Mark Watches ‘Doctor Who’ Liveblog: A Good Man Goes To War

Oh god OH MY GOD. For those of us who will either be watching the actual BBC airing of the mid-season finale or, like me, illegally viewing such things because I WILL NOT BE FORCED TO WAIT FOR THIS SHIT, the last liveblog of Doctor Who for quite some time is about to take place. And let us all enjoy the moment our heads collectively explode.

omg i love that i can say this: YOU ARE NOT PREPARED. Well, obviously, I am not either, BUT STILL.

No spoilery images or hints from me today. Let’s all respect that for each other, ok? Especially those in America who must wait a week.

This liveblog starts relative to you. So if it is airing on your television, start liveblogging away in the comments. Same for if you happen to be watching it online by less-than-legal means. (Though I would just time it with another time zone so you can comment with other people!) We already do this with Fringe and it works rather nicely. To avoid seeing spoilery comments regarding the episode from past livebloggers, I merely stay on the first page of comments and comment away, only going back after it’s over in order to comment on what other people said.

Sound fine? Just make sure not to post spoilers before this episode airs.

Have fun! This is my last real-time post before I leave for the AIDS/LifeCycle. Huzzah!

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984 Responses to Mark Watches ‘Doctor Who’ Liveblog: A Good Man Goes To War

  1. Vicki_Louise says:

    He looks good in purple.

  2. chichichimaera says:

    They're totally doing it.

  3. firinne says:

    Oh, you are so fools!

  4. jackiep says:

    I don't think that I would like to convert to the Headless Monks!

  5. Sophi says:

    I like that girl, and thus she will probably die, because she is adorable and quite sympathetic.

    oh lord i am not going to like this reveal by the monks, i am not going to like this am i oh god oh god

    Urrrrrck gag reflex–DOCTOR

    omg they have lightning swords wheee they are fairly badass even though they make me ill, these brothers

  6. NB2000 says:

    Judoon as well? Awesome

  7. chichichimaera says:

    PLAYED RIGHT INTO HIS HANDS.

  8. psycicflower says:

    HELLS YEAH THE DOCTOR AND HIS ALLIES!

  9. NB2000 says:

    Danny boy!

    • SporkyRat says:

      DANNY BOY TO THE DOCTOR, DANNY BOY TO THE DOCTOR.

      I WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE THEM. ZOMG SPITFIRES IN SPAAAAAAAACE!!

  10. chichichimaera says:

    HHHHHNNNNN SO EPIC.

  11. ABBryant says:

    Spitfires in SPAAAAACE!

  12. psycicflower says:

    EVERYONE JUST KICKS ASS!

  13. NB2000 says:

    RORY! AVERY! FUCK YEAH THIS EPISODE IS AWESOME!

    rofl Colonel Runaway

  14. NB2000 says:

    MATT SMITH WHY YOU SO AWESOMES?!

  15. psycicflower says:

    Ooo, Doctor's in full on vindictive mode. This won't end well for everyone else.

  16. firinne says:

    Angry Doctor is scary Doctor

  17. chichichimaera says:

    RORRRRRRYYYYY.

  18. psycicflower says:

    AMY/RORY REUNION! AND BABY!!!!!

  19. NB2000 says:

    POND FAMILY!

  20. Vicki_Louise says:

    MY CREYS.

  21. psycicflower says:

    ilu Rory

  22. psycicflower says:

    Okay so when's everything going to go horribly wrong.

  23. NB2000 says:

    Rory when are you going to accept that you're the Ponds?

  24. NB2000 says:

    "I speak baby"

    D'aaawww

  25. chichichimaera says:

    I speak baby. 8D 8D

  26. Vikinhaw says:

    This is too happy. Something terrible is coming next.

  27. Vicki_Louise says:

    (Why has the number next to my name suddenly gone to zero???) :/

  28. firinne says:

    Oh dear! This is too easy!

  29. chichichimaera says:

    OH GOD I DIDN'T NEED TO KNOW THAT SIR.

  30. Vikinhaw says:

    Produce magnificent quantities of lactic fluid… :/

  31. chichichimaera says:

    SUUUUUUSSSSAN.

