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Rate S7E16: The Time of the Doctor | AMAZING!! | | 16% | [ 7 ] | Good! | | 36% | [ 16 ] | Okay... | | 24% | [ 11 ] | Crap! | | 4% | [ 2 ] | AWFUL!! | | 20% | [ 9 ] |
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Scary RANK: Time Lord President
Number of posts : 7495 Age : 26 Registration date : 2010-11-12
| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:03 pm | |
| - timewarrior wrote:
- Because the doctor is the man! the only timelord that can get anything done. . .sheesh!
My point is that he simply couldn't before, so why can he now? This is gonna go on and on and on until the question gets answered, isn't it? We thought this episode was going to tie everything up, but honestly I think this is just the beginning of the Trenzalore story-arc. I remember there were lots of questions throughout Series 5 and 6 that no one understood and were getting their knickers in a twist over it all, but we understand all of those things now; I think that's happening again with these new questions. I'm sure we'll get some disappointing answers from Moffat eventually! |
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timewarrior RANK: Time Lord, Gold Usher
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timewarrior RANK: Time Lord, Gold Usher
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| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:05 pm | |
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Scary RANK: Time Lord President
Number of posts : 7495 Age : 26 Registration date : 2010-11-12
| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:18 pm | |
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timewarrior RANK: Time Lord, Gold Usher
Number of posts : 4016 Age : 45 Registration date : 2008-09-21
| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:19 pm | |
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jaredofmo RANK: Time Lord President Elect
Number of posts : 6853 Age : 37 Registration date : 2010-05-22
| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:24 pm | |
| The Doctor's Name is in Old High Gallifreyan (personal theory), so speaking it would allow something catastrophic to happen.
What I don't get it how the crack was eating people from time if Gallifrey's on the other side.
It would have really made my day if Amy AND Rory had popped up to say farewell to the Doctor, even if only Amy spoke. |
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Scary RANK: Time Lord President
Number of posts : 7495 Age : 26 Registration date : 2010-11-12
| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:30 pm | |
| After my second viewing, I enjoyed and understood it a bit more. We're still left with questions, and that's a good thing - I like questions, especially when they concern the return of Gallifrey! However, I still found the whole aging thing and also Tasha Lem's character unnecessary. I'm less disappointed with it now, however, because all of these new questions lead me to believe that this is not the end of the story-arc. I was disappointed because I thought that this was quite a crappy and underwhelming resolution to big questions we've been leading up to for two or three years, but if this isn't the end of the Trenzalore stuff then I'm less disappointed. I've finally voted on the poll and given it an 'Okay...' which is better than what I would have voted last night. - jaredofmo wrote:
- What I don't get it how the crack was eating people from time if Gallifrey's on the other side.
Well, we don't know if it's just Gallifrey on the other side. From what I understood of it, there's another universe on the other side of the cracks in which Gallifrey is placed as opposed to the cracks leading directly into/onto Gallifrey. The Doctor does actually say that Gallifrey is in another universe. The way I envision that is the cracks lead to alternative space where Gallifrey is floating around waiting to come back through. - jaredofmo wrote:
- It would have really made my day if Amy AND Rory had popped up to say farewell to the Doctor, even if only Amy spoke.
I was hoping that would happen whilst I was watching the scene, actually! Sad that it didn't but I wasn't surprised that he got left out and ignored yet again.
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amagon RANK: Time Lord, Matrix Supervisor
Number of posts : 2763 Age : 51 Registration date : 2007-02-04
| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:33 pm | |
| I got from this: IF he said his name, Gallifrey would have returned. He would have led The Time Lords into battle against all their enemies, and hence, all the grave markers.
But, with Clara in the picture, she prevented all this from happening.
If you want you're ears to bleed, I can tell you of what I did in a timey wimey parallel universe crossing, that had one thing happen, which led to another, but, for THAT to happen, THIS must happen, thereby NOT changing anything, to lead to THIS.
All in all, when I write something, the only way for it to be erased, is by The Time Lords themselves creating another new timeline!
If Rory appeared, it would be a fist bump? I think again of time constrictions, hence, why Capaldi came in after a SNEEZE! But, to have just Amelia and Amy were fine for me.
We didn't have The 9th Dr in the anniversary, nor River in the finale. If someone wants them in them WRITE IT! I'll be happy to read it. |
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Ronpur RANK: The Doctor
Number of posts : 9626 Age : 60 Registration date : 2008-08-29
| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Fri Dec 27, 2013 12:02 am | |
| Marshmallows...duh. Oh well.
