Doctor Who Appreciation Thread

[Reply #560 on:]

"I would rate it a C, OK, not great" Something on those lines by Lrr - When Aliens Attack.

Back to this, I don't think it was the best episode but I guess it wasn't as bad as last years. Which was kinda good. I did like the Futurama references, but we all know RTD won't admit to them.

[Reply #561 on:]

 

Originally posted by edeltraut:
Maybe it's because I was expecting it to be terrible after last year's disaster of a Christmas special, but I actually liked it. I'm a sucker for stories about space tourists. I just tried my best to ignore the really cheesy bits, and enjoyed the rest. I thought it had a bit of a Sylvester McCoy vibe to it, in a good way, with the obligatory Russell T Davies cheesiness thrown in.

Exactly the same, only I laughed at the cheesy bits.

It's how I cope with life, come to think of it. 

Let's see, best use of the Doctor saying 'forty-two', loved the design of the ship. Music was pretty good, although Astrid's Theme sounded disturbingly similar to a certain tune made famous by James Cameron and Celine Dion... And 'Stowaway' added a bit of a joyous touch at the end. Sweet. Sweet as in 'very moving', that is. Made me smile, it did.

I also think that Richard Bucket would have made a great companion. But, you gotta think, maybe the Doctor realised that his adventure-drenched life was not the safest place for such an elderly bloke. That's one way of looking at the matter, I suppose.

To tell the truth, I'm quite looking forward to Donna. Lovely chemistry there'll be, for sure. And have you heard the news about the next series' Doctor-lite episode?

I hope they execute this well... It has so much potential...

[Reply #562 on:]

ohhh, that sounds like an interesting episode for sure.
But those two men in one Tardis?
eh, seems odd
Glad he didnt come with the doctor

[Reply #563 on:]

*bump*

Oh, that's one hell of a hook at the end.

[Reply #564 on:]

Yes, it is.
I'm still sitting here going "...WHAT?!"
I need to know how this is possible and all that.

[Reply #565 on:]

I want those little "Fat" thingys! They so cute.

I like Donna and the episode

[Reply #566 on:]

The "reunion" moment had me in stitches. Donna is fantastic!

And did anyone else think "Popplers" when the nursery planet was mentioned?

[Reply #567 on:]

The second episode of this series was much better than the first and much darker. I think the episodes that do not take place on present day Earth are better by and large... although Blink broke that rule at it is my favourite episode to date.

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It was nice that The Doctor had to make the choice to sacrifice 20,000 people rather than just letting it happen

I hope future episodes are as good as that one 

[Reply #568 on:]

Agreed, I thought the episode was absolutely fantastic, maybe not as powerful as Family of Blood or overall greatness of Blink but it was really, really good, and although I didn't dislike the first episode, this one was much, much better.

I like Donna so far, and I'm kinda glad they've got the "yes I'm from Galifrey and yes it's all gone" bit out of the way already. Very much looking forward to the rest of the season.

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Also, you notice how that's two episode, two alien societies that have lost their or a key planet and relocated to Earth and the Doctor has gone "how can you "lose" a planet!?" or words to that effect? Interesting plot arc, perhaps? ;-)

Other thing about this and last week's was that while I felt that sometimes the effect in the first episode looked a little tiny bit cheap, I thought the production values on this one looked really impressive.

[Reply #569 on:]

I'm loving all the little bits of plot that they already appear to be setting up.

How do you cover up your spoilers by the way?

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*Actually I've figured it out*

[Reply #570 on:]

Gosh, I love series4, if they keep up to this standard all along that would be awesome, brilliant situations and hilarious moments.
Especially this one, the first episode was kinda cheesy sometimes with the potatoes (but still it had some hilarious scenes as well).
Donna definitely, undeniably rules. And the water pistol made me ROFL XD

I always loved the parts when they give us hints about the finale. Like The Impossible Planet, or Gridlock, or the Torchwood, Bad Wolf, Vote Saxon things. 

