Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 8: The Rings of Akhaten 06/04/2013 18:15 BBC1 Discussion
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' Having found himself a new companion in the shape of Clara Oswald, the Doctor asks where she wants to go first - and her request for somewhere awesome takes the pair to the rings of the planet Akhaten, inhabited by all manner of amazing creatures. Clara meets the young queen, who is about to take part in a ceremony called the Festival of Offerings - but what begins as a happy sing-song soon turns very grim. Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman star'
Next Time Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7cum4PHd5w
TV Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McylxgOQBbA
Den of Geek Review: http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who/25053/doctor-who-the-rings-of-akhaten-spoiler-free-review
Cultbox: http://www.cultbox.co.uk/reviews/episodes/6526-doctor-who-the-rings-of-akhaten-spoiler-free-review
Radio Times video preview: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-04-04/doctor-who-matt-smith-and-jenna-louise-coleman-introduce-the-rings-of-akhaten--video
Digital Spy Teasers: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a470245/doctor-who-ten-teasers-about-the-rings-of-akhaten.html?rss
TV Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McylxgOQBbA
Den of Geek Review: http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who/25053/doctor-who-the-rings-of-akhaten-spoiler-free-review
Cultbox: http://www.cultbox.co.uk/reviews/episodes/6526-doctor-who-the-rings-of-akhaten-spoiler-free-review
Radio Times video preview: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-04-04/doctor-who-matt-smith-and-jenna-louise-coleman-introduce-the-rings-of-akhaten--video
Digital Spy Teasers: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a470245/doctor-who-ten-teasers-about-the-rings-of-akhaten.html?rss
What did you think of the episode? 820 votes
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Comments
So, mixed reviews and buzz on this one. Sounds like it might be quite a polarising episode which is fine by me. Just how I like my Doctor Who!
Beast Below/End of the World/Gridlock mashup ahoy? I for one sure hope so
Salad put "holiday" in inverted commas, and there are brick walls. I wonder where he/she's gone......;):D
Moving swiftly on....:D
How did you enjoy Bells then Granny? I mustve missed your comments on the episode thread.
And on topic what are your thoughts on this one?
Okay that's entirely adorable. I love these two together - they have perfect chemistry in whatever way you choose to read it.
Loved it - great introduction for Clara, nicely paced, funny, sad, exciting. Couldn't be better, really.
As for the Rings of Akhaten, trailers look amazing - I'm looking forward to it, not least for the music. Murray Gold always come up with some wonderful stuff.
It would be nice to have another DW at the Proms for Anniversary year.
http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/the-rings-of-akhaten-first-clip-47178.htm
These are so small, and just slight expansion on trailer scenes, which I appreciate.
Still absolutely adorable, though
Me too! The likelihood that I won't like the episode is tiny because I'll be happy with almost anything, but if many other people don't like it then there's going to be plenty to discuss afterwards.
Have to say, though, I really enjoyed those clips, all those awesome looking aliens in the second one
Technically it's the second, as he wrote Hide first, but this one is being shown first. I get the impression Hide is the stronger one of the two. We shall see though
Going purely on the promo poster, I'd say Hide looks more interesting.
There's usually one episode per series that doesn't seem to appeal to me going by trailers/synopsis e.t.c (The Beast Below, The Curse of the Black Spot) and I think this is the episode this series.
Usually for me the trailers that are less boom and bang I tend to enjoy the episode.
Looking at the trailer it does have a series 1 (2005) feel to it.
On a separate note, am I being extremely dumb, but how long has the Who forum been on the main page, not just tucked away in the cult section.
Think it's a new thing, I only noticed it after reading your post
just today... we've obviously gone up in the world... best behaviour everyone.
We're trying a similar system we use with some of the reality shows. We're going to move the Doctor Who forum to the main forum when it is currently airing and back as a sub-forum when it's not.
It also pained us very much to remove 'Torchwood' from the forum name.
I didn't notice Torchwood wasn't there
*sobs*
I'm interested about tonight's episode, rather than excited. The trailer at the end of last week's episode intrigued me but didn't thrill me, and I haven't watched any other clips yet. I was disappointed with last week's episode, so tonight does need to be an improvement for me.