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.