Doctor Who S11.01 The Woman Who Fell To Earth

[elisi]

Um, scattered thoughts.

- Doctor's entrance: A+ Also the music!!

- The Bad Guy was The Evil Toothfairy. We were all MUCH amused. For those not familiar with our family lore, when the girls were little Darcy would tell them about The Evil Toothfairy who might come to collect their teeth, just like the good one. Except the evil one didn't leave money, and she took the teeth to put them In Her Mouth so she had millions of teeth and if the children woke up when she was there she'd bite their head off.

- The Cherub (now 13!!) liked the episode a lot, except for 'too many people died'. I was vv sad that Grace died (although I was wondering whilst watching how Graham was the one to go travelling since his wife was obviously the adventurous one).

- This was a LOCAL EPISODE for LOCAL PEOPLE. (If you don't get that, check out The League of Gentlemen.) Seriously, it was weird. I live in Yorkshire. These were all people that seemed to familiar I could meet them in town. The humour, the atmosphere... the drunk guy picking the veg out of his kebab - 100% authentic & accurate.

- It was all very Doctor Who, with crazy haphazard contraptions and wires everywhere. Loved all the welding (Sheffield steel!).

- Gary was <3

- Family is obviously the key word.

- Mostly then I need to watch it again to get to grips with it.



ETA: Main thing - I could watch Thirteen forever. Utterly magical. ♥

Also this, which isn't spoilery: Doctor Who Weekly Roundup: 24th Sept - 1st Oct Mostly for the picture of thirteen Thirteenth Doctor. :)

Comments

[copracat]

That was so much fun. Thirteen has started very well and I am so excited for this season.

Tooth-Predator was extremely horrible.

[elisi]

That was so much fun. Thirteen has started very well and I am so excited for this season.
Good solid start, here's to the next nine weeks!

Tooth-Predator was extremely horrible.
Many children will have had nightmares! :D

[kerk_hiraeth]

Kylo Shaw was rightly called out for being a whiny Timothy rather than the Knightly hunter he called himself.

Look kind of reminded me of Tom Baker's era; show not The Doctor. Would love if, when the TARDIS returns it had a bot of that gothic Mary Shelley/Byronesque look.

kerk

[elisi]

Kylo Shaw was rightly called out for being a whiny Timothy rather than the Knightly hunter he called himself.
*snerk*

Look kind of reminded me of Tom Baker's era; show not The Doctor.
Yes, it has a very Classic Who feel.

Would love if, when the TARDIS returns it had a bot of that gothic Mary Shelley/Byronesque look.
Here's to hoping!

[kerk_hiraeth]

Was struck by two things that had me rewinding.

A baseball on Rahul's desk - just like Ben Sisko on Deep Space Nine.

And that new sonic looked strikingly like Serenity from Firefly...

And I really want a Grace Lives! t-shirt.

kerk

[elisi]

A baseball on Rahul's desk - just like Ben Sisko on Deep Space Nine.
I couldn't comment, have barely watched any Star Trek, but it might very well be deliberate.

And that new sonic looked strikingly like Serenity from Firefly...
! You're right. It's Firefly class sonic. :D

And I really want a Grace Lives! t-shirt.
I'd be surprised if they're not already available.

[orangerful]

Really enjoyed it, as first episodes go. I'm glad they really only had the one throw away moment of "you're a woman" at the start and then at the very end picking out "women's clothes" but that was it.

Just glad there were no Dalek's or Cybermen LOL they are my least favorite of Doctor Who villains!

[watervole]

I liked the fact that she picked out her wardrobe in a charity shop :)

[elisi]

And it definitely beats stealing clothes from hospitals. :D

[orangerful]

I did not even notice that! Extra fantastic and so fitting. :)

[elisi]

Really enjoyed it, as first episodes go. I'm glad they really only had the one throw away moment of "you're a woman" at the start and then at the very end picking out "women's clothes" but that was it.
And the new Companions have only known her as a woman, so there are no issues. :)

Just glad there were no Dalek's or Cybermen LOL they are my least favorite of Doctor Who villains!
It's all new monsters this season!

[kerk_hiraeth]

To para-quote Eddy Izzard, "You wearing clothes? You a woman? Then you're wearing women's clothes."

And was it Iggy Pop who pointed out that dissing him for looking like a woman, was suggesting there was something wrong with being a woman.

And I'd happily never see a Dalek ever again for myself; they got old sixty years ago - and yes I do mean sixty :-)

kerk

[elisi]

And was it Iggy Pop who pointed out that dissing him for looking like a woman, was suggesting there was something wrong with being a woman.
And it's still an issue - let's hope we can get over it.

And I'd happily never see a Dalek ever again for myself; they got old sixty years ago - and yes I do mean sixty :-)
They time travelled? ;)

[kerk_hiraeth]

You'll have to translate from the Scots, but one of the poems for this year's National Poetry Day from the Scottish Poetry Library was about the new Doctor.

https://kerk-hiraeth.dreamwidth.org/1437.html

kerk

[elisi]

The thing that gets me is the pronouns - it should be they!!

[the-royal-anna.livejournal.com]

Hee, I love the idea of the Evil Tooth Fairy!

