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Author:  myp [ Sat Sep 06, 2014 20:18 ]
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That was much better!
Author:  Derek The Halls [ Sat Sep 06, 2014 20:22 ]
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Didn't like Robot of Sherwood at all. Too silly.
Author:  myp [ Sat Sep 06, 2014 20:27 ]
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Derek The Halls wrote:
Didn't like Robot of Sherwood at all. Too silly.

It was a good mix of dark and silly.
Author:  Derek The Halls [ Sat Sep 06, 2014 20:30 ]
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Too much silly bias. I don't like it when it descends into farcical comedy. Swordfighting with a spoon. The stupid exchange in the dungeon... More crap from Gatiss.
Author:  BikNorton [ Sat Sep 06, 2014 21:54 ]
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I took that as a more subtle dig about the screwdriver than the direct piss-taking from Clara. Likewise him testing the apple.

I was annoyed by him.exploding the wicker target, but then later he said he used a homing arrow so there must have been tech in it.

Much better than last week, and best of the three.
Author:  Kern [ Sat Sep 06, 2014 23:00 ]
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I really enjoyed it. A fun romp throughout, and got charmingly meta at the end.

Highlight:

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The Doc's various attempts to ascertain the reality of the Merry Men
Author:  Curiosity [ Sun Sep 07, 2014 0:06 ]
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Thought there was too much silly, and too much clueless doctor. I prefer him when he's being more awesome; he was practically a passenger for the entire episode. Also, the arrow stuff was silly, and the 'stranded aliens harvesting stuff' trope has now been used twice in three bloody episodes.

Positives:
I still like Capaldi
More death! This must be the most death-laden series ever, linking to...
Promised Land. There's our obvious series link again.
Ben Mjller hamming it up to a ludicrous level was entertaining.

Still not great, IMO, but enjoyable enough.
Author:  Mimi [ Sun Sep 07, 2014 6:48 ]
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Well, I loved it. I'm not precious about Dr Who so can just stand back and see them as little moments in TV that either do entertain me or don't. Acting was good, well written and funny. Thought Robin's character, both written and acted, reminded me strongly of Carey Elwes' Robin in Men In Tights.
Author:  Curiosity [ Sun Sep 07, 2014 8:21 ]
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Yeah, he was definitely channelling Elwes. I thought his look and that of the Sheriff were also a little Princess Bride too. I was trying to see if he had six fingers.
Author:  zaphod79 [ Mon Sep 08, 2014 10:41 ]
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The 'beheading' scene that was cut from this weeks episode

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x25djb ... shortfilms
Author:  Pundabaya [ Mon Sep 08, 2014 19:23 ]
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Ben Miller was clearly channeling Alan Rickman. Down to having a death scene that was a homage to Die Hard.
Author:  miki [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:38 ]
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I liked it, and it was nice to have an episode we could watch with little miss 4yo
next week not by the look of it

that said, I also prefer the doctor to be the cleverest man in the room, but I quite like Clara so didn't mind so much
and it was indeed quite silly, but to me that was just the mood of this episode so I was ok with it
well except the
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one gold arrow shot randomly at the space ship was exactly right and enough ?! of course, sure why not
Author:  Bobbyaro [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:21 ]
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yeah, that was bollocks.
Author:  myp [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:24 ]
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Bobbyaro wrote:
yeah, that was bollocks.

It served a purpose - also as a vehicle to get the Doctor to admit he'd cheated.
Author:  Slightly Green [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 15:24 ]
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Bobbyaro wrote:
yeah, that was bollocks.


:this:
Author:  Curiosity [ Sat Sep 13, 2014 22:21 ]
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Unsure on the ending, but that was MUCH more like it.
Author:  MaliA [ Sat Sep 13, 2014 22:46 ]
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Loved last week's and this week's episodes.
Author:  Trooper [ Sat Sep 13, 2014 22:58 ]
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Really liked it this week. Plot holes galore on the ending though, but that didn't take anything away from it.
Author:  Derek The Halls [ Sun Sep 14, 2014 18:46 ]
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Yes good. Apart from the ending. Though even that the way it was done was fairly clever.
Author:  Kern [ Sun Sep 14, 2014 21:17 ]
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Just watched it. Felt almost like a good 'Twilight Zone' episode. Loved it.
Author:  KovacsC [ Wed Sep 17, 2014 7:00 ]
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I enjoyed this weeks.
Author:  Kern [ Wed Sep 17, 2014 7:16 ]
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I think I might have convinced a young American fan to dress as Captain Jack Harkness for his Halloween party. Will have to see if he goes through with this.
Author:  zaphod79 [ Wed Sep 17, 2014 14:44 ]
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http://spleenal.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/ ... r-who.html
Author:  Derek The Halls [ Sat Sep 20, 2014 21:52 ]
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I'm kind of surprised at how much I liked today's episode. I think it's my favourite of the series so far. More what I want. The problem with Listen was that while it was very clever and all that, it did rather shoot itself in the foot. I dislike some of these time paradox things, especially in such a context as that episode. And the idea of Clara being responsible for everything ever is a tad annoying. But this week was just a solid adventure story and with a more authoritative Doctor which is good.