[Reply #571 on:]

I noticed that too Zed.

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I think it's gonna end being a "bad wolf" or "mr.saxon" type thing, where it appears throughout the series, then climaxes at the end to be a whole big story

[Reply #572 on:]

I liked the Pompeii episode. The dialogue was a bit iffy in some places but overall it was very good (and the special effects made up for last week's episode with the aliens that looked like damp rolls of toilet paper). Catherine Tate's dramatic acting was on par with her comic acting (the "don't run to the beaches" scene was great).

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I noticed the "lost planet" thing as well. Presumably that's going to continue in one form or another this week (I think I remember the Ood episode a couple of years ago saying that their planet had gone). And planets have been "lost" before: The Daleks' and Time Lords' planets come to mind....

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Don't forget the convenient mentionings of the Shadow Proclamation. Twice this series now.

[Reply #574 on:]

Finally the new series aired here on Sci-Fi. I loved it. But alas I have to wait until next Friday to see the second episode. Is there any way to see the episodes here after they have aired in England so that I don't have to wait and not have to stay 3 weeks behind you lucky bastards who can see the episodes as they air.

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Futurama rip-off alert 

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Energy barriers never work in sci-fi. Tim McInnerny should have trapped the Ood brain in a crummy world of plot holes and spelling errors or, failing that, sent the Ood-fo-sphere into a parallel universe.

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The Doctor's song will end soon, what can the Ood mean by that? Surely not an unexpected regeneration - DT has agreed to the specials as far as I know. Also it looks like Martha's become a soldier, bloody hell! And now we've got disappearing bees and lost planets to worry about. And Sontarans it seems. I think Davros is behind all this. Apart from anything else, he's well overdue a return (and yes I know he's dead but that's never stopped him before).

[Reply #577 on:]

@Bendersfan1221

If you go on youtube around 11pm the night Doctor Who is shown and search "DW -insert ep.title here-" you can usually find it. That's how I watch it.

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Yeah, I caught the use of the shadow proclamation too. And I was thinking the song reference meant a regeneration but now I'm not too sure...

[Reply #578 on:]

Sweet, that'll make my life easier. Also are the episodes from the week before on there still LFF?

[Reply #579 on:]

Bendersfan, LoveForFry, check your emails.

:whistles:

[Reply #580 on:]

Thanks Xanny, that makes life easier and I son't have to wait to see the episodes. When was the last time I told you I loved you?

[Reply #581 on:]

I've never been so happy to be English - I couldn't cope with 'tubing all this new Doctor stuff.

And with my luck I bet the BBC would find and delete it just before I watched the final part.

[Reply #582 on:]

They havn;t yet and that's what happened to me while I was trying to watch Bender's Big Score on youtube on Thanksgiving here. I deal with it because I cna watch in and be able to join disussion.

[Reply #583 on:]

Wow I really liked the Ood episode. I really feel so sorry for them. I was amazed with the part on what they did to the baddie. That was brilliant.

Looking forward to next week's episode where Martha is back

[Reply #584 on:]

The Ood epsides was really good. I was really, really suprised at their treatment of teh poor Ood, and I felt really sorry for them. And what they did to the guy running the whole corp... pure genious! Brilliant.

CAn't wait to see what is going to happen with Martha and why it seems like she join the military.

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Fantastic, another worldwide present-day alien infiltration. 

But, putting that minor issue to the side...

The Doctor's magic wand is becoming more and more useless!

But, putting that minor issue to the side...

I don't know how this Doctor is being written, but he's gone past being 'domestic'. He comes off as an egotistical git for the majority of this episode, from the moment he starts his insistence 'don't start fighting'. The last episode had some of this as well. Remember his reaction when Donna called the TARDIS just a box? He was offended. The Doctor I used to know would have been offended for the TARDIS, but it wouldn't harm his own ego. It's a very telling moment, and one which I dread. RTD has stated that the episode after next will 'change' the Doctor in a profound way, I really hope it does. (At the same time, I dread its coming as well, for reasons it would be tedious to embark upon at this point in time, but I quite possibly probably will at some point in the future.)

