Doctor Who - Day of the Moon

After the series opener last week, we're heading into the second episode of this Doctor Who two-part story. We were thrown right into the heart of the action last time out, with scenes played out with a Doctor from 200 years in the future, the gang finding their way into the Oval Office, and Amy revealing a big secret.

Credit: BBC
What could these three do if left in charge of The White House?

We were also introduced to the new big bad, in the form of The Silence - a creature that you forget about the minute you look away. I find that concept pretty creepy, who knows what kind of things are hiding behind us that we have forgotten about because we aren't looking.

The episode begins at 6pm BST and I'll be in the comments and watching, probably open-mouthed. I hope you'll join me, either as the episode plays out, afterwards for discussion, or as you watch it after the event.

136 responses

Lukeh30/04/2011 at 16:37

I have no idea what to expect tonight :)
Christine30/04/2011 at 16:38

I have no idea what to expect tonight :)
From some of the official pictures, it looks like we've got quite a lot more story to cover!
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 16:38

From some of the official pictures, it looks like we've got quite a lot more story to cover!
There's already about 6 stories to keep up with :)
lou30/04/2011 at 16:40

ohhh!!! just in time for me to finish my book and send it off!! *very excited*
what a nice reward.
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 16:40

ohhh!!! just in time for me to finish my book and send it off!! *very excited*
Oooh fantastic :D well done!!
Now you can have a sit down and watch some confusing sci fi awesomeness.
RG30/04/2011 at 16:40

Looks like I'll have to hide in the dashboard, far too much on tonight to watch. Have to iPlayer this one.
Hoping for a reasonable conclusion, as long as some storylines get explained a bit more, I'll be happy.
Christine30/04/2011 at 16:42

ohhh!!! just in time for me to finish my book and send it off!! *very excited*
Yay!
lou30/04/2011 at 16:45

Yay!
it's very exciting. my first photographic book! :o
MalteseFalconX30/04/2011 at 16:55

This should be good... Hopefully some 'confusion' is sorted...
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 16:56

This hare program before Dr Who really scares me a bit.
Christine30/04/2011 at 16:56

This hare program before Dr Who really scares me a bit.
I have it muted, but it looks terrible!
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 16:57

I have it muted, but it looks terrible!
Oooooh, mute, good idea
lou30/04/2011 at 16:58

I have it muted, but it looks terrible!
Am disappointed Jason would do this to himself. :(
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 16:58

Am disappointed Jason would do this to himself. :(
He needs to be back being funny about gadgets!
a hare is not a gadget! it's a rabbit! #sillyjason
Christine30/04/2011 at 16:58

Am disappointed Jason would do this to himself. :(
Not sure I've heard of him before.
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 16:59

Not sure I've heard of him before.
I've only ever seen him on the gadget show, but that was where he belongs
MalteseFalconX30/04/2011 at 16:59

don't scare the hare!
lou30/04/2011 at 17:00

Not sure I've heard of him before.
he's awesome on the gadget show on channel 5. such a shame he's doing this :(
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:00

Here we go!
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:00

Wooo!
lou30/04/2011 at 17:00

woot woot!
Mr C30/04/2011 at 17:01

yay
#nothereifitsgonnabescary
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:01

3 months!
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:02

Amy needs to read christine's running updates
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:02

Amy needs to read christine's running updates
She runs quicker than I do.
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:02

3 months later and she's still wearing the same clothes.
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:02

She runs quicker than I do.
Longer too, 3 flipping months! :)
Amy30/04/2011 at 17:03

Amy needs to read christine's running updates
I already do.
Oh wait. She's not dead yet? Grr.
Mr C30/04/2011 at 17:03

me: "where do i know that guy from?"
christine: "last week?"
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:03

Oh wait. She's not dead yet? Grr.
Are you going to say that every week for the whole run?
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:03

me: "where do i know that guy from?"
christine: "last week?"
:D
MalteseFalconX30/04/2011 at 17:04

so much for "less confusing"!
Amy30/04/2011 at 17:04

Are you going to say that every week for the whole run?
no, normally I'm asleep by now :D *toddles off*
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:04

no, normally I'm asleep by now :D *toddles off*
Hehehe.
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:04

why would you run to the edge of a building when you're so high up? For a smart lady that's so silly
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:04

See, I warned her!
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:05

See, I warned her!
I was hoping Doc would be there with a DeLorean.
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:06

He may have locked himself in.
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:06

Ooooh!
Mr C30/04/2011 at 17:06

eh?
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:06

3 months all for that!
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:06

That was cool.
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:06

COOOL.
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:06

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh!!!
lou30/04/2011 at 17:06

well. just.. okay then.
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:07

There was a Doc waiting for her!
Mr C30/04/2011 at 17:07

that wasn't odd at all...
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:07

Oh so THATS why they delayed Endeavour
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:08

Oh so THATS why they delayed Endeavour
:)
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:08

Are they getting job chips like in futurama or something?
HELP ME30/04/2011 at 17:09

