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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptyTue 16 May 2017 - 19:56

That episode was, I believe, what is technically known as 'a banger'. Top plot, top villains, top ending. Good stuff.
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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptyTue 16 May 2017 - 20:35

I enjoyed that one, yeah. Always enjoy a dig at capitalism.

To go back a week, I agree with the complaints about last week's ending. Maybe if it had been a two-parter, with more room for the atmosphere to be properly unsettling, the ending wouldn't have felt so abrupt and undermining.
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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptyWed 24 May 2017 - 19:23

Liked Oxygen but not sure what to think about Extremis.

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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptyWed 24 May 2017 - 19:26

Agreed:
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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptyThu 25 May 2017 - 17:12

Extremis:

Right! Prediction time:
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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptyThu 25 May 2017 - 20:03

Bold! Shocked
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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptyFri 2 Jun 2017 - 7:33

Last week's ep at least

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Anyway, bring on tomorrow's episode! Grin
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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptyFri 2 Jun 2017 - 14:41

I thought that was a good'n, and the cliffhanger was pretty cool and looks like it'll lead into a good next episode. Thumbs Up!
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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptyFri 2 Jun 2017 - 20:28

I agree with both Zero and Drunka - I didn't like that bit, but I liked the rest. Fences!
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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptySun 4 Jun 2017 - 20:21

Episode 3 of the Monks Trilogy:
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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptyThu 8 Jun 2017 - 6:35

As Balla's good twin, I like those sorts of endings. Anyway, I'm glad that three-parter is over - hoping to enjoy this week's episode. Thumbs Up!
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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptyThu 8 Jun 2017 - 17:43

I do like the recent trend of two or three parters where the parts are all quite different. See also the Girl who Died/ Girl Who lived, the one with the ghosts and the flood and that, and so on.

I do like those kinds of endings, as long as they're used sparingly. I also like that the callback to the photos was done in such a way it didn't undermine the original simple sweetness.
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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptySun 11 Jun 2017 - 9:59

So whilst last night's episode, Empress Of Mars, had some good notes, I have to admit that I wasn't that excited by it.

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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptySun 11 Jun 2017 - 11:19

It did feel unnecessary. The Doctyor could have just stayed to help out, or they could have done an old-fashioned rockfall to bury it or something.
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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptySun 11 Jun 2017 - 20:34

Happily I forgot about that for most of the episode. Alright otherwise! And do I detect a touch of Bioshock?
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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptySun 11 Jun 2017 - 21:02

Are you referring to the retro diving suits?
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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptyMon 12 Jun 2017 - 5:56

Yes. I'm sure Bioshock got the idea from the diving suits rather than the other way around, but they were very Big Daddy-ish.
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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptySun 18 Jun 2017 - 8:06

Really enjoyed yesterday's episode. Last week's teaser for it made me roll my eyes: a monster that you rarely see is almost always a poor special effect one, but it wasnae so bad.

Also, next week's one looks like it could be quiet special.
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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptySun 18 Jun 2017 - 12:50

This one was a bit daft and naff, but in an enjoyable way.
I'm looking forward to next week's. Done well, the cybermen are brilliant villains.
Also, on the subject of the TARDIS throwing a wobbly: could it be that the bleeding heart Doctor did that deliberately to give Missy an excuse to come out of the vault?
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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptyMon 19 Jun 2017 - 5:57

Meh episode, redeemed somewhat by a really nicely designed monster-of-the-week. Also, another somewhat ham-fisted thing about lesbianism, but I'm not sure whether that's my male-cis-white-scum privilege talking and that approach is actually necessary. And it's not like the straight romance is usually any more subtle, so...
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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptyMon 19 Jun 2017 - 9:30

To be fair, Roman and Greek cultures were considerably less heteronormative.
This whole series has been very deliberately courting tumblr Whovians though. Whitewashing, lesbians, capitalism, students and rent, british imperialism . . . I'm a fan of all this, but they were laying it on a tad thick.
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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptyMon 19 Jun 2017 - 19:20

As multicultural though? Obviously the Roman empire had black slaves. Did it have black soldiers? Genuine question, if it's all whitewashing I'd rather know.
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Everywhere the Romans conquered, they conscripted soldiers. 20 years of loyal service, and they and their families were made Roman citizens forever. There would no doubt have been people of every race and creed living and working here and there throughout the empire.
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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptyMon 19 Jun 2017 - 20:26

I can believe that, cheers boss. Thumbs Up!
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PostSubject: Re: Doctor Who Thread   Doctor Who Thread - Page 11 EmptySun 25 Jun 2017 - 11:46

So last night's episode was one that I should be referring to as a "sausage" (hope I got that right, Balla). Dark and creepy, but not without flaws.

World Enough And Time:

As ever, roll on next week! Dance
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