Doctor Who

Destination · 26 Dec 2014 at 00:22

I thought it was fine for a Christmas episodes, concepts all borrowed and stolen, but at least it very clearly stated that within the lazy script.

Ceryndrion · 26 Dec 2014 at 09:25

The elderly clara makeup was dreadful though, looked to me as though someone with my makeup skills had done it (and by that I mean... absolutely none)

XPE · 26 Dec 2014 at 11:30

I enjoyed the episode probably Moffats best Christmas episode (not saying much I know) I wasn't really expecting much considering how the last series ended and when you saw the girl dancing in the medi bay I thought we were continuing the low standards of last season but it pick up with it being funny, tense and even a bit of a sad at the end when the doctor seen the old Clara. Yes it did have all the happy rainbow and sunshine crap at the end but its a Christmas episode from Moffat you kind of expect that

Swordfish · 26 Dec 2014 at 13:11

For some reason once I had seen the crabs, all I could think about was Half Life !

da_mic_1530 · 26 Dec 2014 at 16:56

even though it was a rip off I really enjoyed it (for an xmas episode), dark enough, whilst festively cheesy enough

Efour · 27 Dec 2014 at 00:07

Watched it, wonder why i bother, its like punching yourself to see if it hurts.

Monkeh · 27 Dec 2014 at 02:17

My eldest is a 12yo with ASD and he's been obsessed with Dr Who since he was 3yo. He gave up watching the new series about 3 episodes in - and his exact response to this years Xmas special as the titles rolled... 'WTF did I just sit and watch'.

I hope they either do some drastic staff/writer changes next year or just cancel it and be done with it.

Malevolence · 27 Dec 2014 at 07:00

Lil old me said:
Agreed. The Xmas episodes are always a bit hit and miss imo. Generally too cheesy and childish, whereas I think this ep struck the balance pretty well between serious and cheese.

Okay it was clearly a rip off of Inception and Alien but isn't most sci-fi these days a regurgitation of someone else's sci-fi plot? Given the dross we have had to put up with for a lot of the latest series I was quite pleasantly surprised with this ep!

Completely agree!

Besides, it has Jenna Coleman in a nightie. Personally, I just wish they would do another WWII story where she could keep the 1940s style of her character in 'Captain America'.

Jester* · 27 Dec 2014 at 08:27

Light hearted rip off of ideas. Still enjoyed it though, made my trip to work a bit more bearable.

Moonpie2 · 27 Dec 2014 at 09:23

Probably the best Crimbo episode they've done.
Very enjoyable I thought.

Like others have said, Inception + Aliens, but I'm also going to + Red Dwarf's "Better than Life" too

As an aside, did Santa call the Doctor "Peter"? It was hard to tell due to Capaldi being a bit noisy at the time.... hmmmm..... :confused:

Ceryndrion · 27 Dec 2014 at 23:25

Moonpie2 said:
As an aside, did Santa call the Doctor "Peter"? It was hard to tell due to Capaldi being a bit noisy at the time.... hmmmm.....

I am pretty sure he did.

Grimley · 28 Feb 2015 at 16:57

Just a glimpse of who's guest starring at the start of series 9 folks!

trentlad · 9 Mar 2015 at 17:27

Aww, Moffat is making Capaldi a lot lighter next season. I really like the crass, angry and incredibly impolite doctor. It's a refreshing change and Capaldi pulls it off with perfection.

trentlad · 29 Mar 2015 at 07:42

Here's to a brilliant decade of Doctor Who, I've certainly enjoyed the ride:

Credit to ANtdude

trentlad · 4 Apr 2015 at 07:08

Ooooooookay then.

ikillbears · 6 Apr 2015 at 02:41

that's really well done

trentlad · 9 Apr 2015 at 05:04

So much content in this that i'd never seen before!

Efour · 9 Apr 2015 at 06:29

IS it back this Autumn ?

I haven't self harmed for a while now

trentlad · 13 Apr 2015 at 04:32

That's right, they haven't released an official air date but a vague "Autumn" announcement.

Side question; what is Russell T Davis working on these days? He was utterly phenomenal and I think all the haters are now back to sitting in their seats with a mouth full of their own hats. He made a name for himself so there's no way he's just sitting pretty this far after his reign in the whoniverse.

Destination · 13 Apr 2015 at 09:02

Davis recently was lead or head writer for the banana cucumber soya or whatever it was called on 4 e4 and more4, the series exploring alternative sexuality, and various things.