September 27th, 2014
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What Did You Think of Episode 6 The Caretaker
Now that the 6th episode of series 8 has been aired what did you think? Was it everything you had hoped for or not what you expected…
The terrifying Skovox Blitzer is ready to destroy all humanity – but worse, and any second now, Danny Pink and the Doctor are going to meet.
When terrifying events threaten Coal Hill school, the Doctor decides to go undercover.
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The series is set to open with a feature length episode titled “Deep Breath”.
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the astroanut of death
September 28th, 2014 - 8:24pmand I think clara should get a boy friend other wise she would have no proper character devoelpment
the astroanut of death
September 28th, 2014 - 8:23pmno the caretaker would not have suited smith as I cant see a person as young as smith being a school caretaker
and although it was a light story the doctor character was still dark
Last Goth Standing
September 28th, 2014 - 8:05pmI enjoyed lad night’s episode, especially the three-way character interaction; it has never been more obvious that The Doctor dislikes soldiers…. But, for the love of Pan and the everlasting darkness, do not make Doctor Who tabloid, do not make Timelords tiresome… Let there be fire and fury, let there be terror, let there be dark humour, but not Doctor Hollyoaks!!!
You Know WHO
September 28th, 2014 - 7:58pmI think that the new doctor is very good.
However, I am sick of viewing episodes that are mostly showing the companion; Doctor Who is not a soap. The ninth and tenth doctor era was a good balance of the doctor and companion but since the eleventh doctor, there has been far too many scenes of the companions love life and personal life ect. This programme needs to get back to its original format, with the doctor and his companion traveling through time and space, rather than the doctor picking up his companion when they want to go on another trip.
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
September 28th, 2014 - 7:53pmThank you, Ian!
Dutch
September 28th, 2014 - 7:51pmWhy so much dislike to Clara. Don’t you like beautiful girls? Anybody has any idea why she is the “impossible girl”. It’s time that story is played out
Anonymous
September 28th, 2014 - 7:48pmAgree completely, Doctor Who is turning into a soap. Far too many scenes are shown for Clara’s everyday life.
Ian
September 28th, 2014 - 7:38pmBrilliant observations!!
The Caretaker would have suited Matt Smith more. All the hall marks of a writer who didn’t know who the hell he was supposed to be writing about.
Ian
September 28th, 2014 - 7:36pmLets hope the next episode sees a return to DOCTOR Who and leave Clara Who behind for a little while.
Less soap opera and more Sci-Fi, and ease up on the suffocation of Peters Doctor, how can he develop and establish himself when his companion has the show to herself.
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
September 28th, 2014 - 7:33pmI rewatched it, and it was still terrible. No point having the Skovox, might as well just have Clara Danny and the Doctor.
This story cliche is repetetive, and I wish Clara didn’t have a boyfriend, as it’s made this go on, and the Doctor meeting the boyfriend doesn’t really matter, plus it’s the same reaction of the doctor disliking Mickey.
This type of ep is done way too soon for the new Doctor, and a copy of the dr widow and wardrobe
Clara is screaming to me that SM is trying to make her like Rose.
I don’t know if I’m liking this TARDIS team, as Clara is just like a normal girl, with no extra feistiness, or emotion, or gobbiness.
She did in Deep Breath, but now it’s a bit like she is the key, and she should be focused on, but they are focusing on her in the wrong way, in the way of her personal life, and it should be more trying to make the doctor more emotional
the new doctor hasn’t been given many character developing scripts, as smith did (the beast below,) and the story arc of ‘good man’ fizzled out after one episode, and I thought that would continue through the series
This could be Moffatts worst series I fear because of this
Ian
September 28th, 2014 - 7:31pmThe show was cut because of budget cuts and pitting it directly against the most watched show on air at the time. Those things combined prompted the end of the show.
Anonymous
September 28th, 2014 - 7:13pmOne of the reasons the show was axed is because the show didnt move with the times. ..and it was a little bit rubbish (mainly production but also scripts..note 5th Doctor era – bar 1 or 2 stories, it was awful). The show has moved on to suit a modern audience and is more successful than its ever been. But it’s not to everyone’s liking…thats when DVDs of older shows come in handy.
Anonymous
September 28th, 2014 - 7:11pmObviously you’re entitled to your opinion but have you seen
Castrovalva
Twin Delema
Time and the Rani
I would suggest Deep Breath was better than any of these although it was not a great episode
Tarpok
September 28th, 2014 - 6:44pmThe Catetaker
Another episode which started off well and then deteriorated into a poor soap opera.
The show seems to concentrate too much on Clara’s love life and not enough on decent storytelling.
