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He's the baddy from the christmas special. It looks like he's going to be the main enemy this time round.

Dr who should be dark.

...wi-fi networks are not scary in the slightest. But opening episodes are always crappy. Next week's looked alright though.

Wow...that was...boring.

Doctor came off as vaguely creepy, stalky...
Bad guys were...boring.
Very meh. 3 out of 10.

Really? I loved it. I thought it had some good foreshadowing of things to come too. Like the children's book the boy had was written by Amelia Williams, and who was the "woman in the shop" that gave Clara the TARDIS phone number?

I really liked it. Clara is DEFINITELY my favorite companion.

I quite liked it.

cackled over the title reveal/pun, and chortled at the motorbike bit.

Not the best but enjoyable enough.

anyway ..

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a469789/doctor-who-gavin--staceys-joanna-page-joins-50th-anniversary-cast.html

read through pics

and...





..hmm... not sure about this theory.. seems a bit of a stretch.. but Moffat is a cunning bastard so .. maybe...


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Moffat just has a wonderful talent to make the ordinary terrifying.

Who here knew that Disney had their own spin-off called "K-9"?
I discovered it last night whilst channel hopping at midnight, and it was so so so so so so+...+so so so tacky.
Hey look! A deus ex machina! and another one! and another! (Repeat until problem is solved).

I'm a bit disappointed with tonights episode.

All that talk about Old Gods awakening and appeasing them, with sacrifices to them.

I was hoping for Cthulhu or one of his buddies.

 Compel wrote:
I'm a bit disappointed with tonights episode.

All that talk about Old Gods awakening and appeasing them, with sacrifices to them.

I was hoping for Cthulhu or one of his buddies.

Agreed, tonights episode was little more than a reminder that it is indeed a childrens tv show.

 Compel wrote:
I'm a bit disappointed with tonights episode.

All that talk about Old Gods awakening and appeasing them, with sacrifices to them.

I was hoping for Cthulhu or one of his buddies.

I was hoping that they were going for an Old God theme for this series, as I believe in the original series The Great Intelligence was originally known as Yog-Sothoth, and was an elder god of some variety.
Alas, it ended up being a "the power of stories and friendship will defeat all!" Episode, which disappointed me.

They defeated cthulu, with singing.
Remember when he faced satan?

Very cool show. I prefer the older version, however. Pertwee was my favorite doctor, though he is a minority choice.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
They defeated cthulu, with singing.
Remember when he faced satan?

11 has never really come close to how dark 10 was...

 Corpsesarefun wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
They defeated cthulu, with singing.
Remember when he faced satan?

11 has never really come close to how dark 10 was...

Yup. Tennant was awesome because he could go from joyful nerd to harbinger of the apocalypse in 0.2 seconds. The episode The Family of Blood was an epic example of that.

I enjoyed the last episode. Wasn't as epic as I would've liked, but then it still had it's moment, like the speech to Mary on how she was unique. And they say being atheist takes away the wonders of the universe.

And yes, Jenna-Louise Coleman is pure awesome.

I'm pretty sure I've taken that exact catsuit off a girl once...

"Can you hear them? All these people who lived in terror of you and your judgement. All these people whose ancestors devoted themselves, sacrificed themselves to you. Can you hear them sing? Oh, you like to think you're a god? But you're not a god, you're just a parasite. Eat now with the jealousy and the envy and the loneliness of others. You feed on them, on the memory of love and loss and birth and death and joy and sorrow. So, so come on then, take mine. Take my memories, but I hope you've got a big appetite, because I've lived a long life and I've seen a few things. I walked away from the Last Great Time War. I marked the passing of the Time Lords. I saw the birth of the universe and I watched as time ran out, moment by moment until nothing remained. No time, no space, just me. I walked in universes where the laws of physics were devised by the mind of a mad man. And I watched universes freeze and creations burn. I've seen things things you wouldn't believe. I have lost things you will never understand. And I know things, secrets that must never be told, knowledge that must never be spoken, knowledge that will make parasite gods blaze. So, come on then, take it! Take it all, baby! Take it! You have it all!" - The Doctor

Chills.

RAAAAR! I'm a big evil sun that eats peoples souls yet I get destroyed by a leaf!

The last episode with the sun was so awful I fell asleep, at 8pm... .

The whole leaf thing near the end of the episode made me want to apply something heavy and hard directly to the TV screen.

I mean it's a goddamn leaft!

Quite frankly, it should have been the book.

I thought it was going to be the book.

The concept is the flip of the weeping angels attack.

 TheRobotLol wrote:
The whole leaf thing near the end of the episode made me want to apply something heavy and hard directly to the TV screen.

I mean it's a goddamn leaft!

I think the whole idea (foreshadowed by the currency of the folks they were visiting) is that objects retain memories of those who possess them. The leaf contained not only memories but the impressions placed on it by her family of the 'infinite possibilities'. Combined that with the fact that that leaf created the 'impossible girl' and it made it rather important. Not sure what the impossible girl thing is yet (although amusing that the Tardis doesn't like her just like Capt. Jack).

Wasn't my favorite episode, but certainly wasn't the worst.

I hope they bring in a Benton-type character as a companion. Not only do the British have impeccable taste in military uniforms, but Benton was such a great character. It would give a great tie-in to the historical doctor without being out of place (as long as they don't try to actually get Benton. I imagine the actor is rather old.)

Thank god they didnt reference Pond for 2 episodes.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Thank god they didnt reference Pond for 2 episodes.

Spin positive: They did reference Susan for the first time in the rebooted series.

That is because the rebooted series forgot everything befor 9th.
Seriously, know a guy who calls himself "The biggest Who Fan" and he doesnt know who tom baker is.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
That is because the rebooted series forgot everything befor 9th.
Seriously, know a guy who calls himself "The biggest Who Fan" and he doesnt know who tom baker is.

I don't think that's true. There's a big difference between fans of New Who not knowing about Old Who and New Who not knowing about Old Who. The first episode of New Who was an old enemy from way back in the day. It isn't like they got rid of everything.

That was the worst episode I have seen in some time and I'm a fluffy positive kinda guy.

It was bland throughout, the new girl keeping my interest piqued but when the Dr started his rant at the sun and the sugar Oates music started getting louder I know the ending would be a poor one.

The real disappointment was that I didn't turn it off when I realised. I'd happily have that lanky ginger bint back over another episode like that, hot new companion or not.

Christ more Daleks would have been preferable to that!