When listen was good it was better than this. When it was worse it was far far worse.
Author:  Curiosity [ Sun Sep 21, 2014 22:46 ]
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Enjoyed that.
Author:  nickachu [ Wed Sep 24, 2014 21:44 ]
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I'm liking this series, I think I only saw the first series of Smith, but oh my Clara is lovely.
Author:  Kern [ Sun Sep 28, 2014 21:15 ]
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Another good episode. Very impressed by the Doc, Clara, and now Danny.
Author:  Curiosity [ Tue Sep 30, 2014 22:45 ]
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I love Capaldi, and :luv: Clara, but am wondering what is going on for the most part. Not sure why The Doctor is not recognising stuff and with the soldier hatred theme. Maybe it's all an arc rather than just being dumb, but it just feels a little 'off'.

Maybe it's all tied up in the 'heaven' thing. This whole series had better not be a dream/matrix!
Author:  Kern [ Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:11 ]
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Torn on this one. Scary moon spiders: proper nightmare fuel, regardless of how knowingly 'Alien' they are. Complex moral dilemma with the Doc refusing to get involved and wave a sonic screwdriver: refreshing. Giant dragon hatching out of the moon and laying an egg? ???? Taking a 15 year old with you who isn't your granddaughter? Dubious, and not sure the character added much.

EDIT: Oh, and 20:30 feels way too late for 'Doctor Who'.
Author:  MaliA [ Sun Oct 05, 2014 9:33 ]
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Kern wrote:
Torn on this one. Scary moon spiders: proper nightmare fuel, regardless of how knowingly 'Alien' they are. Complex moral dilemma with the Doc refusing to get involved and wave a sonic screwdriver: refreshing. Giant dragon hatching out of the moon and laying an egg? ???? Taking a 15 year old with you who isn't your granddaughter? Dubious, and not sure the character added much.

EDIT: Oh, and 20:30 feels way too late for 'Doctor Who'.


I agree with this.
Author:  Curiosity [ Sun Oct 05, 2014 10:11 ]
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I liked most of it, but think that the premise of letting a giant space baby live even though it will probably kill millions of people to be one I would struggle to get on the moral side of.
Author:  MaliA [ Sun Oct 05, 2014 10:13 ]
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Curiosity wrote:
I liked most of it, but think that the premise of letting a giant space baby live even though it will probably kill millions of people to be one I would struggle to get on the moral side of.


You wouldn't understand
Author:  Derek The Halls [ Sun Oct 05, 2014 23:35 ]
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So much in that episode which annoyed me. The whole concept of the moon hatching and also the laying an egg the size of it was just nonsense. Unicellular life that was huge didn't make any sense either. Still too much the Clara show too. Nah. Not working for me.
Author:  KovacsC [ Tue Oct 07, 2014 10:27 ]
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I did like the line, I will slap you so hard you will regenerate.. :DD
Author:  Derek The Halls [ Tue Oct 07, 2014 10:35 ]
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About the only good thing in it.
Author:  Bobbyaro [ Tue Oct 07, 2014 11:32 ]
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I thought it was pretty rubbish, as well.
Author:  Derek The Halls [ Tue Oct 07, 2014 12:37 ]
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Okay in case people haven't seen it I'm going to spoiler some stuff I had a problem with:

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The moon has gained weight because it's an egg and a creature has grown inside it. A creature cannot be heavier than the contents of the egg from which it is produced without consuming something from outside the egg. PREPOSTEROUS

The spiders are unicellular lifeforms. Unicellular when they are that complex and that large? Bollocks.

