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8X05 "Time Heist" Grading/Discussion)(SPOILERS!
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Since the preview seems to show something similar to it
This episode had some interesting ideas, but it was very badly executed. Everything seemed incredibly rushed (with vital exposition being compressed to three-second cutaways and single sentence explanations) and the artsy directional style just made it hard to work out what was happening. The characters had little to no fleshing out, and we were not given any kind of background about where or when it was all taking place, which made it hard to really care about anything that happened.
I gave it a 2. Not bad per se, but a little below par. Seemed like a very ho-hum adventure for the first half, but the second half was something of an improvement. Could have done without the predestination paradox and the hint at the end that the Doctor considers Danny a rival for Clara's appreciation.
Edit: Didn't like the rather contrived excuse for the TARDIS not being able to land, either. It flew right through a solar storm once, and another time allegedly ate a star so that the Doctor could Skype Rose in another timeline.
Edit: Didn't like the rather contrived excuse for the TARDIS not being able to land, either. It flew right through a solar storm once, and another time allegedly ate a star so that the Doctor could Skype Rose in another timeline.
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Pretty decent Dr Who tonight - solid standalone entry - neither fantastic nor awful, but perfectly acceptable Saturday night Who - with nice refs to the usual tropes of the heist genre. Twelve is so me...
I voted "Okay" but I'd give it 3 and a half stars out of five. Confusing at times but entertaining (something which the Smith era lacked). The series is beginning to get a bit too typical confusing "Moffaty" but still much better than the previous three series. I'm really liking Capaldi's doctor too, I wish they just skipped the SMith era and after Tennant regenerated just jump to this.
It was a good entertaining episode, and we didn't have a lot of needless deaths this episode.
Another merely enjoyable episode with Peter Capaldi as the highlight. I know I sound like a broken record when I say this, but this is also yet another episode of Clara being picked up and dropped off for a date in between adventures with The Doctor. Based on next week's trailer, this will become the main focus and hopefully it'll be resolved, but I doubt it.
The images of criminals included a Sensorite, a Ice Warrior, The Trickster, a Veil, a Raxacoricofallapatorian, a Weevil, and The Gunslinger from "A Town Called Mercy." I'm not sure about the others. One of them looks like it might have come from a Doctor Who Magazine comic?
The images of criminals included a Sensorite, a Ice Warrior, The Trickster, a Veil, a Raxacoricofallapatorian, a Weevil, and The Gunslinger from "A Town Called Mercy." I'm not sure about the others. One of them looks like it might have come from a Doctor Who Magazine comic?
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Absolom Daak - Dalek Killer. A character from the DWM comic strips (actually, he was there early enough to be in Doctor Who Weekly) who later turned up in the New Adventures. About to appear in the Big Finish range too.
Captain John Hart was in there too, apparently.
Captain John Hart was in there too, apparently.
Ah, thank you. Aside from a few issues from last year and a little bit I've read about here and there, I'm completely ignorant about the DWM comic strips.
What Big Finish audio is he going to appear in?
What Big Finish audio is he going to appear in?
I quite enjoyed that actually. No saving the galaxy, just a simple tale that for once, I didn't see the ending coming a mile away. Though I'm sure it was just chock full of plot holes. Rather strangely this reminded me very much of Dragonfire.
Capaldi came across as very Doctorish here.
Capaldi came across as very Doctorish here.
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Solid, fun romp. Nice nods to Oceans 11 and the bank caper genre. And I am loving this acerbic Doctor!
Didn't do much for me, the heist seemed both out of place and too pedestrian. Though I did find it amusing that apparently the USB connector remains popular into the future. Liked Keeley Hawes with the sexy receptionist (or uh, banker) look.
Had a lot of fun. Reminiscent of series 5 - fast paced, but with decent characterization. Also is the second story this series that isn't in any way connected to the arc of Paradise, which is nice.
Capaldi continues to rule.
Capaldi continues to rule.
I like that they haven't been beating us over the head with the arc. They laid the groundwork but haven't tried to shoehorn a scene into every episode.
I voted okay, it was better than that, but not amazing.
As someone above said, the first half was a bit ordinary but the second half picked up. Also the predestination paradox is a real paradox and I can't see how it resolves itself.
That aside, it was a fun romp, especially when none of our crew died, and a lot of scampering about The identity of the banker was a nice reveal too. Kind of guessed the Architect's identity as well. More fluffy fun, and not the worse for it.
How could it have been better? While releasing the imprisoned lifeforms was a good thin, maybe such a huge hiest required a better reason. YMMV.
As someone above said, the first half was a bit ordinary but the second half picked up. Also the predestination paradox is a real paradox and I can't see how it resolves itself.
That aside, it was a fun romp, especially when none of our crew died, and a lot of scampering about The identity of the banker was a nice reveal too. Kind of guessed the Architect's identity as well. More fluffy fun, and not the worse for it.
How could it have been better? While releasing the imprisoned lifeforms was a good thin, maybe such a huge hiest required a better reason. YMMV.