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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Dalek the Supreme
October 18th, 2015 - 7:08pmI don’t think most parents will be letting their children watch shows where people are getting their heads crushed.
the astronaut of death
October 18th, 2015 - 7:08pmthe kids might love it , but the parents wont like them loving it , or even watching it for that matter.
Dalek the Supreme
October 18th, 2015 - 7:05pmI don’t mind a more comedic villain. After all the dead-seriousness of the Daleks, Davros, the ghosts, the Fisher King, the Cybermen, basically, after almost every villain of the Twelfth Doctor’s era so far, I like that they’re taking a break and giving us something more fun for once.
Dalek the Supreme
October 18th, 2015 - 7:02pmI honestly think The Magician’s Apprentice is the weakest. That’s not saying much, because I haven’t disliked an episode of this season so far.
Dalek the Supreme
October 18th, 2015 - 6:54pmIt was a fun episode. I loved the opening scene where it’s business as usual, and the scene where the Doctor brags about the Sonic Sunglasses, just before they get destroyed. Hopefully that’s the end of them. The girl was interesting enough, although I can’t remember her name. The other supporting characters, especially the Doctor’s dynamic with them, was hilarious. This episode had some great dialogue, with the conversations about whether the Doctor should or shouldn’t help the people fight. The Mire were decent, but nothing all that special, which made their humiliating defeat at the end of the episode work. That was hilarious. The only complaint I really have with the episode is the sudden, serious change in tone when the girl dies, and how the Doctor’s reasoning behind his face is suddenly brought up and explained, after being forgotten since Deep Breath. This is a complaint I have with a lot of the Twelfth Doctor’s character arcs. They’re interesting enough, but they get dropped for a whole bunch of episodes, and brought up again with very little buildup. Other than that, this was a very enjoyable episode, and I’m looking forward to the next one.
Also, between the girl, the person she gives the other kit to, and the Time Lord Daleks, I think we have our story arc for the season: hybrids.
Olga
October 18th, 2015 - 6:05pmI hope the next episode will be better but we’ll all see.
Exterminator
October 18th, 2015 - 5:05pmIf they want kids to be talking about Dr Who in the school playgrounds, they need to add a bit of horror and gore. Kids love it.
This week could’ve been kids saying to there friends at school: ‘Did you see Dr Who this week?’ ….. ‘Yeah, that really cool bit where the Vikings got mashed up and you saw their heads getting squashed! How cool was that!’
I don’t think many will be talking about a zap of electricity and puff of smoke.
Anonymous
October 18th, 2015 - 4:10pmI disagree. It was Moffats input that saved the episode from being another Robots of Sherwood. Its set up next weeks…and possibly many more episodes nicely. Yep, the weakest of the series so far…but that says more about the strength of the 4 episodes prior to it…2 of which were written by SM.
Sometimes I am embarrassed to be a DW fan when I read immature, irrational and utterly subjective comments like those left above.
DOCTOR WHO ONE
October 18th, 2015 - 3:57pmJust learned from the Doctor Who Wiki page that this is the 100th story of new series Doctor Who 🙂
Aidan Gula
October 18th, 2015 - 3:42pmThe Magician’s Apprentice – 10/10
The Witch’s Familiar – 10/10
Under the Lake – 8/10
Before the Flood – 7/10
The Girl Who Died – 2/10
Series 9 Average (so far) – 7.4/10
Aidan Gula
October 18th, 2015 - 3:39pmI totally agree. Steven Moffat shouldn’t have had any input. Just sack him.
Dalekparadigm2
October 18th, 2015 - 3:30pmSo far my best to worst this series are:
Under the Lake
Before the Flood
The Magician’s Apprentice
The Witch’s Familiar
The Girl Who Died
I think if Moffat didn’t co-write last night’s episode then it would’ve been so much better.
Exterminator
October 18th, 2015 - 2:41pmThe Mire…. the Dire more like.
