Doctor Who Series 8

[Helen Back]

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

Yup.

 

[mwgdrwg]

Ye gads! That was brilliant!

 

[Vintage Paw]

Presumably the bit where it looks like he was trying to climb out of the vat of molten gold, with his hands clutching the sides... I reckon the scene they cut was him climbing out and continuing to come at our merry threesome, and then getting beheaded (obviously being covered in molten gold would be a giveaway that he was a robot too).

 

[danny la rouge]

Great fun. That's 3 out of 3 hits. I declare this series a triumph.

 

[ruffneck23]

Presumably the bit where it looks like he was trying to climb out of the vat of molten gold, with his hands clutching the sides... I reckon the scene they cut was him climbing out and continuing to come at our merry threesome, and then getting beheaded (obviously being covered in molten gold would be a giveaway that he was a robot too).

apparently it was during the fight with Robin, he loses his head and re-attaches it to make people realise he was a robot all along

 

[Helen Back]

 

[Lord Camomile]

Oh! That last line makes a whole lot more sense now!

 

[ginger_syn]

that was enjoyable, a nice bit of nonsense that the grandkids enjoyed as well. as for the golden arrow it didn't cause the ship to blow up, it just provided an extra kick to get the ship into orbit before it blew, something that the Doctor talked about twice during the episode.

 

[Epona]

That was quite possibly the most stupid thing I've seen on TV for a while - loved it though. Really liking Capaldi.

It was a bit like watching a favourite legend/myth be demolished in a large and messy explosion.

 

[MikeMcc]

Preferred this one to previous ones, especially when he said he cheated with the arrows in the tournament. It was much better than the clips from last week indicated that it would be. Clips from next week looked interesting, does that mean I should set myself up for a disappointment?

 

[Epona]

Preferred this one to previous ones, especially when he said he cheated with the arrows in the tournament. It was much better than the clips from last week indicated that it would be. Clips from next week looked interesting, does that mean I should set myself up for a disappointment?

Looking at the clips, I am hoping for something similar to "Empty Child" or "Blink" brilliance. It looks awesome, all I can do is hope that I won't be disappointed.

 

[Awesome Wells]

If people are agreeing that was brilliant then I guess Dr who is something I just don't recognise anymore.

 

[Chz]

That was exactly the sort of thing that Who should be, with the exception of just how *precious* Gatiss gets about it all. A little nod here and there to the past and the odd bit of tongue in cheek is fine, he just doesn't understand where to stop.

 

[Awesome Wells]

If Capaldi is going to be reduced to miserly curmudgeonhood for the remainder of the season I think the show's headed for choppy waters! I liked it last week because it was darker, this was just a load of miderly shit with a weak plot and nothing to back it up. How did they escape the dungeon? One minute they were fighting over the keys, the next they'd pulled out the post they were shackled to and off out!

If only the prisoners had thought to use the cutlery sooner, it would have been so much shorter!

Robin Hood himself made no sense at all.

This whole 'veteran of the time war' shit has got to go. Yes, we get it, the Time War was bad. Hadn't we resolved all that crap now? Wasn't that the whole fucking point of the 50th episode as well? Redeeming John Hurt so he becomes ecclescake who meets Rose and finds his 'humanity' again? But nope, it's back to being shit again while the companion is token feisty young british grrl who remains remarkably unfazed by anything until the script calls for her to go 'ahhh monster!'

 

[Santino]

He still witnessed (and perpetrated?) unimaginable horrors during the Time War.

 

[mwgdrwg]

All I know is that my 7 year old boy wants to be Robin Hood, and his cousin thinks the new Doctor is amazing!

That's all there is to be said, really.

 

[DotCommunist]

I don't mind a bit of curmudgeon. Pertwee wasn't above a certain irascibility

shit, even the northen Doctor of new who was a mard on occasion

 

[Awesome Wells]

He still witnessed (and perpetrated?) unimaginable horrors during the Time War.

I'm past caring about the Time War. It was a stupid idea in the first place. No more timelords? Great, let's just erase a massive part of the mythos of Dr Who.

 

[Awesome Wells]

Next week the doctor and clara debunk King Arthuer by discovering Merlin is actually a timetravelling used Tardis salesman, on the run from the Space Police.

 

[8den]

I'm past caring about the Time War. It was a stupid idea in the first place. No more timelords? Great, let's just erase a massive part of the mythos of Dr Who.

Okay you're getting a little bit precious here.

 

[DotCommunist]

there had to be a big reset button. and once they had a new generation hooked, why they brought the time lords back. You have to remember by mcoys last days the vast majoprity of its target audience- children and families- thought it was naff and shit. There was a huge underground following over the dry period, the interregnum, enough residual love amongst viewers as nostalgia kicked in and so we got the 2001 TV movie. Which went some way to laying the ground for the new who. Even if it was a bit shit

 

[ruffneck23]

Next week the doctor and clara debunk King Arthuer by discovering Merlin is actually a timetravelling used Tardis salesman, on the run from the Space Police.

http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Merlin

 

[Awesome Wells]

Okay you're getting a little bit precious here.

But this whole 'woe is me for i am the lonely timelord' has gone on since the days of 10. It needs to change. While i enjoyed Dalek's Fantastic Voyage last week, it was a rehash of 'Dalek' from the reign of ecclescake.

 

[Awesome Wells]

there had to be a big reset button. and once they had a new generation hooked, why they brought the time lords back. You have to remember by mcoys last days the vast majoprity of its target audience- children and families- thought it was naff and shit. There was a huge underground following over the dry period, the interregnum, enough residual love amongst viewers as nostalgia kicked in and so we got the 2001 TV movie. Which went some way to laying the ground for the new who. Even if it was a bit shit

They ccan reinvent the Timelords, just not completely remove them from continuity. The doctor rebelled against them, he hated the timelord order and it's an important part of his character.

 

[8den]

But this whole 'woe is me for i am the lonely timelord' has gone on since the days of 10. It needs to change. While i enjoyed Dalek's Fantastic Voyage last week, it was a rehash of 'Dalek' from the reign of ecclescake.

And I said the exact same thing several pages ago.

 

[Awesome Wells]

And I said the exact same thing several pages ago.

Well it's true. I don't think that fact makes it a bad episode, but it's yet more of the same 'i'm a survivor of the time war'.

 

[belboid]

I'm past caring about the Time War. It was a stupid idea in the first place. No more timelords? Great, let's just erase a massive part of the mythos of Dr Who.

Stop watching then, you whining tosspot. We don't need another atomic suplex.

 

[CNT36]

More blackboard action at the beginning. A lot better than I expected . Weak plot but saved by the leads. The Doctor was refered to as "the stranger" after being called "the other" two weeks ago.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

That was... Well, crap really. But oddly enjoyable at the same time.

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

Hang on wasn't there a pertwee or troughton story were King John is a shapeshifting robot who loves baths?