The space phoenix thing lays an egg. BIGGER THAN ITSELF. GAHH. STUPIDSTUPIDSTUPID.

Oh and Clara saves the day again. Whoopee!
Author:  Mr Russell [ Tue Oct 07, 2014 13:11 ]
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Derek The Halls wrote:
Okay in case people haven't seen it I'm going to spoiler some stuff I had a problem with:

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
The moon has gained weight because it's an egg and a creature has grown inside it. A creature cannot be heavier than the contents of the egg from which it is produced without consuming something from outside the egg. PREPOSTEROUS

The spiders are unicellular lifeforms. Unicellular when they are that complex and that large? Bollocks.

The space phoenix thing lays an egg. BIGGER THAN ITSELF. GAHH. STUPIDSTUPIDSTUPID.

Oh and Clara saves the day again. Whoopee!

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I thought the moon gained weight because the 'bacteria' were multiplying, but again, where were they getting their resources from if not from the moon. OK, I agree with you.
Author:  KovacsC [ Tue Oct 07, 2014 14:02 ]
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Doesn't a chick develop and gain wait from the stuff in the egg? I am sure an egg is lighter than the chick hatched.
Author:  Malc [ Tue Oct 07, 2014 17:11 ]
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KovacsC wrote:
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Doesn't a chick develop and gain wait from the stuff in the egg? I am sure an egg is lighter than the chick hatched.


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Yes, but the weight of the chick+egg stays the same, unless the egg "breathes" (I have no idea if real eggs do this, but eggs the size of the moon in space surely can't?)


Malc
Author:  Kern [ Tue Oct 07, 2014 17:21 ]
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A chicken and an egg are in bed. The egg is smoking a cigarette.
'Another problem solved' says the chicken.

I'm here until Friday - try the fish.
Author:  Derek The Halls [ Tue Oct 07, 2014 18:56 ]
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KovacsC wrote:
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Doesn't a chick develop and gain wait from the stuff in the egg? I am sure an egg is lighter than the chick hatched.


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It's a physical impossibility. Think about it. What source of weight gain could it possibly have? Weight is gained by consuming sustenance which in this case is completely sealed inside the egg shell. There is no way there can be more weight than the egg without external sustenance.
Author:  Mr Dave [ Tue Oct 07, 2014 19:03 ]
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Derek The Halls wrote:
KovacsC wrote:
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Doesn't a chick develop and gain wait from the stuff in the egg? I am sure an egg is lighter than the chick hatched.


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It's a physical impossibility. Think about it. What source of weight gain could it possibly have? Weight is gained by consuming sustenance which in this case is completely sealed inside the egg shell. There is no way there can be more weight than the egg without external sustenance.


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No, it's not in any way shape or form impossible. Eggs are porous for starters. Then consider the case of a tree. Where does most of its bulk come from? (Answer: The air). Then: Long growing alien life form with alien rules.
Author:  Curiosity [ Tue Oct 07, 2014 19:04 ]
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Maybe it feeds via a wormhole to a different universe, or converts energy into matter like an inverted atomic bomb? Or there's a... Ummm...

No, you're right. It was silly.


Pretty sure we can not use those tags by now. Or do we wait a week. I forget.
Author:  ApplePieOfDestiny [ Tue Oct 07, 2014 21:37 ]
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Just caught up with the three weeks I missed on holiday. Detailed review follows.

Bank good school shit moon ok until last 15 minutes then shit
Author:  myp [ Tue Oct 07, 2014 22:30 ]
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ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:
Just caught up with the three weeks I missed on holiday. Detailed review follows.

Bank good school shit moon ok until last 15 minutes then shit

You should be a professional.
Author:  Curiosity [ Tue Oct 07, 2014 23:20 ]
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American Nervoso wrote:
ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:
Just caught up with the three weeks I missed on holiday. Detailed review follows.

Bank good school shit moon ok until last 15 minutes then shit

You should be a professional.


He would but he's too busy being on holiday all the time.
Author:  Derek The Halls [ Sat Oct 11, 2014 21:29 ]
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Best episode of the series so far I feel. Which was a great surprise.
Author:  Bobbyaro [ Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:55 ]
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Yep, that was pretty good. Getting a bit bored of the heartless stuff and the ridiculous change of heart at the end was crap and made no sense.
Author:  Curiosity [ Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:54 ]
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That was probably my favourite too, though Listen was also good.

Love Capaldi.
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