Am I the only one whose annoyed with whole,"...clever boy" thing? He's what a nine hundred plus years old now and it just sounds bleh. It isn't witty at all and it seems she'll be saying that all the time

 

I don't mind. Just the new Catchphrase of the Week.

"Wibbly Wobbly, Timey Wimey."
"Spoilers."
"____ are cool."
"Come along, Pond."
etc etc

 

Wait, even your friend won't watch them? congratulations to him if its so by now I would be watching for probably the second time and still re-watch it as it airs.

 

Why does he need the entire DVD to make a poster? Can't they just show him the big monsters/points?

 

The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel.

 

Saw it coming, right from the very start. Still a nice little sketch.

 

When's it coming back?

 

30th of March

 

David Tennant and Billie Piper to return for 50th Anniversary special.

Sauce

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...th-anniversary-special.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Don't know how true it is but goddammit I will geek out like fuck if Tennant does return.

 

New episode kinda sucked.

Spoiler

Magical computer powers being uploaded into Clara's brain as a mere afterthought made me facepalm so hard.

 

I thought it was decent. Nothing new, nothing special.

I really wanted something new and special to lift the "don't give a fuck about doctor who" attitude I have at the moment.

It didn't do that.

 

The monk piece of this ep was the most enjoyable.

"It's a woman."

 

I agree, it was pretty lacklustre in terms of a return though I liked some of the hints and comments dropped here & there;

Spoiler

Which chapter are you on?
Ten
You'll cry loads at eleven...

That & my friend claims he saw the 4th Doctor's scarf in the hallway; I haven't re-watched the episode myself but it wouldn't surprise me.

 

Spoiler

Plus that book was written by Amelia Williams.

 

I thought it was a pretty solid if unspectacular episode. It did its main job - (re)introduce Clara - pretty well, and I'm feeling a fair bit happier about her being the companion than I was after her first appearance. Matt Smith was great, as ever, and I liked Celia Imrie as the villain (Miss Kizlet?).

That said, you could tick off the boxes throughout the episode.

Creepy catchphrase? Check (I don't know where I am!). Making something normal scary? Check. Uncanny valley monsters? Check (Compare the Spoonheads with the Clockwork robots from The Girl in the Fireplace, or the Smilers from The Beast Below - they even had the same revolving head to reveal something scary schtick - or even the Weeping Angels). Timey-wimey weirdness. Well, it's Doctor Who, so yeah, but the phonecall across timezones was particularly reminiscient of many of Moffat's previous episodes - River Song's messages, the whole of A Christmas Carol, just off the top of my head.

It really emphasised to me that, new companion and whatnot aside, it was Doctor Who by the numbers. I didn't think it was bad, just...I probably won't remember much about it by the time I've watched the next one.

 

Two Doctors together. Now we wait for the rest.