May 19, 20178 yr Author But how did it get undone?? :drama: Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey :kink: Next result coming imminently!
May 19, 20178 yr Author http://i.imgur.com/2tsJKqE.jpg 24 The Zygon Invasion / The Zygon Inversion Series 9, Episodes 7 and 8 Doctor: Twelfth Companion: Clara Oswald Also starring: Kate Stewart, Osgood The Zygon Invasion picks up on a plotline that was first touched on in The Day of the Doctor. Zygons were allowed to live on Earth, shapeshifting into human form to keep their presence secret, and if the ceasefire was broken and the Nightmare Scenario is initiated, there's the Osgood box, named after Osgood herself of course. Osgood and her Zygon doppelganger became friends, always refusing to admit which was which, but one was killed by Missy and the other left UNIT and was kidnapped by the Zygons in the American town Truth or Consequences. Before this, she alerts the Doctor of the Nightmare Scenario, and he investigates. He tries to call Clara but can't get in touch, leaving messages, and he heads to UNIT headquarters in the Tower of London. Clara meets him there, and they split up. The Doctor goes to Turmezistan (where Osgood was last tracked to) via the Presidential aircraft (as seen in Death In Heaven), Kate heads to Truth or Consequences, and Clara and UNIT operative Jac stay where they are. The Doctor meets up with other UNIT operatives, who are tricked by the Zygons into entering a building, as they pose as their loved ones. They are killed and the Doctor heads in alone, finding Osgood, a prisoner underground. He helps free her and kidnaps a Zygon that attempts to attack them, taking them both to the aircraft. Kate is attacked by a Zygon in the abandoned town of Truth or Consequences, and Jac is killed when Clara is revealed to be a Zygon in disguise, known as Bonnie. Bonnie then attempts to fire at the aircraft, to kill the Doctor. Clara, while unconscious, is mentally linked with Bonnie, and she attempts to prevent her from successfully wiping out the Doctor. Unfortunately, one of the missiles hits the aircraft, but the Doctor and Osgood remain safe with a parachute. Bonnie meets a peaceful Zygon in London, and causes his body to unwillingly revert to Zygon form in public, filming it and sending it viral. The Doctor gets a text from Clara's phone, and he deduces that Bonnie was unaware of the text being sent and Clara still has some control. The Doctor is able to deduce, with help from Clara, where Bonnie is keeping her original's body and heads to London. The Doctor and Osgood find the man that Bonnie antagonised, suffering with his form partially converted to Zygon form, and he opts to kill himself instead of being discovered. They reunite with Kate, and head to locate Clara. However, Clara has already been forced to help Bonnie locate the Osgood box, revealing its location to be the Black Archive, and she has taken Clara's pod with her. Kate reveals herself to be a Zygon in disguise, but is actually double bluffing so that she could stay alive. They follow Bonnie to the Black Archive and the truth about the Osgood boxes is revealed - there are two of them. An ultimatum each for humans and Zygons. Intent on stopping the war, Kate stands at one box and Bonnie stands at the other. The Doctor tries to talk them both out of it, telling them that the Osgood boxes exist to prevent the consequences that exposing or killing the Zygons would cause. He talks about the consequences of the Time War, and after they back down, they realise that the boxes were empty the entire time, and their memories are wiped to ensure the Osgood boxes remain a means of keeping the peace. Bonnie joins Osgood, shapeshifting into a copy of her, but they refuse to admit which one's which again. This episode sees one of Capaldi's absolute best moments - his speech at the end of The Zygon Inversion. The passion Capaldi puts into his performance is outstanding and it's a moment that will be remembered after he leaves as one of his very best. The story as a whole makes for great viewing, the Zygons are interesting villains for sure and I'm really glad they picked up on the plotline of The Day of the Doctor. The idea of Zygons living among humans on Earth is great, and I loved all the twists and turns related to the Osgood box. Osgood herself is fantastic, and Jenna pulls off the role of Bonnie very well. It's actually the second highest Capaldi story in the countdown, with only Heaven Sent remaining!
