..I finally get the time to speak about the latest episode!... first of all I have to say that I'm sooooo happy that The Master did not regenerate into a voluptuous gorgeous blond super model type of character... I'm so happy that he regenerated into a dowdy 'Mary Poppins' type of figure because that would've thrown me off completely as accepting a female Master... speaking of The Master coming back as a woman... could that be like a tribute for all of the Whovians that were chomping at the bit for the next Doctor to be a woman instead of Capaldi?... just a thought on my part...
...I had to laugh that when the Cybermen were standing in the streets while The Master and The Doctor were talking that passers by were taking 'selfies' with them... (they ended up pulling guns on them lol!)... funny as!...
..."He's (The Doctor) on the payroll!"...
..."am I?"...
..."technically"...
..."how much?"...
..."shoosh!"...
...pure gold to me!... lol!... I was glad to see Kate-Lethbridge'Stewart and Osgood again... I love Sanjeev Bhaskar as Colonel Ahmed but thought that he was soooooo under-used in his role!... I was disappointed that I never saw much of him at all... the fact that Osgood died shocked me!... I actually thought at the beginning when she walked on that she was going to be groomed as the next Doctors companion once Clara went to be honest... (if she goes?... that is what's going to happen according to the rumours)...... hence the reason that I was shocked and saddened by her death...
...who would've thought that the Dome of Saint Paul's Cathedral would open up like that?... amazing!... Michelle Gomez as Missy is absolutely brilliant in the role... I hope that she comes back in future episodes... I really do!... I wasn't too fussed when Chris Addison (Seb in the Nethersphere) was zapped... he really was giving me the irrits to be honest...
...that guy in the Morgue when the dead bodies were trying to get out of the lockers must have been kacking his duds big time!... that would've so freaked me out if I was there and that happened I can tell you!... seeing Danny Pink picking up that piece of paper in the Morgue as a Cyberman made me sit there in total disbelief!...
..."where are we going to... 'Cloudbase"?... asks The Doctor...
..."you mean... The valiant"?... K-L-Stewart corrects him...
..."Cloudbase was The Thunderbirds!"... Osgood informs him...
..."It's Captain Scarlet... not The Thunderbirds!"... Captain Ahmed says in correcting Osgood...
...more pure gold to me!... lol!... when told that The President was on the plane The Doctor said...
"we don't want Americans bombing around the place... they'll only start praying!"...
...the look on The Doctors face when he found out that
HE was the President of the world was priceless!...
...I was looking at just how many sugar cubes that The Doctor was putting in his cup of tea and just had to do this...
...that was a brilliant lie that Clara told to keep herself alive wasn't it?... ol' Danny came to the rescue eh?... good stuff!... I thought that it was a terrible thing to happen to Osgood... Missy was so parodying Hannibal Lector on occasions I felt... from this scene onwards...
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...especially when she told Osgood that she would kill her within the next 60 seconds... again... such a shame that Osgood died in this scene... although Missy singing to the tune of Tony Basil's 'Mickey' just before that was quite funny...I am surprised that people are not remembering the Cybermen from past episodes... unless this is an alternative Universe type of scenario or something?... curious indeed!...
...Clara's time in the graveyard was genuinely creepy for me... Clara telling Danny as the Cyberman... (without her knowing that it was him)... that The Doctor was the only person that she would never lie to must've been killing Danny with or without feelings methinks... the Cybermen flying alongside the plane was very 'Ironman-ish' wasn't it?... when the Cyberman showed up at the planes window when The Doctor was looking out made me jump out of my skin!...
...Colonel Ahmed being pulled out of the plane window by a Cyberman and then KL Stewart being sucked out to apparently fall to her death was quite disturbing to say the least!... The Doctor free-falling from the plane into the Tardis was a bit of a stretch but I bought into it anyway...
...Danny really did hate The Doctor and what he represents doesn't he?... I never liked the character of Danny Pink too much but I guess that he's a major part of the story to show The Doctor for what he really is at times eh?... the final moment between him and Clara was so Rory and Amy-ish to me... sad but necessary I suppose... Missy's Mary Poppins entry into the graveyard was hilarious!... and she did it so well!... lol!...
..."Cyberdears... look at mummy!"... and making then do a sort of 'Simon says' type of routine... priceless yet again!... Missy's... 'Happy Birthday... Mr President'... Marilyn Munroe take off was quite clever again... 'go on... crack a smile... I want to see if your eyebrows drop off!'... comment... another rip snorter!... I saw of lot of John Simms' Master mannerisms at times in Michelle Gomez's performance... did anyone else see that or is it just me?...
...it was great to see the Sydney Opera House in shot when the clouds were burning up wasn't it?... I did notice that Missy mentioned Brisbane as one of the places covered by clouds at the beginning of the episode... I wonder if the makers of the show think that the Opera House is in Brisbane?... perhaps I'm just being too picky eh?... lol!...
...The Doctor saluting the Lethbridge-Stewart Cyberman... (her father)... was a big nod to his involvement in the show all those years ago was good wasn't it?... Danny sacrificing his chance to return back to life so that the young kid could be allowed to live so as to be able to go back to his parents in Afghanistan was a gut wrencher for me...
...Clara not telling The Doctor that Danny was not alive and back with her was a bit perplexing for me... I know that she didn't tell him because she didn't want to stop him going back home to Gallifrey but still... it didn't ring true to me... The Doctor losing his temper and smashing his fists on the console of The Tardis when he saw that Missy had lied about the location of Gallifrey was an eye opener wasn't it?... him lying to Clara about it was the same as her lying to him... perplexing for me...
..."why don't you like hugging Doctor?"... asks Clara...
..."never trust a hug... it's just a way to hide your face"... replies The Doctor...
...such a sad farewell for both of them for me... when Clara and The Doctor was talking about him becoming a King of Gallifrey... she said ... 'or even a Queen or whatever'... was she perhaps insinuating that this Doctor might be gay?... just a random thought on my part...
...nobody gets phased at all when a man steps into a Police Box and disappears in a crowded market place/mall?... oh wow!... simply amazing don't you think?...
...I really don't think that this is the last that we see the 'Impossible Girl' or Danny Pink somehow... Danny is back in the Nethersphere after all... and what with Nick Frost as Santa Clause popping in and asking The Doctor...'what do you want for Christmas?'... and all it kind of makes me think that they will both be back somehow... (although he did look like he was dozing at the console when that happened so I hope that the Christmas special is not just a dream!... oh and while I think of it... it was great to see a flash of Matt Smith on screen for a few brief seconds too!...
...anyhow... this has truly been such a mind blowing season for me... Peter Capaldi has excelled way above and beyond the call of duty as The Doctor for me for sure!... brilliant performances... brilliant stories... brilliant guests... kudos to all concerned and I can't wait for next years new episodes!... I just hope that they start earlier in the year and are more episodes this time though... roll on the Christmas episode I say!... cheers.
... I'm going to miss the feel of the Live viewing... I sure hope that the ABC do the same for the Christmas show and carry the experience on next season... they were like mini events to me... thanks once again ABC... you are true legends!... cheers.
