Why did I choose this face?

Blogging from my phone, this is a new one. So i apologise in advance for any formatting problems this causes and that it probably won’t be a very long post (that’s probably a blessing).

I haven’t really been keeping up with blogging about Doctor Who but there was a moment in the most recent episode that made me just want to high five everyone in the world, so i thought i would do a bit of a “how it’s going at the moment” post.

So far i have been really REALLY enjoying the episodes. I like that we don’t have all weird complicated background stories with Clara’s life…i like that she is getting quite smart and sassy but not enough to be better than the doctor…which sounds awful but i get a bit grumpy when everything suddenly gets all about the companion and they save the day more than the doctor does. Maybe that’s why I’m enjoying the Clara/Doctor dynamic right now because i like it much more when the companions are just ordinary yet extraordinary people..they don’t need to be immortal or secretly an alien or something like that, just awesome people.

Maybe that’s old fashioned of me, i don’t know.

The two-part episodes we’ve had so far have been great! When you end an episode wanting to see the next one that’s a good enough sign for me.

The latest episode with the vikings was a lot of fun. We come across episodes like this one every now and again where there’s quite a lot of comedy and everything seems a bit random and there’s some odd things like speaking baby and OH I SUDDENLY JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE THE SOLUTION TO EVERYTHING..but it’s Doctor Who! That’s the fun of it.

Now i must admit..i don’t watch Game of Thrones (don’t kill me) but i saw a lot of people excited that Maisie Williams was in this episode. I had no strong feelimgs either way really because i know nothing about her and haven’t really watched her in anything but she seemed great!

Okay the bit that made me want to high five everyone on the planet…this was the highlight of the episode for me…

**SPOILERS COMING**

The whole sort of sequence where the Doctor said he finally knew why he’d chosen his current face and how they weaved in Peter Capaldi having been in an episode with David Tennant…i just loved that.

I just thought…alright…that’s clever…bravo! And it totally works and it’s a lovely idea.

Plus Ten and Donna were probably my favourite combination so any excuse to see a bit of one of their episodes for me was a bonus.

I really think Peter Capaldi has grown as the Doctor in the series. I enjoyed his sort of sociopathic awkwardness at the beginning and I’m glad there are still elements of that but we’re seeing a lot more emotion and caring and things now which seems a lot more Doctor-like to me. Strange phrase because i suppose Doctor-like is..by definition..however they make him. But you know what i mean!

Interesting seeing the clip for next week…does that mean Maisie Williams will be cropping up more? I suppose we’ll have to see.

Maximum extermination!

Woohoo! Doctor Who is back! I don’t know how much of this series i’ll end up blogging about but if it carries on the way it started i’m sure i’ll be wanting to talk about it quite a lot.

I’m glad we’re sort of getting a fresh-ish start with Clara and Twelve. Well it seems that way at least. Without the whole Danny thing. I liked the last series but it didn’t blow me away. There were some good episodes but i had my issues (i wrote about it HERE should you be so inclined), and as much as i like Jenna i’m glad we’ll be getting a new companion soon. I’d like to see a different dynamic with Twelve and someone else.

Saying that! I always loved Peter Capaldi as the Doctor, he carried a lot of the episodes, but i think he’s already stepped up this series. I know i can’t really make a judgement in 50 minutes but he seemed a bit more “doctor” whilst still keeping his somewhat cold-ness he brings to the personality..but without being too sort of aloof and indifferent.

ANYWAY back to “The Magician’s Apprentice”.

**HERE THERE BE SPOILERS**

Okay so initially with parts of the episode i was a little skeptical and a *awkward face* that i tend to get sometimes when i think there’s a danger of cramming too many things that are a “big deal” into the episode. I thought, okay we’ve got Davros and a cool back-story okay i like this we’ve not seen him for a while (was the last time we saw him in that Ten episode with just about every companion ever? I forget its name), but oh gosh now we’ve got Missy too (who i’m still a bit back and forth with but i’ll say more in a moment) who’s just randomly back from the dead, oh and all the daleks too, oh the entire world is experiencing some crazy event right gotcha, OH and the whole planet of the daleks right okay.

BUT i actually really got into it and enjoyed it!

Had a great balance of different emotions and humour and if they were going to bring Missy back i’m glad they did it this way. I think i find it quite hard to see her as the sort of “The Master” character she’s supposed to be..and what she’s “died” twice now and not regenerated? I don’t know i think they just make up the rules in this show at times! But i think her character suits this “trouble-maker but still one of the good guys” a little more than full on baddie.

I’m excited for next week! I’m glad Davros is back since it’s been a good while since we’ve seen him and we’re getting a new element to him. It was interesting deciding whether the Doctor was going to save him or not and the idea that he was possibly in some way behind the “creation” of Davros.

That snake-man though?! Ewww! I’m quite glad for a genuinely creepy alien though…reminded me a bit of that old lady-turned-snake in Harry Potter. Ugh *shudders just thinking about her*.

Eleven’s hour is over now…

Hello! Gosh..by sometime towards the end of January there will be a considerably less amount of stress and uni work over here…until the next lot pops up of course but…short post for now! But i couldn’t leave this out!

The Time of the Doctor!

**MANY SPOILERS LIKELY**

I think i need a rewatch mostly….

The episode confused me..quite a lot. I mean..i pretty much understood what was going on but a lot of the time i just had to go “okay i’ll just accept this is happening whether it makes sense or not” haha! I enjoyed it though, poor Matt spending the majority of his last episode covered in prosthetic or whatever it is they use.

