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REALLY silly steampunk, and has Madame Vastra, Jenny, and Strax. The best since Easter, I think!

Date: 2013-05-04 06:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gonzo21.livejournal.com
Yes, that one was actually quite fun.

Plot holes you could launch a steam-missile through. But still quite fun.

Date: 2013-05-04 08:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
It wouldn't be Dr. Who without plot holes!

Date: 2013-05-04 10:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gonzo21.livejournal.com
And it was so much fun I just didn't care. :) (For a change.)

Date: 2013-05-04 06:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jjpor.livejournal.com
I think my favourite bit was the desktop Babbage computer with gears and everything. Not chair-proof, though. But yes, I liked the story a lot.

Date: 2013-05-04 08:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
That was cool - I was expecting it to be the evil boss, but no.

Date: 2013-05-04 06:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] paratti.livejournal.com
It was great fun:)

Date: 2013-05-04 08:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
Definitely!

Date: 2013-05-04 07:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zanda-myrande.livejournal.com
I liked the way a certain crucial image changed completely between the first and second times we saw it. I can't decide whether this was to preserve the shock value of the second version, to avoid giving away a key element of what one might loosely call the plot (in which cases it might have been better not to use the image at all) or because they just couldn't be bothered with continuity at all...

Date: 2013-05-04 08:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
Your guess is as good as mine on that one.

Date: 2013-05-04 07:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fjm.livejournal.com
Why is it Steampunk?

Date: 2013-05-04 08:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
Babbage engines, mysterious potions, Victorian setting, lots of rivets, evil mad scientist, etc.

Date: 2013-05-05 02:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fjm.livejournal.com
edward has now pointed out the rocket.

But the mysterious gloopy things? Perfectly normal Victorian fiction.

Date: 2013-05-04 08:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] murphys-lawyer.livejournal.com
I think it's the best of the series so far; and so far the series has ranged from pretty darn good to not-sure-if-very-clever-or-actually-stupid but nothing approaching "poor" or "meh", so consider me very entertained tonight.

The only thing that jarred even for the fairytales we're currently getting for the show was the rocket launch and how nobody was even remotely singed.

Date: 2013-05-04 08:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
Yes, that was annoying.

Date: 2013-05-04 10:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gonzo21.livejournal.com
Perhaps because it was a steam powered rocket, the worst that happened to them was they all got their clothes steam-pressed?

... yeah. I dunno.

Date: 2013-05-05 01:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pauldormer.livejournal.com
I'm afraid I had to have the Thomas Thomas joke explained to me.


And, having just seen the episode of the Murdoch Mysteries where Murdoch and Nikola Tesla battle an evil female villain with a microwave deathray, I realise we need Murdoch/Vastra crossovers.
Edited Date: 2013-05-05 08:07 pm (UTC)

Date: 2013-05-06 08:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pauldormer.livejournal.com
Canadian series about a police detective in 1890s Toronto. He uses early CSI-type techniques which were possibly just about possible at the time (including what he calls "fingermarks").

Various real-life characters have turned up such as Tesla, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.G. Wells, and Houdini. Also, some of the episodes have a steampunk feel to them such as this microwave deathray, and an airship disguised as a Martian invasion and a giant robot.

Runs on the alibi channel over here and season 6 has just ended. Only started watching it myself just before Easter and the alibi channel has been doing a catch-up repeat from season 1 at three in the morning. Now got to the end of season 3.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murdoch_Mysteries

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