• MissRori replied to the topic The Lie of the Land

    @constance  Yeah, the shooting and regeneration-that-wasn’t was just awkward conceptually.  As the DoctorWhoTV.co.uk advance review put it, the whole thing seemed designed to provide a “shock trailer moment”.

    But also, sometimes all we have are bad choices, but we still have to choose, as he told Clara once…  😉

  • ichabod replied to the topic The Lie of the Land

    @missrori  I think what Moffat and co. meant about Bill not being “special” was that she does not enter the story as having some great mystery surrounding her, as Amy Pond did with the crack in her bedroom, or Clara Oswald did with her multiple lives.

    Yes, you’re right — and thanks for that post, it’s really right on the mark (especially that…[Read more]

  • lisa replied to the topic The Lie of the Land

    @Constance

    Totally agree with you about testing Bill and also that something seems a bit ‘off’ with the Doctor.

    That’s what I was getting at when I  posted earlier about the Doctor calling out to the  ‘appalling

    hair girl’ !   Really?  Just doesn’t seem a Doctor-ish  thing to say and in fact  even maybe a bit Missy-ishy ?

    I tell which bit it i…[Read more]

  • Kharis replied to the topic The Lie of the Land

    @thane15  Enjoy everything you’re saying about free will and @constance and @missrori I like your theories, it helps justify some of the scenes that annoyed me.  (:

    Yes, I do feel making this particular villain attractive would have certainly helped with the overall theme, a showing of more resistance from humanity would have also given the me…[Read more]

  • MissRori replied to the topic The Lie of the Land

    @constance The idea of the Doctor being affected by Missy is interesting, though his brooding, fear, manic moods,etc. go at least as far back as “Listen”.  And of course, he has been through a lot of heartache and psychological trauma…and here, six months of putting on a facade to the Monks and the public, claiming to be one thing while being…[Read more]

  • @constance
    Welcome. And a great post.

    it just felt so overtly cruel

    Yes, I agree. Which leads me on to @brewski:

    A brilliant theory! Which would explain a lot about the downright weirdness of the Doctor at the moment.

  • Nick replied to the topic The Lie of the Land

    @constance

    The same idea, about Missy rubbing off on the Doctor has crossed my mind as well.