Doctor Who 2024 - News, views, spin-offs
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QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
Sadly I thought it was dull and boring, apart from Ncuti who is brilliant
RevolutionSound
Well-Known Member
What was that all about?
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Started very poorly. Righted itself somewhat, but ditched the intrigue for a side story that broke a major Who cardinal rule. . . When the main story kicked back in I found I was bored and the only thing that excited me was the prospect of a new assistant whose consciousness lived in his sonic (tv remote?) . . . That was not to be.
Did I miss something or did the doctor have zero baring on the outcome of the episode? Was his interaction with the 'star people' the thing that made the star fly billions of miles away? (at an impossible speed several times faster than the speed of light). . . . Plus that star was well established long before the time jesus birth was set.
Also . . . . Pick an outfit and stick with it.
Did I miss something or did the doctor have zero baring on the outcome of the episode? Was his interaction with the 'star people' the thing that made the star fly billions of miles away? (at an impossible speed several times faster than the speed of light). . . . Plus that star was well established long before the time jesus birth was set.
Also . . . . Pick an outfit and stick with it.
lazythursday
Averagely-Known Member
It wouldn't be Christmas without ATOMIC SUPLEX 's perplexed disappointment. Maybe one year things will be different.
PTK
Paul Kegan
That Doctor Who is now produced in association with Disney was evident in the horribly glossy look of this Christmas special.
People condemn Old Who for poor sets, but the opening set in wartime Manchester did not look at all realistic.
Is it now compulsory for there to be a splash of nostalgia for the Second Word War? Perhaps in the future we will have heart-warming sentimental stories featuring the bombing of Ukraine or the Gaza Strip.
The ending was sentimental crap that I suspect also reflects a Disney influence. That kind of trite banality would be popular in the USA.
There were some jokes that I found amusing. The quip relating to why Jesus and Mary could not find a room reminded me an SF story that I once read, where the people who witnessed the Crucifixion were all time travellers.
Why were there two Doctors? How did he manage that without the use of the TARDIS?
If the star began to shine in the skies of Earth two thousand years ago, then how could it suddenly appear in the skies of future eras?
Why did the Doctor have to leave the hotel and travel to a hotel in New York? It was said that the hotel in which he stayed would be linked again with the Time Hotel in a year. Come to think of it, how did the hotel in which he stayed lose its link with the Time Hotel?
Also, how did he use the train to pull open the door on the shrine? The train was moving towards the shrine, not away from it. Using the train was a clever idea, but the execution of it was messed up.
People condemn Old Who for poor sets, but the opening set in wartime Manchester did not look at all realistic.
Is it now compulsory for there to be a splash of nostalgia for the Second Word War? Perhaps in the future we will have heart-warming sentimental stories featuring the bombing of Ukraine or the Gaza Strip.
The ending was sentimental crap that I suspect also reflects a Disney influence. That kind of trite banality would be popular in the USA.
There were some jokes that I found amusing. The quip relating to why Jesus and Mary could not find a room reminded me an SF story that I once read, where the people who witnessed the Crucifixion were all time travellers.
Why were there two Doctors? How did he manage that without the use of the TARDIS?
If the star began to shine in the skies of Earth two thousand years ago, then how could it suddenly appear in the skies of future eras?
Why did the Doctor have to leave the hotel and travel to a hotel in New York? It was said that the hotel in which he stayed would be linked again with the Time Hotel in a year. Come to think of it, how did the hotel in which he stayed lose its link with the Time Hotel?
Also, how did he use the train to pull open the door on the shrine? The train was moving towards the shrine, not away from it. Using the train was a clever idea, but the execution of it was messed up.
PR1Berske
Alligator in chains by the park gates.
Just watched it. Moff keeps trying to be clever-clever with structure and timelines and it really needs to be a stick he stops banging. Was funny, touching in places, but got way too syrup-y and maudlin. Ncuti could end up being the next great actor lumbered with bad scripts.
8ball
1,200 lights
He’d need to ascend to the dizzy heights of “mediocre actor” first.
krtek a houby
Kick me again Jesus
Can't wait to see it! The Wiz last night has put me in the mood & here's hoping for a musical number 
krtek a houby
Kick me again Jesus
Doctor Humbug?
Nine Bob Note
Self-Isolating before it was fashionable
I had no fucking clue what was going on, and didn't care all that much
8ball
1,200 lights
Fair point. But then again maybe it’s reasonable to expect a little more from the license fee which is extorted from us every year without our consent.
Unlike the case with Britney Spears’ Toxic, which is the best pop song of the last 20 years and involved no extortion whatsoever.
/crossthreadbeef
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