New Series of Dr Who

[danny la rouge]

boring old wank. Not scary. No suspense. Rubbish monster.
Its Dr who - not an art docu-drama.

I wish Dr Who was like the Van Gogh episode more often. Good science fiction.

 

[Kaka Tim]

I wish Dr Who was like the Van Gogh episode more often. Good science fiction.

Bloody school teacher

 

[krtek a houby]

I wish Dr Who was like the Van Gogh episode more often. Good science fiction.

up there with Blink, I reckons

 

[nicksonic]

i've just watched this episode so read through all the posts about it. i'm really surprised at how positive the comments have been, personally i think sometimes i think the further the episodes get away from what most people would say is 'proper' doctor who the more people like it.

i thought that it didn't feel at all like it fitted in anywhere and the monster was chucked in to give it even a passing resemblance to 'science fiction', but i can see why folks would like it, plus it's a strength of the format that it can be so flexible.

 

[danny la rouge]

personally i think sometimes i think the further the episodes get away from what most people would say is 'proper' doctor who the more people like it.

That was proper Dr Who.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

proper old school like the aztecs i have that it's great

the doctor gets married

 

[nicksonic]

That was proper Dr Who.

i'd say not a great story which benefited from being called doctor who but then i think a lot of this series has been pretty light and not really used a great new doctor and companion as well as they could have been.

 

[SpookyFrank]

i've just watched this episode so read through all the posts about it. i'm really surprised at how positive the comments have been, personally i think sometimes i think the further the episodes get away from what most people would say is 'proper' doctor who the more people like it.

i thought that it didn't feel at all like it fitted in anywhere and the monster was chucked in to give it even a passing resemblance to 'science fiction', but i can see why folks would like it, plus it's a strength of the format that it can be so flexible.

The monster was a metaphor init. And you've got to have some sort of peril in there somewhere. I don't think they should be overly concerned with what's 'proper' Doctor Who and what ain't, the episodes I like least are the overly formulaic ones that feel dead simillar to that one from the previous series (this season's weeping angel two parter vs the far superior library one from last series for example). On the other hand you've got the most highly praised episode of the new era, Blink, which barely had the Doctor in it at all.

 

[strung out]

personally i think that this has been one of the best series in ages...definitely the best since it came back in '05. the only really weak episode imo was the dalek one, but i get how the series will be annoying a few purists

 

[strung out]

oh, and no amy in this saturday's episode

 

[nicksonic]

The monster was a metaphor init. And you've got to have some sort of peril in there somewhere.

yes of course the monster was a metaphor, i just don't think it was done very well.

I don't think they should be overly concerned with what's 'proper' Doctor Who and what ain't

completely, it's all subjective in any case and it's pointless to say what's more or less proper, for me the episode could easily have featured a character that wasn't the doctor and not been any different.

 

[SpookyFrank]

completely, it's all subjective in any case and it's pointless to say what's more or less proper, for me the episode could easily have featured a character that wasn't the doctor and not been any different.

The Doctor and Amy were blown clear off the screen by the bloke playing Van Gogh in any case

 

[nicksonic]

personally i think that this has been one of the best series in ages...definitely the best since it came back in '05. the only really weak episode imo was the dalek one, but i get how the series will be annoying a few purists

i really wouldn't say i'm a purist, i think the best thing that could happen is for the series to constantly evolve. for me it's just a bit light at present, especially considering there was plenty of moaning when RTD was doing it.

 

[dcib]

That was proper Dr Who.

That ghastly, toe-curling song at the end - Chances, I believe, from some horrid crew of untermenschen who style themselves "Athletes" - was proper Curtis. Proper Who it certainly wasn't.

 

[strung out]

i really wouldn't say i'm a purist, i think the best thing that could happen is for the series to constantly evolve. for me it's just a bit light at present, especially considering there was plenty of moaning when RTD was doing it.

yeah, i probably didn't mean purist. not sure what word i did mean though

 

[Augie March]

oh, and no amy in this saturday's episode

But we get James Corden instead!

 

[Quartz]

The Doctor and Amy were blown clear off the screen by the bloke playing Van Gogh in any case

He's come a long way since he appeared in Ultimate Force.

 

[Augie March]

That ghastly, toe-curling song at the end - Chances, I believe, from some horrid crew of untermenschen who style themselves "Athletes" - was proper Curtis. Proper Who it certainly wasn't.

It was proper "weapons-grade sentimentality", as the Grauniad so aptly described it.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

But we get James Corden instead!

James Corden is an actor, so depends on the script I suppose. Besides, it might be great in any case - the Doctor trapped for a week, pub quiz team, laundry etc.

 

[DotCommunist]

oh, and no amy in this saturday's episode

How vexatious

 

[danny la rouge]

That ghastly, toe-curling song at the end - Chances, I believe, from some horrid crew of untermenschen who style themselves "Athletes" - was proper Curtis. Proper Who it certainly wasn't.

Yes, that but was poor.

 

[DotCommunist]

'The Lodger' tonight. A staircase that eats people I applaud moffats continuing attempts to make children afraid of random ordinary things.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

'The Lodger' tonight. A staircase that eats people I applaud moffats continuing attempts to make children afraid of random ordinary things.

I hope it eats James Corden

 

[innit]

It would have be a very hungry staircase, etc

 

[Maurice Picarda]

This is awful. Was it written by a Blue Peter winner or something?

 

[krtek a houby]

That was great fun, Corden toned it down and was most watchable. The football game was excellent - wasn't Matt Smith a would be footballer once?

I thought the room upstairs was an actual Tardis and maybe we'd see The Rani...

And next week looks pretty interesting

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Oh, that was, that was OK actually. Did they explain at all who the entity trying to build a Tardis was?

Not the best episode, but serviceable enough.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

wasn't Matt Smith a would be footballer once?

Yeah, he was nearly good enough to turn pro, apparently.

 

[krtek a houby]

Oh, that was, that was OK actually. Did they explain at all who the entity trying to build a Tardis was?

Not the best episode, but serviceable enough.

Yeah, I wondered about who it was. Maybe they'll return...

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

That was great