• bendubz11 replied to the topic Arachnids In The UK

    I don’t mind the smallish spiders, but really anything much bigger than a Tarantula starts to get me, so I couldn’t fully enjoy the episode. Still okay though, effectively built in reasons for the crew to join WhitDoc, and all the supporting characters contributed to the story.

    I noticed that the number of aggressive acts to the storyline threat…[Read more]

  • bendubz11 replied to the topic Rosa

    @misterf55 don’t you dare try and make basic human rights sound like a political agenda. Everyone deserves to be treated equal, and if you want to try and deny that then there’s the door.

  • bendubz11 replied to the topic Rosa

    That felt horrible to watch, even knowing it had to turn out right in the end. I just can’t comprehend that those views were commonplace in the 50s. My heart broke when they realised they had to stay on the bus, to be part of history. Perfectly written.

  • bendubz11 replied to the topic The Ghost Monument

    @lisa That’s a good point about the SJA vibe. Definitely getting it now you mention it.

    Though it does come with the downside of making me irrationally mad that Luke has never become a companion. Especially considering how perfectly he’d have fit CapDoc. (Just an aside, with regards to how to refer to JW’s Doctor, WhitDoc feels right to me, it…[Read more]

  • bendubz11 replied to the topic The Ghost Monument

    @mudlark @miapatrick we’ll have to disagree there, Custard Creams are delicious, as is the case with all biscuit sandwiches. Custard Creams, Bourbons, Golden Crunch Creams, Jammy Dodgers, Oreos, Vienesse Whirls and Vienesse Fingers. All utterly scrumptious.

  • bendubz11 replied to the topic The Ghost Monument

    That’s my thinking @bluesqueakpip  If the Sniper bots were meant to be slaughtering the competitors, I don’t think they’d have waited until being shot at to activate. They’d have been active from the beginning

  • bendubz11 replied to the topic The Ghost Monument

    I’m not yet used to tuning in on a Sunday. I’ve always known DW as a bit of Saturday primetime, my body clock is struggling to adjust!

    With regards to the episode it was okay. Not bad, but not one I expect to rewatch. Ryan and Graeme are really fleshed out characters already and JW fits in well as the Doc. Haven’t really felt the same can be said…[Read more]

  • bendubz11 replied to the topic The Woman Who Fell To Earth

    @mudlark I had the same thought concerning them floating in space. They surely have to be in the TARDIS force-field, or at least in A force-field. It would be imo very shoddy writing to forget about the effects of space on the human body, just 1 series after Oxygen explicitly covered it.

    Also something I thought of earlier; with Ryan telling the…[Read more]

  • bendubz11 replied to the topic The Woman Who Fell To Earth

    I was beginning to get restless waiting for the new series! Thought it as a solid first episode, all the standard hallmarks of a Doctor’s first story, an enjoyable, simple to follow storyline, and some background to al the new companions.

    JW feels very Doctorish already, like the rest of you above I’d agree a mix of Smith and Tennant best…[Read more]

  • bendubz11 replied to the topic Twice Upon a Time

    I don’t usually cry at TV in general, but my eyes watered at more than one occasion watching that. Capaldi was to me THE Doctor, I wish he’d got a longer run. The regeneration speech epitomised everything I loved about him, so I couldn’t help but tear up at that, and the Christmas Armistice saving the day is enough to make anyone emotional. This…[Read more]

  • The Doctor is a Shapeshifter, basically. A lizard could play The Doctor and it wouldn’t contradict the canon, all that matters is that anyone who plays The Doctor is a good actor. I’ll miss Capaldi, but I’ve seen plenty of people praising Whittaker’s acting ability and that’s good enough for me.

  • bendubz11 replied to the topic Spoilers (3)

    SPOILER, SPOILER, SPOILER...

  • bendubz11 replied to the topic Dr Who News (4)

    @missy turn it into a game, every time the screen says “deuce” drink some grape juice!

  • bendubz11 replied to the topic Spoilers (3)

    SPOILER, SPOILER, SPOILER...

  • bendubz11 replied to the topic Dr Who News (4)

    @craig honestly the only other Paul Bettany appearance I’ve seen is him being the voice of JARVIS in Iron Man, so I don’t really know whether he’d fit.

  • bendubz11 replied to the topic Dr Who News (4)

    I was thinking maybe the timing choice could be a hint that it’s somebody who was in Wimbledon, but the only one I can see playing The Doctor is Celia Emrie and she was a villain fairly recently.

  • bendubz11 replied to the topic The Doctor Falls

    That was incredible. Loved the storytelling, so many people’s futures left open for the future whilst tying off their current storylines. Definitely reckon it’s a good shout on the Master’s ring @wolfweed, there’s no way Missy would leave herself without a Plan B for if it all goes Pete Tong. The way they tied off the story of Bill/Heather was…[Read more]

  • bendubz11 replied to the topic Spoilers (3)

    SPOILER, SPOILER, SPOILER...

  • bendubz11 replied to the topic The Eaters of Light

    @wolfweed re: the crow sounding like it said “Dork Doctor”, on the iPlayer subtitles it read “Dark Doctor”, which seems very ominous considering Missy’s currently in the Tardis.

  • bendubz11 replied to the topic The Lie of the Land

    I enjoyed this week’s episode, but there’s one thing that’s niggling me. Missy made it very clear what needed to happen for the Monks to be defeated, and that’s what added suspense to the climax of the episode: The possibility that Bill might not come out of it alive, or even worse come out of it as an empty husk of a human. And yet immediately…[Read more]

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