Now I want a t-shirt that says “Move Away From The Pterodactyls”
Catch the episode free and legally on ABC-TV iView if you’re in Australia (it won’t be broadcast on free to air until next Saturday). I expect that BBC-UK and BBC-America and various agents elsewhere will have similar arrangements.
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The ex-Harry Potter actor quotient for this episode is high indeed. Plus: love the thermos scene.
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It was awesome! Really loved it.
Is anyone else getting the impression that the Moffat era seems to be channeling the old school Doctor Who vibe a bit more accurately than was the case throughout the Davies years? Maybe it’s just me that thinks this…
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I never watched much of the Original Dr Who so I don’t know how it compares. I am not sure how I feel about this episode.
I certainly feel like we are getting foreshadowing of Amy and Rory leaving the series with mentions of the gaps between visits gettings longer and them wanting to go home after it was all over.
Also was a touch shocked that the Dr just blew up Solomon. That seemed a bit out of character to me.
I did love Rorys Dad and the scene with the thermos was utterly adorable though
Boring. Seems the writers are running out of ideas, or caring, and they’re just mashing together clichéd concepts in an attempt at crowd-pleasing. The whole thing was just predictable and dull.
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That thermos scene was stunning! How good was it that Rory’s dad caries a trowel everywhere!
Also, I’m really enjoying that The Doctor isn’t continually reaching for his sonic screwdriver so far this season…
I did not like it.
And yeah, blowing up Solomon was really jarring. Normally the Doctor gives baddies some form of a choice, a chance to redeem themselves, but that was completely absent.
For one thing, as some of you have also said, I think it was wrong of the Doctor to kill Solomon – yes, he was a creepy, disgusting misogynist killer, but it’s not the Doctor’s way to knowingly kill people. I know Eleven can be manipulative and cold, but he’s still not a killer.
The other thing I’m really not liking is the way that genocide is being thrown around lately. I know the Doctor’s reaction is appropriate, but something about it just felt wrong.
And finally, what is it with all the sexiness ALL THE TIME? Especially the random women wanting to get into the Doctor’s pants thing? I mean, really? I recognise that DW has a wider audience than ever including more and more adults, but that doesn’t mean you have to sex everything up. All the (misogynistic) banter, flirting, weird character pairings at the end of the episode… Why?
I’m really not impressed.
I’d call this one hamartia – missing the mark. A shame, since dinosaurs on a spaceship is awesome.
Killing Solomon was one thing. Liking it was something else entirely. The Doctor was gloating about his vengeance. Not cool.
I liked the sexiness with Queen Nefertiti, liked the anti-slavery message. Didn’t like the dialogue when the Doctor refused to hand her over to Solomon. He should have said, “She isn’t mine to give.”
wondering makes a good point that -
“The flirting was so awkward they had to have Amy identify it as such for the audience”
but I disagree with this -
“just reinforces the idea that strong powerful women just want a man to dominate them and consider them useless”
I think Nefertiti wanted to have a worthy opponent as a lover. It’s a dominance game, preferably with neither one winning. More fun than a husband who is scared of being executed if he bores her.
Kristin, thank you – I was thinking along the same lines but couldn’t find the words.
I think both Nefertiti and the big game hunter are not that interested in people who defer to them – they’ll work with them to get things done, but they don’t have much respect for them. Someone who doesn’t put up with their bullshit though? And insists on going their own way? Why, how refreshing!
P.S. I’ve known a few couples who run on this mutual-lack-of-patience-with-timidity dynamic. In one of them she eventually saw through too much of his bullshit and went her own way. In another we were all in awe when she bought him a unicycle for his 21st birthday (it was absolutely perfect, but none of us thought of clubbing together for one), then they went off to be nomadic ski instructors together, and they’re still going strong (although maybe the knees have given out).
What a sweet story!