Doctor Who Series 8

[spanglechick]

it was silly fun. No "The Shakespeare Code", obviously - but a good Errol Flynn nob-gag, and Ben Miller was good value as The Sherrif. I was distracted by Clara's head-dress, which must have been glued to her forehead - which isn't how they normally fix these things, on account of it looking weird.

 

[spirals]

it was silly fun. No "The Shakespeare Code", obviously - but a good Errol Flynn nob-gag, and Ben Miller was good value as The Sherrif. I was distracted by Clara's head-dress, which must have been glued to her forehead - which isn't how they normally fix these things, on account of it looking weird.

I found her head-dress really distracting too, I enjoyed the episode, weakest one so far though but I'm loving the new doctor and for a Mark Gatiss episode it wasn't too bad.

 

[CNT36]

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

Davison.

 

[ebonics]

Ben Miller's Sheriff was the highlight for me. The story was weak but I came away stupidly entertained, anyway.

 

[SpookyFrank]

They might have got away with that episode if they'd cast a Robin Hood with some decent comic timing.

 

[Mungy]

was probably the worst episode of all the new doctors. the golden arrow thing was just shit.

edited to add: I do like the capaldi though.

 

[Lord Camomile]

was probably the worst episode of all the new doctors.

Woah.

Woah.

Just... woah.

the golden arrow thing was just shit.

That, I will agree on. Leaving aside the fact that the robots seemingly didn't understand how to operate their own spaceship, they'd been harvesting shitloads of gold but that small amount was supposed to give them the boost they needed to escape Earth's atmosphere? And it didn't even go in any kind of reactor or anything to do with the engine at all, it just got stuck on the outside and that sorted it out?! Sweet jaysis...

 

[Mungy]

i wasn't including the christmas ones. they have a crapness all of their own

 

[Lord Camomile]

i wasn't including the christmas ones. they have a crapness all of their own

There have been worse regular series episodes than this latest one though! The one where the Doctor is regenerated by the magic of thought sticks out, though that was more a single moment of "oh piss off" rather than a whole episode.

There have been worse ones, I just can't think of them right now...

 

[Mungy]

robin was crap. the sheriff was decent enough. sword fighting with a fucking spoon. I know a sword fighter and she'd have sliced and diced him. a fucking spoon the aforementioned arrow. the "homing arrow i made earlier" blue peter moment. the more i think about it, it is crapper than tom baker's robot

 

[joustmaster]

was probably the worst episode of all the new doctors. the golden arrow thing was just shit.

edited to add: I do like the capaldi though.

It was a really shit episode.

but i'm sure there were worse.

like the one with little monsters made out of fat. And wasn't there one with Peter Kay in it?

 

[joustmaster]

And the olympics one.

 

[DotCommunist]

James Corden

 

[Lord Camomile]

robin was crap. the sheriff was decent enough. sword fighting with a fucking spoon. I know a sword fighter and she'd have sliced and diced him. a fucking spoon the aforementioned arrow. the "homing arrow i made earlier" blue peter moment. the more i think about it, it is crapper than tom baker's robot

Aye, the spoon was a low point too. Despite that, I still think its average was higher than that of other episodes.

And wasn't there one with Peter Kay in it?

And the olympics one.

Those were two that came to mind, but the Peter Kay one sort of had an interesting strand with the idea of 'Doctor-watchers'. The Olympics one I thought I was just being mean

 

[DotCommunist]

the history romps are often more fail than win but this was OK, not as good as Vampires of Venice but still worth my time

 

[Santino]

space traffic jams

 

[belboid]

sword fighting with a fucking spoon. I know a sword fighter and she'd have sliced and diced him. a fucking spoon

I take it you got a First in 'Missing the Point Spectacularly'

 

[Lord Camomile]

I take it you got a First in 'Missing the Point Spectacularly'

A SPOON!!

 

[DotCommunist]

it hurts more because its blunt

 

[Mungy]

I take it you got a First in 'Missing the Point Spectacularly'

don't have a degree in anything

 

[AverageJoe]

Not to labour the point about the spoon, but.....

 

[Chz]

Surely the episode gets a *bit* of love just for Capaldi giving us all the finger.

 

[Pingu]

I am really liking this series so far and next weeks is one to watch with my nephew after which i will "spot" the dummy arm that will be placed under the bed for him...

ALSO AND i AM really really really sorry for doing this but:


Clara






giggity

 

[spanglechick]

worst episode of new who: the matt smith one with the choir singers on the rock.

 

[spanglechick]

or: ww2 daleks (with the fugly primary colour daleks).

 

[spanglechick]

or... the lazarus project

 

[joustmaster]

worst episode of new who: the matt smith one with the choir singers on the rock.

that one must be bad. i seemed to have blocked it out, as I don't remember it at all.

 

[ginger_syn]

the fires of akahtan I liked that one, it was sweet, and love and monsters, well apart from the monster is one of my favourites

 

[Kaka Tim]

worst new who episode?

phwww... there's some stiff competition.

Daleks in Manhattan is down there though.

 

[Chz]

Face penises!