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Wanted it to be more like Dalek than Daleks Take Manhattan but I didn't want it completely rip it off. Also thought it was a waste of the Daleks. That could've been any one of his enemies and they could've saved the Daleks for the end of the series and a proper showdown.

Better than the first but still a very weak episode.
 
I'm really not feeling this new Dr Who at all, same goes for his companion.
At least with Matt Smith she could piggy back with him but with Capaldi she just seems to be pointless to me.
I'm not sure if it's just me but I think because we've been spoiled with 2 really good doctors in a row and then some really good companions I'm a lot more judgmental on these 2.
Ah well hopefully the episodes improve.
 
Capaldi is great, Moffat is crap... With decent scripts Capaldi could be a fantastic Doctor but with all this nonsense by Moffat about "lesbian lizards" and "even the daleks can be good" it's being ruined.
 
Smith was a great Doctor and I like Capaldi so far. The last episode was better but still not good. The writing has just become completely rubbish and half the episodes are useless filler.
 
Shamikebab said:
I think he's had the weakest start of the new doctors.
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Same, one introductory episode and then carrying on as normal it seems. The episode did have a few interesting points, but i'm a bit disappointed that they had the chance to do away with the cheesy romantic subplots and instead decided to have Clara "fall in love" with someone she wasn't even aware existed two seconds ago.

Also, how come at the start the dalek couldn't control the antibodies but as soon as Clara finished banging on the wall they all stopped? What's up with that?

ivrytwr3 said:
The fact that he brought Clara back exactly 30sec after he initially picked her up to the Tardis stop/start lever. Smith and Tennant had dials, pinball plungers etc to start it and could never get an accurate place or time - Capaldi, 1 lever and pin point precision!
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I like to think he pre-programmed the route. It does make sense that he'd get better at flying the TARDIS though, after what River said.
 
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Robosapien said:
I enjoyed that, I thought it was good. :cool:
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It was definitely better than the opening episode. The special effects for the dinosaur were awful. I feel he's darker, which is what I'd hoped for when Capaldi was announced. The line where he says that Clara is his carer, so he doesn't have to.....care, I thought was a brilliant line and delivered in a much darker way than Matt Smith would have done.

Interestingly this episode was jointly written by Moffat and someone else. Next week's is a Mark Gatiss episode. Hopefully that'll be much better.

I do wonder if Moffat is better at adapting stuff for TV rather than writing new stuff. I find Sherlock episodes more consistently enjoyable whereas Doctor Who tends to be more variable. The difference? Sherlock is modern day adaptations of existing stories; Doctor Who is a new episode each week with no re-adaptation of old stories. I know Sherlock is aimed at an older audience, hence it's later broadcast time, compared to Doctor Who, but that is a theory of mine that Moffat can adapt Sherlock storied well but struggles to write excellent Doctor Who episodes.

AlecR said:
I should have said this last week, oh well: am I the only one who hates the new intro?
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I liked the idea and the video I saw on YouTube by the guy who was responsible for it but somewhere between his idea and the BBC taking the idea on, it's gone quite wrong. They should have kept the previous intro. I hope they bring it back sooner rather than later. But Moffat won't.
 
I really like the new intro, feels more old school with the classic whine (ok maybe that wobble at the end is unnecessary) and seems to represent the new doctor's personality. Has anyone heard the Orbital Doctor Who track?


Hikari Kisugi said:
Then when he shows the dalek the wonders of the universe, it shows more about his own soul, filled with hate.
You are a good Dalek, a good killing machine, a weapon of mass destruction etc.

Not a good man, but a man who tries to do good.
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This is why I come here, nice one Hikari!! I did wonder what the Dalek meant by calling The Doctor a good dalek and this makes complete sense.

I'm really liking Capaldi and think he's bringing exactly what I'd hoped for the role; an embittered, angry, intolerant man that needs a companion to remove the blinders and see the good in the world.

His assertive nature the with gun toting soldier at the start was brilliant, the dark humor is very welcome and I quite like the pin point precision flying of the TARDIS which all adds to his personality. I'm seriously glad he isn't a bumbling fool like the initial episode was dictating.

So I think the big question is what's the relevance of this heaven world that the doctor is using to save the fallen? Who is that women and why do I feel like we've seen her before?
 
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Simian said:
The Woman is either a Female incarnation of the Master (Missy... Miss... Master!!) or she might even be The Rani
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I bet you're right with the Rani guess, I'm picturing it's one of her experiments and that place she calls heaven may be the inside of her Tardis somehow?

Would be interesting if it was her, we've not seen her since the original run I think. Although thinking about it, it would put a dent in the last of the time lords story.
 
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