  32. NB2000 says:

    rofl oh god Sontaran Nanny

    WHY DOESN'T SHE LIKE THE TARDIS?!

  33. Sophi says:

    Is it just me or is there some bow-chicka-wow-wow going on between lizard lady and her servant? They have such banter and joy together.

    I know the joy we feel now will only be shot right down at some point and when it is shot down I will be dreadfully, awfully sad, but this music is so beautiful and this music so gorgeous that I am being lulled into a false sense of security and this is just what Moffat wants

    The Doctor speaks Baby, awww

    • psycicflower says:

      I'm convinced they're lesbians. Which just makes them need their own show even more.

      • Sophi says:

        If nobody does that, I am seriously tempted to make a comic out of it myself. But then again I want to make comics out of everything, and one day I will get around to doing so.

      • Tauriel_ says:

        Cross-species lesbians. I still can't decide whether that's incredibly hawt or incredibly gross… XD

      • FlameRaven says:

        I doubt there will be a show. However, I am definitely going to demand fanfic. Which is pretty awesome since generally I avoid Doctor Who fanfic entirely.

    • rumantic says:

      I love how all the new couples in this ep are gay 😀

    • enigmaticagentscully says:

      "Why do you put up with me?"
      *silurian lady reveals absurdly long flexible tongue*

      um, yeah. That's why.
      ;P

  34. NB2000 says:

    Doctor's cot…I'M NOT CRYING THERE'S JUST SOMETHING IN MY EYE!

  35. chichichimaera says:

    Actually that's even more adorable. (Though I'm not sure it's true.)

  36. psycicflower says:

    Corrected, it's the Doctor's crib.

  37. NB2000 says:

    OHSHIT TIME LORD BABY

  38. psycicflower says:

    Why does Melody have Time Lord DNA?

    • NopeJustMe says:

      …results of a threesome?

    • Kaybee42 says:

      She was conceived while they were in flight on the TARDIS. I think they said that Time Lords came about after millions (?) of years of exposure to the Time Vortex, and being conceived while in flight meant that she was conceived all through time? in proximity to the working vortex? so maybe the huon particles from time vortex mutated her DNA to the same way that Time Lords had their DNA changed over millions of years.

      (by the way I am fully aware that that makes NO biological sense in our universe, but it's an okay-ish fan wanky explanation?)

  39. Vikinhaw says:

    I want more of the Silurian Lady. A show about her would be so awesome.

  40. Vicki_Louise says:

    MY THEORY WAS RIGHT SHE'S PART TIME LORD! I'M A GENIUS.

  41. psycicflower says:

    Listen to the soldier lady (who I'm now really convinced is River)

  42. NB2000 says:

    THE BUNK BEDS DIDN'T WORK DOCTOR!

  43. psycicflower says:

    Wedding night baby! lol

  44. Vikinhaw says:

    When did this baby… begin? Best euphemism ever.

  45. jackiep says:

    The Doctor suddenly realising what humans might do on their wedding night!

    • FlameRaven says:

      His awkwardness over the discussion of Amy/Rory sex was hilarious. No wonder he gave them bunk beds. XD

  46. NB2000 says:

    I like this Silurian lady, she's awesome can she stay on?

    • psycicflower says:

      Don't forget her maid too.

      • Vikinhaw says:

        I need to see this show, right now. They have amazing chemistry. It's like Lizard-Batman in Victorian England.

        • psycicflower says:

          Even just the sentence It's like Lizard-Batman in Victorian England automatically means it deserves to be made. And then you add women and possible lesbians and it's practically mandatory.

  47. psycicflower says:

    Put the pieces together faster Doctor.

  48. Vikinhaw says:

    The Doctor was a bit slow on the uptake with Time!Girl.

  49. Amazed says:

    Oh God the Sith are attacking!

  50. NB2000 says:

    WHAT'S HAPPENING?! WHY IS THE TARDIS IN A THING?!

  51. psycicflower says:

    IT'S A TRAP! *insert star wars pic here*

  52. chichichimaera says:

    ATTACK PRAYER! Lol.

