We were granted a brief preview glimpse of this episode and it looked very different to the earth-bound fun and games we've had of late. Rather than set in London/Cardiff, the action moves to... well, outer space! Beautiful colours and a heck of a lot of computer-generated imagery. The BBC's explanation informs: "The Doctor takes Clara to the Festival of Offerings, but the Old God is waking and demands sacrifice!"

110 responses

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 16:44

    Brian Blessed is currently rocking my BBC1. All is good.

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 16:45

    Brian Blessed is currently rocking my BBC1. All is good.

    Oh lordy, what is he doing?

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 16:45

    Oh lordy, what is he doing?

    he;s on Pointless, he just got in the final and shouted very loudly

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 16:46

    he;s on Pointless, he just got in the final and shouted very loudly

    It'd be weird if he didn't :)

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 16:46

    It'd be weird if he didn't :)

    He was like 'I wouldn't shout!'

    We all knew that was going to be impossible.

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 17:03

    I see the book is available now: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Summer-Falls-ebook/dp/B00BGC6GG8/

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:09

    I see the book is available now: www.amazon.co.uk/…ok/dp/B00BGC6GG8/

    Chapter 11 is amazing! ;)

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 17:13

    Woo, nearly time.

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:14

    I am watching it in HD, I've never seen Dr Who in HD (apart from Vincent and the Doctor, which was HD in SD anyways because it was that good)

  • Mr C06/04/2013 at 17:14

    hey all.

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 17:15

    hey all.

    Just in time.

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:15

    The Beano!

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:15

    so pleased the doctor is a Beano man and not a Dandy man

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:16

    I don't beleaf it.

  • Mr C06/04/2013 at 17:16

    heeh

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 17:17

    Doctor Stalker.

  • Mr C06/04/2013 at 17:18

    died 2 years bs.

    (before sidepodcast)

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:18

    She's impossible!

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 17:19

    Time is definitely not made of strawberries then.

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:19

    Time could neeeever be made of strawberries.

  • Rosie06/04/2013 at 17:20

    Not many meteorites yet...

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:20

    He's like Richard O'Brien on the Christmas Maze there

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:20

    *Crystal, even

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 17:20

    He's like Richard O'Brien on the Christmas Maze there

    The Christmas Maze! That'd be festive :)

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:20

    Not many meteorites yet...

    I saw a few there

  • Rosie06/04/2013 at 17:21

    I saw a few there

    She didn't.

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:22

    The make up department had a bonus check this year!

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:23

    Wait, what?!

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:23

    He's sniffing again.

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 17:23

    She just dived in and ate that. I can't even do that with normal fruit!

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 17:25

    She also has very swingy hair.

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:25

    She also has very swingy hair.

    The Doctor Who equivalent of Snape's cloak

  • Mr C06/04/2013 at 17:25

    girl needs a more practical bag. can't run with that swaying all the time.

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:26

    Really really.

  • Rosie06/04/2013 at 17:27

    Predictable.

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:28

    Clara is the queen of subtlety there.

  • Rosie06/04/2013 at 17:28

    Little red hiding hood.

  • Mr C06/04/2013 at 17:29

    proper smart arse :)

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:29

    Oh, queen of YEARS...

    Wondered what ears had to do with queendom.

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:30

    she's like a friendly liam neeson.

    "No matter where you are, I will find you."

  • Rosie06/04/2013 at 17:30

    Wondered what ears had to do with queendom.

    You can't even see her ears...

  • Mr C06/04/2013 at 17:30

    "No matter where you are, I will find you."

    :) :) :)

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 17:31

    Glowing food just doesn't seem right at all.

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:31

    I love how the Doctor just walks off. Rude!

  • Mr C06/04/2013 at 17:31

    Glowing food just doesn't seem right at all.

    nor blue food. no-one eats blue food.

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:32

    nor blue food. no-one eats blue food.

    slushie's were awesome!

  • Rosie06/04/2013 at 17:32

    Glowing food just doesn't seem right at all.

    I thought he put it back because they didn't like it. And I thought he was getting a moped.

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:33

    See, Crystal Maze.

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 17:33

    I thought he put it back because they didn't like it. And I thought he was getting a moped.

    He didn't seem keen when she said he had to pay.

  • Rosie06/04/2013 at 17:33

    slushie's were awesome!

    That's drink... Melted ice with food colouring and/ or flavouring. Tastes nice though!

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:34

    I like this so far. A proper alien-y episode!

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 17:35

    I like this so far. A proper alien-y episode!

    Something has to go wrong soon though!

  • Mr C06/04/2013 at 17:35

    singing rhino!

  • Rosie06/04/2013 at 17:35

    Something has to go wrong soon though!

    Yes, they still need to fill 25 minutes.

