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Originally posted by Flyboy View PostReally? I've served with LOADS of chaps who are absolute ******** around women. Some who know it, and some who don't....sigpicALL THANKS TO THE WONDERFUL CREATOR OF THIS SIG GO TO R.I.G.A lie is just a truth that hasn't gone through conversion therapy yetThe truth isn't the truth
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I thought that was another enjoyable episode. One of the better Dalek episodes we've had recently.
I'm not quite clear in my mind why they had to be miniaturised & had to go inside the Dalek to repair it, but I've only watched the episode once so I may have missed something.
Unfortunately Clara did something which is one of my pet hates - she slapped the Doctor's face. It's not something I like to see. She can slap him and get away with it, but if he slapped her like that...
Once again the pacing was closer to "classic" Who, which I rather enjoyed. Something I didn't like was the wobbly camera, particularly on the interior TARDIS scenes.
I really like the new character, Danny Pink. Hmmm, we also had Journey Blue in this episode and next episode I strongly suspect we will get
Spoiler:
Will Scarlett
More red herrings I presume.
I do like the Doctor's attitude in this. I am strongly reminded of the 7th Doctor and Ace. Slightly cold and mysterious with an agenda of his own that he isn't telling his companion about.
Since when does the Doctor not like soldiers? He didn't have any problems with this lot...
6/10
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Originally posted by Blencathra View PostI thought that was another enjoyable episode. One of the better Dalek episodes we've had recently.
I'm not quite clear in my mind why they had to be miniaturised & had to go inside the Dalek to repair it, but I've only watched the episode once so I may have missed something.
Unfortunately Clara did something which is one of my pet hates - she slapped the Doctor's face. It's not something I like to see. She can slap him and get away with it, but if he slapped her like that...
Once again the pacing was closer to "classic" Who, which I rather enjoyed. Something I didn't like was the wobbly camera, particularly on the interior TARDIS scenes.
I really like the new character, Danny Pink. Hmmm, we also had Journey Blue in this episode and next episode I strongly suspect we will get
Spoiler:
Will Scarlett
More red herrings I presume.
I do like the Doctor's attitude in this. I am strongly reminded of the 7th Doctor and Ace. Slightly cold and mysterious with an agenda of his own that he isn't telling his companion about.
Since when does the Doctor not like soldiers? He didn't have any problems with this lot...
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5574/...7afbb903_z.jpg
6/10
Soldiers get indoctrinated, Warriors simply ARE.Last edited by Skydiver; 09 September 2014, 05:44 PM.sigpicALL THANKS TO THE WONDERFUL CREATOR OF THIS SIG GO TO R.I.G.A lie is just a truth that hasn't gone through conversion therapy yetThe truth isn't the truth
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Originally posted by Flyboy View PostHe seems like an ex-Junior Officer to me. British Army. If he was RAF, Navy or Marines I doubt he'd refer to himself a soldier.sigpic
Long before you and I were born, others beat these benches with their empty cups,
To the night and its stars, to the here and now with who we are.
Another sunrise with my sad captains, with who I choose to lose my mind,
And if it's all we only pass this way but once, what a perfect waste of time.
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They were not that small........And the Dalek interior is littered with lots of convenient ledges and walkways? Really?
And passages to walk and crawl in.... Really?
Why didn't he just use the sonic to make the Dalek case open and do the operation full size? Would the antibodies still attack if you opened the Dalek full size?
Overall still an entertaining episode and I loved his line about the miniaturizer being a good idea for a movie 'wink'.....
Better then last week 7/10Go home aliens, go home!!!!
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I did like this one, but not as much as last week. I'd like to see the Doctor become himself. Maybe I'm just impatient, but I hope he clears out the cobwebs soon. I'm not a fan of Clara being the "carer", as if she has to take care of the Doctor. (although I did like his comment about her caring so he doesn't have to) I realize the companions due take care of the doctor in some ways, but I don't want them to make him into a bumbling grumpy dude that can't get along without her. I like seeing his sassy, hard edges. I did not like the slap either.
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Originally posted by BruTak View PostA 2nd Lieutenant then?
