Dr Who : Before The Flood

[Albino Boo]

After last week's good setup, the end of the story felt rather contrived. It felt like a long winded setup for a rather weak pay off. It also left a rather major hook dangling that, I suspect will re appear at the end of the series. Is it my dirty mind or was there a rather blatant reference to S&M in this week's show?

 

[Thaluikhain]

Eh, it wasn't that bad, but was rather flat after last week's one.

Also, can we not have a long angsty blather on about a regular character dying, when we know they didn't? Especially when randoms get killed and nobody cares.

 

[Albino Boo]

Eh, it wasn't that bad, but was rather flat after last week's one.

Also, can we not have a long angsty blather on about a regular character dying, when we know they didn't? Especially when randoms get killed and nobody cares.

To be fair the point was the Dr didn't care about the random ones.

 

[TheVampwizimp_v1legacy]

After last week's good setup, the end of the story felt rather contrived. It felt like a long winded setup for a rather weak pay off.

Agreed. We're getting a lot from Doctor Who these days. Dark Water was awesome, but Death in Heaven was much weaker, and felt like it should have been half an hour long. Similar situation here.

It also left a rather major hook dangling that, I suspect will re appear at the end of the series

Oh, it most definitely will. But Moffat's season long 'arcs' are really feeling like an afterthought these days. Again, last season demonstrated this. The whole 'Am I a good man?' question, that was barely touched on for 11 episodes and then supposedly 'resolved' at the very end of the season, was just flimsy and token.

Is it my dirty mind or was there a rather blatant reference to S&M in this week's show?

Oh yes, your dirty, dirty mind is very correct about that.

 

[Goliath100]

So the first 2 parter mentions a prophecy. The 4th episode is about predestination paradox. Do we got a theme going?

 

[totheendofsin]

so I have a question, is this just going to be a season of two parters?

looking at the episode titles it seems like they all go in pairs

I hope not, two parters are nice but they get exhausting after a while

 

[Bobular]

I liked it, but thought the first part was better.

The ghosts are going to come up again, no doubt in my mind there, but does anyone else think that the Fisher King will return? I'd say he's aquatic looking at him, so a flood wont stop him. I hope so because I quite liked that design.

Also:

Spoiler

Minister of War?

 

[gigastar]

It was alright, but after the section on the predestination paradox i pretty much figured out what was going to happen.

So the first 2 parter mentions a prophecy. The 4th episode is about predestination paradox. Do we got a theme going?

Hopefully so. It seems to be working for this season so far.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Also:

Spoiler

Minister of War?

Arc story, got to awkwardly stick an arc story in somewhere.

 

[Generalissimo]

After last week's good setup, the end of the story felt rather contrived. It felt like a long winded setup for a rather weak pay off.

Agreed. We're getting a lot from Doctor Who these days. Dark Water was awesome, but Death in Heaven was much weaker, and felt like it should have been half an hour long. Similar situation here.

It also left a rather major hook dangling that, I suspect will re appear at the end of the series

Oh, it most definitely will. But Moffat's season long 'arcs' are really feeling like an afterthought these days. Again, last season demonstrated this. The whole 'Am I a good man?' question, that was barely touched on for 11 episodes and then supposedly 'resolved' at the very end of the season, was just flimsy and token.

Is it my dirty mind or was there a rather blatant reference to S&M in this week's show?

Oh yes, your dirty, dirty mind is very correct about that.

where was that? It's seems my rather clean mind has missed it

 

[Albino Boo]

where was that? It's seems my rather clean mind has missed it

Spoiler: for the clean minded

Prentis the undertaker said he had a range of instruments to use on him, if the Dr would like to "conquer" him

 

[Quellist]

Am i totally daft or is there no good reason the Fisher King couldn't have just said "Oi Prentiss, I'm not dead, now take me back to my homeworld instead of that dump you plan to bury me on?" Thus circumventing the whole Ghost radio thing?

 

[Quellist]

Am i totally daft or is there no good reason the Fisher King couldn't have just said "Oi Prentiss, I'm not dead, now take me back to my homeworld instead of that dump you plan to bury me on?" Thus circumventing the whole Ghost radio thing?

He couldn't go back.

Remember Prentiss said they'd been invaded and overtaken again.

Chances are the Fisher King faked his own death to escape from the new invading army.

I didn't mean back to Tivoli, I meant his actual Homeworld, the place he was trying to summon an army from. Surely going there directly would be a whole lot more convenient than waiting for them to decode a mysterious signal