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This was completely bonkers in the best possible way. Probably falls apart if you look at it too closely, but I kind of don't care. I guess the implication was that, since the robots (presumably) set everything else up to mirror the Robin Hood story as a cover for their activities, someone like Robin Hood happening was almost inevitable. Could have done with a little more support from the story -- as it was, the impossibility/reality of Robin Hood was kind of a Chekhov's Bow that never went off -- but what the hell, it was fun, and the Doctor's increasing frustration as the story went on only made it more so. I think my favorite thing was Clara admonishing the Sheriff that he was about to change the course of history, and his response of "I SURE HOPE SO". Interesting repeated motif of robots not just mindlessly seeking "The Promised Land" but having to bootstrap themselves through human history to do so. It looks like this is the year of none-too-subtle parallels between the Doctor and another prominent figure in the story. (Questions of identity after so many centuries of transformations with Clockwork Dude, Doctor as Good Dalek in Rusty's eye, and now a person trapped within the shadow of his own larger-than-life legend). Can't say I'm complaining about that, either, especially since it plays into the general idea of the Doctor trying to figure out who he is* and not necessarily liking the answers he's getting. ___ *Dear Mr. Moffat, this would have been a much better way to work an obvious "Doctor Who?" motif into the storyline than the Time Lords shouting it at him from another dimension or whatever. Just a man, a mirror, and a whisper. If you had to do it at all, I mean.
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Jerusalem posted:He was still half android, but the scene that was cut (for being vaguely similar to the real life beheading) removed the explicit reveal. The reveal was still in the episode, but only in a line of dialogue during the climactic duel that would have been very easy to miss. Wasn't there also a moment just after he fell where you saw a robotic hand clinging to the edge of the firepit, or did I just imagine that? Irish Joe posted:Ooooooh, yeah, I forgot the ISIS thing is apparently a big deal right now. I thought maybe it had something to do with the Missy metaplot. I wouldn't be shocked to see him turn up along with the others whenever the "Missy is resurrecting people in the Promised TARDIS" thing pays off, even though there wasn't an explicit Missy scene this week. docbeard fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Sep 9, 2014 |
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Season 9 metaplot: Quote becomes edit.
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The opening monologue to "Davros" is one of my favorite bits of voice acting that I've ever heard.
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