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I think kids are gonna sleep just fine, since Clara straight-up said it was nothing. The last 5-10 minutes ruined what was otherwise a decent if jumbled episode.
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No no, you were right the first time, that's Dash Rendar.
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Sep 13, 2014 21:25
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The idea of a monster that only does anything if there's another plausible explanation is a fantastic one and it deserved a better episode than this one. As for slamming the door... well they already knew it was there, maybe it just did that as a courtesy to let them know they could turn around? Assuming it was a monster. Which is entirely possible.
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Sep 13, 2014 23:08
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Something broke the air shell around Orson's ship. It couldn't have been just from the door opening, or it would have been a pretty pointless air shell.
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Sep 14, 2014 00:28
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Well duh. When you looked, she sat on top of the bed instead.
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Sep 15, 2014 00:50
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This incarnation of Clara actually met the War Doctor.
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Sep 15, 2014 01:12
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The_Doctor posted:In Day of the Doctor, I reasoned it was a nearby planet because the clear blue skies were suspiciously free of the aerial bombardment by Dalek forces that was supposedly going on at the same time. And Gallifrey's sky is orange anyway.
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Sep 15, 2014 09:25
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Rita Repulsa posted:So far I think that 12's defining moment is "I have a horrible feeling I'm going to have to kill you." That scene totally blindsided me, it was so good and the rest of the episode was so crap. It didn't fit.
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Sep 19, 2014 20:45
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Super.Jesus posted:This is also basically the same character: And this one: http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Kovarian
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Sep 24, 2014 21:42
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Bicyclops posted:Hahaha yeah, that does seem to be the horror wheelhouse of New Who. There's also the "Don't look at it" from Listen (and to a lesser extent "Don't get distracted!" for Clara while she was flying the TARDIS). It doesn't bother me nearly as much, although I think the "Don't think!" one was pushing it a little. It's a quick way to build tension and force the audience and characters to live in the moment, to stay hyper-focused on something they can barely control. They're basically all variations of something stomping around while we're hiding under the bed, trying not to make a sound and controlling our breathing. Curse of the Black Spot says hi.
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Sep 27, 2014 03:08
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Same coat though.
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Sep 27, 2014 18:59
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NO DANNY E: WOO DANNY
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Sep 27, 2014 20:52
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Jesus Christ Clara, how long did it take you to get to just coming out with the truth.
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Sep 27, 2014 20:57
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Perfect way of discouraging her.
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Sep 27, 2014 21:12
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But now the spiders have human mouths! They're mouthspiders! Does that last scene mean the guy behind the desk is Saint Peter?
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Sep 27, 2014 21:16
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Hang on, how the gently caress was the moon getting more massive? Eggs don't get heavier over time, where was all the extra mass coming from?
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Oct 4, 2014 22:36
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HD DAD posted:For the past four episodes, I've really been getting a Berman-era Star Trek vibe, and I can't exactly place why. You mean like Voyager and Enterprise?
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Oct 5, 2014 14:18
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It's a family show. Kids get the big obvious dilemma about killing the dragon or destroying the world, adults get to "enjoy" the subtext about abortion.
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Oct 8, 2014 02:06
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Spacedad posted:Like a big American nerd, I ordered some British candy stuff - some of which was Doctor Who related. Already tried Matt Smith's Jammy Dodgers, which were pretty good. Will definitely be ordering more of those as treats. As a Brit, this post is really surreal.
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Oct 11, 2014 14:27
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I thought it was pretty clear that GUS was an AI.
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Oct 12, 2014 21:53
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Know what I think? I think Clara should have died in Name of the Doctor, the Doctor should have gone into the 50th alone and he should have picked up the girl who hero-worshipped him as his new companion. I've got nothing against Jenna Coleman but as much as they seem to be trying to ignore it, Name of the Doctor happened, Clara made that choice to become woven into the Doctor's entire timeline. After that I don't think her voluntarily leaving the Doctor will ever ring true. Hero worship girl could have gone through the same arc as Clara has done this season, even! Explore the disconnect between Smith as the Doctor she was expecting and Capaldi as the Doctor she got.
