Before anyone beats me to it, cos I hate being beaten in public....
The eyebrow thing harks back to Pertwee's debut, Spearhead from Space, when he noted his new eyebrows would be useful on the planet Delfin, where they use them to communicate... Pertwee obviously being this new Doctor's most common ancestor...
Ignored the 4.55am simulcast on the ABC and watched it first at 11am in a crowded cinema with my 6yo. He loved it; surprisingly no loss-of-11-remorse, just straight into it. Some of the talky bits lost his attention, but during our second screening back at home this evening, he paid more attention, as well as explaining quite a lot to my wife... (:
Darkly Dreaming Doctor... ... The dinosaur's death... The exchange with the homeless man... The leaving Clara at the door... And the doorway struggle, all very much proving Moff's claims of this being a new darker era of DW..! And I loved it!
Regards 11s cameo, and the in-your-face "But the Doctor has regenerated, so he's going to be different..." stuff - yes, the new era is 9 years long, with numerous regenerations under its belt, but ultimately they still need to help the newer/casual viewers along, so I don't mind... Of course - you could just have had the cinematic pre episode Strax run through Re regeneration, and then move on...
Last night I had a dark foreboding that I was going to hate the episode/Capaldi... Thankfully I was just dreaming.
The eyebrow thing harks back to Pertwee's debut, Spearhead from Space, when he noted his new eyebrows would be useful on the planet Delfin, where they use them to communicate... Pertwee obviously being this new Doctor's most common ancestor...
Ignored the 4.55am simulcast on the ABC and watched it first at 11am in a crowded cinema with my 6yo. He loved it; surprisingly no loss-of-11-remorse, just straight into it. Some of the talky bits lost his attention, but during our second screening back at home this evening, he paid more attention, as well as explaining quite a lot to my wife... (:
Darkly Dreaming Doctor... ... The dinosaur's death... The exchange with the homeless man... The leaving Clara at the door... And the doorway struggle, all very much proving Moff's claims of this being a new darker era of DW..! And I loved it!
Regards 11s cameo, and the in-your-face "But the Doctor has regenerated, so he's going to be different..." stuff - yes, the new era is 9 years long, with numerous regenerations under its belt, but ultimately they still need to help the newer/casual viewers along, so I don't mind... Of course - you could just have had the cinematic pre episode Strax run through Re regeneration, and then move on...
Last night I had a dark foreboding that I was going to hate the episode/Capaldi... Thankfully I was just dreaming.
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