Author Topic: Heads up! Dr Who starts Saturday.... (Read 283844 times)

Valiant · « **Reply #150 on:** 08 June, 2008, 11:32:44 pm »

Great pair of episodes

TimC · « **Reply #151 on:** 09 June, 2008, 07:49:15 am »

Excellent story!

Did you motice that the good prof had three kids to tuck in at the end? The two 'generic' ones and the Doc's daughter, perhaps? Spoilers!

gonzo · « **Reply #152 on:** 09 June, 2008, 08:14:54 am »

I assumed that the 3rd one was the girl in charge of it all.

Flying_Monkey · « **Reply #153 on:** 09 June, 2008, 09:30:54 am »

Yeah, the third kid was CAL.

I hope you all noted the reference to 2001...

TimO · « **Reply #154 on:** 14 June, 2008, 09:36:17 pm »

Well, that episode was a bit crap. No real explanation, just a lot of people getting excessively paranoid and scared, and frankly I couldn't relate to any of them. Largely I found them to be a bunch of unpleasant arseholes.

Hopefully next weeks episode should be better, since it looks like we get Rose and Donna, since Catherine Tate has improved vastly, and I actually quite missed her this week.

David Martin · « **Reply #155 on:** 14 June, 2008, 09:57:58 pm »

Quote from: TimO on 14 June, 2008, 09:36:17 pm

Well, that episode was a bit crap. No real explanation, just a lot of people getting excessively paranoid and scared, and frankly I couldn't relate to any of them. Largely I found them to be a bunch of unpleasant arseholes.

Hopefully next weeks episode should be better, since it looks like we get Rose and Donna, since Catherine Tate has improved vastly, and I actually quite missed her this week.

I think this was the Dr Who lite economy episode.

Another one in the genre of invisible monsters that you can't see, but not as good as the sun one.

..d

Julian · « **Reply #156 on:** 14 June, 2008, 10:54:55 pm »

Quote from: TimO on 14 June, 2008, 09:36:17 pm

Well, that episode was a bit crap. No real explanation, just a lot of people getting excessively paranoid and scared, and frankly I couldn't relate to any of them. Largely I found them to be a bunch of unpleasant arseholes.

I think that was the point - when faced with a difficult situation, human beings can show capacity for both great nobility and great evil. Also, the Doctor doesn't always just show up and save the day. He doesn't always know; he isn't infallible.

I thought it was really good.

Quisling · « **Reply #157 on:** 14 June, 2008, 11:01:58 pm »

Quote from: Liz on 14 June, 2008, 10:54:55 pm

Quote from: TimO on 14 June, 2008, 09:36:17 pm
Well, that episode was a bit crap. No real explanation, just a lot of people getting excessively paranoid and scared, and frankly I couldn't relate to any of them. Largely I found them to be a bunch of unpleasant arseholes.

I think that was the point - when faced with a difficult situation, human beings can show capacity for both great nobility and great evil. Also, the Doctor doesn't always just show up and save the day. He doesn't always know; he isn't infallible.

I thought it was really good.

It smacked of "We can't afford to do lots of special effects so we'll stand everyone in one place and you'll all have to imagine there's a monster....".

EDIT - Bah, just noticed David got there first!

IanDG · « **Reply #158 on:** 14 June, 2008, 11:07:51 pm »

Mrs W thought it was good, I thought WTF. Must be a woman thing?

Captain Zep · « **Reply #159 on:** 14 June, 2008, 11:09:59 pm »

Pretty poor. Seems like this was the one in each series they've got to make for £x at the most.

Bring on Rose Tyler next week.

Rhys W · « **Reply #160 on:** 15 June, 2008, 12:06:26 am »

No it's not a woman thing - my 6-yr old niece thought it was crap as well. No monsters!

Valiant · « **Reply #161 on:** 15 June, 2008, 02:15:07 am »

I quite liked it, but generally was down on standards.

gonzo · « **Reply #162 on:** 15 June, 2008, 08:17:46 am »

I thought it was one of Russel T Davis' better ones.

Next week's will be rubbish. It's set on Earth again with the "everyone's going to die" scenario again. I ceased to identify with any of these people the moment that the entire population got involved with aliens.

Oh yeah, it'll be a 2 or 3 parter too. Bah humbug!

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #163 on:** 15 June, 2008, 11:48:16 am »

I really liked last night's - it was about the performances rather than the effects and the monsters.

Flying_Monkey · « **Reply #164 on:** 15 June, 2008, 01:16:13 pm »

I thought that the script was excellent and built a sense of paranoia and claustrophobia very well, but unfortunately the set was terrible. They could have tried a little harder to make it look less like a section of a 1970s commercial passenger jet...

Si · « **Reply #165 on:** 16 June, 2008, 10:37:27 am »

I liked it, thought it was the second best of a fairly poor series.

cometworm · « **Reply #166 on:** 16 June, 2008, 01:04:39 pm »

Just watched the most recent episode on iPlayer, and the first thing that came to mind was "drama school" ... not my favourite episode.

Given that the trailer mentioned something about Donna dying, I'm (still) ever-hopeful we'll be rid of her soon. But I'm not betting the ranch on it.

andyoxon · « **Reply #167 on:** 16 June, 2008, 01:49:48 pm »

I thought the tension built quite well - had our two (7&10) gripped, and hiding behind cushions.

pcolbeck · « **Reply #168 on:** 16 June, 2008, 01:58:49 pm »

Pcolbeck junior (11) was watching it on iPlayer last night as we had been at a BBQ on Saturday. He came and got me to watch it with him as it was beginning to spook him.

Valiant · « **Reply #169 on:** 17 June, 2008, 07:03:00 pm »

Pcolbeck junior (11) was watching it on iPlayer last night as we had been at a BBQ on Saturday. He came and got me to watch it with him as it was beginning to spook him.

andyoxon · « **Reply #170 on:** 18 June, 2008, 09:35:04 am »

Cunobelin · « **Reply #171 on:** 19 June, 2008, 10:12:13 pm »

Anyone else notice that when the video screens return live as the creature arrives (16:36) it shows Rose shouting "Doctor"

TimO · « **Reply #172 on:** 19 June, 2008, 10:31:16 pm »

Quote from: Cunobelin on 19 June, 2008, 10:12:13 pm

Anyone else notice that when the video screens return live as the creature arrives (16:36) it shows Rose shouting "Doctor"

Yeah, I wondered what that meant. I guess will find out shortly.

spesh · « **Reply #173 on:** 19 June, 2008, 11:11:36 pm »

Quote from: Flying_Monkey on 15 June, 2008, 01:16:13 pm

I thought that the script was excellent and built a sense of paranoia and claustrophobia very well, but unfortunately the set was terrible. They could have tried a little harder to make it look less like a section of a 1970s commercial passenger jet...

The future ain't what it used to be.

Flying_Monkey · « **Reply #174 on:** 20 June, 2008, 09:40:04 am »

Quote from: TimO on 19 June, 2008, 10:31:16 pm

Quote from: Cunobelin on 19 June, 2008, 10:12:13 pm
Anyone else notice that when the video screens return live as the creature arrives (16:36) it shows Rose shouting "Doctor"

Yeah, I wondered what that meant. I guess will find out shortly.

Well, she's been trying to contact him for several episodes now... I guess it is difficult from another universe!

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