May 19, 20178 yr I loved the Doctor's speech about how some of them aren't killers and just wanted to live peacefully, especially with what was going on in world news at that time.
May 19, 20178 yr Author Oh yes, I forgot to mention actually just how relevant the storyline is to all the news stories about refugees! Something Doctor Who's always been pretty great at is talking about news stories but replacing them with alien plotlines instead, and this episode is a really great example of that.
May 19, 20178 yr The Zygon two-parter was amazing! One of Capaldi's finest moments and really entertaining couple of episodes.
May 19, 20178 yr Can't even remember it/ didn't watch it. Crap. Shoulda been much lower!! I have a question!!! If the TARDIS is so big on the inside, with a swimming pool, bedrooms, etc, then surely its mass and volume is huge even if its circumference isn't? That said, why do people move it around so easily? Like, a few Sontarans push it about easily, but can you imagine pushing the weight of a swimming pool, let alone a spaceship, between four or five people!!! It just makes no sense.
May 19, 20178 yr No waaaay should Heaven Sent be still to come!! Nearly ALL of Capaldi's should be near the BOTTOM as the jumping the shark PITS!!! Except Listen and some of this season.
May 19, 20178 yr Author http://www.doctorwhoreviews.altervista.org/2010-05_files/Flesh%20and%20Stone%20(11).jpg 23 The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone Series 5, Episodes 4 and 5 Doctor: Eleventh Companion: Amy Pond, River Song The Doctor and Amy find a message written in Gallifreyan on an object in a museum, that leads them to River Song, who uses the TARDIS to escape from a mission on the Byzantium ship, which was on course to crash. They land on the planet it crashed into, and River tells the Doctor that there was a Weeping Angel in the heart of the ship. She shows them a four-second clip of it, on repeat, and they meet Father Octavian and his clerics, who join them on a mission into the Byzantium. While the Doctor and River read up on the angels, Amy is captivated by the clip, but is horrified when it begins to move inside the clip. The Doctor learns that the image of an angel becomes itself an angel, and they race to get Amy out. She's also advised not to look into its eyes, as the angel is able to enter via the eyes like doors. Amy manages to pause the clip during the tiny section where the angel isn't on screen, and she escapes. To get to the Byzantium, they must travel through the "Maze of the Dead", filled with loads of decaying statues. They use a gravity globe to make it accessible for them. One of the clerics, Bob, is killed by the angel and said angel begins to talk to the Doctor using his voice. He learns that the statues around them are all angels. Trapped, the Doctor fires a gun at the gravity globe and tells everyone to jump. Once they've jumped, they find themselves now using the localised gravity, so they've been able to escape the angels which are currently restoring themselves and becoming stronger. They enter the Byzantium, and as they make their way to the control room, the Doctor and River realise that Amy is counting down. She's being controlled by the angels after she looked into its eye. As the angels try to break into the console room, the Doctor and others hide in the ship's oxygen centre, a forest. As the Doctor, River and Father Octavian head to the secondary control room, the clerics guard Amy who must keep her eyes closed. However, the clerics vanish one by one as they walk into a crack in time, and are wiped from existence. The Doctor then guides Amy towards him, but she must still keep her eyes closed. She walks past some angels, but trips over and is teleported away just in time by River. They cause the artificial gravity to fail and the angels are sucked into the crack in time, healing Amy. River teases that they'll meet again soon, when the Pandorica Opens. The Doctor drops Amy home briefly, and she tries to snog him, setting off alarm bells as it's the night before her wedding. I worried that the Weeping Angels may be ruined in a repeat appearance but thankfully they weren't. In fact, they were actually strengthened I think with the mythology surrounding them. I love the idea of "anything that contains the image of an angel becomes itself an angel", and the angels controlling Amy was a great plotline. Angel Bob was chilling too, such a calm voice opposed by the threatening, dark words of the angels. River was excellent in her second appearance too, and the cracks in time plot got fleshed out a bit further which was great. It loses points for the final scene of Amy trying to come onto the Doctor, always makes for uncomfortable viewing actually. That aside, it's a fantastic two-parter and Moffat certainly delivered in continuing to make the Weeping Angels one of the best monsters Doctor Who has seen.
