April 25, 20178 yr I thought series 8 had some okay moments actually. Looking at Wiki, I would recommend 'Deep Breath', 'Time Heist', 'Mummy on the Orient Express', 'Flatline' and possibly 'Listen' too although I don't think that one actually lives up to expectations.
April 25, 20178 yr Listen, The Raven and the last episode and new season arr the ONLY Capaldi episodes you need to see. Rest are crap.
April 25, 20178 yr Listen is an odd one, really interesting concept and the sequence with the bed sheet is one of the most chilling the series has ever seen. I think it would have perhaps been better without the Danny Pink storyline. Thinking about it, I always erase Danny from my memory. Such a dry character that Series 8 would have been better without.
April 25, 20178 yr Well there are a LOT of stinkers. I'd have put it worst too I thonk, but maybe Love and Monsters is worse.
April 25, 20178 yr Author http://www.weeatfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/url.jpg 97 Kill the Moon Series 8, Episode 7 Doctor: Twelfth Companion: Clara Oswald Also starring: Danny Pink More Capaldi, and this time we see the Doctor taking Clara and her student Courtney Woods on a trip to the moon in 2049. They meet Captain Lundvik, who explains that her and her crew are on a suicide mission to destroy the moon after the gravitational effects caused much of humanity to be wiped out. They travel to an abandoned colony on the moon, to find it covered in cobwebs, and are attacked by giant spiders that kill Lundvik's crew. Courtney is sent back to the TARDIS and the Doctor explores a crevasse where the giant spiders are hiding. When he returns, the Doctor explains that the moon is actually a giant egg ready to hatch, and he leaves the decision of whether to blow up the moon or not in the hands of Clara, Courtney and Lundvik, who put it to a democracy with Earth. Despite people voting for the moon to be destroyed, Clara stops the countdown at the last second, before the Doctor arrives back and takes them away. He tells them they made the right decision, and they watch as the creature hatches and lays another egg, ie. a new moon. Clara is angered by this, as the Doctor abandoned her despite knowing which option they should take. This episode is one that had a lot of potential. The spiders are a complete waste really, they're never really explained or utilised as well as they should've been. The idea of the moon hatching feels a bit stupid and the creature laying another egg immediately after it's hatched is even sillier and feels like a bit of a cop out. Courtney however was quite revelation and was nowhere near as annoying as I thought she'd end up being. I must say I don't really enjoy how the Doctor and Clara fall out. She's right to question him but I'd rather just see the Doctor and the companion travel together and have fun, rather than argue and fall out. We've finally got the second lowest RTD episode coming next, any predictions for what it might be? :o
April 25, 20178 yr Didn't watch that crap. Damn another episode promo shot!! :o Those must bore them stiff!! Yah gotta be Fear her!!
April 25, 20178 yr Author http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/doctor-who-42-episode.jpg 96 42 Series 3, Episode 7 Doctor: Tenth Companion: Martha Jones Also starring: Francine Jones Sorry guys, it's not Fear Her's time yet! The second lowest RTD era episode comes from 42, the lowest episode from series 3 in my rank. The Doctor and Martha receive a distress call from the S.S. Pentallian, a spaceship that is close to crashing into a star. The Doctor and Martha, alongside Kath McDonnell and her team, have just 42 minutes to reach the bridge controls. The issue is, there are 30 doors before the bridge that are deadlock sealed, and general knowledge questions must be answered to get further. Martha teams up with crew member Riley to answer the questions (while also phoning her mum for some help). Meanwhile, one of the ship's crew, Korwin McDonnell, Kath's husband, has been infected by something that is causing his body temperature to soar. He becomes possessed and picks off the team one by one, including recruiting crew member Ashton to help. Martha and Riley have to hide in an escape pod to escape Ashton, who activates the pod and sees the two of them hurtling towards the star. The Doctor saves them but not without getting infected himself, during which he learns that the star is living and the crew have been using it for fuel. Kath encounters Korwin, and after she tries to get through to him, they fall out of an airlock together, towards the sun. The crew dump the fuel, and the star lets the Doctor go. My issue with this episode is that it's always felt like a lesser version of The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit. Crew member getting infected, picking them off one-by-one, it's been done before and better. The supporting cast are decent, and Martha's scene in the escape pod when she phones Francine, knowing that may be the last time she speaks to her mum, is heartbreaking, but otherwise it's an alright filler episode and nothing more.
April 25, 20178 yr Sounds crap. The Satan Pit was terrible and too religious too. At least Fear Her is ikonek.
April 25, 20178 yr Nay! 42 was really good - yes it was a little less good than The Impossible Planet but that's one of the classics, so 42 is at least a midtable episode. The pub quiz element really sticks with me, that was at least unique, and there's the fact that the episode takes off a bit from 24 by adopting the format of a (mostly) time-matching episode and it did feel very perilous as you're messing with a sun, one of the biggest forces of nature possible.
