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[moon]

Spoiler:

Most of all EVERYTHING MYSTERIOUS SURROUNDING CLARA IS STILL UNANSWERED. Moffat and his plotholes :(((( He builds up ladders to a mountain but when we get up there it turns out to just have been a little hill all the time.

I was actually waiting for Amy and Rory Cybermen to turn up :B But Danny Pink was cool enough.

And gosh what an unsatisfying end to the season. Doctor and Clara lying to each other.

Is it more than a month's wait for the Christmas special now? :(

 

[TRIFORCE89]

That was... underwhelming. Missy was going the very cliched "you're no different than me" crazy likeable villain thing that's so popular these days.

Aaand, nothing really happened. Never felt like there was much of a threat. Just lots of standing.

Guess we'll see what happens in the Christmas special


(also, I'm almost all caught up now. Going through the Tenth's specials currently)

 

[moon]

Spoiler:

Missy ;; why did it have to go like it did? She wanted to come with him ;;;;

 

[TRIFORCE89]

And I've done it \o/ I am now all caught up on Doctor Who

Wooo that was a fun ride. I'm really glad I finally got into this.

 

[countryemo]

And I've done it \o/ I am now all caught up on Doctor Who

Wooo that was a fun ride. I'm really glad I finally got into this.

Congrats! Kinda strange you chose to do both the live season and catch up at the same time, but you made it! Now 1 1/2 months till Christmas, and another 9 month wait! Though there is Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, those weird spin-off movies from the 90's, Classic Who, K-9 the show, the books, and the audio stories! Kinda reccomended you stay away from the spin-off 90's movies, and K-9, unless you really want to.

 

[moon]

Wow, this club really quieted down when S8 was over. Since it's not been 60 days yet, I'm reviving it ;)

Is anybody going to watch the Christmas special today? I won't be able to, likely, so let's keep details in spoilers fpr my sake at least?

EDIT: NVM OMG I JUST SEEN IT

Huuuuge, huge spoiler in the spoiler below, do not open until you have watched the Christmas special!

Spoiler:

CLARA IS RETURNING WITH TWELVE IN SEASON 9! I didn't think this would happen, and it is a bit weird that the whole Danny Pink thing sort of just served to keep Clara busy and evolve as a person in S8 and also maybe to keep her from trying to fall in love with the Doctor again or something. But now it's just the two of them again, and they are more in sync than ever and the last ten minutes of the episode were just amazingly beautiful, with the sleigh ride and Clara's not wanting to wake up and being old and there I really thought we were going to have another sad companion goodbye, but then poof - Santa saves the day yet again! Oh god, when they faced each other for REAL again at the end, it was so thrilling. Like a new start, knowing that the two will now have a whole new season (or at least a half, you never know these days) to finally try and make sense of all the loose ends Clara has strewn around her. But again, knowing Moffat, we might not ever see all the plot points wrapped up.

Still, I am not disappointed at all in seeing Clara stay. After the somewhat rocky S8, S9 can only get better now that the characters have found their roles properly. Great last Christmas gift <3

 

[TRIFORCE89]

I watched "Last Christmas" today since I did not have control of the TV at my aunt's house over Christmas.

Spoiler:

It was an entertaining romp. Kinda Inceptiony with the dream-within-a-dream mechanic. Dunno how I feel about Clara returning, I was kind of over her now and thought it ended her story well in the previous episode. Overall though, the episode left me with questions. Like given Santa's entrance on the TARDIS in the previous episode, does that mean a good chunk of Season 8 was a dream? There was still that tangerine at the end of this episode. It kinda looked like the Doctor was waking up at that volcano Clara took them too in Dark Water, so... what's up with that? Why'd the Doctor seem kind skeptical of Santa when in his Eleventh incarnation he said they've met before? I really thought the chalkboard device was going to tie into the "Listen" episode from earlier this season.

 

[moon]

So many questions... Such Moffat.

Spoiler:

Now we have S9 to tie up loose ends with :D as if that is going to happen.

The tangerine was probably just a funny thing. The volcano though... What if the Doctor was actually put to sleep by Clara there and never woke up? So far fetched, but so was the idea of Missy being Master and of Moffat lying about Clara staying xD

 

[countryemo]

Well I finally was able to watch it, but still got interuptions so I'll see about a rewatch later tonight.

Spoiler:

The whole dream inside a dream was a bit much, the first time around was cool, and I understood the second time. But Clara being old, I think that would've been a nice send off, except we also need her to finish off with The Mistress and why she chose Clara. I liked the Dream Crabs, though I never felt like the earth was in danger, episode kind of felt like a mess.

 

[moon]

Actually, I like episodes where the whole earth isn't in danger for a change :)

 

[countryemo]

Actually, I like episodes where the whole earth isn't in danger for a change :)

I mean I do to, but they said several times it was in danger, it just didn't feel like it. But overall the episode wasen't as bad I thought it would be going into it.

 

[moon]

Hey! Where's this club gone?

My recent project is a success so far: I'm turning my un-nerdy boyfriend into a Whovian. Or at least someone who likes watching the series. Rant below, and eventual question.

