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I'd love to know what you think his best is, but for my vote Kirin hasn't seen either Capaldi's best or Moffat's best yet...
And yeah, I'd agree Kirin hasn't seen either Capaldi or Moffat's best yet. Unless we're talking about standalone episodes, in which case Kirin has already seen Blink, so...
Capaldi's best is Hell Bent, or if I'm cheating, Heaven Sent/Hell Bent. There's so much great stuff in his era though. The Zygon two parter in series 9, World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls, Dark Water/Death in Heaven, Flatline, Mummy on the Orient Express, Oxygen, Husbands of (spoiler in case Kirin is reading this - you naughty boy lol)... And yeah, I'd agree Kirin hasn't seen either Capaldi or Moffat's best yet. Unless we're talking about standalone episodes, in which case Kirin has already seen Blink, so...
EDIT: sfried, save yourself the ulcer and don't click on my spoilers above lol
I'd go Heaven Sent as my favourite, I think (I adore Hell Bent, but Heaven Sent is just incredible). But World Enough and Time is so, so good...
On first viewing, yeah, Heaven Sent is better. But Hell Bent gets better every time I see it. Also, Alyssa Franke - Whovian Feminism blogger - wrote a whole book about Hell Bent and it convinced me of how good it is...
Oh yeah, I think Hell Bent is transcendent, it's a fantastic piece of work. I just adore Heaven Sent, and the idea that the Doctor would do what he does (not saying what for fear of Kirin being naughty) really drives home just how alien and terrifying the Doctor is and makes "the long way round" almost into a threat (well, with the context of Hell Bent, the way it recontexturalises the previous episode is magnificent).
Which episode would that be?There's an episode later in the series you're watching where I she gets one of the worst lines of the entirety of the show, and it really made me hate her Doctor (not the actor or the portrayal, but the character). You will absolutely know it when you get to it, it's already infamous in fandom lol
I will give Rosa credit for the absolutely brilliant use of a cop car pulling up with a "danger" musical sting indicating a threat to our heroes. Actually, Segun Akinola (the new musical composer or director or whatever his title is) might be the best change to the show since Chibnall took over.
Kill the Moon is memorable to me only in that, hey! Mexican Moon Station! And also that the moonwhale was bigger than the Moon itself, then laid an egg that neatly and tidily replaced the previous Moon, so hurray for the zero consequences. And the abortion debate was handled... ah... poorly.
Or was it the whole pro-coorporate spiel? ("Don't blame the system"/"This isn't a revolt"?) Or was it the fact that Doc didn't even try to save the Janitor guy?
Yeah, I agree! I'm glad you like it sfried, because I dislike it to the degree I'll wait for Chibnall to move on before I watch it again.
I wish I were smart enough to stop watching, but alas, I must see it all, every god damned minute of it even if I hate it, because I'm an idiot.
I just dislike being angry at things I don't have to be. Life's too short. I can wait for the regeneration.
I just dislike being angry at things I don't have to be. Life's too short. I can wait for the regeneration.