Doctor Who Series 8

[8den]

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/lists/50-best-dr-who-moments-20140822

Doesn't have the badass Rory moment but otherwise a decent list. (though it has a montage of Paul Mc Ganns' abortion of a movie)

 

[editor]

I liked it. Some great comedy moments.

 

[Wilf]

Fair enough, they've got to set up the new doc and go through the obligatory 'wacky' I don't know who I am stuff. Same time the robots harvesting human organs was just shit and the lizard/maid/comedy Silurian stuff is getting that way. Capaldi should be good though when he starts doing it properly and the woman at the end would be a good baddy.

 

[madamv]

I love the new opening sequence, love the new doc, love whatserface off of green wing at the end.

Bit thin on the script ground for me, but watching with my 11yr old reminds me it's primarily for kids.

I shall continue watching

 

[Kaka Tim]

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/lists/50-best-dr-who-moments-20140822

Doesn't have the badass Rory moment but otherwise a decent list. (though it has a montage of Paul Mc Ganns' abortion of a movie)

pah - rubbish list. Doesn't have the auton shopwindow dummies coming to life in Spearhead from space.

 

[T & P]

I haven't seen it yet and don't want to read the thread so apologies if it's been asked already, but does anyone know why it's not on the red button yet? It is on the online iplayer- but we can't get it to start.

 

[dessiato]

Set up the sound and the projector. It was worth the trouble. I enjoyed it. I liked the comment that he had never had this trouble with Amy. I'll definitely be watching this. (might go for a 50" screen. It doesn't do so well at 80" & 100" not enough definition on my download.)

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

I haven't seen it yet and don't want to read the thread so apologies if it's been asked already, but does anyone know why it's not on the red button yet? It is on the online iplayer- but we can't get it to start.

The whole BBC site has been having problems this evening, and at the time you posted it was off-line altogether for me.

 

[Cid]

Capaldi is excellent, Gomez could be, the writing, production etc? Remains to be seen.

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

Just watched it, great stuff hit every Who note perfectly, Michelle Gomez will be a great series foil and I love the lizard and her partner.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

not very impressed with the doctr begging clara to accept him for who he is. all he needed to say was 'im the doctor and if you dont like it you can fuck off'

he is always a did unsteady after a regeneration. At one point he even though he was half human.

 

[mwgdrwg]

Drax is the best, highlight was when he fell down unceremoniously after Madame Vastra and Jenny glided down.

Dip him in acid!

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

Strax don't mix your Scifi universes

 

[ginger_syn]

I've changed my mind about the theme tune, its grown on me

 

[binka]

he is always a did unsteady after a regeneration. At one point he even though he was half human.

how does that explain the matt smith bollocks then? obviously it was aimed at the audience to try and convince them to give an older doctor a chance but fuck the audience!

 

[emanymton]

Wonder is someone got the spelling wrong?

 

[ruffneck23]

how does that explain the matt smith bollocks then? obviously it was aimed at the audience to try and convince them to give an older doctor a chance but fuck the audience!

Fuck the audience and there will be no more dr who again , is that what you want ?

 

[dessiato]

how does that explain the matt smith bollocks then? obviously it was aimed at the audience to try and convince them to give an older doctor a chance but fuck the audience!

Since there was 7,3 million of them, that's going to take some time! At ten minutes each, that would be, approx. 51000 days non-stop.

 

[magneze]

I thought it was excellent generally and pretty coherent. I wonder if that's more from the director than the script. I found Strax fucking annoying though.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Just watched it. After the first 10 minutes I was about to give up as it was dire, but it settled down and had enough to keep me interested. Capaldi was good.

Then they resurrected Smith at the end and ruined it.

 

[Dr_Herbz]

Not impressed in the slightest. I had to force myself to watch it to the end, and it was shit. The story was shit and the Doctor was shit. I reckon that's the end of Dr Who, for me.

