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Post by Bungle on Apr 13, 2013 19:03:43 GMT
I thought it was great stuff this week, very pleased - presuming it's setting us up for a return later. If it hadn't been a (previously) recurring foe who we would reasonably expect to see again then I'd agree about the ending.
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Post by fused on Apr 14, 2013 12:27:39 GMT
I've only seen a few episodes of the classic series, and those have been mainly Dalek ones, so I knew nothing of the Ice Warriors before this episode, and I thought they did a good job introducing them. I liked it as an "adventure of the week" episode too.
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Post by al on Apr 16, 2013 8:34:34 GMT
So, I fell asleep during Saturday's episode. I haven't tried to rewatch it yet. Was it really that boring, or did someone spike my tea?
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Post by Rad on Apr 18, 2013 19:33:26 GMT
I'm not a big fan of Gatiss episodes and felt a bit meh about it (although it was better than Akhaten). Everyone else I know raved about it though.
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Post by Dave on Apr 20, 2013 21:09:24 GMT
I liked Hide, especially the clever way they kept the monster hidden to keep it scary... Only revealing it at the point when it wasn't supposed to be scary any more.
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Post by fused on Apr 21, 2013 11:18:34 GMT
I really enjoyed that episode, it's my third favourite of series 7 so far (after Asylum Of The Daleks and The Angels Take Manhattan). I liked all the haunted house stuff and I thought the twist with the monsters at the end was quite sweet.
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Post by Dave on Apr 21, 2013 14:14:56 GMT
There's quite a bit of grumpy "oh noes not lurve again" stuff on the interwebz. But I agree, it was a nice swerve that stays true to the show. "Every lonely monster needs a companion" was a line that worked on many levels!
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Post by Rad on Apr 23, 2013 20:28:23 GMT
I really enjoyed that - my favourite since Manhattan. Hard to believe it was the same writer as Akhaten in places, other than he's clearly a sentimental type and he is pretty good at writing Clara.
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Post by quincyme on Apr 27, 2013 7:39:27 GMT
I thought it was the best episode of the run so far with my only quibbles being -
what age was the Dougray Scott character? As he'd have been about 15 at the end of the war. why was the lovelorn monster laughing in an evil fashion?
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Post by Ugly Netty on Apr 28, 2013 14:20:34 GMT
I agree last week's has been the best so far. The othera have all been a bit meh for me and it's like they're running out of ideas and are just recycling them. I thought last night's was a complete mess.
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Post by quincyme on Apr 28, 2013 16:27:54 GMT
Last night became the second time ever that I've fallen asleep during a showing of a Who episode I've never seen, which I think summed up how I was feeling about it all.
The direction seemed all over the place - one minute the Doctor and Clara are in the console room and the next he is outside and she is in a corridor somewhere and then there was the moment when she opens the door and a fireball comes out of the room, it looked awful.
The script had me hitting my head off the wall with its use of the bloomin reset button at the end and why did the two brothers get welded together? Not much point in making big speeches about how bad it is to trick someone into thinking they are a robot and then rebooting that knowledge out of existence.
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Post by Alderman Alfred Logan on Apr 29, 2013 8:35:45 GMT
The Doctor seemed to be channeling Jeremy Kyle when talking to the brothers- not just when he was trying to 'resolve their issues', but when he tricked them into helping.
If he was going for snide, Matt Smith got there...
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Post by Steven on Apr 29, 2013 9:08:38 GMT
I watched this week's episode twice (largely because our TV service was down for most of Sunday so I could only watch things I'd recorded, which was fairly restricting) and there were still bits of it that made absolutely no sense to me. I agree about the literal reset button at the end being annoying, and the payoff with the brothers was frustrating - it's all very well going "oh, don't be mean to him, some of us have still got a speck of decency" - but if you're still lying to him that he's a robot, it's a very small speck.
