October 3rd, 2015
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What Did You Think Episode 3 of Under The Lake ?
Now that the highly anticipated third episode of series 9 has been aired what did you think? Was it everything you had hoped for or not what you expected.
When an Underwater Base comes under attack, the Doctor and Clara must save the frightened crew and defeat an impossible threat. But what is behind these terrifying events? And can they really be haunted by ghosts?
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MrHaloWho
October 4th, 2015 - 10:23amSomehow, I’ve only just realised the episode was set under a lake. I thought it was an Atlantis-style thing where the island… just… fell… down.
I wasn’t really paying much attention, as I found it very boring. It felt like the end of World War Z, but with Ghosts: a couple of people running round corridors from strange monsters, and people directing them by watching on CCTV.
The Living Shadow
October 4th, 2015 - 9:11amGreat episode! Acting was brilliant from all the cast and seeing Capaldi as one of the ghosts at the end was unexpected and equally terrifying. Can’t wait to see part 2!
Pete
October 4th, 2015 - 9:58amI am confused as to how it is now apparently fine for the doctor to cross his own timeline and go back to an earlier point of the events he is part of?! It’s always been a principle of the show that he can’t do this, otherwise in every story he could just nip back a bit earlier and try again! Yet at the end of this episode he travels back to before the flood? Surely this sets a dangerous precedent that undermines much of the story telling in the show, but nobody seems to be noticing this?
MrHaloWho
October 4th, 2015 - 10:33am+The Living Shadow
I thought Lunn (Zaqi Ismail) wasn’t a very good actor.
I also didn’t understand why Cass, the woman who couldn’t talk needed Lunn to sign to her. She clearly wasn’t deaf, as she could hear the Doctor talk.
+Pete
I don’t think he crossed his timeline, as he went back to before he arrived. He must have to leave before the past/future self arrives with Clara, though. The idea is that, there can only be one Doctor at a time. Apart from the Three Doctors, the Five Doctors, the Two Doctors, Father’s Day, Time Crash, the Name of the Doctor and the Day of the Doctor.
Dalekparadigm2
October 4th, 2015 - 12:48pmCass wasn’t deaf she had speach problems I think but I do agree that Lunn shouldn’t have been signing what the others were saying. Unless she was partially deaf or something…
Jammy2305
October 4th, 2015 - 8:40pmAssuming you’ve never watched “City of Death”?
DOCTOR WHO ONE
October 4th, 2015 - 9:10amJust wish to share this very positive view on Doctor Who from a 66 year old fan called Viv Jackson who wrote this in ‘TV Magazine’. I’m glad someone appreciates Doctor Who, and has done since it started in 1963, no matter what changes the show has undergone. This is her letter which was the star letter in the ‘TV Magazine’ –
As a 66 year old fan, I can remember watching the first series of Doctor Who with William Hartnell. He had long white hair and the program was very scary. Many of the subsequent Time Lords were younger. But now there’s been a swing back to an older version. I, for one, love this character and I’d like to go on enjoying the thrills until I am 90 !.
Sydney the Whovian
October 4th, 2015 - 9:07amI loved this weeks episode! I have been watching back through from the ninth with the boyfriend this month! (I finally converted him!) It’a made me love and under stand the doctors actions unpon his generations more and more. This series is truly protected and guided by the best of hands and i cannot wait to see what comes next.I’m saddened by the loss of clara eventually but Ive finally accepted that the series is infallible in the best sense. I just love Doctor Who!
Doctordredd67
October 4th, 2015 - 8:17amAnother great episode. Full of good one lines from the doctor, and plenty of thrills and spills ( sorry couldn’t resist ) through this episode. Yet again a good cliffhanger, a n d I also think the doctor is in the white coffin/ suspended animation crate. 9/10
AND PLEASE GET THE TITLE MUSIC CHANGED….the screeching is embarrassingly awful.
Anonymous
October 4th, 2015 - 9:50amI totally agree about the music, it has no menace or depth, just silly high pitch hits. It needs to return to a more sinister throb.
CJ
October 4th, 2015 - 9:54amI completely agree!
The Moffat Paradox
October 5th, 2015 - 1:24amNever going to please everybody there.Think its a LOT better than what Murray Gold first came up with for Matt Smith’s debut.
dodgestroker451
October 4th, 2015 - 7:42amIt was a little slow to me, I am looking forward to next week’s episode though. Now would be a good time to kill off the new doctor and have him regenerate as Matt Smith. I like Peter, don’t get me wrong, I just like Matt more. They should also bring back Amy while they are bringing back old characters.
DOCTOR WHO ONE
October 4th, 2015 - 8:15amPeter’s Doctor is still new, and regeneration’s can’t be reversed.
Amy Pond is dead, best to leave her in peace, Karen Gillian had a great time on the show but as they say, all good things must come to an end.
CJ
October 4th, 2015 - 8:20amMatt Smith is GONE! Get over him… 😆 And anyway, theres no need to bring Amy back because her story is done. But atleast we are are getting old characters back like Osgood, Rigsy and River Song.
