@Melloyello I watch quite a few movies, but usually don’t mind when they came out. In fact I quite recently watched André Øvredal’s Trolljegeren, which is an absolutely hilarious blend of the found-footage, monster and fantasy genres from 2010. I would recommend it to anyone who hasn’t seen it. Otto Jesperson’s catchphrase had me in stitches! (I…[Read more]

@Juniperfish   I too loved the TARDIS door scene. I have never tired of Capaldi’s brilliance throughout this series. Good question about Missy, what exactly was it that surprised her? Clara choosing to save the Doctor and die herself? Clara choosing Danny over the Doctor? Or Clara going in the TARDIS at the end and not staying with Dan…[Read more]

@MelloYello

I’m kinda with @Pedant – it’s not so much that we want the Master back as that a number of clues point in that direction. (Quite apart from the ‘Missy’ thing, the Master has a long-standing role as the Doctor’s very own psycho stalker – which is what Missy seems to be doing right now). I’m quite willing to discover that Missy is an…[Read more]

@melloyello – what @thommck , @spider and @scaryb say is correct; Clara didn’t recognise War Doc, Tom Baker and indeed Tennant or anyone else because she lost most of the memory of her time in the Doc’s time scar.

This is established in Day of the Doctor (which I re-watched recently) when she meets WarDoc and TennantDoc in the cell.  To…[Read more]

@MelloYello I think it has been explained why she doesn’t know the other Doctors:

As @thommck said Clara suffers memory loss after coming back out of the Doctors time stream so she doesn’t actually remember meeting any of the other Doctors? Although I can’t remember if this is established as a fact in the episode or just an assumption on our part…[Read more]

@MelloYello, My consensus (and I believe the general thoughts within the forum) is as follows

Their is Clara-Prime. This is the original, natural, completely ordinary 21st Century Clara that the Doctor found in Bells of St John.

In Name of the Doctor Clara-Prime jumped into the Doctor’s time-scar and was split across his whole time line. On the…[Read more]

@Melloyello

Do you guys REALLY want her to be the Master?? Really??? The Master has been
run into the ground.

I am curious: in what system of discourse is expecting something to happen the same as wanting it? I agree with your views re the Master, and hope I am wrong. I just don’t think I am.

She was diehard honest and now lies when she opens her…

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@Melloyello I completely disagree with pretty much everything you’ve said, but you are of course entitled to your opinion and that’s absolutely fine.

Sorry to hear the show isn’t living up to your high standards, but I do wonder what exactly are the ‘high standards’ and what is it you think that makes the current season ‘not Doctor Who’? (Doctor,…[Read more]

@Melloyello  From the opinions of Dr. Who fans, around the net, Clara and Danny’s plot line my get shortened up to keep from losing viewers, or dropped altogether.

This isn’t coarse commercial television where providing eyeballs for advertisers is the purpose. This is thankfully the BBC, and it is for the creators to be able to tell the story that…[Read more]

@Melloyello

Superb display of ARSE.

From the opinions of Dr. Who fans, around the net,

Which aren’t worth a thing unless you switch off in droves. The story of Danny and Clara is scripted, filmed, decided. IF both actors are booked for Series 9, they may possibly tell the writers to upgrade the characterisation a bit, just as they did for…[Read more]

@GothamCelt

Capaldi needs to put his foot down and say ‘this isn’t good enough’

Putting aside your own displeasure for the moment, can you possibly live with the fact that you can’t speak for Capaldi? He looks like he’s having a whale of a time. He was a big fan of Matt Smith’s era He likes the type of storytelling that SM is doing. He’s living…[Read more]

@Melloyello – Although I think you are perhaps a bit harsh with you choice of words, I tend to agree with your sentiment. I think Clara is dragging this series down and is only there because she is such a feast for the eyes. The whole Danny Pink thing is tedious and, like  you, I feel that Moffat’s attempts to pull me in to a long story arc has…[Read more]

@Melloyello – it’s funny, but i was looking forward to an episode without clara, too, and was completely surprised that she was there. i thought she would be absent for a week, maybe two, then brought back to “redeem” herself, for her mistrust of the doctor. but, i think her redemption played out nicely in this episode, and i’m glad she was there.…[Read more]

@idiotsavon – Thanks for the kind words. Nice to know someone enjoys the posts.

I’ve been thinking about the Doctor’s ‘grey area’ regarding the future, and trying to work out the metaphysics of time travel (according to Kill the Moon).

As far as I can tell, the Doctor never had a ‘grey area’ about post-2049 history before. I think the grey area…[Read more]

I got off to a bad start with this episode and the whole “she says she’s gone off the rails because you told her she wasn’t special” thing… It was that slapped-in-the-face-with-a-wet-fish feeling that I sometimes get when character and plot points are established via a one-sided dialogue. (What’s that Lassie? Timmy fell into the well?)

But…[Read more]

I didn’t think the Doctor was remiss re Courtney. He sends her to the TARDIS where he knows she will be safe. Then he turns his attention to the moral dilemma. (And yes @Melloyello I liked when she pushes buttons on the control panel. I presume the Doctor has put the safeties back on 😉 )

@Arbutus @JimtheFish I think the Doctor is trying to…[Read more]

Some random thoughts –

The ramshackle nature of the “nuke expedition” – this is described as a private enterprise – it’s a thrown together crew of some of the last people who are willing to look outwards and try something, anything, cannibalising whatever remnants of space tech they can lay their hands on. Everyone else is trying to cope with the…[Read more]

Hello @melloyello (without the “w”s–very cool!)

Just when I was thinking of posting a comment that we needed more bonkers theories instead of (albeit well argued) critiques of the episode, along you come with a fabulous bonkers theory!

I suppose I could think of a counter-argument (along the lines that Mels supposedly grew up at the same time…[Read more]