Doctor Who

[whizzo]

It also had Captain Jack hiding a laser gun in his anus though, so it was pretty spectacular.

Also I really liked that first series, mostly due to Ecclestone, probably, but I thought pretty much all the episodes were good (except mainly for the Simon Pegg on a space station episode, and the cheap let's go to a restaurant in Cardiff episode) and a few that were even pretty great (Dickens episode, Rose meeting her father episode, the are you my mummy episodes, maybe even the Dalek episode)

Yeah the Dalek Ep was awesome. That one Dalek barely working a mile and a half underground was more scary than all of the Armies that have come since.

[Harsin]

Why have they never invited that guy back to write another episode? Was he just not interested?

[cassidy]

Don't know his audios and short stories were also decent Robert Shearman is his name and he wrote the best titled Who short story ever

The Lying old witch in the Wardrobe.

[Reidles]

Possibly inspired by Sprite, I have started to watch some old Who, and watched Tomb Of The Cyberman earlier in the week.

Actually surprised that it was a little scary. Also, I know the Smith's comparisons to the second doctor have been well documented, but Victoria and Jamie also seemed to have a hint of Amy and Rory about them. Victoria looks similar, facially, and Jamie resembles a Centurion in his kilt.

Admittedly, I was looking for these fairly subjective comparisons, but still...

Deadly Assassin last night, and maybe some Colin Baker next - I've never seen any episodes with him in.

[Mogster]

Colin Baker next - I've never seen any episodes with him in.

Watch Vengeance on Varos, as it's pretty much the only good one and has quite a cool premise that was somewhat ahead of its time.

[Davros sock drawer]

Agreed, Vengeance on Varos is pretty much the only good Colin Baker episode, and even then it's an acquired taste.

[Reidles]

Thanks for the advice; thought it was brilliant, reminiscent of Black Mirror or something.

As for Baker - I loved him. Thought he was great. There was a certain amount of overacting, but find me a Doctor isn't guilty of that. Pity to hear it's the only decent one, but I may check out The Two Doctors; I'm feeling in a forgiving mood...

[JohnC]

Crichton and Mr. Jolly!

[Pekoe]

That was dreadful.

[omus]

Ben Browder should be in more!

[mdn2]

I really enjoyed it.

[NecroMorrius]

I liked that. Further proof that these episodes should be an hour long, as it once again felt rushed on the back end and they rushed through the potentially interesting but totally squandered ethical questions they posed.

[Hexx]

Another "ok" episode, not amazing, not terrible. Different than the less 2, with more weight behind it's story that they never quite capitalised on completely.

I think S7's been pretty good so far - and seems to have met the "consistent, standalone "movie like" stories everyweek. While there's not an arc as such the Doctor's ageing and darkening must be a plot point surely?

[mindgames]

"He's called Susan and he wants you to respect his lifestyle choices" had me lolling hard.

[Harsin]

Was an alright, if a bit forgettable episode, but my viewing experience was somewhat hampered by iPlayer buffering every 5 minutes despite my connection being fine.

[c-cat114]

Hey team I need to send someone the tennant vs smith ice cream cartoon posted here ages ago. (Tenant - I can't have another scoop it's the curse of the time lords/smith yeah put another scoop on that bad boy.

Anyway have 4% battery and google is failing me. Is rll better than google? We shall see.

[Harsin]

[c-cat114]

Within seconds. Amazing

[Garwoofoo]

I thought it was a decent episode. That's 3 out of 3 for me so far this series and I came into it with seriously low expectations. The show seems to have rediscovered its niche, quality family entertainment basically. Last year was too dark, too adult, too complex - this is fun, yet every episode feels like it means something and the moral dilemmas are a bit more than you'd expect from Saturday teatime. A real return to form so far, for me at least.

The Doctor losing his sense of mercy is surely this series' story arc, though? Last week he basically executed the bad guy, this week he came very close. Must be connected to the Dalek nanogenes from episode 1, and I'm sure there was more than one instance this week where he referred to the Daleks in a positive light. Is the Doc turning into a Dalek?

[Harsin]

Also more flickering lights and mentions of Christmas.

[The Bag]

Where was the mention of Christmas, I don't recall it?

[lordcookie]

Near the start when he is looking at the electric light. He reels off a list of things (keep out sign etc.) and then says somebody has been reading his Christmas list.

[Fletch]

After a couple of large gins and half a bottle of red with the father in law I tried watching this last night and fell asleep just over half way through. My wife assures me the Doctor won so not to bothered about rewatching Krytons bad ass brother out for justice again.

[The Bag]

Near the start when he is looking at the electric light. He reels off a list of things (keep out sign etc.) and then says somebody has been reading his Christmas list.

Oh yeah, should have remembered that, it was in the trailers.

I liked the way in this one the doctor wasn't the mythical man being talked about in the narration. Is people not knowing who he is another theme, the Daleks have forgotten him, Solomon's machine couldn't id him, and this week he's just another alien doctor - he was just an interloper in the story of this town and their alien saviours.

[jonamok]

Hated that. Liked the first two a lot, but that was the poorest Who I've seen for a while.

"What haven't we done since the reboot?"

"Doctor as a cowboy? Sentient weasels? Monkey tennis?"

"I likey. Do the first one, for now."

"Cool, but what's it about?"

"God knows. Just nothing too expensive, we've already spazzed the cash on a CGI dinosaur and some animatronic camp robots."

"Okay."

"Oh, and redemption. Cowboy films are always about redemption."

"Sure. Pretty much writes itself."

[Red Alignment]

Hated that. Liked the first two a lot, but that was the poorest Who I've seen for a while.

Yeah, I agree. I'm pretty much watching DW out of habit now.

[Retroid]

I enjoyed that, nice ethical dilemmas - kind of echoing the way some Nazi war criminals absconding after the war. The Dr was bad-ass and the Gunslinger was pretty fucking cool.

I liked that it was a simple episode which made sense, no leaps in craziness needed for it to be resolved.

[Lorfarius]

I thought it was pretty boring. The ending was a bit half baked and none of the good stuff from previous shows, very disappointed.

Also a bit of a strange set was that borrowed from another show? Parts of it seemed put together well enough but other bits were a bit cheap looking.

[CactuarBill]

Last year was too dark, too adult, too complex

This is the Doctor Who I want. I loved last series and while this series is still decent enough with its standalone episodes, I'm not really invested in it as much as the previous two years. I just like my arc stories, hopefully will come about this series soon enough.

[whizzo]

Yeah I was disappointed when Moffat said there was no arc and all standalone episodes. Since the reboot the 2 parters and arc eps are normally the better and more interesting ones.