It might have been because it was pretty much just the Doctor and his thoughts that made the episode a bit boring for me. The last 10 minutes or so were quite good and when I worked out what was going on it became quite interesting! The next episode looks AMAZING though *.*

 

I need to find time to watch the series again tbh :lol:

Excellent episode, probably the best episode of the entire series, but by the end of the episode I just knew where he was heading. Please don't let it be Pixie Lott as the new companion :nocheer:

there are a couple of things that occur to me: the Doctor died billions of times but the world (?) he was on didn't change, although the stars did. After a few hundred thousand years the skulls would be higher than the water-line even taking wear and tear into account, and he wouldnt be able to dive into water - the skulls and the water must be outside the re-setting process or they wouldnt have built up when we come into it.

 

Doh! Some people are so nitpicky :lol:

Although it was fairly obvious what was going on from the moment The Doctor found his dry clothes in the room and where he was heading as soon as he mentioned a closed energy loop I still found that to be easily one of the best episodes of Who ever. Showcasing just how great Capaldi is. He's easily the best actor in the role and leaving him to do all the work was a great idea.

They've really exploited Capaldi's experience as an actor in this series which is, of course, a good thing.

 

My first reaction to the thought of Pixie Lott as a companion is fairly negative. Then again, I said the same about Billie Piper and was proved wrong.

Yesterday's episode was one of the best (if not the best) of Peter Capaldi's era so far. I wasn't sure what to expect due to it being promoted as a very 'different' episode, but I think it was exactly what makes Doctor Who so good. It was a great concept, timey wimey, there was a genuine threat in the form of The Veil and the Doctor's 'prison', and I loved that it was all a big metaphor for grief too, with Clara's presence very real throughout.

 

I'm expecting big things for the finale.

Fantastic episode!

 

Someone clever please explain all the stuff I missed about it though please.

The Christmas special is titled 'The Husbands of River Song'. Interesting title. :kink:

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The Sonic Screwdriver is back. :wub:

That title is giving me so many questions :lol:

At least its suggesting River is going to have a somewhat significant appearance though :cheer:

 

And YESSS the sonik is back :D

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What an odd title! :lol: Thank the Lord at the return of the sonic screwdriver! I can't believe the glasses managed to last through the whole series.

I'm not sure what to think of that title. I LOVE River but I think people get fed up of her appearances when she dominates the episode. I do yearn for the days when she was just a (fabulous) recurring character who wasn't central to the plot.

 

I am fairly confident that her 'husbands' are the 13 different versions of the Doctor but WE'LL SEE.

That was one hell of a finale! I loved the twist, so much better than Clara just dying and actually quite original. It's 2 and a half years since we last saw River Song so I am READY for Christmas.

That was a great finale and a very good/surprising resolution to the episode. The christmas episode looks pretty good from the trailer - definitely more exciting than last years.

Just watched it... it was okay but I think I preferred Clara just dying. The whole concept of her becoming more doctor-esque and losing her fear was such a poignant and dangerous element to their relationship that it felt the perfect ending, especially for the girl who couldn't die.

yes, i'm in two minds - her dying was powerful, and could still have been with the final episode (though it's only delayed, she's technically on death's door, what with not breathing and all of the knock-on effects that must bring), though the twist on The Doctor getting a dose of the Donna's is sort of good for him, in terms of suffering, but also not. The Doctor must have switched the device as would Clara know what to do? Surely he saw it as the only alternative after he'd literally gone to the end of time, and a prison of 4 billion years, all to bring Clara back to life, and she still wasn't.

 

The christmas episode looks a real laugh!

I've just watched it and I'm just SO *.* at Clara saying "back to Gallifrey, the long way round."... in a TARDIS of her own. Fuck me.

I also like that we probably won't see the Doctor moping about Clara so much since he can't fully remember her. We've had enough of seeing him do this over companions and we've already seen him do it for Clara as well.

What an excellent but very, very different final two episodes. They're certainly not episodes that would have aired during RTD's era and, whilst I found them excellent, I'm worrying that the show is becoming a bit too niche for casual viewers.

 

Anyway, regarding 'Heaven Sent', I had my initial doubts about a single hander Doctor episode but it exceeded my expectations and it was really enjoyable and gripping. I'm not always the best at figuring out what is happening/going to happen early but, once he left his clothes in the exact same position by the fireplace, I did guess that there was some sort of loop going on. I liked that the idea of it being in his confession dial as well, something that's been shown throughout the series and that he only had to say about the Hybrid to be released.

 

I thought 'Hell Bent' started off a bit slow and perhaps that's due to the difficulty of knowing what to do with the Time Lords because, once they became less prominent in the episode, and the Doctor was joined by Clara, I thought it picked up in pace and quality. I'm not really sure where the episode leaves Gallifrey and the Time Lords either. Will they forever remain where they are because if so, what becomes their purpose? :lol: Now the Doctor has been their once since the Time War ended, can he now return, does he know where it can be found now? I do think the show is perhaps better off without the Time Lords but, after perhaps 10 years of leading up to it, actually being on Gallifrey didn't seem to be the momentous occasion that it should have been and we're left in the same position afterwards as we were before. It didn't develop the idea of what's going to happen to it at all.

 

The bits with Clara though were excellent, I absolutely loved the scene where she realised he'd gone through 4.5 billion years just to get her back (even if I'm not to keen on Moffat forever trying to significantly increase the Doctor's age everytime) and the fact that they were in an old TARDIS too, omg. I also loved the line where they were at the very end of the universe and the Doctor said he was going to meet Me, as I was one of those who was fooled by it! The Doctor not remembering Clara too is another heartbreaking scenario but I'm very glad at how they developed the pair's relationship to get to that point and for it to be significant.

 

There are mixed feelings about Clara and Me going off in their own Diner TARDIS, it's very bizarre, slightly amazing but, in storyline terms, it would have been better for Clara to go back to her death because, I do think the ending of 'Face the Raven' was perfect for her (even if it will happen eventually in her timeline, although whose to say she doesn't die in her current travels which would mess things up... :lol:)

Loved the final episode just tied everything up together, I did find the ending a little bit dragging towards the end. The diner tardis was quite something and different :lol: the inside of the tardis felt like early Dr. Who, Patrick Troughton era.