...I've just watched the latest episode for the 2nd time and I must say from the outset... this episode was almost totally perfect for me in the way that it was so Doctor Whoish... I so loved this episode... in particular Pearl Mackie's Bill... she showed such a vast range of emotions this week... her being scared shitless on a couple of occasions showed that she is so vulnerable on the inside despite her self confidence on the outside... more of that later... now the episode itself...
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"Space... the final frontier... final because... it wants to kill us!"... bwahahahaha!... what a brilliant way to start an episode with such a homage to Star Trek!... I absolutely loved it lol!... (yes... I'm a sad sack of beans... yes... I'm a
'Trekkie' too lol!)... I just loved the 'darkness' of Space at the beginning which complimented how Peter Capaldi described Space as a 'void' just before... that woman telling her boyfriend or husband that she wanted to have a baby with him while he couldn't hear what she was saying was setting up her impending death to me and then wham!... yep!... she was dead lol!... I must admit though... that scene when they grabbed her scared the beejezus outta me lol!...
...I would love to have a pair of those 'magboots' that magnetically lock onto metal surfaces... I'd find a metal ceiling somewhere and would walk along upside down... imagine how much good that it would do for your back problems?... lol!...
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"so how does Space kill you?... I'm glad you asked... the main problem is 'pressure'... there isn't any... so don't hold your breath... or you're lungs will explode... blood vessels rupture... exposed areas swell... fun fact!... the boiling temperature of water is much lower in a vacuum... which means... that your sweat and your saliva will boil... as will the fluid around your eyes... you won't notice any of this because 15 seconds in you will have passed out because Oxygen bubbles have formed in your blood and 90 seconds in... YOU'RE DEAD!"... and this is what is drawn on the chalk board at the end of that statement lol!...
...hahaha!... bloody brilliant lol!... I would so love to be in The Doctor's lecture for real lol!... The Doctor is now back in The Tardis with Bill... you can so see that he misses travelling around in Space and Time can't you?... just by the way that Capaldi delivers some certain lines at times...
...I loved the bit where Bill and Nardole are crapping their pants and want to go back lol!... now this is why I like Bill so much more than Clara... Clara was so cocky and full of herself and believed towards the end that she was superior to The Doctor in so many ways... that's why I wasn't overly fussed when Clara died and left... but Bill on the other hand... she reacts
EXACTLY how we
all would
really react like... Bill thinks so much like us 'normal' people and she is so grounded to reality more so than any companion since Donna Noble (my most favourite companion ever) in my opinion at least...
...Nardole and The Doctor argue like a married couple that have been together for 50 years at times lol!... I love the way that Bill got really shitty about that Spacesuit that made that dead guy stay standing after he died...
"it's disrespectful!" says Bill... those Space helmets reminded me of the helmets that were in the first ever '
Alien' movie... ha!... how mean that you have to pay for the Oxygen that you breathe!... that's a bad image for big Corporations in the future isn't it?... lol!...
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"you thought that you were safe before!" snaps Nardole at The Doctor...
"yes... well I'm bound to be right eventually aren't I?"... replies The Doctor lol!... The Doctor's reaction to losing his Sonic Screwdriver like that was priceless lol!... funny as!... (don't worry... he has about 10 of them in a cup holder back at the Uni)... I just had a thought... is losing his Sonic Screwdriver setting us up for his regeneration sooner rather than later because doesn't the new regenerated Doctor always get a brand new one after he's regenerated?... hmmmmm!... I smell a rat here... maybe Capaldi leaves soon eh?...
...the message from the big Corporation headquarters to all of the Spacesuits was
"deactivate the organic component"... that's a really chilling moment for me... how blunt and cold is that?... what a bunch of arseholes to just kill their workers off if they don't perform well enough?... that scene was so subliminally brutal for me...
"Capitalism in Space"... well put Doctor... and so appropriate too...
...the background music for the dead crew walking on the outside of the Space Station suited the moment brilliantly for a change instead of spoiling it for once... bwahahahahaha!... that Blue guy calling Bill a '
racist' was so phuckin' phunny for me!... that was a bloody brilliant piece of writing right there folks!... lol!... Nardole's comment pretty soon after was funny as too lol!...
"some of my best friends are... Bluish!"... you could feel the awkwardness of the situation lol!...
...that Space Station design was absolutely brilliant CGI work... what an amazingly brilliant design... kudos to the production team for that... did anyone else besides me notice Nardole do this?... lol!... I did!...
...Matt Lucas is just so brilliant as a companion... he is so damn funny!... this is really great suspense right now with Bill's suit now malfunctioning... I loved the way that they filmed this with Bill seeing what's happening in between blackouts... what a brilliant concept to film it from her point of view eh?... that was so cleverly done...
"you know... it's like when your 'SatNav' doesn't know where to go when it's on a new road!" explains Nardole to Bill about the other Spacesuits remaining still lol!... hahaha!... so many great one-liners in the show this time around lol!...
...The Doctor is now blind but I'm sure that if David Tennant's Doctor can grow a new hand in seconds that Capaldi's Doctor will get new eyes by the next episode at least eh?... lol!... when Bill discovered that The Doctor was blind he said
"I think that I've got some spare eyes somewhere (back in The Tardis)
... they're from a Lizard but I'm sure they'll fit"... bwahahaha!... another corker of a line lol!...
...so Bill dies
TWICE in this episode?... wow!... talk about being pulled through the wringer!... and that long shot of her mums photo once again must mean that her mother will be a big part of one or more episodes in the future of the show surely?... Bill
HAS to go back in Time and see her mum at one stage or another surely?...
...the crew member states that The Doctor has
"locked us out of the sub routine!" and he replies
"oh sorry... I thought that I was Tweeting!"... lol!... mind you... he was using a keyboard with his Space gloves on at the time lol!... The Doctor's solution to their problem was just sheer brilliance wasn't it?... how clever!...
"they're not your rescuers... they're your replacements!"... yet another chilling revelation on how their Company sees their value to them... didn't Bill look menacing as a 'zombie'?... it's a sad time for that guy that lost his girlfriend or wife wasn't it?... although... he didn't seem too fussed about it did he?...
...back home now at the University I see... oh!... so The Doctor is still blind?... and he says that he will never see again?... as I said... he grew back a new hand so why not new eyes?... whoa!... hasn't Nardole given The Doctor a big serve?... talk about shitty or what?... lol!... you know what?... just a sneaky suspicion here... what if The Doctor regenerates back into
Capaldi's Doctor yet again with his 'new eyes' and that
Capaldi isn't leaving at all?... hmmmm!... pondering... pondering... pondering...
...I do have to say that I cannot fault this episode this week... it is sheer brilliance at it's best with all things to do with Doctor Who for me... I am so pleased with this episode!... 10/10 from me!...
...hahaha!... next weeks episode looks like a riot!...
THE POPE is in it?... bwahahahaha!... he'll be stoked if he watches this won't he?... lol!... whoa!... did anyone else notice this little thing?...
...yep!... it's River Song's 'spoilers' book... (if she says either 'hello sweetie' or 'spoilers' I will scream I swear!... lol!... cheers.