The Interstellar Song Contest grade and discussion thread

[matthunter]

A bit of a re-run of TPOTW - trapped on a space station in the far future with thousands (supposely) slaughtered and a delta wave projector about to slay millions more and the Doctor goes to a dark place only the companion gets to stop them. No time vortex, but we get a regeneration.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Like this one lot more that I thought I would and darker too. I was expecting a silly frothy romp. After all its Eurovision in SPAAAACE! Darkside Doctor is always scary.

Spoiler

Plus Susan and the Ranis!!!!

 

[bdub76]

The audio mix was terrible. I could barely hear the dialogue.

Lots of really old classic Doctor Who references, which I expect to go over most viewers' heads. It was good for those that know, but it most likely fell flat for those that didn't.

I thought it was an okay episode, but it was barely watchable with the bad audio mix.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Audio was fine for me. Even the accents were audible!

 

[VDCNI]

Yes no problem with the audio for me

 

[bdub76]

Yes no problem with the audio for me

What sound system are you running?

I have a full blown Atmos setup with speakers around my room.

 

[matthunter]

My sound setup is pretty good, but I have noticed issues with the live transmission - watching on iPlayer resolves it. Though presumably if you're on Disney+ the same should apply.

 

[VDCNI]

What sound system are you running?

I have a full blown Atmos setup with speakers around my room.

My TV

 

[Redfern]

Will this thread be open to spoilers at some point? (At the time I'm posting this entry, I don't see the red box with white text graphic usually associated with these episode discussion threads.) It's kinda' amusing how we're avoiding concise statements of the two "reveals".

 

[Nerys Myk]

My TV

Same

 

[bdub76]

Will this thread be open to spoilers at some point? (At the time I'm posting this entry, I don't see the red box with white text graphic usually associated with these episode discussion threads.) It's kinda' amusing how we're avoiding concise statements of the two "reveals".

There is a Mrs. Flood thread.

 

[Chaos Descending]

Well, well, well. That was something, wasn't it?

 

[The Wormhole]

Damn, this was quite a good episode. I knew going in we'd probably be getting answers concerning some of the season's story arc, but you know what, the episode's story absorbed me enough that that I didn't even care about those answers until the time they were provided. And of course, the Susan reveal definitely came out of left field for me, as I'd given up ever seeing that character in the modern era.

Still, this episode was just really fun with the Eurovision in space and a side of adventure and excitement, a few poignant moments about the evils of bigotry and we even got to see the Doctor go dark side. And all around solid hour and might be one of the best of the season, though this has been a very strong season so far.

 

[JD]

As an American who has never seen Eurovision, I probably missed a lot of those references, but as just as a Doctor Who episode I thought it was great. I know enough about Eurovision that I expected this to just be a goofy episode with a bunch of crazy looking aliens singing weird songs, but it actually went to some pretty dark places. I was at least relieved that The Doctor put the field up that put the people into suspended animation, because I was shocked at first that they would actually kill that many people.
It's always interesting to see the Doctor's dark side come out, and it definitely did this week. I think it's even more shocking and effective with Doctors like Fifteen who tend to be a bit goofier.
I'm curious if we are actually going to see Kid again.
The whole motivation behind the attack definitely made Kid and Wynn a bit more sympathetic than some of the more over the top bad guys we've gotten in the past, even if they did take things waaaaaayyyyyy to far.
Definitely curious about what exactly is going on with The Doctor seeing Susan. At first I thought maybe it some kind of random hallucination as the Doctor was freezing in space, but the fact he kept seeing , even up to the end of the episode would imply there's more going on than that.
I had been hoping Mrs. Flood wouldn't be The Rani since she'd been the rumor and the big theory going back to last season, but the reveal was very cool. Definitely curious to see what they're up to exactly.

 

[Emperor-Tiberius]

Final song echoing Eurovision's history with nations that are being oppressed. Ukraine in recent years springs to mind.

This seems almost too appropriate for Gaza, from my view. I guess its a Rorsach's test there.

Damn, this was quite a good episode. I knew going in we'd probably be getting answers concerning some of the season's story arc, but you know what, the episode's story absorbed me enough that that I didn't even care about those answers until the time they were provided. And of course, the Susan reveal definitely came out of left field for me, as I'd given up ever seeing that character in the modern era.

I feel exactly the same way. I really wanted her all the way back to End of Time and any time during the Moffat years, but it'd never happen. Happy to see her come back!

Still, this episode was just really fun with the Eurovision in space and a side of adventure and excitement, a few poignant moments about the evils of bigotry and we even got to see the Doctor go dark side. And all around solid hour and might be one of the best of the season, though this has been a very strong season so far.

Think the finale will muck it up? As RTD finales usually do?

 

[JD]

I'm optimistic, but I also didn't hate The Legend of Ruby Sunday and Empire of Death as much as most people seem to.
The Mrs. Flood reveal was already better than the reveal of Ruby's mom.