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Thoughts on Boom

posted 6 months ago by peter_t_2k3 (1050)
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Enjoyed this one. Not my favourite Moffat episode but it had some good concepts and I enjoyed the tension. Having the doctor stuck on a landmine was a great idea, and I enjoyed trying to figure out how he'd get out of the situation. I also was shocked when Ruby ended up getting shocked.

I also thought the ambulance concept was really interesting. However I'm normally someone who doesn't always see where a plot is going but when they mentioned the enemy possibly hiding in the fog I twigged there was no enemy but still a good concept, the fact that they are fighting their own weapons.

Gatwa was great but I've noticed like others he cries a lot. I think it made sense/felt right in this episode, especially with Ruby seemingly dying, but if this is going to be one of 14s character traits I'm not sure what I'll think.

I'm also wondering when someone will notice Susan Twist reappearing all the time. I did see someone mention maybe in the Christmas Special when he's in the nightclub, the doctor was actually originally there for her, and that he knows she keeps appearing.

Also I saw someone pointing out something id not thought about yet. Basically this is a very Moffaty episode as those who die don't actually die fully. It works in this episode but I think he does need to know how to kill people off sometimes 😂

[–] capuchin (3182) 6 months ago

While certainly not without its faults, I have always preferred Moffat's version of Doctor Who to RTD's.

Last week, I said I was becoming increasingly concerned with Disneyfication, but -- to a large extent -- it's probably just Russell being given full rein. Remembering back to farting aliens, cutesy fat monsters, burping bins, Rose and The Doctor skipping around hand in hand, etc, etc, from his first tenure, I think it's just that Disney and RTD are a good match.

Anyway, yes, comfortably my favourite so far... although in much the same way RTD's episodes are familiarly RTD, with callbacks to previous RTD episodes, this was very Moffat-y with callbacks to Moffat episodes.

I hope we're going to get some new writers in the mix. I like when the show moves forward more than I like self-regarding nostalgia...

But, yeah, not going to be churlish: it was a good episode.

[–] peter_t_2k3 (1050) 6 months ago

Yeah I always preferred Moffat myself too.

He played a lot more around with time and I really enjoyed that and also the fact his era was at times like a dark fairytale.

I read originally before filming the series, this was going to be the first episode but Moffat said it might be to much for an opener and I do see why. The first episode was a bit too silly but it did need to be lite

[–] capuchin (3182) 6 months ago

So do we think Ruby is The Doctor's great-granddaughter or are we just being invited to jump to that conclusion before having the rug pulled?

[–] peter_t_2k3 (1050) 6 months ago

I don't think so.

I wouldn't be surprised if Ruby is Ruby's own parent somehow.

[–] hurricane (1959) 6 months ago

It was okay.

Felt a bit of a small, claustrophobic episode. But that was a good thing.

Not sure if I'd watch it loads over and over though.

[–] Guitar King (4890) 6 months ago

NuWho was nothing but queer baiting and queer coding before Moffat took over so I gave Boom a chance. Ncuti and Millie don't have the acting chops to pull off the emotion needed for DW. The entire production from the directing to the editing was sub par. Even Moffat's writing can't save this mess.

[–] asom (6824) 6 months ago

It was better than before.

The thing that bothered me was something that I’ve seen in other movies: people die, friends act sad and crying then 1 minute later everything is rainbows and shit and everyone is happy like they didn’t see their friends literally dis in front of them. Or their relatives.