Dr Who

[Wildeybeast]

Also, as much as I like Moffatt's stories, it is around about time we had a new show runner, just to shake things up a bit. RTD did four season, Moffat is now on 5 (and some decent specials). Round this one off, see off Clara - and that should be about good to go in terms of handing over the reins.

Capaldi is right up there with my favourite Doctors though. McCoy, Baker The First, Capaldi.

And there's not much between them.

That's all well and good, but who would you replace him with?

[Mr Mystery]

No idea!

Last night's episode was great!

[Psychosplodge]

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[Erik Setzer]

SPOILER-ish comments below...

Absolutely loving Missy, but I agree that it'll be good if they don't overuse her but just have her around for one or two stories a season. I think it's kind of a natural progression of the Master that, by now, she's just having fun doing what she's doing, and no longer bothering to take it seriously, because, well... why should she? Dead so many times, only to keep being brought back, often unwanted, and dealing with all kinds of BS. And by now it really does feel like she's not really doing evil things just for evil's sake, but because it's how she assumes it'd be best to achieve the "right" ends (even if those aren't actually good).

The Davros interactions were also great. That was kind of cold, though, pulling at heart-strings, making people feel a little bad for Davros, and then going, "Ha! Gotcha! He's still an evil *******!"

But where do things go after the end of the show? It seems like there's no way the Daleks could be the threat they once were, or Davros could still be as evil as he was. But then, there's also the possibility Missy might end up in control of the Daleks. Finally got the army she wanted, but more effective than the Toclafane ever could be.

[Mr Mystery]

Agreed - especially about the need to keep the use of Missy a special treat.

Though having said that, I wouldn't mind seeing her and The Doctor team up once Clara nicks off, even if it's just for a few episodes - just the two of them. No human influence.

Oh, and is it just me, or was Clara somewhat less insufferable in that episode?

And in other Who News - just procured yet more DVDs to replace my VHS collection. Damned near got all the Jon Pertwee stories now - with the added bonus many have had restoration done since the VHS release. All that remains is to finish off the Pertwee era, Tom Baker era and the few I haven't yet procured for Peter Davison.

That done? Well, I'll be going back to the old black and white ones, procure the complete stories that are available.

Love Doctor Who, I do.

[Erik Setzer]

Agreed - especially about the need to keep the use of Missy a special treat.

Though having said that, I wouldn't mind seeing her and The Doctor team up once Clara nicks off, even if it's just for a few episodes - just the two of them. No human influence.

Oh, and is it just me, or was Clara somewhat less insufferable in that episode?

I'd love to see the Doctor and Missy do an adventure or two together... it would be sheer chaos and madness!

I think Clara was less insufferable because she was always being outmaneuvered by Missy and couldn't get her bearing enough to try to take charge.

[Mr Mystery]

Would make for an excellent Chrimbo Spesh I'd say - something slightly out of kilter with the arcing storyline, and a bit of fun for all involved.

In other news, there's a new 'teen' spin off in the works called 'Class'.

And I almost forgot Dr Who is on again tonight. Silly me!

[YorkNecromancer]

So I'm putting in my prediction for this series' big reveal:

Clara is the Master's daughter, put through a Chameleon Arch to take on human form.

Hence that throwaway line in episode 2, hence why Missy didn't kill Clara despite basically being Missy, and hence why she 'gave' Clara to the Doctor. There'll be some grand plan involving doctor/Clara 'learning a lesson' or something, but that's my guess for this series.

[Mr Mystery]

Dunno about that one. There's nothing to really set it up. And with Clara departing at some point this season the timing would seem odd.

[Mr Mystery]

The Girl Who Died.

Kind of a mixed bag for me. Nothing fundamentally wrong with it, and the ending was superb. But just....not quite the full shilling.

Looking forward to next week's one though.