@wolfweed — that’s some first-class bonkerising there and I’m with @pedant in that the vault should contain one of the ARSE-laden. Maybe there’s a sheep of the truculent kind in there. Good work with the linkage too. Some interesting stuff there.

On the politics, I’m utterly bemused when you see on FB, Twitter and the The Graun bitching about…[Read more]

@wolfweed—

Why does a humanoid head on an android body need oxygen? (We already went through  Toiletgate…) And he also revealed he changed his face to go on the run…!?!

I did see someone speculate on DoG that Nardole could in fact be this fellow

I can’t begin to express how pleased that would make me.

@blenknisopthebrave

Could there be some…

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Well, that was another cracker. Is it just me or is this the best unbroken run of Who since the Hinchcliffe/Holmes days (which this series is reminding me of a lot).

And, yes, @pedant, interesting to see the right-wing hissy-fits over on The Graun. Interesting that whenever there’s a bit of drama that’s not safely heritage TV and actually might…[Read more]

The trailer looks promising and (to echo the above) Arrival was excellent. I do worry that it might fall into the current trend of movies brilliantly recreating the style and look of the originals but failing to to pay due attention to the substance. The Force Awakens was guilty of this (and by the looks of it Alien Covenant is too).

I agree with…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave— hopefully it’s not a spoiler to reveal (in DWM I think) that SM has said that we’ll see inside the vault in ep6. I think you’re right that regeneration is going to be the key and also caught in Knock Knock that significant beat about regeneration at the start of the episode. My personal theory is that the Doctor’s…[Read more]

Another great episode. This series is continuing to knock it right out of the park. (Even in the mighty s5 we’d have had to sit through Vampires in Venice by now). The ‘misunderstood monster’ trope seems to be continuing which still makes me think that we’ll be seeing some ultimate rehabilitation of the Master/Missy at some point (which interests…[Read more]

@thane15—

If you have the chance to watch s2 of Line of Duty, you should definitely avail yourself of the opportunity. It is, for my money, the strongest series of the show and shows up any series of Broadchurch to be the half-arsed also-ran that it is. And I defy you not to be open-mouthed at the ending of the first episode. Plus Keeley Hawes…[Read more]

@mersey—

And it’s really unfair to mark those who doesn’t like Clara as sexists.

Eh? Don’t think anyone has ever done that. (Personally I think Clara did stay slightly too long and was hobbled initially by having a rather McGuffin backstory. And I generally preferred Amy as a character.) And that’s just different strokes for different folks –…[Read more]

On the simplicity of these more-or-less standalone, less arc-heavy stories — apart from the focus clearly being on establishing the relationship between the Doctor and Bill (which to me is far closer to 9 and Rose’s than 10 and Donna), I get the feeling that this series is SM ‘putting his toys away’. He’s had his fun, done what he wanted to do,…[Read more]

@mersey—

Funny thing that when the boy died under the ice Bill was devastated but when Doctor practically killed the guy with tattoo (made him died under the water) it was all fine. I can see the difference, but it was still human life. And Doctor was merciless.

Yes, he was rather. Although you could argue that he was in fact trying to save him…[Read more]

@mersey

So far this season lacks characters, interesting and memorable people whom Doctor meet, who help him or quite the opposite, who oppose him. It’s two or three characters show right now

Well, there’s a clear and deliberate decision to keep the focus on the Doctor and Bill for these early episodes, presumably to strengthen and firmly e…[Read more]

@countscarlioni—

That I take as a reference to the Fourth Doctor story The Invasion of Time, which is the only other occasion I can remember the Doctor taking an oath, when he becomes President of the Time Lords and takes the oath to recover the Great Key of Rassilon

Much as I hate to torpedo a fine bit of bonkerising, I think the reference is to…[Read more]

@nick—

As adventure stories, they could be dealt with in 20 minutes. What’s made them enjoyable has been all of the character development and the production values

I kind of get what you mean and agree that the stories are not what you’d call complex but I think the above has actually been the show’s mission statement pretty much from Rose o…[Read more]

@pedant—

Yes, depressing to see that The Graun is beset by the racist brigade BTL. God only knows what the Daily Heil is like.

Well, that was another nice solid episode. (Sorry, @nick, can’t agree with the ‘lame’ description.) I’m thinking this series is shaping up to be the strongest since s5. But I’d agree that SM has called it right in taking the time to develop Bill, and her relationship with the Doctor, with such care and grace. If the finale rumours are true, this…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip — I agree. I’ve loved the guitar/fading rock star aspect of Capaldi’s Doc…

@missy— SM talks about it in the After Show interview for this episode, which I think @craig has posted on this thread. You should be able to find it if you scroll back a couple of pages…

thanks to @wolfweed for posting. Hopefully this scene will make it onto the DVD release… in fact, what with that and the ‘missing’ Dalek scene, is there an…[Read more]

@tardigrade—

I wouldn’t overstate the strong position of the Beeb. It’s been on the ropes politically for a decade now and if the next general election goes the way it’s looking it’s going to get worse. But Who is one of its strongest properties, that’s for sure. I think it will definitely become a streaming property at some point — it’s…[Read more]