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3rd Oct 2015, 11:05 AM #1
Rate and Discuss: Under the Lake
Are you ready to discover whether there really are ghosts under the lake?
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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3rd Oct 2015, 9:17 PM #2
That was a smashing episode. Nicely tense, Peter Capaldi pitch perfect and a great cliffhanger. Nice to have a base under sea-ge!
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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3rd Oct 2015, 9:26 PM #3
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Now we're cooking!
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3rd Oct 2015, 10:09 PM #4
Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed the two part opener, but it is still quite nice to have 'just' an ordinary 'Doctor turns up & there's trouble!' type story. Some good moments, and a great cliffhanger.
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4th Oct 2015, 11:40 AM #5
I really enjoyed that. That felt like a proper old-school episode. I loved the slow pace of it. Peter Capaldi was great; he very much reminded me of Tom Baker at times. I also loved the Doctor's prompt cards of what to say when he has previously been a bit rude! Great cliffhanger! Could be my favourite Capaldi episode so far.
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4th Oct 2015, 12:01 PM #6
The first half hour was wonderful, near perfect, then I felt it start to drag as it became apparent this was a two-parter and there'd be no resolution and we were heading towards a WTF timey-wimey-wibbly-wobbly cliffhanger.
As others have already said, very nice to have a straight forward linear 'turn up' adventure (to start with), and I also really enjoyed the cue cards gag. More of this, please.
My main complaint would be that, for me, the New Series just isn't very good at charecterising/casting believable 'base under siege crew/personnel'. 42, that one that was a bit like 42, Waters of Mars, Last Christmas and all the rest just don't quite do it for me.
On the whole though, best episode since Dinosaurs on a Spaceship/Flat Line. (A slightly generous perhaps) 8/10.Last edited by Perry Vale; 4th Oct 2015 at 1:17 PM.
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4th Oct 2015, 1:59 PM #7
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4th Oct 2015, 9:20 PM #8
Although I enjoyed it this week, I couldn't help note all the similarities with Gangers two-parter and a couple of other stories they've done before. No problem if next week goes in a different direction (it looks like it does).
Why are all the girls wearing short short shorts and the men get below-the-knee jobbies?Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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5th Oct 2015, 3:09 PM #9
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They put Tim and Wayne in charge, that's why! (He said, realising he hadn't noticed himself...)
Excellent start - as stated already, an old-Who-style base under seige done well. Let's see what happens next week.
8/10 so far
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5th Oct 2015, 5:06 PM #10
I enjoyed it a lot too, a solid fun story with a sharp script, which got an 8/10 from me.
"RIP Henchman No.24."
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6th Oct 2015, 12:13 PM #11
I enjoyed this for most of the reasons already stated, but I found the characterisation of
The Doctor was a bit off-the-mark - it was almost as if the writer hadn't been given the 'character traits' prompt sheet.
That's the overwhelming feeling I got whilst I was watching it, though my goldfish-like memory has since forgotten the specific reasons why!
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6th Oct 2015, 2:05 PM #12
Loved it! That kind of a story is right up my street. I was so engrossed I was surprised when the cliffhanger cam and it ended. 9/10
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6th Oct 2015, 4:21 PM #13
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Such is the magic of being able to avoid spoilers, I was massively excited - easily pleased I am, certain days - that adding the Zygon story, that's a minimum three cliffhangers we're getting this year! Huzzah!
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7th Oct 2015, 3:02 PM #14
There is one way it differs from 70s Who - 45 minutes in and most of the cast is still alive. In some of those Tom Baker stories, they might as well have all been wearing red shirts.
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10th Oct 2015, 11:47 PM #15Close embrace
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6 out of 10
The ghosts were genuinely creepy, but the pace was plodding and for some reason, the characterisation of Clara seemed off.
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11th Oct 2015, 9:06 PM #16
Just catching up now - loved it! Capaldi really seems to have nailed it in this episode! And the yabbering ghosts were indeed creepy 8/10 from me
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13th Oct 2015, 6:49 PM #17
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14th Oct 2015, 6:32 AM #18
I really enjoyed this one. Loved the pacing as well, this felt more like the original series than possibly any other new series episode broadcast to date. I didn't have much problem with the characterisation of Clara here, I find her more likeable as time goes on, but agree that the characterisation is inconsistant from story to story. The ghosts were genuinely creepy though, one of the more successful creations of recent years. Unfortunately some of the guest cast were a bit bland, and I didn't really care whether they would live or die...8/10
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