May 19, 20178 yr Author Can't even remember it/ didn't watch it. Crap. Shoulda been much lower!! I have a question!!! If the TARDIS is so big on the inside, with a swimming pool, bedrooms, etc, then surely its mass and volume is huge even if its circumference isn't? That said, why do people move it around so easily? Like, a few Sontarans push it about easily, but can you imagine pushing the weight of a swimming pool, let alone a spaceship, between four or five people!!! It just makes no sense. Time Lord technology I guess :o they can get away with ignoring the rules of physics when it comes from an alien planet :kink:
May 19, 20178 yr I can get the circumference being smaller than the volume using timey wimey technology, but not hiding the mass, too!! :lol: That was a GREAT episode. One of my favourite two-parters, and I love everything with River Song. The thing with the two-headed angels no having two heads was very well done. When did Amy come on to the Doctor though??? Makes no sense either! Alsooo, I NEVER understood the bit with the gravity globe and how it saved them. Any info??
May 19, 20178 yr Author 22 Smith and Jones Series 3, Episode 1 Doctor: Tenth Companion: Martha Jones Also starring: Francine, Clive, Tish and Leo Jones The start of series 3 is shown through the eyes of Martha Jones, a medical student at the Royal Hope Hospital. She's seen on the phone to her entire family - parents Francine and Clive, separated with the latter having a younger girlfriend called Annalise, and siblings Tish and Leo. In the street, a man stops and takes his tie off in front of her. She's left confused, but it doesn't stop there, as she gets to work and sees the same man in one of the hospital beds, except he has no idea about that incident. The entire hospital is taken to the moon, and the Doctor enlists Martha's help to get to the bottom of things. Also in the hospital is Florence Finnegan, who is an alien called a Plasmavore, which drinks blood. She consumes the blood of Dr Stoker, Martha's boss, so she can appear human. Outer-space police known as the Judoon, which look remarkably like humanoid rhinos, arrive and begin to scan everyone. The Doctor and Martha run away from them, as the Doctor would register as alien and they'd kill him. They're chased by two of Florence's "slabs", and one is killed by radiation. So that the Doctor can pursue Florence, he kisses Martha, who's taken a shine to him. She registers as human but with a trace of non-human, and this buys the Doctor more time as the Judoon question her. The Doctor confronts Florence, who drinks his blood, assuming he's human. She drains him of blood but the Judoon scan her and figure out she is alien, and execute her. However, she's already modified the MRI scanner to destroy all life. The Judoon take off, and Martha uses CPR to revive the Doctor. He turns off the MRI, and carries a struggling Martha, as oxygen is getting low. The hospital is sent back to Earth, and the Doctor asks Martha to come with him for one trip. To prove he can travel in time, he travels back and takes his tie off in front of her :magic: This episode is just the kinda thing I love from Doctor Who. The Judoon are great aliens and I liked them not being villains as such, but still having questionable morals in terms of how they deal with criminals. Anne Reid was excellent as Florence, and the episode serves as a perfect introduction to Martha. It's quite a "bog standard" episode I guess, and whilst it isn't my absolute favourite from series 3, it definitely set the standard high and makes for really great viewing. Two more series 3 stories remain!
May 19, 20178 yr Author I can get the circumference being smaller than the volume using timey wimey technology, but not hiding the mass, too!! :lol: That was a GREAT episode. One of my favourite two-parters, and I love everything with River Song. The thing with the two-headed angels no having two heads was very well done. When did Amy come on to the Doctor though??? Makes no sense either! Alsooo, I NEVER understood the bit with the gravity globe and how it saved them. Any info?? Yeah she came onto him in the final scene of Flesh & Stone! Really makes no sense especially as we see how much she loves Rory going forward. Uncomfortable and comes out of nowhere. The gravity globe I assume made it so they could stand in the Maze of the Dead properly, as the local gravity heads in a different direction? Shooting the gravity globe changed this, and they were instead stood on the ceiling when they jumped. It's not explained all that clearly in the episode and it's my one critique of the plot really, taken me a good few rewatches to understand!
