tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post7878434629488999624..comments2024-03-28T23:03:57.917-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Doctor Who: ListenBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-62014574227593633612023-03-09T09:15:05.934-05:002023-03-09T09:15:05.934-05:00This one was mostly good, although again the whole...This one was mostly good, although again the whole 'impossible girl' thing has never really worked for me, so Clara seeing the Doctor as a child was jarring, but the rest was largely enjoyable, and I do like a bit of mystery at times, and this had that fer certain.Morellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852528242739450099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-72166885683619065902014-09-20T19:10:07.797-04:002014-09-20T19:10:07.797-04:00Jenna Coleman and Tobias Menzies got "perform...Jenna Coleman and Tobias Menzies got "performer of the week" at TV Line.<br /><br />http://tvline.com/2014/09/20/jenna-coleman-doctor-who-performance-listen/<br />Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-26126648191429371022014-09-19T14:10:15.790-04:002014-09-19T14:10:15.790-04:00After commenting last week that Capaldi just didn&...After commenting last week that Capaldi just didn't feel like the Doctor to me - speaking as someone who never watched classic Who - I thought it only fair to give him praise after this episode, which I did think was clearly the best so far this season. The writing definitely suits him better when they're not giving him over the top silly lines/scenes, which I just don't think is him at all. I'm still not crazy about him (sorry), but I could see the Doctor in him after this episode. And, after watching it, I'd be lying if I said I didn't' check the closet and under the bed before going to sleep in my room at my parents' creaky house, where I was visiting for the weekend.<br /><br />I also liked the Clara/Danny scenes, loved seeing John Hurt again (too bad we couldn't have had him for a whole season), and the episode was properly creepy, but the Doctor seemed a little too helpless to me.Katerinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708733194258917064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-41431063720454547752014-09-17T04:42:07.306-04:002014-09-17T04:42:07.306-04:00Moffat works best as a writer when he focuses on f...Moffat works best as a writer when he focuses on finding dread in everyday situations,which is why this worked for me.<br />Capaldi finally got some meaty stuff to deal with, and Clara was never better.<br />Nice glimpse of the War Doctor. Love John Hurt.<br />Best episode this season by a long shot.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-30520906556925103712014-09-16T17:39:54.185-04:002014-09-16T17:39:54.185-04:00Wow, what an episode! Doctor Who can be silly and ...Wow, what an episode! Doctor Who can be silly and fun most of the time, but when it wants to, it can do genuinely creepy better than almost anybody else. Especially since they don't rely on gore or violence or even quiet-quiet-quiet-BANG! bits to do so.<br /><br />I really appreciated the fact that we never got to see the monster. That which we do not see, or in this case, glimpse blurrily in the background, is just so much scarier. I also liked that there was reasonable explanations for everything, but that the slight what if was still left at the back of your mind.<br /><br />Capaldi has been great since the beginning, but this was the first time he really felt like a Doctor I could grow to love.Onanymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14460437851270823542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-76810930508304557952014-09-16T06:49:05.260-04:002014-09-16T06:49:05.260-04:00They never actually told us that everybody has th...They never actually told us that everybody has that dream, just that the doctor believes it....Clara and Ruper/Dany never stated as firmly as the doctor that the had the dream...lorogomohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274415713348323739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-52902560275309967452014-09-15T17:26:14.622-04:002014-09-15T17:26:14.622-04:00Simply breathtaking. One of best Doctor Who episod...Simply breathtaking. One of best Doctor Who episodes I have ever seen, and one of the few to genuinely scare the pants off me. I'll be re-watching this one from behind the sofa. Mark Greighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12984193299389764649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-41711079445765643502014-09-15T16:53:11.931-04:002014-09-15T16:53:11.931-04:00That bothered me a little bit too Juliette, but I ...That bothered me a little bit too Juliette, but I guess they just had to simplify it to make it work, I'm familiar with the dark presences but I think if they grabbed my leg I'd lose the plot! Great episode nonetheless, I absolutely back on the Dr Who train now.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348075897600518734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-67798058962231700342014-09-15T05:11:27.703-04:002014-09-15T05:11:27.703-04:00I enjoyed this one the most so far this series, an...I enjoyed this one the most so far this series, and the atmosphere was brilliant. Being me, though, I was unnaturally bothered by the fact that isn't a particularly common dream throughout history (it couldn't be really, not everyone sleeps in beds!). Teeth falling out, dubious things involving one's mother, the naked dream, running or chasing something you can never catch or escape, flying, falling - those are common dreams. The monster under the bed, not so much. Though people have felt dark presences in their sleeping areas throughout history, hence fairies and alien abductions, so it would be fine if it weren't so specific...Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-59825859490315888242014-09-14T19:09:36.493-04:002014-09-14T19:09:36.493-04:00I came to this episode expecting a big fright fest...I came to this episode expecting a big fright fest like "midnight" or "blink", so after watching it the first time I was a little nonplussed. On second viewing I was able to appreciate the episode and I love it as a result. A part of me is still slightly bothered by the episode never conclusively answering the questions whether there is a monster under the bed. On my itune downloaded episode at 19:47 there's a moment where the bedspread started to slide off of the creature's head, and just for a split second there's a flesh colored head with 2 dark circle for eyes behind Clara and it was very much out of focus. So still no idea if a glimpse of a monster or just one of Rupert's mates playing a prank. <br /><br />I've always loved the domestic bits in the new Doctor Who, and really enjoyed Clara and Danny's botched date. The moment the astronaut came into the restaurant as the date imploded for the last time, and Clara went into the Tardis complaining if this date could get even more surreal, only to have the astronaut take off the hemlmet revealing someone who looks almost exactly like Danny, had me laughing out loud. Clara really looked bugged eyeed and then the Doctor just had to lampshade it. It was priceless. It's not that I mind Clara and Danny eventually ending up together, but the episode so very strongly suggested that CLara will end up having children with Danny and Orson will be her offspring, I just prefer to have a little more mystery in that front, to give the Clara / Danny courtship a little intrigue. But then who knows what Moffat had in store for us in the future?<br /><br />The other scene I love was when Clara inadvertently found herself under the young doctor's bed, then instinctively grabbed his ankle when he started to get out of bed. That 'oh shit' expression was priceless, then she calmed down and started calming down the young Doctor. What she said to him about the barn, along with the War Doctor footage, brought tears to my eyes.rebecca_s921https://www.blogger.com/profile/03815688599706633935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-975486512404426142014-09-14T18:55:30.755-04:002014-09-14T18:55:30.755-04:00A much better episode and much more suited to Capa...A much better episode and much more suited to Capaldi's talents. Jenna is wonderful. I never thought that Clara could become one of my favourite companions but she is really growing on me. I loved the awkwardness between Clara and Dan as well. thanks for the great review!drnanamomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667806039402426676noreply@blogger.com