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@wolfweed – thanks, as always, for the extra info. i guess i could have found that on my own, but it’s easier just to rely on you! 🙂

i haven’t seen that scene (!), but knowing how and where it would have fit into the episode is enough for me. i gleaned enough info from the broadcast version to be satisfied that the sheriff was (at least)…[Read more]

@wolfweed I used to love the Pink Panther cartoon when I was a boy. I remember watching one of the films for the first time and being disappointed that it was about Inspector Clouseau not the cartoon cat, although once I got over that, I loved them too. Still do.

Very late to this – lots of good posts (of course!). Not a lot to add, except that I enjoyed it much more than I expected to.  Good series pacing I think, light before next week’s very dark-looking story.

@thommck – I thought the robo-knights were pretty scary, and agree with you about the holy cross death rays. I thought they were a crusades…[Read more]

Posting from a train so this may come out a bit garbled.

You get the idea straight away that this is going to be one of “those” episodes. I usually can’t stand them but this seemed just on the right side of panto and knowingness to just enjoy the ride.

That last bit with the arrow boosting the ship into orbit was really terrible, I’m sure they…[Read more]

@wolfweed – thanks for the screengrab. i confess, i still don’t see a person. maybe a ghostly figure of some sort? i still wonder if there was someone there to hand him the spoon (and not as a prop, but in story, in the tardis)? maybe he has a robot butler, now?! 🙂

@janetteB     The Doctor likes to play the mythical hero and does not appreciate competition.  This is interesting! I read that competition as more of a general “two big egos meetup”, because as I said earlier, I am definitely getting the feeling here that the Doctor is not at all comfortable in the hero role (although he seems to burst into it…[Read more]

On reading through the article on the BBC website, posted by the wonderful @Wolfweed the mention of the minoscope caught my attention. Miniturisation again.. that is definitely a theme for this series and I suspect a clue to the mystery of Missy.

Cheers

Janette

I thought this was great: favourite bit was Ben Miller’s plan for world domination that @Craig mentioned at the beginning, ‘After Lincoln, the world.’ Great stuff.

@wolfweed mentions the link to The Time Warrior. Maybe I’m seeing things, but I felt that there was an unusual number of possible references to old Who. We also got the miniscope from…[Read more]

@wolfweed – any chance you can screengrab the spoon? i’ve paused it many times, now, and only see the reflection of the console lights…

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@pedant and @pufferfish seem to be in perfect harmony with the Skids (thanks to both of you)

@drdai Welcome. And well done on wading thro 274 posts!! Maybe you’re right – the Doctor starts a regeneration cycle looking older then gets progressively younger (more or less).

@Brewski love the QE I as Missy theory – you nearly have me…[Read more]

oh and @wolfweed – Them Too is awesome and completely new to me! cheers (so much to find out about from this thread!)

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