@bivium6 – I’d forgotten about Martha and her ‘quest’.

So with Rose absorbing the power of the Time Vortex, Martha trapsing all over the world, Donna becoming the Doctor-Donna, and Amy… – actually can’t think of anything that Amy did – and Clara flinging herself into the Doctor’s timestream, all the ‘modern’ companions have been ‘special’…[Read more]

@purofilion – no worries, and definitely no offence taken! I was just confused as I was sure I hadn’t mentioned anything about ‘excuses’. Sadly, I even resorted to highlighting the word ‘excuses’ on screen to double-check I hadn’t missed something in one of my comments!

@serahni @arbutus @midnyt and many, many others…

Great theorising on…[Read more]

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Nice link about paradoxes – I’d forgotten that line about ‘never crossing your own timeline, except for cheap tricks’. As many have pointed out, the Doctor lies, and most of the rules have come from him.

As for ‘Father’s Day’, I’ve remembered that the Doctor said that because there were 2 versions of him and Rose, that that point in…[Read more]

@midnyt – good point about the ‘rising higher’ – I’ve never considered it as a criticism before, or at least not being a positive. I still think that achievement was overstated though. Either that or it’s pacing meant that the achievement of staging the rescue mission just didn’t ‘seem’ as great as the other feats 9, 10, and 11…[Read more]

@purofilion – I’m really sorry, I’m probably being massively dense, but I didn’t quite get what you meant when you wrote this (post #30550):

‘OOh Silverman; excuses we’re making? Hey, come on: myself Serahni and Arbutus have given some verifiable arguments for why Clara was able to act her pretty as* of in DB. If we’re making excuses then we too…[Read more]

@purofilion @serahni @arbutus and many others…

Clara has been the subject of much debate on here recently, and I thought I’d throw my two-pence-worth in about her coping with the regeneration.

Clara’s been ok as a companion, but I haven’treally warmed to her backstory, or been convinced of her as a realistic character. However, Jenna-Louise…[Read more]

@pedant @purofilion – good points about the Universe rebooting/collapsing. I love that episode anyway, so I’m glad to have reason not to have ‘fault’ with it!

There’s still the contradictions between the time-travel in ‘Father’s Day’ then the rule about not travelling back along time-lines…or have I just answered my own question? Maybe that’s…[Read more]

@purofilion – sorry, I wasn’t being very clear. Yes, there was comedy, and prat-falling in the GitF, but IMHO it doesn’t get in the way of the story.

As many people have pointed out, much like Eric Bana’s Nero in the first Star Trek film, the Robot story in ‘Deep Breath’ plays second fiddle to the main story of the regeneration aftermath – and…[Read more]

This may have been covered here already, but while I liked it the first episode of the new series, ‘The Girl in the Fireplace’ is still one of my favourite Doctor Who stories, and the references in ‘Deep Breath’ backfired a bit for me as it reminded me – in my humble opinion of when fantastic effects, comedy prat-falling and jokes – while great in…[Read more]

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All good points and theories about explaining the dinosaur’s presence in ‘our’ shared history. Three days after watching the episode, and as many have pointed out, I think I’m probably best to wait and see how Moffat ties it all up. If he does explain the size and the fact that loads of Victorians witnessed a…[Read more]

@purofilian @thommck – I addressed your replies above but it wouldn’t ‘tag’ properly…

Apologies: this is a bit long…

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I think I prefer the historically-set episodes of Doctor Who, and like the historical facts scattered within, but agree with your point that Sci-Fi writers shouldn’t have to adopt an educational role. Perfectly happy to not have historical elements in the show – just get them factually correct when…[Read more]

Hi everyone, first post here, so apologies if it’s too long…

It’s hard to get a bead on how things will be on a Doctor’s first episode, but I liked it, and Capaldi as the Doctor. It still seems to have the same problems though, as I had no problem with Matt Smith in the role, but disliked a lot of the stories due to the style that Moffat has…[Read more]