New Series of Dr Who

[nicksonic]

RTD certainly over-egged the omlette but at present i'd take any of his series over the current one, despite thinking that this doctor and companion are better than those that preceded them.

 

[gsv]

despite thinking that this doctor and companion are better than those that preceded them.

Gaah! He's an annoying twunty ghild-man-git!
Pond on the other hand is a seriously hot SF redhead. I want one!

GS(v)

 

[nicksonic]

a shame that her role was reduced to shouting 'doctor!' every other word yesterday.

 

[killer b]

i enjoyed that anyway. the finale looks incredible...

 

[zoooo]

despite thinking that this doctor and companion are better than those that preceded them.

Really?
Matt Smith is a good Doctor (not as good as Tennant, but that's beside the point) and has the potential to be great, but Pond's a bit rubbish. I don't think they work too well together.

 

[Maurice Picarda]

Smith may be a plausible Doctor but he's a considerably worse actor than either Tennant or Ecclestone. Eventually, this will find him out.

 

[Stigmata]

Tennant and Eccleston were established actors when they got the part. Smith is already pretty good and I think he's going to improve with time. He's probably already a better actor than any of the original bunch (save perhaps Troughton and maybe McCoy).

 

[nicksonic]

i think smith has the raw materials to be a great doctor, so long as he's given something better to work with than running around in a towel or playing football.

 

[andy2002]

I never really warmed to Tennant and was thoroughly fed up with him towards the end – it was like having a member of Take That as the Doctor (ooh he's so hunky!) and all that annoying "Humans are brrriillliiaaaannntttt!" stuff got right on my tits.

Smith is ace – he's made the Doctor seem properly other-wordly and weird again.

 

[innit]

I never really warmed to Tennant and was thoroughly fed up with him towards the end – it was like having a member of Take That as the Doctor (ooh he's so hunky!) and all that annoying "Humans are brrriillliiaaaannntttt!" stuff got right on my tits.

Smith is ace – he's made the Doctor seem properly other-wordly and weird again.

I didn't mind Tennant, although as you say the "Ohhhhh you are BRILLLIANNNNTTT" stuff was a bit over used. But I think Smith is better for the same reasons, he acts like a total alien

 

[Stigmata]

And he doesn't say geronimo nearly as much as we were all afraid he might

 

[zoooo]

And he doesn't say geronimo nearly as much as we were all afraid he might

Bloody good point!

 

[gnoriac]

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

Whereas they could've got rid of all the cheesy stuff like the football match and that would've given them adequate time for the Doctor to explain what was going on.
My guess is the powers that be at the Beeb are obsessed with making it "family entertainment" and that's ruining what could've been a quality bit of sci-fi/horror.
Quite enjoyed it, but it could've so much better.

 

[belboid]

It always was 'family entertainment' and always will be. And the headbutting was far better than any amount of exposition, worked perfectly well.

 

[DexterTCN]

Considering that a large part of the target audience is a lot younger than most posters here, it's never, apart from very rare exceptions, going to be scary.

I really liked Tennant and thought he was the best....he's not doing it any-more though, this new guy's filling in well...but it's a different shape.

Two headbutts on Corden, you would never have gotten that from Tennant (although maybe Eccleston or Pertwee).

 

[tangerinedream]

the doctor veers from saying could destroy the universe/all of reality/etc and forgetting all about.

I've really enjoyed this series though, think Smith is excellent and largely enjoyed the writing.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Whereas they could've got rid of all the cheesy stuff like the football match and that would've given them adequate time for the Doctor to explain what was going on.
My guess is the powers that be at the Beeb are obsessed with making it "family entertainment" and that's ruining what could've been a quality bit of sci-fi/horror.
Quite enjoyed it, but it could've so much better.

As belboid said it always has been family entertanment and always will

I rather enjoyed the episode, not my favourite but had some good moments, some funny moments and I think Matt Smith is making a darn good doctor

 

[Santino]

Smith has definitely made the part his own already. I believe he is the Doctor now.

 

[innit]

Smith has definitely made the part his own already. I believe he is the Doctor now.

He managed that for me quite quickly, whereas after 3 years the words "the Prime Minister" in isolation still conjure a mental image of Anthony.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Smith has definitely made the part his own already. I believe he is the Doctor now.

Aye. I've said it before but he's impressed me more than i was expecting him too. Havent watched this weeks episode yet but might do later.

 

[DotCommunist]

He made it his role in Starship UK.

 

[andy2002]

He made it his role in Starship UK.

I pretty much loved his take on the Doctor immediately – all that mad fish custard stuff and the way he called back the eye-ball aliens to bollock them.

 

[editor]

Me and Eme enjoyed it. A nice, easy, fun bit of tele.

 

[DotCommunist]

Which is, in the end, what one EXPECTS from doctor who. The program may cater for us geeks but it is intended to be a bit of family saturday night entertainment. That it is so long running and comes with enough skill to hook a new generation while catering for an older generation(s) AND still gets geek jaws a-flapping is a testament to it.

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

I get my Whovian kicks from Radio 7 these days.. MGann is my favourite Dr

 

[Iguana]

Matt Smith is a good Doctor (not as good as Tennant, but that's beside the point) and has the potential to be great, but Pond's a bit rubbish. I don't think they work too well together.

This, except I liked Eccelstone quite a bit more than Tennant. In fact I liked Smith just fine up until his freak out at the Daleks. It was absolute paint-by-the-numbers and not in any way real. Compared to 9's reaction in Dalek, which was completely raw and conveyed so very much so simply, it was just a poor imitation.

And I really dislike Amy. She does this weird thing all of the time where she slumps her shoulders, hangs her head, lets her hair fall forward and looks up through it in a way that I think is meant to look cute but just succeeds in making her look mentally challenged. She's not Martha bad, but she's still bad.

 

[fieryjack]

Matt Smith, to me, is head and shoulders above either of the other New Whos, plus everything about the series (apart from the fx) has improved immeasurably since it escaped the smug, self-congratulatory coterie that surrounded RTD. It's still a long way from perfect, but Matt Smith's performances ensure that otherwise-dismissable crap like Vampires of Venice get spared the derision that I heaped on Fear Her or Daleks in Manhatten or or or... I think he's magic.

 

[Gromit]

Imo Matt Smith isn't as good as Eckleston was but he is pretty good. I prefer him loads more than Tennant.

But that might have something to do with Russel T Davies going and better scripting and direction. Its hard to pin it on just the actor.

 

[fieryjack]

Its hard to pin it on just the actor.

not for me it's not, I think he's largely pitch-perfect. Having said that, I do see the fell hand of RTD in most of the stuff I didn't like about Ecclestone: he didn't look like he was enjoying the forced wackiness either. I feel sad about Tennant's doctor.

 

[andy2002]

I feel sad about Tennant's doctor.

You feel sad? That's bbrrrrriiiillllliiiiaaaannnnttttt!