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tatopom posted:Hehe the top question on the AMA is I was very happy that the reply was a very disgruntled,"Like a restraining order  "
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Jerusalem posted:I was very happy that the reply was a very disgruntled,"Like a restraining order Oh man, that's a pretty great  .
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Come to think of it wouldn't the mummy's tech (teleporter + invisibility field) be just what you'd need to secretly save people just before they die? It would make sense for the mysterious season antagonists to be after it.
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I actually didn't like this one much. I'm a fan of Frank Skinner but I thought his character was very flat and under-acted. A few very nice scenes still, though!
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Oct 12, 2014 07:02
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Jerusalem posted:The Bechdel Test joke was hilarious too.
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I can't remember which audio, but I could swear that either the 6th or 7th Doctor found a pair of tickets to the Orient Express in his jacket at some point. Anyone else recall this and might be able to name the audio?
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That was a great episode, anyone know if there was a shift in director or editor from previous episodes in this series? The pacing and ending felt a lot better.
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Oct 12, 2014 07:43
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I liked the episode, but did anyone else feel the ending was flat?
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Josh Lyman posted:I liked the episode, but did anyone else feel the ending was flat? Exact opposite, this was probably the most satisfying ending from the last few episodes IMHO,
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Oct 12, 2014 07:48
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"Are you my mummy" made me do a spit take. This season has alot of these self referencing in jokes. I love it.
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Oct 12, 2014 07:54
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Elrond Hubbard posted:There's a bit where Capaldi's talking to himself in the bedroom, and he does an absolutely dead-on Tom Baker impression saying 'A mummy, that only the victim can see.' It's incredible. This is from a few pages back but it was awesome seeing how when The Doctor speaks to himself he gets to speak to previous incarnations.
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Senor Tron posted:It had to be done. But not in the name of the Doctor! 
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Oct 12, 2014 08:38
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Fun episode; the mummy's endless duty was quite poignant when revealed. We spent the episode arguing over who the voice of Gus was; Mr Boods said, 'It's some tosser who excels at being unctious' -- ah, John Sessions strikes again. No surprises there. The real 'No WAY, that was HIM?!' cross-checked with IMdb was the mummy-professor-expert*: Mr Time has done strange things to Christopher Villiers. 2014:  and as a dewy, yet fit, lad in Top Secret  Couldn't find an Kings Demons one *Initially my comment was, 'This dude is so in the Geoffrey Palmer role.'
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Solaris Knight posted:It's a pretty unsubtle theme that the Doctor's monsters this seasons are either soldiers, have deteriorating immortality, or both. Oh, I'd say the last time was series 8 
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Someone said there was a Big Bang reference in this ep but I must have completely missed it?
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I thought Gus was Stephen Fry at first, but higher pitch through coming through and old fashion speaker.
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Whose voice is it that says "Start the clock" at the beginning of the episode? Was that Gus?
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That was a really good episode. This season is shaping up quite nicely.thepokey posted:Someone said there was a Big Bang reference in this ep but I must have completely missed it? Gus had been trying to get The Doctor onto the space train for a while, and the phone call at the end of The Big Bang was one of those attempts. Doctor Spaceman fucked around with this message at 11:11 on Oct 12, 2014 |
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Oct 12, 2014 11:08
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Rat Flavoured Rats posted:Whose voice is it that says "Start the clock" at the beginning of the episode? Was that Gus? I'm pretty sure that was Capaldi. This episode had all the makings of absolute garbage. I said earlier this week that it looked pretty much exactly like Voyage of the Damned, and it had the makings of an episode like that at first, until... I dunno, at some point it rose above the sum of its parts and became good. I can't in all good conscience estimate when, because I was taken by personal bias when I realized that Foxes opened the episode with my favorite Queen song. I also have to say that while I did like the Forewarned's concept, I didn't like that everything about it was so back-loaded. I think a 'mystery monster' like this is great if it's a puzzle that the audience is invited along to solve themselves, but we just didn't have enough information about him to do that at all until the end.
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Jerusalem posted:Holy poo poo, he was THAT guy in Top Secret? Same reaction here! Ah, and here we are from King's Demons  edited to add (and forgive me if this has been mentioned; I've got a headache from the paint stripper Mr Boods is slapping on the front door): I've been reading on another message board the theory that Gus's monocle is actually a fob watch, Frank Skinner's character is the Master, and Missy calls herself that because the Master is actually her boyfriend.  Ms Boods fucked around with this message at 12:15 on Oct 12, 2014 |
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That just replaced Into the Dalek as my favourite episode of the season, and may very well be one of my favourite episodes of the revival. It was just incredibly good in every way.
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madh posted:Excellent episode. Writer of the episode doing a AMA quote:Q: If you had to write an episode about the return of the Master, how would you go about it? What would be his response to the Doctor's current regeneration and how would that affect his characterization? Carbon dioxide fucked around with this message at 12:47 on Oct 12, 2014 |
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Oct 12, 2014 12:44
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You know, it's funny, while watching Mummy, I thought for a moment what if Capaldi was actually the Master pretending to be the Doctor? Kind of like Alex McQueen in UNIT: Dominion?
