meh, IMO kind of a let down after the promising first episode. Seems like they just did a collection of one-offs and then slipped a "CUT TO MISTRESS LAUGHING MISCHIEVOUSLY" at the end of every-other episode as if that was enough to tie all the episodes together.. nope. Glad that Clara will finally rap up before the end of the year, her character has gotten really boring and exhausting.

Also, what's with the "you'll never step into the TARDIS if I destroy all the keys"... uhh MOFFAT himself already worked into the canon that he can open it with a snap of his fingers.. how could he have possibly have forgotten that? I liked how one of they keys was in Matt Smith's purple frock coat pockets (hanging next to his tweed jacket).

Sadly have to agree with most of this. Been a very 'meh' season. Clara has been pretty boring, but I think that's mostly due to Mr. Pink. Rory was whiny too, but at least he was funny. Pink is just annoying. Can't wait for the new companion.

Also have high expectations for the Mistress arc. Lot of good possibilities there.

There have been logical inconsistencies in every episode so far. Just odd goofy things that sort of take me out of the moment. Other than that, yeah, it's time for Clara to go. When he said, "Go to Hell" I was actually fully willing to go along with the ride and was looking forward to her becoming evil and destructive. I was hoping that he would have to send her to an alternate universe (something along the lines of Rose leaving) after a fight where he barely managed to defeat her. It would have been pretty cool. Sure it was touching the way it eventually panned out, but the end of the episode also destroyed what could have been a mythic journey for the three (Doc, Clara, Pink) of them. I found myself groaning at the prospect of...

I like the new Doctor but yeah, something feels off.

Maybe Moffat's just run out of steam. There are rumors about season 9 being his last.

(That's next year...)

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So a 9-year old kid (autistic, although does that really matter....) sends "Dr Who" a letter after the passing of his nanny.

And receives this in return...

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Aww.

Marathon leading up to the season finale on BBCA tonight.

Holy crap!!!!!!!!!!!

meh.

Remembrance Day, quite a salute. I approve.

You have a dark scar where your soul should be.

That was a bit of a mess. Liked the end though.

The Casablanca reference was awesome!!!

It almost seems like his impatience and indifference is coming through the Dr.

And there doesn't seem to be much continuity between eps. 1 ep and his cute companion is wanting to leave and she hates the Dr. The next ep she pretty much changes her mind for no reason other than "I'm addicted to adventure."

Whut?...

The best part of the finale was the final 10 seconds. I hope that's a teaser, as NF is awesome!

I assumed that was a teaser for the Christmas special.

NF?

I only saw a bit before the dvr cut off. Looked to be a christmas special teaser.

Nick Frost.

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Looks fun!

Nice to see Finn from Misfits getting some work. I thought he did a good job.

Now that I think about it Robert Sheehan from the first few years of Misfits would make an excellent Dr. Who...

NSFW...

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I'm pretty sure they're done with the "young hipster kid" doctors for a while now

I don't know why I didn't think of this until tonight, but Capaldi is the perfect age right now to hook Doctor Who up with River Song. Capaldi was born in '58 and Kingston was born in '63.

Well played, Doctor Who. Well played.

That was fun but...

That's what I was referring to. They set us all up well.

Unfortunately the actress changed her mind and decided to stay for another season. Such a shame.. we've already gone through two different story arcs centered on her boring ass and she's about to be the longest standing New Who companion..

Other than Karen Gilian, she's been my favorite. Glad she's staying (without Mr. Pink).

I like her, as well.

I think one of the original rumors was she'd only be around a half season. That might still be a possibility.

At least she is very nice to look at.

He can always go back and watch the Donna Noble eps over and over.

Literally the ONLY reason anyone gives a shit about her. Pathetic.

I can't speak for anyone else but looks alone are not enough to satisfy me. Yes, she is pretty. No denying that. But what I like is the character of Clara. The energy, the strength, the way she can both take charge and be vulnerable. There's a lot to like. Although, much like Amy and Rory, I wish Danny Pink hadn't been such a focus. Little too much soap opera for me. But they're casting a wide net for audience, so I can live with it.

Somehow at my mother's over Christmas we got started watching this show. My 7 year old fell in love with it. Curious: is it appropriate for a 7 year old to watch? I know the very old school verision from when I was growing up was fine, but this one seemed to be a bit more mature.

Still, I'd love to have a series for all of the family to watch together, as most of my watching tends toward mature stuff that they can't view.

