The Dr Who thread

Col · Post by **Col** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:47 pm 0

That was better than the last two openers, nice fast paced episode. And also looking forward to next weeks

foxyloxy · Post by **foxyloxy** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:47 pm 0

Agh! Going to have to bin my box of straws now!

lazerwalker · Post by **lazerwalker** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:47 pm 0

That was good - the tie thing to convince her he was a time-traveller was a nice little touch.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:51 pm 0

The thing with the straws rather than been a comedy effect actually made it more menacing for me

I can't wait to see hard rock Shakespear next week. Hey nonny nonny baby.

F-ZeroOne · Post by **F-ZeroOne** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:51 pm 0

So thats what happened to the original The Stig.

"Compensation." Hee hee hee hee.

DutchLlama · Post by **DutchLlama** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:54 pm 0

Quite good episode. Loved those Rhino alien cops and their pigheadedness in acheiving "justice".

The only thing I didn't like was Martha's dysfunctional family. At least Rose only had Jackie and Mickey and we sort of grew to like them.

Can we have more sci-fi than family drama this season, please Mr Davies?

lazerwalker · Post by **lazerwalker** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:54 pm 0

I'm presuming the number of X's in shot wasn't a coincidence? Does the 'vote Saxon' poster (with another X) mean anything?

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:06 pm 0

argg...missed it.
When does it get put on the ondemand/tv catch up thing?
or will it hit the torrents faster?

Stuart B · Post by **Stuart B** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:10 pm 0

http://www.radiotimes.com

betamax · Post by **betamax** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:15 pm 0

I liked that, very punchy, very monster of the week (of which I approve in the strongest terms

), although the Doctor's honey trap approach to finding new assistants is getting a bit wearying. "hey young lady, wanna come see some time-traveling puppies?"

Overall a promising start, with hints of more goodness to come. Acceptable, but I still want to see the sartorial jumble sale (you know any encounter would start off with the Doctor or his Assistant taking the piss out of TM's dress sense) known as the Master make an appearance. Sue me, I have a soft spot for super intelligent eterno-villains.

pogo · Post by **pogo** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:31 pm 0

Anyone else watch Doctor Who Confidential on BBC 3 ? Finished with a minute or so montage of moments from this series including

spoiler wrote:the face of bo, Martha getting close and personal with a Dalek, pig-people with a dalek, more Shakespear and a future looking something like a traffic jam from Terry Gilliam's Brazil

Anyway, very much liked the episode, though could do without the little bit of Eastenders at the end.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:33 pm 0

Stuart B wrote:[url]http://www.radio%20times.com[/url]

*waits for the as normal painfully slow rt site to load*
*types Dr who in search box and waits again for a painfully long time*
*checks each entry manually too see when the new epp is repeated*
*see's its tommorow*

fair enough.

Was hopeing for sooner though, hence I wondered when the BBC updated its ondemand catalogue. (seeing as it has a special catch-up section).

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:36 pm 0

DutchLlama wrote: The only thing I didn't like was Martha's dysfunctional family. At least Rose only had Jackie and Mickey and we sort of grew to like them.

Can we have more sci-fi than family drama this season, please Mr Davies?

According to the series producer on the Confidential, we'll be seeing lots of the family over the series.

F-ZeroOne wrote:So thats what happened to the original The Stig.

"So where's he from? The planet Zovirax?!"

Miss Jones certainly fills out a pair of jeans rather nicely.

Viscount Charles · Post by **Viscount Charles** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:37 pm 0

We're just catching up with the end of Torchwood ATM, and 2 minutes ago I spotted the same "vote Saxon" poster on the 2006-version of the building where Capn Jack slipped back in time. So, who is Saxon, and where is he standing for election (the poster was in London in Doctor Who; Cardiff in Torchwood, I believe)? Co-incidence, poor continuity, good continuity, big plot or just a coherent bit of background?

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:38 pm 0

Viscount Charles wrote:We're just catching up with the end of Torchwood ATM, and 2 minutes ago I spotted the same "vote Saxon" poster on the 2006-version of the building where Capn Jack slipped back in time. So, who is Saxon, and where is he standing for election (the poster was in London in Doctor Who; Cardiff in Torchwood, I believe)? Co-incidence, poor continuity, good continuity, big plot or just a coherent bit of background?

I spotted a few posters in the episode tonight, so I doubt it's just set dressing.