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 I suspect these seeming connections are meaningless noise.

Oh no – they are undoubtedly meaningful, in the same way the dream catchers were in series 6. In drama, a red herring has a very specific job to do!

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Well done in tracking down the dialogues from the BG episodes. Definitely not a new thing that companions threaten to leave and forcefully call the Doctor out on things. I seem to remember it wasn’t unusual for Ian or Barbara to do it either. I see lots of echoes of Hartnell in particular in Twelve.

@pedant – Stop doing that!!…[Read more]

I feel some people are over-egging the gravity of the plot so firstly (along with those awful puns) I present the origin of the moon-egg 😉

Here is some useful official BBC content that helps clear up a lot too
Quiz The Moon – bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/59bhtcgMnFZrnRF4xzPdvS7/kill-the-moon-the-quiz
(I got 8/10)

Fact File bbc.co.uk/programm…[Read more]

Real life has been getting in the way over the past couple of days, leaving me barely enough time to keep up with this thread, let alone post my own reactions, and most of the points arising from my thoughts on first viewing have already been raised and discussed at length.

My feelings about this episode are mixed.  I found the dramatic tension,…[Read more]

@PhileasF  I had forgotten that David’s mother’s name was Clara. I have not thought much about the Copperfield reference yet but I am certain that it was chosen for a reason. I doubt that there will be another pregnant assisant story after that was covered with Amy however. Must ponder this some more. I like your reasoning re’ the grey areas. I…[Read more]

@phileasf I really like your Amy’s memories explanation for everything, and the Moon Dragon as a metaphor, and thought your point about the Doctor being/not being an officer was brilliant!

Re: the Doctor not knowing the future. In Cold Blood, humans and Silurians negotiate their respective futures on the Earth (the Doctor does not involve…[Read more]

@purofilion    The Doctor and the River of Forgetfulness– lovely.

@PhileasF   According to my husband, the earth history nerd, there is more than one theory regarding the origins of the moon. Definitely one theory (although admittedly not the most popular one) is that the moon is an asteroid that got sucked into our orbit at some point. So this c…[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?)

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Sorry for the long rambling previous post – that was the edited version, LOL.

Couple of short things to add –

@PhileasF  Re your comment about this universe not conforming to our reality because it was rebooted from Amy’s memories –

Post of the thread!

@Juniperfish -Loved your comment: “Peter Capaldi’s worlds weary misanthropy with flashes of…[Read more]

Random thoughts about random comments:

@Juniperfish     Yes, I loved the moment where the president is revealed to be a “she”, and then a moment later, the Doctor refers to “womankind”.   🙂

@Apopheniac   Was is just me who saw them slo-mo running and thought, sigh?   No, I had exactly the same thought. That felt contrived and unnecessary to me…[Read more]

@BadWulf    I agree that I wasn’t quite sure about the point of letting humanity vote and then overriding the decision. As a few people have pointed out, they could only see half the planet, for one thing. And frankly, it was predictable that the majority would say “kill it”. I probably would too, if this were real life. It might have been bet…[Read more]

Wow. So many great and interesting comments, I’m not sure how to go about responding to all of them. And as usual, because I’m a bit late in joining, some of my initial responses are rendered irrelevant by what comes later. But I’ll have a go.

@BadWulf, I was going ask you to explain your problems with the science, not being “sciency” myself, b…[Read more]

@PhileasF – Not forgetting the Time Scoop – which is one of my pet bonkers theories about how Missy is populating the Nethersphere.

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There’s been some discussion of why the Doctor said he didn’t want Clara to come on his next adventure. I think he was just playing. The next adventure was at her work, so she didn’t have to come with him, he came to her! And I think he genuinely wanted to surprise her and see if she could see through his disguise.
I like that expla…

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There’s been some discussion of why the Doctor said he didn’t want Clara to come on his next adventure. I think he was just playing. The next adventure was at her work, so she didn’t have to come with him, he came to her! And I think he genuinely wanted to surprise her and see if she could see through his disguise.

I like that expla…[Read more]

I finally managed to watch the episode last night. It felt very much like an episode of the Sarah Jane Adventures, whether that was because of the writer, location, ‘monster’ or the fact of watching sci-fi on a school night! This is a long post (which is becoming a habit of mine here), please let me know if you want me to be a little more…[Read more]

@PhileasF There is a theory, the reputation of which stands somewhere between semi-respectable and totally mad, called the Omega Point. Google will explain much. In a nutshell, the theory is this:

• Unless someone stops it, the universe will eventually collapse in a ‘big crunch’.

Alas for the Omega Point theory, current observations of the univ…[Read more]

@PhileasF    Anyway, my gut feel is that the best explanation for the Doctor’s bullying behaviour is that he wants Clara to grow out of him and have a life of her own.     This is a very good thought. In a way, it’s the exclamation point and bold type added to the statement “I’m not your boyfriend.” He’s reminding her that she may feel that she…[Read more]

This is rather late in the day to be arriving at the party, so my reactions and observations are unlikely to add much of substance to what has been said already, but here goes, anyway.

Granted that the monster-of-the week was a bit rubbish, I agree that this was another good episode with a lot in it to savour.  To my mind the comic potential of…[Read more]

Ha ha @Blenkinsopthebrave – I agree the redemptive power of love is absolutely going to be in the mix 🙂

@PhileasF I liked your distaste for/ discussion of the way the Doctor and Danny speak to Clara. I agree that Moff focuses on commenting on the physicality of women in a way he does not focus on when it comes to men.

Frankly, in other parts…[Read more]