Doctor Who

[Mr Cochese]

It's not really dues ex machina if the resolution is telegraphed from very early on in the story. Dull.

[neoELITE]

Clara's top was nice.

Cybermen scare the shit out of me so next week should be good. Hopefully, Clara will also be wearing a fetching top.

[NecroMorrius]

I think this is the worst episode of Who that I've seen. Except maybe that one with Catherine Tate and the fatmonster things.

[El Pibe]

Clara's top was nice.

Cybermen scare the shit out of me so next week should be good. Hopefully, Clara will also be wearing a fetching top.

Booby-licious.

[NEG]

Were trees growing out of the sea as well then?

Yes

[Creamstick]

This whole series has just seemed, I dunno.. cheap? Compared to Smith's run, it looks cheap, and compared to Tennant's run it feels cheap.

[Harsin]

Also, what the hell was up with that weird anti-medication message.

[Fury4k]

It was more don't medicate your kids,deal with the problem instead of trying to hide it with pills. Hence the sister running away from a mother who failed to listen to her children.

I liked the episode.

[Meh]

This whole series has just seemed, I dunno.. cheap? Compared to Smith's run, it looks cheap, and compared to Tennant's run it feels cheap.

Yep - it's not hiding its low budget well whatsoever this season. I appreciate them getting more non-CGI monsters in the show, though - even if that one in the school looked like a Robot Wars reject.

[kensei]

Deep Breath did the full period thing, thee Orient Express one looked great, the Moon one probably cost a fair bit too with them going to Spain. I think the money is just being spent a lot more unevenly. Hopefully a whack has gone into the finale.

Though the lighting or something does seem less cinematic this year. I assume it's intentional.

[dismembo]

I quite enjoyed it! I liked the trees in London, the green earth, the little fairy like guardians and the doctor's quips and personality. Wasn't sure where the girls sister had been or why she came back though.

[Delargey]

There was a lot of horrible stage-school child acting which really annoyed me.

[jonamok]

Think I preferred the dragon shitting out the moon egg.

[Not Thread Owner]

Every week I watch this, I always keep wishing for more Torchwood.

Please don't inflict that on us.

[Not Thread Owner]

There was a lot of horrible stage-school child acting which really annoyed me.

Ginger girl clearly played Veruca Salt at some point.

[Lag]

what a load of rubbish.

[Lag]

I agree with Neg!

It wasn't a classic but I liked the fairy-tale-ness of it. Big bad wolves (not that one) and Little Red Riding Hood.

I quite enjoyed that one.

It wasn't great but it was hardly awful.

I didn't hate it

I liked it.

I didn't hate it

I liked the episode.

I quite enjoyed it!

ban request

[Fletch]

I missed most of it as I fell asleep with a nice glass of whisky in my hand, guessing I don't need to bother rewatching then?

[K]

I thought this was absolutely woeful – a fake problem that doesn’t seem to inconvenience anyone is resolved with a fake solution that none of the characters contribute to and would have happened anyway. Then everybody forgets about it because that’s what humans do – forgive and forget. We never hold grudges over some dimly-remember slight from centuries ago. I realise Doctor Who isn’t exactly hard SF, but this was just gibberish, none of it made any sense.

The episode was partly annoying because of the above ridiculousness, and partly because it was written by Frank Cottrell Boyce who I really like, but mainly because the start really reminded me of a Colin Baker story I was obsessed with as a kid, where the Doctor and his assistant stumble across a tube station in the middle of an untracked forest on a desolate planet, and come to realise that the planet is Earth. That image really stayed with me, and (in my memory) it was exactly the kind of science-fiction story that the new Who only manages very occasionally.

But then again, I watched that story when I was seven, and if I watched it now I’d probably think it was even worse than Saturday’s episode. I don’t think the new Who is really aimed at middle-aged nerds like me - there are the occasional episodes that cross over into stuff that I can enjoy, but it seems unreasonable to expect a show that’s massively popular with children to consistently entertain me.

[Dr Derek Doctors]

The episode was partly annoying because of the above ridiculousness, and partly because it was written by Frank Cottrell Boyce who I really like, but mainly because the start really reminded me of a Colin Baker story I was obsessed with as a kid, where the Doctor and his assistant stumble across a tube station in the middle of an untracked forest on a desolate planet, and come to realise that the planet is Earth. That image really stayed with me, and (in my memory) it was exactly the kind of science-fiction story that the new Who only manages very occasionally.

But then again, I watched that story when I was seven, and if I watched it now I’d probably think it was even worse than Saturday’s episode.

I think you might still enjoy it because it has ace robots in it. Although as I recall, it used the phrase "black light" a lot, which thanks to CSI is now synonymous with spunky sheets in my head.

[Teabag]

It does contain the line "We've got so much black light we can hardly see" so it can't be all bad.

[DirkCrisis]

This whole series has just seemed, I dunno.. cheap? Compared to Smith's run, it looks cheap, and compared to Tennant's run it feels cheap.

Welcome to classic Dr Who!

[Hexx]

[c-cat114]

Just watching it again with daughter. It's awful but mainly just down to the script. It looked ok enough (some of the fx were rubbish but not deal breakingly so) but the story was so poorly put together. No-one in London? Sister was where? Algae on the sea stopping the solar fire. Flame proof trees for no reason? Then they just disappear?

And two teachers lose one student out of a group of 8 for a whole day.

Hideous story. As bad as Who has been for a long time

[Commander Jameson]

And two teachers lose one student out of a group of 8 for a whole day.

Lose her twice at that!

[pranny]

Think I preferred the dragon shitting out the moon egg.

People didnt like the eggmoon? There is no hope!

[Lag]

Flame proof trees for no reason?

DOCTOR

Trees control the oxygen on this planet. They withhold it, they smother the fire.

Then they just disappear?

it was like shit fanfiction.

[c-cat114]

Forgot he said that. That said it still made no sense, only being there for the one reason and being so painfully obvious that even my wife worked out what the end was a third of the way through (her words in terms of derision. She blissfully admits that she never notices any foreshadowing and clues in a tv show).

I wish it had worked because the kernel of the idea had a nice basis and I like the idea they weren't running away (again) from the monster of the week (again).

[Gabe]

Thought that was terrible after a couple of really good episodes. For starters, the kids weren't the best child actors you'll ever see, were they? Then you have the ongoing Danny/Clara truth and lies game which is just meandering along with no real purpose or punch so far (she lies, he forgives her again) and the fact that the 'solution' was actually to not do anything. I like the fact that the little girl told everybody to not burn trees, so the planet didn't burn trees. Even though most of the world wouldn't understand what she said. Top stuff!

It's a shame, I liked some of the establishing shots (one of the few things I liked about I Am Legend was the view of the overgrown US) but it was a just dull.

[El Pibe]

The Tardis is pretty good on translations!

Even though most of the world wouldn't understand what she said. Top stuff!