November 7th, 2015
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Now that the highly anticipated Eighth episode of series 9 has been aired what did you think? Was it everything you had hoped for or not what you expected.
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Professor Dynamo
January 21st, 2016 - 8:04pmThe Sleep Inversion was brilliant, everything I had hoped for. When I watched the trailer I personaly thought that the episode was going to be terrible but that goes to show that you can’t judge a episode by it’s trailer. I wasn’t going to bother to watch this episode but on Saturday then I realised I had nothing to do so I sat down to watch it. I am the greatest Doctor Who fan in history. I sat down and watch it and I was amazed about how much time the Doctor Who writers spent on working on this. Out of 5 stars I rate this ***** . Keep on the good work Doctor Who writers.
Sincerely,
Professor Dynamo
slitheen97
November 14th, 2015 - 9:12amThat was me 🙂
Anonymous
November 14th, 2015 - 9:11amApprantly Moffat was to have them related but it got cut as not to confuse viewers
Doctor Stu
November 13th, 2015 - 4:54pmThat’s why the new Osgood is called Osgood it’s a throwback to the classic series so I think we’re supposed to think they’re related
Peking Homunculus
November 12th, 2015 - 6:19amHmm, am I the first or last one to notice that there was a sergeant osgood in the daemons who was good with technology, and that that might be a connection to new series Osgood?
Peking Homunculus
November 12th, 2015 - 6:18amI absolutely disagree. The guitar is one of The things Capaldi brings to the role from his own life as a former punk rocker. He was in a band with Craig Ferguson.
Rob
November 11th, 2015 - 10:19amYeah that episode was awful I totally agree about almost switching off, it was a chore to watch, blatent political propaganda. I certainly feel Capaldi has a long long way to go, just as he was getting tolerable they go an do this to him he is like the uncool uncle that no one wants to be around, Doctor Who is supposed to be quirky funny not quirky lock-a-me-up-in-a-padded-cell. Sonic sunglasses, electric guitairs, jokes about wearable tech, what the hell is happening to our beloved character?? And they’re turning Clara into Martha, probably the least loved companion of the new series, the Companions don’t need to be hanging out with U.N.I.T in their free time they are the flawed real humans not proxy soldiers.
MaxP
November 10th, 2015 - 10:44pmThe Drashigs also could be said to have worked.
MaxP
November 10th, 2015 - 10:42pmOh yeah ‘Terror’ is the classic of classics! The Skarasen is also one of the much better realized big monsters of old Who. I think it and the Krynoid were arguably the only big ones that worked. Unlike the Murka, the Dinosaurs, or Kroll. The Skarasen scared the willies off me back in the day!
rose
November 10th, 2015 - 7:44pmkind of
David
November 10th, 2015 - 7:32pmIs it just me or does anyone else agree. Electric guitar – GET RID!!!
David
November 10th, 2015 - 7:31pmagree. The woman who lived was a real mess.
David
November 10th, 2015 - 7:30pmIt’s still trying to find its way back to Loch Ness. It’s not got the Activator (Zygon Sat Nav) as it ate it at then of Terror of the Zygons.
I do agree – I would have like to have seen it with 2015 effects as not 1975’s best moment. Although I watched it again recently and it is very atmospheric. Well acted and on a limited budget gave it a very polished filmic quality.
Well worth watching
Doctor Stu
November 10th, 2015 - 4:42pmOmg everything about next weeks episode just screams under the lake every scene looked like the set they used even the equipment and machinery looked the same as under the lake
100,000BC
November 9th, 2015 - 7:41pmBeautiful. I loved the speech, and you could really believe Peter Capaldi with everything he said – his hearing more screams than anyone could ever be able to count really moved me. I felt that this was the Doctor in a way that we haven’t seen him for a long time – able to keep peace between people using the power of his words.
Furthermore, I really felt that, rather than belittling the 50th Anniversary special (as was the danger in the premise of this story that DotD was simply a ‘prequel’), it glorified it by making it a peace that lasts, a true victory for the Doctor.
I liked the Doctor’s insistence that an entire culture, race or way of life cannot be judged because of the few people who decide to cause violence (Doctor Who, along with all other fiction, has always used themes which relate to modern day life, intentionally or not). This episode really let out the heart(s) of the show and I hope there are more like this.
The Temporal Jelly Baby
November 9th, 2015 - 6:30pmEpisodes so far ranked in order of what I liked the most (scores out of 10 might be adjusted):
1) The Witch’s Familiar: 10/10
2) The Zygon Inversion: 9/10
3) The Magician’s Apprentice: 8.5/10
4) The Zygon Invasion: 8/10
5) Before the Flood: 7.5/10
6) Under the Lake: 7/10
7) The Girl Who Died: 6.5/10
8) The Woman Who Lived: 5/10
dave
November 9th, 2015 - 12:48pmTotally agree, far to near the knuckle with what is going on in the real world.
My son who is 11 for the first time ever just left the room. His words, too much talking and not enough adventure.
Funny how the episode actually suited the 8pm slot!!
Obsie
November 9th, 2015 - 9:41amAnd on that note, was there ANY mention of the said creature anywhere in the two episodes ?
WFK DVD Collector 15
November 9th, 2015 - 9:35amA very good question!!! I thought that last week.
UnlimitedRicePudding7
November 9th, 2015 - 6:11amAlso, that Hartnell picture in UNIT. ‘Nuff said.
UnlimitedRicePudding7
November 9th, 2015 - 6:10amUnfortunately, I was confused by this episode, thus missing some elements of the plot. Having said that, though, The Zygon Inversion was probably one of the best episodes character-wise. Twelve’s ‘Osgood Box’ speech at the end had shivers going down my spine. Mr Capaldi, we salute you!