Doxinator Wrote:I actually kind of enjoyed this new episode...I love Clara's theme SO much. This episode brought some much needed laughter, too. The Doctor is a funny man....

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SO. First things first: Ever since the Snowmen episode, the part at the end that always gets me is "Great Intelligence? That rings a bell..." It's something so minor, something so subtle, that it drove me CRAZY trying to figure out where we've heard it before. So I was doing some thinking a few days ago, and it dawned on me. The great intelligence began by mimicking, mirroring, correct? That's what the Doctor said anyways. Sound familiar? PLANET MIDNIGHT. The creature, unknown lifeform that mimicked and mirrored inside the shuttle...Could it potentially be the same creature? Just my thoughts, because you never really hear of or see that creature ever again.

Also, I am disappointed int he fact that this episode didn't make me THAT scared of wi-fi like Moffat said. :[ I was expecting something awesome, but I dunno...But I'm glad to have Doctor Who back in my life, and I'm excited to see how this all unfolds!

Razmos Wrote:One thing that my dad noticed, which I didn't at first, is that Clara's "Around the world" travel book had a year of her life crossed off from 10-24, but age 23 was missing.

Razmos Wrote:I'd really like to see a pretty Asian/Indian girl with glasses, who is intelligent but starts off not being cut out for traveling with the Doctor, maybe she is forced to travel with him or something.

Razmos Wrote:Yesterdays episode (which I only managed to watch today) was shockingly bad. Matt Smith was mediocre in this episode, with his voice ranging from hard to hear mumbling to hard to hear shouting. Jenna-Louise Coleman was probably the saving grace of this episode, and the only part of the episode which actually kept my interest was Clara's backstory (which was really well done in my opinion, all the feels), the TARDIS not liking her (what is she?) and the ending with the leaf, which actually choked me up a little bit because of the way she delivered the speech.

It's kind of weird having a companion that the TARDIS rejects, I can see this being a problem later on, especially since I think we have an episode that goes deeper into the Tardis later in the series.

Also, the Vigil were creepy as pineapple. those voices and the way they all tilted their heads at the same time. brrr. Grandfather was creepy too, I wish he had been the villain of the episode and not the big.. evil star thing.

Maping Wrote:OK, now this is what I want! This week's episode is way, way better. It's scary, has a great new villain, and takes place on Earth (because as great as alien worlds can be, Earth-located episodes are much better). This (half of the) season is definitely taking a turn in the right direction.

Arcana27961 Wrote:Ice Warriors first appeared in a 1967 Patrick Troughton serial, so they're far from being new. Or were you just referring to Skaldak?

I have to disagree with the Earth-located episodes being better. I enjoy seeing the Doctor actually take his companions to weird planets, instead of Earth or some random space station. The writers can do so much more with an alien planet than Earth. At least Moffat is way better than RTD when it comes to showing alien planets. Even when RTD took us to another planet, it usually felt too much like Earth...