OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY: nu-Who season 8

sub-Silver Nemesis, even

ICYMI:

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The golden arrow was some "Idiot Lantern"/"Fear Her"-level nonsense

Fortunately a lot of the rest of it was funny; this Doctor and Jack would be pretty hilarious to watch bounce off of each other.

the sheriff of nottingham actor was p good

Dug these last two eps. I'm in.

I don't go to Dr Who for realistic science

the only Who i've seen was the first couple eps of the Ecclestone variation and it was basically unforgivably corny

that is actually kind of true. I have a hard time returning to th Ecclestones because I find his scene chewing a bit much to take. I know he has people who love him and he deserves credit for making the show a success again but, a few episodes aside, I'm not a huge fan of season 1

ok this was the first one I did not fall asleep in and also it was lol
they get a million points for having (BBC kids' series) 'Maid Marion' R Hood on the computer screens as it was cycling through the legends of Hood

^^^
Ha, did not notice that. Extremely fond memories of that show.

i loved the arrow splitting joke

they get a million points for having (BBC kids' series) 'Maid Marion' R Hood on the computer screens as it was cycling through the legends of Hood

more points for including TV's first Robin Hood

http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/imageArchive/images/10301_gall_002.jpg

<3

they get a million points for having (BBC kids' series) 'Maid Marion' R Hood on the computer screens as it was cycling through the legends of Hood

Er I just rewatched that scene to check for it and this didn't happen? The only live action shot in there was one of Patrick Troughton as Robin Hood.

Oh xp

It was in the background. They had this image, twice
http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723215015/maidmarianandhermerrymen/images/f/f9/Robin_Hood.jpg

(or similar)

episode had a third doctor kind of vibe

Quite enjoyed that! Golden arrow was complete bollocks. Wish Capaldi had headbutted "Hoodie" in that first duel but the spoon was a great touch

SPOILER: There is no spoon.

this was great but bruce mcculloch as robin hood was very distracting

episode had a third doctor kind of vibe

HAI!

Do you think the fourth episode will have a Fourth Doctor vibe?

that would be kind of amazing; it does look like it might hit some of the Holmes dread buttons

my only thought was oh great, don't open the door: add to don't blink, don't breathe etc

This was an excellent episode, best so far.

agreed - i like my who-pisodes unencumbered by the vast baggage of who-dom. i also like episodes that begin with sheer caprice i.e. "fuck it, let's go to sherwood forest in 1190 and see what happens"

This might have been better as a 20 minute Comic Relief special - the middle scenes were a lot of shouting in search of comedy. But overall it was a pretty charming episode - and the main conceit (the Doctor's quest to prove that Robi n Hood is a fictional character) might be the show's first genuinely original idea in a few seasons. (Although IIRC the Dracula episode of Buffy has a similar joke.)

Loved Capaldi in this, and basically how the Doctor didn't want to go along with anything in the episode (until he discovers that - yes - there are robots! phew)

They had a repeat of Pyramids of Mars on Watch last night, Four is incredibly grumpy and non-cooperative throughout that story. Wonder if that's where Capaldi got a lot of his cues from.

Pyramids of Mars has one of the most devastating scenes of the entire series, when Sarah insists that they can just leave because her existence shows the future is fine and the Doctor says "O RLY" and shows her a devastated Earth that exists because they just left

Yeah, it's full of great moments - pretty much perfect in fact except for the obligatory 'solve some quite easy puzzles in a maze' bit near the end. Now if someone could edit those bits out...

I would've liked it if the entire last episode had been a battle of wills between Sutekh and the Doc in his creepy lair.

Loved this (apart from the golden arrow spaceship exploding nonsense towards the end but w/e, it´d done enough that I went along with it). Dug the way it played around in the sunnier uplands of myth, good-looking robots and the laughs worked for me. & of course Capaldi. Felt like it hit the light-Buffy tone in places.
It´s almost making me nervous how much I´m enjoying this series - waiting for it to sink into a draggy confusing arc, or do something badly wrong. Looking at the Matt Smith eps poll, I was a bit disheartened - little there that I loved (much as I did like Smith as a doctor). This series feels much more like something I just do really want to watch.
(Fun to watch with kids. Maybe I would´ve been more groany if I were watching alone).

Are young kids taking to Capaldi's more difficult Doctor?

my kid loves him

I´m w/ stepkids who aren´t that young (12, 16 on Saturday) but they seem really into him. He´s funny! They like that. Slightly cruel sarcasm goes down a treat with a 12-y-o boy. The 16-y-o was unsure after the announcement - she did like Matt Smith, but Capaldi won her over quickly.

yeah he is funny and the sarcastic side I think appeals to the kinds of kids that like Doctor Who to begin with.

Baker will always be my fave by miles but I do appreciate a snarky sarcastic Doctor, a nice change of pace.

Prepared to dislike it going in, but now it's my fave of the three episodes so far. Totally felt like Sarah Jane Smith-era Who down to the we're doing the best we can effects of the spaceship.

Just when I thought I was out...

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/warrior_5088.jpg

http://images.radiotimes.com/namedimage/The_Time_Warrior_____.jpg?quality=85&mode=crop&width=580&height=350&404=tv&url=/uploads/images/original/116.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G34vBbwbjCc/UaZmnt9lkFI/AAAAAAAAL-s/Ixrq7LBHBOU/s1600/time6.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZNUdpril8U4/TJ7R2FERBsI/AAAAAAAADDE/vrrqbEY0Fso/s1600/vlcsnap-2010-09-25-17h52m43s44.jpg

http://www.doctorwhoreviews.co.uk/UUU_files/The%20Time%20Warrior%2010.jpg

same costume?

This episode was both very good and very...on-the-nose, shall we say.

i dunno about this one...
The circularity annoyed me, and the "reveal" at the end felt like it was laying it all on a bit too thick

idk maybe i need to rewatch

very...on-the-nose, shall we say.

How do you mean?

excellent and then the heaving barf of exposition at the end was just godawful

The first 40 mins were good enough that the wrap-up didn't quite spoil it for me, but it was certainly a letdown. I felt a kind of dual tension throughout the show -- regular tension because the story was so strange and gripping, but also an annoying fanboy meta-tension about whether it would end well (thinking "FFS you better stick the landing on this Moffat"). The blanket scene was amazingly done though - genuinely creepy.

yeah god blanket thing gave me the full creeps

So, who was the figure under the blanket in the end? Who wrote 'Listen' on the Doctor's blackboard? Did they really land on Gallifrey - presuming that's where young Doctor and the barn was?

Lots of recycled ideas (Midnight, Girl in the Firelplace etc), but quite effective and atmospheric and well-paced.

Thought this was really very good until Gallifrey being accessible again came up.

dgaf abt the circularity and exposition tbh, it's almost as much of a Moff CLEVARR trope as it was with Rusty.

Just realised that the offhand Where's Wally joke foreshadows the ending - nice. (Also: good joke.)