Just watched Clara's first scene (spoilers)

Candlelight · December 21 2012, 10:54 AM

Least I think it was. On the graham norton show.

Ran for almost a minute. Was quite funny.

Ar-Pharazon · December 21 2012, 01:12 PM

^What, does he eat it himself?

Candlelight · December 21 2012, 06:17 PM

It was a touch thing. He forgot to use gloves.

Candlelight · December 21 2012, 06:42 PM

He also kept getting Clara's gender wrong.

Stupid aliens.

Peacemaker · December 21 2012, 07:13 PM

Oh that's truly funny. I am really looking forward to this episode!

Ar-Pharazon · December 22 2012, 12:21 AM

Carols by Candlelight wrote:

He also kept getting Clara's gender wrong.

Stupid aliens.

And he's a nurse.

Well, maybe Sontarans have no gender since they're clones.

Christopher · December 22 2012, 12:56 AM

Despite being clones, Sontarans seem to self-identify as male and have a long history of showing contempt toward females of other species. Presumably they must've originally reproduced normally before turning themselves into a clone race (and there's a comic-book story that supports that), and the creators of the clones must've considered females unworthy and created an all-male clone race that inherited that misogyny.

The Wormhole · December 22 2012, 01:52 AM

Carols by Candlelight wrote:

He also kept getting Clara's gender wrong.

Stupid aliens.

This kind of ties into A Good Man Goes to War, when Strax said to that female soldier "Come on, boy." Vastra then commented to Jenny, "she's definitely a girl."

Guy Gardener · December 22 2012, 01:57 AM

Why don't women like to be called men?

It's like an instant promotion.

Peacemaker · December 22 2012, 02:00 AM

The scene is now up on Blogtor Who.

Emh · December 22 2012, 02:23 AM

I found the Graham Norton portion even more entertaining than the clip from the episode. Matt Smith is hilarious, but Billy Connolly is a riot and Dustin Hoffman is always a treat. I would love to see either of them on the show even if they aren't all that familiar with it.

diankra · December 22 2012, 04:24 AM

Christopher wrote:

Despite being clones, Sontarans seem to self-identify as male and have a long history of showing contempt toward females of other species. Presumably they must've originally reproduced normally before turning themselves into a clone race (and there's a comic-book story that supports that), and the creators of the clones must've considered females unworthy and created an all-male clone race that inherited that misogyny.

Or just that, when the war began and they moved over to cloning as a form of total mobilisation (that's how their creator Robert Holmes always put it, saying that the Sontarans had a marvellous culture in terms of literature, song, the lot, but they'd just put luxuries like that on hold for the duration of the war) - they had a culture where women didn't fight on the frontline, if at all. The Sontaran generals may even have felt that it was a kindness, saving the fairer sex from having to endure all the unpleasantness of the next few years (/centuries/millennia, as it turned out).

Gov Kodos · December 22 2012, 07:53 AM

I just wish they'd stop running Strax's comical moments, it's killing half the fun these character ought to bring to the show. He looks to be a lot of fun in this, so leave something for Christmas. Spoilers folks...

Cutter John · December 22 2012, 06:26 PM

My goodness, using brain worms on people. The Doc seems to be reverting to his Bill Hartnell self.

StCoop · December 22 2012, 07:04 PM

And today's lesson from Moffat-World... (Mental) Rape is funny.

December 21 2012, 10:54 AM	#1
Candlelight Admiral Location: New Zealand	Just watched Clara's first scene (spoilers) Least I think it was. On the graham norton show. the doctor jumps into a carriage with Clara and introduces her to the sontaran, who is ordered to get the 'memory worm', which will erase part of her memory. He comes back with no memory... Ran for almost a minute. Was quite funny. __________________ "I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six."

December 21 2012, 01:12 PM	#2
Ar-Pharazon Admiral of the Rear	Re: Just watched Clara's first scene (spoilers) ^What, does he eat it himself? __________________ Rimmer, on what period of history to live in- “Well, It’d be the 19th century for me, one of Napoleon’s marshals. The chance to march across Europe with the greatest general of all time and kill Belgians” - (White Hole).

December 21 2012, 06:17 PM	#3
Candlelight Admiral Location: New Zealand	Re: Just watched Clara's first scene (spoilers) It was a touch thing. He forgot to use gloves. __________________ "I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six."

December 21 2012, 06:42 PM	#4
Candlelight Admiral Location: New Zealand	Re: Just watched Clara's first scene (spoilers) He also kept getting Clara's gender wrong. Stupid aliens. __________________ "I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six."

December 21 2012, 07:13 PM	#5
Peacemaker Vice Admiral Location: Time Vortex	Re: Just watched Clara's first scene (spoilers) Oh that's truly funny. I am really looking forward to this episode! __________________ Listen to my best friend's Podcast! DJ Mark Bisson Say my name, and every color illuminates!

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December 22 2012, 12:56 AM	#7
Christopher Writer	Re: Just watched Clara's first scene (spoilers) Despite being clones, Sontarans seem to self-identify as male and have a long history of showing contempt toward females of other species. Presumably they must've originally reproduced normally before turning themselves into a clone race (and there's a comic-book story that supports that), and the creators of the clones must've considered females unworthy and created an all-male clone race that inherited that misogyny. __________________ Christopher L. Bennett Homepage -- Includes purchasing links for Only Superhuman, on sale now! Updated 12/30/12 with annotations for the novel. Written Worlds -- My blog

December 22 2012, 01:57 AM	#9
Guy Gardener Admiral Location: In the lap of squalor I assure you.	Re: Just watched Clara's first scene (spoilers) Why don't women like to be called men? It's like an instant promotion. __________________ "Glitter is the herpes of arts and craft." Troy Yingst. My Life as Liz

December 22 2012, 02:00 AM	#10
Peacemaker Vice Admiral Location: Time Vortex	Re: Just watched Clara's first scene (spoilers) The scene is now up on Blogtor Who. __________________ Listen to my best friend's Podcast! DJ Mark Bisson Say my name, and every color illuminates!

December 22 2012, 02:23 AM	#11
Emh The Doctor Location: Japan	Re: Just watched Clara's first scene (spoilers) I found the Graham Norton portion even more entertaining than the clip from the episode. Matt Smith is hilarious, but Billy Connolly is a riot and Dustin Hoffman is always a treat. I would love to see either of them on the show even if they aren't all that familiar with it. __________________ "Eccleston was a tiger and Tennant was, well, Tigger. Smith [is] an uncoordinated housecat who pretends that he meant to do that after falling off a piece of furniture." - Lynne M. Thomas "I'm in Hell and it's full of Avons!" - Vila

December 22 2012, 07:53 AM	#13
Gov Kodos Vice Admiral Location: Gov Kodos Regretably far from Boston	Re: Just watched Clara's first scene (spoilers) I just wish they'd stop running Strax's comical moments, it's killing half the fun these character ought to bring to the show. He looks to be a lot of fun in this, so leave something for Christmas. Spoilers folks... __________________ “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” Rumi

December 22 2012, 06:26 PM	#14
Cutter John Rear Admiral Location: Beyond the wall of sleep, just south of Seattle.	Re: Just watched Clara's first scene (spoilers) My goodness, using brain worms on people. The Doc seems to be reverting to his Bill Hartnell self. __________________ "The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don't always soften the bad things. But vice versa, the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant."

December 22 2012, 07:04 PM	#15
StCoop Commodore	Re: Just watched Clara's first scene (spoilers) And today's lesson from Moffat-World... (Mental) Rape is funny.