The Dr Who thread

pogo · Post by **pogo** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:28 pm 0

FWIW Charlie Booker in today's Grauniad was mildly disappointed by today's ep. but says next week's better [spoiler free, don't worry]:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguide/colu ... 66,00.html

After reading that this afternoon I also had lower expectations, esp as I thought Cassandra one of the weakest characters of the previous series. So was pleasantly suprised by what I saw, with it's lively mix of elements. An excellent start to the series. Just wish they tied together these future-earth episodes together more coherrrently, though maybe that's to come if the Head of Bo's predicitons come true.

NickMon · Post by **NickMon** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:31 pm 0

Bring on K9 !

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:40 pm 0

pogo wrote:http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguide/columnists/story/0,,1753166,00.html

Because next week's episode (also scripted by Russell T Davies) involves a much-publicised encounter with a werewolf guaranteed to make easily-spooked kiddy viewers crap their own spines through their bumholes.

Booker's an absolute twat at times but that made me laugh.

nik · Post by **nik** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:48 pm 0

Elk wrote:I enjoyed it and what the heck did the Face of Bo want to tell the Doc!

Rumour has it it's "just four words".

I suspect they're going to be something like you are not alone, or some of them survived or something of that ilk. The gist being that some of the timelords survived the time war.

Spoongod · Post by **Spoongod** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:50 pm 0

Spoilers only work if they're in a quote box.

Like this.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:51 pm 0

So who's up for the big bad in series 3 being the Master then? We've had Daleks, Cybermen. The next big thing they could do is have one of the Doctor's fellow timelords survive. Of course the twist there is that it's his Moriarty and quite possibly the most evil man in the Universe.

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 11:09 pm 0

HGFB wrote:Whoever is mixing the music too loud needs a fucking slap.

Along with a severe kicking in whatever constitutes their privates ....... oh, and the composer, Murray Gold, needs to take some lessons in how to score Dr Who .......... he STILL hasn't got the hang of it.

Two things ruined this steeming pile of shite for me:

a) The plotting and writing
b) The awfully scored and overloud music

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 11:10 pm 0

I like the music. I just think that at certain points it's too loud and makes the dialogue difficult to hear.

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 11:12 pm 0

Elk wrote:Thought it was quite good... just a bit of light fun ..

I have no objection to 'fun' just as long as it doesn't insult my intelligence, which this cack episode unfortunately managed to achieve in spades.

Anyway I thought the Non Russel T Davis episodes from the first series where better so hopefully when hes not writing it will be better this time too ..

Yup, RTD's episodes of the first series were always the worst, he obviously hasn't learned anything for series 2.

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 11:15 pm 0

HGFB wrote:I like the music. I just think that at certain points it's too loud and makes the dialogue difficult to hear.

Not only too loud but often totally unsuitable for whatever the scene is trying to put across. Music should complement and enhance the story and script, not go in the other direction and make the viewer more aware of the music than the story.

grue · Post by **grue** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 11:23 pm 0

beerman wrote:
grue wrote:Any torrents for us poor foreigners?
Just arrived on mininova - would I get in bother for posting links?

It's ok, d/ling now, thanks

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 11:36 pm 0

Moobaa was right!

merman · Post by **merman** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 12:07 am 0

pogo wrote:FWIW Charlie Booker in today's Grauniad was mildly disappointed by today's ep. but says next week's better [spoiler free, don't worry]:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguide/colu ... 66,00.html

After reading that this afternoon I also had lower expectations, esp as I thought Cassandra one of the weakest characters of the previous series. So was pleasantly suprised by what I saw, with it's lively mix of elements. An excellent start to the series. Just wish they tied together these future-earth episodes together more coherrrently, though maybe that's to come if the Head of Bo's predicitons come true.

They did make some attempt at that - references to Platform 1 ("Our first date") and what happened to Cassandra.

Give Tenant a chance - there were some VERY good moments (the body-swapping, although a little cliched, and the speech about how many had died). Old Bo Face will be making a comeback as well - that bit was very clever.

Still, zombies and werewolves... what next? Dracula?

Kelloggs · Post by **Kelloggs** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 12:08 am 0

Well, I've just sat down to watch it (from DVR - out earlier) and I think it's going to be fun. This one, I think, was half-way fun, mainly because I have a certain... what's the opposite of a soft spot? Hard spot doesn't sound right... dread whenever the shambling horror that is Zombies turn up. And not for any of the right reasons, either. Any monster which you could escape from with a brisk walk needs work. But that's just me.

I think David Tennant's going to be alright in this. His accent intrigues me, though. I know he's Scottish, but I think I'll spend a lot of time waiting for a gentle burr to creep in - except for next week, of course. I've not actually seen him in much else, certainly not before it was announced that he was the new new Doctor, and it was a bit of a surprise seeing The Quatermass Experiment and *ping* there he is! This could be a good one, I think.

Couple of things: Yes, the music needs work. There's a generic "Ooh, we're running for our lives!" tune which is starting to grate. And - more for us than for RTD/the Beeb - it's the Face of Boe. Nitpicky, I know, but I've got the thing paused on the credits.

However, Billie Piper. Hmmm. Next time she's single...

Driller · Post by **Driller** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 2:08 am 0

HGFB wrote:So who's up for the big bad in series 3 being the Master then? We've had Daleks, Cybermen. The next big thing they could do is have one of the Doctor's fellow timelords survive. Of course the twist there is that it's his Moriarty and quite possibly the most evil man in the Universe.

Chris Evans makes an appearance ?