Olga
October 18th, 2015 - 1:32pmI quite liked the episode but I think it’s been the worst from series 9 so far. The beginning was weird. Then it got a bit more interesting but the enemy was a joke.What was that? It was more like a parody of Doctor Who and would be perfect for Red Nose Day. I’m not a huge fan of Maisie Williams as well. She doesn’t really fit Doctor Who and I thought she’s about 14. What I liked the most about the episode was Peter Capaldi. He’s great as the Doctor.
the astronaut of death
October 18th, 2015 - 1:31pmoh come on , we have had 4 weeks of rather dark episodes , so i think its alright to get a light hearted one now and then.
the ergon
October 18th, 2015 - 1:13pmI enjoyed it even if the basic ‘stranger comes to town and rallies the locals to fight back is as old as the hills. If maisie Williams wasn,t so established an actress and had been unknown, imagine the possibilities they could do with the ashildr character. So much potential there. Hope her characters able to return,as with River song, she could flit in and out playing a different guise. I,m looking forward to next week now with her Nightmare character. I like the pseudo historicals more anyway. I still can,t understand why the 5th doctor modelled his face on commander maxil. Understandable with the 12th doctor.
Exterminator
October 18th, 2015 - 1:01pmI realise those shows are for an adult audience but I would guess that the majority of Dr Who’s audience is adult. Last nights episode wasn’t at all scary and I can’t imagine any kids having nightmares after watching it. One of the Vikings fainted at the sight of blood! Really??? Blood that we didn’t even see. 2/10 for me.
Cymon
October 18th, 2015 - 12:42pmThe shows you mention are all aimed at the adult viewer whereas Doctor Who is aimed at a family audience, but I agree with you, they could up the scare factor a bit so the whole family can enjoy it not just the kids
Exterminator
October 18th, 2015 - 12:37pmI’m sorry but I found it a bit boring. Yes it had a nice little flash back to Tennant and Tate, but I can see why thousands of people are switching off. I feel Doctor Who is too tame for a modern audience. Look at big shows like the walking dead, game of thrones, true blood. They all feature blood and gore and adult themes. We never ever see a drop of blood in Who! It’s content could be shown on CBBC as a replacement for the Sarah Jane Adventures. This week we had Vikings having their adrenalin and testosterone extracted and yet all we saw was a little zap of electricity and a puff of smoke. It’s just not scary.
Obsie
October 18th, 2015 - 12:34pmTo remind himself to save people, what on earth for ? 52 years (on television anyway) of him being around doing just that and now Moffat throws it in as reason for his new face. Those of us who’ve seen it from it’s early days are used him saving races/people and planets; all I can say is : That’s it ? brilliant reasoning and so well thought out ! (not).
Obsie
October 18th, 2015 - 12:21pmI vehemently do not want the Doctor to half human, half Time Lord.
booboo
October 18th, 2015 - 11:22amthe synopsis has been around for a while on some sites not seen a cover
CJ
October 18th, 2015 - 11:14amLol 😀
Doctorfan
October 18th, 2015 - 11:13amBooboo is the cover and info for legends of Ashildr ready yet
CJ
October 18th, 2015 - 11:10amSame here 😀
the astronaut of death
October 18th, 2015 - 11:09ambest to worst episode so far….
witch’s familiar
before the flood
magicians apprentice
under the lake
the girl who died
Tim M
October 18th, 2015 - 11:01amI enjoyed the episode, but it probably ranks as my least favourite episode of series nine so far. Nice explanation though of why the Doctor has the face he has, with flashback scenes to Tennant. In fact, seeing Tennant and Tate again made me feel a bit nostalgic for those times again…maybe things were better for the series then than now.? Of course, the Hybrid is the recurring theme throughout this series…and it’s clearly a hybrid connected to the Doctor’s early past on Gallifrey methinks. Maybe the Eighth Doctor was right…perhaps the Doctor became the hybrid…half time lord, half human? but why and how?
Colin Buick
October 18th, 2015 - 10:33amI disagree. The latest doctor got his face from the fires of pompei when he has the 10th doctor’s face. And the sixth doctor’s face was from Arc of Infinity aka commander maxil when he had fifth doctor’s face. So the latest doctor face is from previous encounter so hartnell and troughton cant fall into that category.
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
October 18th, 2015 - 10:08amExactly
Obsie
October 18th, 2015 - 10:03amI don’t see all the fuss of her being there, not like she was anything special, any other actress could have done the part.