The Doctor Who thread

holnrew

It needs more camp. Even Ecclestone era was campy.

digitalscream

Myranda said:

Pretty much all of my favourite episodes mentioned in one page. And all for the same reason - character driven stories. Girl in the Fireplace was all about the characters... and even then pretty much just The Doctor and Madame de Pompadour...  The Doctors Wife - again, made by the interaction of the Doctor and the Tardis ... 

The Satan Pit was more of a story, but the Doctor and Rose were properly on a roll, the writing for that was a big part of it, and they invested time in the side characters so we cared when someone died. The whole Ood "He is risen" mass chanting was proper creepy/good too.

I hope that by next season someone tells them which the good episodes are, so that they can do more of that. Also, this season the Doctor un-wrote a load of what he did... so I rather hope that the Satan Pit baddie is free to come back again... even if we only ever see glimpses of what he has influenced as a subtle thing and is never truly confronted. 

Well, Satan (presuming the name) confirmed that he existed before time and before the universe - therefore, it's highly unlikely that he was killed by the black hole. You're right, that'd be an excellent returned baddie...far better than the inevitable resurrection of yet more Daleks.

The only thing that'd be more interested than that would be a proper return for the Time Lords, complete with all the social and political intrigue that should come back with them. However, it'd more likely be a glib two-parter that's never mentioned again.

Heartfeltdawn

digitalscream said:

The only thing that'd be more interested than that would be a proper return for the Time Lords, complete with all the social and political intrigue that should come back with them. However, it'd more likely be a glib two-parter that's never mentioned again.

Even worse: Moff might not retcon Timothy Dalton's appearance as Rassilon and he comes back. Eeeeek!

frankus

digitalscream said:

Myranda said:

Pretty much all of my favourite episodes mentioned in one page. And all for the same reason - character driven stories. Girl in the Fireplace was all about the characters... and even then pretty much just The Doctor and Madame de Pompadour...  The Doctors Wife - again, made by the interaction of the Doctor and the Tardis ... 

The Satan Pit was more of a story, but the Doctor and Rose were properly on a roll, the writing for that was a big part of it, and they invested time in the side characters so we cared when someone died. The whole Ood "He is risen" mass chanting was proper creepy/good too.

I hope that by next season someone tells them which the good episodes are, so that they can do more of that. Also, this season the Doctor un-wrote a load of what he did... so I rather hope that the Satan Pit baddie is free to come back again... even if we only ever see glimpses of what he has influenced as a subtle thing and is never truly confronted. 

Well, Satan (presuming the name) confirmed that he existed before time and before the universe - therefore, it's highly unlikely that he was killed by the black hole. You're right, that'd be an excellent returned baddie...far better than the inevitable resurrection of yet more Daleks.

The only thing that'd be more interested than that would be a proper return for the Time Lords, complete with all the social and political intrigue that should come back with them. However, it'd more likely be a glib two-parter that's never mentioned again.

Gotcha... rehoming timelord refugees, timelord prime-minister as war-criminal, zygon spitfire pilots, some famous luvvie on the timelord council caught for expenses fraud - wanted a duck-tardis .. and FINALLY the real reason the 11th Doctor wore Converse trainers - we knew there'd be a reason!        

EricTheWeary

And...go....

thumpingrug

Thought that was ok

EricTheWeary

It had that Gatiss Christmas horror story feel: indeed given a few tweaks it might have made it as a festive special. It stands out in terms of feel from the rest of the series so far which is both odd and good.

Fretwired

It was OK .. one big plot hole but better than men in green rubber suits.

axisus

Yeah, quite enjoyed it.

digitalscream

It felt far too much like they were trying to make another Blink. 

And failed, miserably.

musicegbdf

Found it boring.

axisus

digitalscream said:

It felt far too much like they were trying to make another Blink. 

And failed, miserably.

????? It was nothing like Blink in any way at all????? I thought that they were going to do a Blair Witch Project, which 'might' have worked with a good script, although I hate shakycam.

Frankieabbot

musicegbdf said:

Found it boring.

Agree. And it has been for a while but I just have to watch it each week......don't want to miss the good episode when it comes.

digitalscream

axisus said:

digitalscream said:

It felt far too much like they were trying to make another Blink. 

And failed, miserably.

????? It was nothing like Blink in any way at all????? I thought that they were going to do a Blair Witch Project, which 'might' have worked with a good script, although I hate shakycam.

I don't mean in terms of the story - I mean in the sense that they wanted to make a scary episode that people talk about for years later (hence the bit at the end that was supposed to be creepy, but wasn't even slightly).

Chuffola

I'm now officially "out".

I don't know if it's the script, the cast, the piss-poor stories but this series has been awful. 

This week's episode was dreadful. Surely no children are enjoying this?

Bah!

Heartfeltdawn

Generally the fans on Den of Geek are positive and have been dribbling pools of love for this series. Even they turned down yesterday's episode. 

Jalapeno

Mark Gatiss >-

axisus

Chuffola said:

I'm now officially "out".

I don't know if it's the script, the cast, the piss-poor stories but this series has been awful. 

This week's episode was dreadful. Surely no children are enjoying this?

Bah!

I actually think it's better than the last 2 series. My girls really enjoy it but they are mad for anything Dr who.

ICBM

I watched it tonight (was out yesterday).

It was OK, although it seemed a bit contrived with all the POV stuff and forced humour in places.

It was also what I had expected from the trailer last week - way too much of a Forbidden Planet rip-off even though they tried to make it different. The clue was in the name, really...

english_bob

Actually quite enjoyed that. 

Fully expecting next week's on the old Harry Potter Diagon Alley set to be balls though.