@purofilion      Yes, I liked Series 5 as well, definitely my favourite of Eleven’s run.  🙂

@DenValdron   @purofilion

It seemed to me that Clara, knowing perfectly well that her words were being translated into something unrecognizable, tried desperately to say whatever she could in hopes that something of her essence would leak out and be heard. It must have been as clear to her as it was to us that this Dalek’s repeated a…[Read more]

@Kharis      Thank you! I didn’t notice that pattern either the first time through, only on rewatch when I wasn’t so busy looking for clues to things. What was fun for me about that macro-pattern is that it was entirely unrelated to any story or character arcs, but was just another way in which things hung together. As an entity, Series 8 was prob…[Read more]

@purofilion     Yes, a little bit of life interference this week, and unable to keep up with some very interesting chats that I saw taking place here. (I will have to try and get over to the Music thread as I see lots of cool posts have appeared there!) Indeed, back-to-school– Arbutus Jr. has just started grade eleven, with loads of homework and v…[Read more]

I must admit that the Clara as daughter idea is not that interesting to me. But @bluesqueakpip’s idea of the Doctor’s son and the Master’s daughter producing Susan could be interesting. @lisa, personally, I hope they steer right clear of that loom business as I have never cared for it! (My personal ARSE moment)

A lot of people here and elsew…[Read more]

Lots of great ideas here as always. (Can I just say how happy I am that on this forum, people come on and say what they liked or didn’t, what worked for them or didn’t, as opposed to simply “sucked” or the equivalent?) Here are some thoughts that your thoughts inspired in me.

@Hudsey     If Moffat had really changed Davros or the Mixmaster i…[Read more]

Well, that was just how I like ’em: shifting effortlessly between dark and funny, filled with lots of quiet intimate moments and punctuated with suspense and surprise. Capaldi was fabulous in that. So was Bleach. Prior to the start of the series, I was less than enthused about the return of Davros, but this reminded me that it is possible for him…[Read more]

Of course, we’ve only seen half the story. It’s hard with two-parters, to remember to treat them the same way we treat the BG serials that we’ve been watching for our retro-Doctor discussions. Because with the modern show, we’ve gotten used to the vast majority being self-contained, snappy episodes without a lot of room for extras.…[Read more]

@Bluesqueakpip    Had I taken the time to read all the way through the comments before posting my last, I would have seen that you had already answered my question!  🙂

@Serahni   Good point about Clara, talking vs. running. My guess would be that she has just watched Missy try to talk her way out of trouble, and it ended in maximum exter…[Read more]

Regarding viewer stats, I’m wondering how the viewer numbers for S8E1 compared to the average for a series opener. With the long hiatus after the 50th anniversary, only broken by Eleven’s regeneration at Christmas, and a long-awaited new Doctor, it seems possible that viewership for that episode might have been unusually high. If it has now dro…[Read more]

I’ve just been browsing comments on the Guardian, a good source of amusement while most people on this forum are safely tucked up in bed. I’m amazed at how many people seem surprised that Missy is back, because “she was dead”. But seriously? It never occurred to me for one instant after the end of Death in Heaven that Missy was actually dead. We…[Read more]

@Supernumerary    I took the Doctor is dying as referencing that he was going to see Davros, out of shame for what he had done, but believed it to be a trap and thought he was going to his death. If I am right, then the whole notion will shortly go away.     @Bluesqueakpip puts it eloquently: The Doctor left a child to die, something very much a…[Read more]

@PhaseShift   I noticed that revisiting of old eras but hadn’t thought of it in relation to the 10th anniversary. It’s nice to think we might see a bit more of that, I like little things that help us hang the whole of Who together into one world.
Especially the human infatuation with sex, which may as well be some sort of slap in the face to a c…[Read more]

And the Doctor is back! Lots to love here after first viewing. What a great opening, I didn’t see that coming. Should have recognized Skaro in retrospect, I suppose, but I didn’t make that connection.

I do love the Sisterhood of Karn: “Welcome… If you don’t leave immediately, we will take your skin.” It was fun seeing Clara in her new, post-D…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave @purofilion @janetteB

I completely understand how the continual shifting of styles might not have worked for many. I guess it worked for me because, somehow, I felt that I knew this new Doctor the minute he emerged, disheveled and commanding, from his TARDIS. Within minutes, he had become without question my AG Doctor. So…[Read more]

Regarding the, um, spoilergate issue, I personally share @Phaseshift‘s view. This is the kind of thing that really isn’t so much a spoiler as it is news. I was annoyed a couple of days ago, after being warned away from the Guardian site, when a couple of random comments here gave me a big clue as to what was being said, but once I realized that it…[Read more]

@Blenkinsopthebrave

I don’t have cable either, and iTunes is definitely my solution. The series subscription is not expensive, and includes each episode, the “Extra” for each episode, and all trailers and minisodes (although some of the minisodes take a little longer to appear, for some reason). It’s good value from my point of view, and as @ichab…[Read more]

I had a few rambling final thoughts on Series 8 before it becomes past tense.  In watching through all of the episodes in relatively close time, it has occurred to me that the series as a whole is actually an interesting exercise in genre storytelling. Into the Dalek was classic geeky sci-fi; Robot of Sherwood gave us some pseudo-historical Errol…[Read more]

I have just watched this again, and read through all your comments. Although I haven’t looked at the trailers again as some of you have, here are my guesses for what they are worth.

“He has asked to see you” doesn’t entirely suggest an enemy to me. Or least, not a Davros/Master type of enemy. This is a request, and clearly not someone that inten…[Read more]

@janetteB    I love the idea that Danny could be Orson’s descendant, rather than the other way around as we assumed. It’s amazing, isn’t it, how easily we forget that this is about time travel. I thought that point was made beautifully way back in the Tenth Doctor episode “Blink”, when Sally finally met the Doctor, only to realize that the st…[Read more]