 

[Awesome Wells]

Just watched it. After the first 10 minutes I was about to give up as it was dire, but it settled down and had enough to keep me interested. Capaldi was good.

Then they resurrected Smith at the end and ruined it.

Bringing in Smith was the worst thing they could have done for sure. It didn't ruin the episode for me,but if i was Capaldi i'd be concerned about the conspicuous vote of no confidence it represented.

 

[magneze]

Bringing in Smith was the worst thing they could have done for sure. It didn't ruin the episode for me,but if i was Capaldi i'd be concerned about the conspicuous vote of no confidence it represented.

Can you explain that? I don't get the problem.

 

[8den]

Can you explain that? I don't get the problem.

I think the suggestion is that Capaldi couldn't carry the episode by himself.

I just disliked the fact Smith was a young man, Timey Wimey Wibbely Wobbly is all very good but that was just lazy bollocks.

 

[Wilf]

Not impressed in the slightest. I had to force myself to watch it to the end, and it was shit. The story was shit and the Doctor was shit. I reckon that's the end of Dr Who, for me.

I'd agree with you about the story, it was piss weak. Capaldi has promise though. Against expectations, I enjoyed Matt Smith as the doctor, obviously young but playing the character as 'old'. Presumably, Capaldi will bring some of his darker TV presence. He's also rather a good actor.

Very much agree with Awesome's point though.

 

[magneze]

I think the suggestion is that Capaldi couldn't carry the episode by himself.

I just disliked the fact Smith was a young man, Timey Wimey Wibbely Wobbly is all very good but that was just lazy bollocks.

There's no suggestion of that. Having a link between the old and new doctor whilst regeneration is sorting itself out is fine. Talk about picking at straws.

 

[CNT36]

I think the suggestion is that Capaldi couldn't carry the episode by himself.

I just disliked the fact Smith was a young man, Timey Wimey Wibbely Wobbly is all very good but that was just lazy bollocks.

From The Time of The Doctor wiki

Clara, unable to watch, returns to the crack and through it, begs the Time Lords to save the Doctor, urging it's owed to him for all he has done in his lives. The Doctor prepares to die outside, when the crack appears in the night sky. Regeneration energy flows from the crack and into the Doctor, granting him a new regeneration cycle and saving him from death.

The Doctor uses the excess energy of his regeneration to destroy the Daleks. In the aftermath, Clara finds the Doctor, young again, in the TARDIS. He explains this rejuvenation is a 'reset' for the new regeneration cycle to begin and the changing of his form is taking a while to start up. He delivers a eulogy to his current form, and hallucinates a final farewell to Amy Pond, the first person he met after his last regeneration. He then removes his bow tie, and drops it on the floor before abruptly regenerating into the Twelfth Doctor. After exclaiming he has 'new kidneys' and complaining about their colour, the Doctor declares that the TARDIS is crashing and asks Clara if she knows how to fly it.

 

[8den]

There's no suggestion of that. Having a link between the old and new doctor whilst regeneration is sorting itself out is fine. Talk about picking at straws.

Well thats what I took him to mean, and in fairness you asked him to clarify so you're really not in a place to tell him what he is/isn't saying. Lets wait for Awesome to get back to you, and we can settle this.

 

[Awesome Wells]

Can you explain that? I don't get the problem.

Smith, for reasons beyond me, was very popular. Capaldi is new and a lot older, Moffat obviously felt Smith's presence was neccesary to reaasure the fans. In effect saying he has no confidence that Capaldi could carry off his premier episode - or no confidence in his own writing.

I really don't want an entire season of 'who am I clara?'.

 

[Wilf]

There's no suggestion of that. Having a link between the old and new doctor whilst regeneration is sorting itself out is fine. Talk about picking at straws.

Presumably the writer thought it was about whatserface, the companion, having a problem with an older doctor after she fancied the previous one (and he her). It was supposed to be a way of resolving that. Just seemed clumsy, sentimental and made the new doc seem a bit needy.