I've tried to show him bits and pieces in the past (Eleventh Hour, Blink, Flesh & Stone, Time of Angels, and also Flatline I think) but it didn't stick. So since he's heard me talking about the recent season and watched me cry my eyes out at Last Christmas, I decided to show him Clara's run first. To create something consistent to keep him wanting more :3

So I started with Asylum of the Daleks, and he kind of remembered Amy and River from the crash of the Byzantium episodes, and I hastily explained Rory. And there was Oswin. Then we hopped to The Snowmen, and I explained that Amy and Rory had died, simply. He was intrigued by Clara looking like Oswin and the Doctor's realization and our glimpse of real!Clara at the end. So we kept going through the rest of S7 (and personally, I love the second part of S7, it has great episodes and Clara's mystery is nice actually). We went through the specials, he seemed to like Ten enough in the 50th, and we ran through all of S8 with Danny and Missy and all, which kept him on his toes. He rolled his eyes at Last Christmas and still liked Eleven more than Twelve, it seemed. But I said that if he wanted to watch more, we needed to go back to the beginning. Meaning 2005.

So we watched "Rose" and as I expected, he didn't like Nine as much and also the show was filmed rather poorly those days compared to the cinematic feeling of season 5-8. So against better knowledge, we skipped from after Rose, directly to The Christmas Invasion and Ten's first appearance. Now we've just finished Satan Pit and I think I'll skip Love and Monsters (also skipped Idiot's Lantern and will skip Fear Her for sure) but then comes the question:

Should I go back and show him S1 episodes Father's Day, Empty Child, Doctor Dances (possibly skip Boom Town), Bad Wold and Parting of the Ways? I actually like S1 a lot and the individual episodes. Dalek is a gem, but he's seen enough Daleks already to make that an uninteresting episode at this point.

Option two would be to just keep going with Army of Ghosts and Doomsday, but then we kind of seal Rose off and it would be weird to go back watching S1 after that.

I think I'll go with S1 actually :3 Nine has his own charm.

 

[Sir Bastian]

Whoo, Doctor Who! :D I'm in!

PokéCommunity Username: Sir Bastian

Favorite Doctor: 10th AKA David Tennant, without question.

Favorite Companion: Amy Pond

Let me bask in the Whoness with the rest of you!

 

[Spherical Ice]

I've been told to join so sure:

PokéCommunity Username: Spherical Ice
Favorite Doctor: hm, probably 10, maybe 12
Favorite Companion: Rory or Donna

 

[moon]

Whoo, Doctor Who! :D I'm in!

PokéCommunity Username: Sir Bastian

Favorite Doctor: 10th AKA David Tennant, without question.

Favorite Companion: Amy Pond

Let me bask in the Whoness with the rest of you!

I've been told to join so sure:

PokéCommunity Username: Spherical Ice
Favorite Doctor: hm, probably 10, maybe 12
Favorite Companion: Rory or Donna

selling souls to the master success

I mean, welcome to the club guys! Alby and Rai (and probably a lot of staffers) get so depressed when we spam up the chatgroup with who-talk so this is a better place for it haha.


So, why do you not like Eleven? :o I'm fluctuating in my opinion, but sometimes I think Ten is the best Doctor, but other times I find Eleven much more overall suitable as the Doctor than the bit too friendly and humanly Ten.

 

[Spherical Ice]

Eleven had some stellar moments, he managed to appear like a really old alien at some points, but his whole "hahahah bow ties im still funny right" and Moffat's entire shit show re: River Song really soured a lot of his stories.

 

[moon]

Yeah... Okay I admit River Song could have been handled a LOT better. She could actually have been a cool wife to the Doctor but now it was all very rushed and unbelievable. S6 finale is probably my least fav finale because it doesn't make sense in my head still. If The Big Bang was confusing, the whateverS6endingwascalled was a storm of wut a la Moffat. I mean, it's bad if I think River's best ep is SitL/FotD (still Moffat, but properly good Moffat).

... I want Moffat to leave.

EDIT: also, why did I never realize this before??

 

[Sir Bastian]

I'm not sure why I prefer 10 to 11, but I -definitely- don't dislike Matt. He's a very likeable Doctor, but if I'm being 100% honest here? I actually like 9 more than 11. I know that's a really hipster thing to say, but I really do think he introduced me to the Whoniverse (:DDD) alot better than Smith could've done. And he's got a very special, interesting style.
Plus, looking back, he's pretty perfect for post-War Doctor. He still had a bit of an angry, vengeance-y streak to him, but it was like he was trying to put it behind him.

Overall, I guess 10 just gives me this sort of... 'LET'S GO ON AN ADVENTURE! Awaaaay!' feel, whereas 11 is just a bit more quirky and strange. In a good way, but still.

 

[moon]

Overall, I guess 10 just gives me this sort of... 'LET'S GO ON AN ADVENTURE! Awaaaay!' feel, whereas 11 is just a bit more quirky and strange. In a good way, but still.

Okay, that is definitely true. Tennant really defined Doctor Who for years :3 Smith did too, but not as drastically as Tennant was kind of the first really famous Doctor in the reboot.

ALSO become Amy already 8)

And here's Clara for Dragon!!

I have loooads more, but these are my favs for a collab 8)

 

[TRIFORCE89]

Overall, I guess 10 just gives me this sort of... 'LET'S GO ON AN ADVENTURE! Awaaaay!' feel, whereas 11 is just a bit more quirky and strange. In a good way, but still.

I got that vibe from 11 too, but it felt like more of a job to him? Whereas 10, it was for fun.

And now 12 does it in spite of himself lol


EDIT: That Looker/Doctor thing is amazing