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WhoIsBarryBostwick posted:Yeah. I think the idea was that once you confessed some misdeed to a Silence priest, you would forget you ever did it. Thereby making the whole act pointless. Not much thought put into that one on Moff's part.
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Barry Foster posted:Thereby making the whole act pointless. Not much thought put into that one on Moff's part. To be fair I think it's meant to be that you forgot the confession and got telepathically suggested to forgive yourself.
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So the mutant priests who are super creepy and sleep like bat people have lightning powers why now?
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Burkion posted:So the mutant priests who are super creepy and sleep like bat people have lightning powers why now? To represent Zeus and Thor to the worshipers as they confess.
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Republican Vampire posted:The thing with the Silence actually made sense and would have worked if there'd been something more than three seconds of voice over explaining it. And... also if the doctor didn't have an offscreen relationship with Tasha Lem that meant he should, logically, have known how they work. It works if he met Tasha Lem and found out what the Silence actually were sometime between A Good Man Goes To War and Time Of The Doctor. He certainly got up to a lot of things offscreen between those episodes so there'd have been ample opportunity. I mean, still not super-satisfying (but nothing probably would have been) but it's better than LOL HE KNEW THE WHOLE TIME AND WAS PRETENDING BECAUSE *THE DOCTOR LIES* or whatever.
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docbeard posted:*THE DOCTOR LIES* This quickly became my least favorite Moffatism, easily beating out wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey. I really hope that all the concentrated BS of Time of the Doctor means that Moffat got all that stuff out of his system and we can now move on with him ignoring all those convoluted plot strings and recurring elements and catchphrases and all that. I'm sure they'll all build up again (sadly) but I really hope we just get a clean slate for 12 like we did for 11. Of course the fact that the very first 12 episode will apparently have the Victorian Fanservice Squad, the clockwork robots, and an 11 cameo doesn't fill me with confidence that Moffat will be moving on from his collection of recurring elements...
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Chairman Capone posted:Of course the fact that the very first 12 episode will apparently have the Victorian Fanservice Squad, the clockwork robots, and an 11 cameo doesn't fill me with confidence that Moffat will be moving on from his collection of recurring elements... I actually like all of these things, but I generally agree that it would be good to get away from the convoluted overarching plotlines and MUST TICK EVERY BOX continuity-fests. Give us some stories of the Doctor and Clara and...is Danny the new guy's name? having adventures in time and space without a larger agenda, at least for a bit.
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quote:And for the first time since 1984, the Doctor Who production team is heading to Lanzarote. The Doctor is returning to the scene of an old adventure – but there have been sinister changes since his last visit.’ From here: http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-8-filming-in-lanzarote-hermione-norris-cast-63183.htm Planet of Fire callbacks? 
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The_Doctor posted:From here: http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-8-filming-in-lanzarote-hermione-norris-cast-63183.htm Sounds like the plot of Timelash
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That's filming for episode 07 called Kill the Moon. My prediction is that they return to the library to free River but the moon has gone insane and they join a rebellion to shut it down.
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Sounds like the plot of Timelash We swear, it wasn't so bad.
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PriorMarcus posted:That's filming for episode 07 called Kill the Moon. My prediction is that they return to the library to free River but the moon has gone insane and they join a rebellion to shut it down. I'm down for anything involving Colin Salmon.
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PriorMarcus posted:That's filming for episode 07 called Kill the Moon. My prediction is that they return to the library to free River but the moon has gone insane and they join a rebellion to shut it down. I'm holding out hope for it being a crossover with Majora's Mask
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The_Doctor posted:From here: http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-8-filming-in-lanzarote-hermione-norris-cast-63183.htm Peri nostalgia--it's not just for Big Finish anymore.
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qntm posted:I'm down for anything involving Colin Salmon. This. PassTheRemote posted:I'm holding out hope for it being a crossover with Majora's Mask THIS.
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Thread's been quiet lately, so here, have a shot of Peter Capaldi trying to squeeze in (or out) of a miniaturised TARDIS. Lots more pics here.
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Followed a link from there to pics from another shoot, wherein the Doctor and Clara are apparently visiting A Sand Planet. Just look at that craggy bastard More here.
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Is Moffat still showrunner? Can I start watching Who again?