I have been thinking about the Gallifrey being frozen after The Day of the Doctor and now unfrozen in The Time of the Doctor. The Curator implied that Gallifrey was safe and the Doctor will find it some day. Perhaps it was unfrozen after it was transported to the other universe. The 3 Doctors were not sure their plan worked, so perhaps it just did not stay frozen. The paintings were similar, in that those inside the painting could break out, so is that what happened to the Gallifrians? In all the rush to answer questions from Matt's era, we have some new questions. So, I hope we see 12(or 14) get involved in the search for Galiifrey. |
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Calixar RANK: Time Lord Commoner
Number of posts : 1216 Age : 56 Registration date : 2007-02-03
| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Fri Dec 27, 2013 3:05 am | |
| Someone explain The End of Time in relation to all of this. |
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Rocco RANK: Brigadier
Number of posts : 313 Age : 27 Registration date : 2010-06-30
| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Fri Dec 27, 2013 3:23 am | |
| - Calixar wrote:
- Someone explain The End of Time in relation to all of this.
The End of Time happened before the Day of the Doctor takes place. So it still is there since this takes place after that. Uh does anyone know why they used a little blonde girl to play Amelia at the end though? |
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Rocco RANK: Brigadier
Number of posts : 313 Age : 27 Registration date : 2010-06-30
| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Fri Dec 27, 2013 3:30 am | |
| - jaredofmo wrote:
What I don't get it how the crack was eating people from time if Gallifrey's on the other side.
It wasn't. The cracks were what they were. This was only scar tissue, a week point in the universe in which the Doctor had put back together. The Timelords were looking for a way into the Universe and like he said chose the weakest point, being the scar tissue of a huge explosion. They only came across the crack, they had nothing to do with it before. Sorry for the double post |
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jonwes RANK: Time Lord, Gold Usher
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| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Fri Dec 27, 2013 10:28 am | |
| My take:
Everything that happened in Series 7 happened, but time was just rewritten and that future was averted. There are all kinds of paradoxes because of this, of course, but at this point those paradoxes are hand-waived away in most cases at this point.
The Doctor had to say his name to call Gallifrey through if it was safe. You have to remember, Gallifrey doesn't know that the Daleks are back, necessarily. They don't know what's happened since they were away. So they are, basically, relying on the Doctor to give them the all clear. |
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thebreen RANK: Prime Minister
Number of posts : 879 Registration date : 2008-07-21
| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Fri Dec 27, 2013 12:05 pm | |
| I stand by my vote of "Good!"... that said, the more I think about it, the more the Doctor's activities/time on Trenzalore bothers me.
Granted, he was without the tardis for the bulk of the time, but not the whole of it. Why not evacuate the planet/town, or at least shelter its inhabitants in Tardis... and then just leave and let the Planet Burn? We're told this would prevent the Time Lords returning, but I can't quite believe that that crack was the ONLY place in the universe that the Time Lords could break through. After all, that crack existed in different times and places all through the universe in Season 5... so it stands to reason the scar tissue is there as well. Maybe I'm missing a detail (after all, there was a LOT crammed in that episode).
And if Clara talking to the crack was all it took to resolve the stalemate, I have to say... HUH? Does this imply that in all the time the Doctor was there, he NEVER tried to communicate?! Perhaps he was afraid any attempt HE made would have triggered the return and the start of a new time war? There... maybe I answered my own question.
All in all though, I still find the episode immense fun and very enjoyable. I think Moffat did a relatively good job of wrapping up and resolving the questions he's built during Eleven's era...with one major exception.
Since Matt is the 'Thirteenth' Doctor, all of that "At the 'Fall of the Eleventh'" talk doesn't make sense anymore. |
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CGren123 RANK: Time Lord Council Guard
Number of posts : 2368 Age : 35 Registration date : 2009-12-23
| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Fri Dec 27, 2013 12:54 pm | |
| The episode mentioned that it was the weakest point in the Universe, so there may well have been have been other scars, but with the Time Lords being weakened, they just couldn't break through there? |
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Calixar RANK: Time Lord Commoner
Number of posts : 1216 Age : 56 Registration date : 2007-02-03
| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Fri Dec 27, 2013 3:35 pm | |
| - Rocco wrote:
- Calixar wrote:
- Someone explain The End of Time in relation to all of this.
The End of Time happened before the Day of the Doctor takes place. So it still is there since this takes place after that.
Uh does anyone know why they used a little blonde girl to play Amelia at the end though? Right, however, why is it a surprise to the Doctor that Gallifrey is actually still "out there" somewhere, when he already knew this from The End of Time? He already knew that the Time Lords were in some sort of time-lock, pocket-dimension, or other sort of reality, and not actually destroyed. |
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jonwes RANK: Time Lord, Gold Usher
Number of posts : 4627 Registration date : 2007-02-01
| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Fri Dec 27, 2013 3:43 pm | |
| - Calixar wrote:
- Rocco wrote:
- Calixar wrote:
- Someone explain The End of Time in relation to all of this.
The End of Time happened before the Day of the Doctor takes place. So it still is there since this takes place after that.
