It was. Going back to last weeks episode, my take on the Doctor missing that repairing the Dalek would make it evil again: still damaged from the extra traumatic regeneration. When Clara was asked if the Doctor was mad or right and she replied 'both' I think that was one of the points. We can expect the Doctor to make lots of bad decision and then use his genius to recover from them. Which, now that I think about it, has always been a common thread that linked all the different regenerations.
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Typo Boy - Sep 06, 2014 9:22:45 pm PDT #25638 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
billytea - Sep 06, 2014 11:48:18 pm PDT #25639 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
We can expect the Doctor to make lots of bad decision and then use his genius to recover from them. Which, now that I think about it, has always been a common thread that linked all the different regenerations.
Thinking about that, it's mostly true, but I think the Third Doctor might be an exception to that. (For the most part, there may be one or two exceptions.) Pertwee's Doctor was the most action-hero incarnation, and typically presented an air of command and competence. In fact, on the second commentary for The Five Doctors, Terrance Dicks mentions that he deliberately had the Third Doctor getting the Master's intentions wrong, because Jon Pertwee played his Doctor as always being right, and apparently it got under Dicks' skin. (So to speak.)
(There's at least one exception, thinking about it; namely taking that crystal from Metebelis Three. That whole trip went pretty badly.)
It's certainly true of the First Doctor. In one of the commentary tracks (The Aztecs, I think), Verity Lambert mentions that Sydney Newman gave her the advice that the Doctor should be fundamentally unpredictable. That way, they could use him to push the plot in just about any direction they wanted it to go.
Typo Boy - Sep 06, 2014 11:57:51 pm PDT #25640 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I think you are right. Three did make fewer bad decisions than most of Doctors. Skipping forward to the current episode, I did enjoy the current doctor fencing with a spoon. It has been a long time since we had a Doctor with a spoon obsession. The 7th was the last one, I think.
Polter-Cow - Sep 07, 2014 12:27:20 pm PDT #25641 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That was a pretty fun, silly episode, though I'm still not in love with Twelve. He's so cantankerous and prickly.
billytea - Sep 07, 2014 2:02:00 pm PDT #25642 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
That was a pretty fun, silly episode, though I'm still not in love with Twelve. He's so cantankerous and prickly.
I, on the other hand, kind of love that. And seriously, Robin Hood was just so over the top, I'm not surprised that he gave Twelve the screaming irrits. (Which is not to say Twelve wasn't both predisposed towards it and immensely petty about it.)
I liked Clara quite a lot in this one too. Both this ep and the first one, she had to confront the villain without the Doctor and manage by her own wits, and did quite well.
My favourite bit with her was this exchange, which I'm no doubt misquoting:
"Why are you so sad?"
"Why would you think me sad?"
"Because the Doctor's right. You laugh too much."
Theodosia - Sep 07, 2014 3:12:51 pm PDT #25643 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
That was my favorite episode so far. It's nice to see a Doctor who screws up like that.
Polter-Cow - Sep 07, 2014 4:56:17 pm PDT #25644 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I liked Clara quite a lot in this one too. Both this ep and the first one, she had to confront the villain without the Doctor and manage by her own wits, and did quite well.
I'm enjoying that too.
I, on the other hand, kind of love that.
He seems to be enjoying being the Doctor less. He's colder and more callous. I'm interested to see where it goes, and I'm sure I'll love him by the finale, but it's taking some time to get used to.
Jessica - Sep 07, 2014 5:31:05 pm PDT #25645 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
That was a LOT of fun. I agree wholeheartedly with everything billytea said.
Also loved the bit where the Doctor very slowly realizes Robin Hood's not part of the robots' plan. "Yeah that'd be a rubbish plan...yeah...it would...oh."
billytea - Sep 07, 2014 5:52:04 pm PDT #25646 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Also loved the bit where the Doctor very slowly realizes Robin Hood's not part of the robots' plan. "Yeah that'd be a rubbish plan...yeah...it would...oh."
While the Sheriff is looking at him like "That's insane. Who does your plans? Wile E. Coyote? Loki? John Crichton?"
§ ita § - Sep 08, 2014 5:48:35 am PDT #25647 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think that FB is broadcast. You have to look for it (or follow it, or like it), just like a post on IO9 or whatever.
If the show goes to the extent of creating content about the next episode, it's "broadcast". I don't consider "running right after the preceding episode" the criterion--I consider "designed by the production to be consumed before the episode" as what makes the different.