Seppey
1821
This was a really good episode.
Obviously the theme for the season is ‘love’.
I’m one episode behind, just finished the Russian submarine episode. Good stuff. Totally loved and lol’d at the shoutout to Ultravox! “Do they break up?!” Haha!! I wonder if Midge Ure is a Doctor Who fan?
There was some fantastic lighting work in this episode, especially with the candelabra.
Still behind the rest of you all, but Dinosaurs on a spaceship was pretty fun! :)
Cybor western , lots of win there!
Now time for 3THREE333333333
Just caught up. The ghost episode was the best of the ones with Clara so far. Lots of very “Doctory” moments. As others have mentioned, fantastic use of lighting and sound in this episode. Very creepy.
Next one looks like it could be every bit as good if not better. Can’t wait!
Great ep this week. Always enjoy Madame Vastra and Jenny (and good to see Jenny getting more to do). Plus, Diana Rigg (and her RL daughter)! Mega-groan @ Thomas Thomas…
Yeah, really great episode this week. Always good to sew Strax and the gang.
Game of Thrones, Doctor Who… Diana Rigg is certainly getting around in her old age, I liked the in-jole of Jenny transforming into Mrs. Peel.
hepcat
1830
Strax for the win. I seriously want an entire show built around his adventures.
He can be a little too one-noteish but he usually has at least one awesome line per appearance. This time: “Horse, you have failed your mission!”
My only complaints about this episode were (A) Clara is written out half the time (tho if you dislike her I guess that’s a plus), (B) Madame Vastra didn’t get to do much (tho it meant Jenny had more time to shine), and © seriously, why the hell don’t Vastra, Jenny, and Strax have their own damn series by now?
My only complaints about this episode were (A) Clara is written out half the time (tho if you dislike her I guess that’s a plus), (B) Madame Vastra didn’t get to do much (tho it meant Jenny had more time to shine), and © seriously, why the hell don’t Vastra, Jenny, and Strax have their own damn series by now?
Given how the BBC milk Doctor Who these days, I’m sure it’s in the works.
I’m surprised there wasn’t more discussion of the previous episode, Journey to The Center of The Tardis. Possibly my favorite of the season so far.
There haven’t been too many Adventures in the Tardis.
I really can’t recall any now that I think about. (They exist that’s all I know)
This one was really fun. And the “price” for the TARDIS Reconfiguration Module bit I really liked.
Hugin
1836
Really? I thought that episode was super, super terrible (and it was written by the same guy who wrote the space pirates episode, Curse of the black Spot, which I thought was terrible as well). Getting burned up in the Tardis engine room turns you into zombie monsters, really? You decide, as a prank, to convince your own brother he’s a robot (really?) and somehow this works despite his presumed ongoing need to eat food, pee, poop, the bleeding when he gets minor cuts, and all the other general signifiers of not being a robot? You come across a spaceship, with a guy in it, he says “I’ve lost my friend, help me find her and I’ll give you a huge reward”, and you decide to just start dismantling and stealing everything you can get your hands on even well, well, well after it’s become abundantly clear this is a bad idea?
The episode is called Journey to the center of the Tardis, and while I realize they don’t have unlimited budget for sets and whatynot, don’t you think it’s disappointing that 90 percent of the exploration of the interior of the Tardis was going around in circles in boring corridors? Did that solution/ending actually make sense or satisfy? They should have called it “Journey to the Center of Breaking Your Own Rules About Time Travel with Two Moron Space Thieves and Their Idiot Psychopath Brother.”
This latest Cyberman one I liked, if only for Warwick Davis.
I liked it overall, too, but I guess I expected more from an episode written by Neil Gaiman. The one he wrote last season was far better, I thought.
Lokks like the Strax fans will be happy with next week’s episode. So will I, but I’m a Madame Vastra fan - TV needs more antediluvian lesbian lizard ladies.
rei
1839
so people have already watched next week’s episode because they already shipped the dvd/blurays.
I really liked Journey to the center of the Tardis. I just really like the Tardis in general, that is my favorite part of the show. It is such an interesting spaceship. I really liked seeing the reconfiguration room, that was pretty interesting insight into how the ship is “organic” and also how it repairs itself.
I also thought that the Neil Gaimen episode could have been better. Wasn’t nearly as good as last seasons one. This one felt a little rushed. I hope he continues to write for them though, I really like him. Overall, the last 4 episodes have been pretty good. Looks like the next one will end up being pretty good too.