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:35

    Oghhh now you've woken him up with all that singing

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:36

    He's back for the moped!

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 17:36

    Spanner!

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:37

    So they had a bike in last week's ep, a moped this week. Next week, a superbike!

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:38

    Singing a sleepy song telling someone to stay asleep. genius,

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 17:38

    I love that it's the alienist of places, and her name is Mary.

  • Rosie06/04/2013 at 17:39

    Now he's happy he didn't give away the spanner *cough* I mean screwdriver.

  • Mr C06/04/2013 at 17:39

    Singing a sleepy song telling someone to stay asleep. genius,

    soft kitty...

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:39

    She was supposed to have a nice day out!

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:39

    soft kitty...

    OMG yes!

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:40

    Dont' mess with the queen of ears years

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 17:40

    There usually seems to be.

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:41

    With thay accent, they must have a South Wales on this planet too

  • Rosie06/04/2013 at 17:41

    The song is now over. Finally peace for MY ears.

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 17:41

    With thay accent, they must have a South Wales on this planet too

    We know every planet has a north, so every planet must have a Wales too.

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:44

    phone Richard O'Brien, he knows how to unlock the doors!

  • Rosie06/04/2013 at 17:44

    I wouldn't trust a 100-year-old guy from Gallifrey who doesn't know hoe to fly a plane and uses a weird screwdriver. Though it seems normal on this planet.

  • Rosie06/04/2013 at 17:45

    I mean 1000

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 17:45

    The screwdriver is getting quite the workout today.

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:46

    That guy looks like the Silence going past their expiry date

  • Rosie06/04/2013 at 17:46

    The screwdriver is getting quite the workout today.

    What happens when the battery goes flat?

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:47

    Uh oh.

  • Rosie06/04/2013 at 17:47

    She's smart for a 7-year-old girl.

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:47

    They DO do great scones in 1927!

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:48

    The Doctor is the Illusive Man (for any Mass Effect players)

  • Mr C06/04/2013 at 17:49

    the planet is a big pumpkin.

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:49

    The Doctor is the Illusive Man (for any Mass Effect players)

    For non players

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:50

    Katherine Jenkins is gonna walk in any second!

  • Rosie06/04/2013 at 17:50

    They DO do great scones in 1927!

    I thought it was 1981

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 17:51

    "You're just a p..."

    I thought he was going to say pumpkin.

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:51

    I thought he was going to say pumpkin.

    :)

  • Rosie06/04/2013 at 17:52

    I thought he was going to say pumpkin.

    It does look like a pumpkin. More like a pumpking though.

  • Mr C06/04/2013 at 17:52

    It does look like a pumpkin. More like a pumpking though.

    :)

  • Mr C06/04/2013 at 17:53

    he just killed their sun

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:53

    You stole the sun from his heaaaart.

  • Mr C06/04/2013 at 17:53

    :) :)

  • Rosie06/04/2013 at 17:54

    Didn't that happen in the episode before with the girl?

    (She didn't know anything, her memory got wiped)

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:54

    A leaf always scares the sun

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 17:54

    I love that leaf in the guy's face. Could watch that over and over.

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:55

    Greedy beggar,

  • Rosie06/04/2013 at 17:55

    And I thought that only naughty kids got a lecture like that... The pumpkin deserved it.

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 17:56

    He really has just turned off the sun.

  • Rosie06/04/2013 at 17:56

    Making sure that he was a good spy.

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:57

    She should be pleased she didn't remind him of Rory

  • Mr C06/04/2013 at 17:57

    She should be pleased she didn't remind him of Rory

    heh

  • Rosie06/04/2013 at 17:57

    Snog marry or avoid the ring?

    Snog.

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 17:58

    Submarine!!

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 17:58

    Oooh, well timed for a Nuclear episode...!

    That was fantastic. Really enjoyed that.

  • Mr C06/04/2013 at 17:58

    Oooh, well timed for a Nuclear episode...!

    oooooops

  • Mark06/04/2013 at 18:01

    Well that was a boat load of guff.

  • Mr C06/04/2013 at 18:03

    Well that was a boat load of guff.

    loved it!

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 18:03

    I liked it. Would have perhaps preferred less of the middle and more of the end, but overall a thumbs up.

  • Lukeh06/04/2013 at 18:05

    Thought the scene with the Doctor shouting at the sun was very good too.

    ...what an odd sentence...

  • Christine06/04/2013 at 18:07

    Thought the scene with the Doctor shouting at the sun was very good too.

    Plus a dude got a leaf in the face!

  • Christine07/04/2013 at 18:44

    Ohhhh, her name was Merry! That is less normal.

  • Lukeh07/04/2013 at 18:53

    Ohhhh, her name was Merry! That is less normal.

    Makes more sense than Mary, anyways