December 5th, 2015
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Now that the highly anticipated series 9 final has been aired what did you think? Was it everything you had hoped for or not what you expected.
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When The Doctor Was Me
December 5th, 2015 - 9:53pmThe hybrid was never confirmed! The Doctor thought it was Me. Me thought it was the doctor and clara. There was no comfirmation of which was right!
Tim M
December 5th, 2015 - 9:50pmMoffat had a great idea of bringing Gallifrey back, then ruins it by bringing Clara back. Hence the whole thing becomes a sorry mess.
Anonymous
December 5th, 2015 - 9:47pmPlease God, no no no!!
Prof Horner
December 5th, 2015 - 9:45pmSo the doctor murders the General in cold blood, and nobody says anything about. a confused mess.
Jake
December 5th, 2015 - 9:39pmAgreed
Tim M
December 5th, 2015 - 9:39pmHmmmm…Very watchable, and truly great in places…but Clara’s story had been done to death (pardon the pun). The stuff on Gallifrey early on was superb, highly dramatic and effective. But I was getting very bored with all the Clara storyline mid-way into this adventure. What started as something quite epic for the first 15 – 20 minutes, then stuttered along. What started out as a great story surrounding the Doctor, quickly became another story centered around Clara! The Doctor being back on Gallifrey should have been huge throughout the story. But it all too quickly fell away in the background…as if Moffat was playing it safe. For a finale to what was on the whole a very good series was a let down overall. ‘Heaven Sent’ was brilliant, but got our hopes up too much. ‘Hell Bent’ could never live up to it’s potential. But for me…it fell quite short of being adequate for a finale. Clara’s story had finished long ago, and I’m afraid I felt she outstayed her welcome. So seeing her again just felt like covering old ground. ‘Hell bent’ gets a 6/10 from Len.
Colin Buick
December 5th, 2015 - 9:38pmI really like it especially the conclusion. Gallifrey scenes were great especially the cloisters and references about the matrix. I also noted the references about time Lords regenerating from man to woman etc. And clara has a tardis with a immortal woman travelling with her.
Jake
December 5th, 2015 - 9:37pmList of Episodes, best to worst:
1) Face the Raven (Shame it wasn’t a two-parter- the story could have been expanded on so much more- and Sarah Dollard is and absolutely fantastic writer!!)
2) The Zygon Invasion & The Zygon Inversion
3) Heaven Sent & Hell Bent
4) The Girl who Died & The Woman who Lived
5) The Magician’s Apprentice & The Witch’s Familiar
6) Under the Lake & Before the Flood (though Toby Whithouse is my favourite Doctor Who writer)
7) Sleep No More (What an awful episode…)
Tardis’nt
December 5th, 2015 - 9:35pmCouldn’t agree more!
TARDIS1963
December 5th, 2015 - 9:35pmBest episode of the series! Loved it to death! 😀
Anonymous
December 5th, 2015 - 9:33pmMarvellous, Mr Moffat!
Best series in years.
Colin Buick
December 5th, 2015 - 9:32pmI think the plot was to save clara from death. The hybrid is me half human half mire. The confession is the doctors truth about the hybrid.
The Temporal Jelly Baby
December 5th, 2015 - 9:25pm1) The Witch’s Familiar and Heaven Sent: 10/10. Two fantastic episodes, but in very different ways.
2) The Zygon Inversion: 9.5/10. A great episode, with the Doctor’s speech making it amazing.
3) Face the Raven and The Magician’s Apprentice: 9/10. For Face the Raven, Clara’s farewell was done well and it was a great episode in general. For The Magician’s Apprentice, the Doctor played the electric guitar on a tank…enough said.
4) The Zygon Invasion: 8/10. Fairly exciting and was simply quite enjoyable.
5) Before the Flood: 7.5/10. I loved the Fisher King, despite being underused, and it was a nice plot.
6) Under the Lake: 7/10. A nice base under siege story, but just had something missing.
7) The Girl Who Died: 6/10. Fairly entertaining, but just like Under the Lake, cannot help but think something was missing.
8) Hell Bent: 5.5/10. A disappointing end to a pretty good series. It also sort of ruined Clara’s death, which was done so well in Face the Raven. However, it was nice to see Gallifrey again and I really enjoyed the first 15 minutes or so. Certain parts were good.
9) The Woman Who Lived: 5/10. It just didn’t really work for me. Again, had a few good scenes though.
10) Sleep No More: 4/10. I wasn’t fond of the found footage style and found it boring at parts. I completely understand why lots of people like it though.
Doctor Who Crazy Rosd
December 5th, 2015 - 9:24pmHell Bent was truly beautiful.
Clara has become the Doctor. The woman who ran away from Gallifrey and stole a TARDIS. The woman who has a companion. The woman who’s constant companion is death. The woman who lived, with the woman who lived.
