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[Guest 85555]

Loved this episode. Found the tardis zombies genuinely scary, and even more so when you found out what they really were. Was expecting to be dissapointed by Journey to the Centre of the Tardis but was pleasantly surprised.

 

[Morrus]

A sun in a room in the TARDIS! That was awesome. And that's one BIG room!

Lots of teasing of the "name of the Doctor" thing. Pleasepleaseplease be good!

 

[Nagol]

A sun in a room in the TARDIS! That was awesome. And that's one BIG room!

Lots of teasing of the "name of the Doctor" thing. Pleasepleaseplease be good!

I vaguely recall a Tom Baker era episode. The Doctor runs into another Time Lord on Earth who went to school with him. He calls the Doctor a familiar name and the Doctor coolly corrects him to use "Doctor".

Anyone else recall it?

 

[jonesy]

I vaguely recall a Tom Baker era episode. The Doctor runs into another Time Lord on Earth who went to school with him. He calls the Doctor a familiar name and the Doctor coolly corrects him to use "Doctor".

Anyone else recall it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Y2anevL2o

"Theta Sigma". Could be just the initials. Or a nickname. Or something else entirely.

 

[Krug]

Felt this episode was rather meh, what with the space version of Sanford and Sons. So the Android brother didn't realise he was human? Didn't he have to poop and so on?

The zombies also looked like they were wearing bad latex suits, and the whole time-travel thing was just another excuse for the Doctor, Clara and the salvagers to run all over the place looking busy.

Biggest upside was seeing the inside of the Tardis and Clara in that nice dress, but this season has been rather forgettable so far.

 

[Grumpy RPG Reviews]

What is a really dorky name?

 

[Nellisir]

Still with the family theme, I see.

 

[JediSoth]

Felt this episode was rather meh, what with the space version of Sanford and Sons. So the Android brother didn't realise he was human? Didn't he have to poop and so on?

The zombies also looked like they were wearing bad latex suits, and the whole time-travel thing was just another excuse for the Doctor, Clara and the salvagers to run all over the place looking busy.

Biggest upside was seeing the inside of the Tardis and Clara in that nice dress, but this season has been rather forgettable so far.

The other brothers probably told Tricky that having to go to the bathroom was part of an emulation program to make him appear more human. But yeah, that's a plot hole for sure.

 

[Herschel]

This was a tough one for me. I rather enjoyed Clara searching/exploring the Tardis ("Now you're just showing off") but the end felt rushed again to me. Can American TV ruin everything? This one was better for "short attention span theater" as if you weren't paying close attention you didn't miss much fine detail/correlation I felt, but the sun in the TARDIS was rather awesome. I also liked the record of the Time War, but I doubt we'll ever get many details from it. Still, a season with McGann in the Time War would rock mightily if done well.

 

[Morrus]

I've seen a lot of people complain about the Big Friendly Button around the web in a manner which indicates to me they didn't follow the plot. I guess when a lot of people say that, it's a problem.

Did anyone else struggle with that?

The button is the remote control for the magnograb. We see it at the beginning rolling into the TARDIS for some mysterious reason, Clara picks it up, it's hot and has "Big Friendly Button" carved into it which scars her hand in the same way. Then the Doctor meets the salvage guys and confiscates their remote control.

At the end, the Doctor sees the scar, goes back in time, carves "Big Friendly Button" into the remote control with his sonic screwdriver and throws it into the console room, where Clara picks it up. This time, though, the Doctor grabs it and uses it to deactivate the magnograb so that the events of the episode never take place.