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Kikka posted:Is Moffat still showrunner? Can I start watching Who again? Yes to both questions.
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Moffat is still Moffat. So yes the possibility of another River Song appearance is hanging over all our heads like the sword of Damocles.
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marktheando posted:Moffat is still Moffat. So yes the possibility of another River Song appearance is hanging over all our heads like the sword of Damocles.
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AradoBalanga posted:But will there be Tim Curry in drag during the solo number? Tim Curry as River Song might work.
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docbeard posted:It works if he met Tasha Lem and found out what the Silence actually were sometime between A Good Man Goes To War and Time Of The Doctor. He certainly got up to a lot of things offscreen between those episodes so there'd have been ample opportunity. It would have been interesting to have made the Silence appear in A Good Man Goes to War and get a lame explanation like that, and then at the very end of Time of the Doctor it turns out they've been pulling the strings all along and don't want Gallifrey to return because they've become the dominant force in the universe (even suggesting the Daleks to imprison the Doctor). That way they can stay around as recurring villains with their own agenda. They're creepy, they have time machines, and are perfect for "sometimes they help the Doctor, sometimes they want to kill him." Oh well...
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http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/moffat-teases-massive-cliffhanger-64015.htm Looks like our buddy Moffat is sticking around for series 9 as well... I was definitely hoping for someone new(Mark Gatiss please). Oh well.
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Why does everything have to be a big cliffhanger mystery. Why can't you just solve a story in one season.
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Harlock posted:Why does everything have to be a big cliffhanger mystery. Why can't you just solve a story in one season. He said penultimate episode of next series, meaning the second to last episode, so presumably that can still be solved in the finale of that season.
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A new 15-second teaser for the new series, which is back August 23rd: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p021r78j https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIzgoB8pXuc Tomtrek fucked around with this message at 20:54 on Jun 27, 2014 |
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Okay, now that it's been in two trailers, I feel the need to point this out: in that shot where Capaldi is silhouetted with his hands on the TARDIS rails, it makes him look like he has really long fingers, which reminds me of the Silence. Could that be a clue that they're somehow involved in the upcoming plot, or am I just going mad waiting for new episodes?
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Ugh. I loving hate that the leaked amnesia plot looks like it's going to be true. The best actor to play the Doctor and a massive fan to boot is going to waste half a season not knowing who the gently caress he is.
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I would hate it less if it wasn't the third or fourth time that Clara has to remind the Doctor/someone else about who he is. There's nothing new about companions acting as the Doctor's moral compass, but lately for some reason they been driving that point home with the subtlety of a sledgehammer.
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I'm worried that Moffat is gonna keep showrunning as long as he's alive unless the BBC does something about it. Which they probably wouldn't anyway.
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Moffatt has said that he's closer to the end than the beginning of his run, so I wouldn't expect him to last too much longer.
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Diabolik900 posted:Moffatt has said that he's closer to the end than the beginning of his run, so I wouldn't expect him to last too much longer. He said that after running the show for three years. Hee already planning Season Nine which would be three years on from when he gave that quote. Moffat lies.
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Harlock posted:Why does everything have to be a big cliffhanger mystery. Why can't you just solve a story in one season. Why not just solve it in one loving episode. Oh, I forgot, Steven Moffat needs to show off just how super clever he is.
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Noxville posted:Why not just solve it in one loving episode. Oh, I forgot, Steven Moffat needs to show off just how super clever he is. I dunno, we managed to resolve the regeneration limit in a single episode. I fully expected that to be a season-long gambit.
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jivjov posted:I dunno, we managed to resolve the regeneration limit in a single episode. I fully expected that to be a season-long gambit. Let's be totally fair. If he didn't piss away a total season, he would have.
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The 12th Doctor is actually River Song/Clara's future son/grand-uncle. You heard it here first.
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All this "am I a good man" stuff - Valeyard shenanigans ahead, calling it now.
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As much as I sperged out over the Valeyard reference and have wanted them to revisit that since Trial of a Timelord, I don't think it's going to happen. I have a feeling Moffat has left behind most of the "Doctor at the end of his life arc" with the new cycle. I'm betting the vibe is essentially "new lease on life" and a lot of that old mythos is dead. And I'm ok with that.
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