HOW DO I WATCH IT LIVE???
Mr C30/04/2011 at 17:10

i need one of these!
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:10

HOW DO I WATCH IT LIVE???
On the iPlayer or TVCatchup.com?
lou30/04/2011 at 17:10

i think i need a chip like that to help me remember stuff..
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:11

i need one of these!
the iHand, remembering your forgotten memories
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:11

the iHand, remembering your forgotten memories
No buttons or anything. Jobs will approve :)
HELP ME30/04/2011 at 17:13

Don't live in the UK so I can't watch it. I don't know how to...
lou30/04/2011 at 17:13

ah, no book for me as it will ship after my deadline. stupid bank holidays. ah well.
*turns back to dr who*
Steve30/04/2011 at 17:14

best opening ever
MalteseFalconX30/04/2011 at 17:14

spoooooooky
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:14

And there was me thinking the episode with the gas masks was dark
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:14

"there's always a bit left over."
MalteseFalconX30/04/2011 at 17:14

are you my mommy? lol I thought the same...
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:15

Oh my woooord.
Mr C30/04/2011 at 17:15

*hides*
MalteseFalconX30/04/2011 at 17:16

iHand - I love it!!
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:17

Nixon's assistant looks like river song...
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:17

I was so surprised to see that The President is the guy from Jonathan Creek. It's so obvious now I know but would never have guessed.
Confidential FTW!
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:17

Nixon's assistant looks like river song...
OHHHHHHHH.
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:18

I was so surprised to see that The President is the guy from Jonathan Creek. It's so obvious now I know but would never have guessed.
I wish I'd never watched Frost Nixon. The Nixon is that is the Nixon I always imagine now
MalteseFalconX30/04/2011 at 17:18

Rory LOL
HELP ME30/04/2011 at 17:19

I still don't get how to watch it online live... HELP ME!!
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:19

This gets weirder.
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:20

I still don't get how to watch it online live... HELP ME!!
I don't know of any easy way, you might need to try googling for answers. Sorry.
Mr C30/04/2011 at 17:22

hehehe, "welcome to america..."
Steve30/04/2011 at 17:22

"Yeah, welcome to America" AWESOME
MalteseFalconX30/04/2011 at 17:23

tape everything in Nixon's office... but cliche... but still :)
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:24

Poor Rory. Always second best.
Steve30/04/2011 at 17:28

http://bit.ly/kHVlDE this shirt is well cool
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:28

http://bit.ly/kHVlDE this shirt is well cool
Ooh!
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:29

Whatever a videophone is.
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:32

Never known Amy be so whiny.
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:33

I'm completely lost now.
Mr C30/04/2011 at 17:34

I'm completely lost now.
am loving it though.
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:34

Ugh, flirting.
MalteseFalconX30/04/2011 at 17:34

That's the same setup from the 2nd floor of "The Lodger" ya?
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:35

That's the same setup from the 2nd floor of "The Lodger" ya?
So it is.
Mr C30/04/2011 at 17:37

"oops"
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:37

Aww, poor Rory, always first best. Eh-hem.
Mr C30/04/2011 at 17:37

Aww, poor Rory, always first best. Eh-hem.
:)
:)
Mr C30/04/2011 at 17:39

awwwwww!
Mr C30/04/2011 at 17:39

i (hearts) amy.
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:39

awwwwww!
I'm gonna start calling you moron.
Mr C30/04/2011 at 17:40

I'm gonna start calling you moron.
hmmm
Mr C30/04/2011 at 17:40

hehehehehe
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:40

Hehe.
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:41

Huh? Really?
Mr C30/04/2011 at 17:44

hehehehehehe!!!! rory!
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:45

Woah!
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:46

Far too much kissing and bleurgh in this one.
Steve30/04/2011 at 17:47

does the next 'pirates of the caribean' episode look really s*** compared to these two? not because it will be rubbish, but because they were amazing
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:47

Gah! Wrong thread...
Mr C30/04/2011 at 17:47

language steve!
MalteseFalconX30/04/2011 at 17:47

Hmmmmmm - Gotta watch this again...
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:47

does the next 'pirates of the caribean' episode look really s*** compared to these two? not because it will be rubbish, but because they were amazing
It looks more understandable!
Steve30/04/2011 at 17:47

sorry
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:48

Gah! Wrong thread...
I don't think it was ever going to live up to it though, finding out who she really is. It was such a great mystery.
MalteseFalconX30/04/2011 at 17:48

Anyone feel like they 'skipped' any episode? Think they could have made an entire epi with all the 'flashbacks' ...
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:49

I don't think it was ever going to live up to it though, finding out who she really is. It was such a great mystery.
I think she's been overused too much... she had that little bit of hinting in the Library episodes actually being a doctor and whatnot and it's been a bit of an overload since for me
Steve30/04/2011 at 17:49

Gah! Wrong thread...
I don't think it was ever going to live up to it though, finding out who she really is. It was such a great mystery.
would have been a great end to the series, or something along those lines
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:49

