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miss_s_b at 08:44pm on 22/04/2017
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I liked this week's episode. Again! Am now cautiously hopeful that this might be a pattern...
Am especially in love with Bill.
How about you lot?
Am especially in love with Bill.
How about you lot?
Poll #18251 What did you think of Smile?
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 48
What did you think of Smile?
YAY!
39 (86.7%)
nay :(
4 (8.9%)
Other; please specify
2 (4.4%)
What do you think of Bill so far?
YAY!
47 (97.9%)
nay :(
1 (2.1%)
Other, please specify
0 (0.0%)
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Contrary to what you may have heard, the rain in Spain falls almost exclusively in the hills and mountains...
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bill should stay years
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(I go walking in my sleep
From the mountains of faith
To a river so deep…)
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When I first heard the guy who wrote the opening ceremony of the London Olympics was writing a Doctor Who episode and, moreover, writing a Doctor Who episode under Steven Moffat since their thematic concerns seem to be so well aligned (storytelling, etc.), I was over the mood with glee.
Sadly, the episode was only kinda pretty good : ( I think this one was better.
Sure, the ending literally just pressed a reset button, but I was enjoying it too much to care.
It earned it for me because Bill immediately took the piss out of him for saving the day by literally unplugging and replugging the misbehaving technology.
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I am generally against plot for this very reason. It only gets in the way of important faffing about and character stuff and jokes.
And then people get angry because plot holes or ethics or something. No, best just to leave the plot alone.
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Doubt it will be anyone's favorite of the season, but a solid episode two. Did what it needed to do while being delightful.
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I think that's practically their job. After I'd watched I was like 'that was almost a perfect second episode.' Which sounds like it's damning with faint praise, though I'm not convinced writing a great second episode is an easy task. The plot has to be interesting enough and still has to include a lot of important introducing the companion to how this all works stuff, but you can't detract from the larger job which is establishing a Doctor/companion dynamic that can carry you through the season.
It's not as glamorous as the flashy season opener or the mind-bending finale or the ambitious/arty/dark/genre-breaking one that happens 2/3 of the way through the season, but somebody's gotta write it *g*
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C+
I like Bill, but the episode felt rushed, and so went down like a thin broth instead of a hearty stew. The story felt like the outline of a story, not a story itself. We didn't meet a single character outside of our twosome to care about.
But despite all that, Capaldi is charming and Pearl Mackie's Bill has a charming enthusiasm that - now that others have pointed it out - does echo that of Ace, just a little.
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