New Series of Dr Who

[Shippou-Sensei]

fun

not awesome but fun

a bit too soap opera in places

i don't mind mixing in reality if you do it as a horror like in blink but i hate soaps so a lot of the "every day" stuff felt a bit off besides it's meant for geeks the people who would get picked last at football games... grrrrr

 

[danny la rouge]

I liked it. I'm not a Cordon fan, nor do I like football, but that was fun. I liked the angle.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Just reminded of a line via another forum:

"Hello, I'm Captain Troy Handsome of International Rescue, please state the nature of your emergency."

It's impossible not to like Matt Smith's Doctor with lines like that.

 

[DotCommunist]

I liked it. Not enough pond but otherwise it was good. Liked the way the room looled like a bluepeter version of a TARDIS console

 

[CNT36]

The line about people telling the doctor their plans was good. I thought the Tardis console may have lead into the next episode.

 

[Stigmata]

How many times have perception filters featured in this series? That has to be deliberate.

 

[Detroit City]

amy pond is pretty hot

 

[BoxRoom]

Can't stand that Corden. When he was going towards the sinister dark patch on the wall that would possibly, hopefull kill him I actually shouted, "Touch it! TOUCH IT!!"

My neighbours were just outside.



Really enjoying this series so far, couple of blips (last 2 eps) aside I'm remaining positive and love Matt's take on the character.

 

[the button]

But we get James Corden instead!

On a more positive note, he did get headbutted twice.

 

[belboid]

some good one liners, decent basic set up, corden not too vile, daisy haggard marvellous, even if the whole thing didnt entirely hang together

Corden's character was a knowledgeable bugger in the end tho.... something about the Pandorica, being impressed at speaking to Amy Pond...

 

[cesare]

On a more positive note, he did get headbutted twice.

Yes!

He wasn't too obnoxious in that, tbf.

There were some bits I liked e.g. the football but I did feel it was a bit of a letdown after last week.

 

[mwgdrwg]

Surprised that any form of head-butt was allowed on telly so early.

 

[danny la rouge]

Surprised that any form of head-butt was allowed on telly so early.

It was enjoyable, but not overly sexual.

 

[nicksonic]

3/10, another nothing episode.

 

[elevendayempire]

I really liked that one - probably my favourite of this season. No press preview discs for the last two episodes, boo. I shall have to watch it on transmission like a Norm.

 

[Maurice Picarda]

probably my favourite of this season.

Are you watching them in the right order? This was the comedy one with the doctor trying to kiss other men on the cheek, hyuh, hyuh, hyuh and being like really wicked at football (meanwhile letting several people go up the stairs of doom, but hey). It was pointless, and lazily written. Headbutts of knowledge, forsooth.

 

[nicksonic]

Are you watching them in the right order? This was the comedy one with the doctor trying to kiss other men on the cheek, hyuh, hyuh, hyuh and being like really wicked at football (meanwhile letting several people go up the stairs of doom, but hey). It was pointless, and lazily written. Headbutts of knowledge, forsooth.

instantly forgettable, unfortunately.

 

[Stigmata]

Doctor Who does comedy stories sometimes, just as it does science fiction, horror, tragedy, mystery etc. This episode was pretty good.

I think it's interesting, reading the comments on review sites and on here, that almost every episode so far has been slated by some as the worst yet and celebrated by others as their absolute favourite. Except the Churchill one, which wasn't anyone's favourite. Seems to me Moffat, knowing everyone has a different idea of what makes a good Who story, has been pitching for maximum variety in plots and writing styles to see what works. I wonder what the next series will be like, based on feedback for this one?

 

[Tacita]

Headbutts of knowledge, forsooth.

what was that about? vulcan mind-meld for the football hoolie?

 

[nicksonic]

what was that about? vulcan mind-meld for the football hoolie?

a cop-out device since there was about 10 minutes to go.

 

[Pingu]

a bollocks episode imo

wankier than a teenager discovering a big stash of razzles

 

[zoooo]

I liked it. Not enough pond but otherwise it was good.

To be honest, I think the lack of Pond was why it worked.

 

[Maurice Picarda]

a cop-device since there was about 10 minutes to go.

Yes, that. Compare the girl in the fireplace, say, for telepathic exchanges which further the plot and deepen the characterisation rather than being an excuse to avoid either.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

so someone was building a tardis? That sounded interesting, but then it seemed to be a crashed spaceship in distress looking for a pilot?
Finding another tardis is cooler idea.

More shit ending bollocks with a quick crack behind the fridge. Have a running theme or don't you wankers.

 

[nicksonic]

Yes, that. Compare the girl in the fireplace, say, for telepathic exchanges which further the plot and deepen the characterisation rather than being an excuse to avoid either.

obviously i meant a 'cop-out device'

 

[Maurice Picarda]

obviously i meant a 'cop-out device'

There are good cop devices and bad cop devices, of course, and this was the latter.

 

[nicksonic]

More shit ending bollocks with a quick crack behind the fridge. Have a running theme or don't you wankers.

11 episodes have passed and there's no sort of build-up to the final 2 parter, apart from parachuting in stuff about the crack in time which the doctor veers from saying could destroy the universe/all of reality/etc and forgetting all about.

 

[nicksonic]

There are good cop devices and bad cop devices, of course, and this was the latter.

bravo!

 

[zoooo]

11 episodes have passed and there's no sort of build-up to the final 2 parter, apart from parachuting in stuff about the crack in time which the doctor veers from saying could destroy the universe/all of reality/etc and forgetting all about.

True.
It's not really working overall for me anywhere near as well as the RTD series' did.

I'm still enjoying it, but I'm hoping it's a work in progress, and it'll improve next series.

 

[belboid]

there have been quite a lot of little things which (I think) are leading up to the finale. They've just been subtle (some of the crack excluded)which isn't something RTD was really ever very good at.