Every companion has been like that, nothing new or interesting on Clara's take on it. I was excited for the show to finally turn the page and introduce a newer more interesting companion with a new story to add to the mythos but nope... another year of Clara when they've already explored virtually everything that character can offer and back.

Oh absolutely, it's always been a family-centric show. With the new Doctor they are attempting to make it a bit more "dark" and a bit more "mature" but it's still layered in that kids won't really pick up the more adult/complex issues and will enjoy the quirky Doctor stuff and the monsters. You can be assured that the show will never cross the line into horror

Apparently Moffat has already confirmed that she's going to be on for the "entire" next season. Welp. Still waiting for him to finally let Grant Morrison write an episode too.

Hard for me to answer that, having no kids of my own to gauge by, but I think it would be fine.

Pretty much exactly how I feel. I thought she was great, up until the introduction of Mr. Pink. Now that he's gone, I'm hoping we get more of her pre-Pink character.

At the same time, someone mentioned earlier that Capaldi is the right age for a River Song hook-up. I would love to see a season based on their get-together and eventual split/meet.

Agree with this. At the same time, there are so many back seasons you could always start on older seasons first and take your time getting to the last couple of seasons. I think it started to get a bit darker as the last Doctor was being phased out. The "Name/Day/Time of the Doctor" trilogy that says goodbye to the eleventh Doctor and hello to the twelfth was much darker/mature than any others from the rebooted series. At least from what I remember. As a childhood fan, seeing Tom Baker was awesome. I'll remember these episodes longer than any other from the reboot so far.

I would highly recommend introducing the earlier Doctors before the reboot. The FX obviously suck, but the stories were still a lot of fun. I think 7 or 8 is perfect for these, as the FX usually aren't as important for kids anyway. The somewhat hammy acting won't be eye-rolling either! :) Netflix has a bunch (not all) of episodes from the original series run. Worth checking out.

If I ever had a band, it would be called Donna Noble Has Been Saved.

The forest episode is one of my favorites..

The Eccelston episodes are pretty dark but not in ways that young kids will pick up on. The realization that the Doctor is suffering from PTSD/Survivors Guilt takes a more mature mind to notice.

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Missy had moments where I thought, "hell yeah, evil is back." Unfortunately just moments. Really underwhelmed by her previous story line. Here's to hoping they fix that.

Yeah. I was really disappointed when he left.

I'm just trying to figure out how you miss a character that was in the last ****ing episode.

that's because 99% of the entire season was focused on Clara's boring ass.. Moffat is so dead set on making her "the ultimate" companion.. honestly I'm pretty sick of Moffat at this point and hope he leaves soon. He was much better when he was focused on writing one offs or two parters during the Russel T Davies era. I feel like Capaldi is being held back because of this conceit as well. Unfortunately Moffat is so full of himself he probably won't let go. Let's not forget his stubborn attitude is also the reason why Eccleston wasn't in the 50th anniversary

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hopefully this will be what I expected Season 8 to be

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Steven Moffat: "these are the glory days for the Doctor and Clara"

:facepalm:

get this guy off the show for the love of ****

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I like the look of the new season. Can't wait.

Back on tonight.

http://www.denofgeek.us/tv/doctor-wh...ho-in-season-9

enna Coleman will leave Doctor Who during series 9, it's been confirmed by the BBC and the actress herself...

UPDATE 09.18.15: The rumor klaxon was sounding on Wednesday morning, telling us that Jenna Coleman was leaving Doctor Who. Today, it was proved right - Clara will depart the TARDIS, and Coleman has filmed her final scenes already.

She talked about it with Nick Grimshaw this morning:

Why are there no fat Cybermen?

There is a marathon going on since Thursday on BBC America. Still is with specials tomorrow.

I just finished watching it. Fun stuff, looking forward to the next episode.

They just use their brains...

So glad when Clara is gone.. She is cute, just don't like her character..

No torrents up for this? Weird :hmmm:

this x100. feels like she's over stayed her welcome. blah

Re watching episode one. The entrance on the tank while jamming out on the electric guitar is ****ing great.

just watched The Zygon Invasion

I think someone forgot to tell Moffat that doing obvious commentary on the iraq/afghanistan/terrorism/middle-east situation is a bit dated and overdone at this point..

Also, the guitar thing was cool in the beginning but they do it every single episode now and it's getting pretty lame. I've also that the body count in each episode this season is ridiculously high. I'm all for being more dark but that can be accomplished without having droves of people die each episode. Even in the season premiere--they hype up Missy to be a "fan favorite" outside of the show, then they show her senselessly killing people left and right..

