The Dr Who thread

piku · Post by **piku** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:09 pm 0

The plot wasn't thick enough...

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:09 pm 0

HGFB wrote:I enjoyed that a lot. Classic base under siege stuff by the guy in charge of Torchwood.

I liked the sudden silence as the escape pod jetisons.

Missed the start, need to torrent. How long before somewhere not uknova is hosting it? I'm registered to thebox.bz.... no sign there yet.

perranegra · Post by **perranegra** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:13 pm 0

I liked that episode.

TFO · Post by **TFO** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:13 pm 0

Yeah - a pretty good one tonight.
Just made me think of the film Sunshine though

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:18 pm 0

Pretty good as well there... though I almost feel it could have been stretched to two episodes and maintained all the same suspense and tension. Just one spoilerific question...

Where did Ashton's body go after he got frozen in the statis machine? I guess we're just to assume that Ms Collins hauled him out and disposed of him somewhere because there was no trace of him when they shoved the Doctor in there later.

TFO · Post by **TFO** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:19 pm 0

Yeah (replies to spoiler above), I wondered that too.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:20 pm 0

Mayhem wrote:Pretty good as well there... though I almost feel it could have been stretched to two episodes and maintained all the same suspense and tension. Just one spoilerific question...

It would need to be called 84 then

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:25 pm 0

What was the significance of the "42" title?

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:26 pm 0

The episode took place in real time across 42 minutes. Didn't you notice the countdown going on? It started at 42 minutes and a few seconds.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:31 pm 0

Ah. I thought it was some kind of homage to Hitchhikers.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:37 pm 0

hmz..a bit natural on this episode.
Didnt think it was anything special, but I couldn't find anything particularly wrong with it either.

Perhapes a tad of over-saturated lighting with the constant blue-red everywhere. But that's hardly anything to fuss over.

HGFB wrote: I liked the sudden silence as the escape pod jetisons.

Yes, that was good.

I always like good use of silence in film/tv.

The Caffeine Kid · Post by **The Caffeine Kid** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:45 pm 0

[20:35] caffeinekid: the only bit that really annoyed me was "magnetising the hull" that must have been some fcking special magnet

[20:37] caffeinekid: a magnet that didnt fck the doc over but could pull a little pod (miles away) back to the ship against the gravitational pull of a very close star. wow.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:47 pm 0

The Caffeine Kid wrote:[20:35] caffeinekid: the only bit that really annoyed me was "magnetising the hull" that must have been some fcking special magnet
[20:37] caffeinekid: a magnet that didnt fck the doc over but could pull a little pod (miles away) back to the ship against the gravitational pull of a very close star. wow.

Dont think the pod was miles away.

But, on the other hand, the star is also magnetic. (solars flares and spots at least)

Col · Post by **Col** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:47 pm 0

Great episode! Nice scenes with Martha's mum setting the scene for later episodes...!

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:48 pm 0

If you're going to pick fault with the physics of a sci-fi show we'll be here all night

I liked it. Reminded me a little bit of 'Murder in Space' and 'Starcops' for some reason.

Those MIBs are pretty damned creepy though.