Given his apparent combat experience, particularly in fighting OTHER soldiers, combined with the actor's age (born 1982)... we'll assume he's maybe a year or two older than that... I'm going to assume that he was involved in Op Iraqi Freedom during the conventional component prior to the insurgency. That would have placed him at about 21-23 years old during the conflict. Assuming he as a direct entrant from school into Sandhurst, I imagine he could JUST about have made it to 1st Lt and been involved in front line ops. That would give him a fair bit more time to get promoted to Captain afterwards, before leaving.
Of course, he COULD be non-commissioned, but they TEND to be a bit more... jack the lad, and shall we say... Mickey Smith or Jake as opposed to Danny Pink. This is, of course, a stereotype.
"Five Rounds Rapid"
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Originally posted by Flyboy View PostUnlikely. 2nd Lts are usually very young, and promotion from 2nd Lt to Lt to Capt is time based. A Junior Officer does not spend particularly long as a 2nd Lt, it's especially rare to see a 2nd Lt deploy. Given the age that Danny is he would likely have been either a 1st Lt or a Capt. It's highly unlikely that a 2nd Lt would leave at that rank...
Given his apparent combat experience, particularly in fighting OTHER soldiers, combined with the actor's age (born 1982)... we'll assume he's maybe a year or two older than that... I'm going to assume that he was involved in Op Iraqi Freedom during the conventional component prior to the insurgency. That would have placed him at about 21-23 years old during the conflict. Assuming he as a direct entrant from school into Sandhurst, I imagine he could JUST about have made it to 1st Lt and been involved in front line ops. That would give him a fair bit more time to get promoted to Captain afterwards, before leaving.
Of course, he COULD be non-commissioned, but they TEND to be a bit more... jack the lad, and shall we say... Mickey Smith or Jake as opposed to Danny Pink. This is, of course, a stereotype.sigpic
Long before you and I were born, others beat these benches with their empty cups,
To the night and its stars, to the here and now with who we are.
Another sunrise with my sad captains, with who I choose to lose my mind,
And if it's all we only pass this way but once, what a perfect waste of time.
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Originally posted by Coco Pops View PostThey were not that small........And the Dalek interior is littered with lots of convenient ledges and walkways? Really?
And passages to walk and crawl in.... Really?
Why didn't he just use the sonic to make the Dalek case open and do the operation full size? Would the antibodies still attack if you opened the Dalek full size?
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Originally posted by Blencathra View PostI thought that was another enjoyable episode. One of the better Dalek episodes we've had recently.
I'm not quite clear in my mind why they had to be miniaturised & had to go inside the Dalek to repair it, but I've only watched the episode once so I may have missed something.
Unfortunately Clara did something which is one of my pet hates - she slapped the Doctor's face. It's not something I like to see. She can slap him and get away with it, but if he slapped her like that...
Once again the pacing was closer to "classic" Who, which I rather enjoyed. Something I didn't like was the wobbly camera, particularly on the interior TARDIS scenes.
I really like the new character, Danny Pink. Hmmm, we also had Journey Blue in this episode and next episode I strongly suspect we will get
Spoiler:
Will Scarlett
More red herrings I presume.
I do like the Doctor's attitude in this. I am strongly reminded of the 7th Doctor and Ace. Slightly cold and mysterious with an agenda of his own that he isn't telling his companion about.
Since when does the Doctor not like soldiers? He didn't have any problems with this lot...
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5574/...7afbb903_z.jpg
6/10
As for the doctor clearing cobwebs out, I 'm not sure that is happening anytime, especially as he look like he was going to collapse at least twice in the Tardis. I think those extra regenerations were tampered with.Last edited by Skydiver; 09 September 2014, 05:45 PM.
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1. Hmmm...whole thing felt more "Innerspace" than spacey-wacey. Pretty sure old-school Who did something similar!
2. OK, you knew something was going to go wrong when the Doctor seemed to have solved the problem with 20 mins still on the clock!
3. Should one Dalek have been able to take out a whole army? I guessthey were caught off guard!
4. Missy again? OK...
Pretty solid!
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Originally posted by Matt G View Post1. Hmmm...whole thing felt more "Innerspace" than spacey-wacey. Pretty sure old-school Who did something similar!
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