Promo For DOCTOR WHO S07E08: "Cold War"

ICE WARRIORS!!!!! :D

The recent half of the series has been fantastic so far. Hope they keep up the good work!

Well IMO River Song and Donna Noble aren't really attractive.

@FOOM: It's not meant to be taken seriously.

Matt Smith era is a bit forced, and too "cheesy". He's kind of annoying by now, I prefer Tennant final season.

Yes Karen Gillan was beautiful and talented too but her character just seemed like they were trying to sex up the show just to be modern.

I've actually preferred Moffat's run and Matt Smith's Doctor - found it quite refreshing to the series, whereas Russel T Davies' run became stale, and Tennant's initially great Doctor was kind of ruined by the end - reduced from the adventurous hero hiding a deep sadness, to a somewhat paranoid, selfish shadow. I think Matt's version brought back a lot of the quirky fun of The Doctor, and the alien qualities of the character, while still playing the damaged, lonely parts of the character strongly.

I enjoyed the first half of today's episode - it's always great seeing a new companion react to their first alien encounter, and I think Clara was written well throughout. I found the second half of it pretty weak though, to be honest. Seemed like they rushed the ending; they were trapped for all of two minutes, and got out relatively quickly despite what should've been a lot of peril, and the sonic screwdriver was way overused in that - they set up the 'changing locks' which seem like a great way to render the screwdriver ineffective and force The Doctor to figure something else out, and instead he just makes it work. I did like how they defeated the monster, but won't spoil any more than that (it's pretty obvious they'd win).

Also some minor aesthetic gripes, like the singing seeming a bit too forced and cheesy by the end, and the sun-god-monster looking ridiculous with that smiley face they gave it.