The thing I hated most though was Danny’s ‘amazing’ somersault at the climax of the story, what was that? Is Mr Pink not only an ex-soldier but a former member of cirque du soleil as well? ridiculous!
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
September 28th, 2014 - 6:27pmYou are right, Clara’s too new a companion to be worried about managing lives. It worked for the Ponds, as it was the run up to their exit
Anonymous
September 28th, 2014 - 6:26pmInteresting opinions…some of your summaries take a unique view. A brave summary of Listen…an episode which has been hailed by newspaper critics, forum bloggers and regular fans as one of the best ever episodes. Mind you, I have no problem reading opinions of others, (even if they differ from mine),when they are sensible and constructive like yours. Better than the usual “Awful! Moffat please go” nonsense that I see a lot 🙂
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
September 28th, 2014 - 6:26pmI felt so sorry for Martha as the Doctor could just see Rose. Plus, she travelled the world for a year by herself, and then the year got erased. Unsung Hero! I think she might have had the toughest time
Dalek Supreme
September 28th, 2014 - 5:50pm1-Time Heist (All round quite good, of somewhat too complicated for itself. Also some of the WORST corridor scenes ever).
2-Into the Dalek (Slightly rushed, with not enough world building going on, but cool and generally not too bad).
3-The Caretaker (Quite fun, but still fails to make Danny Pink even remotely interesting. Nice to see a ‘down to earth’, but could have more of the Skovox Blitzer even though it looked a bit cheap).
4-Listen (A horrific mess of about 5 episodes stuck together, with the theme of series 5 stuck on for no logical reason. Excellent first half, but falls apart at the end).
5-Robot of Sherwood (Quite funny, but overall doesn’t have much of an impact and isn’t great story wise or anything).
6-Deep Breath (Oh god this episode is a mess. It’s supposed to focus on the Doctor, but it’s more interested in the paternoster gang for some reason, even though they’ve been done at least 3 times now. Capaldi’s small amount of screen time was quite good, but ultimately a disappointment for an opener. Personally, every other new Doctor opener has done better).
doctor3000
September 28th, 2014 - 5:36pmwhen that police man got killed , only his hand was left – did anyone else think of the hand of fear?
DOCTOR WHO ONE
September 28th, 2014 - 5:05pmI mentioned you in a new upload on Deviant Art called ‘Doctor Who is Doctor Who’.
You’ll understand if you look it up. I use the same username on that site 🙂
DOCTOR WHO ONE
September 28th, 2014 - 4:33pmNo need to apologize,we don’t notice everything first time around when we watch a new episode of a TV show or a film when we first watch something.
Still Not Ginger
September 28th, 2014 - 3:55pmOhhhh sorry i must of missed that!
DOCTOR WHO ONE
September 28th, 2014 - 3:51pmNo Martha was really annoying. Constantly moaning about Rose all the time. I feel sorry for Mickey for just marrying her.
DOCTOR WHO ONE
September 28th, 2014 - 3:50pmAgreed. Personally, in my view, there is no such thing as CLASSIC Doctor Who or NEW Doctor Who, there is just –
D O C T O R W H O
Same series with a 16 year gap 1 one TV Movie in the middle. Nuff said.
DOCTOR WHO ONE
September 28th, 2014 - 3:47pmThe Doctor told Clara he hypnotised the real Caretaker into feeling sick so he could take his place for a while while undercover.
Still Not Ginger
September 28th, 2014 - 3:32pmSurely there would be another caretaker in the school?
the astronaut of death
September 28th, 2014 - 3:02pmfor all the people who moan about modern doctor who not being good as it is not classic doctor who stop moaning classic doctor who is over now . Telly is not like that anymore . you should either enjoy doctor who or stop moaning because what do you think moaning is going to do get moffat to change the whole concept of doctor who and make it classic again. Telly is not like that anymore . . those days are gone. And to be honest all the young doctor who fans I know find classic who stories boring (idont) so just stop moaning and enjoy doctor who
the astronaut of death
September 28th, 2014 - 2:40pmhow as listen bad that was brilliant episode
and it is not 100% chance that someone would have seen the robot
the astronaut of death
September 28th, 2014 - 2:36pmhow is danny a creep
and he was only being rude because the doctor was being rude
I thought that was abvious
CG
September 28th, 2014 - 1:52pmDid anyone notice that when Clara was telling the kids not to play ball on the chess set, the Doctor came out of the Caretakers Shed, saw Clara telling them off and whistled a part of the song “Another Brick in the Wall”, (teacher leave those kids alone).
I thought that was really clever by either the writer or Peter, not many people would have picked that up.