The official 2015 Doctor Who (with spoilers for aired episodes only) thread

[Morrus]

By far my favourite episode of this year so far. The only thing I didn't like is that I always thought Zygons looked a bit silly (in a Slitheen kind of way).

Other than that, this was great. Can't wait for next week's resolution. I'm enjoying the all two-parter format they've adopted this year (though the two with Arya Stark were pretty loosely linked).

 

[Morrus]

Another two-parter? It seems like they're stealthily returning to the older format, since two hour-long episodes equals four half-hour episodes, and four-episode stories used to pretty much be the norm.

The whole of this year's series is two partners.

And what's up with UNIT becoming entirely led by women? Leader of UNIT: the Brigadier's daughter. Scientific advisor: a woman. Top scientist: the Brigadier's granddaughter. Soldier in charge of the attack on the Zygons in the church: a woman. Drone pilot: a woman. I think the only male UNIT member in tonight's episode with any lines was the guy who wimped out when confronted with a Zygon wearing the form of his mother - after specifically being warned about that exact type of subterfuge - and who subsequently was responsible for getting his entire group wiped out.

It certainly passed the Bechdel Test.

 

[delericho]

I rather enjoyed this week's episode. Not much more to say about it than that, really.

 

[Morrus]

I loved it. This is Capaldi's defining Doctor moment, I think. That speech/monologue was so well performed.

 

[Ryujin]

I loved it. This is Capaldi's defining Doctor moment, I think. That speech/monologue was so well performed.

Very telling in the, "That's the same thing that you said the last three times" moment. This Doctor isn't so much The Trickster, as he is Machiavelli as an archetype.

 

[Morrus]

Very telling in the, "That's the same thing that you said the last three times" moment. This Doctor isn't so much The Trickster, as he is Machiavelli as an archetype.

Last 15 times!

 

[MarkB]

Last 15 times!

That's the only part that troubled me. Bonnie gets to go through her epiphany and carry it with her. Poor old Kate Stewart has her memory erased for the 16th time and never gets to keep that moment for herself.

 

[Morrus]

That's the only part that troubled me. Bonnie gets to go through her epiphany and carry it with her. Poor old Kate Stewart has her memory erased for the 16th time and never gets to keep that moment for herself.

If she doesn't forget, the box bluff won't work in her in time #16.

 

[Ryujin]

Last 15 times!

It went by so fast that I'd missed the exact number, but knew that it was more than once. Thanks.

 

[delericho]

I think he was probably joking about there being a previous 15 times. The body count was surely too high for him to go through that cycle once every six weeks or so.