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

it was

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Ha was it?? Oh dear.

Some pretty high qual jokes in this one. I liked the one about the second sleigh. Also a nice nod to Gift of the Magi.

I'd be up for another (unexpected, midyear) dreamcrab invasion if it got us more Santa/Starkey zings

Can we all agree to never speak of the scene where the Doctor pilots Santa's sleigh past Big Ben, like ever?

As much as I liked the rest of the episode, I agree that this is the wisest course going forward

Tried to find a gif of the moment the Doctor says "yipee" or whatever through clearly gritted teeth but came up empty

I just backed away from a Facebook argument where someone asked me if I'd ever seen old-Who because I enjoyed Last Christmas. Her excuse for asking was her husband is British, for some reason. The same person said that the episode was a ripoff of Alien and The Thing, apparently completely oblivious to the overt references to both in the episode, and called the dream crabs "The Silence crossed with The Weeping Angels" which makes me think she doesn't fully understand how either works.

go in son

^^^

release the whosplain

post a photo of a bookshelf full of NAs

If I hadn't been traveling, I might have!

I thought it might be the silence when they were all pods together on the ceiling.

This EP was ok but I prefer more whimsy and less space marines in my Who.

I watched about 5 minutes of Fear Her today and am amazed I didn't leap into the television and strangle everyone involved.

i watched 'lets kill hitler' the other day and i just

also the second weeping angels in new york is so u_u

am amazed I didn't leap into the television and strangle everyone involved.

Rewatch the idiot's lantern and the TV will strangle you.

Ha

so what's worse, now that it's fresh in your mind: Capaldi driving Santa's sleigh or Tennant running with the Olympic torch?

Tennant/torch, every time.

This EP was ok but I prefer more whimsy and less space marines in my Who.

you wanted more whimsy than this episode where the Doctor teams up with Santa, who makes reindeers fly by feeding them magic carrots? and fewer space marines than this ep with zero space marines? or have you just reached Into The Dalek?

also Capaldi flying the sleigh was delightful

otm

I thought we agreed not to discuss it

Tennant's torch run is one of the most embarrassing things the show has ever done.

I thought the sleigh ride was fun, obviously it was for the kids, but childlike excitement can be fun if not overdone, and the contrast between the current Doctor's general grumpiness and the joy he got out of riding the sleigh was a nice touch, a bit of character development.

yipee

went to a convention today, which is by far the geekiest thing I've ever done, and met Karen Gillan and Matt Smith. Both were incredibly nice to my 8 year old and she is awfully pretty.

My 2yo daughter loves the "ice cream warriors". Theyre an ancient, proud and vanilla flavoured race.

No doubt some people will be pleased about this, but, ffs:

http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who/33581/doctor-who-series-9-surprise-character-back-from-the-dead

This was telegraphed heavily at the time tbh, it was deliberately left at the end of the Anniversary episode that there was a Zygon version of her kicking about that didn't know it was a Zygon so it was always probable the death wasn't real for a character that is believed to be such a 'fan favourite' (and in fact seems only to exist to say YOU MUST LIKE HER DO YOU SEE SHE IS A SUPERFAN LIKE YOU ARE DO YOU SEE).

I really like Ingrid Oliver.

i like her but still ... rmde

From the plot for that episode and from a moffat iv, it is the zygon version that will be appearing

guys stfu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_xoICJChu8

Thanks for the info! I guess in those cases they didn't try to explain why some random character looked like the future Doctor, like they're doing now with Capaldi?

― Tuomas, Thursday, August 28, 2014 5:40 PM (1 year ago)

Here's Paul Cornell, a contender for the most prolific and longest-running (though peripatetic) Dr Who writer ever, theorising about the choosing-your-face aspect, yesterday:

www.paulcornell.com/2015/12/the-12-blogs-of-christmas-one/

Interesting and fun. Although it should be noted Cornell has only written two (Very Good) TV stories (Father's Day and Human Nature/The Family of Blood), the rest being the fancy fan fiction of the spin-off books and such

Four Doctors is the only one that's fan fiction bcz Titan doesn't count imo*. Shalka was BBC too if that's yr cutoff!

*also easy to discount because it suuuuuucked.

yeah, tried the four doctors, but couldn't be bothered past issue 1

on the topic of spin-offs, have swallowed some of my reservations and bought the new Big Finish War Doctor set of audios. Hope they're better than the last ones I tried (Paul McGann, Doom Coalition, which was very uninspired meat-and-potatoes stuff with a good actor wasted as a potentially interesting but actually boring mustache-twirling villain)

Who's writing those? I mean, I assume it'll be meat-and-potatoes at very best, even if doing stories in the Time War wasn't a completely stupid and painfully small-minded thing to do from the jump.

(Was it this thread or the previous where I gave a recommended list of actually good Big Finishes?)

They're by Nicholas Briggs, so three veg if we're lucky, sadly. I really like John Hurt and his voice, so decided to get these in a moment of weakness. Maybe I'll be happily surprised.

ALL Nick Briggs? You fool.

oh, i know it

i finally got around to finishing last season. the final couple of episodes were really quite amazing and moving. i really liked the "conclusion" to the Clara storyline, at least it is better than Rory/Amy got (and they did get a mention in that diner TARDIS). i would have been really mad at the Doctor had he wiped her memory so i'm glad they went w the ending they did there.

Christmas episode was cool and fun and weird. those guys with their heads sliced down the middle were pretty crazy. the ending was fucking brilliant. not going to spoil it here in case anyone hasn't seen it, it's wonderful. is this really the last we see of River Song? it was a great send-off if so. easily one of the best River episodes.

Looks like Capaldi is going to stay for a while from what I've seen headlined on facebook. Looked like he might be leaving with Moffat for a while.
Still wish there was a full season before 2017 instead of just a special.

I dunno I don't begrudge them a chance to recharge every few years. Keeps things fresh I think.

glad capaldi's not leaving, because after moffat's gone i feel like he's gonna have a lot of heavy lifting to do...