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brakespear

Doctor Worm
Feb 24, 2009
12,326
Sleeping on the roof
It was superb. One of the best episodes of NuWho going in my book.

Anyone who seriously think Smith is better than Capaldi needs their head checked. It's so much darker and more grown up now and PC is superb.

So glad it's back on TV, can't wait for next week,

Matt Smith is my favourite of the 'new' Doctors (and my second favourite of all after TOM, I thought he played the part really well, especially in the specials at the end of his generation. Peter Capaldi has suffered from the same problems as Matt Smith (ie terrible first series scripts although Matt also had to make do with being completely dominated by his assistant :) ) so I'm hoping Saturday's episode is a sign that the scripts have been significantly improved throughout the entire series.
 




Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
NSC Patron
Oct 8, 2003
50,794
Faversham
You didn't perchance record Dalek Masterplan off the tele did you? Boy would I love to see that desert sequence!

Sadly no. It's all in my MEMORY :lolol: And after all these years I can still see it in my mind's eye. Strangely I couldn't tell you half of what I did yesterday :whistle:
 


Tony Meolas Loan Spell

Slut Faced Whores
Jul 15, 2004
18,067
Vamanos Pest
Matt Smith is my favourite of the 'new' Doctors (and my second favourite of all after TOM, I thought he played the part really well, especially in the specials at the end of his generation. Peter Capaldi has suffered from the same problems as Matt Smith (ie terrible first series scripts although Matt also had to make do with being completely dominated by his assistant :) ) so I'm hoping Saturday's episode is a sign that the scripts have been significantly improved throughout the entire series.

And mine. I LOVED Matt Smith. I still miss him (tho Ca;paldi is excellent)
 


PFJ

Not the JPF ..splitters !
Jun 22, 2010
994
The Port of Noddy Holder
I loved it !! The references's to past episodes , the older versions of the Daleks mixed in with the new, Missy's brilliant one liners, especially her explanation of not being dead and her indignation that Davros was the Doctor's arch enemy and not her.........This programme gets better and better.I watched it with my 7 year old he loved it.He didn't get all the references, but he certainly knows who Davros is and has seen Genesis of the Daleks on DVD. The best thing about watching something when you are young and then watching it when you are 15 years older is the amount of 'oh yeahs' that come out as you suddenly get a lot of the stuff that initially went over your head as a child....Adam West as Batman is a good example of that. Loved it as a child, love it so much more as an adult.
 


Papa Lazarou

Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Jul 7, 2003
18,893
Worthing
I loved it !! The references's to past episodes , the older versions of the Daleks mixed in with the new, Missy's brilliant one liners, especially her explanation of not being dead and her indignation that Davros was the Doctor's arch enemy and not her.........This programme gets better and better.I watched it with my 7 year old he loved it.He didn't get all the references, but he certainly knows who Davros is and has seen Genesis of the Daleks on DVD. The best thing about watching something when you are young and then watching it when you are 15 years older is the amount of 'oh yeahs' that come out as you suddenly get a lot of the stuff that initially went over your head as a child....Adam West as Batman is a good example of that. Loved it as a child, love it so much more as an adult.

My son and his mate (both 13) watched it and really loved it.
 






Papa Lazarou

Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Jul 7, 2003
18,893
Worthing
I'm getting a bit fed up with the Daleks all the time (and the cybermen), but I did cheer when Clara was exterminated, about time too.

I'm sure she'll be back .. soon.
 


brakespear

Doctor Worm
Feb 24, 2009
12,326
Sleeping on the roof
Well that was pretty fantastic.....apart from the resolution, I guess which was a bit poor imo. Kind of wish they'd played the episode straight without the twist at the end, no matter how out of character. Still, all bodes well for future episodes.
 