April 25, 20178 yr Author http://www.doctorwhoreviews.altervista.org/2006-11_files/Fear%20Her%20(2).jpg 95 Fear Her Series 2, Episode 11 Doctor: Tenth Companion: Rose Tyler OK OK, here it is guys, Fear Her is finally out, and it's time for an unpopular opinion: I don't hate it. In fact I kinda enjoy it, it's an enjoyable final outing for the Doctor and Rose before things get serious in the finale. We see the duo arrive in 2012, on Dame Kelly Holmes Close, just as the 2012 Olympics are going on. They realise that people are going missing, and decide to investigate. It leads them to a young girl called Chloe Webber, who has numerous drawings in her room, notably of the people that have gone missing. The Doctor hypnotises her and finds out she's possessed by an alien called an Isolus, who is lonely and wants friends, so befriended Chloe. The Doctor and Rose try to find the capsule it arrived in, and if they can give it power, the Isolus can leave Chloe. Chloe however draws the Doctor and the TARDIS, leaving Rose alone to find the pod. She digs up a freshly laid patch of road and finds the pod, before the drawing of the Doctor suggests that she needs to get it to the Olympic torch, so she gets nearby and chucks it in. The missing children re-appear, and the Isolus leaves Chloe, although the drawing of her father in her wardrobe begins to come to life due to Chloe's emotions. Her mum Trish is able to calm her down and the drawing of her dad is stopped. We then see the Doctor pick up the Olympic torch and run with it himself, lighting the Olympic Flame. I can understand why people aren't so keen on this. It's yet another episode where love and harmony and all that saves the day, and it's always quite a weak solution I find, but I quite enjoy the supporting cast here and particularly the comedy scenes (including "fingers on lips" and the Doctor unable to step out of the TARDIS due to bad parking at the start of the episode :lol:). It's far from a favourite of mine but hey, I think it gets a bit of a hard time, and Chloe and Trish's relationship is really quite lovely.
April 25, 20178 yr Ha ikonek! OMg I keep forgetting it was set in 2012 but the episode came BEFORE 2012 when that was still a long way off in the future!
April 25, 20178 yr Author Ha ikonek! OMg I keep forgetting it was set in 2012 but the episode came BEFORE 2012 when that was still a long way off in the future! Indeed, this makes me feel old :( (ignoring the fact I was 9 when the episode aired and 15 in 2012 x)
April 25, 20178 yr Author 94 Let’s Kill Hitler Series 6, Episode 8 Doctor: Eleventh Companion: Amy Pond, Rory Williams, River Song Finally we reach the first episode from series 6 to drop out (leaving series 1, 4 and 5 as the only ones with 100% of their episodes left), and it's the opening episode for series 6B. Let's Kill Hitler opens with Amy and Rory creating a crop circle to attract the Doctor's attention, which succeeds, and they are joined by their childhood friend Mels, who Amy named her daughter Melody after, and is the reason Amy and Rory got together in the first place. Mels is on the run from the police after stealing a car, and escapes with the others in the TARDIS after holding a gun to them. They arrive in 1938 Berlin, where a shapeshifting robot manned by humans has infiltrated Adolf Hitler's office, ready to torture him near the end of his life. Hitler is panicked when the TARDIS lands and aims his shot at the Teselecta's human disguise, but hits Mels and she regenerates.... into River Song! River had been trained to kill the Doctor, and kisses him with lipstick that contains poison, which will kill him within the hour. Amy and Rory follow River, and the Teselecta follows them, knowing that the Doctor's death is a fixed point in time (as we saw in The Impossible Astronaut). The Teslectra brings Amy and Rory on board, while taking Amy's appearance, to get close to River, but before it can attack, the TARDIS materialises. When the crew refuse to step down on their plan to attack River, Amy sets the ships antibodies to attack them, but they teleport away leaving Amy and Rory to face the antibodies alone. River rescues them, and saves the Doctor's life by sacrificing her remaining regenerations. This episode is one that feels like it exists solely to fill in some plot gaps. It establishes the origins of River Song, shows Amy and Rory that they knew their daughter their entire life, and sets up the Teselecta ready for the twist in the finale. Beyond this, there's not much to it. Hitler is a total gimmick, and while there are some very nice character moments, and the Teselecta is cool, but it lacks a proper storyline to it I think.
April 25, 20178 yr '42' being THAT low and lower than 'Fear Her' invalidates the entire countdown -_- I really liked '42' anyway. I get the 'Impossible Planet' comparison but I really liked the real-time aspect of this episode (with it being 42 minutes long), an original concept for Doctor Who. A filler episode? Perhaps, but good filler.
April 25, 20178 yr Well, it's not like Far Her is particularly high tbh - and it is ikonek in a bad way!
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