  53. chichichimaera says:

    Wait, how can they do that if they have no mouths to chant with?

  54. Vikinhaw says:

    As a sort-of Catholic attack prayer is one of the funniest things I'm ever heard.

    • Jacinta says:

      As an actual Catholic (actually, that's irrelevant to my comment, just wanted some nice parallelism there), that chanting scared the Hell out of me.

  55. chichichimaera says:

    Rory's Time Lord name would totally be The Centurion.

  56. NB2000 says:

    OHSHIT DORIUM

  57. NB2000 says:

    I DO NOT LIKE THIS, THIS IS ALL VERY BAD

  58. jackiep says:

    Oh No! Amy and baby must be gangers!

  59. psycicflower says:

    NOOOOOOO!!!!! Leave Amy and baby alone!

  60. NB2000 says:

    FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

    FUCK YOU MOFFAT!

  61. chichichimaera says:

    FLESH CHILD OH HOLY SHIT.

  62. jackiep says:

    Argh! No! Melody!

  63. Vicki_Louise says:

    shit fuck nooooooooooooooooooo

  64. psycicflower says:

    oh god no that's horrifying

  65. ABBryant says:

    WHAAAAAAT!?!?!?!

    HELL NO!!!!

  66. Sophi says:

    I think the rest of this episode will be pithily summed up as FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU–

  67. NB2000 says:

    OH GOD EVERYTHING IS HORRIBLE AND IT ALL HURTS

  68. psycicflower says:

    Fuck this is horrible.

  69. psycicflower says:

    So my River theory was wrong.

  70. Vicki_Louise says:

    I liked Lorna, why'd she have to die?! FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU MOFF!

  71. NB2000 says:

    Oh NOW she shows up

  72. psycicflower says:

    RIVER!

  73. Vicki_Louise says:

    Oh River you sexy bitch!

  74. psycicflower says:

    *flailing*

  75. Sophi says:

    Fuck that music, it's so sad. Oh lawd, oh lawd

    WAIT that eyepatch lady appeared again, is she another copy shit shit

    or, rather, the baby–

    I got shivers at that point, goddamn you Moffat

  76. chichichimaera says:

    FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF.

  77. NB2000 says:

    WAIT…IS THIS…IS SHE?!

  78. NB2000 says:

    USE YOUR WORDS DOCTOR AND RIVER!

  79. Vikinhaw says:

    CURSE YOU MOFFAT!! WHO IS RIVER?!!!

  80. chichichimaera says:

    Wait, does this mean River is The Doctor?

  81. NB2000 says:

    AMY SPEAKS FOR THE AUDIENCE! ANSWERS! NOW!

  82. psycicflower says:

    !!!!!!!!!!!! RIVER IS MELODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  83. NB2000 says:

    AAAAH KNEW IT!

  84. Vicki_Louise says:

    Holy shit! :O

  85. Vikinhaw says:

    OMG THE THEORIES WERE RIGHT!!

  86. ABBryant says:

    well, we knew that…

  87. chichichimaera says:

    OMG WHAT IS THAT ACTUAL TITLE. FUUUUUCCCCCKKKK MY BRAIN IS EXPLODING. MOFFAT DAMN YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUU.

  88. Vicki_Louise says:

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU CAN'T END IT THERE SON OF A BITCH!

  89. jackiep says:

    Let's Kill Hitler????????????????????

  90. psycicflower says:

    NO WORDS NO GIFS I ACTUALLY JUST THREW MY ARMS IN THE AIR

  91. firinne says:

    OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!
    What have we got to look forward to? The next title is brilliant!!!!!!

  92. NB2000 says:

    God the title for the next one, REALLY MOFF?

  93. Vikinhaw says:

    IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW. ARGGGGH ALVM 2'E4WR;G,P;EK

  94. anninyn says:

    Right: So as not to lose my place- or any of my little yellow points (I love those things) everything will be in one comment today. I will start this comment by telling everyone I rushed home from Strawberry Fair for this Dr Who: I missed music, and too much drinking and hippyish tat and getting a sunburn for this episode, so it had better be good.
    Shut up, dancing show, I don;t CARE ABOUT YOU. I WANT YOU TO GO AWAY.

