Author Topic: Heads up! Dr Who starts Saturday.... (Read 283765 times)

andyoxon · « **Reply #1625 on:** 12 January, 2013, 01:07:24 pm »

Watched Vincent and the Doctor last night with mini ao. One of my favourite episodes, of any Dr Who series.

woollypigs · « **Reply #1626 on:** 11 March, 2013, 01:54:20 pm »

Did I just see that the Doctor is back on the 30th of March?

If so \o/

tiermat · « **Reply #1627 on:** 11 March, 2013, 01:57:33 pm »

You were not dreaming, wooly:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Doctor-Who-to-Return-with-The-Bells-of-St-John-First-Official-Picture

woollypigs · « **Reply #1628 on:** 11 March, 2013, 02:02:16 pm »

\o/

<getting ready> lines up settee in front of the telly and finds favourite pillow to have at the ready </getting ready>

a lower gear · « **Reply #1629 on:** 26 March, 2013, 11:34:04 pm »

Spolier alert! This week's Radio Times contains lengthy plot sumaries and pictures of the monsters for every episode of the coming series.

I carefully avoided reading them.

woollypigs · « **Reply #1630 on:** 26 March, 2013, 11:44:56 pm »

<bounce> happy happy joy joy <still bouncing>

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #1631 on:** 30 March, 2013, 07:02:54 pm »

That was good.

woollypigs · « **Reply #1632 on:** 30 March, 2013, 07:12:12 pm »

oh yes, well fun - snog box

bumper · « **Reply #1633 on:** 30 March, 2013, 07:22:24 pm »

I thought I'd turned cbeebies on by mistake.

That knob is the worst doctor ever.

BrianI · « **Reply #1634 on:** 30 March, 2013, 07:24:46 pm »

Braw!

essexian · « **Reply #1635 on:** 30 March, 2013, 07:31:24 pm »

Kill him...... I'll tell HR..........

Enjoyed it but they rushed the ending again.

woollypigs · « **Reply #1636 on:** 30 March, 2013, 07:35:03 pm »

Quote from: essexian on 30 March, 2013, 07:31:24 pm

Kill him...... I'll tell HR..........

Enjoyed it but they rushed the ending again.

Forgot that quote

Yes they are not that good at endings but I just switch off and sit back and enjoy

Rhys W · « **Reply #1637 on:** 30 March, 2013, 09:08:16 pm »

I think it was "I'll inform HR" Very cutting. There was a couple of other good lines that had me LOLing, can't remember them now...

Yes it was a little Cbeebies as bumper says, but I think it was necessary to introduce the new companion. I don't over-analyse them now, just enjoy the ride for 45 minutes. Next week's episode looks a bit more menacing.

a lower gear · « **Reply #1638 on:** 30 March, 2013, 09:33:25 pm »

Quote from: Rhys W on 30 March, 2013, 09:08:16 pm

... just enjoy the ride for 45 minutes. Next week's episode looks a bit more menacing.

Looking forward to spending a season finding out the inter-relationship of the three Claras.

peliroja · « **Reply #1639 on:** 30 March, 2013, 09:34:47 pm »

I loved it, but my dad found it difficult to follow as the background music is so bloody loud. Why do they do that?!

I liked that Clara was using her (natural?) northern-ish accent.

citoyen · « **Reply #1640 on:** 30 March, 2013, 09:46:11 pm »

Yes, I found the music intrusive - and I don't normally care about that kind of thing. A few continuity errors as well, especially with regard to the geography of London...

But apart from that, I really enjoyed it.

David Martin · « **Reply #1641 on:** 30 March, 2013, 09:48:46 pm »

London's geography was the least of my concerns. If Clara had been explaining to a camouflaged hub where the organisation were located, and was uploaded before the Doctor got back, how did he know where they were?

Cunobelin · « **Reply #1642 on:** 30 March, 2013, 09:57:17 pm »

Interesting, and the one liners were brilliant.

The new assistant seems good, but will there be any snogging?

citoyen · « **Reply #1643 on:** 30 March, 2013, 10:00:29 pm »

Quote from: David Martin on 30 March, 2013, 09:48:46 pm

If Clara had been explaining to a camouflaged hub where the organisation were located, and was uploaded before the Doctor got back, how did he know where they were?

I also wondered about that but assumed the jump cut just skipped the bit where he must have looked at the screen of the laptop to see what Clara had just been looking at.

Here's another one: how did Clara's personality get downloaded back into her body at the end, given that the hub was back at the Shard by then?

Probably best not to think too closely about these things, just go along with it and enjoy the ride.

Cunobelin · « **Reply #1644 on:** 30 March, 2013, 10:34:04 pm »

There is a "significant"(?) quote " The one you told us about is here, the Doctor is here"

Richard E Grant has a cameo as the "Great Intelligence".

Are the two linked and is Richard E Grant going to be a Nemesis throughout the series - he makes a good Villain

(Edited:... and of course there is the further link with the Christmas special where he was also the villain)

However they are going to have to go some way to beat "No-one loves cattle like Burger King" or the 'Put your hands up if you are on FaceBook" lines

Rhys W · « **Reply #1645 on:** 30 March, 2013, 10:37:14 pm »

Quote from: citoyen on 30 March, 2013, 09:46:11 pm

Yes, I found the music intrusive - and I don't normally care about that kind of thing. A few continuity errors as well, especially with regard to the geography of London...

Well, it is filmed in Cardiff...

The glaring error I noticed was when the lights in the houses were coming on - it was clearly raining in front of some houses and not others! Like I say, filmed in Cardiff.

And yes, the music was noticeably more intrusive than usual imo.

citoyen · « **Reply #1646 on:** 30 March, 2013, 10:46:30 pm »

Quote from: Rhys W on 30 March, 2013, 10:37:14 pm

Well, it is filmed in Cardiff...

When they referred to Clara living in West London, I didn't realise they meant that far west.

Cunobelin · « **Reply #1647 on:** 30 March, 2013, 11:14:54 pm »

The plot problems remind me of the Master / Doctor interaction in the

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Do-wDPoC6GM&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/Do-wDPoC6GM&rel=1</a> sketch, and the Joanna Lumley as Dr Who is ver similar to the reincarnation of River Song!

mattc · « **Reply #1648 on:** 30 March, 2013, 11:22:01 pm »

Quote from: peliroja on 30 March, 2013, 09:34:47 pm

I loved it, but my dad found it difficult to follow as the background music is so bloody loud. Why do they do that?!

I liked that Clara was using her (natural?) northern-ish accent.

It may be time to start a petition about the background music. It's pretty much constant now

(Clara's accent seemed to slide about a bit. Is it her natural accent, or did she learn 'northern' for Emmerdale?

)

Anyway, not a bad episode overall. This thread is full of the usual nitpicking*, and yet NOONE has mentioned the plain-text passwords. Call yourselves geeks?!?

Best line - "I can't predict the future, I just work there". ?

Ewan Houzami · « **Reply #1649 on:** 30 March, 2013, 11:49:29 pm »

Quote from: Rhys W on 30 March, 2013, 10:37:14 pm

Well, it is filmed in Cardiff...

Mostly, yes, but they use London locations and studios every now and again. There's a bit of effects work being shot at Wimbledon Studios (formerly Sunhill Police Station of The Bill fame) at the moment.