May 19, 20178 yr Oh so they were using a gravity globe to get through and not stand on the ceiling the entire time??? That just sounds like a deux ex machina plot point to save them when they have no way out at the end.
May 19, 20178 yr Author http://i.onionstatic.com/avclub/3421/90/16x9/700.jpg 21 Amy’s Choice Series 5, Episode 7 Doctor: Eleventh Companion: Amy Pond, Rory Williams The Doctor arrives to see Amy and Rory, who have settled down in Leadworth for a quiet life. Amy's pregnant and Rory has a ponytail (proving that #longhairdontcare doesn't work for everyone x), and they're happy in their lives. However, things get confusing when they fall asleep and wake up in the TARDIS, travelling with the Doctor as normal. They continue to switch between the two worlds and learn of two threats - the Eknodine in Leadworth, a species of aliens living inside old people, and the TARDIS' systems failing in the other world, causing them to hurtle towards a frozen sun, sending temperatures plummeting. They are antagonised by a being that calls itself the Dream Lord, which tells them they need to pick which world is real. They become conflicted, particularly as the Eknodine close in and temperatures plummet further in their respective worlds. Amy takes the decision into her own hands after Rory is killed by the Eknodine, deciding that the other universe must be real. The Dream Lord admits they were right, and withdraws. The Doctor however has issues with this, and realises that the "real" world isn't real after all, crashing the TARDIS. They wake up in the TARDIS, where the Doctor explains that the Dream Lord would've had no control over the real world, and was a manifestation of his darker side, influenced by psychic pollen that drifted into the TARDIS. This is a perfect example of where a more experimental Doctor Who episode really pays off. I love the mystery over which reality is actually real, and the Dream Lord made for fascinating watching, helped by Toby Jones' fantastic portrayal. In a standard episode I'd find the Eknodine weak villains but as part of a bigger plot like in this episode, they're utilised pretty well. Karen Gillan puts in a great performance also, particularly after Rory's death (Rory's first death, guys! A momentous occasion). I also didn't think that both worlds would be dream worlds, so I enjoyed that final twist. Incredibly rewatchable and proof that straying from the "norm" can really work in Doctor Who. Obviously this was such an influential episode as Katy Perry's taken inspiration from the Eknodine for her album cover :magic: http://i.imgur.com/BZrq6QK.png
May 19, 20178 yr Author THE TOP 20 Army of Ghosts / Doomsday Asylum of the Daleks Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways Blink Dalek Father’s Day Heaven Sent Human Nature / The Family of Blood Midnight Partners in Crime School Reunion Silence of the Library / Forest of the Dead The Day of the Doctor The Eleventh Hour The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances The Girl in the Fireplace The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit The Stolen Earth / Journey’s End The Waters of Mars Turn Left Any winner predictions? What needs to be out ASAP? :o
May 19, 20178 yr The Girl in the Fireplace The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit Heaven Sent The Waters of Mars All TRASH Ooh so that's what Amy's Choice is - I always skip it on reruns! It was alright. Nowhere near as good as the Fall of the Byzantium
May 19, 20178 yr http://i.onionstatic.com/avclub/3421/90/16x9/700.jpg 21 Amy’s Choice Series 5, Episode 7 Doctor: Eleventh Companion: Amy Pond, Rory Williams Obviously this was such an influential episode as Katy Perry's taken inspiration from the Eknodine for her album cover :magic: http://i.imgur.com/BZrq6QK.png HA! Ha ikonek episode!!
May 19, 20178 yr That Smith and Jones episode was crap, as were all of Martha's. Why is it so high??? Radical Martha TROLLS
May 19, 20178 yr The Girl in the Fireplace The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit Heaven Sent The Waters of Mars All TRASH I weep for you.
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