Of course!  But I do wonder if the fact that Peter has admitted to filming it, and that it's shown in the trailer is meant to confuse us and it's not actually going to happen after all!

Some bits that I liked:

"Doctor What?"
Incidentally gay main character (after Moftiss talking about representation in Doctor Who at SDCC - they obviously knew they had this lined up). 
The photos of Susan and River.
The Doctor going back in time to take photos of Bill's mum
Joy Division "Love will tear us apart" playing in the club when Bill and Heather connect
The Doctor's pride in the Tardis
The whole conversation about the Tardis with the Doctor waiting for Bill to say it's bigger on the inside, and she keeps comparing it to a posh kitchen or a lift!
"Nobody's from space"
"No, not specifically this one" (asked if he's from this planet).
Bill pointing out that the TARDIS acronym only works in English
The scary bits were really good, and sad at the same time ("You're dead") 
All of Nardole's facial expressions.

Looking forward to next week!
 

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It's quiet here!  How are we liking the new series?  I've enjoyed all the episodes so far.  Saturday's was great, and it made me think of TFP with all the horror references!  David Suchet was perfect, and had me in tears at the end!  What a brilliant actor!  Peter is my favourite Doctor by far (and he's up against some stiff competition!).   And I'm intrigued by the ending!

It's a Jamie Mathieson episode next, so I'm really looking forward to that!  (I think his previous episodes have been very good). 

We know that

John Simm as the Master

is coming back at some point, so I might rewatch

The End of Time

to get me in the mood! 

Only one more episode to go!  And it looks like Steven's going out with a bang rather than a whimper!   Last night's episode was fantastic!  It still doesn't top my favourite episode (Heaven Sent - same Moffat/Talalay/Capaldi combo!), but it was the best of this series, and this has been a very good series.   It might even be my favourite series because I think Nardole and Bill

or Comic Relief and Exposition!

are such great companions!   Anyway, I loved the mix of comedy/sci-fi/horror/tragedy, and I got so absorbed that I forgot about the spoilers we've had and didn't pick up on the heavily hinted "surprises" until just before they were revealed, so they really were surprises for me!  I'm really looking forward to next week, but with some sadness.   We've had Sherlock feeling like an ending and now the end of an era of Doctor Who all within a few months! 

At least we now know the Doctor's real name.  Just as I suspected!

Yes, it seems to be just us this season, and I suppose anyone else who looks in will already have seen the latest episode, so maybe we don't need to bother about spoilers!

I was almost as slow as the Doctor!  What with knowing that the Mondasian cybermen were back but didn't cotton on to what the patients were until they showed Bill the head attachment, and knowing that John Simm was back ... well, I had been waiting for him to appear, but for some reason just didn't suspect who he was until he met Missy, even though there was clearly something up with the character.   Actually in retrospect, I think my slowness might have been due to the fact that I watched it after three glasses of wine, having done my Saturday night out earlier in the day!  

Yes, I'm still wondering if Peter is really going to go next week, and not stay for the Christmas special.   I suppose we don't actually need to see who he regenerates into next week, but it could wait for Christmas day?   And I wonder which Master is going to make it through to the Chris Chibnall era?   I'm sad about Bill and Nardole going.    It's going to feel very, very new. 

I missed both the nurse and the Smurf being Sherlock actors!   I suppose the blue make-up helped to disguise the actor, or maybe it was just the effect of the wine!  I must watch the episode again.   Well spotted, BB!

I do really hope Steven returns as a writer, because he has written some real crackers of episodes.  I got the impression that he's gone for good, though.   Mark may be back but I don't enjoy his episodes as much as Steven's (although the last one was fun). 

I know it doesn't make sense, but I've been thinking about Missy being the new Doctor.  Obviously the current Doctor couldn't just become her.   But I wonder if he could look just like her and take on some of her characteristics - in fact he already copied his looks from the character Peter played in The Fires of Pompeii (not to mention looking a lot like Frobisher in Torchwood)!    And at the moment, we're stuck with two Masters, so likely one is going to go.  There's been the whole storyline with the Doctor turning Missy into a good person, and her pretending to be the Doctor and calling herself Doctor Who. It all feels like foreshadowing.   Plus no announcement of the new Doctor being cast, despite the current one apparently being about to regenerate.  

I suspect not, as it looks like Chris Chibnall is going to start with a clean slate, and Missy is very much a Moffat creation.  But it's a fun idea! 

Not really knowing what you are talking about story-wise, because I only watch DW occasionally. But I did watch the last ep and also had a little Sherlock deja vu: do you recognize the location?

I also had a weird feeling the kitchen was the same as the one they used in that Twitter Sherlock Live thingy, but it surely isn't. Also this line, which rang a bell, is probably quite common:

Funny I also thought MG is among the cast, someone did sound like him for a split second.

besleybean wrote:

Yes.
The corridor where John is running looking for Sherlock.
I forgot to mention noticing this!

And also Sherlock's MP in HLV!

Well, I hope we haven't spoiled ourselves over Missy!  I was wondering if it could be John Simm too - if they'd deliberately told us he was back because they're hiding why he's back?   Either would be good, although Missy/Michelle would make more sense to people newer to the show. 

Anyway, I'm a bit confused about the timey-wimey stuff.  If the Master is Missy's previous incarnation, then surely she would remember the whole thing, and that s/he was in disguise, etc?  She does seem surprised when the Master is revealed.  Or is she just having us on and she has been planning this all along?  She seems to have a thing for Cybermen, after all.   Or is the Master a future incarnation, who looks the same?   I was even toying with the idea of him being the Doctor's future incarnation coming back and meeting himself, but he seems too obviously evil, whereas Missy is more ambiguous