Heads up! Dr Who starts Saturday....

[border-rider]

well yes, I suppose I have to agree, after this weekend

[Rhys W]

Reminded me of an old episode of Hammer House Of Horror where Denholm Elliot can't work when he's awake and when he's dreaming. He dreams of murdering his wife... except he wasn't dreaming.

Tell you what though, I could do without the Doctor opening the Tardis doors so often whilst in flight, even if he comes up with a deus ex machina to explain how he can do so without them all being sucked out in nanosecond.

He explained a couple of episodes back that he extended the air bubble outside.

My point exactly. Except I wouldn't have used the word "explained".

[Hummers]

I'm pretty sure that Star Trek NG had a similar storyline

This was when there was a writer's strike wasn't it?

H

[Manotea]

Yep, last night's episode was probably the best of the series so far. Very clever. And funny.

I didn't notice the crack anywhere - anyone else? It seemed to be very much a standalone story, which may partly explain why it was so good.

If the boy fishes eat the girl fishes how are there ever going to be any little fishes? More to the point the previous feedee was (originally and recently) human.

The girl they fed to the brothers was still human - she hadn't undergone the transformation process yet.

As for the little fishes... well, after the fish-girls had been blown up, that put paid to their chances of breeding. That's why the mother committed suicide by feeding herself to her sons - no point carrying on if there's no hope of saving the species.

And the Doctor disabling their equipment meant they couldn't just create a new batch of fish-girls either.

d.

IIRC the girl was at least part transformed but still dont understand why the boy fishes eat the queen fishy, and as before, why was she taking her kit off when it was all generated by the perception filter?

Got to go now. Resident Evil is just starting on Channel4!

Swap you the fishy queen for milla jovovich...

[Mr Larrington]

Daleks poised to invade tour UK • The Register.

[gonzo]

My old next door neighbour was one of the old ladies in that episode (The one next to the door when the dr locked himself in the butchers cupboard).

[LEE]

I didn't see the crack anywhere, including in that bedroom (and I just watched those bits again to check).

Hummers!  What's going on?  The batteries in your Double-Entendre Detector need replacing or summink?

[Hummers]

 !

Damn these two parters!

H

[woollypigs]

I like the two parters, more story and the suspense. Though for people who are not able to watch every episode two parters must be a pain.

[Rhys W]

The new-look Silurians remind me of something... maybe from the David Tennant era? Not as scary as the originals appearance-wise, but the hint of fascist ideology certainly is.

Yet again they've found a cracking location in South Wales.

[TimO]

It was pretty obvious that's who was coming, since anything coming up from deep in the Earth's core tends to be the Silurians.

I quite liked the old look Silurians, these ones don't have the third eye, but presumably this was to allow them to look more expressive to our eyes.  I guess this could be explained away as being only related to the original Silurians, and not necessarily identical.  Alternatively they could use the mask as an explanation, and suggest that the "other" Silurians just wore a different mask, with a third eye on it.

Kind of an OK episode so far, but like others I get annoyed when I have to wait a week for resolution!

[Rhys W]

Hey, remember the Pertwee/Baker era? 25 minutes and a cliffhanger and the week-long wait for the next episode of a four-parter?

[bobb]

Hey, remember the Pertwee/Baker era? 25 minutes and a cliffhanger and the week-long wait for the next episode of a four-parter?

Indeed! I don't mind the two-parters as it reminds me of my childhood. Most Tom Baker era episodes ended with a cliffhanger and I clearly remember getting an almighty telling off from my mother when I was about seven for shouting "For fucking cunting sake! I have to wait another fucking week!"

I have never sworn in front of my mother since 

[tonycollinet]

Yeah - but you started in the advanced class!!

[Valiant]

Oooh that was good!

[Cunobelin]

The new-look Silurians remind me of something... maybe from the David Tennant era? Not as scary as the originals appearance-wise, but the hint of fascist ideology certainly is.

Yet again they've found a cracking location in South Wales.

All within a few miles of each other!

Locations - Google Maps

[border-rider]

You can see one of them (Torchwood House, where Queen Vic met the Werewolf) from our drive

Treowen, an historic holiday house

[citoyen]

You can see one of them (Torchwood House, where Queen Vic met the Werewolf) from our drive

Treowen, an historic holiday house

But that was in Scotland!



d.

[Manotea]

Ah, the magic of television!

[Si]

quite a good episode I thought.

Yep, the old Silurians were better, and event better than them were their close relations, the Sea Devils - that episode scared seven colours out of me when I were a kid.

[gonzo]

Yet again they've found a cracking location in South Wales.

I surprised anyone still lives there - it's clearly very dangerous!

[Hummers]

"I dressed for Rio"

Really? Tights in Rio? Surely a bikini would have been a better choice?

Far harder to disguise the whole C&B thing tucked up between your legs.

H

[Cunobelin]

Yet again they've found a cracking location in South Wales.

I surprised anyone still lives there - it's clearly very dangerous!

Probably safer then Midsomer.... various calculations suggest that the number of murders actually exceeds tha population of the village!

[Mr Larrington]

Probably safer then Midsomer.... various calculations suggest that the number of murders actually exceeds tha population of the village!

In similar vein the Local Authoritah in Ystad are getting a bit fed up with Wallander, as it appears to be only slightly less full of violent DETH than Baghdad.  The last murder in the area was actually in 1999.

[redshift]

You know, I actually think this series is starting to grow on me.