GT for Sunday the 16th of April 2017

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Welcome to the Sunday the 16th of April edition of Gallifrey Times!

Editor's Note: yesterday was new episode day! Woo! Today's edition is therefore reaction/review heavy and fanwork light. Spoilers abound, so proceed with caution if you are spoilerphobic and haven't seen the episode yet.

- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

• Community Reactions to last night's show on:
  • Blogtor Who here
  • doctorwho here.
  • The Gallifrey Times here.
  • who_at_50 here.
• Short reaction posts by individuals:
  • Here's mine (I liked it). I also did a poll.
  • Here's nostalgia (she liked it too).
  • such_heights also liked it
• Full Reviews (obvious spoiler alert is obvious):
  • Ars Technica liked some bits of it but not others
  • Den of Geek thought it was a solid start to the series.
  • Blogtor Who thought it was blooming brilliant
  • beccaelizabeth was uncomfortable with how the character of Heather was handled.
  • jesuswasbatman really enjoyed it.
  • lizbee thought it was DELIGHTFUL.
  • Doctor Who News thought it was a strong opener to the series
  • The Grauniad thought it was one of the freshest series openers in years
• Lists of easter eggs and continuity references:
  • On Blogtor Who, here
  • On Den of Geek, here
• The OED blog about their decision to add "sonic Screwdriver" to the dictionary
• The Mary Sue comment on the OED story.
• The Gallifrey Times share two trailers for next time.

- Podcasts and Audiovisual -

• Doctor Who: the Fan Show have an Aftershow discussion with Pearl Mackie and Steven Moffat.

- Challenges, Prompts and Announcements relating to Fanworks

• alafaye is trying to revive torchwood_fest and has updated the rules here. In all hopefulness I have therefore moved it from the Inactive comms list to the Active comms list.

- Fanworks -

GIFsets, Caps, and Photosets:

• Lissy Strata has some caps with infotext from the 1996 movie.
• Stephadoo has GIFfed the Doctor running
• MlleBennet has a Bill GIFset.
• Capadliiful has GIFfed the "do you know any scifi" moment.

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