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[speedtwelve]

I reckoned it was a nod to Gemini Man also.

I really like Capaldi's take on the Doctor. Much prefer his Universe-weary sarcastic bd to Matt Smith's man-child clown. I hope it's not all over after just one series.

[Mr GrimNasty]

otolith said:

Who'd have guessed he was a Pink Floyd fan?

It did sound almost like he was TRYING to whistle 'we don't need no education'!

[OldandGrumpy]

I didn't see the last episode until today but that was excellent. Character driven, comprehensible, minimal and non-critical sonic screwdriver malarky, and loads of links to the Uber plot. Still prefer cliffhangers, smarter plots ( where smarter does not mean complexity- thats just for Moffet), and a greater sense of wonder- but overall not at all bad.
It will be interesting to see how they resolve the intro ...

[MiniMan64]

OldandGrumpy said:

I didn't see the last episode until today but that was excellent. Character driven, comprehensible, minimal and non-critical sonic screwdriver malarky, and loads of links to the Uber plot. Still prefer cliffhangers, smarter plots ( where smarter does not mean complexity- thats just for Moffet), and a greater sense of wonder- but overall not at all bad.
It will be interesting to see how they resolve the intro ...

Intro?

Do you mean the ending?

[OldandGrumpy]

The intro had them staked to posts with a mega asteroid starship crashed into the ground behind them, and no way out....

[otolith]

I thought that was just a montage of what the two have been up to recently. Hence the sun tan gag.

[OldandGrumpy]

lets see

[stephen300o]

Yup just a montage of shenanigans, you won't see any more of that I bet.

[MiniMan64]

stephen300o said:

Yup just a montage of shenanigans, you won't see any more of that I bet.

Agreed

[Evangelion]

A torch wouldn't throw a beam on the moon, there's no atmosphere to reflect the light.

[Langweilig]

Movie plots alluded to - Armageddon-style music.

Pitch Black

Apollo 18

[Adrian W]

The new series is rubbish,

[Langweilig]

Best line in this episode. Clara - "Will you shut up. I am so sick of listening to you!"

Clara's dumped the Doctor!

[marshalla]

Where did the extra mass come from ?

[MartG]

marshalla said:

Where did the extra mass come from ?

The scriptwriter's ego

[FourWheelDrift]

marshalla said:

Where did the extra mass come from ?

"is there anything to be said for another mass? "

[cibble10]

Capaldi mistake, Ms Coleman holding it all together. Tennant best Dr., Rose best assistant. However would happily watch Ms C and Mr T, but no more Mr C. no...

[ChemicalChaos]

marshalla said:

Where did the extra mass come from ?

In the same way that a chicken egg starts as a foetus and grows into a chick.....


Anyway... of all the ways for Clara to be written out, I wasn't expecting that! I suppose it has become a bit old now for assistants to be duped in an alternate universe or mind wiped....

[marshalla]

ChemicalChaos said:

marshalla said:

Where did the extra mass come from ?

In the same way that a chicken egg starts as a foetus and grows into a chick.....


Anyway... of all the ways for Clara to be written out, I wasn't expecting that! I suppose it has become a bit old now for assistants to be duped in an alternate universe or mind wiped....

A hatchling is about 60-70% of the mass of the egg. In the absence of an external source, the mass of the chick cannot exceed the mass of the original egg. Physics fail.

[ChemicalChaos]

marshalla said:

A hatchling is about 60-70% of the mass of the egg. In the absence of an external source, the mass of the chick cannot exceed the mass of the original egg. Physics fail.

What external source, other than heat, does a bird egg have then? because it sure as hell isnt laid as a fully fledged hatchling. They have an internal source of nutrients, as this might well have had.

Growing from 70% to 100% mass in something the size of the moon would easily be millions of tons, then add in the multiplying bacteria things....

Anyway, i dont know why we're arguing - its not exactly a show set in reality