May 27th, 2017
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What did You Think of The Pyramid At The End Of The World?
Now that the seventh episode of series 10 has been aired what did you think? Was it everything you had hoped for or not what you expected.
A 5,000 year-old Pyramid stands at the centre of a war zone, where the Chinese, Russian and American armies are about to clash. There are many problems with that, but the one that intrigues the Doctor is this: there wasn’t a pyramid there yesterday.
The Doctor, Bill and Nardole face an alien invasion unlike any other, and before conquest can begin, these aliens need the consent of the human race…
Doctor Who Series 10 Parts 1 and 2 Blu-ray / DVD
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Peter Capaldi returns as Doctor Who for twelve thrilling adventures. He is joined by new companion, Bill (played by Pearl Mackie), along with returning loveable alien, Nardole (played by Matt Lucas).
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Mick181
May 30th, 2017 - 7:22amPats86 you should stick to your origanal rating and stop changing it due to comments on comments here.
I’m giving this 3 parter 7/10 so far.
When The Doctor Was Me
May 29th, 2017 - 10:38pmI seem to be of the few to be finding this trilogy boring. I know we are yet to have part 3 but seriously if its anything like this and extremis i think they have really missed a trick. The rest of the series has been so good! I just found this so boring and found myself looking at the time waiting for it to end! A real shame for such a steong series beforehand.
prototype dalek
May 29th, 2017 - 11:51amBit like the Silence nearly, if not totally defeated then I bet they can bring them back in the future
The Moffat Paradox
May 28th, 2017 - 11:34pmConceptually though think the Veritas Monks make for a worthy new enemy.
Tim M
May 28th, 2017 - 8:13pmCompletely agree. This 3 parter could have been a 2 parter. By simply losing a chunk of ‘computer land’, and much of ‘The Pyramid at the End of the World’.
Alex Who?
May 28th, 2017 - 7:22pmGood 2nd part to the Monks trilogy.
Doctor Stu
May 28th, 2017 - 4:49pmI feel like the research lab should have gone full iPhone on the Doctor and made him wait an hour after too many failed attempts at opening the door. Would have screwed his plan up a tiny bit.
The Temporal Jelly Baby
May 28th, 2017 - 3:47pmMaybe the one in the simulation is another ‘orange’ looking president that Bill wouldn’t vote for?
OK, it was clearly a Trump reference but it’s a plausible excuse for the discrepancy. 🙂
The Temporal Jelly Baby
May 28th, 2017 - 3:44pmAdmittedly, the plot was a little flawed but I don’t mind plot flaws as much as some other people do. I can look past them if I still find the episode enjoyable and they’re not *too* obvious.
Pats86
May 28th, 2017 - 2:37pmDo expect better
Pats86
May 28th, 2017 - 2:36pmI actually gave this episode 6.5 earlier, after reading this I feel my eyes have been opened a little! I haven’t been as vocal this season as I usually would be, maybe it’s because fans like Random Critic are saying elements of what I would.
After a rewatch I’m downgrading it to a 4.5. I think the fact that Clara is no longer in it has calmed me somewhat this season, but as I stated earlier I di expect better?
The doomsday clock was at 11:57 to start with, if the show does not improve massively after Moffat goes we could see this show at 11:57 in the very near future (I do not expect any monumental improvements with Moffat around) despite the BBC statement that it will run for at least 5 more seasons! All good things come to an end you might say? Well the reality is it’s not that good anymore (better than last seasons though)
Doctor no more
May 28th, 2017 - 1:57pmWell said totally agree
Doctor no more
May 28th, 2017 - 1:53pmOnly credit will be for theme tune. !!
The Outcast
May 28th, 2017 - 1:18pmNo, its not. Nothing about the two match. only one thing makes people believe that and that is because of the way the mouths move, which is the same as the Mondasian Cybermen.
Anonymous
May 28th, 2017 - 12:05pmHe hasn’t? His credit is two ‘slides’ on 🙂
Dalekparadigm2
May 28th, 2017 - 12:02pmFelt like filler a bit. It was good but it could’ve ultimately been done in 5 minutes. It does set up a load of stuff though so perhaps it’s the saving grace of the episode…
Random Critic
May 28th, 2017 - 11:41amIf I ever have to sit through an episode as boring as this again, it’ll be too soon.
It seems there was quite the budget spent on it. But it guaranteed nothing in this talkathon.
Wow! It’s the Secretary-General of the UN, and here he’s not just a wind bag that always “condemns” this, that or the other in the “strongest possible terms”. I liked the character. But why is it just him representing the UN?
