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Jerusalem posted:Ouch, Gridlock is certainly not an episode I'd recommend - good ideas but they're not strung together into a particularly cohesive whole. I'd still say The Eleventh Hour is probably the best episode of the revival to act as an introductory episode.
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Yeah I felt like the Flesh and Stone two-parter ruined the core conceit of the angels and couldn't really forgive it for that. Maybe it would've worked better with a new set of aliens that had the new powers the angels gained. New York kindof got it back but the Statue of Liberty thing was just so stupid Jerusalem posted:If I was recommending somebody to start at The Eleventh Hour, I'd say watch the whole of season 5 and then if they felt like it jump back and check out the Library 2-parter. If anything it might encourage people to check out more Tennant, which in turn might encourage them to check out more Eccleston. I was thinking of including the library two-parter not because it's the best or most representative RTD episode (although I think it's pretty good). CobiWann posted:I'd actually suggest the Sontaran two-parter over Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead. Set on Earth, more action packed, and a little less weird than the Donna-in-the-computer scenes. Plus introducing someone to River Song without a little more Ten experience seems off somehow.
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I think the big problem with Forest of the Night is that it never really went anywhere.adhuin posted:Problem is that in this metaphor, the Planet plays the part of a Woman and the 3 characters decide against her wishes, what's best for her
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Dec 19, 2014 08:19
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Oh so the bomb represents the fetus and stopping the explosion represents having an abortion?
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Dec 19, 2014 18:50
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Yeah I kindof wish they didn't do the final twist. It felt cheap and made me dislike the earlier awakenings a bit too. Still a decent special though.
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Dec 25, 2014 21:35
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I think this episode doesn't have the problem that most other dream episodes do (including Amy's Choice) - there are actual 'real life' stakes that are established fairly early, so you can't claim it matters less than any other Doctor Who episode.
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Dec 26, 2014 00:49
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The old Clara bit wouldn't necessarily imply everyone else had another layer too - dream worlds aren't real so you could just have two people falsely hallucinate waking up while the others genuinely awaken. The idea that one of his companions could go on to lead a normal and fulfilling life after parting from him actually makes sense as a comfort dream for The Doctor too.
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Dec 26, 2014 05:27
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The fact that The Doctor himself was apparently attacked in a volcano is strange too. Maybe someone plotted it or something.
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Dec 26, 2014 17:29
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Or is he??
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Dec 27, 2014 08:41
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I think Matt Smith delivered that line well, it really came across more as intensely disappointed than arrogant in the way Tennant would have done it.
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Jan 6, 2015 06:27
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I don't see how you could expect anything other than an A for an episode with a good emotional climax.
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Jan 6, 2015 18:33
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Someone posted this timeline thing a while back. It goes from the very start of the show up until season 7 of the revival. You can just select the revival doctors to see their bits. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131119-doctor-who-travels-through-time
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Jan 8, 2015 04:23
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I think the very end would actually be Listen, which might work out OK.
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Jan 8, 2015 04:46
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There were meant to be no other people left alive in Listen though? To be fair if you just go by what Occ's already seen you mostly just get strangely ordered episodes and a few random out of place scenes. It's only when you get into Moffat's tenure that you start getting episodes shattered into incomprehensible fragments.
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I like it because it's basically his 'look me up' bragging coming back to bite him.
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