Spoilers Kerblam! grade and discussion thread

[Emperor-Tiberius]

Oh man... I hope they don't do that...

That really reminded me of the Zygon arc in the Eighth Doctor Adventures.

 

[BritishSeaPower]

^ Yeah, it does.

 

[YellowSubmarine]

So the earlier episodes might have been extraordinary good, and hence better than this week's, but this was the first of the season that felt like Doctor Who. Or maybe I'm just happy the Doctor got her first house call; I always disliked how each time we start over, the Doctor seems so alone in the universe – it felt the same with Smith's Doctor, and I've been waiting for her to ask a Dalek to scan her or something. Either way, there was something really good about this.

Fez delivery labelled ‘Help me’ was a bit of a red herring. I expected someone familiar to show up.

 

[starsuperion]

Funny...this episode felt more like an RTD era type thing. Not as good, but certainly reminiscent. Also, I got a complete "Scooby Who" vibe from it all.

 

[Professor Zoom]

This week's DW wasn't as much of a lecture as feared, but rather a harmless bit of traditional-ish (in a McCoy-era sort of way) fun. Team TARDIS come across a mystery, solve it, and the bad guy does get done in by his own plan at last. Nothing amazing, nothing terrbile, just a fairly regular episode to remind us this is still DW.

I think I enjoyed it more than you, but, I also shared the same McCoy Era vibe. Which I sorta dug.

 

[danellis]

Was I the only one who read to much into the "Graham finding the bubble-wrap" scene at the end?

dJE

 

[BritishSeaPower]

^ How do you mean?

 

[danellis]

Something about the way Ryan said "Are you sure you want to do that" and the Doctor said something as well. Felt... awfully meaningful to me.

dJE

 

[Mr Awe]

It's become a DW trope to make common place, homey things scary. I think it was just trying to drive that angle home. That was my take at least. Trying to make kids think about it the next time they receive a package. Well, adults too I suppose.

But, I don't think there's anything more to it than that.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

That and killer bubble wrap harks back to The Ark in Space.

 

[Gavin70]

He could even be a Timelord. But, one we've met before or a new one?

310 would be too young for the Master, unless he was even more careless with his lives than the Doctor.

It's obvious, he's the Rani!!!

or Susan

or Romana

We're still doing that with every new character, right?

 

[The Nth Doctor]

It's obvious, he's the Rani!!!

or Susan

or Romana

We're still doing that with every new character, right?

Yes. Always and forever.

And you forgot Rassilon, Borusa, Rodan, Drax, and Runcible the Fatuous!

 

[Mr Soak]

Or K'anpo Rinpoche, or Chronotis (although Chronotis was the Doctor's mentor back on Gallifrey; it's pretty unlikely from the odds point of view). Might be an earlier Azmael?

 

[The Nth Doctor]

It doesn't have to make sense! For all we know he's Morbius post-Frankenstein's monster mode!

 

[SolarisOne]

Something about the way Ryan said "Are you sure you want to do that" and the Doctor said something as well. Felt... awfully meaningful to me.

I might be wrong, but I don't think Chibnall is going down that route.

 

[Velocity]

I didn't feel it was anything more than a reference to the deadly bubblewrap they had just encountered. How could they be sure that the fez bubblewrap wasn't deadly, too? Who would take that chance?

 

[Marc]

I didn't feel it was anything more than a reference to the deadly bubblewrap they had just encountered. How could they be sure that the fez bubblewrap wasn't deadly, too? Who would take that chance?

I don't the pre-adventure bubble wrap was dangerous.

At that point in time, charles didn't know it was going work - he was still testing hence victims like Dan and Kira and the deadly bubble wrap was backed to go out in the base teleport of the carriers.

The episode was also a bit of Broadchurch reunion. Julie Hesmondhaigh who played Judy was in series 3 playing the character that series revolved around.

 

[Velocity]

I don't think it was dangerous either, but after just going through that experience, it was still creepy to them.

 

[Mr Awe]

That and killer bubble wrap harks back to The Ark in Space.

Shoot, even Star Trek: TOS used it for Klingon belt buckles in Errand of Mercy! It's a SF tradition!

I guess there was a point when it was brand new that it looked exotic, particularly when painted!

 

[RevdKathy]

Yes. Always and forever.

And you forgot Rassilon, Borusa, Rodan, Drax, and Runcible the Fatuous!

Surely Graham is a regeneration of Wilf?