@ – well, lots of people really, but inc. @Miapatrick, @purofilion, @zeitgeis…  Clara’s lying seems to me to be a compulsion rather than forced on her by the situation with either the Doctor or Danny.  In every situation with either of them where she has the chance to tell the truth, she opts for a lie instead.  Why? I don’t honestly think it…[Read more]

@janetteB– agree to disagree, I think you put your thoughts down very  well.

What surprises me is that I like this episode less than I’ve liked any episode this series, and yet it raises for me more topics for discussion than most of the rest. I’ve said that I think the focus on Danny and Clara might have detracted from it, but it does in…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave    Yes. I really enjoyed this, all on it’s own. Someone earlier suggested that it was only interesting as part of the arc, but I disagree. I enjoyed the story for it’s own sake, and felt that the character development was touched on only lightly.

@zeitgeis   I’m not sure that we have really learned anything that we didn’t alr…[Read more]

hi @zeitgeis – yep, the arrow was kinda unbelievable and an eye-roll, but it was that kinda episode!

Not sure I mentioned the arrow so you maybe have been replying to someone else (or I’ve forgotten mentioning it which is also probable!)

🙂

@zeitgeis it’s that futuristic space metal that ships are made of 😀

I had a look at the ships display screen and it didn’t reveal any amazing secrets. There was a lot of interesting useless data, someone obviously spent a lot of time on it. A few references to damage and gold (Au).
When it says Promised Land it had a burning orb behind it. Is…[Read more]

@Brewski   Re: Clara knowing about the Doctor’s life on Gallifrey: One thought is that the Doctor could easily have made a random remark at some point that might have allowed Clara to guess that he came from a privileged background. The other possibility is that Robin could have interpreted her story about the Doctor’s identity in a medieval way…[Read more]

@Zeitgeis – no, it was custard that the Smith Doctor dunked his fish fingers in. Not the sort of custard that makes a pudding; it was the sort of custard you put on pudding.