Doctor Who Series 8

[8115]

It was poor. Next weeks looks good although it appears to be the kind of horror themed Dr Who which will see me frightened to turn the lights out later on.

 

[belboid]

Absolutely excellent episode. Opium if the people

 

[free spirit]

wtf was that bollocks about?

shoot a golden arrow into the outside of a rocket engine and it will magically make the engine go to full power then explode in orbit?

is it asking too much for a bit of science in our science-fiction?

The bit I do like though is clara taking charge

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Ha, that was lots of fun.

 

[cesare]

"I'm leaving him a present" could have been phrased better. Maybe "I've saved him some time" or "I've done them a favour". Something like that rather than referring to Maid Marion as a present. I thought this one was Moffat too but apparently not.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

is it asking too much for a bit of science in our science-fiction?

Yeah it would have been much better if a character had introduced a dense inactive metal into the hyper-critical whaaargarrrrrble-sperg chamber of a space ship disguised as a castle in Sherwood Forest.

 

[DotCommunist]

Absolutely excellent episode. Opium if the people

peasants revolt reference also

Yeah I enjoyed that a lot, was prepared for it to be shit cos these historical ones can be but this one made the grade. All the old school robin hood tropes there. From the fight over a river crossing that leads to dual dunking, the golden arrow, the pisstake of the arrow that splits the other arow. Marvellous.

The little heaven bit, I missed that aside but it was to o with meta-plot. What was it he said about heaven?

 

[DotCommunist]

wtf was that bollocks about?

shoot a golden arrow into the outside of a rocket engine and it will magically make the engine go to full power then explode in orbit?

is it asking too much for a bit of science in our science-fiction?

The bit I do like though is clara taking charge

its doctor who. its science fantasy. And mainly fantasy dressed in the technogubbins of sci fi.

 

[cesare]

Loads of references to both the Errol Flynn and Kevin Costner Robins

 

[DotCommunist]

The minute I realised they were collecting gold I knew it couldn't be cybermen.


Claras headress made her look like The Girl From Tommorow.

Also, must have been murder doing action scenes bogged down in that dress.

 

[ruffneck23]

peasants revolt reference also

Yeah I enjoyed that a lot, was prepared for it to be shit cos these historical ones can be but this one made the grade. All the old school robin hood tropes there. From the fight over a river crossing that leads to dual dunking, the golden arrow, the pisstake of the arrow that splits the other arow. Marvellous.

The little heaven bit, I missed that aside but it was to o with meta-plot. What was it he said about heaven?

The ships computer said they were heading for ' The promised land ' where Missy is. Surprised she didn't pop up

 

[belboid]

I'm intrigued to know where the beheading would have come. As an accident while getting the chains off?

I could just read those leaked scripts I suppose.

 

[8115]

I assume it was when they cut the robots arm off.

 

[agricola]

its doctor who. its science fantasy. And mainly fantasy dressed in the technogubbins of sci fi.

A golden arrow pinging against the side of a ship to help it achieve escape velocity, though.

Thus far this series has been poor.

 

[free spirit]

Yeah it would have been much better if a character had introduced a dense inactive metal into the hyper-critical whaaargarrrrrble-sperg chamber of a space ship disguised as a castle in Sherwood Forest.

Up til that point it kinda made sense in a doctor who way, melting gold down to make circuit boards...

the whole thing seemed a lot more in the vein of a farce than I've been used to in recent series.

 

[DotCommunist]

A golden arrow pinging against the side of a ship to help it achieve escape velocity, though.

Thus far this series has been poor.

nothing will top when the power of belief turned wizened caged canary tennant back into the Doctor because...love..or something.
Or the face of Bo.

Come on.

 

[belboid]

I assume it was when they cut the robots arm off.

Ohh, that makes sense.

 

[Lord Camomile]

I'm intrigued to know where the beheading would have come. As an accident while getting the chains off?

I could just read those leaked scripts I suppose.

I assume it was when they cut the robots arm off.

Technically there was a beheading, one of the robots got his head blasted off with the gold shields.

Which the robots kept shooting at, despite some only covering a quarter of the person wielding them

 

[DotCommunist]

some good Alan-a-dale bits. He is totally the Bombadil of modern Robin Hood stuff. Near always excised for crimes of tweeness aforethought.

 

[agricola]

nothing will top when the power of belief turned wizened caged canary tennant back into the Doctor because...love..or something.
Or the face of Bo.

Come on.

The face of Boe, his cat assistant, everyone kept in transit vans locked on the motorway because of a disease, the crabs, and the patches that gave emotions made a thousand times more sense than transmitting energy by the medium of firing a golden arrow, from a bow, several thousand yards in order to allow a spaceship to get into orbit and then blow up.

 

[DotCommunist]

it still made more sense than the ending to any christmas episode ever.

 

[Kaka Tim]

silly, daft but entertaining. Story - waferthin to woeful, but the fun bits were fun.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Well that was terrible.

 

[Chz]

It wasn't totally awful, but it was very Mark Gatiss.

 

[SpookyFrank]

There was one good bit.

Spoiler

"And after Lincoln..."
"Worksop?"
"The world!"

 

[Santino]

Was that a picture of Patrick Troughton as Robin Hood in the database?

 

[PursuedByBears]

Was it me or did the Doctor break out a can of Pertwee-era whup-ass on Robin at one point? Venusian Akido? Hai!

I liked it, nice bit about stories transcending their beginnings. The Doctor IS as real as Robin Hood now.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Was that a picture of Patrick Troughton as Robin Hood in the database?

I think so

 

[PursuedByBears]

Will be nice to see the proper episode (on the DVD?) with the beheading scene restored - apparently the sheriff was supposed to be beheaded and revealed as a robot according to the guardian review.

 

[DotCommunist]

three mins cut was what I read elsewhere. It wouldn't have been a three min beheading though would it. They must have had to just cut a scene.