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Oct 16, 2014 20:17
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Feel free to elaborate on that I guess? The splintering in Name was the perfect conclusion to the whole horrible mess that the ~Impossible Girl~ thing - Clara's entire defining trait- had become. Once that was concluded, the character should have been wrapped up. The Clara of this season is practically an entirely different character from the Clara who travelled with Eleven, complete with entirely different background out of nowhere, except that she's still dragging around the "I am the girl who was born to save the Doctor" baggage. Besides, hero worship girl would have been starting from the exact same place regarding her feelings about the Doctor.
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Oct 16, 2014 20:49
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Wasn't that the point of the Moment wearing Rose's face? It should have been, anyway, get more focus on that.
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Oct 16, 2014 21:04
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Chokes McGee posted:Holy poo poo that episode ruled! Babbling while correcting yourself was one of Tennant's, weelll Smith probably did it too, weelll I reckon he got the "weelll" thing from Tom Baker.
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Oct 23, 2014 02:47
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RTD-era? No, no, this is definitely an Eleven-type magical fairy tale bullshit resolution very much in the style of The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, and I mean that in every sense.
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Oct 25, 2014 22:22
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And that's not even mentioning why Amy didn't remember the Earth being stolen by Daleks.
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Oct 26, 2014 14:42
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DoctorWhat posted:Kill The Moon clearly believes that the storytelling economics it is beholden to are better spent on the morals and themes it endeavors to explore than with psuedoscientific gobbledygook, and I frankly agree. The precise atomic or biological mechanism by which the Moon is violating mass/energy conservation doesn't actually factor into the plot at any point. It's NOT relevant to the narrative and therefore doesn't need to make sense.. But there is an explanation, and it's insultingly stupid. The Doctor declares "Aha! It's gaining mass because it's an egg!" and we as viewers are expected to nod along sagely and go "Ah, that explains everything."
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Oct 27, 2014 01:06
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Irish Joe posted:The Seventh Doctor is the best Doctor because he's always prepared for rain. But then you can take it apart and make something else. And again, and again, and again.
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Oct 27, 2014 20:23
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dogs named Charlie posted:I've seen people complaining that episodes don't make sense. Doctor Who episodes, not making sense. This very episode there was complaining about there not being people on the streets. Would you have liked more bewildered bumbling Englishmen wandering around in bathrobes? 
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Oct 28, 2014 09:42
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Didn't he die in The Doctor's Wife?
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Oct 29, 2014 22:11
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I think that one counts as a death since he would have died from the Dalek death ray, but regenerating from 2 to 3 wasn't a death.
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Oct 30, 2014 18:22
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Revenant Threshold posted:Has to be said though, "the dead outnumber the living" isn't greatly portrayed by eight or so Cybermen total. Isn't that actually not true now? I remember it making headlines a few years back, when the living population of the world started to outnumber all the people who'd ever died. Of course, in a world with a few more invasions than ours has had... Wyld Karde posted:Gonna second that http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Aliases_of_the_Master
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Nov 1, 2014 22:15
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. That was a hell of a ride. Coleman and Capaldi nailed the scene at the volcano, even if it was a bit copped out. I'm a sucker for metaphysical stuff like afterlife stories so that was pleasing too. Totally called the Cybermen hiding in the Dark Water but was thrown out by Missy=Mistress=Master, I'd written it off as being an obvious feint.
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Nov 1, 2014 22:32
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dsub posted:Clara really did put the sleep patch on him at the beginning, the Doctor dreamt he outwitted her, this is all a dream. Ask me what happens if you die in reality.
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Nov 1, 2014 22:43
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Doug Sisk posted:Danny as a cyberman companion next year, we know the Doctor can grow to like individual ones! Let's see, cyber-converted former lover 
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Nov 1, 2014 23:25
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The red phone booths are probably just a London thing now, like big red buses.
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Nov 2, 2014 09:18
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Antti posted:Oh yeah, I definitely expected them to emerge not into London, but from the Master's TARDIS, since I reasoned one place the Nethersphere could fit into easily would be a TARDIS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahl3R2a2wuY
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Carbon dioxide posted:"Time travel is something that happens in Doctor Who." Disagree. I think it's all just an optical illusion, or some kind of holodeck. E: Acne Rain posted:"The doctor's real name should never be revealed to the audience" uhh we know his real name? it's Who
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Nov 4, 2014 22:22
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ewe2 posted:Surely the one thing to agree on is easy: No it's not that's just special effects
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My school library had the novel of the movie, I think the CGI snake was explained in that.
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