I hope that is what wound up the Radio Times guy. Good. I could forgive Moffat many things but introducing harps and bearded men on clouds into Doctor Who would be a step too far. Hoping for a nicely contentious piece of humanist science fiction.

And if that guy is upset because it dares to suggest death might be an ultimate end then he is an idiot who shouldn't be in a position to review the show in the first place.

Just a though if that is the afterlife in some incarmation how many Claras would be there... She would be like her own army :-o

So this episode is in some way saying there's no such thing as an afterlife?

I'm quite relieved actually. I said before on here ages ago that any attempt at going all god-ified would be mega out of place in a show like Doctor Who. There's enough pandering to these lunatics in the day to day without them infiltrating my favourite show.

He posted his review. A far cry from In the Forest of the Night.

I have a feeling that

Love.

Oooh, this sounds fantastic! Can't wait! *Grinny face*

Heh. That pretty much covers the bases.

One thing I think I can point out safely is that not all of the scenes in the "next time" trailer are from part 1 of the finale - some are from part 2.

Going to hazard a guess that all the UNIT stuff is from Part 2.. they're not on the cast list IIRC.

I would be disappointed if the cliff hanger was I would be very surprised if Missy is a character that has appeared before.

Den of Geek Review - I won't say which way it swings, but at least this line should appeal to somebody.

I'd agree with that line. Given that this is a Moffat finale, he's made an effort to keep the story linear without too many convolutions (in part 1, at least). I expect he'll now get criticised for writing a finale that is too simple and not ambitious enough ...

Snippet of script (inspired by this image and this one )

Its Magma not Lava.

Some kind of spoilery hints to be found at Wales Online here...
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-o...series-8014796

Rather worrying what they say about Danny...

Not since The End Of Time Part 1 have I wanted to see an episode so badly...

3 days to go...

The Radio Times is bizarre this week.

There's Patrick Mulkern's weirdly negative 'Pick of the Day': "A lot of this episode will appear crass and in poor taste to anyone who's suffered a bereavement. Which is most of us."

What???

And then there are the oddly negative 'celebrity' comments about how Peter Capaldi is doing as the Doctor. For some reason they even included AA Gill's (The Sunday Times) negative comments about Capaldi's first episode ("It wasn't an audition for a new part, rather a post-mortem for a venerable career").

Weird way for the BBC's own magazine to 'promote' one of its most watched shows.

It isn't owned by the BBC, BBC magazines was sold to a Private Equity company in 2011.

I imagine there will be some who believe in an afterlife who may not take to Doctor Who's interpretation....

...which is presumably that there isn't one and the finale is going to remind you repeatedly, as will The Doctor.

Eddie mentioned this in his review.

Probably get the mumsnet brigade complaining to ofcom. I almost hope so. I can imagine the reception to this ep really getting on my nerves. Surely the whole concept of the show is an in your face to religious types anyway?

I'm just glad the easily offended fairy tale enthusiasts aren't being pandered to if I'm honest.

Isn't this pretty much already established in the Who universe thanks to Torchwood? Captain Jack tells the suicidal man that there's nothing when you die.

Yep. And that person they brought back to life briefly with that glove thing.
As I said before, the overall concept of the show isn't exactly in accordance with religious doctrine so if anyone's offended they really ought to get a grip.

DWTV's preview is as ambiguous as expected - and speculates that Missy is be a major player in the Whoniverse.

Ugh. It all sounds awesome. I can't wait until Saturday now! I've not been looking forward to a final so much since 'The Pandorica Opens'.

The Radio Times is a sad and sorry old brand waiting to be chucked on the scrap heap. Its writers are utterly piss poor and its laughable attempts at remaining relevant with its online content are exactly that. Laughable. I wouldn't waste a second reading anything they say good or bad about the show.

Not sure if it's been posted but there's a 60 second preview snippet on Youtube.

Dare you watch?



I almost squeed myself just from the sheer awesomeness.


So glad they got rid of the



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