The Dr Who thread

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:48 pm 0

Mayhem wrote:
Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:Why are the two opening characters dressed as the characters from American Gothic?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gothic
Heh... that was my immediate thought as well...

/me too

I, for one, welcome the non-London/Cardiff setting this week and it was a nice dark story, as already noted. I'm a little disappointed in Boe's big secret, tho. Not sure if it was due to me already knowing he's not the last (it was a bit obvious, even without spoilers, tbh) or just simply a bit of an anticlimax...

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:49 pm 0

But if he's not alone, who is with him?

The Master?

The Caffeine Kid · Post by **The Caffeine Kid** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:57 pm 0

I guess so.

Harlequin · Post by **Harlequin** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:11 pm 0

offyoutoddle wrote:
Harlequin wrote:"Mysteriously"? We saw the black one and some others escape being sucked into the void at the end of last season.
Others? I remember The Black Dalek doing an 'emergency temporal shift' but I don't remember any others escaping?

I thought that I had seen a few others disappearing but I stupidly deleted my copy in the belief that I had already bought the DVD. I also cannot find a streaming version online in widescreen.

It was giving orders, however, and some time passed between it screaming, "Emergency temporal shift," and our seeing any other Daleks.

Flabio wrote:Been thinking what this episode reminds me of, and I realised that it's reminiscent of the kind of story they used to run in 2000AD in their 'future shocks' one offs.

The Davies has confessed to stealing inspiration from 2000 AD. What I was largely reminded of through much of it, however, was Paradise Towers (even before the introduction of the ladies) and I am not entirely certain why.

Edit:

Mayhem wrote:
Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:Why are the two opening characters dressed as the characters from American Gothic?
Heh... that was my immediate thought as well...

It was deliberate.

Stuart B · Post by **Stuart B** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:47 pm 0

Ahh, that was utter, utter class

Seems Who has got out of the difficult-second-album phase and is ripping along with aplomb.

3/3 hits so far, and I'm grinning like a loon

Ollie · Post by **Ollie** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:08 pm 0

Hold onto your hats - it's not back to normal scheduling next week. It's on at 6:35. Make a note, so you don't miss the first 25 minutes. And the week after it appears to be on at 6:45.

AFAICS, the only reason for this seems to be so that the BBC's latest ghodawful wannabe reality talent show can go up directly against ITV's latest ghodawful wannabe reality talent show.

kalmar · Post by **kalmar** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:14 pm 0

That was excellent daftness of the best kind. And yeah, got to be the Master isn't it.

Col · Post by **Col** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:19 pm 0

Ollie wrote: AFAICS, the only reason for this seems to be so that the BBC's latest ghodawful wannabe reality talent show can go up directly against ITV's latest ghodawful wannabe reality talent show.

And here's me thinking that the BBC hold Doctor Who in the highest regard, as their flagship

All along they just wanted to get one over on ITV, wondering why the ratings for DW will go down in the next few weeks. Wankers.

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:37 am 0

Loved that episode, 3 out of 3 great episodes so far in series 3. Kudos to all those responsible.

On a sour note, the Beeb really are being utter tits by screwing around with the timeslot so much - they'll lose viewers without a doubt and will tick off others too who end up missing a chunk of the programme.

Eejits.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:06 am 0

Loved the concept for this eppisode

Great indeed.
And yeah, Boe's words were obvious, no question, but still was cool.

One thing, did I miss something or..

...why didnt they open the skylight earlier? Why did they need the doc to do that?

Nice Judge Dredd references in there as well.

Had a very 2000AD feel to it, but was there a specific referance?
Think that slipped past me.

(a few people did talk over it at stages...Grrr)

Harlequin · Post by **Harlequin** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:28 am 0

Darkflame wrote:One thing, did I miss something or..
...why didnt they open the skylight earlier? Why did they need the doc to do that?

They did not have the energy. All of Boe's was being used to keep things running as much as they were.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:55 am 0

Harlequin wrote:
Darkflame wrote:One thing, did I miss something or..
...why didnt they open the skylight earlier? Why did they need the doc to do that?
They did not have the energy. All of Boe's was being used to keep things running as much as they were.

So where did the new energy come from?
The sonic screwdriver? :p

Harlequin · Post by **Harlequin** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:21 am 0

Darkflame wrote:
Harlequin wrote:
Darkflame wrote:One thing, did I miss something or..
...why didnt they open the skylight earlier? Why did they need the doc to do that?
They did not have the energy. All of Boe's was being used to keep things running as much as they were.
So where did the new energy come from?
The sonic screwdriver? :p

Something to do with residual energy and the Doctor being a computer genius. He was too busy running around fiddling with things to provide a much fuller explanation.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:32 am 0

Thats a shame.
I hoped I missed a decent explanation.
Residual energy in the machine saved the day.

Jump starting it with the Tardis would have been more fun.

Post by **Snakey** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:04 am 0

WiteWulf wrote:I, for one, welcome the non-London/Cardiff setting

Well. It was a bit of a crap cop-out really, wasn't it? "Oh, we're not in London or Cardiff, we're in New-New York. Despite the fact everybody sounds English (except Dougal)."

But whatever - despite the fact that none of it seemed to actually make sense, or even attempt to make sense, at all - it was entertaining. And the last 10 minutes or so was pretty damn cool.

Col wrote:proper boe

THROUGH THE FACE!