Doctor Who's 'Rogue' Has a Problem… 

I like your point that the spoilt nature of them fits their character I hadn’t actually considered that, but I can’t help hyper fixating on their plan to overthrow planet Earth merely for the sake of drama and the spectacle of it. With how casual they were about their plan it almost made it sound like they do this on a weekly basis to so many other species. Like there’s this trail of extinction in their wake purely for entertainment. It kind of felt like the gimmicks made them more of a throwaway villain for me but I 100% get your point they intentionally made them less scary and more of a fun antagonist and I definitely see why people are fine with that

Good point. If they had any vision for these creatures moving forward they could of at least had one of the Chudlur hide amongst the crowds. Like the lone slitheen, Blon, surviving and living in Cardiff trying to work out a plan of escaping the planet. The Chudlur could have easily blended into society on Earth until a plan arose., but I guess the love of the spectacle and drama prevented them from having any stealth in the episode.

That's a great parallel for this episode! Went right over my head. I would say the use of the scarecrows, the sniffing and all round uncanny valley features they had made them seem quite terrifying. Like you could see they were human but their traits and body language was off a lot of the time. The family of blood is a underrated villain for me.

There's certainly a middle ground, you can enjoy the episode if you go into it thinking the villain is made to be a light-hearted one with a bit of humour. But if you are really missing that vibe of standalone episode villains like we got with 'Blink' or 'The Midnight Enitity' you can see real potential but the writers just chose to go the other way with this one.

Looking back on the episode i cant say it doesn't make me laugh but you're right. I cant fear the big claws and the skin suit of their victims when one of them says 'I'm shaking my booty' after farting.

Reminded me of the cuckoo bird a bit

That’s a great shout actually just something that made a bit more thematic sense but also looked a little more scary

@@LunartheDragon damn thats such a sick point I didn’t even consider that thematically, I only saw one looked a bit like an owl and another like an eagle, but if there was a hint to the Cuckoo Cuckoo bird that’s pretty cool

@@Fictional-Fears The main lady is pretty cuckoo coded, at least the grey with stripes plumage. My guess is it’s easier for an audience to tell them apart if they’re all different birds lol

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Do you not think the prospect of them being able to camouflage into any race and cosplay it into eventual oblivion (like they planned to with humanity and causing a civil war of Earth) had the potential to be straight up terrifying? Don’t get me wrong I understand the angle of they meant to make it silly with a goofy vibe, but given how the episode started with quite a nefarious plot built up I was hoping for more, it really did remind me of how the Slitheen episode made me feel where it starts out so promising but they strip away the fear factor for goofiness.

@@Fictional-Fears I honestly think the goofy tone was needed. This last episode was a bit of a palate cleanser after the three more heavy stressful ones that came before it.

@@lisreads4872 maybe it’s me just really wanting another solid villain to come out after the Toymaker’s reappearance, I just love it when they churn out a concept like the empty child or the Vashta Nerada it really makes an episode unforgettable for me, but I do get not every villain needs to be a terrifying one. I just feel like it’s been a while since we’ve had one but maybe the finale has something great in store for us

Are u saying you like chibnal (I know I didn't spell it right)

@@sfrilix1781 nope

@@jimspock ok