deanb Posted August 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 They're alright. Only like a minute each, not much to em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Rory Reveal hidden contents And after a 2000yr+ relationship you think it would have stood the test of time. And now we wait for 7:20pm GMT tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 If Rory and Amy can't make it what chance do the rest of us have?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Pretty strong opening. I think the main issue was that it didn't really play much with the concept of an insane Dalek, given we have had this guy in the past and he was cool: They mainly just seemed broken and dilapidated. The Old Folks Home of the Daleks more like. Reveal hidden contents Neat twist ending, especially since she's down as the next companion. Wonder how they'll figure that out. I figured something was up if only because her ship looked rather Dalek-like with the round screen n such. Nevermind her being able to hack into systems and such. Also there's a very strong vibe on the whole "make them remember you" thing. Both in the Doctor saying that to Amy early on, and the Daleks not knowing who the Doctor is. Which btw is currently his main weapon: e.g him making the other Dalek self-destruct, the whole reason the Daleks brought him there, Silence in the Library, getting the Atraxi(eyeballs) off earth, etc. My younger sister invaded my room about mid way through (well two, but the elder one was less disruptive), so I think I missed something important on why Amy didn't turn into a Dalek/require reversal etc. I did hear Rory pointing out he did hang around for 2000 years, and her saying she's infertile (cos adoption isn't an option...). It was around that period of the show. I'll probably have to rewatch. edit: Reveal hidden contents Okay as pointed out, she does have a slightly different name (Clara Oswin) and is also not a Dalek when he could potentially meet her next (in his timeline, this will probably a River-like situation). So yeah I've a feeling he won't quite know who she is if he meets her pre-Alaska. So that issue is kinda sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Oh shit, totally forgot to account for the air time being british time. /facepalm Was expecting it to come out tonight, but I'm seeing a torrent out now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 @Dean Reveal hidden contents The Doctor gave his watch to amy, without her knowing, right before he went to get Oswin. When they were arguing Rory touched Amy's hand and both of them noticed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 Reveal hidden contents I thought it was all related to the stuff at the end of last series: "It's the only way, then they can all forget me. I got too big, Dorium, too noisy. Time to step back into the shadows." and "the question that must never be answered" Doctor who? The Silence wanted to kill him to stop "the question that must never be answered" being asked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 I found the twist to be rather obvious unfortunately. Also Reveal hidden contents The "I love you so much I divorced you" scene made me cringe really badly. I know it's Doctor Who, but that was one of the cheesiest scenes in series history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Set/prop reuse? Or a clue??? I DON'T KNOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 That may explain stuff like the level of genius, but the Daleks would be much more interested in having a timelord than a smart human. I think if you were to go through you'd find a fair bit of set re-use, aswell as actor re-use so maybe best to not dwell upon it all. Of course Moffat does like leaving stuff in to hint at later on. Also he is the one that requested a script change to have her come back to life, Russel T Davies* had the episode end with her dead. * type "Doctor Who writers" into Google. That's kick-ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 I think it's pretty clear that her level of genius with dalek technology is Reveal hidden contents because she is a dalek. Agree with Dean. Probably set re-use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 She was still a genius regardless. Reveal hidden contents That's why she is a dalek, not the other way around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 On 9/7/2012 at 10:47 AM, Deanb said: She was still a genius regardless. Reveal hidden contents That's why she is a dalek, not the other way around. Not disputing that. But even for a genius hacking the dalek is impossible. Reveal hidden contents unless you are one. . Many dalek or many daleks? Are they like sheep or cows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Reveal hidden contents Having a direct connection to bypass stuff is yeah, cos she's a Dalek. Everything else is cos the genius level I'd say they're like cows, your sheep-dalek should be Dalek race/hivemind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 That was a pretty average episode. Good... but average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted September 9, 2012 Report Share Posted September 9, 2012 Reveal hidden contents Robert Webb managed to annoy me, even though he was only in it a bit, thank god. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 <3 Mark Williams. Yeah good, but not great. The end was figured out rather easily (though Doctor was also slightly uncharacteristic in Reveal hidden contents him offing Filch. I've a feeling the Argos reference is gonna go over a fair few non-UK heads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 They have to come back to that ending with what happened to Solomon. It's so uncharacteristic, it needs to be a major plot point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Reveal hidden contents Offing Walder Frey (albeit passively) was very unlike Smith. Much more like late Tennant imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 The first two episodes were good but I feel they really didn't compare to the Impossible Astronaut two-parter from last season. That one was just so good and it actually set up the season with something specific to build up to. I was kind of hoping they'd use the first 5 episodes to set up a mini story arc to send off the Ponds or something rather than stick to self-contained stories. Also, on a semi-related note, a few days ago I ended up starting a new netflix trial account to watch a movie I couldn't find a torrent for (gotta love how they require a new email address but let you re-use the same credit card over and over again lol), and turns out Torchwood is on there. So I finally watched Children of Earth. Man, that was good. Ended up watching all five episodes in a single sitting last night. But man, Reveal hidden contents that show is fucking ruthless with its characters. After watching the season 2 finale two weeks ago, I did not expect them to just kill off another main character so soon. Considering Jack can't die, I'm really starting to fear for Gwen's life Oh well, Miracle Day is also on there so I guess I'll find out soon And while on the subject, I really want the 11th to run into Jack at some point. I don't care about the other Tennant companions, but this needs to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 I'd love to see some mixing of the 9th + 10th characters with the 11th. Maybe for the 50th year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 The girlfriend told me an interesting theory. Reveal hidden contents The Doctor has already experienced the loss of The Ponds. He's now moving backwards in time. That's why he's been so emotional this season, killing Filch, wanting to hand over the alien to the cyborg. It also explains why he said "give me a dalek any day" in the last episode, because Asylum of the Daleks hasn't happen to him yet. When he mentions Rory leaving his cellphone charger with Henry the 8th and Rory looks confused, that's because it hasn't happened to him yet (also if you look at the beginning of the preview for 7x04, you can see Rory with a cell phone charger). In Asylum of the Daleks, Amy off handedly mentions her mortality, and the Doctor gets upset, also, supposedly he looks upset every time the Ponds go home. Also, unrelated, we've had three episodes with three things about light/light bulbs (Amy's makeup at the beginning of 7x01 + Rory's dad's home repairs in 7x02) and three mentions from the doctor about Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Yeah I've seen that theory floating around and is pretty good. Explains his rather rapid change to ruthlessness. Also I have an urge to watch Farscape now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 (edited) Thanks for spoilering that for me. Totally slipped my mind. Sorry guys EDIT: A little surprising Matt, Karen and Arthur haven't done any American PR. Especially with Doctor Who getting more and more popular in NA each season. I was hoping on seeing Matt and the gang on some late night talk shows again. Edited September 18, 2012 by TheCowboyPoet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 I think now they're popular they've done their PR and it has worked, onward to new markets. Episode at hand: First, watch Truckers. Reveal hidden contents Amy and Rory are definitely dead and/or gone. He's made it somewhat clear to Brian. And as with all the parents (well apart from Marthas) he seems to have embraced the fact his kid(s-ish) may die but they'll have done so much more than anyone else could do. Also they're really piling on the years. Doctor Who doesn't tend to dwell much on the idea that tons of time can pass between adventures and a fair chunk of it somewhat mundane. Also they have now met Hency VIII, which Rory hadn't but The Doctor had back in the last episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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