So is it any good?!?! Can’t watch it here unfortunately (in NZ)..

Oh Steven Moffat, you magnificent bastard.

+1 cougar it was awesome

It took me an hour and a half to watch an hour-long show (rewinding for Easter eggs) and another 20 minutes to recover.

That was fan service at its best.

Not what I expected at all.

Pretty satisfying.

Moffat’s writing still winds me up at times though. I know it’s part of The Doctor’s nature that he makes snap decisions, but the switch from ‘not regenerating, no way…’ to ‘ooh, regeneration’s a good idea isn’t it?’ felt really rushed.

Superb, funny, emotional, and not quite the ending I was expecting at all.
Stunning recreation of Hartnell, though, well cast and remarkably like him, slightly fuller in the face, but his speech and mannerisms were spot on.
Took me right back to 1966!

1963. (-:

Stunning performances from Bradley and Capaldi there I thought.

Very good, some lovely one liners.

Hartnell morph is pretty effective

https://goo.gl/images/bJ7tZj

Enjoyed that, a nice send off

Is it suitable for a 6 year old ? Having a daddy day today and it’s raining!

1963. (-:

Yeah, well, that’s what advanced age does to your memory… 😉

I just tripped over this.

We’ve all seen the 13th Doctor’s new outfit, right?

So, check out a very young Sarah Jane Smith:

Woah.

That’s a nice touch. My kids will love that little tribute.

I did one of those meme things that the cool kids seem to like. Only, badly, but that doesn’t seem to matter.

That’s a nice touch. My kids will love that little tribute.

Isn’t it.

I stumbled over the pic of Liz Sladen totally by chance and went “hang on a minute…!” I can’t believe no-one’s picked up on it before.

“Stumbled” ?

Dirty boy. 😉

I was looking for something else Who-related and it popped up.

I’m not helping much, am I.

it popped up.

😯

That’s a lovely touch, referencing Liz Sladen, shows someone is keeping an eye on continuity.

It’s been going on for a while. Capaldi in particular is a walking nod to multiple previous Doctors.

It would appear that I’ve been hoodwinked.

Still very similar though.

Some people really do have too much time on their hands.

Just noticed that Liz Sladen’s middle name is Clara too…….

Well?

I may have a new favourite Doctor.

Copy and paste from the duplicate I started 🙂

I can see some people getting angry and all diversity for the sake of it on this one, I mean Sheffield!!

Chuckled along, nice little jokes/lines about moving on and getting on with change. Bradly Walsh not too annoying so far

Pretty good. And people died.

Unfortunately they missed one 🙁

hopefully they’ll get him in the next episode 🙂

Drivel.

Thought it was wonderful, and now it’s not filmed at the end of my road it’s easier to get lost in it.

The Garth!!

Jury’s out, much like it is with all new doctors.

Loved the A-Team sonic screwdriver construction montage. Especially the sledgehammer. If that’s the over-riding tone then I’m in.

Jury’s out, much like it is with all new doctors.

This. I almost always take a while to warm up to a new face. Capaldi was probably the only exception.

I thought it had an unfortunate am-dram / kids TV feel to it. The script had everyone explaining every facet of what was happening in excruciating detail.

Everyone felt the need to explain every facet of what was happening in excruciating detail.

I might not have been paying that much attention there but really?

I can see some people getting angry and all diversity for the sake of it on this one, I mean Sheffield!!

They have, one person in particular, see the Zoe Ball thread.

Everyone felt the need to explain every facet of what was happening in excruciating detail.

I might not have been paying that much attention there but really?

Same here; really? I can be easily distracted, but that whooshing noise was clearly a sound effect to accompany that fact going right over my head!

I thought it had an unfortunate am-dram / kids TV feel to it. The script had everyone explaining every facet of what was happening in excruciating detail.

Isn’t it basically kids TV?

There’s a lot to get through in the first episode. Time has to be made for introductions and back stories, but there still has to be a plot. It’s no wonder they have to hurry it along a bit in this way. Maybe a good reason to have a double-length episode.

We watched it with the kids. It is the first time they have been old enough to understand it. Both enjoyed it.

It was rubbish. Surprised it survived that fall. Should have been a Cotic, no? No wonder he couldn’t ride it as it was way too small.

As for the Doctor, not bad, will know in a few weeks but seems to me like a David Tennant script that was left over – she appears to be the same character in a striped jumper.

The Garth!!

I thought it was! I’ve read it’s not filmed in South Wales any more, seems ‘The Crown’ has nicked the last of the unfilmed interesting bits of Cardiff.

It went down quite well chez nous.

We used to know Tim Shaw too.