Have to make a note to check this out at home.
Now then, now then, now then...Be warned, the second one has something unspeakably evil.
Oh, and the Daleks.
I still don't understand how he knew what the correct code was. It seemed they did the usual and relied on quickly blurted-out exposition, rather than showing it (which I believe is a constant negative side of the Doctor Who shows).I think the episode would've been stronger if they'd left off the last few seconds in which they couldn't resist a "See, see? Aren't we clever?" Like, I'd figured the bit out several minutes before, it didn't need a label. I guess the writers still think they're writing down to children.
---Dave
I still don't understand how he knew what the correct code was. It seemed they did the usual and relied on quickly blurted-out exposition, rather than showing it (which I believe is a constant negative side of the Doctor Who shows).
Also, I can only guess that all the guests at the place are in fancy-dress, so that they can be icognito? Like how they do for special away missions or when they want to use the holodeck in Startrek sometimes? It didn't seem clear (as the opposite would "break the prime directive" sotospeak). In this case, some exposition WOULD have been appreciated (again, which seems to be a common flaw in DW)...
I disagree. Even if we DID figure it out, it needed the caption at the end to spell it out (however inaccurately. Even if you believe that Jesus WAS born in Bethlehem, no serious scholar puts the date in year "1," let alone on the equivalent of December 25th). Can you imagine all the folks saying "they never told us so, so it could have been anywhere"? Fans debate every detail left available to debate, even when it IS actually on-screen.I think the episode would've been stronger if they'd left off the last few seconds in which they couldn't resist a "See, see? Aren't we clever?" Like, I'd figured the bit out several minutes before, it didn't need a label. I guess the writers still think they're writing down to children.
---Dave