The Dr Who thread

[Driller]

I think that more needs to be said about what happened to Gallifrey. There were other Timelords not there as well.

Also despite their appearance (sort of) in the audio plays, I've still to see a battle TARDIS kicking arse! It's about time (heh) we had a Dalek war flashback...

[Tetra Elemental]

I thought it was a bit "Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy" in some parts. Way too light for me. Tennant reminds me of Jarvis Cocker too. Hopefully it will improve with next week's episode. The trailer looked interesting.

[Matrixxx]

You know what we really need ?

Tennant, Eccleston, McGann, McCoy (though preferably not), Both Bakers and Davidson.. with the return of at least Adric, Ace & Peri...

THE SEVEN DOCTORS !

[Kronos]

And he reminds me too much of Richard 'Hamster' Hammond.

Absolutely. It's put me off a bit, not that I dislike Hammond or anything.

It wasn't a great episode, but I found it entertaining so I stand by my earlier evaluation of 'quite good'.

its like richard hammond doing an impression of the sylvester mccoy version of the doctor...cock aint it oh well not like they had a choice, eccleston opted out of the 12 ep contract which ultimately is the BBCs fault

[Snakey]

Yeah, personally I'm still not convinced and am waiting for Tennant to actually start acting. Mind you he managed to get all the way through Harry Potter without doing that. Better than Eccleston? Get fucked.

Worst episode since the bertie basset debacle, IMO.

[Lifer Riley]

Well I thought it was great start.

We've got the Bo Face enigma all set up to provide this year's Bad Wolf finale, we had the proof, as I suspected all along, that all cat's are evil and see humans just as flesh. And next week we've got werewolves and Pauline Collins as a pistol-toting Queen Victoria . Oh, and I was actually touched by the way Cassandra's death was handled. Don't you just love our Zoe?

I think it's easy to forget that the opening episode from the last series wasn't one of the strongest of the series. I liked Tennant more than I expected to, and once he's hit his stride, reckon he'll do the role justice.

Hurrah once more for Saturday nights!

[Snakey]

I think it's easy to forget that the opening episode from the last series wasn't one of the strongest of the series.

Maybe not. But it had me grinning from ear to ear, and killed any doubts I had about Mr. Eccleston in the role.

This one did the opposite. On both counts

I'm not too worried, I know it'll get better, but still - bit of a let down.

[HGFB]

They were going to swap the running order of the first two episodes around because they felt Tooth and Claw would make a much stronger opening episode. RTD said they didn't in the end because of a continuity issue.

[Mayhem]

So anyone catch the "long" trailer for Dr Who that was on TV about half an hour ago?

(waits for HGFB to go arrrghhhh... maybe heh. EDIT: I have been informed it was on digital a couple of days back, so maybe not)

Showed about 30 seconds footage each from all of the next 4-5 episodes...

I'm just blanking this out in case people don't want to read...

Next week's episode with the werewolf and Pauline Collins running around like a loon!
Various interesting Shaolin Monk type people fighting
Kids being controlled and "changed" at school under the auspices of Tony Head, plus the reappearance of SJS and K9.
You get to see two women having a "pissing contest" as SJS and Rose try to outdo each other on what things they've seen whilst with the Doctor
And of course... the Cybermen!

[phattslagg]

I thought the plot was rushed and pretty weak, but I think David Tennant will do just fine. I'm impressed by how well he's gelling with Billie Piper this early on.

[Matrixxx]

I thought the plot was rushed and pretty weak, but I think David Tennant will do just fine. I'm impressed by how well he's gelling with Billie Piper this early on.

Lets face it, it's not hard to gel with Billie Piper (*remembers her seductively rubbing her... rear bumper*) *sigh*

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[betamax]

Seemed weak and bitty to me. A lot like the bad episodes of last season where it felt like it was rushed. The next episode looks like it might be a bit stronger though.

And he reminds me too much of Richard 'Hamster' Hammond.

I agree, sadly. Not an auspicious start to the new series.

[HGFB]

The overnight ratings are in. 8 million with a 38.6% audience share

1 …. Doctor Who …. 8.0
2 …. Casualty …. 7.0
3 …. The National Lottery Jet Set …. 6.2
4 …. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets …. 5.0
5 …. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Celebrity …. 4.7
6 …. Strictly Dance Fever …. 3.9
7 …. Strictly Dance Fever …. 3.8
8 …. BBC News; Weather …. 3.7
9 …. Match of the Day …. 3.4
10 …. Parkinson …. 3.1

[fro]

You need a sig change now, HGFB

[juice]

Lets face it, it's not hard to gel with Billie Piper (*remembers her seductively rubbing her... rear bumper*) *sigh*

I'm sorry, but if you really want that sort of stuff, go buy a copy of Playboy or the Daily Sport

Billie's scene was about as subtle as a housebrick (and pointless - see the rant below). It just felt exploitative and cheap.

However, I was still willing to give the new series a chance, but the "chav" bit completely clobbered all of my good will. Sorry, but that really was scraping the barrel. I'll watch Little Britain if I want that kind of "entertainment".

(admittedly, I've never liked the word "chav" - it's always had shades of bigotry about it. Now that there's reports of the rich and famous throwing "chav parties", I like it even less...)

To be fair, the new Doctor did a decent job - he had the right mix of passion and determination. The cat-nuns were generally very well handled, and it was nice to not have an episode set in wales

Past there, though...

Why was the skin-bag so surprised when she jumped into Rose? She had eyes - she knew *exactly* what Rose looked & dressed like. Then too, why would a person from 5 billion years into the future know or care what a Chav is? Even if she'd read the word from Rose's mind, I doubt Rose would have perceived herself as a chav...

Why is technology so crap 5 *billion* years into the future? Lifts with cables? 70s telephone booths? LCD screens?

Why the smeg were the cloned zombies sentient? They were also surprisingly mobile, given that they've been kept in cages since they were born.

Did anyone bother proofing the script? I can't remember the exact phrasing, but it wasn't far off "We tried non-sentient clones, but it took too long, so we cloned sentients instead". Surely it'd take exactly the same amount of time...

How does squirting *intravenous* solutions onto people's skin cure their diseases?

And also, if skin-bag was the last "real" human, why were there so many human-looking people running/lurching around? One of the key things from the previous visit to 5-bil AD was that none of the people looked human!

Here endeth the rant - I'm sure people'll accuse me of being picky (you are - Ed)