*Such* a perfectly Yorkshire episode. :)

[elisi]

Hee, I love the idea of the Evil Tooth Fairy!
Good, isn't it? I mean, hugely traumatic for the children, but it builds character. :D

*Such* a perfectly Yorkshire episode. :)
Wasn't it just? It's really weird to watch Doctor Who that's practically set in my back garden... ;)

Also hi - long time no see. You OK?

[sea_thoughts]

Loved Jodie as the 13th Doctor. I didn't really have any doubts but I am looking forward to her run even more now.

Ryan and Yaz are great. Even if I did have a O___O expression when Ryan chucked that very nice and expensive bike off a cliff.

It was very much a LOCAL EPISODE FOR LOCAL PEOPLE. XD

Yeah, Grace's death was very :/// for me, I did not need blatant fridging in the first episode. Also the long list of guest stars was really weird and seemed unnecessary.

Those are the only criticisms I have, though. I can't be too upset with an episode where the villain is officially named Tim Shaw.

[elisi]

Loved Jodie as the 13th Doctor. I didn't really have any doubts but I am looking forward to her run even more now.
Like Promethia said elsewhere, it's not that I didn't like the others, but whenever she wasn't on screen I wanted her back.

Ryan and Yaz are great. Even if I did have a O___O expression when Ryan chucked that very nice and expensive bike off a cliff.
He is young and does not understand the value of things...

Yeah, Grace's death was very :/// for me, I did not need blatant fridging in the first episode.
As someone pointed out she was very Doctor-y, but yeah. Also LOTS of people died. Including that nice old grandad. :(

Also the long list of guest stars was really weird and seemed unnecessary.
Yeah, we were all there like 'What is this and why? Can't we just have a Next Time trailer'? But then none of the trailers have really hit the spot for me, so maybe it's just me.

Those are the only criticisms I have, though. I can't be too upset with an episode where the villain is officially named Tim Shaw.
Evil Toothfairy Tim Shaw!

[sea_thoughts]

Yeah, I have to keep reminding myself that Ryan's 19 and at the end of his tether but even so. I was like "DID HE JUST CHUCK THAT BIKE OFF A CLIFF?!" I was truly surprised that he managed to get it back without any visible problems.

As someone pointed out she was very Doctor-y, but yeah. Also LOTS of people died. Including that nice old grandad. :(

Yes, it was quite brutal for a first episode, wasn't it? The tone and Jodie's effervescence disguised that at the time but now I think about it, there was a trail of bodies!

Yeah, we were all there like 'What is this and why? Can't we just have a Next Time trailer'?

Exactly my thinking. I guess they wanted to show how many shiny people they have for this new series but it just felt weird.

Evil Toothfairy Tim Shaw!

I want a whole web series of Evil Toothfairy Tim Shaw failing at everything.

[elisi]

Yeah, I have to keep reminding myself that Ryan's 19 and at the end of his tether but even so. I was like "DID HE JUST CHUCK THAT BIKE OFF A CLIFF?!" I was truly surprised that he managed to get it back without any visible problems.
Yes, that was lucky. OTOH I got the sense that he was doing it more for his grandma's sake than his own? The trying to ride a bike, not the throwing off a cliff.

Yes, it was quite brutal for a first episode, wasn't it? The tone and Jodie's effervescence disguised that at the time but now I think about it, there was a trail of bodies!
It was very dark (and not just because 80% of it took place at night).

Exactly my thinking. I guess they wanted to show how many shiny people they have for this new series but it just felt weird.
I didn't know most of them, so... *shrug*

I want a whole web series of Evil Toothfairy Tim Shaw failing at everything.
LOL That would be sort of hilariously awful!

[promethia_tenk (from livejournal.com)]

Yeah, we were all there like 'What is this and why? Can't we just have a Next Time trailer'? But then none of the trailers have really hit the spot for me, so maybe it's just me.
I've seen that bit now and I too was very WTF. Especially since I'd been looking forward to a Next Time trailer or, even better, a 'this season on Doctor Who' trailer.

Alan Cumming, though! I'm excited about that.

[elisi]

Alan Cumming, though! I'm excited about that.
Yes, there were a few highlights. But mostly WTF.

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[elisi]

And when I write a proper review 5 people will read it. ;)

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

I loved it ♥

[elisi]

♥

[debris4spike]

I will admit I didn't think I would even watch it, as with the River Son storyline I didn't want to see a female doctor.

However I watched, and enjoyed

[elisi]

However I watched, and enjoyed
Well there you go! :)

[classics-lover.livejournal.com]

Loved it so much. I wonder how dead Grace actually is, it being a show where death isn't always permanent (or I can hope as each episode goes on).

I hope they actually do the theme next week. Love the music, nice change from Murray Gold (who I also love).

[elisi]

Loved it so much. I wonder how dead Grace actually is, it being a show where death isn't always permanent (or I can hope as each episode goes on).
She is supposed to be a 'recurring character', so she may show up in flashbacks or... something.

I hope they actually do the theme next week. Love the music, nice change from Murray Gold (who I also love).
The funniest thing was one of my daughters who really needed to pee and was WAITING for the theme so she could run to the loo... and then it never came until the end. :D