The Dr Who thread

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 2:02 pm 0

Zoot wrote:
Goatboy wrote:Who featuring past-it Kylie
Everything else you said was forgiveable, but this isn't.

You are saying that you wouldn't, given half a chance?

Oh, I'd fuck the shit out of her, certainly. If she thinks chemotherapy leaves you exhausted, she wants to avoid my bedroom!

But her acting is rustier than it ever was in Neighbours, she's evolved from a pop star into a drag queen, if you've ever seen her more recent stage shows, the last couple of albums have barely had songs on them where once she sang the best pop you could buy... I love Kylie, but she ain't the force she used to be. She's still fine, but there was no point to her being in that episode other than "OMFG, it's that Kylie!"

That makes it Celebrity Doctor Who... and Celebrity anything features the past-it, exclusively.

Jonesey · Post by **Jonesey** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 2:27 pm 0

Oh, I'd fuck the shit out of her, certainly. If she thinks chemotherapy leaves you exhausted, she wants to avoid my bedroom!

You'd be thinking about her sister though, right? Or maybe that's just me...

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 2:41 pm 0

Don't fancy Danni much, but again, it would be ungentlemanly to refuse her advances.

She'd be needing to lose the make-up though. Oh, and does she have falsies? If so, that's the deal-breaker.

anon76235 · Post by **anon76235** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:48 pm 0

Goatboy wrote:Don't fancy Danni much, but again, it would be ungentlemanly to refuse her advances.

GOOD LAD

techno12 · Post by **techno12** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:01 am 0

IronGiant wrote:How about watching it on iPlayer:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/

Or finding a torrent.

..or grabbing it from Easynews. Took 8 mins to download, another min to put onto a DVD+RW then onto the big telly. Okay-ish episode, not as many witty 1-liners as I'd hoped. And I couldn't stop thinking about The Poseidon Adventure while watching...hmm

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:05 am 0

Well, I thought it was OK. Not special, but not all-out bad if you put up with the (relatively few) bits of Christmas cheese.

techno12 · Post by **techno12** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:17 am 0

David Tennant's still bloody great though..

zip accident · Post by **zip accident** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:52 am 0

techno12 wrote:

David Tennant's still bloody great though..

Not in my opinion. Grates, yes.

I've seen the previous (two?) Tennant Christmas specials, and this year I saw the Christmas Eve episode (was that a repeat?), and the Xmas day, and he's much too intense, and the whole thing was too dramatic, with no sense of humour to Tennant's intensity, he's like Patrick Troughton, without the frustration, and it was the doctor's frustration with other people's wilfull stupidity that made Troughton's doctor understandable to humans.

In the Christmas Eve episode, Tennant's doctor was Christ in all his glory, with no falibility to speak of, and being the deus, there was no need of the "ex machina", but we got the resurrection via one of those anyway.

I was interested that Kylie wasn't a tardis, I hadn't realised HGFB's answer to that question was ironic.

techno12 · Post by **techno12** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:12 am 0

Don't say you prefer McCoy? Oh dear

betamax · Post by **betamax** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:48 am 0

HGFB wrote:I'm with Zoot (I think). We've only had Donna for one episode so far but she's my fave companion from New Who.

Nah. No way, she's a godawful, pitched-to-the-lowbrow everywoman type. She doesn't even work as a foil to the Doctor's intellect because Tennant's Doctor spends more time looking schoolboy grim than he does wielding mighty brain science. Even Piper's space chav persona rang truer.

zip accident · Post by **zip accident** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:11 am 0

techno12 wrote:

Don't say you prefer McCoy? Oh dear

The last doctor I recall having seen prior to Tennant was Colin Baker. I think I do prefer all of the other doctors I've seen to Tennant.

offyoutoddle · Post by **offyoutoddle** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:39 am 0

betamax wrote:
HGFB wrote:I'm with Zoot (I think). We've only had Donna for one episode so far but she's my fave companion from New Who.
Nah. No way, she's a godawful, pitched-to-the-lowbrow everywoman type. She doesn't even work as a foil to the Doctor's intellect because Tennant's Doctor spends more time looking schoolboy grim than he does wielding mighty brain science. Even Piper's space chav persona rang truer.

well Martha will be back in it at some point probably, maybe you'll prefer her?. I liked her best of all of them so far myself as I detested Billy Piper. I don't think I've had enough time to judge what Catherine Tate will really be like, so time will tell for me I guess.

betamax · Post by **betamax** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:47 am 0

offyoutoddle wrote:
betamax wrote:
HGFB wrote:I'm with Zoot (I think). We've only had Donna for one episode so far but she's my fave companion from New Who.
Nah. No way, she's a godawful, pitched-to-the-lowbrow everywoman type. She doesn't even work as a foil to the Doctor's intellect because Tennant's Doctor spends more time looking schoolboy grim than he does wielding mighty brain science. Even Piper's space chav persona rang truer.

well Martha will be back in it at some point probably, maybe you'll prefer her?. I liked her best of all of them so far myself as I detested Billy Piper. I don't think I've had enough time to judge what Catherine Tate will really be like, so time will tell for me I guess.

Martha? Also no. She barely registered as there and I kind of wish The Master had offed her. I prefer K-9 to all of them. He has lasers. Pew Pew. Bow wow.

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:50 am 0

<MY_TWO_PENNETH>
Didn't like it, reasons already covered but mainly: Poseidon Adventure copy, cheap Davros rip-off, over use of bodies plunging into nuclear engine thingummy, unnecessary quasi-religious symbology with The Host carrying The Doctor up to the bridge, Tennant still gets on my tits.
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Some shoot RTD and let this show get back on track, please...

Zoot · Post by **Zoot** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:52 am 0

Martha was wishy-washy rubbish - no personality at all. That bit when she came off the boat at the beginning of the last episode of S4 almost made me wet my knickers it was so unreal.

Donna has attitude - attitude makes for a better personality.

I liked Rose, but only because I want to fuck her.