Actually enjoyed this last episode. Cool twist.

Thought the prior two sucked but the last one was one of Moffat's best ever.

Agreed. I don't know if I'm getting old or what, but it took my mind a few seconds to click on what he was trying to accomplish with the reset. Always happy not to know the ending in the first few minutes.

Finally.

WTF just happened last night?

Still turning it over in my mind. Whatever it was I liked it.

Ehhhh... I hated how they basically retconned the death making it 100x more meaningless and also left the door open for Clara to come back at any time. Also, did Me imply that Missy was their daughter? Or that Clara was their daughter? Either way, gross... Moffat took their relationship way too far I think.

Also, the new sonic looks completely ridiculous. I would've thought Capaldi would have wanted something more simplistic like the original sonic (which was just a pen) rather than something twice as ridiculous and over the top as Matt Smith's.

Clara's an interesting case now. She can go see whatever she wants to, but she can't be human at all. She can't eat. Can't sleep. Can't grab a pint with someone on a date. She's a walking mind with no bodily process. As soon as that gets tired for her, and it will, she can go embrace death. Pretty cool IMO.

I don't think anyone was implied to be anyone's daughter.

here's the sonic:

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Well not imply, but suggested.

EDIT: OK actually I listened to it again and I guess it got misconstrued by the Doctor repeating "she's just my friend, she's only my friend" and then Me saying "You'd risk all of time and space because 'you miss her' -- one wonders what you two would get up to next" which I thought was a jab at his notion that they're "only friends" which... I guess it still could be

Me implied that the doctor himself might be half human, hence his eternal draw to earth. But gave no window beyond that into his possible parentage.

I thought it was an interesting way to move on from Clara. As for her death losing any meaning, well, I never thought it carried much weight anyway. That whole raven episode was a disaster.

Strong end to the season, though, and I'm looking forward to River's return.

And thank God the ****ing sonic sunglasses are gone.

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Steven Moffat Leaving Doctor Who After Season 10, Broadchurch Creator Steps In

http://comicbook.com/2016/01/22/stev...oadchurch-cre/

A host of Doctor Who news was announced Friday, including Steven Moffat stepping down as showrunner of the series. His last season will be the yet-to-air season 10, which BBC has also decided to hold back until Spring 2017. The news was confirmed by the BBC's official twitter account for the show. Traditionally, the series has debuted either late Spring or early Fall, depending on if it had a split season or a straight-through one. This one will mean that 2016 only sees one Who episode at all, the Christmas Special. Starting with 2018's season 11, Chris Chibnall, creator of Broadchurch, will step into the showrunner role.

"Feels odd to be talking about leaving when I'm just starting work on the scripts for season 10," Moffat told the RadioTimes, "but the fact is my timey-wimey is running out. While Chris is doing his last run of Broadchurch, I’ll be finishing up on the best job in the universe and keeping the TARDIS warm for him." Moffat praised Chibnall and the decision to bring him on as his replacement. "It took a lot of gin and tonic to talk him into this, but I am beyond delighted that one of the true stars of British Television drama will be taking the Time Lord even further into the future. At the start of season 11, Chris Chibnall will become the new showrunner of Doctor Who. And I will be thrown in a skip."

BBC controller Charlotte Moore said they scheduled Moffat's finale series in Spring 2017 to "bring the nation together for what will be a huge event on the channel" as "2016 is spoilt with national moment including the Euros and Olympics," so they're holding this one back a few months. Doctor Who was relaunched by Russell T. Davies in 2005, refreshing the science fiction series for a new generation. It chronicles the adventures of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who hops through time and space with his (usually) human companions.

"I want to thank Steven Moffat for everything he has given Doctor Who – I’ve loved working with him, he is an absolute genius and has brought fans all over the world such joy," Moore said. "I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome Chris Chibnall, a wonderfully talented writer who I know will bring something very special to the hit series."

Chibnall said, "it's a privilege and a joy to be the next curator of this funny, scary and emotional family drama.I’ve loved Doctor Who since I was four years old, and I’m relishing the thought of working with the exceptional team at BBC Wales to create new characters, creatures and worlds for the Doctor to explore."

http://comicbook.com/2016/01/22/stev...oadchurch-cre/

Glad to hear Moffat is moving on, but even Moffat Dr. Who is better than no Dr. Who.

:(

I know. Basically a year with no show. That blows.

Well this explains a few things...