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Mr GrimNasty said:
KareemK said:
A few people are complaining about the afterlife plot of Dark Water.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/29908743
If you'd recently lost someone, even the suggestion that they would be screaming in agony as a result of cremation or medical science experiments would be extremely distressing, especially to bereaved children.http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/29908743
That is far more real than all the fake perceived racism outrage everywhere else, or the perceived obsession with denigrating the military.
It is a perfectly legitimate complaint. It made me uneasy - and I NEVER complain.
I lost my wife two years ago and felt a twinge of discomfort at the cremation thing. I can understand how some people with more religious views would find it deeply disturbing.
In the main I think that's their problem but it should be noted.
DoctorX said:
....which last night's episode was very reminiscent of when the Cybermen were activated. Also, the Cybermen walking down the steps of St Paul's was straight out of another Troughton story, "The Invasion".
ETA about 2 min in: http://youtu.be/oqOEyeDvfJA
Brilliant - all that technology and you still can't beat lace up Doc Martins:ETA about 2 min in: http://youtu.be/oqOEyeDvfJA
Edited by DoctorX on Sunday 2nd November 10:47
CapaldiDoctorX said:
Loved the tribute to the Brigadier. Hated Santa. Not sure I understood the conversation in the cafe, talking as if Danny was alive. What did I miss there?
They were lying to each other to make an easy good buy.She said Danny was alive and he wasn't.
The Doctor said he found Galifrey and he hadn't.
She'll be back.
And with any luck Missy will too. That was a teleport not a vaporisation.
h.DoctorX said:
Loved the tribute to the Brigadier. Hated Santa. Not sure I understood the conversation in the cafe, talking as if Danny was alive. What did I miss there?
Thought the tribute to the brigadier, whilst overdue, was quite ridiculously naff.Clara was just being lame in the cafe. She couldn't say what she wanted as she hadn't put up random postit notes.
The whole "missy" thing was a mess - it would have been more entertaining if missy had been the Rani.
It was painfully obvious that Dannys love for Clara would be what saved the day.
Whilst I enjoyed lazing on the sofa watching it with my son (he's only over every second saturday night, wonders of divorce), even he agreed that it was a particularly lousy episode.
I do believe that Capaldi is absolutely brilliant, perfectly suited to the role. But please, bring in some decent writers.
And what's the deal with gallifrey?
Clara's involvement is over - the xmas one is dream sequences not an ongoing of final resolution.
Put another way she has gone quietely - a bit like Sarah Jane in the original series or even Leela come to that.
Missy was only ever going to be a one off two episode thing - the actress lives in the States. The master has been put to rest for a while.
The one I thought was sad was the glasses ex scarf now bow tie girl - but happen a reminder that in the Whouniverse people die from time to time.
In my simple view it was well done in so much as again it veered back towards being human.
I still don't think Capaldi is a great choice but I am softening.
Danny Pinks story had some integrity about it.
Put another way she has gone quietely - a bit like Sarah Jane in the original series or even Leela come to that.
Missy was only ever going to be a one off two episode thing - the actress lives in the States. The master has been put to rest for a while.
The one I thought was sad was the glasses ex scarf now bow tie girl - but happen a reminder that in the Whouniverse people die from time to time.
In my simple view it was well done in so much as again it veered back towards being human.
I still don't think Capaldi is a great choice but I am softening.
Danny Pinks story had some integrity about it.
Capaldi is excellent
sad to see Jenna go- she was equally good as the impossible girl
Missy was brilliant- wonderfully nuts
Quite liked the story but as usual it was rushed so there was no real tension build and the usual substitution of complexity for cleverness.
They still need to bring back multi-episode plots to give the storys time to build and give us a cliff hanger each week not a rushed closure.
The scripts remain this series biggest problem
sad to see Jenna go- she was equally good as the impossible girl
Missy was brilliant- wonderfully nuts
Quite liked the story but as usual it was rushed so there was no real tension build and the usual substitution of complexity for cleverness.
They still need to bring back multi-episode plots to give the storys time to build and give us a cliff hanger each week not a rushed closure.
The scripts remain this series biggest problem
This series has felt rather like they've been playing "Dr Who plot tombola". Really not clicked with any of it, as they've mostly felt very phoned in. Best way to describe it is that when you watch a really good episode, you forget that you're watching and get drawn into the story. Nothing this series has felt that way. They've been enjoyable sometimes, but they've just felt too knowingly Dr Who. The cameos are starting to grate as well, as it makes thing feel like Comic Relief. Again, it's too knowing.
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