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Doctor Who Series Seven |OT| The Question You've Been Running From All Your Life
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EleventhDoctor
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mugurumakensei
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Doctor was a bit of a creeper this episode.
gaf does what bbcan't
They seem to have been doing quite a few of these tie-in mini books. They published The Angel's Kiss, a book based around River as Melody Malone, as well as a Holmes-style Paternoster Gang Adventure.
I have a T-Shirt with that on it.
I have that poster 5 feet to my right.
Excited, if only for the setting. Rewatching seasons 5 and 6 and I've felt that Moffet's era has been too... human. Its nice to see a lot of straight up aliens again.
infiniteloop
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IdreamofHIME
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The Doctor and Clara really click, their chemistry is really sparkling. Not the best episode ever, but those two really shone through some of the duller parts.
Nice of them to throw in an Amy reference too.
In fairness, post-Rose Tennant had shitty Martha while Post-Amy Smith has Clara.
Nice of them to throw in an Amy reference too.
In fairness, post-Rose Tennant had shitty Martha while Post-Amy Smith has Clara.
Exterminieren
Banned
By all accounts, this is the biggest amount of aliens we've ever seen in an episode.
Maybe if the original vision for the Shadow Proclamation had come to pass in The Stolen Earth it might have beaten it, but they've gone all out with this one.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Touché.
A very good opener. Not great, but the stuff that mattered (Clara + Doctor) shined above everything else.
Don't you think if you're running some secret human harvesting organization you'd tell you're employees not to use FourSquare? At least that part of the 'hacking' was fairly realistic. All the security measures in the world can't save you from idiots.
Don't you think if you're running some secret human harvesting organization you'd tell you're employees not to use FourSquare? At least that part of the 'hacking' was fairly realistic. All the security measures in the world can't save you from idiots.
I wonder if we are going to get Amy references every week
infiniteloop
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I thought the leaf in her book was the same one she has in the poster, but it looks quite different.
The Elite
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A new leaf for a new page.
BrokenFiction
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Who gave Clara the TARDIS phone number?? Argh, this will drive me bonkers until the reveal!
We all want to think it's not River. But it's River.
infiniteloop
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BrokenFiction
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Also, I have to say I loved the use of the Disney "Beauty and the Beast" theme music throughout the ep as well.
The sad thing is it's probably going to be Rose or some such nonsense.
Don't do this, Moffat.
You're going down a path I can't follow.
Well, I probably will, but you know what I mean.
Discotheque
Banned
Lol I hated it, it kept tripping me out when I heard the beauty and the beast soundtrack
Hmm? I haven't seen the movie, but are you talking about Clara's theme?
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Even my wife commented on how the music was in the episode, and she usually doesn't pick up on that stuff.
Whaaaa? Fix that. The first animated film to be nominated for Best Picture, and a true classic.
dead souls
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A decent, but unspectacular, episode. It's still nice to have the show back.
A friend of mine has it on blu-ray and has been wanting me to see it since last summer, but we just keep forgetting.
DrForester
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When did Amy die? I kind of figured she gave it to her before she died, perhaps writing the number in the book.
KuwabaraTheMan
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Well, it certainly looked nice.
For a new year, Moffat decided to start out with a misogynistic joke and repeated usage of the phrase 'Doctor Who' in the first 10 minutes of the show (complete with the Doctor talking about enjoying hearing it), before jumping into a plot which involved people repeating phrases and bodies spinning around to reveal a different face. Glad Moffat could come up with some great new material for the 50th anniversary year. And he wasn't content with completely ruining the Great Intelligence in the Christmas special, now he wants to drag out his inferior version of the Intelligence out across the whole season.
Jenna Louise-Coleman is great, but so far she's just been parroting the same 'clever dialogue' that every character under Moffat has said.
For a new year, Moffat decided to start out with a misogynistic joke and repeated usage of the phrase 'Doctor Who' in the first 10 minutes of the show (complete with the Doctor talking about enjoying hearing it), before jumping into a plot which involved people repeating phrases and bodies spinning around to reveal a different face. Glad Moffat could come up with some great new material for the 50th anniversary year. And he wasn't content with completely ruining the Great Intelligence in the Christmas special, now he wants to drag out his inferior version of the Intelligence out across the whole season.