Since when were the grunts put in charge? Not a single phone call to any of the world leaders, just some no-name military peeps deciding things on their own.
To add to the computer based nonsense of last week, the Doctor is now touching TFT screens to put all the top secret intelligence documents in the world online, probably including all those secrets that only exist on paper. If he can do all that, why get Nardole to waste his time hacking cameras?
I’m pretty certain that real labs, of the boring type that I almost fell asleep to while watching, would have rigorous safety procedures and more personnel. But then who needs all of that when you can rely on a Fisher-Price combination lock for a cliff-hanger.
Yay! The Brotherhood of Nod are back again next week; they always did have the cool weapons compared to those GDI losers.
JasonisnotaRobot
May 28th, 2017 - 11:34amBill made a reference to Donald Trump in this episode, where last episode the president in the simulation looked nothing like trump
The Doctor Will See You Now
May 28th, 2017 - 11:21amIs it possible that the monks are actually the Mondasian Cybermen, without their suits on?
Doctor no more
May 28th, 2017 - 10:26amMusic conducted and orchestrated by Alastair king and mixed by jake Jackson. I knew i was right! Please bring back Murray gold as he is very missed as the music has no depth any more. He is to Dr Who what John Barry is to James bond, nobody does it better. Any body know why he left???
Pats86
May 28th, 2017 - 9:31amNot too bad, better than last weeks episode. I quite like a slow burner that gives you an opportunity to think things through as it goes along as this episode did.
I understand why we had Bill’s personal life in last week, after I had expressed my dislike of the soap opera elements of the Doctors companions! it made more sense this week.
I’ll give it 6.5, I still expect and want better.
D0CT0R WH0
May 28th, 2017 - 7:54amOh I forgot. Sorry
Oxygen 6/10
CityHunter
May 28th, 2017 - 2:25amLast week was great. This week felt like waiting for something interesting to happen. But when it did, it wasn’t that interesting.
Doctor Stu
May 28th, 2017 - 12:13amThis episode was good but again it’s still not a whole episode I think I would rewatch time and time again like with series 1-4 where I could watch them all on a continuous loop. For me this series has only been better than last series because of little bits here and there in each episode that are good like the last 10 minutes of this episode and bits and pieces from oxygen and thin ice. I think the only episodes the past couple of series that I’ve rewatched the whole way through are into the Dalek, Mummy on the Orient Express and the witches familiar which bothers me because during series 1-6 and series 7 part 1 I was a walking Doctor Who fact file but now I’ve lost all interest in keeping up with the extreme details as there have been some abysmal episodes and the passion isn’t as strong anymore. Doctor Who is slowly getting better but for me this series isn’t exactly anything special when compared to the perfection of series 4 and the realistic character relationships and acting that just isn’t present anymore
Doctor Stu
May 27th, 2017 - 11:35pmI’m exactly the same all through the episode I was like ‘urgh it’s going so slow what’s happening’ and then suddenly I was on the edge of my seat
Jordan Scott
May 27th, 2017 - 11:09pmThat’s just made me realise how the TARDIS seems to almost land according to the Doctor’s mood and how high the stakes are, in Journey’s End for example it’s like “woah”, but here it’s just like “meh” 🙂
The Living Shadow
May 27th, 2017 - 10:34pmI quite like that, it seems more humble, which I think is a more true to the Doctor’s character, rather than a big flashy entrance
Weeping Angel
May 27th, 2017 - 10:31pmYeah I suppose
The Living Shadow
May 27th, 2017 - 10:27pmWhat a crazy episode! I didn’t like it while I was watching, but then in the last 10 minutes something must’ve clicked (maybe I didn’t fully understand what was happening until that point) as I loved it from then on and now when I look back I think it was an incredible episode overall!
Dr RevWho
May 27th, 2017 - 10:22pm…well…didn’t think I’d be saying this…but ‘Mummy on the Orient Express’ might no longer be my favourite 12th Doctor episode.
Seriously, I thought that was absolutely awesome. The stakes and tensions were high, I was on the edge of my seat for the whole thing, it managed to be clever without being too full of itself, and I simply cannot wait for next week’s episode!
My scores so far:
‘The Pilot’ – 7/10
‘Smile’ – 8/10
‘Thin Ice’ – 8/10
‘Knock Knock’ – 7/10
‘Oxygen’ – 9/10
‘Extremis’ – 5/10
‘The Pyramid at the End of the World’ – 10/10
This series is definitely shaping up to be one of my favourite ‘Doctor Who’ series in a long time.