this time. I think he might actually end up being my favourite Master. You know, I just remembered he also played Waris Hussein in An Adventure in Space and Time. And Waris Hussein directed An Unearthly Child. Which I think technically makes him the original 'master' of Doctor Who, if you think about it...
A little bit of righteous anger now and then is good, actually. Don't trust a person who never gets angry.
The only one I didn’t take to, and I suspect that was more the writing and direction was John Simm. He just didn’t have the sort of job for the role, in my opinion.
I think the greatest praise I can offer Sacha Dhawan at this point is that after the wonderful Missy, he doesn’t disappoint. More back to the Machiavellian roots of the character, without entirely discarding manic energy.
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Hyphen-3(?) was a fun character and the episode had shades of Terror of the Vervoids with a smidge of Paradise Towers? Well, whatever it was - I really liked it!
A few things though. It felt rushed and could have done with a second part. There were a few moments where it was confusing and there was one major "WHAT? OH SHUT UP!" moment. It had to give a statement on a certain news topic of late right at the end, but I honestly didn't mind it this time as it served as an excuse for a science fiction story - not the other way around as it was last season(which to be fair had one or two good episodes). The side-story with the security guard and the young woman felt squeezed in.
Once again, a good episode. Might be a little too scary for the little'uns as it features creatures(wink, wink) that look like...
Spoiler:
...an army of classic Broodlords!
Sunday nights are pretty cool as E4 is also showing Star Trek: Discovery, so having the double bill is welcome. Certainly not as bad as its been made out to be, but for the love of god can they please slow the subtitles down!
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Also reminiscent of The Mysterious Planet, the first segment of Trial of a Timelord.
Pacing was again fairly intense. It may not be to everyone’s taste, but I prefer dense plotting to moments of fallow. Though here, I did feel the main crew were just sort of flapping in the plot breeze.
Still an enjoyable episode all the same.
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I’m all not bothered by the inevitable lecture on modern society but the planet being what it was a bit obvious.
That said I was more disappointed by the Dregs; someone went to the trouble of conceiving a monster that can out run the truck unseen but went seen can nearly shuffle and just sort of roar at the sky. Latex Rubber must have developed since the 70’s but this was dire. Clearly they spent the budget on the dog make up or the lad from His Dark Materials.
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Yeah, I agree. Even for kids TV that was unfocussed, chaotic nd lacking direction.
The Dregs also look like a rip off (and by rip off I mean carbon copy) of some other monster from another movie/show, but I can't quite place from where. That whole undead look with exposed teeth and gums but no lips rings a bell from somewhere.
But this episode is only a buffer to delay the reveals from the last story a bit, so I guess it served its purpose.
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