Dalek the Supreme
October 4th, 2015 - 6:07pmNo. Just, no. It was annoying when people kept pining for David Tennant to come back when Matt Smith was the Doctor, and it’s embarrassing to hear people wanting Capaldi to regenerate into Smith now, especially since Matt Smith was my favorite Doctor. Come on, he had a great run, but it’s time to move on.
And I do NOT want to see the emotional impact of Amy’s and Rory’s death ruined by having one or both of them brought back. Seriously, even if you don’t like Clara, she’s leaving soon, so there’s always the next companion.
Sid Rat
October 4th, 2015 - 9:13pmI agree with the other responses, you can’t go back. Peter isn’t my favourite Doctor, but I wouldn’t want to see a regeneration to an older Doctor, that wouldn’t be right. Did enjoy this episode though, I love these ghosts.
Sid Rat
October 4th, 2015 - 9:15pmAnd on the point about Osgood, is she actually coming back or is it just a Zygon shapeshift?
DOCTOR WHO ONE
October 4th, 2015 - 7:12amNice to know U.N.I.T. will still be around in the early 22nd Century.
Pity the same can’t be said for Torchwood after the events of old ‘Children of Earth’ and ‘Miricle Day’, thou clearly Torchwood somehow lives on, in name at least, due to mention of the Torchwood Archive in series 2’s introduction to the Ood back in 2006.
Obsie
October 4th, 2015 - 5:34amI’m sorry but that’s it, the sonic shades have to be condemned to the time vortex never to return.
daleksean
October 4th, 2015 - 9:40amI agree it was a bad idea getting rid of the sonic screwdriver
Pete
October 4th, 2015 - 9:52amI haven’t met a single person yet who does not hate the sonic glasses thing. Sonic screwdriver or nothing please.
CJ
October 4th, 2015 - 10:00amWell Pete you just met him! I love the sonic SUNglasses! 😀 I’m surprised no one else likes them, I mean seriously! We’ve had a Laser Screwdriver, a Sonic Gun, A SONIC LIPSTICK!!! And a silly old Sonic Pen! IMO I think the Sonic Sunglasses are cool!
MrHaloWho
October 4th, 2015 - 10:37amSo, so far (in three episodes), it can rebuild the TARDIS, connect to Wifi under a lake in a flooded village and create a lifelike hologram of Clara.
Obsie
October 4th, 2015 - 2:48pmThey may well be able to do all that, however the one thing they can’t do is fix the opinions of people who can’t stand the dismal addition of them. As for other sonic devices mentioned, they fortunately vanished after a while.
Dalek the Supreme
October 4th, 2015 - 6:09pmI agree. Getting rid of the Sonic Screwdriver? Fine! The Doctor’s been relying on it too much as of late anyway! But getting rid of it JUST to introduce ANOTHER Sonic device, and one that’s just plain ridiculous to the point of cringing??? I am PRAYING they’ll be destroyed at the end of the season.
Ron
October 4th, 2015 - 2:59amEr…..O.K. but nothing to write home about. The show is slipping and you obviously don’t know what to do about it.
Here are two suggestions:
I still can’t understand why you would get rid of Matt Smith for Peter Capaldi ??? I hope he’s gone after this season. I can’t stand him!
And Clara should have been axed a long time ago! For heaven’s sake get a new Companion. Yes she’s cute, yes, she’s perky but she’s also annoying and way too perky!
DOCTOR WHO ONE
October 4th, 2015 - 7:09amMatt Smith was NOT rid off by the BBC, like David Tennant before him, he wanted to leave at his own accord.
Jenna-Louise Coleman has now left Doctor Who, Clara will be leaving the Doctor soon during series 9 at some point.
If you can’t stand the way Doctor Who is at the moment, then feel free to switch off and please just leave the show to the REAL fan’s who actually are enjoying it rather then nothing but COMPLAIN.
poobar73
October 4th, 2015 - 8:25amare you one of these sad fans that can’t get over ms because pc is old and not matt smith when pc is way more like the doctor.
Dalek the Supreme
October 4th, 2015 - 6:12pmMatt Smith was great, but he CHOSE to leave. The Doctor is MEANT to change his appearance, and I personally like that they cast an older actor as the Doctor. We’ve had too many young, accessible Doctors, and it’s wonderful to see such a refreshing change.
Anonymous
October 3rd, 2015 - 11:21pmAnother amazing episode…these 2 parters are really working (so far). I used to prefer the 1 story per 45 min episode as the 2 parters in the 9th/10th/11th Doctor era usually (not always), had a weak 2nd part and the old classics used to have a great opening and final episode but episodes 3 and 4 were usually filler following the repetitive format of Doctor triumphs, Doctor gets captures, Doctor Triumphs format.
I have never been so excited about a new series….3 episodes in and all 3 are 4/5 stars.
12th Doctor Fan
October 3rd, 2015 - 11:21pmFantastic I loved it, Capaldi just gets better.
The Silent Silent
October 3rd, 2015 - 10:17pmI enjoyed actually this episode.
Looking forward to Next Week !
