As I said on FB, it's pretty clear to me that the mysterious being the Doctor is afraid of is just the Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your House.
Fred: It's the pictures in my mind that are getting me. It's like being stuck in a really bad movie with those Clockwork Orange clampy things on my eyeballs. Wesley: Why imagine? Reality's disturbing enough.
'Shells'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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Jessica - Sep 13, 2014 6:20:53 pm PDT #25671 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Frankenbuddha - Sep 13, 2014 7:56:21 pm PDT #25672 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
While the Sheriff is looking at him like "That's insane. Who does your plans? Wile E. Coyote? Loki? John Crichton?"
OK this made me laugh so hard I think I hurt something. Just looking at it right now is making me laugh.
Polter-Cow - Sep 14, 2014 7:31:35 pm PDT #25673 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That episode was GREAT. Moffat may have his flaws, but he's damn good at Fear of the Unknown, and this episode was scary and clever and gave me legit emotions.
billytea - Sep 14, 2014 8:47:35 pm PDT #25674 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 scene in Rupert Pink's bedroom was masterfully creepy. Loved that. I had a little trouble engaging with the ep as a whole, because of the opening monologue. On the whole, it wasn't a bad one; but seriously, there are no perfect hunters or perfect defences, and there are animals whose skill at hiding are as accomplished as any examples in the first two categories.
(Plus, where hunting is concerned, a lion - especially a solitary one - is kind of a crap example. Even as a group, their success rate is around one in three. I will forgive this, though, because of the image of a grey-haired Gallifreyan stick insect perched up a tree on the savannah, scoping out the action.)
-t - Sep 15, 2014 3:29:57 am PDT #25675 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Huh. I did not like this episode at all and don't get what it was trying to do.
Jon B. - Sep 15, 2014 4:22:17 am PDT #25676 of 30001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
So, in the end, what/who were we supposed to think was under Rupert's blanket? Another kid playing a prank?
Polter-Cow - Sep 15, 2014 4:30:31 am PDT #25677 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I think so, Jon.
-t - Sep 15, 2014 4:40:08 am PDT #25678 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So, everyone is a mirror for the Doctor this season: the good Dalek, Robin Hood, Rupert Pink. I'm interested to see where that goes.
tommyrot - Sep 15, 2014 4:41:21 am PDT #25679 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Another kid playing a prank?
A very confused kid.
I thought the episode was pretty good, with some great moments. My favorite bit might have been when Clara was under the young Doctor's bed and he starts to get up and she grabs his leg. In that short moment it felt like everything clicked into place.
billytea - Sep 15, 2014 5:13:22 am PDT #25680 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.
So, in the end, what/who were we supposed to think was under Rupert's blanket? Another kid playing a prank?
That's one thing I can't work out. But I didn't have the sound up very loud, to avoid disturbing the sleeping boy, and may have missed something. Nonetheless, I finished the episode very confused as to what was supposed to be real and what wasn't.
I would be very disappointed if the blanket denizen was just another kid. That scene would lose a lot of its potency. (I'm quite ok with it being ambiguous, though. That feels like it best suits this episode.)