Words cant describe how much I adore Jenna Coleman. Outstanding series with an outstanding conclusion. It is heartbreaking to think that this is the ‘last’ we have seen of Clara. I have loved her since it was first announced that Jenna would play the role of the next companion, and Face The Raven saw the first time that I have horrifically screamed at the television in floods of tears as the raven plummeted into her chest. That shows how much I love her. Masie Williams returning for the fourth time as Me (and Clara’s new companion in time and space) was amazing too. But nothing hurt me more than when The Doctor and Clara had their last scenes together in the TARDIS diner, outstanding performances from Jenna Coleman, Peter Capaldi and Masie Williams. I look forward to the spin off series which will happen one day (hopefully), I feel like Jenna deserves her own show alongside Masie which would go down really well everywhere, that and ‘Class’ could be the Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood of the Moffat era.
Lord President Rassilon
December 5th, 2015 - 9:23pmI really enjoyed it! But… after last week, I thought this whole episode was going to be a big stand-off between the Doctor and Timelords and the first 10 minutes seemed like that! I do wish they left Clara alone or that SHE forgot the Doctor rather than other way around! Also, I hope that STUPID flying diner either crashes into a moon or gets sucked into a black-hole because I never want to see IT or Clara again! The best moments were the first 20 minutes and the end where he gets the new SONIC! And of course seeing a clip of Christmas was great! Great episode, just SOOO different to what I was expectingn, I think last week was better! “I am Rassilon! GALLIFREY is mine!!”
Dalekparadigm2
December 5th, 2015 - 9:23pmSomewhat mixed feelings. Overall a good episode. I think its great that there’s scope for Coleman and Williams to pop up every now and again and maybe a spinoff or audio. However, I thought Face the Raven wrapped up Clara’s story nicely.
The Galifrey aspect was superb and the scene in the cloisters was scary (made me jump!)
I think overall this series has been superb.
the eternal doctor
December 5th, 2015 - 9:19pmwhat a fantastic episode, not as good as last weeks but still good.
my order of this series goes
01. face the raven 10/10
02. heavens sent 10/10
03. magicians apprentice 10/10
04. before the flood 9.5/10
05. Hell bent 9/10
06. zygon invasion 9/10
07.witches familiar 8.5/10
08. under the lake 8/10
09. zygon inversion 8/10
10. the women who lived 7/10
11. sleep no more 5/10
12. the girl who died 5/10
I love the idea of Ashildr and Clara traveling together. definitely some kind of spin off coming up.
great episode, overall this has been a great series there has only been 2 bad episodes s that is alright.
hate title of Christmas special, but looks a great episode.
so glad galifrey is back
matparks08
December 5th, 2015 - 9:18pmA near faultless season let down by a damp squib of an ending. Gallifrey returns but is hardly a part of the story – played like it’s never even been missing. More annoying is that after a ‘Doctor-led’ season it’s an episode with Clara who we have already had a long drawn out goodbye to 2 episodes previously. The only good thing was the retro-Tardis.
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
December 5th, 2015 - 9:15pmI enjoyed it for what it was, but it did not do what it was supposed to do at all.
WHERE WAS THE PLOT AND CONCLUSION?! WHO IS THE HYBRID? WHAT IS THE DOCTOR’S CONFESSION?
I didn’t like that he forgot Clara at all, but I LOVED her conclusion. Gallifrey was so insignificant, and silly. The first 20 minutes were so slow, and nothing actually happened.
REALLY MIXED BAG!! CLARA WAS THE BEST PART OF THE EPISODE, BUT THE REST OF IT WAS NON EXISTENT!
WHO IS THE HYBRID??? WHAT IS THE DOCTOR’S CONFESSION???!
Eps 1 and 2 were so much better.
The Temporal Jelly Baby
December 5th, 2015 - 9:12pmI agree.
Squidcakes
December 5th, 2015 - 9:12pmAn ending that didn’t end a series, for the series that never felt like it properly started.
Annoyingly vague ending, some wasted potential here and there. Disappointing considering how ‘pretty good’ this series had been.
the astronaut of death
December 5th, 2015 - 9:11pmthey should have left clara’s death alone
Doctrue
December 5th, 2015 - 9:10pm9/10 just because of Gallifrey!
The Temporal Jelly Baby
December 5th, 2015 - 9:09pmHonestly, I thought that was quite disappointing. Not what I expected at all. It also sort of ruined Clara’s death, which was done so well in Face the Raven.
Anonymous
December 5th, 2015 - 9:09pmMaybe that is the new spin off class
Michael
December 5th, 2015 - 9:08pmBrilliant episode. Fantastic acting all round.
I’ve missed you clara oswald
December 5th, 2015 - 9:08pmAbsolutely loved it thought that it was better for clara to be travelling around in time and space with ashildr instead of dying or forgetting the doctor
Thewhoman
December 5th, 2015 - 9:07pmSo true
Thewhoman
December 5th, 2015 - 9:07pmI sense and audio with Me and Clara coming… And Clara can pilot!??!?!?
Dem squiggles
December 5th, 2015 - 9:06pmClara and ashildr spinoff is in order