I quite liked this, I thought it was a good start to Capaldi's last season. The story itself was good, and I liked Pearl Mackie and Bill, I think she has potential. I gather Moffat intended this episode to be a "jumping-on" point for new viewers, a
Read more…For a while now, I’ve been posting reactions to big “meaty” arcs such as The Eighth Doctor Adventures, Dark Eyes, Doom Coalition and The Collected War Doctor. Some of the stories I plan to listen to in the near future, though, are either one-off adve
Read more…Ever since Doctor Who returned to television in 2005, the showrunners have continued to introduce interesting and unique alien races (or “monsters” in the parlance of the show’s fans). Quite often, though, species new to the audience will be introduc
Read more…The Sixth Doctor, my least favorite Doctor overall, is my third most favorite (behind the Eighth Doctor and the War Doctor) on audio. Like the other two [who got only a single outing as the Doctor (and a shared short feature) on the small screen], th
Read more…Saw this episode last night. It was a pretty funny pastiche of American super-heroes. I liked Justin Chatwin and Charity Wakefield playing the "Clark Kent/superman" and "Lois Lane" roles, and their interaction with Peter Capaldi's Doctor, who was al
Read more…Doom Coalition is, as of this writing, the most recent of the Eighth Doctor’s adventures yet revealed. It immediately follows Dark Eyes and, like Dark Eyes, is a sweeping 16-episode saga told in four parts. I’m always so eager to listen to these that
Read more…With no Doctor Who on television from Christmas day last year until Christmas day this year, 2016 was going to be my “Year of the Eighth Doctor.” But I finished The Eighth Doctor Adventures quite some time ago, and after that I took a nearly six mont
Read more…After “The Eighth Doctor Adventures” and “The Time War Saga—The Collected War Doctor” I took some time off from posting about Big Finish audios to catch up on some old Eighth Doctor stories from the time he was travelling with Charlotte “Charlie” Pol
Read more…The purpose of this thread is to discuss the War Doctor audios from Big Finish. Like the Eighth Doctor, who was featured in only one televised episode then went on to be featured in a long-running series of audio adventures, so too is the “War Doctor
Read more…I quite enjoyed this episode - a nice little comedy romp which sees the Twelfth Doctor encounter River Song. It's funny - I've never been the biggest River Song booster, but she worked better with the Twelfth Doctor than any of his predecessors.
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Face the Raven
1)Good to see Rigsy again, I liked that character.
2)"Did you make this human?"
3)"You've been retconned."
4)"She enjoyed that way too much." "Tell me about it."
5)Ah, the old hidden street trick.
6)And, there's Ashildr again.
7)"Someti
Read more…1)They're all Japanese-Indians?
2)"You'll consider yourself..." "Part of the furniture?"
3"Sleep dust?"
4)"You don't get to name things!"
Overall: Another one that I wasn't all that overwhelmed by. So, what, the bad guys win in the end? It felt too
Read more…The Zygon Invasion
1)I'm glad they finally addressed the Zygon issue from "Day of the Doctor", which I always thought was one of the biggest plotholes in that episode.
2)I liked the Osgoods' "Doctor Who" outfits.
3)"Doctor Disco"?
4)Nice picture of th
Read more…The first appearance of the Eighth Doctor was in 1996 in a TV movie designed to be the pilot for a new TV show. The series wasn’t picked up, though, so by that measure, the Eighth Doctor might be considered to be the least successful of Doctors. In 2
Read more…"The Girl Who Died"
1)"Clara?" "Yeah?" "We're going with the Vikings."
2)I like the design of the Mire.
3)"What's the one thing that gods never do? Gods never actually show up!"
4)The 2000 Year Diary?
5)"Fly like a bird, run like a nose."
6)"Do babie
Read more…"Under the Lake"
1)"He's a g-ghost." That's a Scooby-Doo line.
2)I picked right up that the deaf woman was going to be key to understanding what the ghosts were saying.
3)"You're from UNIT." So, UNIT still exists in 2119.
4)I like the cards.
5)I als
Read more…"The Magician's Apprentice"
1)The realization of the Thal/Kaled battlefield was well-done, I think. The hand mines were creepy and goofy at the same time. It was pretty clear that what they're doing is re-visiting the old "Could you kill Baby Hitler
Read more…Got to see this last night, a few preliminary thoughts and reactions:
1)"Nobody likes the tangerines." Is that a traditional Christmas gift in the UK? Like a stocking-stuffer, or something? Mine usuallly comes with various toiletries in it. Honestly
Read more…"Dark Water"
1)Clara's reaction to Danny dying threw me off a bit at first, then I realized she was suppressing her emotional reaction. Not sure what good she thought destroying the TARDIS keys would do - can't he just snap his fingers to open the do
Read more…1)"Everyone seems to know everything about everything apart from me." That's the story of my life.
2)"You have reached your destination." When did the TARDIS get a GPS system?
3)"Even my incredibly long life is to short for Les Misérables."
4)"Ther
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