I've enjoyed Jenna's time as companion, but it's definitely the right time for her to leave.

It's a shame she's leaving but I'm just glad she's back for this series.

 

I have read that

Clara will be killed off

but I hope that's not true...I don't know why Moffatt keeps doing this to the companions when RTD just trapped them in alternate universes or wiped their memories!

It's a shame she's leaving but I'm just glad she's back for this series.

 

I have read that

Clara will be killed off

but I hope that's not true...I don't know why Moffatt keeps doing this to the companions when RTD just trapped them in alternate universes or wiped their memories!

Moffat's not really done it that often though? River was saved, and Amy and Rory were both sent back in time to live their lives in a different time period.

Recording it tonight, I heard

Jenna was leaving

yesterday on Grimmy's show in the morning. Anna Friel next companion please. :D

I very much enjoyed that!

 

It could be that I just haven't paid much attention to spoilers but I had no idea Davros was going to be in it but it was good that he was. After disappointing me at the end of series 8, Missy really grew on me in this. I hope that wasn't Clara's exit though but we shall see for next week.

That was easily the best episode of Who in an absolute age. Capaldi is 110% The Doctor now, chemistry between him and Davros was outstanding.

 

Oh, and don't worry, that wasn't Clara's exit.

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It was fairly good as an opener actually. I was a little disappointed with the pacing. They spent too long in the Medieval scene and then later there became so many questions but no answers. For example, how did Davros survive the events of Stolen Earth/Journey's End? How did Missy survive last series? I imagine the killing of Missy and Clara and the blowing up of the TARDIS is fake. Davros is somehow messing with the Doctor. It was quite enjoyable and I'm looking forward to the next episode.

Can't wait for this. But I shouldn't watch it until I've watched the last few series which I'm currently doing (like 4/5 episodes a day lmao)

Wow that was the best ever season opener ever... totally hooked from start to finish, well executed and loved the whole episode. This could be the best season ever if the series carries on form. Also I love the flashback scene of Tom Baker. Having Davros as the main villain of the opening episode was a great way to open the show, I never expected that, can't wait for the conclusion.

That was a fantastic opener! Davros was a HUUUUGE shock but a very pleasant one of course. Looking forward to next week a HUGE amount now.

That was a fantastic opener! Davros was a HUUUUGE shock but a very pleasant one of course. Looking forward to next week a HUGE amount now.

 

Yeah! I'm surprised they managed to keep Davros' reappearance so under wraps. In hindsight we knew very little about this episode from the trailer/teasers.

I was a little unsure about this episode at first as it seemed a bit complex and dialogue-heavy, but by the end I was practically frothing at the mouth for more! Really great opener in general (though I'm not convinced for a second Missy, Clara and the TARDIS are all gone) Quite a lot of unanswered questions, related to Davros in particular, but I'm sure/hoping next week can help with that (I hope so anyway, the second of two part stories have been disappointing lately so I hope this one isn't!)

 

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Even though I knew Missy was coming back, I totally forgot until she appeared and she was HILARIOUS throughout - love her even more than I did in Series 8. I really like the dynamic of her being some sort of crazy uncontrollable companion.

 

Davros coming back was a surprise, especially so early on in the series, and I really like where it's going. Can't wait until next week's episode.

 

 

Wow, that was truly an explosive opener, going straight into the action with no messing around!

 

I'd been thinking that it was time for Davros to return but didn't think it was going to happen again this series due to the lack of announcement. I'm so glad that they didn't announce it because I LOVED the twist that the boy was him and to put a spin on 'Genesis of the Daleks', that the Doctor was actually responsible for creating who Davros became, is very clever and shows how the show can keep adding new things even after 50 years. Julian Bleach was again great as Davros and I'm very glad he returned to the role, he played it perfectly. It's funny how the Shadow Proclamation returned in the same episode as Davros when it's only previous showing was in 'The Stolen Earth'. I'd seen them in the trailer but I still loved the hands in the ground too, very eerie.

 

Michelle Gomez was again fab as Missy and confirms to me that no one else could have potrayed the role of the Master as a woman better than her. She added an extra bit of fun and liveliness to the episode and it was interesting to see her play the part of a companion for most of it. It's good that they showed how dark she still is though by shooting the guards and revelling in it. She reminded me of the Classic-Who Masters too when she put the offer on the table to team up with the Daleks.

 

Obviously, Missy, Clara and the TARDIS haven't actually gone and so I wonder if it's all a trick that Davros is playing on the Doctor. I really enjoyed the twisted nature of Davros telling the Doctor what the Daleks are thinking when Clara was the only one left in the room with them. That certainly showed to me the evilness of the Daleks a lot more than just shooting her on the spot.

 

The things I wasn't so keen on was the Doctor's re-entrance with the guitar and everything, I just thought it went on for a bit too long compared to how fast-paced everything else was. I'm also not really keen on the Doctor coming up to his last day, something so soon after we already explored that in a LOT of episodes with Matt Smith's Doctor in Series 6 & 7. I wouldn't be too bothered if it was just for these two episodes but if it's going to be a series long thing or setting it up for Peter's regeneration, then I'm going to be disappointed.

Watching it since I couldn't resist :kink:

Proving that it's still as great as ever, with its one-liners, suspense and cliffhangers :dance: hopefully I see more random scenes like the Doctor on the tank playing an electric guitar :rofl: that cliffhanger though :o

I've watched this twice now and whilst it doesn't quite match the brilliance of Genesis Of The Daleks (which it so lovingly acts as a sequel to) it has landed squarely in my top 10 modern Who stories. If part 2 can keep up the momentum and mood it could go very high. Even the silliness of the Doctor's party wasn't irritating.

 

My only gripe is the lack of coherence around the warrior being a servant of the Daleks. If he knew where the Doctor was and by extension so did the Daleks, why did Davros have to hunt for him with Colony Saarf? I know it hasn't been established that Davros is working with the Daleks again (and I hope not) but that he may actually be manipulating the whole thing. In which case... great. And if the Daleks where hunting him without Davros why didn't they make a move on him when they must've suspected it was him with or without finding the TARDIS?

FAB!

I wasn't that keen in the first part of the episode. The tank scene we t on longer than it needed to but once the Doctor, Missy and Clara were on the Daleks planet that was the turning point and I was hooked.

 

Just hope we get a good conclusion next week...

Sorry to be a bit of a DOWNER in this sea of praise, but...

 

I felt it was solid, much better than most of S8 for sure, but as usual it felt like they had an excellent idea, wrote half a script and then gave up and filled it with stuff. Missy was sensational, of course, she's just so effortless and funny and brings a wonderful sense of crazy to the show. Clara acted off Michelle Gomez very well I thought, and I quite like her new role as UNIT whatever she is. But yeah, aside from the (amazing) bookend story of Dave-Ross being 'created' by The Doctor it all felt like they were just biding time until they got to the big reveal at the end.

 

The guitar pity party was absolutely the worst. If it had been 2/3 minutes I could have dealt with it, it was a fun counterpoint to the serious doctor of S8 and also felt in character, but then it just went on and on and on and on. It made the whole thing feel like they were stalling for time rather than just a fun aside which it should have been.

 

Ok, half a script in this case is maybe harsh, but definitely not a finished script. I did really enjoy it but with a little more finesse and effort this COULD have been sensational as most of the building blocks were there. I hope the second part is basically just story from start to finish, in which case I WILL be ready to claim this an amazing 2 parter.

Yeah, tank scene was shit.

 

BUT omg at the end!!!

 

They can´t be just gone ... right??