I do wonder if sooner or later Who will need a radical shift (ala Pertwee's UNIT/Exile era) just to keep the show interesting, even if it reverts to monster of the week soon after.
The Pilot (Grade & Discussion Thread)
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I do wonder if sooner or later Who will need a radical shift (ala Pertwee's UNIT/Exile era) just to keep the show interesting, even if it reverts to monster of the week soon after.
Who has certainly got better since they got rid of Clara 
Capaldi has improved from being awful because of being lumbered with Clara, to being quite good, first in the superman one, then in this one, and that alone makes this probably the best episode since Day of the Doctor (when Tennant, Smith, and Piper together managed to offset the
of Clara)
Capaldi has improved from being awful because of being lumbered with Clara, to being quite good, first in the superman one, then in this one, and that alone makes this probably the best episode since Day of the Doctor (when Tennant, Smith, and Piper together managed to offset the
of Clara)
I forgot about the incredibly idiotic Doctor-forgot-about-Clara bit... Damn, the series 9 arc was mercilessly stupid, wasn't it?
Hey, maybe an actual explanation for the Hybrid is what's inside the Vault? Or better yet, let's just forget that misfired storyline.
If the BBC can string together three (or more) years in a row with a full 12 or 13 episode series, then maybe.
As awesome as I think Capaldi as Doctor College Professor would be, this probably isn't the right time for that; the series has been off the air for a while, and once it's over it will be off the air for a while (excepting the Christmas one-offs). This year probably needs to not be radical, even though I personally would love some radical.
That said, I truly hope we haven't seen the last of the Doctor's university career this year.
So, like Buffy if it was about Giles?
Or Class if it had the Doctor?
Is the finale about him grading final exams? lol
Sort of a weak plot despite some good writing and interesting bits with the vault and the end but I get the need to focus on Bill. I like her.
Maybe I am not comprehending something quite obvious, but I am suspecting that I am hearing either a British term unfamiliar to my American ears or else hearing an acronym that is being commonly passed around by folks a few decades younger than me in their tweets.... but would someone please identify the term/word Bill uses when she first enters the TARDIS and asks the Doctor if it is a 'nokfu'? 'Knock-foo'? I've tried Googliing some different spellings, but I am coming up with nothing. Maybe I am just being dense this afternoon. Silly bunt.
Knock through, I believe.
I've taken to watching shows like this with the captioning on which helps eliminate issues with accents and slang as my ears aren't that great to begin with.
Agreed. First Season Clara was a plot point that seemed weirdly mysterious to a time traveler.
I actually thought she was much more interesting when she had to struggle in her relationship with the Doctor.
That said: I don't need to see her again.
But Donna? The greatest companion ever? Yes. I would love to see her again. Especially with 12.
Oh. Oh yes. The irresistible force meets the immovable object! Wheeee!
Pilot means first episode of a TV show.
I keep thinking this thread is about the upcoming Discovery Pilot.
Regardless there will be confusion whenever Rose is referred to as "the Pilot" eventually.
I keep thinking this thread is about the upcoming Discovery Pilot.
Regardless there will be confusion whenever Rose is referred to as "the Pilot" eventually.
Knock through, as someone said above. You have two small rooms, and you either put a door in, or take the whole wall out, you 'knock through' to the other room (knock implying sledge hammer or similar).
Now that makes good sense. Thanks for the clarification, everyone. Despite renovating the kitchen, a bedroom, two bathrooms & a hallway in our house back in Maine, I never heard that particular term. Maybe because we did no knock throughs. I guess I don't watch enough of those home renovation programs on TV!
The writers barely seemed to care about it even when it was current (I know I didn't.)
Yes, let's not talk about the MacGuff---er, I mean, the Hybrid again...
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