Uh does anyone know why they used a little blonde girl to play Amelia at the end though? Right, however, why is it a surprise to the Doctor that Gallifrey is actually still "out there" somewhere, when he already knew this from The End of Time? He already knew that the Time Lords were in some sort of time-lock, pocket-dimension, or other sort of reality, and not actually destroyed. No, in the End of Time, the Time War was time-locked, meaning people could not travel to or from Gallifrey in the period in which it took place, at least. It might have been that Gallifrey was time-locked for all time up until what the Doctor THOUGHT was Gallifrey's destruction. This is very different from what happened at the end of the Day of the Doctor, where Gallifrey was physically shunted to a different universe. It's like the difference between getting off of work, and find you're locked out of your car versus having your card towed. |
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SJA RANK: Prime Minister
Number of posts : 625 Registration date : 2013-08-16
| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Fri Dec 27, 2013 3:50 pm | |
| I will say this to people the were not impressed with the Christmas special.... were at the end of the 50th celebration and its impossible to follow the amazing 50th anniversary special we were given about a month ago.... I dont think any "regular episode/Christmas special" could have followed the 50th anniversary. |
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rmlextreme RANK: Prime Minister
Number of posts : 779 Registration date : 2008-08-06
| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Fri Dec 27, 2013 4:22 pm | |
| It reminded me of NFL football one week your favorite team dominates and the next week your team plays totally different and gets the holy bleep kicked out of them. The home crowd of course wants the Coach Fired.....
(in the above example the 50th is your favorite Team)
Come on who was thinking Fire Moffat during that lol
For a Holiday special it did its job, it had its moments and it got us another regeneration cycle.
Would i buy it on DVD heck NO!, Itunes? NO! lol |
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TinDogRory RANK: Time Lord Commoner
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| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Fri Dec 27, 2013 4:51 pm | |
| My general feeling is that this should have been two parts, like End of Time: One Part Christmas Episode, One Part Regeneration episode. Doing both in only a single hour came off as rushed and sloppy. I think another 10/15 minutes may have done the trick here. |
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Wes Crayon RANK: Prime Minister
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| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Fri Dec 27, 2013 9:35 pm | |
| - CGren123 wrote:
- The episode mentioned that it was the weakest point in the Universe
That episode was totally the weakest point in the universe. (Sorry; couldn't help it ) |
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newtowhogal RANK: UNIT Recruit
Number of posts : 3 Registration date : 2013-12-26
| Subject: Will really miss Matt's doctor Fri Dec 27, 2013 9:36 pm | |
| [JustScott wrote: “Was there really any need for the whole "rock star" arm swinging during the regeneration??”] I think so. This was Matt's last episode and I like what happened with him and suspect it must have felt like a good exit as an actor. The getting older thing as he stayed in Christmas was unexpected but helped me a little in being able to say goodbye to my first "current" doctor. But instead of him going out "with a whimper" the new regeneration cycle with its powerful regeneration force, including his new-found energy to rev up his arms and blast the Daleks (when ten minutes before he was too feeble to open a Christmas cracker), let him go out "with a bang". I also liked getting to see him young again and give a different take on upcoming regeneration than David's doctor ("I don't want to go" tore my heart out!). His different take about everyone changing during their lives as well as remembering where they came from was a lovely elegy and also tied what was happening to him to what happens to all of us. [CrochetOwl wrote: “(still haven't watched the Wardrobe Xmas special or the Clara and the kids adventure)"] You are missing two great episodes. I love the Wardrobe one for the ending comments (spoilers!) about human "happy tears" and I love the Clara one as an emotional transition from his pain at losing Amy and finally finding a reason to move on with his life. And even more than the fez, I loved the crazy-looking top hat her wore in that episode. |
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Scary RANK: Time Lord President
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| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Fri Dec 27, 2013 9:54 pm | |
| - TinDogRory wrote:
- My general feeling is that this should have been two parts, like End of Time: One Part Christmas Episode, One Part Regeneration episode. Doing both in only a single hour came off as rushed and sloppy. I think another 10/15 minutes may have done the trick here.
This. |
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jaredofmo RANK: Time Lord President Elect
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| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Fri Dec 27, 2013 10:30 pm | |
| - Scary wrote:
- TinDogRory wrote:
- My general feeling is that this should have been two parts, like End of Time: One Part Christmas Episode, One Part Regeneration episode. Doing both in only a single hour came off as rushed and sloppy. I think another 10/15 minutes may have done the trick here.
This. Yep. Especially since we'll be waiting eight months for more Who. |
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jonwes RANK: Time Lord, Gold Usher
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| Subject: Re: S7E16: The Time of the Doctor [2013 Christmas Ep] (SPOILERS) Fri Dec 27, 2013 10:37 pm | |
| I'm not sure what else would have been in a two-parter, though, realistically. I mean, if the plot had been different with more stuff going on, sure. But I'm not sure the story as is could have been a two-parter. In a way, though they were a month apart, I kind of think of Day of/Time of as a two-part send-off to Smith. In some ways, you could think of the Name/Day/Time trilogy as his send off. |
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