🙂
matparks08
October 3rd, 2015 - 10:03pmclassic scenario that’s lasted the series over 50 years..the old ‘base under siege’. Great story and no ‘silly parts’ and a great cliffhanger….why did I feel we were heading to a Fenric revival or was that just me? This season is the best since its return in my opinion …..so far…..
Trenzalore
October 3rd, 2015 - 9:49pmWasn’t really my cup of tea. I don’t tend to like stories with a group of characters in a base under siege. Reminded me of ‘The impossible Planet’ two part and ‘The Rebel Flesh’ two part, both stories I don’t really like. I thought the ghosts could have been so much scarier in a different setting such as an old house. Ghost in Doctor Who are the only time I’ve ever really been scared (‘Hide’ was terrifying). So I felt the ghosts were a little wasted.
I did like the scenes where they try to trap the ghost, that was tense I also liked the deaf character being a leader in the group and finally I loved the scene with The Doctors flashcards.
So its a great story if your into base under siege and a lot of characters but not one of my favourites. The next part looks great but again, maybe not my cup of tea.
NigelM
October 3rd, 2015 - 9:41pmRadical thought. I think the occupant of the sealed suspended animation capsule is…The Doctor. When he travelled into the past he had to put himself in it to escape the flood after defeating the original occupant/pilot.
Davidharding
October 3rd, 2015 - 9:38pmSomehow, this episode was BETTER than The Magicians Apprentice !!! What an amazing base under siege classic with the style of The Ark, in reverse. Amazing amazing amazing!!!!!!! Everything I could ask for and more.
Rufus
October 3rd, 2015 - 9:38pmI enjoyed it, I usually don’t spot clues cos always answering me kids questions but what about the picture in the base of the big snakey thing and the Viking boat surely a link to the big snakey thing and Vikings from the trailers…..glub glub
Smeg Head
October 3rd, 2015 - 9:37pmWhat a great episode!
It feels like good old Doctor Who again with a bit of mind hurting time travelling.
One niggle, it the next ep is set in Scotland, why is there a Soviet base?
Doctor Stu
October 3rd, 2015 - 9:34pmWas it explained why Pritchard ghost didn’t kill the man with the spanner? It was a good episode but it was a bit slow and I felt we could have seen some more ghost action like even when the ghost picked up that axe maybe a few more swings here and there to add tension I felt some of the action scenes needed to go on a little bit longer to be more dramatic
Anonymous
October 3rd, 2015 - 9:37pmPritchards ghost didn’t kill the other crew member because he never saw the writing in the spaceship
Doctor Stu
October 3rd, 2015 - 11:39pmOh I see, that’s clever
Dalek Supreme
October 3rd, 2015 - 9:32pmI’d say it was tighter and more focussed than the last 2 weeks. Very mysterious, and it certainly looked the part. I can’t help feel there’s something missing, just a few lines here and there. Say, how did the crew know the TARDIS was there? I don’t recall the Doctor mentioning it.
Mind you though, next week looks bloody good.
JasonisnotaRobot
October 3rd, 2015 - 9:25pmLoved this episode! I think that all the cliffhangers in this series are gonna keep me on the edge of my seat for a week!
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 3rd, 2015 - 9:21pmThe pace was a bit slow for some of it, but a good episode overall. I’m looking forward to Before the Flood next week.
Dalekparadigm2
October 3rd, 2015 - 9:20pmWell that was dramatic…
What an episode. I’m glad that next weeks has both this week’s adventure continued and a new part of the story. Proper time travel where not only two people can go places but characters within the narrative. I loved the sfx on the ‘ghosts’ and seeing the Doctor with that special effect on him was fantastic. I think my stomach literally back flipped when I saw him. Also, proper deaths! At last a murdery creature that kills people! First death: Fire. Second Death: Drowning. Perfect. Doctor Who at it’s best…
Although I DO wish that the titles sequence was properly aligned …
JellyBaby100
October 3rd, 2015 - 11:21pmThey are now.
Dalekparadigm2
October 3rd, 2015 - 11:59pmThey were in The Witch’s Familiar but not tonight’s. Maybe they’re only aligned in the second part of 2 parters…
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
October 3rd, 2015 - 9:18pmGood episode! Really liked the characters. Not much point in the cliffhanger though, as the Doctor is in the rest of the series. Bit hard to follow but it had some interesting ideas!
Like The Rebel Flesh, I think just set the foundations for next week.
You know, the only thing I’m feeling indifferent to now is the Doctor.
Moog Who Craft!
October 3rd, 2015 - 9:18pmSuch a creepy but effective episode! LUVED IT!
Doctrue
October 3rd, 2015 - 9:17pmWow best story in over a year! Easy 9/10.
Clara Oswald
October 3rd, 2015 - 9:13pmExcellent! Better than TMA & TWF in my opinion!
T4RD1S
October 3rd, 2015 - 9:13pmfantastic episode!
Dem squiggles
October 3rd, 2015 - 9:13pmSo much better than I thought it would be!
Assimilation
October 3rd, 2015 - 9:13pmBrilliant!