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    Deep Breath was slightly too long, especially considering its the longest single episode of NuWho and longer than the 50th special!!! Once it gets going though, its really great. I loved that they brought back the Clockwork Droids unexpectedly and added a really tense twist with them!

     

    I agree very much with those comments for The Power of Three! Brilliant set up but the ending was waaaaay too rushed to the point where I can't even remember it. That's a good discussion Dandy, I do think that, because they showed no threat, people would get used to it over time.

    Seen both episodes, I agree that the tasks seem a little more off this time. Doesn't seem to be that muchroom for inventiveness and thinking outside the box, but that may just be down to the contestants. They're also getting a bit more complicated what with those elements like 'do this if you pick the same thing as x, do that if you pick same as y'.

     

    Still a really fun watch though!

    omg it really is a mess on Netflix. The 2009 specials and Series 7B aren't there and then 'The Day of the Doctor' and 'The Time of the Doctor' is placed on the end of Series 8?? God help anyone who has never seen the show before and is watching it for the first time on there.

    I agree that Before the Flood was quite disappointing ointing in comparison to Under the Lake! The first one had a really great build up albeit a bit slow but then the second lacked the impact in terms of the villain and other elements. The bootstrap paradox was quite a good idea though and the sequence with the ghost coming after the deaf character was fantastic! Overall, there was maybe a bit too much running back and forth though, I got so tired of them going lets go back to the Faraday chamber (?) by the end!

     

    The Rebel Flesh was another great idea, especially with all the moral discussions! I agree that Jennifer's character was basically ALL over the place though which didn't really sit that well.

     

    Last Christmas is fantastic, my favourite Christmas ep and it should be much higher! I was initally put off at the fact Santa was in it but he's a great plot point in the context of it all. I had no idea where it was going and loved all the twists and turns with the Dream crabs being really great monsters and actually quite creepy! Shona was also fantastic and I was gutted at her ending. Again, the parts with Danny were the only real disappointment.

     

    Time Heist was a fun episode, fell a tiny bit flat for me but I can't really put my finger on why. It was a great concept amd Keeley Hawes is always fantastic.

     

    The Bells of Saint John is just like the rest of 7B. Should be good but falls flat. Particularly in regards to the villain/threat this time. It was obviously trying to do a Rose/Partners in Crime style episode but it didn't really work out.

     

    The Witch's Familiar is an absolutely fantastic episode but it is really let down by the preceding episode. I really hated that whole medieval, guitar, tank segment and the episode is just filling time until that cliffhanger really. TWF really is fantastic though, brilliant dialogue between Davros and the Doctor and Missy and Clara together was so good, especially Clara in the TARDIS was incredibly tense!

    I actually thought the second part was a lot stronger than the first but I guess it does depend on your view of the whole of Series 6's theme which I actually enjoyed! The visuals for the whole story were amazing! Not only filming in the US but the contstruction of the Oval Office as well as the old children's home. The latter really was the most creepy and spooky the series has seen, matched with the Silence it really was quite a scary episode overall (scary in going out at 7pm on primetime British TV terms of course :P). The Silence are brilliant inventions and it is kind of a shame they were so integral to the overarching plot in that we'll probs never see them again.

     

    Also, starting with the death of the Doctor is quite a bold move. I just wish I hadn't heard about it beforehand!

    Just watched a bit of it now, its basically just The Colour of Money as presented by Chris Tarent a few years ago! That didn't do well and, with the amount of controversy ridiculously stirred up by the trashy press, this won't either. It is just basically another show based from luck which isn't really what this gameshow renaissance is about. People want lots of questions and strategy rather than luck.

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    ITV's new daytime gameshow is Babushka, filling in the annual break that the The Chase has, and it is presented by rylan. Contestants face True or False questions that allow them access to money inside 10 Russian dolls. Each doll has a different amount of money which contestants may gamble to increase the money they get from each doll.

    Brilliant finale, especially those incredibly tense final moments! I know some are disappointed with the Balaclava Man/Men reveal but I never saw it as a whodunnit so I think it was a great payoff, with there being this group/gang ABOVE the bent coppers.

     

    Ros really did put herself in a massive mess though considering she actually wasn't setting up Michael as the killer. Just a bit odd that she tried to blame everyone and their dog (including her own husband!!) for her killing in self-defence after she literally had a saw inches away from her face. It is hard to plead self-defence but she went to extreme measures to try and cover it up.

     

    That last minute though was incredibly dodgy with Hastings but he would have to be like an incredible mastermind to be H! I just also think that him shooting the balaclava guy with a brilliant aim enforces the suspicions.

    Journey... was a great idea but a bit poorly delivered. The Caretaker needed more to it, the threat was just laughable and the episode's purpose was obviously to get Danny to know about the Doctor. As I said though, I really hated the Danny storyline so the episode is just a misfire for me. I really hated the fact the Doctor kept calling him PE, it was SO forced.

    Closing Time had a really poor plot in regards to the Cybermen. They were just there and that solution was dreadful. The episode does recover due to Matt Smith though, his scenes with Craig and working in the Department store are excellent!

     

    I also found The Next Doctor to be a big let down after the hype. I've never warmed to Jackson Lake, both on first viewing and rewatches, and so I never was really able to envisage him as the Doctor anyway. The CyberKing plot is also really messy and a but Jump the Shark. Miss Hartigan was great though as were the images of the Cybermen in the graveyard!

     

    New Earth was a great first episode I felt. A light hearted reintroduction to the characters and helping to establish Ten & Rose's relationship. The body swap thing was fun and the ending with Cassandra was actually really well done. It was good to get that extra dynamic and exploration of a character after maybe being a bit two-dimensional (:kink:) in The End of the World.