October 17th, 2015
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What did you Think of The Girl Who Died?
Now that the highly anticipated fifth episode of series 9 has been aired what did you think? Was it everything you had hoped for or not what you expected
Captured by Vikings, the Doctor and Clara must help protect their village from Space Warriors from the future: the Mire. Outnumbered and outgunned, their fate seems inevitable. So why is the Doctor preoccupied with a single Viking girl?
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Gregor
October 30th, 2015 - 4:11amEnough with the sunglasses and electric guitar. The doctor doesn’t need to be “cool”.
Clarice
October 27th, 2015 - 6:02am^^^ I second that!
Clarice
October 27th, 2015 - 6:01amAhhh I understand now! STORY, not episode. Roger that :). Still. Crazy that there have been so many already. Is this 100 including the original Who, or just starting from the reboot?
Bow Ties Are Cool!
October 26th, 2015 - 10:48pmSO AMAZING❤️
The Doctor
October 26th, 2015 - 10:44amSeries 9. I love it when new series comes out. to be honest i like it when anything comes out!
Howie Markowitz
October 23rd, 2015 - 5:44pmSpot on!
The Sonic Monkey
October 22nd, 2015 - 7:45pmI have to say that so far this season has been a let down.
Not that its really bad, but it certainly isn’t as good as it should be.
I think the problem is that the (few) other shows I watch have all come back with great openers (Walking Dead S06E01 + 02… WOW) But so far the Doctor has yet to wow me. Such a shame as P.C. is my favourite Doctor so far, since the shows revival (don’t think any one will beat the great Tom Baker!). But he is certainly more in line with the classic Doctors than the youthful running and spinning doctors of previous seasons.
It’s time for SM to step away from the keyboard and leave the writing duties to better folks.
collector
October 22nd, 2015 - 5:23amIn The Woman Who Lived, where is Clara? Shes not in the trailers and no explanations are in next weeks tv guide
100,000BC
October 21st, 2015 - 5:08pmIt was co-written by Steven Moffat and Jamie Mathieson (Last year’s Mummy/Flatline writer) not Toby Whithouse (I don’t know WHERE everybody’s getting that idea from). Toby wrote Under the Lake/Before the Flood.
Also, how do you know which bits Moffat wrote – I’d imagined that he’d come in to write the face bit rather than the viking bit but how can any of us be sure without them telling us (which as far as I’m aware, they haven’t)?
Big D
October 21st, 2015 - 4:14pmEven without seeing the titles one could tell that this was a TW / SM adventure. Without a doubt the worst episode of the series so far.
What could and should have been a terrific story became the stuff of pantomime. The Mire had terrific potential but old Captain Hook …. aaarrrrrr…… was awful. Vikings against aliens. What could go wrong? Its a pity TW/SM didnt watch Outlander (film) or 13th Warrior (both very underrated in my opinion) to see how it should have been done.
Why bring back the soap opera dramatics of Clara again just when Dr Who was getting interesting again? One glance at the writers tells us why. And as for the dialogue…. Please say goodbye Mr Moffat. And quickly.
As for the block of wood acting of Maisie Williams. Im told shes a decent actress but as Ive never seen her before I can only go on this performance, so either she needs to get the sandpaper out or my heart goes out to her having to act that part.
Anyway, Ive really enjoyed the series up to this point. Hopefully it will get back on track with the next episode.
Stephen
October 21st, 2015 - 12:46pmAlso, lose the Bill and Ted theme!
Stephen
October 21st, 2015 - 12:46pmI am VERY disappointed at the absence of the sonic screwdriver. The glasses just aren’t cool. Bring back the sonic screwdriver.
Exterminator
October 20th, 2015 - 3:51pmAbove is a reply to the comment below about Downton Abbey having lots of blood this week.
Exterminator
October 20th, 2015 - 3:48pmYes I saw that. Even Downton Abbey is scarier than Who! Lol
the ergon
October 20th, 2015 - 12:26pmExactly. and more enjoyable for it. The historicals for me are far better when played in a romp like fashion. I don,t give a hoot about discrepancies. The magic of who is that it can take any point in history and be as malleable as it likes.
The Moffat Paradox
October 19th, 2015 - 11:20pmDont think the episode was quite in the mire (pun intended) but the Mire themselves seemed to borrowing much from the Borg/Predator concepts.
The Moffat Paradox
October 19th, 2015 - 11:01pmLOL There was actually MORE blood and gore on Downton Abbey this weekend!
Anonymous
October 19th, 2015 - 10:16pmYes, and they’d also know that Vikings are the members of raiding parties, not just everyone in the Norse community. Doctor Who history is not the same as real world history, as long as the production team are willing to point out the “discrepancies” are for stylistic reasons and not genuine screw ups then there’s nothing wrong with it.
Doctor Stu
October 19th, 2015 - 9:46pmTrying too hard to be funny, had well designed villains that were poorly used and a poor resolution
Doctor Stu
October 19th, 2015 - 9:44pmDoes this mean the Doctor will suddenly regenerate into Lindsey Duncan sometime soon then
The Livin’ Shadow
October 19th, 2015 - 7:42pmHow was it like Robot of Sherwood?
The Moffat Paradox
October 19th, 2015 - 7:31pmMaybe because any influence on this is more unconscious.
Robert Marsden
October 19th, 2015 - 7:24pmSo if the 12th Doctor chose his face from Caecilius to remember he should always try to save lives (no matter the consequences), then why did the 6th Doctor chose the face of Commander Maxil?
PedroPete
October 19th, 2015 - 7:18pmLast Christmas – 6/10
The Magician’s Apprentice / The Witch’s Familiar – 9/10
Under the Lake / Before the Flood – 7/10
The Girl Who Died – 8/10
So an average score of 7.5 so far, which isn’t too bad. Here are last year’s results:
Deep Breath – 7/10
Into the Dalek – 8/10
Robot of Sherwood – 8.5/10
Listen – 6/10
Time Heist – 8/10
The Caretaker – 7/10
Kill the Moon – 6/10
Mummy on the Orient Express – 7.5/10
Flatline – 9/10
In the Forest of the Night – 7.5/10
Dark Water / Death in Heaven – 5.5/10
So the average for that series is 7.27 so not far under Series 9 so far.
Exterminator
October 19th, 2015 - 7:06pmYou’re absolutely right. There’s nothing else like it which is why we all love it and it’s lasted so long. But, I’m not alone in thinking that wasn’t a very good episode.
the astronaut of death
October 19th, 2015 - 6:53pmdoctor who is its own show it does not need to copy other shows
Exterminator
October 19th, 2015 - 6:43pmOk, just completed the BBC survey about this weeks episode. I’ve been positive up until now.