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so - it did occur to me that you serious sci fi people usually don't like 'reset button' endings - and that's exactly what all that big bang two bollocks was.

me - i'm not so fussy.
 
spanglechick said:
so - it did occur to me that you serious sci fi people usually don't like 'reset button' endings - and that's exactly what all that big bang two bollocks was.

me - i'm not so fussy.
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Oh, they don't like reset endings or religious undercurrents or any of that.

I don't mind too much.
 
Gutted the series is over. I liked that last episode a lot. The time-hopping, the world in a bubble etc were really great. Not an effects-driven or supervillain-themed story either. And I lol'd when it turned out to be Amy in the box.
 
Stigmata said:
Not an effects-driven or supervillain-themed story either.
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Yeah, that was one of the big things I noticed. Ok, so every villain turned up in the previous episode, but this was basically focused on the four main characters running round and sorting things out.

There were certainly flaws but I thought it was vastly superior to the overblown finales of the RTD years, where any nice touches were drowned in schmaltz and bombast.

And after being hesitant about Smith at first, I really do rather like his interpretation of The Doctor :cool:
 
jer said:
Whereas old who, they were just hangers on? Groupies?

Ace and McCoy's Doctor always seemed quite close. And intense.
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i'm more thinking of the sexual tension stuff

for me is doesn't really feel right ... i think the whole rose thing really poisoned it for me as i have no fucking clue in hell why the doctor would be attracted to her

i kinda liked the bickering couple relationship he had with romana but that was more of a meeting of equals

he did have a very intense relationship with ace he was in part a father figure but also at the same time a distant and aloof figure something of a master and student relationship

one of the few things i like about the new adventures was the exploration of their relationship he could see her potential and was moulding her and testing her as well as the more personal relationship...

and i felt that really suited the feel of the doctor ... he has a relationship with his companions but also keeps a part of himself away part o fhim sees his freinds loved ones as pawns on chess board even if he aims never to sacrifice one

it just adds a level of depth

the MS doctor does seems to have a good touch of this but i think the show still formulates itself more akin to new who than classic who for better or for worse
 
As I said in my blog ...

What a fantastic series finale !!! Totally blown away. I loved the lead-up to the beginning-credits where it turns out Amy is in the box, not the doctor, and she sais: "Now it gets complicated". Pure class. The way the unfolding events were unpacked was a joy to follow. Great how the Dr introduced himself at the wedding as Amy's imaginary friend.
 
Shippou-Chan said:
i'm more thinking of the sexual tension stuff

for me is doesn't really feel right ... i think the whole rose thing really poisoned it for me as i have no fucking clue in hell why the doctor would be attracted to her

i kinda liked the bickering couple relationship he had with romana but that was more of a meeting of equals

he did have a very intense relationship with ace he was in part a father figure but also at the same time a distant and aloof figure something of a master and student relationship

one of the few things i like about the new adventures was the exploration of their relationship he could see her potential and was moulding her and testing her as well as the more personal relationship...

and i felt that really suited the feel of the doctor ... he has a relationship with his companions but also keeps a part of himself away part o fhim sees his freinds loved ones as pawns on chess board even if he aims never to sacrifice one

it just adds a level of depth

the MS doctor does seems to have a good touch of this but i think the show still formulates itself more akin to new who than classic who for better or for worse
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Here here.
 
spanglechick said:
so - it did occur to me that you serious sci fi people usually don't like 'reset button' endings - and that's exactly what all that big bang two bollocks was.

me - i'm not so fussy.
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jer said:
Oh, they don't like reset endings or religious undercurrents or any of that.

I don't mind too much.
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Religious undercurrents are fine, but deus ex machina endings are cheap writing full stop, not just for SF fans.
 
well the earliest of that particular cheating for me was Stig of the Dump. What a cunt of an author.

Orbitals glasto remix of the theme is ace. As matt Smith introduces it you can see how awed he is by the crowd and he ends the intro with 'YEAH MAN!' and then a little catch in his voice with a secon 'yeah man'.

Bless him, I don't think he has quite got the fame thing yet. It is one thing to know so many million watched your show but another to see thousands of ravers screaming up the adulation directly, I spose.
 
Did anyone else not find it stupid that the planet managed to survive for 2000 years on the heat given off by the time-locked explosion of a tardis?
 
punkrockfaggot said:
Did anyone else not find it stupid that the planet managed to survive for 2000 years on the heat given off by the time-locked explosion of a tardis?
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Nah, cos a tardis is powered by the Eye of Harmony. A tame singularity. And them black holes/singularities are incredibly powerful. Even in real world science the idea of just how powerfull these event are is fucking staggering. These are things that eat galaxies. That make a supernova look like a sunday school picnic.
 
I think the best part of the whole episode was The Doctor saying "I wear a fez now. Fezes are cool." and them shooting it.

I like the fact that the Doctor who is super powerful etc. has awful taste in clothes.
 
Lord Cam, in fez.

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:cool:

(Ok, I can't pull it off quite as well as The Doctor... :oops:)
 
My scanner doesn't work so I can't show you a photo of me in a fez I'm afraid. Its over 15 years old as well so not very current. I still own the fez mind. I just don't wear it.
 
Gromit said:
I think the best part of the whole episode was The Doctor saying "I wear a fez now. Fezes are cool." and them shooting it.

I like the fact that the Doctor who is super powerful etc. has awful taste in clothes.
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Could only have been improved if they hadn't shot the fez, just slung it off the side of the building. Imagine if it had risen serenely back up, having landed on top of the Dalek...

:)
 
Do you think the pandorica light flashing all part of the universe at once restored the fez back to existance from its particles?
 
I shall need top watch it again, but that was a pretty cracking finale. As confirmed by the idiots on here who didn't like it and are whining like five year olds. STFU and learn to understand the genre or stick to yer porn ya eejits. Wit, charm, tension, consistency and no deus ex machina, what more could anyone but a spoilt child ask for? The way it through in yet more references that had been scattered throughout the series but had been missed by everyone, sweet as.

Roll on Rivers song...
 
Pants finale, previous episode was far better. Who premise requires a DEM to make it work. Laaaaazy.

'understand the genre' - pshaw. Lecturing me on how to understand prime time SF/Fantasy content.
 
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