October 4th, 2014
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What Did You Think of Episode 7 Kill The Moon?
In the near future, the Doctor and Clara find themselves on a space shuttle making a suicide mission to the Moon.
Crash-landing on the lunar surface, they find a mining base full of corpses, vicious spider-like creatures poised to attack, and a terrible dilemma.
When Clara turns to the Doctor for help, she gets the shock of her life.
Now that the 7th episode of series 8 has been aired what did you think? Was it everything you had hoped for or not what you expected…
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Cyber10Dalek
October 4th, 2014 - 10:32pmJust wow…This ep blew me away!The plot was pretty creative and the alien arachnids looked and sounded chilling.I loved the concept that all through human history the moon has been an egg for a giant space creature and we have been none the wiser.Also, the Doctor leaving Clara,Ludvick,and Courtney to make the decision that would determine Earth’s future was a real shock that i did not expect!And after this episode,I’m unsure if the friendship between the Doctor and Clara is heading to the end of a cliff and will be sent careering off of it.All in all, a fantastic episode,in my opinion the best of series 8 so far!
the astronaut of death
October 4th, 2014 - 10:06pmso far this is my list from best to worst
1. listen/kill the moon
2. the caretaker
3. into the dalek
4. deep breath
5. the robot of Sherwood
6. time hesit
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 10:08pmList with ratings:
1. Kill the Moon 10/10
2. Time Heist 9/10
3. Into the Dalek 8.9/10
4. The Caretaker 8/10
5. Deep Breath 7.9/10
6. Listen 7.5/10
7. Robot of Sherwood 6.5/10
Gallifrey Will Rise Again
October 4th, 2014 - 10:18pm1. Deep Breath 9/10
2. Kill The Moon 9/10
3. Listen 8.5/10
4. Into The Dalek 8.5/10
5. The Caretaker 8/10
6. Robot Of Sherwood 7.5/10
7. Time Heist 7/10
TheExtremeBlueTARDIS
October 4th, 2014 - 11:52pmFor me:
1. Kill the Moon 10/10
2. Listen 9.5/10
3. Deep Breath 9.5/10
4. Time Heist 9/10
5. Into the Dalek 8/10
6. The Caretaker 8/10
7. Robot of Sherwood 7.5/10
Anonymous
October 5th, 2014 - 5:26pm1. Listen – 9/10
2. Into the Dalek – 8/10
3. Deep Breath – 7/10
4. The Caretaker – 6/10
5. Time Heist – 6/10
6. Robot of Sherwood – 5/10
7. Kill the Moon – 3/10
What happened?
October 4th, 2014 - 10:03pmI’m surprised, i’ve just watched this with an 8 year old & 6 year old. Neither remotely scared and both bored which is a first. Although Peter Capaldi is excellant i’m getting a bit bored of this series myself – i love Dr Who but that’s who i want to see,the Dr actually feels like a supporting role in this series to Clara who’s character is becoming more & more unlikeable. Previously she appeared to most extents intelligent, confident & emotionally honest, a good supporting role. Now she seems to be arrogantly self obssessed and becoming progressively immature. My 8 year old niece, after watching her little rant at the end called her childish. When an 8 year old calls something childish……. makes you wonder what the writers are playing at. And ‘your decision womenkind’ followed by a girl bursting into tears, having a tantrum and running away after having to make a difficult decision. I find that insulting, the first time i’ve found anything genuinely insulting in this program. Maybe the changes to her character are to allow for behaviour like that.
Real shame this episode and i hope the series improves.
Trenzalore
October 4th, 2014 - 10:00pmI quite enjoyed this story, the spiders looked magnificent, I liked all the acting. I thought the story was a bit far-fetched but what’s far-fetched in Doctor Who? 😆
Really really really excited for next week!!
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 10:02pmOh, maybe you’re a BBC ‘gremlin’…most nonsense I have ever heard!! Anyway, I completely agree – it was a very good episode. 🙂
Trenzalore
October 4th, 2014 - 10:07pmThe bit where all the lights went out across Earth gave me shivers.
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 10:10pmDue to the harsh decision of humanity or simply because the lights went out?
Trenzalore
October 4th, 2014 - 10:13pmLights going out. Its quite astonishing to think of all the light on Earth going out at the same time.
booboo
October 4th, 2014 - 10:14pmdid anyone get up and switch their lights off?
Trenzalore
October 4th, 2014 - 10:17pmIf it was me no 😆 I’d be just there like ‘I’ll sit it out’.
I imagined it was the countries officials cutting the power depending on what they decided.
Gallifrey Will Rise Again
October 4th, 2014 - 10:23pmI was actually quite shocked that every single light went out. shame on you humanity.