Jenna Louise-Coleman is great, but so far she's just been parroting the same 'clever dialogue' that every character under Moffat has said.
User 85168
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Died before 2012, this series takes place 2013. I don't think it's possible. It's got to be River.
If there's one thing I can rely on after each episode, it's Kuwabara hating on Moffat.
EleventhDoctor
Banned
He probably wanted to motorboat her.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Watch it this weekend. No excuses.
radioheadrule83
Banned
I thought the WiFi / hacking angle was terrible. It killed all hope of suspension of disbelief - it reminded me of witnessing the supposed tech talk in die hard 4
However, there were some charming bits and I'm in love with Jenna, so I don't really care. The great intelligence seems to like controlling things you can barely touch... Snow, wireless, what next? I hope Ian McKellen turns up as one of its forms at some point
However, there were some charming bits and I'm in love with Jenna, so I don't really care. The great intelligence seems to like controlling things you can barely touch... Snow, wireless, what next? I hope Ian McKellen turns up as one of its forms at some point
Episode was okay. Not terrible, not great. Nice re-introduction to the season. The airplane bit may have been a little overboard (hehe), though.
I didn't think they'd bring up The Great Intelligence again so soon, but there you go.
I'm really hoping we get some form of advancement with the Silence storyline soon. Still so many questions that need answering, and Moffat just swept it all under the rug by the end of series 6, with series 7A being all about the Ponds (which I'm fine with).
In the end, when Clara asked him to come back the next day, I thought she would somehow end up dead between the present time and 7:00, but I suppose that's too morbid.
Moffat really loves his "eleven" references, doesn't he?
"What chapter are you on?"
"Ten."
"Eleven is the best. You'll cry your eyes out."
The Doctor ditching the old coat was sad.
The girl on the cover of "Summer Falls" by Amelia Williams resembles Karen Gillan. And she has her boys with her, one resembling Benedict Cumberbatch and the other looking like a cross between Arthur Darvill and Martin Freeman.
Jenna-Louise Coleman is adorable.
I didn't think they'd bring up The Great Intelligence again so soon, but there you go.
I'm really hoping we get some form of advancement with the Silence storyline soon. Still so many questions that need answering, and Moffat just swept it all under the rug by the end of series 6, with series 7A being all about the Ponds (which I'm fine with).
In the end, when Clara asked him to come back the next day, I thought she would somehow end up dead between the present time and 7:00, but I suppose that's too morbid.
Moffat really loves his "eleven" references, doesn't he?
"What chapter are you on?"
"Ten."
"Eleven is the best. You'll cry your eyes out."
The Doctor ditching the old coat was sad.
The girl on the cover of "Summer Falls" by Amelia Williams resembles Karen Gillan. And she has her boys with her, one resembling Benedict Cumberbatch and the other looking like a cross between Arthur Darvill and Martin Freeman.
Jenna-Louise Coleman is adorable.
MisterNegative
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Thought I was the only one who noticed. It was weird.
I liked it. The Doctor had a bit of a crush!
I seriously loved this episode.
Edit: Sidenote, is your avatar Andrew Garfield with Donald Glover??
Yes it is!
Box of Bunnies
Banned
Was very Moff by Numbers as Kuwabara said. Dunno if it's just the split series thing still leaving me a bit down on the show but I didn't really get in to it. Well, I like the Doctor's new coat, so that's something I guess.
It really feels like a new season, even though it's actually the 7th episode.
Other thing I wanted to mention: this is the second time UNIT's appeared this season in some capacity. I wouldn't mind them having some role in the show again, but not in the ridiculousness of the RTD era.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Okay, that was pretty good. Some nice camp to it. A bit too formulaic for me to really like it, but as an introduction to Clara-who-we-will-spend-time-with it was certainly alright. I like that the GI might be recurring.
Turning over a new leaf.
Box of Bunnies
Banned
They thought the Doctor smelling Clara's knickers might've been a bit inappropriate for the time slot so they replaced them with a leaf.
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