Blue Valkyrie

Not seen such Bravery!
Sep 1, 2012
32,165
Valhalla
I'm getting a bit fed up with the Daleks all the time (and the cybermen), but I did cheer when Clara was exterminated, about time too.
Yeah, 2 and a 1/4 hours of Dalek TV over a whole year really saturates my TV as well :lolol:
 


Papa Lazarou

Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Jul 7, 2003
18,893
Worthing
Well that was pretty fantastic.....apart from the resolution, I guess which was a bit poor imo. Kind of wish they'd played the episode straight without the twist at the end, no matter how out of character. Still, all bodes well for future episodes.

Yes, I would have preferred that the Doctor had to make a choice to stop Davros at the start. That would have created a paradox which could then have played into the whole season. That aside, that was a very good episode.

That Davros is a right tinker, isn't he?
 


Blue Valkyrie

Not seen such Bravery!
Sep 1, 2012
32,165
Valhalla
I haven't enjoyed a Dr Who story as much as this one for a long time.

The theme of the series could be a timelord hybrid, with this story pointing towards a dalek/timelord race, but that could well be misdirection. It could well be a human-timelord hybrid, with in my opinion the doctor possibly already being one.

Lots of plot potential. Good stuff.
 




Papa Lazarou

Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Jul 7, 2003
18,893
Worthing
I haven't enjoyed a Dr Who story as much as this one for a long time.

The theme of the series could be a timelord hybrid, with this story pointing towards a dalek/timelord race, but that could well be misdirection. It could well be a human-timelord hybrid, with in my opinion the doctor possibly already being one.

Lots of plot potential. Good stuff.

Ooh blimey, I completely forgot that part of the episode. Intriguing to the max.
 


vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
27,922
Thankfully the concluding part was rather good after a meh first episode. Nice to get a bit more out of Davros than the usual right hand poised over a switch mumbling the usual " Goodbye Doctor/ Planet Earth/ Time Lords " etc. Missy is wonderful as The Master although becoming a little soft and sentimental for a sociopath / psychopath these days. The conclusion, with the Dalek Slime destroying the Daleks was pretty poor as nasty spiteful evil Dalek slime would happily kill everything including Time Lords and Doctor's assistants. Ah well you can't have everything, but nice touch with the " Mercy " .
 






brakespear

Doctor Worm
Feb 24, 2009
12,326
Sleeping on the roof
The theme of the series could be a timelord hybrid, with this story pointing towards a dalek/timelord race, but that could well be misdirection. It could well be a human-timelord hybrid, with in my opinion the doctor possibly already being one.
The hybrid idea sounds interesting but not sure how they'd make it work if it was actually to appear in the series - as a humanoid with a particular flair for ruthlessness (and possibly an eyepatch) or maybe a Dalek shell with more of a Charles Rennie Mackintosh feel than is usual? The Daleks/Davros already seem to know almost as much about time travel etc as the Time Lords so just not entirely sure how it would develop. Could be interesting though. I still keep hoping for a series big bad to be Omega though :)

We've already had a human-timelord hybrid - Doctor Donna.
 


Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
NSC Patron
Oct 8, 2003
50,794
Faversham
Missy, though. Hot mad jock dressed in Mary Poppins clobber. I would, and so she says, would my missus. :lolol:
 


BHAFC_Pandapops

Citation Needed
Feb 16, 2011
2,844
Imagine that is Davros?! Mental. Loved it.
 


Winker

CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE
Jul 14, 2008
2,406
The Astral Planes, man...
The hybrid idea sounds interesting but not sure how they'd make it work if it was actually to appear in the series - as a humanoid with a particular flair for ruthlessness (and possibly an eyepatch) or maybe a Dalek shell with more of a Charles Rennie Mackintosh feel than is usual? The Daleks/Davros already seem to know almost as much about time travel etc as the Time Lords so just not entirely sure how it would develop. Could be interesting though. I still keep hoping for a series big bad to be Omega though :)

We've already had a human-timelord hybrid - Doctor Donna.[/QUOTE]

Isn't River Song some sort of hybrid between Amy Pond and the Matt Smith Doctor?
 






CorgiRegisteredFriend

Well-known member
May 29, 2011
8,321
Boring By Sea


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