Doctor Who Series 8
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TBF, if i'd been Dr Six, I'd have abandoned my companions. You could hear Mel scream from here to Skaro.
Don't (blink) breathe.
8den
No I'm pretty sure that was 8ball...
Shudder.....
Mel was like some weird mutant adult Shirley Temple. She should have been a Villain not a companion.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I can't think of anyone who would proclaim an episode or story from that era as their favourite tbh.
Trial of a Time lord was a decent arc. Colink Baker just got a shitty deal. Him and McCoy are stage actor types and so their brand of thespianism doesn't sit right with TV audiences. Plus that crazy quilt outfit...
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
That was Elizabeth Sladen's widower, Brian Miller, perhaps best-known as Mr. Archibald Buttle in Brazil.
8den
No I'm pretty sure that was 8ball...
Tuttle?
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
See that was a low point for me. And yes the outfit was shitty.
Sorry thing is that with better stories and scripts, I think Colin Baker could have been excellent.
I actually liked McCoy, even despite the sets being very obviously wobbly and low budget by that point, he was a fine Doctor. Hated Ace though, I grew up in Surrey and she was like so many posh people I knew playing at being 'radical' with an ultra posh accent that it made my head hurt.
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Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I knew him from Brazil of course (my favourite film) and also he's been in a few episodes of Doctor Who over the years, but I never realised he was married to Elizabeth Sladen - thanks for pointing that out.
gnoriac
lowly seer
Hoping Capaldi will turn out to be an excellent Doctor, thought he did well despite the lame humour saturating last night's episode. Plus points for the clockwork cyborgs and the new Tardis.
New re-working of the theme tune is shittier than ever, bring back the unearthly Delia Derbyshire orginal, a true masterpiece of electronic music!
New re-working of the theme tune is shittier than ever, bring back the unearthly Delia Derbyshire orginal, a true masterpiece of electronic music!
even sorrier thing is that Colin would agree.
I agre about McCoy, i would like (and will thanks to Torrent, no thanks to the BBC refusing to show this stuff and forcing ppl to buy their shitty expensive dvds), to watch the McCoy stuff again and properly.
Neither.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Trial of a Timelord was a mess. Nobody could look good presented with that shit. Was the doctor pretending to be a twat, was he actually being a twat, or was it all a manipulation of the matrix. Not even the writers knew when baker asked for direction. Plus it introduced Mel.
When Baker came the writing got mega shit, they dressed him as a clown and made him unlikeable. By the time McCoy came along I was losing interest fast, but in retrospect he actually had some pretty decent episodes.
As for the titles of the new series, as long as they are not like the McCoy era titles I am happy. Bit over the top with the cogs.
I wish they would not keep banging on about Capaldi being 'old', he's not that old.
Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
And he doesn't look nearly as old as Matt Smith did at the end of Time of the Doctor after 1,000 years at Trenzalore. But they seem to have missed that.
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I think his point was that he started being the doctor as an old man (or something), also he phoned up as a young man.
Anyway, it's very annoying.
joustmaster
offcumdun
what was all the business of him finding it all familiar, but not being able to recall why, when he was trying to get that robot pissed?
Are they trying to make a statement about dementia or something by having the Dr as an old man who doesn't remember himself?
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
I've watched it twice now. I really liked it. Capaldi is brilliant. Clara has vastly improved. The dialogue was crisp and witty. The story was great. Strax was fantastic, as usual. "And then we will melt him with acid".
"And then we will not melt him with acid".
Not keen on the new theme tune. Don't like the bells, nor the altered timbre of the main melody, especially the vibrato towards the end.
"And then we will not melt him with acid".
Not keen on the new theme tune. Don't like the bells, nor the altered timbre of the main melody, especially the vibrato towards the end.
joustmaster
offcumdun
They should just that Orbital version of the theme tune.
joustmaster
offcumdun
I googled it.
The ship and the robots are the same as the ones in the Girl In The Fireplace.
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
The original theme music cant be bettered. Tis a fact written in stone.
Lots of people are complaining they couldn't hear some of the dialouge - I had to rewind a few times myself - anyone else get this?
Oh - what was strax doing with the medical examination of Clara? Cos the robots did a very similar scan on the doctor and clara in the resturant. Was it just a bit of daft ("I see lots of young men performing gymanastics ..") or is strax up to something unpleasant?
Lots of people are complaining they couldn't hear some of the dialouge - I had to rewind a few times myself - anyone else get this?
Oh - what was strax doing with the medical examination of Clara? Cos the robots did a very similar scan on the doctor and clara in the resturant. Was it just a bit of daft ("I see lots of young men performing gymanastics ..") or is strax up to something unpleasant?
joustmaster
offcumdun
He's a nurse. isn't he?
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Plus he said he wanted to make sure anyone he was fighting with was in good physical condition. He wanted to know what he was working with.
I'm siding with the Thals, what about the rest of you?
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