The TARDIS
October 5th, 2014 - 7:37amOur lights stayed on! Me and my mum looked at each other after Clara’s message… Then at the light switch… And then went “nah”!
the astronaut of death
October 4th, 2014 - 9:58pmdid anyone notice the blink reference about the dvds
StetsonDoctor
October 4th, 2014 - 10:00pmYes!
biggestwhofanever
October 4th, 2014 - 9:57pmWhat?!? I don’t know what to think! Peter made the doctor look arrogant, what with the “I’m leaving you alone” situation; the astronaught lady looked so bored until the end; Clara is crying because of the doctor as always, and Courtney was a bit useless! I’m sorry, but that wasn’t great – I like the doctor to be more nice and emotional and mysterious than many other characters, but that just didn’t happen in this episode. The spiders were fantastic though, the decision making near the end was slightly scary and the alien that came out the moon was quite cool. (Mind you, the alien is very quick at laying eggs!)
Dalekparadigm2
October 4th, 2014 - 9:52pmWould people who have stopped watching the show please read the Title of this page – “What Did You Think of Kill The Moon?”. It doesn’t say “What more have you to complain about if you’ve stopped watching the show? You cannot possibly have a view in this section”. Just Saying but I just think that this section could be kept a lot more civilised.
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 9:53pmI see your point. What is the point of commenting if you have not watched the episode?
TS
October 4th, 2014 - 9:47pmWell, I didn’t tune in to watch this one, as I gave up on it last week, so obviously I cant comment on it.
BUT – I have an observation here though ..
Because I was thinking ‘comments’ and not ‘doctor who’ I now believe strongly that many of the commenters here – especially those that reply to people giving negative reviews – are a few people that are posting many messages as different people – just commenting with a different name.
Maybe its BBC gremlins trying to make good? if so this message will get deleted most likely. Either way, reading between the lines it seems I didn’t miss much, I am not going to comment here further either, as its overrun with these ‘gremlins’. Bye Bye.
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 9:50pmYou’re kidding right? Most ridiculous theory I have ever heard in my life.
booboo
October 4th, 2014 - 9:51pmYour talking absolute rubbish
sour grapes because its not to your liking
good riddance
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 9:51pmExactly. 😀
Gallifrey Will Rise Again
October 4th, 2014 - 9:53pmJust a clown trolling hoping for responses, just ignore him.
the astronaut of death
October 4th, 2014 - 9:53pmha ha that hilarious
oh wait you weren’t joking ….
you just cant face the fact that some people don’t agree
booboo
October 4th, 2014 - 9:55pmI can also see if people are making multiple post under different names and this guy is talking RUBBISH
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 9:54pmI pity you.
Trenzalore
October 4th, 2014 - 9:54pmSo you think the people challenging others on why they are saying ‘I’m never watching the show again’ are BBC ‘agents’ making the show look good. Well I don’t know about others but that is the silliest thing I’ve ever heard.
It also gave me a good laugh.
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 9:54pmOkay, my last post was a BIT mean. Delete that if you like. 😀
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 9:56pmTrenzalore:
It didn’t make me laugh. It made me shake my fist in anger and frustration.
booboo
October 4th, 2014 - 9:57pmHe’s a Troll
they do this deliberately to wind people up – i come across it all the time
dont worry about it
Trenzalore
October 4th, 2014 - 9:57pmOh no I wasn’t talking to you 🙂 certainly not, I agree with you. I was talking to the first post 🙂
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 9:59pmTrenzalore:
I was actually agreeing with you too – I was just saying that my reaction was a bit different. I gave the wrong impression. Whoops. 😀
The Doctor Wolf
October 5th, 2014 - 1:22amCURSES!!!
Gremlins! We are detected!
Abort Operation: Propaganda!
😉
the astronaut of death
October 4th, 2014 - 9:46pmwhat did you think of kill the moon booboo?
booboo
October 4th, 2014 - 10:01pmNot as good as i hoped buy still OK
probably the most visually ambitious episode ever?
also some nice music in there as well
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 10:04pmThat’s a first – you think that it was just okay. That’s the Marmite theory scrapped then.
booboo
October 4th, 2014 - 10:11pmto be honest have enjoyed every episode, not one poor one yet for me which is great.
They just feel like classic episodes that should be twice as long,
back in the 60’s and 70’s this would have been a six parter!
i would agree with many though that the Dotor is stating slightly to be overshadowed by Clara
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 10:18pmWell, for me, it’s Doctor Who, so I enjoy 95% of the episodes. It’s only the occasional episode like Love and Monsters that I don’t enjoy. I see what you mean about them being more like the classics, especially Kill the Moon and Into the Dalek. Isn’t that one of the things Moffat promised on before the series? If so, he has pretty much fulfilled that promise.
For Clara overshadowing the Doctor…yeah, that is true, but it doesn’t bother me quite as much as it bothers a lot of other Whovians.
