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Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates!!! :D I got some awesome presents, including the complete series of Nikita, The Vampire Diaries season 5, season 2 of Hannibal, and the new biography on Joss Whedon. And lots and lots of chocolate, feeling a bit sick at the moment after munching on too much of my toblerone :P
I absolutely enjoyed the multiple layers in "Last Christmas", especially the dawning realisation that the entire research station was a collective dream, I thought that was very well done. It was really unnerving how they kept realising that the dream was ongoing and their brains were still being eaten, especially when they were reading out passages from the instruction manual to say that "we are all dying", those crab monsters were some of the nastiest the show has had for a while now. I actually jumped at it dissolving on the bed near the end!
It was also fun how Chrismassy it all was with "Merry Christmas Everyone" playing during the "dance", as well as Santa and the elves of course! I loved all of the banter between Santa and the Doctor, especially the Doctor's face at Santa saying that the sleigh is bigger on the inside to fit in all the presents *g* And it was adorable to see the Twelfth Doctor having fun with the sleigh at the end, oh and Clara hugging him of course! :) I still love their whole dynamic in general, from the Doctor listening when Clara tells him to behave, to saying that Clara is the only one that he wants to hold hands with <3 And all of the jokes about the Doctor not being great at reading faces had a very sweet pay-off with the Doctor not being able to tell the difference between young and old Clara, aww.
And I'm so thrilled that Jenna is back for series 8! Heh for a minute there I did wonder if they were going to continue the series with Clara as an old lady, saving on the make-up costs by keeping her appearance the same in the Doctor's eyes, and just have everyone else reacting to her differently. But the ending that they went with made way more sense obviously *g* Apparently there's been some spec that Jenna was originally planning to leave, and the reversal at the end was a last-minute rewrite, although I'm not sure how much truth there is to that?
I absolutely enjoyed the multiple layers in "Last Christmas", especially the dawning realisation that the entire research station was a collective dream, I thought that was very well done. It was really unnerving how they kept realising that the dream was ongoing and their brains were still being eaten, especially when they were reading out passages from the instruction manual to say that "we are all dying", those crab monsters were some of the nastiest the show has had for a while now. I actually jumped at it dissolving on the bed near the end!
It was also fun how Chrismassy it all was with "Merry Christmas Everyone" playing during the "dance", as well as Santa and the elves of course! I loved all of the banter between Santa and the Doctor, especially the Doctor's face at Santa saying that the sleigh is bigger on the inside to fit in all the presents *g* And it was adorable to see the Twelfth Doctor having fun with the sleigh at the end, oh and Clara hugging him of course! :) I still love their whole dynamic in general, from the Doctor listening when Clara tells him to behave, to saying that Clara is the only one that he wants to hold hands with <3 And all of the jokes about the Doctor not being great at reading faces had a very sweet pay-off with the Doctor not being able to tell the difference between young and old Clara, aww.
And I'm so thrilled that Jenna is back for series 8! Heh for a minute there I did wonder if they were going to continue the series with Clara as an old lady, saving on the make-up costs by keeping her appearance the same in the Doctor's eyes, and just have everyone else reacting to her differently. But the ending that they went with made way more sense obviously *g* Apparently there's been some spec that Jenna was originally planning to leave, and the reversal at the end was a last-minute rewrite, although I'm not sure how much truth there is to that?
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Date: 2014-12-26 07:42 pm (UTC)Gabrielle
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Date: 2014-12-26 07:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-12-26 09:09 pm (UTC)The Christmas Special was absolutely awesome and I loved it so much. I don't know about Jenna and it being a last minute decision for her to stay, it's possible, but I'm damn glad she'll stick around for Season 9 :-)
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Date: 2014-12-26 09:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-12-26 09:33 pm (UTC)And so creepy. I know it's not an original idea, but the "what if this isn't reality" mindfuck, when done well, is definitely one of my squicks with horror, and this was done really well.
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Date: 2014-12-26 10:03 pm (UTC)And definitely, I found it super-creepy when they were noticing the ache they were all experiencing, and it was slowly dawning on them that the research station wasn't real either
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Date: 2014-12-26 11:36 pm (UTC)You mean series 9? New upcoming season would be season 9. I kept thinking Christmas Special was going to be it (Jenna's last episode) but nothing else became of the speculation of her leaving.
I liked the episode.
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Date: 2014-12-26 11:39 pm (UTC)And yep, it was one of the best DW specials so far imo :)
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Date: 2014-12-26 11:59 pm (UTC)Yeah. A bit scary but that's Steven Moffat for you. :)
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Date: 2014-12-27 10:09 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-12-28 02:53 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-12-27 02:42 am (UTC)Very glad Clara is staying.
The Doctor trying to squirm out of Clara's hugs is one of my favourite ongoing themes from this season!
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Date: 2014-12-27 10:12 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-12-27 04:03 am (UTC)The Doctor specifying that he'd only hold Clara's hand made me smile. And that beat at the end where he puts the crown on Old Clara's face and she becomes Young Clara again and he makes that comment about how she'll never grow old to him or what have you...I actually teared up. They're so good together.
I read something a week or two ago in which an anonymous BBC source said that Jenna originally intended to leave in the Christmas episode and they wrote an ending for her that involved her growing old and dying with the Doctor by her side or something. I'm not sure how accurate that report was, but for a moment last night, I was worried it was happening. And that I was going to blubber. The way he helped her with the Christmas cracker, the way Clara helped Old Eleven with the Christmas cracker in last year's holiday episode was such a nice touch.
The gooey sort of...mouth?...openings? in the dream crabs really disgusted me. They were pretty freaky little things and I loved when the Professor called them out on being like something from Alien. I sincerely hoped he was going to call out other things, like how everything was sort of like Inception or how the Doctor half-quoted Ghostbusters, I wanted this to be a running gag, but, eh, whatever. Still funny.
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Date: 2014-12-27 10:20 am (UTC)The Twelfth Doctor has really started to click with Clara now, so I'm thrilled that they're going to continue for a little longer. And yeah I don't know how much truth there is, but supposedly tabloids were reporting it as that was the originally planned ending, and then they added in the second chance moment when plans changed
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Date: 2014-12-27 05:29 am (UTC)Clara/Twelve are every bit as much the unromantic soul mates that Amy and Eleven were but sans the mutual destructiveness of Amy and Eleven, ergo Clara/Twelve are possibly the best doctor/companion duo EVER. (I’M GOING THERE.)
And Jenna coming back for next season is my fave xmas present yet.
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Date: 2014-12-27 10:26 am (UTC)And Clara and Twelve are making for the best Doctor/companion team for me as well <3
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Date: 2014-12-27 07:06 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-12-27 10:10 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2014-12-27 03:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-12-27 10:22 pm (UTC)And Shona could have potential as a companion, but I am glad that they're keeping Clara around for a little bit longer!
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Date: 2014-12-27 06:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-12-27 10:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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