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Post by fused on Apr 29, 2013 9:08:54 GMT
I didn't like anything about the salvage crew plot. It got lost among all the other stuff that was going on in the episode and there was no time to even get to know them properly, let alone care about them. I just thought what cunts the two that lied to their youngest brother about him being an android were, and that's about it. I would have liked the episode more (and I did quite like it) if they'd have found some other way to have the TARDIS damaged and the Doctor and Clara were the only two characters in the episode, and to have it focus on them. That seems to be a pattern for me with this 'half' of the series though. The Doctor and Clara and their dynamic is the thing I like most about it.
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Post by Bungle on May 5, 2013 15:07:37 GMT
Absolutely loved last night's!
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Post by fused on May 5, 2013 19:45:41 GMT
I think last night's was a good episode, although I usually like the Mark Gatiss ones. I know his episodes tend to get mixed opinions, but I usually like them.
Dame Diana Rigg and Rachael Stirling were brilliant. I really liked Ada, and I'd quite like her to return in another episode, but I doubt that will happen.
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Post by thehandofomega on May 7, 2013 20:05:55 GMT
Missed the first 10 minutes so found it a bit confusing, but I enjoyed it.
There are no words to sum up how much I love Diana Rigg. I loved her as The Queen of Thorns in Game of Thrones and I hated her character in this.
That said, didn't get the point of the child.
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Post by thehandofomega on May 11, 2013 19:25:30 GMT
Bit of a mixed episode for me. I want more from Cybermen episode and I was disappointed.
Warwick Davis was good, as was the Doctor-CyberDoctor scenes.
IT could be worse, we could have had another Closing Time.
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Post by Bungle on May 11, 2013 19:53:50 GMT
Pretty rubbish. The script was so-so, but really the direction (and performances, perhaps as a result) killed it. No atmosphere, CBBC lighting, no sense of pace... The director has done second unit work on lots of big projects, but has only been the director on four previous projects - The Mysti Show, Dream Team, Echo Beach and Trinity. I'll let you make your own conclusion.
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Post by quincyme on May 12, 2013 15:19:36 GMT
Loved last nights, the best of 7a and 7B for me. ...and beware spoilers for next weekend as some preorders for the DVD/Blu Ray of the season have already been sent out in America. Seriously - beware spoilers I've already seen one but not one which was much of a spoiler based on recent speculation the end scene will lead into the anniversary special and "introducing John Hurt as the Doctor" . Ian Levine is currently in the middle of a twitter meltdown.
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Post by fused on May 12, 2013 17:37:29 GMT
I didn't like last night's episode, it's my least favourite of all of series 7 so far. But it might be because I can't stand the Cybermen.
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Post by Rad on May 17, 2013 21:52:04 GMT
I enjoyed the Cyberman episode - and loved the Gatiss one despite not normally loving his. Have managed to resist spoilers for Saturday but as I won't get to watch it until Sunday evening I'm not sure I'll manage to avoid them for that long.
I do think the split series might be harming the show a bit though - Moffat's 'it makes you want it more' is probably true, therefore mediocre episodes stand out more than in a long run. I'd love series 8 to be continuous.
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Post by Dave on May 17, 2013 23:39:17 GMT
What I do enjoy is how different the Moffat era is from RTD.
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Post by Rad on May 20, 2013 21:43:16 GMT
Well, I bloody loved that finale. Put Jenny, Strax, Vastra and River in anything and I'm happy but I think I'd have loved it anyway.
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Post by al on May 21, 2013 8:51:14 GMT
That finale was brilliant. You'd have thought River Song's 'turn up, talk cryptic, be cheeky' schtick would have gotten boring as hell by now, but somehow she just gets better and better.
I actually think this episode - particularly the final scene - was the first time I've been genuinely, properly excited by the Moffat/Smith era. For the most part, it's been decent, but never quite grabbed me like previous seasons did. I can't wait for the specials now. (or is it 'special', singular? Any word yet on how many episodes there'll be?)
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