Be Excellent To Each Other

Sounds clear enough to me. Maybe turn the TV up?

He does do a bit of talking under his breath a bit. Clara gabbles quickly too. Am I getting old?

Eh?

I also sometimes repeat a word or two sometimes.

What to you sounds like mumbling is in fact just a Scottish accent.

Maybe I am a bit cloth eared, but he definitely mumbles

Ihm nt surhm I'dm serhh hehhh mmmmbbls

Just watching Kill the Moon. Have upped the treble on my amp. Much better.

Thanks, Myp!

Is it now three times as good?

It can't be much worse.

He sounds like Tom Baker sometimes.

Holy shit, that's Frank Skinner

Just watched the Orient Express one, I liked it. Better than quite a few of the previous.

Because you know I'm all about that bass, 'Bout that bass 'bout that bass, no treble

Not quite as good as Mummy but still a pretty good episode. Jamie Mathieson seems to know best out of all the current writers in how to write an episode...

That was possibly my favourite of the series. If not best then certainly up there.

It's starting to hit its stride, IMO, even if it's more about Clara than The Doctor.

The monsters were genuinely messed up, and the special effects were really good.

Yeah, that was pretty good!

A disappointing one tonight i feel - and only 2 more to go

Yep, not one of the better ones at all.
The final story looks like it could be interesting though.

I enjoyed this more than I was expecting. A decent short story, with a mystery that didn't involve evil aliens taking over Cardiff London. A bit fantastical, but within the tale made sense. The use of fairy tale elements such as the girl's red coat was a nice touch too.

WHERE WERE ALL THE PEOPLE? Trafalgar Square was empty apart from the Doctor and Maeve.

Current ratings for me for the Capaldi series:

Deep Breath 5
Into the Dalek 7
Robot of Sherwood 3
Listen 5
Caretaker 6
Time Heist 7
Kill the Moon 2
Mummy on the Orient Express 9
Flatline 8
Forest in the Night 3

Which seems to work out at an average of 5.5. Which suggests I'm enjoying it more than I thought...

Generous on Kill the Moon there.

Into the Dalek was the worst this season.

My ratings:

Deep Breath: 8
Into the Dalek: 5
Robot of Sherwood: 8
Listen: 7
Caretaker: 7
Time Heist : 8
Kill the Moon :4
Mummy on the Orient Express: 10
Flatline: 9
Forest in the Night: 5

Remember, it's actually about ethics in Doctor Who journalism.

I didn't think Kill the Moon was all that bad, but otherwise agree with Pundie Bear.

I enjoyed that one - and a nice setup for next week

My brief thoughts:

I thought it was pretty good. Not sure about the interaction between missy and the Doctor but still not bad. Overall pretty creepy and engaging though. Generally I approve.

Holy Shit!

I was 'Oh, they've spoiled the big surprise in the trallers' then they drew it out and hammered it home, so dramatic irony was in full effect and then..



Then... Bang, right out of nowhere. Mind Blown. Perfect swerve.


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"It wasn't that good!"


Yes, yes it was, Vince. As if you know what a good swerve is anyway.

I only managed to get 45 minutes into the hour long special finale. And that took some doing. Missy is basically John Simm all over again. HATE. And not really liking what is being done with the Doctor either. Terrible. Moffat can do one. As they say.

You saved yourself from having to see the mid-credit sequence, at least. Bleaugh.

Not impressed with that; really poor

Malc

Not good at all.

I thought it was fine.

I thought it was very good. A little contrived in the ending, perhaps, but enjoyed Missy and some of the shocks.

I liked it.

Thought it ended well.

I thought that was pretty bad. Nonsensical, overblown poorly directed and lacking any tension.

The story was fine. Missy was a big problem for me.

She was great. It was excellent having a female version of the Master, and turned it into more of a sexual tension thing rather than men competing with each other.

Really? I didn't think there was the slightest bit of sexual tension. But what I object to most was the stupid manic way they are treating that character now. UGH. Scary poppins...

I liked the false opening titles, and Missy was excellent. I felt a bit underwhelmed by the rest of it. Flying Cybermen look stupid, not scary (other than the 'Twilight Zone' reference on the plane). The idea of reanimating the world's corpses could have worked, but perhaps not by making them Cyberzombies.

I thought it was alright. Not bad, but not great either.

They didn't explain how the 'Cyber-Zombies' were actually made though. That annoyed me.

Yes they did.

Haha, owned by Kovacs. Possibly your darkest day?

But the metal! Where did all that metal come from?!?!

HAHAHAHA KOVACS

This. Some kind of zombinefication liquid would make sense, but an entire exoskeleton and circuity?

On the other hand, the thought of all the world's dead coming back is pretty scary.

The Brigadier saving his daughter was a nice touch.