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 9:46pmTo sum up the poll so far, quite a lot thought that it was absolutely brilliant, a large amount (surprisingly) thought it was just terrible and not many people voted for things in the middle. So yes, this episode was Marmite. It was epic for me. 😀
Dalekparadigm2
October 4th, 2014 - 9:40pmI for 1 loved this episode. I think it was bigged up to be a lot more scary than it actually was (it was still scary though). I loved the 2 minute cameo from Danny. I thought the ending was very interesting. Second episode to have a moral dilemma (the other being Into The Dalek).
1. Kill The Moon
2. Deep Breath
3. The Caretaker
4. Listen
5. Time Heist
6. Into The Dalek
7. Robot of Sherwood (which IS a kids one)
Dalek Supreme
October 4th, 2014 - 9:35pmWell. That could have been better. Story was pretty good, simple enough, a good twist and executed well to boot. Really nice Moon sets as well, and the Moon Spider/Germ things looked pretty good too in CGI.
Unfortunately, the acting part is a big letdown. Capaldi, with the exception of Deep Breath, was at his usual high standard. And the main Astronaut lady (No I don’t remember the name, nor do I care) was quite good too, and felt like a developed character, with SOUL and PERSONALITY.
Courtney before was kinda fun, but was utterly dreary to watch in this episode. Just a whiny ‘I’m Scared’ kid role, which is a shame, because she wasn’t too bad before.
Clara however, is still unlikeable after about 1 1/2 series. She’s not really emotional, just kinda whiny with a tad of bitch thrown in for good measure. You don’t like the Doctor now? Fine, not bothered at all. You were much better as Oswin Oswald.
6/10. Good enough story and things, but some really poor acting just makes it *so* slooooooow. Next week looks silly, but kinda scary and fun too!
dalekdave
October 4th, 2014 - 9:42pmI agree with your description of Clara the character is wrong for the show, she is probably a good actress but this is not for her
StetsonDoctor
October 4th, 2014 - 9:26pm1. Kill the Moon
2. Listen
3. Deep Breath
4. Time Heist
5. Robot of Sherwood
6. Into the Dalek
7. The Caretaker
100,000BC
October 4th, 2014 - 9:26pmLoved it! Absolutely fantastic!
Incidentally there is a distinct lack of Clara in the next time trailer… (although the synopsis does mention her)
the astronaut of death
October 4th, 2014 - 9:24pmthis episode seems to be a lot like marmite
booboo
October 4th, 2014 - 9:25pmyou can say that again
StetsonDoctor
October 4th, 2014 - 9:27pmDon’t understand why-it was absolutely marvellous for me.
the astronaut of death
October 4th, 2014 - 9:27pmI loved it
MarthaNoble
October 4th, 2014 - 9:29pmmarmite indeed, I hated it, doesn’t feel like doctor who anymore. does seem like people either loved or hated it.
the a
October 4th, 2014 - 9:31pmthe term marmite means
you either love it or hate it
The TARDIS
October 4th, 2014 - 9:35pmWeird! I thought it felt more like Doctor Who than anything we’ve seen for a long time – and I loved it!
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 9:39pmIt is quite possibly my favourite episode of all time – on a par with stories like Genesis of the Daleks and Blink.
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
October 4th, 2014 - 9:24pmYes! Fabulous! the story developed and was written at good pace, good supports (although i don’t know why courteney had to be there, didn’t like her that much)
doctor and clara were on top form, and we finally saw dramatically how the doctor has changed.
clara’s outburst at the end was well called for, and it was needed a lot at the time.
I’m happy she ditched him for a bit as i feel he needed a wake up call like that
the spiders made great villains, and they were actually scary.
lots of drama, lots of action, fantastic!
the astronaut of death
October 4th, 2014 - 9:23pmI really loved that episode I thought the concept of the moon being an egg was genius and the story was amazing and the special effects were amazing
10/10
one of the best of the series
and mummy on the orient express looks amazing and terrifying!
what did you think of kill the moon booboo?
mat581
October 4th, 2014 - 9:22pmJust terrible….. I’m done with it. Great episode if you are 5 years old.
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 9:23pmBut why?? I’m 15 and that was epic for me.
the astronaut of death
October 4th, 2014 - 9:23pmim 14 and I loved it
Gallifrey Will Rise Again
October 4th, 2014 - 9:25pmI’m 28 And i thought it was brilliant.
mat581
October 4th, 2014 - 9:28pmDr Who was once an intelligent sci fi series. It has been completely dumbed down to a moronic level. This is the first dr who series where I will not collect any DVDs of.
The quality of stories and its natural arc has gone into kindergarten land. It is now a childrens story for the under five year olds.