This episode did, however, feature the best scene of the entire series four so far. It really shows the Doctor's paranoia at being left alone, as well making up for all the Doctor/Companion bonding scenes that seem to have been cut from this series, and fantastically displays the depth of their relationship. Plus we have Catherine Tate saying 'Grea' big, ou'e' space, dunce!' in that irresistible quite interesting accent.

Things to note for the series four arc:

• The fifteenth broken moon of the Medusa Cascade is mentioned. And then rementioned.
  
• Donna is learning how to fly the TARDIS. (I will not squee, I will not squee, I will not squee...)

[Reply #586 on:]

Nice to see Martha again and the Sontarans make me laugh. Brilliant episode

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They are kind of funny, but I think they'll probably end up being just the tip of the iceberg. Why are they here on Earth? What do they hope to achieve? There's got to be some evil mastermind at work here.

Additional 3/5/08:

Sontar? Ha!

[Reply #588 on:]

This weeks episode was really good.

I am very excited for nest week's episode because

1. The Doctor's daughter
2. Joe Dempsie aka Chris from Skins going to be in the episode!

[Reply #589 on:]

Yeah... seeing the Doctor's daughter will be pretty neat.  Kudos!

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Preview!

[Reply #591 on:]

Next week's episode has the potential to either be freakin' awesome or destroy the foundation of one of my childhood icons.

Right now I'm feeling rather optimistic. Which is good.

[Reply #592 on:]

Next week's episode does look promising. I thought his daughter looked familiar, a quick check on IMDb revealed her to be Abigail Nixon from The Bill which I haven't watched in years.

[Reply #593 on:]

I have to agree with Xanfor that the potential for disaster is obvious. But to be honest, I think maybe shifting some paradigms and revolutionising outside the box might be the best thing that could happen to the show.

Fingers crossed.

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Originally posted by Xanfor:
Next week's episode has the potential to either be freakin' awesome or destroy the foundation of one of my childhood icons.

Right now I'm feeling rather optimistic. Which is good.

I am extremely anxious for this episode. As it's been said that this episode will "drastically change the Doctor"

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Originally posted by Xanfor:

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• Donna is learning how to fly the TARDIS. (I will not squee, I will not squee, I will not squee...)

I did. Loudly and unashamedly.

 

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• The fifteenth broken moon of the Medusa Cascade is mentioned. And then rementioned.

Connected to that, I stumbled across potential spoilers for the rest of the season. Urgh.

Oh, and this week's episode looks good. A token mention of the rest of Doctor's family would be loverly.

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I have finally re-caught up on the episodes. Sontaran Stratagem wasn't the best IMO.

This weeks episode looks like it's gonna be good but looks can be very deceiving. *Crosses everything that can be crossed and knocks on wood.*

[Reply #597 on:]

wow, just...wow

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First off, I cant believe he gets a cloned daughter before the opening credits. Then we find out shes a time lord, shocker. Then she's dead, which I expected. But then I was basically sobbing I felt so bad for the doctor. And I seriously thought he was gonna shoot that guy. But now that she's still alive....what's this gonna mean, now that there's two timelords running around?

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I had the same thoughts LFF. I was on the verge of crying at that point.

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I really expected him to shot the guy, but as much as he wanted to he refrained. I'm surprised that he just gave up on her coming back though. If she was anythign like him, as she was, then he should have figured that she was going to come back, but whatever.There are 2 Time Lords running around I think and I think that they may have them meet again or she could be the way of getting around the regeneration limit.

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I have one problem with the script:

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Rose is the only person who has ever seen a regeneration in the new series. Why does Martha seem know what to look for?

Other than that I thought it was very well handled and despite my fears, I actually liked the character of Genny.