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Everyone excited, I can't wait for the next Masie instalment, they better not kill her.
I loved the last scenes last week, and it was all round just a fun romp, hope this week is more romp than depressing.

Did anyone get the feeling he was sort of hinting to Clara he could make her live forever too?

(Sunday dinner is very early these days, I like to get that out of the way by 6.30, and get all chilled and ready for DW ....see you all later:) )
 
...I'm with you on this KIK... I'm watching last weeks first part again as I speak... it did sound like a hint to Clara didn't it?... cheers.
 
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Lots of fun tonight wasn't it???
I love a happy Who Sunday night I sleep better.

Squeeeeeeeeee they mention Capt Jack, come back Jack, please Moff before he gets too old looking.
Preview was awesome too.
 
Okay, SO I had a mega nerdgasm at this episode due to a reference from a 5th Doctor Episode,

When the Doctor is talking to Maisie he talks about the Great Fire of London and she says: "Maybe I'll start it"

The Doctor then says: "No, it was started by the Terileptils"

This is a reference to the 5ths Doctors serial: "The Visitation"

Serious NerdGasm at that point
 
..."he's (The Doctor) so old that he farts dust!"... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣:D:D:D:D... that's all I got to hear.. the son brought his new girlfriend around to meet us tonight just as Doctor Who was about to start!... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!... they only just left 15 minutes ago (11:30ish)... I could have killed him!... (nice girl though)... I'll watch it tomorrow and make a comment about it then methinks!... cheers.
 
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Who Diary: Doctor Who Series 9

The Woman Who Lived Recap

It’s a new week and another appearance of actress Maisie Williams! Included here are some of the points you may have missed in The Woman Who Lived.

Past Episodes

The Woman Who Lived takes place in 1651, 800 years or so after the events of the previous ep, The Girl Who Died.

The Doctor tells Ashildr of the future (just 15 years later) and a “big fire that tears through London,” otherwise known as The Great Fire of London. Old skool will fans will remember that event was addressed in the 1982 classic The Visitation - also featuring cultured but violent aliens, the Terileptils (name checked in the Series 5 finale, The Pandorica Opens).

Once more the Doctor rides a horse! We saw him previously do this in stories such as Deep Breath, the aforementioned The Pandorica Opens and The Masque of Mandragora.

Speaking of animals, there’s a HUGE cat creature in The Woman Who Lived - Leandro. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen cat creatures, just check out 1989’s Survival, and the David Tennant era adventures, New Earth and Gridlock.

“No puns!” declares the Doctor and reveals again he is against banter - as he told Robin Hood in last year’s romp, Robot of Sherwood.

Not much in the way of Clara action this week - she was taking the Year 7s for tae kwon do - in Robot of Sherwood we also discovered she took lessons in the martial art after school.

Ashildr was once a medieval queen with a talent for Backgammon. The First Doctor proved his skills for the game in the final instalment of Marco Polo (sadly, all episodes currently missing).

Cast

Maisie Williams stars for a second week in a row as Ashildr (or Me, as she likes to call herself now). Maisie is best known for her role as Arya Stark in Game of Thrones.

Struan Rodger, another Game of Thrones alumni, plays Ashildr’s servant Clayton. Rodger provided the voice for the Face of Boe in Series 2 and 3!

Comedian Rufus Hound, well known for Celebrity Juice, makes his Doctor Who debut as the hilarious Sam Swift. Fans may remember Hound from the unveiling of Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor inDoctor Who Live: The Next Doctor.

People

Captain Jack Harkness is mentioned! Woop! The omnisexual former time agent made his first appearance in the Christopher Eccleston era and popped back every now and again to help the Tenth Doctor out whilst he was enjoying his own Torchwood tales. He was last seen in The End of Time Part 2.

Another fictional hero gets a namecheck - Zorro. Like the Knightmare (Ashildr), this dashing swordsman was also a masked outlaw and spawned countless films and television shows.

Sam Swift receives a “pardon from Cromwell”. Historians will probably know that’s Oliver Cromwell, the Christmas-hating controversial MP/military leader (and subsequently Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, fact fans).

References

Agincourt gets a mention, this was a famous battle featuring the English and the French. Henry V roused the troops to victory.

During a bout of scarlet fever (fatal in olden times, now treated with antibiotics), Ashildr was almost drowned as a witch (a common past time back then).

The Doctor talks of the “well of human kindness”, paraphrasing Lady Macbeth’s “milk of human kindness” from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth (written some 50 years before The Woman Who Lived is set).

Rather cheekily, the Doctor refers to Leandro as “Lenny the Lion” - this was a ventriloquist puppet famous in the 50s and 60s for the Lenny the Lion Show. Lenny was a tad less fearsome than Leandro…

Ashildr recovers from the plague, or “black death”, in 1348. It was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 - 200 million people.

Firsts

The Curioscanner - it scans for “curios”! Maybe Santa will bring us one for Christmas??

For the first time in Doctor Who history, we get the phrase “leper colony”. (Factoid fans will remember the 1983 story Terminus starring Peter Davison which featured a similar space disease, Lazars).

The artefact, chased by the Doctor and Ashildr, is The Eyes of Hades. Curiously, Hades is another name for “Hell” (in Greek Mythology) whilst last week’s episode mentioned Valhalla - the Norse “Heaven”. This series ends with episodes called, Heaven Sent and Hell Bent - coincidence…?
 
So not really related to Doctor Who, but I guess it kind of is like it due to its weird spacey vibe, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy has probably one of the best themes of a TV show ever..

I didn't know the original was actually created by THE EAGLES! Holy Mother!


Even more reason to love HHGTTG and The Eagles
 
Meglos said:
@BigBrotherCritic You know Who this is, right?
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...it's most probably an English actor... is that guy that plays the fat uncle Vernon in Harry Potter?... just a guess... or is it someone connected to Doctor Who seeing that the last few posts have been talking about connections between the two?...

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Meglos said:
This is quite fancy. About $92 if my calculations are correct.
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...aw man that's so cool!... I love it!... a tad bit too pricey for me to justify the cost to my sweet darling wife though methinks... lol!... I was in the ABC shop in Penrith Mall two days ago and I bought this being that it was only about $15... my wife thinks that I am totally mad lol!... I can't wait for our next party!... cheers.

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Mr Stickyfingers said:
...it's most probably an English actor... is that guy that plays the fat uncle Vernon in Harry Potter?... just a guess... or is it someone connected to Doctor Who seeing that the last few posts have been talking about connections between the two?...

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I have to say that was my first pick as well,... Great mind thinks alike! :D
 
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