You see them sort of hanging off a pole once in a while…

Someone pointed out to me that it was possible he was faking it….

I actually saw someone using a payphone the other day. I was so surprised I even posted about it on Facebook.

I think this time they outdid them. I'd be very curious to see what the actual runtime is for the episode.

I was definitely wishing I had DVR…. didn't come with my package, dammit.

I spent a fair amount of time cursing the damned commercials. Seriously… they destroyed the flow of the show, interrupted the emotional beats and left me irritated. I felt like they cheated us out of quite a lot of air time to make time for the damned commercial breaks. They ended up rushing the stuff with Romero and…

I mean… they could have gone with two older men from a generation which largely had to hide their sexual identities coming to terms with what it's like to start living a public life as gay men in a relationship… that would be more interesting than what we are getting.

Exactly—if they had been living together all this time, it would make more sense… but they supposedly had such a desire to be together that they got divorced and created all sorts of havoc in their lives and the lives of their families. I am not seeing that desire played out. If they were just tired of living a lie…

(I had been talking about Doctor Who and Bates Motel, so when I clicked on this notification, I was momentarily confused as to why I'd posted that. Talk about cognitive dissonance… haha)

(Of course, if they'd bring back Doctor Who Confidential, we might know these things. Bring back Doctor Who Confidential! )

As I said, we don't know, but I find it hard to believe that a showrunner would give up all control over the score, which helps to set the emotional tone of a given scene or the series as a whole.

I've said this before—I didn't mind that Rose fancied herself in love with the Tenth Doctor—half the fandom did, as well… It is only natural that along the way, some companion would fall in love with one of the Doctors and it made sense it would be a handsome charismatic one. It made less sense that the Doctor would…

Bite your tongue—err— Chop off your fingers!

Sure, but, again, it's unlikely Moffat said, "here ya go, Murray—do whatever you want with no guidance whatsoever. You get the first and final say."

I don't find it particularly overbearing. I do think it is different, stylistically… except for the specific themes that have been threaded throughout.

It's hard to say. We don't know what Moffat has asked him to do in each episode. It's clearly a different tone than when RTD was showrunner, so it may be what Moffat wants.

No idea. I lost interest in the River and Eleventh Doctor story.

He's a proper Doctor Who fanboy. I wonder if he was more inspired by RTD's era. Maybe he's not feeling the 12th Doctor…

Ohh.. those were the two themes that just killed it for me. :(

There was a particular event in 1814 involving the River Thames freezing, informally called a "frost fair".