LOVED this week.

I think my favourite aspect of it is despite the fact that The Doctor hates soldiers and therefore Danny, what's interesting is that Danny can apparently read the Doctor better than Clara ever could. He knew the Doctor knew he was there when he was invisible, he knew The Doctor was thawing to him slightly by the end and why and it was him that had to explain all this to Clara.
The monster was cool and expensive looking but ultimately a decoration in a story about how these characters are now going to interact.
What the hell is going on with Missy? I'm LOVING this series so far and next week? Space spiders? I hate spiders. :cheer:

And it was a giant space spider that did for the 3rd doctor...

One thing I loved, is Danny talked back to the Doctor, proving himself, he's a brilliant character in his own right, and Clara has really come into her own this series, its crazy looking back at how little characterisation there was last series.

Episode 1: had to watch twice to understand it but loved it
Episode 2: even better than the first episode
Episode 3: a bit pointless
Episode 4: amazing episode
Episode 5: it was enjoyable but not as good as the others (minus 3)
Episode 6: fantastic episode, it was hilarious too.

4.89m (21.8%) watched last night's edition of Doctor Who.

An alright episode tonight, wish there was more of a focus on the monsters though, you can kinda tell it was originally a story written for 11 by the pacing.

Tonight's felt a little rushed, and agreeing with you Chewy, it felt like it was made for 11.

Clara this series :clap1:

I still want a new companion, Clara is ok.. but I want another Donna or Martha

I would say rose my fav but I don't want another love thing

this was a massive let down imo. Really wish they spent more time on the monsters I was expecting a "Impossible planet" or "waters of mars" type of episode. Maybe they should of made this two parts, with the spiders killing people part one and the whole the moon is an egg crap part two.

That was my favourite part of the episode, was nice to see her calling the Doctor out for putting people in situations like that.

Courtney was also a disappointment this episode. The writing for her character made no seance at all.

yes!! I don't wan't her gone anymore lol.

I think the lack of double part episodes is showing. The stories feel a little rushed. This story and Time Heist could have made good double part stories and we'd have got more of the actual monsters too.

i got so many episodes to catch up on.

I think the finale is a double episode at least.

great episode, love the ones that tear away at the dark side of humanity - reminded me of the episode with the 10th doctor and the space bus and that mimicking monster with Carol from Eastenders being a superbitch.

wasn't here for the whole clara "how could you?!??!?!?!" bit at the end, though

I really liked the end, its been building up throughout the series, from when the Doctor first left Clara on her own in the Clockwork Droid's dungeon, I reckon it will lead to 12 eventually softening a little.

So for some reason, American fans somehow got an "anti-abortion" message from the episode... I mean, I get how it could be thought of as that, but I saw it as more of an 'anti-extinction' message.

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Kill the Moon got near-universal acclaim, I think I'll need to watch again as I didn't think it was that interesting...

/r/gallifrey and /r/doctorwho on reddit didn't seem to like it much, citing the physics were off. :joker: This is the show that had Earth stolen from orbit without any major natural disasters happening, not to mention, the Doctor dragging it back into orbit without any disasters. There was also that time that Gallifrey appeared over Earth, again, with no world ending disasters.

Most people seem to be complaining about the creature laying an "egg" that is the same size as itself..
Like...what?
Why the hell not? Who cares?

For what it's worth - I didn't think Kill the moon was quite as good as the hype suggested. I found the spiders absolutely terrifying, as I knew I would, and I think it should have just been an episode focussing on bringing them down. Mind you, if these things are germs, then it's perfectly possible to bring them back. Hope so.

I thought it was pretty great, not as good as Listen but definitely the second best episode this series. Clara's going strength to strength this season so I hope the rumours of her leaving aren't true especially as they've built up some pretty good characters around her now.

Does it not bother anyone that this episode plays fast and loose with science.
1) it effectively repeats the myth about seeing the Great Wall of China from the Moon. You would only be able to discern street lights from Low Earth Orbit.

2) The Moon is tidally locked and goes round the earth in about 30 days, not a few minutes as was implied by the graphic of the rotating Earth as lights go out.

3) The moon also stabilises the Earth at its 23 degrees off the vertical which gives us the seasons, so an increasing moon mass would do more than mess with the tides.

4) Episode ignores accepted theory for origin of the Moon, namely a glancing blow collision with a planetoid called Thea. This was confirmed by samples brought back by the Apollo missions, backed up by Russian samples.

:suspect: Since when has Doctor Who stuck to scientific fact?

It's called science FICTION for a reason. :laugh:

The next episode is reminding me of that Agatha Christie episode that David Tennant had. :laugh:

4.82m (21.5%) saw Kill The Moon last night.

I wonder if next weeks will at all make reference to the eleventh doctor and the ponds unseen visit to the orient express in space. The night Amy and Rory got married?

The story was begging to be a two-parter though. The spiders could have been part one and the whole moon is an egg thing in part two. Scuppered story :(

I don't think I could of handled a full episode about spiders. It was bad enough with what we got in the first place. I hate spiders so much.

I have been involved with Science fiction, especially when I was in a better position to write my Mystical Realms stories. You still make sure you get your science right!

That is why they had science advisers for the Star Trek programmes and some of the Hollywood movies such as Sunshine, which had Professor Brian Cox as a science adviser.

But they've never stuck to scientific facts/principles on Doctor Who. A large part of it is as much "magic" as something like Harry Potter.

Remember when the Earth was "stolen" and nothing catastrophic happened? :laugh:

Damn Daleks, my plant pot fell over :fist:

:joker:

it reminds me of one of the audio books with matt smith and amy.

It looks really good. :worry:

Matt Smith has audio books?

Yeah I Bought it on amazon. Its called the run away train I think.

Ahhh.

The show also ignores the orign of Earth too, remember The Runaway Bride? There was also that time Gallifrey appeared in the sky, without earth being royally fudged up.

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Just on a slightly random note, has anybody else noticed that they've tweaked the theme tune? It starts differently and has a lot more bass to it now.