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[davepoth]

Flip Martian said:

davepoth said:

Gallifrey has been in a different universe, not destroyed.

Oh yes, I remember - hidden. So he's now in a different universe then? But the same Doctor?

Well, possibly. He might still be in the confession dial, or dead, or whatever. That's the nice thing about science fiction - they can make it up as they go along.

[Evangelion]

Zad said:

... at least they have got away from the young attractive female companion hogging the limelight.

... but that was the bit I liked!

(Oh and you called him 'Dr Who' again.)

[Sparky137]

Yet again more Steven Moffat garbage.

It's getting to the point where if I see an episode has been written by him I won't bother watching.

[otolith]

The room which doesn't reset isn't a "plot hole", it's a loophole. Doctor spots it, figures out how to exploit it, the end.

Anyway, it was scary enough to give my mrs a nightmare, though she was ill in bed with a fever at the time.

[downstairs]

Admittedly it was a bit late when I watched this episode on the iPlayer, but where does the room resetting idea come from?

I missed that entirely and thought it was only the Doctor himself who was reset - with a new replica from the teleporter each time. That's why the diamond tunnel remained for him to gradually work on, and why when he found the spade the first time it was already muddy, and why there were millions of copies of his skull in the sea.

Unless there was a scene that showed things resetting and sleepyness erased it from my head.

[Butter Face]

downstairs said:

Admittedly it was a bit late when I watched this episode on the iPlayer, but where does the room resetting idea come from?

I missed that entirely and thought it was only the Doctor himself who was reset - with a new replica from the teleporter each time. That's why the diamond tunnel remained for him to gradually work on, and why when he found the spade the first time it was already muddy, and why there were millions of copies of his skull in the sea.

Unless there was a scene that showed things resetting and sleepyness erased it from my head.

In the montage of him dying/reviving etc it said how about each time he went back in a room (after leaving it long enough) it would reset. The hole he digs to get to the 'I'm in room 12' (or whatever it said) keeps filling itself back in.

[downstairs]

Oh, OK thanks. So were the things I'd used to convince myself there was no resetting just other plot holes then?

[marshalla]

downstairs said:

Admittedly it was a bit late when I watched this episode on the iPlayer, but where does the room resetting idea come from?

I missed that entirely and thought it was only the Doctor himself who was reset - with a new replica from the teleporter each time. That's why the diamond tunnel remained for him to gradually work on, and why when he found the spade the first time it was already muddy, and why there were millions of copies of his skull in the sea.

Unless there was a scene that showed things resetting and sleepyness erased it from my head.

There's a bit of monologue, around 28 minutes in, where he talks about luring the veil to the other end of the castle and having a maximum of 82 minutes before it finds him again. Then he talks about his work being finding room 12 and says "every room, if I leave it long enough, reverts to its condition at the moment I arrive. It tidies up after itself. Automated room service. I think this place is inside a closed energy loop, constantly recycling." While this is being said, we are shown various rooms, including the one with the "grave", which have reset.

Edited by marshalla on Monday 30th November 12:46

[downstairs]

marshalla said:

downstairs said:

Admittedly it was a bit late when I watched this episode on the iPlayer, but where does the room resetting idea come from?

I missed that entirely and thought it was only the Doctor himself who was reset - with a new replica from the teleporter each time. That's why the diamond tunnel remained for him to gradually work on, and why when he found the spade the first time it was already muddy, and why there were millions of copies of his skull in the sea.

Unless there was a scene that showed things resetting and sleepyness erased it from my head.

There's a bit of monologue, around 28 minutes in, where the talks about luring the veil to the other end of the castle and having a maximum of 82 minutes before it finds him again. Then he talks about his work being finding room 12 and says "every room, if I leave it long enough, reverts to its condition at the moment I arrive. It tidies up after itself. Automated room service. I think this place is inside a closed energy loop, constantly recycling." While this is being said, we are shown various rooms, including the one with the "grave", which have reset.

Ah yes, I did see that scene. I think I must simply have had a confused little battle in my own head between hearing that and the things I'd noticed in my post above, and decided on the wrong conclusion.

I enjoyed the episode anyway, thought Capaldi was excellent.

[ajprice]

So Peter Jackson put a video on Facebook...
https://www.facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ/videos/101...

[glazbagun]

ajprice said:

So Peter Jackson put a video on Facebook...
https://www.facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ/videos/101...

That's great.

[MartG]

glazbagun said:

ajprice said:

So Peter Jackson put a video on Facebook...
https://www.facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ/videos/101...

That's great.

Love the bookmarked Silmarillion on the table - troll level Expert

[DervVW]

Is there a non facebook link?

[MartG]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w6agKVUCTM

[DervVW]

Thank you!

[anonymous-user]

Loving this one tonight
Spoilers
Witty funny, moving, and wonderfully done.
And an original tardis to boot
And Clara's magnificent breasts

Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 5th December 20:44

Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 5th December 20:54

[Langweilig]

"On pain of death, no-one takes a selfie!"

The sequence where we find out that the Doctor has been there for four and a half billion years. There was something familiar about the background music. Listening to the chord structure, it was the Eagles Hotel California. Very clever indeed.

[poing]

There might have been a little dust in the air tonight, not a bad season ending.

Looking forward to getting back to normal service with scary monsters, my safety cushion is feeling left out.

[marshalla]

Rassilon the resurrected ? Oh do get stuffed Moffat. It only went downhill from there.

Stories about the Dr. are crap. Stories where the Dr. does something are good.

[marshalla]

Langweilig said:

The sequence where we find out that the Doctor has been there for four and a half billion years..

Except he hadn't been. There had been billions of Doctors during that time. Each one lasted a few weeks or months and then sacrificed himself to bring another one into existence. In-fking-consistent. I hate these writers.