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Stigmata said:
My Filipino-American friend is quite upset about the throwaway joke about Gwen getting a servant.
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That said, the actress who plays Gwens first role in the whoniverse was as a servant - referenced in the last episode of the last series of Doctor Who.
 
Yep, enjoyed that one. :)

Never really got on with Torchwood before, but that was much, much better.
 
It's great spotting the various Cardiff locations :cool:

I think they may have used bits of the University as some of the Whitehall interiors, too :hmm:
 
PacificOcean said:
Like I said, enjoyable nonsense on the CBBC channel, but primetime on BBC1?
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It's in that Buffy range, isn't it; you can see it as superficial teenage nonsense or you can look a little further. It's a choice you're being offered. As this thread demonstrates, plenty of adults are engaged enough to want to look beyond the surface.
 
London_Calling said:
It's in that Buffy range, isn't it; you can see it as superficial teenage nonsense or you can look a little further. It's a choice you're being offered. As this thread demonstrates, plenty of adults are engaged enough to want to look beyond the surface.
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Fair enough.

I'm not one of those people who go onto a thread to slag something off for the sake of it, but I really thought it was a kids programme on at 9pm on BBC1.

I got the joke about Cardiff being the centre of an alien invasion, but there was no swearing, violence, sex or drug references. There wasn't anything that couldn't have been shown on a Saturday afternoon, which seems to be the traditional slot for a show like this.

Why was it on at 9pm? Just because of the two blokes kissing?
 
PacificOcean said:
Fair enough.

I'm not one of those people who go onto a thread to slag something off for the sake of it, but I really thought it was a kids programme on at 9pm on BBC1.

I got the joke about Cardiff being the centre of an alien invasion, but there was no swearing, violence, sex or drug references. There wasn't anything that couldn't have been shown on a Saturday afternoon, which seems to be the traditional slot for a show like this.

Why was it on at 9pm? Just because of the two blokes kissing?
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London_Calling said:
I suppose we'll know by the end of the week. It might also be to do with it being intended for an adult audience.
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Well, I won't give it a spin tonight, so it might suddenly turn into a fright fest during the rest of the week.

But "Are you my mummy" and "The Library" episodes of Doctor Who were far more chilling, and shown on a Saturday afternoon, than this post watershed offering.
 
Pacific Ocean - Why are you so intent on simplifying what is adult orientated material into sex or swearing?

It seems adult to me because it’s layered and fairly sophisticated. And becasue of who the writer is, you know, if there is sex and swearing, he included it to make sure it went out after 9.
 
PacificOcean said:
Fair enough.

I'm not one of those people who go onto a thread to slag something off for the sake of it, but I really thought it was a kids programme on at 9pm on BBC1.

I got the joke about Cardiff being the centre of an alien invasion, but there was no swearing, violence, sex or drug references. There wasn't anything that couldn't have been shown on a Saturday afternoon, which seems to be the traditional slot for a show like this.

Why was it on at 9pm? Just because of the two blokes kissing?
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There was a bit of swearing, plus some people getting cut open and some shooting, which would have been edited slightly for a pre-watershed slot.
 
Stigmata said:
There was a bit of swearing, plus some people getting cut open and some shooting, which would have been edited slightly for a pre-watershed slot.
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I missed the swearing and the people getting cut open was highly stylised with a magic pen - hardly the scene from Aliens. :)

Maybe I am being dense, but I just thought it was a summer filler for BBC1 for the week after knicking it off BBC Three.

There was no reason that it was on after the watershed.
 
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