It's a callback to Tom Baker. He used a yo-yo as a "gravity tester" on more than one occasion.
8X07 "Kill The Moon" (Grading/Discussion)(SPOILERS!)
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It's a callback to Tom Baker. He used a yo-yo as a "gravity tester" on more than one occasion.
I put this one as 'Great." Which is the first time this series I rated it lower than the top choice.
Not to read anything into that though, I really did enjoy this episode, but I had a few pacing issues in the middle. Great story though, even though I knew they weren't really going to let a brand new life form die. I was reminded me of the 50th anniversary special where Clara talked the Doctors out of destroying Gallifrey, I knew this time would be no different.
Also, I can see why Clara is upset, but I can also see that the Doctor had a good reason for letting them make the choice, because he knew they would make the right one. I feel he could have explained this better to Clara so she wouldn't be too upset, but whatever, they need a little conflict between the two and I suppose this is how we're getting it. There are plenty of real life examples where conflict could have been avoided if someone just said something more clearly, so I can't fault this instance for being unrealistic or anything.
Next week's episode looks really interesting. If I've had any complaint so far this series it's that they've stuck around Earth too much, I'm really happy to see them going off planet some more, and a flying Orient Express sounds so wild that it's perfect for 'Who.
Not to read anything into that though, I really did enjoy this episode, but I had a few pacing issues in the middle. Great story though, even though I knew they weren't really going to let a brand new life form die. I was reminded me of the 50th anniversary special where Clara talked the Doctors out of destroying Gallifrey, I knew this time would be no different.
Also, I can see why Clara is upset, but I can also see that the Doctor had a good reason for letting them make the choice, because he knew they would make the right one. I feel he could have explained this better to Clara so she wouldn't be too upset, but whatever, they need a little conflict between the two and I suppose this is how we're getting it. There are plenty of real life examples where conflict could have been avoided if someone just said something more clearly, so I can't fault this instance for being unrealistic or anything.
Next week's episode looks really interesting. If I've had any complaint so far this series it's that they've stuck around Earth too much, I'm really happy to see them going off planet some more, and a flying Orient Express sounds so wild that it's perfect for 'Who.
After 15 hundred years, he still had the Seal of Rasilon in his pocket that 3 stole from the Master.
I'm confused?
Let the Alien Life Form Hatch out of the moon, Moon Gone, Earth Orbit/Gravity fucked up, and devastation occurs.
Destroy the moon, before it hatches, and how is that any different than the loss of the moon to hatching?
Loved it aside from that, and I think Blind Self Preservation (War Hawks?) was well displayed in the episode
Let the Alien Life Form Hatch out of the moon, Moon Gone, Earth Orbit/Gravity fucked up, and devastation occurs.
Destroy the moon, before it hatches, and how is that any different than the loss of the moon to hatching?
Loved it aside from that, and I think Blind Self Preservation (War Hawks?) was well displayed in the episode
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Sense when does Doctor Who have to be scientifically correct?
I loved this episode, it had a very classic Who feel to it, even the music and drama seemed very classic Doctor Who. I loved that.
Again, like last week, the episode isn't about the alien of the week, the episode is about the relationships, this time between the Doctor and his companion. The alien of the week is just there to give them something to work off of.
Great ep, look forward to the next.
I loved this episode, it had a very classic Who feel to it, even the music and drama seemed very classic Doctor Who. I loved that.
Again, like last week, the episode isn't about the alien of the week, the episode is about the relationships, this time between the Doctor and his companion. The alien of the week is just there to give them something to work off of.
Great ep, look forward to the next.
Been waiting for this to happen for a while.
I'm wondering if the 11th Doctor ever made it and is just now showing up a tad late
With a Time Machine, it's quite difficult to be late.
I just discovered these Radio Times episode posters a little while ago. I like the retro feel of them and it makes up for the fact that BBC isnt doing them again this year for some reason. I just wish they were landscape format rather than portrait.Can't believe no one's done this yet.
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Clara: Where the hell have you been?
The Doctor: You sent me for coffee.
Clara: Three weeks ago. In Glasgow.
The Doctor: Three weeks, that's a long time.
Clara: In Glasgow. That's dead in a ditch.
The Doctor: It's not my fault, I got distracted.
Clara: By what?
The Doctor: We can always find something. Come on.
Maybe The Doctor decided to send Rory and Amy on their honeymoon instead then forgot about The Orient Express in space.
Fantastic episode. I loved how unashamedly high concept it was and I thought the main characters (and actors) were brilliant in it.