Dalekparadigm2
October 4th, 2014 - 9:30pmI’m 16 and that was just amazing. Let’s face it. More people like it than hate it
the astronaut of death
October 4th, 2014 - 9:30pmwell back in 1963 it was made to be a children’s show
and I cant see those spiders would be for under 5 year olds
The Silent Silent
October 4th, 2014 - 9:30pmI didn’t like it. MARMITE
Dalekparadigm2
October 4th, 2014 - 9:31pmAlso hate to mention it but There will be kids pooping themselves over this. Likewise there will be 20 year olds and over doing the same.
dalekdave
October 4th, 2014 - 9:32pmI completely agree with mat581. I am 62
rise of the 12th
October 4th, 2014 - 9:55pmIm 12 it was awesome very clever idea
Anonymous
October 4th, 2014 - 9:21pmI’m furious!!! I feel cheated now when I watch Dr Who. May not be watching again, time to roll out the 11th Doctor DVDs until a regeneration!!!!!!
the astronaut of death
October 4th, 2014 - 9:24pmwhy r u furious
it was amazing
Sid Rat
October 4th, 2014 - 9:24pmI am in complete agreement. Only positive from this series is that Clara is proving to be a great companion, and Jenna’s acting has been fantastic. No disrespect to Capaldi the actor, he just isn’t ‘The Doctor’. Perhaps there was a glitch in the new regeneration cycle.
the astronaut of death
October 4th, 2014 - 9:25pmpeter capaldi is the doctor
Jake
October 4th, 2014 - 9:36pmMatt Smith was just awful as the doctor…this episode has been the best in years!!!
Gallifrey Will Rise Again
October 4th, 2014 - 9:38pmOh he’s the doctor alright, and a damn fine one at that.
Dalekparadigm2
October 4th, 2014 - 9:44pmTo quote the Time Lord: “I AM The Doctor, whether you like it…or not”
The Dark Doctor
October 4th, 2014 - 9:21pmWhat a pile of rubbish!I really hated that!
Gallifrey Will Rise Again
October 4th, 2014 - 9:20pmThat was absolutely epic, really really enjoyed it.
1. Deep Breath
2. Kill The Moon
3. Listen
4. Into The Dalek
5. The Caretaker
6. Robot Of Sherwood
7. Time Heist
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 9:22pm1. Kill the Moon
2. Time Heist
3. Into the Dalek
4. The Caretaker
5. Deep Breath
6. Listen
7. Robot of Sherwood
Jake
October 4th, 2014 - 9:39pm1. Kill the Moon
2. Time Heist
3. Robot of Sherwood
4. The Caretaker
5. Listen
6. Deep Breath
7. Into the Dalek
Alison
October 4th, 2014 - 9:19pmNot impressed with this series at all. Think I’ve just watched my last Dr Who after 45 years. Appalling!
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 9:20pmWhy? That’s one of the best episodes I have ever watched. I’d say even better than episodes like Blink.
dalekdave
October 4th, 2014 - 9:28pmI watched my last episode last week, been watching it since 1963. did not even bother switching on this week. May have missed a good episode but not been impressed by this series so far
Jake
October 4th, 2014 - 9:41pmI agree dalekdave: the previous episodes have been pretty bad, they need to do episodes like when David Tennant and Christopher Eccleston were doctor. This weeks was much better than the others so far!!
Anonymous
October 4th, 2014 - 9:18pmDid Clara leave ?
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 9:19pmI doubt it very much. She’ll be back.
dalekdave
October 4th, 2014 - 9:23pmI bl—-y hope so, shoe might improve a bit
dalekdave
October 4th, 2014 - 9:29pmThat should have read SHOW not shoe
Dalekparadigm2
October 4th, 2014 - 9:47pmSorry to disappoint but Clara is the main star (cough cough) of Flatline
Michael
October 4th, 2014 - 9:17pmReally exciting and dramatic episode.
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 9:18pmAgreed. My heart is still beating rapidly. 😀
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 9:17pmThat was one of the BEST and most EPIC episodes of Doctor Who I have ever watched. It was simply AWESOME!!! 🙂
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 9:17pmBy FAR the best episode this series.
the eternal doctor
October 4th, 2014 - 9:16pmgreat episode my least faviroute at the momunt but great
The TARDIS
October 4th, 2014 - 9:16pmCertainly not what I was expecting, but I absolutely loved it. It felt like Doctor Who again. Faith restored in series 8!
The TARDIS
October 4th, 2014 - 9:17pmOh, and as for next week… Wow! That looks great! And that mummy… That’s going to s**t some kiddies up!
Anonymous
October 4th, 2014 - 9:15pmFantastic 🙂
The Temporal Jelly Baby
October 4th, 2014 - 9:19pmThat sums it up. 😀
the astronaut of death
October 4th, 2014 - 10:46pmagree
The Silent Silent
October 4th, 2014 - 9:15pmIt was OK. I was expecting something different 🙂
Doctor Stu
October 4th, 2014 - 9:15pmErm………….I did not like that episode.