I still really need a new New Who icon

[buzzylittleb]

(uh, I nearly typed New Hugh there -- I <3 Hugh Dillon)

Last night's New Who was absolutely toe-curling. Uh. Let me count the ways:

Iphigenia! I managed that after about three seconds:* Actually, I had that impression from the trailer last week

Comments

[janne_d]

Oh man, it was terrible wasn't it?

About the only bit I liked was the chorister singing (the choral bit wasn't amazing, but him and the little girl dueting I thought was nice). The plot made no sense, what the hell was the point of alarm clock alien, the flashbacks made me cringe at the cheese factor, I think everyone has gone "eh, what?" about the sudden lack of TARDIS translation for Clara...

I assume you mean the Doctor not offering up Amy's glasses as payment when you call him an absolute arse?

Though the stalking her parents I think makes sense - he is backtacking her history to see if she actually is human and everything she appears in this incarnation and is shocked to find she is a Real Girl. And I thought the "don't you remember me" is because he is expecting her to have memoruies of the Christmas episode.

[buzzylittleb]

It was 45 minutes of toe-curling agony

[janne_d]

feed the sleeping thing girls and it doesn't wake up the big thing

And how was sleeping thing linked to big thing anyway? And if sacrifice was always the purpose of the Queen of Years, why didn't the crowd try to stop the Doctor and Clara from interfering, and if it wasn't how did Merry whatsis know what the Vigil were there for, and why didn't she know before the performance that she could end up being eaten (which is a damn good reason to run away), and why did she suddenly switch to singing for grandfather to wake up, and... Argh! The more you think, the less sense it makes!

No, I saw the episode prequel with the swing moping, but I didn't think the Doctor had heard the girl being called Clara. Which I also thought was extremely cheesy of them, not to mention I wasn't impressed with the girl's acting - very mannered in my opinion. Not one of their better prequels.