I am enjoying this series (it is really nice to finally be interested enough to become a full time viewer again) but this episode is the first failure for me. I definitely did not need the heavy handed "subtext" about choice.
Oh well. I'm looking forward to better things next week!
Oh well. I'm looking forward to better things next week!
Meh about this. Good episode, not great. Again, Capaldi was great. He's not the issue.
We watched with a few friends, and for the last few seasons Moffat has been doing arcs across an entire season, some things even spanning more then one. We're kinda expecting that. Now, except for the few shots with Missy, and two mentions of the girl in the shop, there isn't an arc. And that confuses people, perhaps? And we all kinda figure that the last two or three episodes of this season are going to be a massive reveal/arc like story.
Anyway, this episode.... Again, was ok. The premise of the moon was fun, some solid performances by Capalde and Coleman. The shots on the moon looked nice. The pay-off was....I need to think about that.
We watched with a few friends, and for the last few seasons Moffat has been doing arcs across an entire season, some things even spanning more then one. We're kinda expecting that. Now, except for the few shots with Missy, and two mentions of the girl in the shop, there isn't an arc. And that confuses people, perhaps? And we all kinda figure that the last two or three episodes of this season are going to be a massive reveal/arc like story.
Anyway, this episode.... Again, was ok. The premise of the moon was fun, some solid performances by Capalde and Coleman. The shots on the moon looked nice. The pay-off was....I need to think about that.
There probably should have been some explanation offered for the creatures sudden growth spurt.
Probably an unintended callback, but I think way back in Destiny of the Daleks(?) Four made a reference to a planet actually being a giant space slug that had formed a rocky shell around itself.
Then of course theres the fact that up until a few years ago, the interior of the Earth was a Racnoss hatchery.
Probably an unintended callback, but I think way back in Destiny of the Daleks(?) Four made a reference to a planet actually being a giant space slug that had formed a rocky shell around itself.
Then of course theres the fact that up until a few years ago, the interior of the Earth was a Racnoss hatchery.
King of like with the Eighth going to Cambridge to "resume" the Shada adventure that The Five Doctors interrupted the Fourth to undergo.
I'm wondering if the 11th Doctor ever made it and is just now showing up a tad late
Horrible science (mass, gravity, etc.) and horrible history (100 million years?!). The climax almost makes up for all of that, but not quite. It was good to see Clara snapping at The Doctor because his behavior this whole regeneration has been very questionable. Hopefully, we'll see more exploration on this aspect.
I certainly did!Since we are on a Trek board I was wondering if, when the moon hatched, anyone else thought the creature was the Great Bird of the Galaxy? Because that's what I thought.
http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Great_Bird_of_the_Galaxy
"high tide, everywhere at once" made me lul out loud. That is not how tides work ...
The moon usually not having any gravity according to the ep was fun too.
I also liked how they could *see* and *hear* the creature hatch from a beach in broad daylight.
And what was it flapping its wings against, exactly, anyway?Some fabulous acting in this episode, but I did have to make an active effort to ignore the plot/science/everything.
"high tide, everywhere at once" made me lul out loud. That is not how tides work ...
The moon usually not having any gravity according to the ep was fun too.
I also liked how they could *see* and *hear* the creature hatch from a beach in broad daylight.
Some fabulous acting in this episode, but I did have to make an active effort to ignore the plot/science/everything.
I'm sure they din't mean literally everywhere on the planet, but tides being effected planet-wide.
And did someone actually say the moon had no gravity? It certainly had more than normal.
And no explaination re the sound. But we've seen the space whale use fins to move through space. I dunno, its a spacegoing lifeform. Prthaps its fins have some form of biological gravity generators or something. It already seems likely that the creatures can convert energy to matter as part of their biology.
Not even the worst of the Classic era stories got the science this bad.
That's a nod to the Second Doctor.
Tegan did not leave in a huff. She left because she couldn't take the violence and innocent peoples' deaths anymore.
Ian and Barbara did not leave in a huff, either. They had a rare opportunity to go home (using a Dalek time ship) and they took it. They weren't angry with the Doctor at all. The only reason for the argument in that episode was because the Doctor was genuinely afraid they wouldn't make it home safely, and wanted them to stay with him.
You want to know who did leave in a huff? Sarah Jane. She brought out a pile of stuff and made a speech about "I'm packing my goodies and I'm going HOME!" and then she whined that she wasn't allowed to go to Gallifrey.
It would be nice if they pretended to try just a little.
It reminds me of the 8000-year-old South American Mayans in one of the early Fifth Doctor stories. Nobody made the slightest effort at research.
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