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The Hypno-Toad

12,283 posts

205 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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A vast improvement over recent episodes. Seemed to have turned down the music for once, thank god.

Enjoyed it.

extraT

1,758 posts

150 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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in the "next week" teaser, there was a man who looked very much like Kiefer Sutherland...did anyone else see that?

Cracking episode!

ajprice

27,487 posts

196 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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So... Who's doing Halloween fancy dress this year as a human Dalek with an eye stalk stuck to your forehead? hehe

telecat

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8,528 posts

241 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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Oswin was on her first trip, Going to see the universe. I cannot see the Doctor taking a Dalek as a companion and She is seen in the clips and photos thus far as Human. The Doctor would have to intercept her before she joins the Alaska but Moffat is really starting to throw a few curve balls. I suspect that when filming they would not even know "Who" it was they were supposed to be talking to.

There also seems to be BIG gaps in-between the episodes in this season. They concentrate on his visits to Amy And Rory until they leave in "Angels take Manhattan".

Yet Again we hear "Doctor Who?" that may become significant.

MiniMan64

16,929 posts

190 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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eltawater said:
Sadly, there will be no "getting her out" of the dalek body where Oswin is concerned. A total conversion means her human body has been mutated into the tentacled blob mass similar to the Dalek in the glass tube.

She resolutely refused to believe that she was anything but a human and the whole control room setup/kitchen was in her mind, so the asylum was probably a befitting place for her. A bit derivative of the film Source Code IMHO smile
I'm gonna post this as no one else has and it's been implied but not actually said by those who seem to know already.

The actress who played the female/Dalek character has already been confirmed as the next companion when Rory and Amy leave during this series.

Therefore unless they pretend she wasnt in this episode, which seems unlikely, there's going to need to be a very interesting twist to the story.

Justin Cyder

12,624 posts

149 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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I'd like to know why Amy & Rory's marriage is in the toilet.

ewenm

28,506 posts

245 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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Justin Cyder said:
I'd like to know why Amy & Rory's marriage is in the toilet.
She thinks he wants kids, she can't have kids, she ended it (they discussed it in the episode).

Justin Cyder

12,624 posts

149 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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There was a bit where I was making a cuppa, so that would be that. Thanks for the fill in.

Morningside

24,110 posts

229 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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ewenm said:
Justin Cyder said:
I'd like to know why Amy & Rory's marriage is in the toilet.
She thinks he wants kids, she can't have kids, she ended it (they discussed it in the episode).
I thought Melody Pond is their kid? confused

ali_kat

31,991 posts

221 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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Morningside said:
I thought Melody Pond is their kid? confused
She is, but there was damage done at Demon's Run when Amy gave birth which means Amy can't have children. They never had chance to have Melody as a child so they don't 'view' her that way entirely.

Morningside

24,110 posts

229 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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ali_kat said:
Morningside said:
I thought Melody Pond is their kid? confused
She is, but there was damage done at Demon's Run when Amy gave birth which means Amy can't have children. They never had chance to have Melody as a child so they don't 'view' her that way entirely.
Ah, I see. Makes sense smile

ali_kat

31,991 posts

221 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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MiniMan64 said:
Therefore unless they pretend she wasnt in this episode, which seems unlikely, there's going to need to be a very interesting twist to the story.
They did that with Freema Agyeman who first appeared on Doctor Who in the Series 2 episode Army of Ghosts as Adeola Oshodi, a Torchwood Institute employee, who was an early victim of the Cybermen.

ajprice

27,487 posts

196 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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ali_kat said:
MiniMan64 said:
Therefore unless they pretend she wasnt in this episode, which seems unlikely, there's going to need to be a very interesting twist to the story.
They did that with Freema Agyeman who first appeared on Doctor Who in the Series 2 episode Army of Ghosts as Adeola Oshodi, a Torchwood Institute employee, who was an early victim of the Cybermen.
Karen Gillan played a Soothsayer in the Fires of Pompeii episode.


It's a casting thing hehe

Edited by ajprice on Saturday 1st September 23:26

ali_kat

31,991 posts

221 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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Indeed she did! biggrin

dxg

8,203 posts

260 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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MiniMan64 said:
TheHeretic said:
It was OK. I think Cowen died a death on the exploding planet, however
Which makes its so interesting. We know she's going to be a future companion, this series, so either she escaped somehow and the Doctor will have a companion who knows what it's like to be a Dalek OR he'll have a companion that he knows will be turned into one at some point.
Ok, some speculation...

It will be a mistake of the doctor's that causes Amy pond to die / leave. More specifically, he will forget to do something. In a piqué of guilt, he will remember oswin's plea to not forget her, and will return to some point in her past and collect her - perhsps just when the alaska crashes because he has time and place where he knows she will be. One problem will be, however, the factthat twelve years ago, when oswin's ship crashed, the daleks still knew who he was. Just a thought.

Anyway, was it just me or did anyone else think that Moffat had been watching too much Source Code when writing this episode?

Justin Cyder

12,624 posts

149 months

Saturday 1st September 2012
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Well it's been 50 years & the Daleks haven't got him yet inspite of any number of opportunities to just shoot him...


I know where my money's going.

MiniMan64

16,929 posts

190 months

Sunday 2nd September 2012
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ali_kat said:
MiniMan64 said:
Therefore unless they pretend she wasnt in this episode, which seems unlikely, there's going to need to be a very interesting twist to the story.
They did that with Freema Agyeman who first appeared on Doctor Who in the Series 2 episode Army of Ghosts as Adeola Oshodi, a Torchwood Institute employee, who was an early victim of the Cybermen.
Nerd Alert! nerd

According to Doctor Who 'lore' such that it is, Adeola was supposed to be Marthas cousin hence the family resemblence. Or some st like that.

The Gwen bird from Torchwood also appeared in an episode of Doctor Who previously, I believe they linked that too as a "family connection". Seems they like to test out their actresses first!

Anyway, I shall be interested to see how this one plays out over the series, nice little twist in the tail.

ali_kat

31,991 posts

221 months

Sunday 2nd September 2012
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yes but this nerd couldn't be arsed to type the rest wink

Killer2005

19,644 posts

228 months

Sunday 2nd September 2012
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Well I thought it was a bloody good episode.

Granted I could be slightly biased as I think it's the best thing on tv anyway and just pleased that its back on tv

zetec

4,468 posts

251 months

Sunday 2nd September 2012
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Thoroughly enjoyed that episode.

Looking forward to how Oswin will be written into the companions role, looking forward to more Oswin too hehe