Doctor Who Series 8

[SpookyFrank]

Why did the brand new moon/egg already have craters on it?

e2a: I'll stop now

 

[Bonfirelight]

and how did that newborn space dragon thing lay it? how did it get pregnant?

 

[Lord Camomile]

"...and everyone on Earth looked up and saw something so beautiful they went off into space in peace and love and harmony. Y'know, sort of like Star Trek"

Did they bollocks! The saw a huge space monster explode out of something they thought was familiar and benign and armed themselves to the teeth!

 

[Lord Camomile]

and how did that newborn space dragon thing lay it? how did it get pregnant?

That bothered me too. Not so much "how did it get pregnant", beause maybe that species is born pregnant or something (if it worked for Matthew Broderick in Godzilla... ), but how did it lay an egg that was essentially the same size as it?!

 

[DexterTCN]

... how did it get pregnant?

Like Tribbles, they're born pregnant.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

That bothered me too. Not so much "how did it get pregnant", beause maybe that species is born pregnant or something (if it worked for Matthew Broderick in Godzilla... ), but how did it lay an egg that was essentially the same size as it?!

Maybe it produced a soft shell that started gaining mass from somewhere? Like a balloon Moon womb?

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Also, why did the spider-shaped giant bacteria (we'll leave aside the issue of inherent size limitations of monocellular organisms) spin webs? What are they gonna catch in those webs, besides half a dozen astronauts every few decades? Why would a species with a single, immobile and effectively infinite food source even bother to evolve legs?

#why do they spin web

 

[ginger_syn]

I'm very content with the series so far.

 

[Augie March]

The whole episode was a blatant attempt to start a Moon Dragon spin-off series.

 

[Awesome Wells]

If the tides are going haywire then surely a beach is the least safe place to materialise!

How does the kid end up as president of the US without a serious constitutional change. Trump wouldn't be pleased: black and female!

 

[DotCommunist]

lots of Alien nods

 

[Santino]

Just saw John Hurt in the street.

 

[krtek a houby]

Just saw John Hurt in the street.

On the fucking moon?

 

[DotCommunist]

did you shout 'England Prevails jon!'

 

[Santino]

did you shout 'England Prevails jon!'

No, but I would have if I'd thought of it.

 

[prunus]

See, that's a bit more like it.

And some wonderful references. I did like 'are you my mummy?'

 

[danny la rouge]

Much better. Back on track. Although, Frank, don't give up the day job.

 

[Vintage Paw]

I really rather liked that.

 

[ruffneck23]

I really enjoyed that, thank god\science, I was starting to give up

"are you my mummy? "

sorry prunus you beat me to it

 

[Awesome Wells]

It's like, the hook - the idea of the mummy on the orient spaceship - is a mere distraction to be tossed aside in five minutes at the end. I don't get it anymore. WHat a waste.

 

[ruffneck23]

are you sure you're not atomic suplex ?

 

[ruffneck23]

I'm also going to say I think ' Danny' is the soldier that turns into the mummy, based on nothing what so ever

 

[DotCommunist]

skinner lol

A good story, clara's dress, a mummy and some soldier nods to the wider arc. Also clara at the end realises that she can tell mr pink 'be there at xxx!' and then can be delivered via tardis to that point in a few years cos its a time machine.

enjoyed the sort of grand 20s feel to the costumes in general.

 

[T & P]

That was fucking ace! Best one of the series by a mile. Whoever wrote/ directed/ influenced this episode, please get them to do the rest- for I can't believe it's the same person who's written some of the others in this series.

I also like the idea of a new, menacing foe in the shape of Gus. The Doctor has been missing a proper nemesis.

 

[Awesome Wells]

It could have been a good story, but the pacing was way off.

Who was 'Gus'? Oh doesn't matter.
What was this soldier? Why was it a mummy? Oh doesn't matter.
Why does Gus want all this stuff to the point of torturing people? Oh doesn't matter.

That doesn't work for me. It's not satisfying at all. The orient express in space thing is really cool, but i feel it was wasted.

I think I'd prefer a serial, like of old. Something that has a chance to develop and doesn't have to be shoehorned into 45 mins.

 

[8115]

That was fucking ace! Best one of the series by a mile. Whoever wrote/ directed/ influenced this episode, please get them to do the rest- for I can't believe it's the same person who's written some of the others in this series.

I also like the idea of a new, menacing foe in the shape of Gus. The Doctor has been missing a proper nemesis.

Yeah, it was a lot better than the others. Still not great though. It's even making me nostalgic for (hiss) River Song.

 

[ruffneck23]

Who was 'Gus'? Oh doesn't matter.
What was this soldier? Why was it a mummy? Oh doesn't matter.
Why does Gus want all this stuff to the point of torturing people? Oh doesn't matter.

.

the series hasn't ended yet....

 

[SpookyFrank]

I also like the idea of a new, menacing foe in the shape of Gus. The Doctor has been missing a proper nemesis.

Gus had some great lines.

"Unfortunately, survivors of this excercise are not required."

 

[PursuedByBears]

I liked that Capaldi was blatantly channeling Tom Baker, from the teeth-and-eyes acting to the jelly babies in the cigarette case

GUS was very Douglas Adams (Sirius Cybernetics Corporation) as well.

So, who was GUS? Will we see him/her again? GUS=Missy?

Is the Doctor changing his antipathy towards soldiers? Or is his seeming dislike really self-hatred, and he's recognising himself increasingly in the PTSD-casualties he encounters? The Captain and the Mummy were both victim-soldiers just like him. Interesting. Is Danny one too?

ETA Clara was brilliant in this too. And hot.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

that was a fucking vast improvement on last week

pretty descent who

and yes his delivery of some of the stuff was kinda tom bakerish although his attitude is more mccoy