Elimination Game - Rachel Talalay Edition

[13]Heaven Sent
[9]World Enough and Time
[3]The Doctor Falls

Obviously I love all of these episodes, but the atmosphere in the hospital is spot on (but still nothing on The Shepherd’s Boy)

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[13] Heaven Sent
[7] World Enough and Time
[3] The Doctor Falls

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[11] Heaven Sent
[8] World Enough and Time
[3] The Doctor Falls

@deltaandthebannermen we were so close!

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[13] Heaven Sent
[6] World Enough and Time
[3] The Doctor Falls

I corrected the value for heaven sent since there was a mistake earlier

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[14] Heaven Sent
[6] World Enough and Time
[1] The Doctor Falls

This is so difficult.
World Enough and Time has a lot of interesting camera angles and highlights the difference between the two ends of the ship and their different time zones and environments. The switches between scenes where Bill watches what the Doctor is doing in ultra-mega-slooooow-mode and what the Doctor is doing in “real” time are really imaginative. And I think the shot where we get a zoom in on Bill’s eye post-conversion, then zoom out with the tear running from her eye is just spot on in conveying the emotional impact that scene has.

But Heaven Sent has such a fantastic atmosphere, even when disregarding Murray Gold’s music (which is the best work he has ever done on Who). And the post-production work done, particularly the editing, is just staggeringly well done. Yes, Steven Moffat’s script is so great, but it is really Rachel Talalay’s vision as a director that makes this story what it is. It is spectacular, just one of those stories you wish you could experience for the first time once again.

The Doctor Falls is beautiful but doesn’t have the same oomph for me with the camera work.

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[12] Heaven Sent
[7] World Enough and Time
[1] The Doctor Falls

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[12] Heaven Sent
[8] World Enough and Time

[-1] The Doctor Falls

Fine - if everyone is just going to jump on a bandwagon about a story and not be able to see how truly awful it is, then that’s your problem. :wink:

And I really, really, really, didn’t like The Doctor Falls at all. It’s a huge let down after the preceding episode which I thought was actually pretty good so that can go up a point.

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[10] Heaven Sent
[9] World Enough and Time

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[11] Heaven Sent :arrow_up:
[7] World Enough and Time :arrow_down: :arrow_down:

Is this even a contest anymore? Let’s just get this done with!

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[12] Heaven Sent
[5] World Enough and Time

Yeah I mean, how could anything beat this:

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[13] Heaven Sent
[3] World Enough and Time

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[11] Heaven Sent
[4] World Enough and Time

I think the forum has spoken, but never give up, never surrender!

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I do adore Heaven Sent but if you asked me honestly… yeah World Enough is my fav out of these two

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[10] Heaven Sent
[3] World Enough and Time

Come onnnn Heaven Sent!
That’s one hell of a bird!

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[11] Heaven Sent
[1] World Enough and Time

I’m loving the idea of a directors’ elimination game. Perhaps Graeme Harper or Douglas Camfield would make for good games too!

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[12] Heaven Sent
[-1] World Enough and Time

Heaven Sent is the winner!

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Congratulations to Heaven Sent. The time limit is now gone.

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Yeah this is always how this one was going to end

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If there were any story that had a chance, it was World Enough and Time. That story is conveying a lot of complex stuff and wild ides, and I feel Talalay delivered it well. Heaven Sent is something special, though.

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To be fair when I say this is how it was always going to end, I don’t just mean the winner, I think the order of eliminations was also pretty much decided from the outcome, especially the top 5

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