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[ajprice]

Missy. Dying Davros. AWOL Doctor.

[anonymous-user]

I like this
But it is a bit navel gazing and assuming

OOH old style Dalek just popped up
Oh hang on just about every variant of Dalek known to err man
And Dalek Sec is it

[ecsrobin]

That's got to be one of the best opening episodes to a series in a very long time.

[richtea78]

Yep I enjoyed it. Will enjoy it a lot less if that wasn't a trick of some sort

[defblade]

ecsrobin said:

That's got to be one of the best opening episodes to a series in a very long time.

However, knowing it's the first episode in a series does feel like it removes any real sense of jeopardy from the story...

[uncinqsix]

techiedave said:

OOH old style Dalek just popped up

My seven year old son took one look at it and instantly said "Third Doctor Dalek."

A touch obsessed I think...

[ecsrobin]

defblade said:

ecsrobin said:

That's got to be one of the best opening episodes to a series in a very long time.

However, knowing it's the first episode in a series does feel like it removes any real sense of jeopardy from the story...

I think this sums it up quite well:

Doctor Who Series 9, Episode 1, The Magician’s Apprentice: 'the jury's out' - The Telegraph
https://apple.news/ABxhcBVQgTrGKq6loVWNeXg

[simonrockman]

I loved it.

[ali_kat]

Me too

[extraT]

Great episode, really enjoyed it, and Michelle Gomez as Missy is fantastic.

That said (and this is opening an old can or worms), Peter Capaldi looked really old, and even bad, I thought. Good acting, mind.

[ajprice]

Clara spoilers/hints/lies/trolling/tinfoil hat theories (delete as appropriate)... http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-09-19/doctor-w...

[glazbagun]

Really enjoyed that. More than any episode in the whole of last season except perhaps the one with the two dimensional bad guys. I really really hope Capaldi shoots Davros in the face, but I know it won't happen. The whole "BBC" ness/family thing really does make the show difficult to care about the outcome of plots sometime.

I quite like how old this Dr is, but if they do get rid of Clara I think they'll have to squeeze someone young in there or I can see it leaving its audience behind.

[Alex]

I think Capaldi is superb, and looking old is perfect for the Doctor.

I was disappointed to this is yet another "Doctor saves the whole universe" type story. I'd like them to get back to simple creeping around corridors avoiding bug-eyed monsters.

[glazbagun]

ash73 said:

Still don't like Capaldi personally, viewing figures are dropping too.

I wonder if that's down to Capaldi or down to everything having been done to death? Last season was pretty forgettable on the whole except episodes like Kill the Moon and Trees Save the Earth from Solar Annihilation which I wish I could forget.

[ofcorsa]

I'd love Missy to take the lead this series. Not as the Dr but driving more of the episodes.

[Zad]

I'm not so sure. Recent series seem to have been dominated by the companion and River Song. I think Matt Smith's lack of acting ability meant that had to happen really. Now they have a decent actor in the main role, they don't seem to know what to do with him.

[Morningside]

It was OK but oh please did we really need that cringe making guitar segment?

[MiniMan64]

Morningside said:

It was OK but oh please did we really need that cringe making guitar segment?

Seems to be marmite that segment.

I loved it as did many others.

[ofcorsa]

Zad said:

I'm not so sure. Recent series seem to have been dominated by the companion and River Song. I think Matt Smith's lack of acting ability meant that had to happen really. Now they have a decent actor in the main role, they don't seem to know what to do with him.

I just the Dr stories have been done to death, I'd like to see a new angle.

[anonymous-user]

This is great dark stuff tonight.