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ChrisB
Co-Lord President
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 01 Jul 2017 : 22:32:01
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Well, certainly a LOT going on in this one.
I would have preferred Tom Baker to emerge from the mist at the end, but you can't have everything :-)
Full regeneration at Christmas, I assume. |
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Fudge
Chancellor
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02 Jul 2017 : 23:37:32
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I thought it was marvellous. A finely crafted two parter which had action, horror, romance, tons of fan service and some wonderful exits for some great characters, all of whom I am going to miss. Capaldi was outstanding.
An excellent finish to a strangely disappointingly average season I thought. |
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Whoviansdelight
Protector of Zygons
Australia
1351 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jul 2017 : 02:01:17
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| Loved it mostly.. shame we didn't get other versions of cyberment as well and they needed to be more menacing. loved the different perspectives of Bill(cyber bill and how she saw herself). the comedy between missy and the master was brilliant. I hope when the episode at Christmas comes along the doctor questions what happened to Bill and how he got into the tardis.. My only grievance is these constant jumps from peril to being safe and then either just a bit of throw away narrative or flashback to try and fill us all in. why cant we have them get out of the peril as it happens.. apart from that brilliant acting on all parts... |
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Paul
Cosmic Hobo
United Kingdom
859 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jul 2017 : 09:05:14
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I'm not sure how I feel about 'The Doctor Falls'.
Capaldi, Gomez and Simms were fantastic together. Pearl Mackie's an outstanding actress and I'm really disappointed she's going. I'm even going to miss Matt Lucas. The Cybermen costumes were fantastic and the sets/CG to remind us we're inside a ship were really well done. So it looked great and the acting was spot-on.
But... as with a number of Moffat stories, it felt like some of the more interesting threads of the first part were abandoned. For example, were the Cybermen actually meant to be the Mondasians seen in The Tenth Planet? Was this really how they were created? If so how did they leave the ship? However... I do like how he goes against expectations; whilst I could see where Missy's story was going I didn't expect her to be 'killed' by the Master.
Most of all though I'm really, really not convinced by the inclusion of David Bradley as the first Doctor. Now I really enjoyed 'An Adventure in Space and Time' and thought he did a great job of making William Hartnell someone with whom you felt empathy and sympathy. I'm just not sure he's a convincing enough first Doctor as he comes across more of a caricature. I know the same can be said of Richard Hurndall in 'The Five Doctors'. I suppose we'll see at Christmas. |
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duralinium1
Chancellor
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04 Jul 2017 : 13:42:52
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Whoviansdelight
Protector of Zygons
Australia
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Posted - 08 Jul 2017 : 05:01:58
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| I really hope that in the xmas episode that the doctor realises something has happened to Bill and we get a bit more of his reaction to what happened in this episode. would be terrible if they just started a totally new story with both doctors without acknowledging the events of this episode. |
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Season finale: The Doctor Falls