I think she's been overused too much... she had that little bit of hinting in the Library episodes actually being a doctor and whatnot and it's been a bit of an overload since for me
I've never liked how smug she was, knowing everything that was coming. Being a bit more vulnerable now helps me like her character more, but she seems a bit... pointless.
Mr C30/04/2011 at 17:50

sorry
no probs :)
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:50

would have been a great end to the series, or something along those lines
Feels like that was the finale, oddly
Steve30/04/2011 at 17:52

would have been a great end to the series, or something along those lines
Feels like that was the finale, oddly
it really does, so does that mean at some point in the future (when they move that far into the doctors lives) the doctor will be a little girl? because if so they had better be filming those episodes now....
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:53

it really does, so does that mean at some point in the future (when they move that far into the doctors lives) the doctor will be a little girl? because if so they had better be filming those episodes now....
I assumed it related to the doctor's daughter from previous series but you just never know with Dr Who, it could be his friends dog's uncle's sister's brother's sister in law for all we know
Steve30/04/2011 at 17:55

I assumed it related to the doctor's daughter from previous series but you just never know with Dr Who, it could be his friends dog's uncle's sister's brother's sister in law for all we know
when was there a 'doctor's daughter'? I was hoping Time Lordism was passed through the mother to stop all of that business, however we do not know if the doctor is a man *down there*
he could be like a frog, or a slug or whatever it is which has both all of the time
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:56

when was there a 'doctor's daughter'? I was hoping Time Lordism was passed through the mother to stop all of that business, however we do not know if the doctor is a man *down there*
A series or two ago, with Tennant's doctor.
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:56

I assumed it related to the doctor's daughter from previous series but you just never know with Dr Who, it could be his friends dog's uncle's sister's brother's sister in law for all we know
Awww, I liked Jenny.
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:56

A series or two ago, with Tennant's doctor.
Who is now Tennant's wife, incidentally
#confusing
Steve30/04/2011 at 17:56

A series or two ago, with Tennant's doctor.
well blow me down
Christine30/04/2011 at 17:56

Who is now Tennant's wife, incidentally
And really the daughter of a previous doctor. Weirdness!
MalteseFalconX30/04/2011 at 17:57

Rumours are that MAYBE River is tied to Aimee (child? or mother?)... who knows! Obvious some TimeLord stuff going on here...
So the Doc 'dies' 200 years from now? (since he couldn't/didn't regenerate?) - Timey, whimey, blimey!
Lukeh30/04/2011 at 17:57

And really the daughter of a previous doctor. Weirdness!
even timey wimey couldn't explain this one :)
Steve30/04/2011 at 17:58

oh, they got rid of the doctor 'dying; and having a set number of regenerations running into this series.
I presume to protect themselves when each actor moves on. TBH I like it that way, then we can have a new doctor every now and again and give them a chance to take the programme with them
Christine30/04/2011 at 18:01

Thanks for commenting with me, everyone. It was lots of (rather confusing) fun :)
MalteseFalconX30/04/2011 at 18:02

Off for some rugby... Stormers spanking the sharks... ;) F1, to Doctor Who, to Weddings... Diverse!
Alianora La Canta30/04/2011 at 18:02

I am sad they have ruined river song already, boo.
I found the whole episode incredibly confusing. I hope they know what they're doing with this story arc because I can see it ending in a big ugly heap if they're not careful (and I don't just mean the characters)...
Alianora La Canta30/04/2011 at 18:03

I presume to protect themselves when each actor moves on. TBH I like it that way, then we can have a new doctor every now and again and give them a chance to take the programme with them
I would have liked a coherent "in-universe" explanation though.
Pat W30/04/2011 at 18:14

I watched the Doc while eating a couple of little minted NZ lamb chops and a glass of red wine. It felt a bit confusing but it didn't seem to matter because it was fun.. a bit like the Chinese GP.
Christine30/04/2011 at 18:15

I watched the Doc while eating a couple of little minted NZ lamb chops and a glass of red wine. It felt a bit confusing but it didn't seem to matter because it was fun.. a bit like the Chinese GP.
The amusing bits definitely made up for any confusion.
Amy30/04/2011 at 18:16

The amusing bits definitely made up for any confusion.
the lamb would help too. Mmm, lamb
rpaco30/04/2011 at 18:16

River was quite obviously nicked from "Serendipity", the very excellent film from the Firefly series. The last scene of Serendipity was the last action scene in Dr Who (much watered down) where River killed all the Silence. Come on, even the name is the same as in the film. Mind, I think Summer Glau has it on points.
Pat W30/04/2011 at 18:18

River was quite obviously nicked from "Serendipity", the very excellent film from the Firefly series. The last scene of Serendipity was the last action scene in Dr Who (much watered down) where River killed all the Silence. Come on, even the name is the same as in the film. Mind, I think Summer Glau has it on points.
Serenity, and yeah I see the similarity now you say it.. Next week, Pirates of the Caribbean..
rpaco30/04/2011 at 18:23

Of course it was Serenity, just wanted to see if anyone was awake.
Christine30/04/2011 at 19:08

Have written up my review: http://mrschristine.com/2011/04/30/doctor-who-series-6-episode-2-day-of-the-moon/
Janna01/05/2011 at 18:58

Just caught up with this. I loved that you could hear "Hail to the Chief" every time the President arrived somewhere even though there was no band. Interested to see how the whole story arc pans out until the summer break.