    Demons Run- that's a pleasant place to grow up.

    Creepy robe people. How does amy look so FAB after giving birth?

    CYBERMEN

    They focussed on that young soldier. RIVER?

    RORY!!!

    BADASS RORY!! FUCK YEAH!!!

    FUCKING HELL FUCK YEAH

    holy fucking shit he's calling in all his old favours BRILLIANT. THIS IS EPIC.

    I like the sontaran!

    ILU RIVER ILU SO HARD

    WHY NOT RIVER- Did you kill Rory?

    The Dr's darkest hour- I don;t LIKE THIS. I AM NERVOUS AND ANXIETY RIDDEN!

    MY GOD THIS IS SO GOO. AND ONLY 15 MINUTES IN.

    "I DONLT KNOW WHY YOU PUT UP WITH ME' TOUNGUE– KNOWING EYEBROW- WHOLE HOUSEHOLD LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY

    I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO GET RID OF CAPSLOCK

    WHUT

    MOFFAT, WAT IS UR BRAIN

    oH DEAR IT'S ALL GONNA GO HORRIBLY HORRIBLY WRONG
    I HAVE GENESPILCED MYSELF FOR ALL NURSING DUTIES

    OH, DOCTOR. DODGING THE QUESTION.

    PROLOGNED EXPOSURE TO THE TIME VORTEX

    YES SHE CAN REGENERATE SHE CAN WE SAW HER

    ON THEIR WEDDING NIGHT OOOPS

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    HOLY FUCKING SHIT CEYING HERE CRYING CRYING

    YOU BASTARD, MOFFAT. YOU UTTER BASTARD.

    FUCKING HELL.

    H6,IFNMHSBNWBRMYY,IU.JY,IRGNMETNETN

    RRNJHYRTNJRNENWENTWNRWNBEMYRMYENYWNTWTNWETNNWETWTN

    THAT DIDN'T EXPLAIN ANYTHING DAUGHTER! WIFE! MELODY???!! CAUSE THAT WOULD BE REALLY CREEPY. THEY'RE GOING THERE.

    I'M UNSURE OF HOW TO FEEL ABOUT THIS. BUT WHAT. THE FUCK.

    WHAT

    WHAT

    WHAT

    WHAT

    WHAT

    WHAT

    i am unsure

    • Kaybee42 says:

      "i am unsure" is the best final sentence ever for this episode!
      I am unsure: what just happened. what to feel. what this means for the future. what this means in retrospect.
      I AM UNSURE

    • Jacinta says:

      Hey, I did all my liveblog in a single post too! Bravo for great minds. (Mostly I didn't want to be distracted by typing while trying to keep the episode in the same place as everybody else and risk missing things)

    • drippingmercury says:

      OK, so I am not the only one obsessing over Intense Debate reputation points and how they are tallied? Because I swear I've reached 80p at least twice now, but it drops back down any time I do a liveblog, presumably because I have too many short comments without enough points? That irritates me – we’re just trying to discuss things and not all blog posts are conducive to lengthy comments that warrant oodles of upvotes. Why does ID dock points just for posting?

  95. Sparkie says:

    That episode was…kind of underwhelming. I dunno, felt like they were just moving from plot point to plot point.

  96. Claire says:

    I WAS JUST WTATCHING THIS IN THE OTHER ROOM SO COULDN'T LOVEBLOG

    WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKDFASLKGDKSTKNHTDRKLHNKDFNKLYJDRGHSETY

  97. Claire says:

    THE DOCTOR WILL RETURN IN

    OH MY GOD; WHAT THE FUCK AND OTHER THRILLING TALES

  98. jackiep says:

    So basically, the Doctor has already seen Amy and Rory's baby die. Nice!

  99. breesquared says:

    OHHHHH MY GODDDDD

    NO PUEDO.

  100. scholastika says:

    Holy crap. Didn't see that coming.

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