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schneefinkA new Doctor Who season has begun. Personally I still like Doctor Who but am not especially fannish about it anymore, but I have friends who are very enthusiastic about it so I get secondhand excitement.
What a dramatic beginning to the season! Many big players, and a shocking cliffhanger. It seems a hard act to follow for a whole season, but I'll wait and see.
When the Daleks destroyed the TARDIS - no, appeared to destroy the TARDIS, I don't believe it - it was worse than when they killed Missy or Clara. Not the TARDIS!
I liked Clara working together with Missy. Missy in general was great. First insisting that she's the Doctor's friend, and then being insulted that the Doctor calls Davros his arch-enemy *g*
Missy said that the Doctor was a lovely little girl, but we know that he didn't have an earlier regeneration, right? right?
Missy said nobody can find the Doctor and it's not like other times. Nobody can find any Doctor? You know many places where he has been. The only question can be "nobody can find the latest Doctor", but why would Davros care about where the Doctor is in his timeline? Personal timelines are confusing.
And there was only one time in history that the Doctor attracted attention while there was no crisis going on? Okay...
Tbh the impending death of the Doctor seems a bit sudden, after we just (more or less) had a similar thing with River and the astronaut etc.
This episode built a lot on existing Doctor Who mythology. That means I probably missed a lot because Doctor Who canon is complicated and there's a lot I don't remember. For example, when the kid said his name was Davros: LK and I were surprised and excited, while MSZ asked who Davros was again. And when they met old!Davros (and the Doctor commented "oh there he is" like he knew he must be still around somewhere) and then there was Skarro and the Daleks I had to ask LK what happened the last time we met the Daleks because I couldn't remember the details.
The Doctor meeting young Davros - it's an exciting twist, but it also feels like a familiar storyline, like they've done something like this before, even though right now I can't remember anything specific. Maybe it's just the general framing. Sometimes Doctor Who feels like a show that's trying to be bigger than it can manage and this was one of these episodes. Who knows, maybe I'm overly skeptical and it'll all work out.
What a dramatic beginning to the season! Many big players, and a shocking cliffhanger. It seems a hard act to follow for a whole season, but I'll wait and see.
When the Daleks destroyed the TARDIS - no, appeared to destroy the TARDIS, I don't believe it - it was worse than when they killed Missy or Clara. Not the TARDIS!
I liked Clara working together with Missy. Missy in general was great. First insisting that she's the Doctor's friend, and then being insulted that the Doctor calls Davros his arch-enemy *g*
Missy said that the Doctor was a lovely little girl, but we know that he didn't have an earlier regeneration, right? right?
Missy said nobody can find the Doctor and it's not like other times. Nobody can find any Doctor? You know many places where he has been. The only question can be "nobody can find the latest Doctor", but why would Davros care about where the Doctor is in his timeline? Personal timelines are confusing.
And there was only one time in history that the Doctor attracted attention while there was no crisis going on? Okay...
Tbh the impending death of the Doctor seems a bit sudden, after we just (more or less) had a similar thing with River and the astronaut etc.
This episode built a lot on existing Doctor Who mythology. That means I probably missed a lot because Doctor Who canon is complicated and there's a lot I don't remember. For example, when the kid said his name was Davros: LK and I were surprised and excited, while MSZ asked who Davros was again. And when they met old!Davros (and the Doctor commented "oh there he is" like he knew he must be still around somewhere) and then there was Skarro and the Daleks I had to ask LK what happened the last time we met the Daleks because I couldn't remember the details.
The Doctor meeting young Davros - it's an exciting twist, but it also feels like a familiar storyline, like they've done something like this before, even though right now I can't remember anything specific. Maybe it's just the general framing. Sometimes Doctor Who feels like a show that's trying to be bigger than it can manage and this was one of these episodes. Who knows, maybe I'm overly skeptical and it'll all work out.
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Date: 2015-09-21 12:55 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2015-09-21 07:44 pm (UTC)although it is autumn so that should have been a clue.
I might try and catch it on Iplayer.