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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:21 
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DavPaz wrote:
My biggest problem with Capaldi is the mumbling.

Sounds clear enough to me. Maybe turn the TV up?

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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
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He does do a bit of talking under his breath a bit. Clara gabbles quickly too. Am I getting old?

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:24 
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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 18:33 
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I also sometimes repeat a word or two sometimes.

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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 18:40 
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DavPaz wrote:
My biggest problem with Capaldi is the mumbling.

What to you sounds like mumbling is in fact just a Scottish accent.

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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 19:44 
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Maybe I am a bit cloth eared, but he definitely mumbles


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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 20:32 
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Ihm nt surhm I'dm serhh hehhh mmmmbbls

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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 21:37 
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Just watching Kill the Moon. Have upped the treble on my amp. Much better.

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Is it now three times as good?

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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
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He sounds like Tom Baker sometimes.

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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
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Just watched the Orient Express one, I liked it. Better than quite a few of the previous.


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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:28 
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Just watching Kill the Moon. Have upped the treble on my amp. Much better.

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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
PostPosted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 21:21 
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Not quite as good as Mummy but still a pretty good episode. Jamie Mathieson seems to know best out of all the current writers in how to write an episode...

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That was possibly my favourite of the series. If not best then certainly up there.

It's starting to hit its stride, IMO, even if it's more about Clara than The Doctor.

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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
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The monsters were genuinely messed up, and the special effects were really good.


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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
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Yeah, that was pretty good!


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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
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A disappointing one tonight i feel - and only 2 more to go


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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
PostPosted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:54 
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Yep, not one of the better ones at all.
The final story looks like it could be interesting though.


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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
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I enjoyed this more than I was expecting. A decent short story, with a mystery that didn't involve evil aliens taking over Cardiff London. A bit fantastical, but within the tale made sense. The use of fairy tale elements such as the girl's red coat was a nice touch too.


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WHERE WERE ALL THE PEOPLE? Trafalgar Square was empty apart from the Doctor and Maeve.

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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 11:05 
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Current ratings for me for the Capaldi series:

Deep Breath 5
Into the Dalek 7
Robot of Sherwood 3
Listen 5
Caretaker 6
Time Heist 7
Kill the Moon 2
Mummy on the Orient Express 9
Flatline 8
Forest in the Night 3

Which seems to work out at an average of 5.5. Which suggests I'm enjoying it more than I thought...

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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
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Generous on Kill the Moon there.


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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 12:08 
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Into the Dalek was the worst this season.

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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 12:47 
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My ratings:

Deep Breath: 8
Into the Dalek: 5
Robot of Sherwood: 8
Listen: 7
Caretaker: 7
Time Heist : 8
Kill the Moon :4
Mummy on the Orient Express: 10
Flatline: 9
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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
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I didn't think Kill the Moon was all that bad, but otherwise agree with Pundie Bear.

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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
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I enjoyed that one - and a nice setup for next week


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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
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My brief thoughts:

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That is some world class trolling by Moffatt.

Build it up over a series, and then make it look like you're actually doing a horrifically shitty afterlife thing. And then don't do it.

Really enjoyed the interaction between Capaldi and Gomez. Set up beautifully for next week. Yay!

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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
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I thought it was pretty good. Not sure about the interaction between missy and the Doctor but still not bad. Overall pretty creepy and engaging though. Generally I approve.

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Holy Shit!

I was 'Oh, they've spoiled the big
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surprise in the trallers' then they drew it out and hammered it home, so dramatic irony was in full effect and then..

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Wow, she's a Time Lady? Wait is that.. the Rani?


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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
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I only managed to get 45 minutes into the hour long special finale. And that took some doing. Missy is basically John Simm all over again. HATE. And not really liking what is being done with the Doctor either. Terrible. Moffat can do one. As they say.

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You saved yourself from having to see the mid-credit sequence, at least. Bleaugh.


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 Post subject: Re: Doctor Who
PostPosted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 23:16 
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Not impressed with that; really poor :(

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Not good at all.

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I thought it was fine.

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I thought it was very good. A little contrived in the ending, perhaps, but enjoyed Missy and some of the shocks.

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I liked it.

Thought it ended well.

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I thought that was pretty bad. Nonsensical, overblown poorly directed and lacking any tension.

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The story was fine. Missy was a big problem for me.

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Derek The Halls wrote:
The story was fine. Missy was a big problem for me.

She was great. It was excellent having a female version of the Master, and turned it into more of a sexual tension thing rather than men competing with each other.

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The thing I hated the most was Santa Claus. Everyone knows there isn't a Santa Claus...ridiculous!!

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American Nervoso wrote:
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The story was fine. Missy was a big problem for me.

She was great. It was excellent having a female version of the Master, and turned it into more of a sexual tension thing rather than men competing with each other.


Really? I didn't think there was the slightest bit of sexual tension. But what I object to most was the stupid manic way they are treating that character now. UGH. Scary poppins...

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I liked the false opening titles, and Missy was excellent. I felt a bit underwhelmed by the rest of it. Flying Cybermen look stupid, not scary (other than the 'Twilight Zone' reference on the plane). The idea of reanimating the world's corpses could have worked, but perhaps not by making them Cyberzombies.


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I thought it was alright. Not bad, but not great either.

They didn't explain how the 'Cyber-Zombies' were actually made though. That annoyed me.


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I thought it was alright. Not bad, but not great either.

They didn't explain how the 'Cyber-Zombies' were actually made though. That annoyed me.


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The cloud was a 'cyber cloud' each part of the 'rain' was coded with what a cyberman was. Missy had altered the code so it would work on the dead.

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Haha, owned by Kovacs. Possibly your darkest day?

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But the metal! Where did all that metal come from?!?!


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But the metal! Where did all that metal come from?!?!

HAHAHAHA KOVACS

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But the metal! Where did all that metal come from?!?!


This. Some kind of zombinefication liquid would make sense, but an entire exoskeleton and circuity?

On the other hand, the thought of all the world's dead coming back is pretty scary.


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The Brigadier saving his daughter was a nice touch.

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