OneEyedStuart
Distinguished Member
Without doubt a wonderful Who episode. Hopefully laying the foundations of a continued story arc throughout the rest of the season. So many questions to resolve...
Aah missed a bit of it, was washing up. I'll watch it again at some point.
Without doubt a wonderful Who episode. Hopefully laying the foundations of a continued story arc throughout the rest of the season. So many questions to resolve...
I thought it started really badly. When we first saw Ruth, her husband and the cafe owner the acting was pretty poor. The reactions of the extras when the Judoon turned up was laughable. Some started running the split second the Judoon materialised. Then when the Doctor showed her inspector badge (psychic paper) and she and ‘officer’ Yasmin just spoke bollocks with no sense of authority. They sounded like a drunk girls night out, totally unbelievable. Then Captain Jack turned up, not really necessary, but added shock value and lines him up for the big Cyberman finale (I expect). Then it went into the arbitration and from that point it really picked up. Once Jo Martin became the Doctor she was really good and stole the show from Jodie. It also makes me think that Jo’s poor acting at the beginning was deliberate as a result of direction that she was living the illusion of a different person. Still think there are two too many companions, all three were pretty useless in this episode, both in storyline and their acting.
Cheers,
Nigel
People have reacted differently throughout Who old and new when aliens arrive so that's not a biggie for me
I think the problem with the Capaldi era is that the BBC were under pressure to have a female doctor but they didn’t have the guts to do it at that time. So instead they made a proxy doctor by focussing on his companion and turning the series into the Clara Oswald show. It was some time before the reins were handed across to Capaldi and by that time the damage had been done.
Cheers,
Nigel
The factGat and 'Ruth' never ever confirmed they were Time Lords, just Gallifreyan/time travellers .... so pre-Time Lord era Gallifreyans, with Ruth being the pre-Time Lord(Hartnell) 'Doctor' and also perhaps the 'Timeless Child', whatever that is, connected to the lies of the founding fathers (Rassilon, Omega, The Other). Old Tardis interior, trying to look pre-Hartnell, but the Police Box exterior and failed chameleon circuit started with Hartnell, and was reconfirmed in The Name of the Doctor.
I haven't bothered with this since last year, as I found Whittaker and her crew a bit of a dud. Has it improved along the way with them bedding in?
Because she didn't pay close attentionI've just thought ifthe other Doctor is from another dimension how come she doesn't know that?
Bri
Although Ruth said was the Doctor. So if just a Gallifreyan/time traveller the Doctor would just be that as well. I doubt Hartnell was awarded Time Lord status for stealing the Tardis...Gat and 'Ruth' never ever confirmed they were Time Lords, just Gallifreyan/time travellers .... so pre-Time Lord era Gallifreyans, with Ruth being the pre-Time Lord(Hartnell) 'Doctor' and also perhaps the 'Timeless Child', whatever that is, connected to the lies of the founding fathers (Rassilon, Omega, The Other). Old Tardis interior, trying to look pre-Hartnell, but the Police Box exterior and failed chameleon circuit started with Hartnell, and was reconfirmed in The Name of the Doctor.