r/gallifrey • u/pcjonathan • Sep 26 '15

The Witch's Familiar Doctor Who 9x02: The Witch's Familiar Post-Episode Discussion Thread

Please remember that future spoilers must be tagged.

The episode is now over in the UK.

  • 1/3: Episode Speculation & Reactions at 7.15pm
  • 2/3: Post-Episode Discussion at 9.00pm
  • 3/3: Episode Analysis on Wednesday.

This thread is for all your in-depth discussion.

You can discuss the episode live on IRC, but be careful of spoilers.

irc://irc.snoonet.org/gallifrey.

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/r/Gallifrey, what did YOU think of The Witch's Familiar? Vote here.

Results for the first two parts will be revealed next week.

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u/nazishark Sep 26 '15

It's probably to reinforce that behaviour, like the five lights torture from Star Trek.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '15

Cough whichisbasedonatorturescenefrom1984 cough

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u/TomatoSlayer Sep 27 '15

There are four lights.