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Moffat takes a horror cliche (the hand coming out from under the bed) and, and I don't know what but I think I liked it. This is one of the scariest episodes of the new series right up there with "Midnight" and "Blink". The ending was quite beautiful and it was nice seeing spoilers:end of spoilers pop up briefly.
John Hurt
"It is wrong to assume that art needs the spectator in order to be. The film runs on without any eyes. The spectator cannot exist without it. It ensures his existence." -- James Douglas Morrison
In the classic DW, it always seemed like the Time Lords and Ladies and those others living in the city were enjoying a high life, but outside the city it was rural and underdeveloped. So I would guess that little Doc and the little Master lived out in the country and when they got their sheepskin to be Time Lords they got to live inside the city with all the other well-fed Time Lords and Ladies.
I quite liked this story. I imagine some will accuse Clara of being a Mary Sue--but I never cared for the whole Mary Sue argument myself. Anyway unlike Rose and Amy, I think that Clara by now has really worked to earn her high position as a companion. She's more like Martha Jones or Leela--a companion who the Doctor doesn't give enough credit. She does all this for the Doctor, but he hardly notices. I think Martha Jones in "Human Nature" did the most for the Doctor and puts up with so much and never gets any recognition. At least, Clara sometimes is allowed a "well done" from the Doctor.
I will be sad to see her go.
I don't know that I like her snogging Danny. If he's going to stay on as a companion and she's going to leave, will it all end in tears?
Alrighty, so I just caught up.
First, Robots of Sherwood. Nothing much, twas a cute fun little episode with not much in the grand scheme. But it was just nice to see an episode with The Doctor and Clara just having a romp somewhere and somewhen. Probably the weakest episode of the season so far, but that doesn't mean it's bad. It was just there.
Now Listen...man that was great. The Clara and Danny interactions were very good, and those twists at the end really stunned me. Couldn't help but laugh a little that what we just saw was basically spoilers:end of spoilers
kid William Hartnell. It was also a nice touch having that barn in Day of the Doctor be the same one where kid Doctor once cried himself to sleep. Considering what War was going to do at that moment in the Time War and this episode having fear as a focal point, it was very fitting.
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I need to see it again, but considering that stuff only happened when the Doctor was present I think it was the Doctor's fear manifesting itself through his psychic powers, making it a monster-y puzzle to solve to make him feel confortable with it. Sort of like the dream lord.
For most things Doctor Who online, I consult the Tardis Data Core (the Doctor Who wiki) or Wikipedia itself. Type Gallifrey into a search engine and these sites are likely to be at the top.
The Tardis Data Core's entry on Gallifreyan history is quite exhaustive and takes into account TV, movies, audio, novels and comics. As well as utilizing various source books and websites on the subject.
What I want to know is, how did the TARDIS even get to Gallifrey? I thought it didn't currently* exist in 'our' universe?
* and by 'currently', I mean currently for us as we're watching the show, but not at any point in time...man, this stuff is complicated.
No, see, what I was getting at is that it does not currently exist at any point in time in 'our' universe.
Parental care is way exhausting. Gained insight into what my parents went through when I was a baby. Not fun, but what ya gonna do? (Read comics, obviously.)
I think mirrors or some kind of reflection metaphor has been in each episode so far.
"It is wrong to assume that art needs the spectator in order to be. The film runs on without any eyes. The spectator cannot exist without it. It ensures his existence." -- James Douglas Morrison
We are four episodes in and this is the third time the Doctor has changed his shirt. It was white for the first two episodes, burgandy for the third episode, and now black. I'm wondering if that has any sort of special significance.