Doctor Who Non-Spoiler

[captain_slinky]

We just finished watching the final three episodes of the current season of Doctor Who, and I'm...

...I...

I've been watching Doctor Who since 1987, and I have NEVER been as STOKED and AWED by the ending of an episode!

If you've seen it and wish to discuss, comment below. If you HAVEN'T seen it and don't want spoilers, then don't click to view the comments. But WOW!

I can't remember the last time I was THIS EXCITED about this show!

Comments

[jennawaterford.livejournal.com]

Loved it. I thought they worked out the Clara mystery nicely and though it is one of those timey-wimey solutions that doesn't bear too much thinking about, it's fun and engaging and plays with time travel rules in a way I don't think they've really done before (making the Doctor himself someone who is impacted by the actions of others in time).

My favorite part was the River farewell (for now). I teared up at that. It was beautifully played, and though I expect she'll be back, it was nice to see that arc brought to an emotional close.

And, yes, that last bit was brilliant. I love John Hurt anyway and have for years and years (since he played the Fool in Olivier's TV adaptation of King Lear in 1983 and though I didn't remember he was the voice of Hazel in the animated adaptation of Watership Down, I'd have loved him for that had I remembered, too), so having him play the mysterious not-Doctor Doctor (and we're probably going to FINALLY find out about the Time War!!!!) is going to be brilliant.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Agree'd - Or, SteMo will just leave us hanging and never mention it again because he's a bastard :)

[jennawaterford.livejournal.com]

Ha! Yes, that is entirely possible.

BTW, Fandom calls him Moffat, not SteMo, which I have never heard outside this comment thread. (And I'm on tumblr!)

As in, *shakes fist at sky* "MOOOOOOOOOOOFFAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!"

[yerseester.livejournal.com]

We totally call him Stemo on the fan sites I view.
But we do shake our tiny fists at the sky while we scream, "Mooooooffffffaaaaaaaaaattt!".

[jennawaterford.livejournal.com]

That is so weird! You'd think the fandom Venn diagram would have overlapped enough for that to have invaded Tumblr. Or at least the vast numbers of Tumblrs I follow that are Doctor Who/Sherlock fandom oriented. Now I'm imagining an entirely different subset of Tumblr where Stemo is the common term and no one calls him just Moffat.

Or maybe they're ALTERNATE TIMELINES!