I actually thought Courtney was great, in fact the terrible kids this episode just helped to show how great she was.
I feel bad blaming it on the child actors, I'm sure they just did what they were told, it must be hard to direct that many kids in an episode with so much else going on.
In fact, this episode on the whole…

You've just answered your own "problem" with the episode, and every "problem" anyone ever has with the "science" in Doctor Who.
How does the TARDIS travel through time?
Because of a scientific reason beyond our comprehension.
Why does a creature lay an egg bigger than itself?
Because of a scientific reason beyond our…

I never said I didn't understand "why" they wanted to be 3D, that wasn't part of my argument at all.
My argument was: It's never explained why they only stick to surfaces like walls and can't project themselves onto the air or people's skin.
The audiences just accept that, in the same way the audience accept time travel…

I'm not arguing that it is bigger.
I'm just saying that even if it was, it's nowhere near the most unrealistic thing this show has done.
I'm saying that people completely ignore far more stupid/unrealistic things the show has done because they're so out there and strange but, for some reason, they're not willing to…

Yea it definitely had an element of commentary but if the next writer doesn't want to address the regeneration limit it's a perfectly acceptable excuse too.
It reminds me of the Doctor forgetting exactly how old he is, it works as a commentary on how his age fluctuates over the years but is also a perfectly valid…

Yea, I'm loving this season too. Not really a reboot though so much as a jumping-on point. There was that Matt Smith cameo in the opening episode and a few other continuing plotlines (like the woman in the shop). I think of "The Eleventh Hour" as another reboot though.
I loved Kill the Moon and thought Robot of…

Not that I want this to happen but Missy could be a regeneration of River, we never actually found out how many regenerations she had. That way Clara would have recognized her in the shop, either that or Missy is working for River but I don't like either of those.
I hope she's a new character, I'd be disappointed if…

Let's not get into how time-travel would make accidental incest much harder to avoid or even know you'd committed.
Actually let's get into that because it's supper weird. If I was a time-traveler I'd probably never bone another time-travel unless I knew them before they started time-traveling just in case. If someone's…

"As his final regeneration has now been moved to possibly 24"
Actually in Kill The Moon he mentioned he didn't know how many regenerations he had left now, a regular "cycle" is 12 but we have no idea if that's what the Time Lords granted him.
I guess that's his way of letting whoever is writing the show when 24…

I have a theory that people are willing to swallow any BS technology or lack of scientific accuracy if the concept is weird/fanciful enough but the more "normal" it seems the more distracted they're going to be if the science is wrong.
This episode and Kill The Moon are perfect examples:
The TARDIS physically shrinking…

I like the darkside arc and the father/daughter stuff I don't see why the two are mutually exclusive.
I hope when the Doctor does eventually "find himself" he still remains, prickle and sarcastic and doesn't revert to the 10/11 personality.
I loved his little dance after successfully crabbing the TARDIS away to safety…

I agree but sadly there's no one to force them to do that.
It's in the networks best interest to pump out as many episodes as possible (within reason) and they're the ones paying for it.
Cutting a season down by a few episodes won't improve the viewership for the other episodes, it might improve the reputation of the…

McButty.

"Sustaining the franchise is the great disease of American television."
Amen.

Haha, I thought you were talking about Steve Jobs for a minute, I was trying to remember the last time I saw Scottish money because it must have been a recent change.

The same could be said for Lar Von Trier's career.

It inspires plenty of anger from me.
I watch a 24 hour loop of a fireplace and a selection of Windows screensavers, I'm particularly neutral to that one with the fish from Windows 98.
https://www.youtube.com/wat…

I remember watching a video on the original pilot for "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and the character didn't even own/run a bar, they were out-of-work actors. the bar aspect was suggested by FX to give the show a hook.
I have a fun game I play where I take a random episode of an American sitcom and wonder if it…

Yea it makes sense I guess.
It must be hard to pitch a network with "it's a show about a group of people hanging out" unless you have a celebrity/stand-up comedian attached.
How I Meet Your Mother is yet another example of that, I think the show is best when it doesn't focus on how he meet their mother.
Even Dan Harmon…

I got that sense from the trailers, I remember thinking the cast/characters had potential and it would be the kind of show that improved when it completely abandoned it's premise, like Cougar Town, New Girl, or a lot of American sitcoms.
I don't know what it is about American comedies recently, but they tend to peak…