I was sort of confused about the whole growing old thing, i mean i know the 10th Doctor got old before but..if i remember correctly that was mostly the Master’s doing? I’d need to check that, but i sort of decided it was because it was his “last” form that he was aging. That’s not an official thing that’s just a theory. (Also the whole getting it to be that Eleven is the last regeneration thing was sneaky clever..i thought there was at least Capaldi left until we had to deal with that but of course there was John Hurt and then they used Ten’s regeneration-but-putting-all-the-energy-into-his-hand thing…..which i’d never really thought about but it’s fair enough!)

Many people (myself included) were happy to see Amy again! It was sweet! I know some felt it was a bit of a…putting Clara on a back step..which i get. Though i suppose i liken it a bit to the tenth Doctor going back to visit Rose last before regenerating..i know the relationship wasn’t exactly the same but it was clearly an important one! I’ll certainly look forward to seeing more of Clara with Twelve! Should be a lot of fun!

I know there was talk about the actual regeneration being a bit fast. I do understand this…it was…quite a powerful sneeze of regeneration i thought? HAHA!

I was worried for a moment because i thought once we saw him do the whole..explodey regeneration thing (to use the technical term there of course…) i thought Clara was going to head back into the TARDIS and just be faced with Capaldi. I didn’t want that. Was very happy to see lovely young Matt again for his last moments and he got an extremely beautiful final speech, especially knowing the relevance for both the Doctor and Matt at this point (and indeed any actor who has played him). I was interested to see Twelve appearing in Eleven’s clothes but i think it worked well..especially since he removed the bowtie…powerful moment!

But going back to the regeneration i think the whole slow face transition thing is quite important personally. I feel it’s sort of needed to feel all the emotion of them leaving…so we didn’t really get that…it was rather sudden. So i found that a bit sad but it didn’t bother me enough to hold a grudge over it or anything!

I’d love to know what you guys thought! I’ve seen many mixed reactions!

P.S. i loved that things were really well wrapped up for Matt’s Doctor! We got to see pretty much all of his biggest enemies from his series, we finally got a big moment for “silence will fall when the question is asked” and we got to see what was behind his hotel door!! Very clever!! =)

The clock is striking twelve…

Doctor no more…

EEK! So! It’s the build up to the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary on the 23rd of November. Who’d have thought it would come around so quickly! I’m SUPER looking forward to it!

There’s all manner of programs leading up to the day but there’s all sorts which i can’t remember off the top of my head, the information will be out there somewhere! Plus if you follow Doctor Who or Mark Gatiss or people on twitter, they’re likely to say these things!

Speaking of the magical Mr Gatiss! One program i am extremely looking forward to is “An Adventure in Space and Time” which he has written which will be on….BBC…2? i think on the 21st of November and 9pm. There was an advanced screening the other night and those who i’ve spoken to that were there said it was amazing! Caused a lot of emotion too apparently! Very excited to see that! David Bradley (probably best known from Harry Potter, but he’s all over the place..was in Dinosaurs in Space  episode of Doctor Who in a recent series!) as William Hartnell – the first Doctor! Pretty good likeness i think!

Here’s the TRAILER for that! Which we got today!

Speaking of Mark Gatiss and Doctor Who, as well as his appearance in The Lazarus Experiment episode of Doctor Who (and i’m sure he’s peaked into one or two more as well somewhere!) he was in a comedy sketch with David Williams a little while back! Amusing!

HERE it is!

Now!! As well as all these goodies today! (Gosh, might not survive until the 23rd..too much excitement!) we got a Doctor Who minisode! (…mini episode..clever no?). Which was SO exciting!! Link below!

The Night of the Doctor

**Spoilers for the minisode coming now**

Well, i’m sure especially fans of classic Doctor Who will certainly appreciate that! I must admit i have only really been watching since 2005 with Christopher Eccleston (i’ll have to get my hands on the rest some day!) but i still found it hugely exciting and it worked really well into helping us understand this new John Hurt Doctor…gosh it’s going to be so exciting!! It explains briefly the whole “not being the Doctor at this point” that they were eluding to in the most recent episode! Paul McGann seemed like a brilliant Doctor! (i hear it’s his birthday today…nice timing time lord!)

And of course while we’re here! Here is the TRAILER for the 50th anniversary itself!

Oh man. I am SO excited.

We all know everyone seems to have “their Doctor” and i would personally say that David Tennant is mine. I am beyond excited for him to be coming back in this role when i thought i would never see my Doctor again! That “Allon-sy” and “well…” that he does so brilliantly *SQUEAK*

Honestly, his last episode..i think i was already sobbing during the title credits. 45 minutes of crying…still not over his regeneration. Thinking back to Ten’s regeneration recently made me think about how sad i am going to be to see Matt go, he’s just so brilliant. Peter Capaldi will be a new experience though and i’m sure he’ll smash it!

Love seeing all the Ten and Eleven fun in the trailer! Comparing TARDIS designs and sonic screwdrivers and whatnot! Also very excited to see what John Hurt brings to the role! He’s an extraordinary actor i’m sure he’ll do us proud!

And of course, chuffed to see Rose back! My first companion of course! Excited to see what they do with her 🙂

I know i’ve used the word “excited” about a million times in this post but…that pretty much sums up my emotions!