Comments on: Rate & Discuss: The Magician’s Apprentice

By: alan amos

alan amos — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 18:53:48 +0000

If the Dr has changed the sonic screwdrive for sonic sunglasses
That don’t even look good on him I will not be such a fan .

There is no reason for changing the screwdriver for sunglasses
A new style of screwdriver would have been better especially
for the collectors as a glasses wearer I cannot show of the
sonic sunglasses as I do with the sonic screwdrivers in my collection.

By: Tatty Jane

Tatty Jane — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 18:43:43 +0000

What a relief! The whole of the last series was a disappointment. It wasn’t Capaldi’s fault at all – but that of weak story-lines and scripting. With the opening of this new series we are back to what Doctor Who should be – long may it last!
(btw I have been a Doctor Who fan for over 50 years!)

By: Bigsi

Bigsi — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 04:10:47 +0000

I absolutely loved it, lots of humour and twists and a few Holy **** moments for me, I was expecting this episode to happen and it finally did.

By: Hoody Lover

Hoody Lover — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 00:33:55 +0000

I loved everything about this episode. The nods to Genesis of the Daleks, a more confident, pleasanter Clara, Davros, Missy, the Sisterhood of Karen, a mellower, hugging Doctor, Davros as a child, Bors…all of it. I wish they’d included an Imperial Dalek, but that was my only quibble.

The Doctor abandoning Davros and then feeling deeply ashamed was acted beautifully. I didn’t see anything non Doctorish in the Doctor begging for Clara’s life. He hadn’t wanted Clara and Missy with him, probably for the very reason that his affection for his friends can be exploited by his enemies, particularly an enemy who knows him as well as Davros.

I also thought Caoaldi entering on the tank, playing guitar was the coolest thing I’ve seen in 52 years of Doctor Who. He looked amazing!

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 15:58:00 +0000

So and this will shock some of you, I loved the opening episode. Suspenseful, exciting and a little scary. It was a great opening episode and then best episode Moffatt has written since his take over. There were only some small irritating things! The Doctor on a tank, playing a guitar and wearing silly sunglasses was definitely a low point. The Doctor, first the first time ever, BEGGING! Now that was really irritating and very unlike the Doctor. The only other irritating was the space station/planet issue! I still don’t believe Moffatt really understands Doctor Who but it was a good start.

By: KC

KC — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 11:09:33 +0000

@Valcoor I believe it's Hey Mickey (or in this case I spose...Hey Missy)

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 10:31:10 +0000

Lot of people thought that Moffat had lost the plot but nope he’s still got it. Unit, Skaro, Sisterhood of Karn, Daleks and …….DAVROS I was really surprised but obviously in a good way and then the TARDIS potentially being destroyed never mind what’s happened with Missy and Clara. It was great seeing the Shadow proclamation again and Maldovariam from series 5 added a nice touch and a few monsters like the Ood and Judoon. And that part of the episode was based off Genesis of the Daleks I simply cannot wait until next week

By: Greg Campbell

Greg Campbell — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 10:22:20 +0000

Generally it was a great episode, very much enjoyed it. Please to see the return of Davros as well as classic Daleks, Karn and clips of previous Doctors.

My only disappointment was Missy, who is so utterly unrecognisable as the Master she may as well be a different character.

By: Joshrr

Joshrr — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 09:39:38 +0000

Mind-blowing Insane Ludicrous Brilliant Silly Moffat Clever Moffat

Man I love this episode!
So enjoyable and kicks of the season with an a brilliant high! The season finale has a lot to live up to!

I heard that a certain scientist would be coming back but I thought it was a fake rumour! I was cached completely of guard at the reveal!
I can’t think of any bad thing about it!

I absolutely can’t wait until next week! I can’t remember the last time I was so excited for something!
Who knows maybe next time we’ll actually find out how Missy and “the scientist” survived. I doubt it but I hope so!
Can I just say again I love this episode?!

By: JC

JC — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 08:03:30 +0000

**Contains Spoilers**

So after nine months, the Doctor is back. I was one of those fans that found Series 8 very underwhelming. It had two hearts but neither of them seemed to be beating, so my hopes for Series 9 have been cautious.

The first thing to say is that the rumours were true and Davros did feature as a child in the first episode, so before he said his name, I knew it was him. I didn’t expect the adult Davros to feature, nor for him to be played by Julian Bleach, who did such a good job at the end of Series 4.

As fans always do, I’ll have to watch it again, but my first impressions were cautiously good. The party atmosphere at the start seemed to mark the start of the Series, but then shifted quickly into a finale type event, which I quite liked. It was faced with the problem I think all two parters have, which is that you wait for the whole episode for something to happen, but it doesn’t because everything happens in Part 2, which puts a lot of expectation on that second episode.

I’m still not a fan of the current theme music. It’s like nails on a chalkboard and I was hoping they’d change it for Series 9, but I can live with it. Part of me was also hoping the Doctor would have a new Sonic Screwdriver, as they are the only thing (besides the DVD boxsets) that I collect. Still, with his trashed, we may see a new design that will hopefully be used with balance to please those that like to see it used and those that don’t.

I liked that Davros showed him the 4th Doctor choosing to let the Daleks live, because given what happened in the Last Great Time War, it was a monumental decision that the Doctor has probably replayed over and over again over the many centuries since.

I also liked that the Supreme Dalek from Series 4 returned with the same booming, imperious voice, but I would have liked to have seen more than a tiny glimpse of the Special Weapons Dalek. Perhaps that will happen next week.

I still don’t feel like Missy is The Master though. It’s not that I don’t like Michelle Gomez’s character, because her eccentric and deranged behaviour is growing on me and I kind of wish she’d been a new Time Lady. I like that she’s the kind of character that dances around and sings whilst cutting people’s heads off, but it’s difficult for me give her the title “Master”. I was also a bit disappointed she had to use a Vortex Manipulator to get around in Episode 1, as I would like to see another Tardis in the Revived Era series. Still, it doesn’t rule out the possibility that she has one somewhere and that she just uses the Vortex Manipulator for convenience.

Still (and, once again, pending a re-watch), I’m getting a better feeling from The Magician’s Apprentice than I got from most of Series 8. Doctor Who for me has always been about that feeling you get from epic stories, from the high stakes, from high emotion and various forms of power.

The first two episodes of Series 9 are giving us young Davros, old Davros (played by Julian Bleach), various era Daleks, Skaro, The Mistress and high stakes all in one go. I know they can’t realistically keep this pace up, but IF they get the second part right, it MAY be a good omen.

I hope so. I would really like to feel confident calling myself a Doctor Who fan again.