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Obligatory tired of the ceaseless negativity in this thread etc. etc. I was honestly expecting this one to be this year's "let's give one of the actors a break" episode, and was pleasantly surprised to see that Jenna Coleman was in fact in it. And then, just when it was looking like the episode was going to sideline her, she had what was arguably the most pivotal scene in the thing. So yeah, pleasant surprises all around. And yeah, the Doctor actually felt like the Doctor this time around without losing that lost/broken aspect they've been developing all year, which is a delicate balance to strike. I don't think I've ever been so impressed with the way Capaldi played him (and I was already a huge admirer). That conversation they had on the rocky shore at the end was pure gold, especially the Doctor being completely honest with her about not actually knowing if he could save Maisie, and what he would have done if he couldn't. And that cover of Don't Stop Me Now holy poo poo. It was already one of my favorite Queen songs. More of this, please. Davros1 posted:You know, it's funny, while watching Mummy, I thought for a moment what if Capaldi was actually the Master pretending to be the Doctor? Kind of like Alex McQueen in UNIT: Dominion? Or the Master (or someone) possessing the Doctor. Would put a huge spin on that talking-to-himself scene. (I don't think this is actually happening, and I don't really want it to be happening. But my brain is even now manufacturing reasons why it could be.)
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Davros1 posted:You know, it's funny, while watching Mummy, I thought for a moment what if Capaldi was actually the Master pretending to be the Doctor? Kind of like Alex McQueen in UNIT: Dominion?
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Davros1 posted:You know, it's funny, while watching Mummy, I thought for a moment what if Capaldi was actually the Master pretending to be the Doctor? Kind of like Alex McQueen in UNIT: Dominion? Im sure the reference line of 'this train seems to be full of doctors and professors' had something to do with that. It made me think of The Master.
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Myrddin_Emrys posted:Im sure the reference line of 'this train seems to be full of doctors and professors' had something to do with that. It made me think of The Master. That line made the part of me that hopes for impossible things hope that somehow all thirteen* Doctors were on the train at the same time. ___ *"No, sir! All twenty-six!"
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It would be dumb as hell because 12 is absolutely nothing like The Master in any way. I mean apart from anything else The Master is usually charming on a superficial level. e: what about  THE VALEYARD though?
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Irony Be My Shield posted:It would be dumb as hell because 12 is absolutely nothing like The Master in any way. I mean apart from anything else The Master is usually charming on a superficial level. Noooooo.. he isn't evil like the Valeyard, he just arrogant, stuck up his own rear end and doesn't give a gently caress about people. The mummy proved this. Matt Smith would have done everything in his power to save these people. Capaldi was all like 'meh your turn to die next, you cant stop it so give me a running commentary.'
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Irony Be My Shield posted:e: what about The Valeyard was a terrible idea and absolutely no one anywhere wants him back or has ever wanted him back. (Though I always thought that putting your "like the Doctor but EEEEEVILLLL" character in an episode with the Master was pretty funny.) I am almost certainly wrong about this, aren't I? It's going to be the loving Valeyard, isn't it? Actually I'm going with the comedy option of Omega. (Actually actually I sincerely hope Omega shows up sooner or later.)
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Myrddin_Emrys posted:Noooooo.. he isn't evil like the Valeyard, he just arrogant, stuck up his own rear end and doesn't give a gently caress about people. The mummy proved this. Matt Smith would have done everything in his power to save these people. Capaldi was all like 'meh your turn to die next, you cant stop it so give me a running commentary.'
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Rat Flavoured Rats posted:Whose voice is it that says "Start the clock" at the beginning of the episode? Was that Gus? That's definitely Capaldi. Edit: and yeah, i forget who mentioned it before (probably several people), but Capaldi was DEFINITELY having a conversation between 12 and 4 (real or just amusing himself) and I hope he keeps doing that with other Doctors. Edit edit: Also, I liked the quick turnaround on "How many people have to die before you stop being in denial!" "Turns out its 3." primaltrash fucked around with this message at 15:00 on Oct 12, 2014 |
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I think if I read the script for this I would think it was silly, but this episode was fantastic. Absolutely elevated by the acting, the costumes/set and music, plus an important moment between Clara and the Doctor at the end that keeps it from being a throwaway story.
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I think it's wrong to say that Capaldi's Doctor doesn't care about people. My interpretation is that he is just much colder and less emotional than previous Doctors. That's not the same as saying he doesn't care. He just recognises when someone is doomed and uses it to gather information to play the numbers. Similarly he doesn't have time for emotional outbursts if he perceives that it risks someone else getting hurt (see his line about not having time to mourn this episode). He is 'the needs of the many...' taken to its logical conclusion. This is a principle that is, in many ways, correct, but God drat does it make you look like a dick if you follow it to its logical conclusion.
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Irony Be My Shield posted:I think this is a misreading of the episode. As soon as he thought he had any chance of saving someone he jumped right in and did so at great personal risk. The difference between him and Smith is that he admitted he couldn't save the previous victims (since it's not like Smith never let anyone die). The difference is Smith was compassionate and tried, Capaldi is cold and tells them so. Just like he did Alan a'Dale in the Robin Hood episode where he constantly reminded him he only had 6 months to live.
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Lipset and Rock On posted:I think it's wrong to say that Capaldi's Doctor doesn't care about people. My interpretation is that he is just much colder and less emotional than previous Doctors. That's not the same as saying he doesn't care. He just recognises when someone is doomed and uses it to gather information to play the numbers. Similarly he doesn't have time for emotional outbursts if he perceives that it risks someone else getting hurt (see his line about not having time to mourn this episode). He is 'the needs of the many...' taken to its logical conclusion. It's exactly what he did in 'Into the Dalek' with the tracer pill he got the guy to swallow. They're doing a great job with consistent characterisation considering it's a new Doctor with multiple writers. It's almost as if they had a script editor who's doing his job! Yeah, really liked that one, a nice surprise after last week's turd. I even liked Frank Skinner and he usually annoys the hell out of me. I assume we're going to find out who Gus is at some point?
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