The Dr Who thread

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:29 pm 0

perranegra wrote:Hey Goatboy.... I have the tape for you to review at your leisure!!!

Good stuff - did see it last night on the BBC3 repeat that Sy won't tell you is on until the day itself (hence request to tape) but I need to see it again anyway. Boingy boingy boingy.

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:00 pm 0

Bah, ignore that - bloody yellow frog!

F-ZeroOne · Post by **F-ZeroOne** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:22 pm 0

As a piece of SF, I think it had a few problems. As Good Telly it was all right, though not up to some of the highs of the last series. However, we know theres a lot more potential there, and it looks like Mr Tennant and Ms. Piper had real fun with the body-switching.

There'll be more, and better. After all...

"K-9!"

daniel thomas · Post by **daniel thomas** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 5:11 am 0

Thank goodness for bit torrent sites, once again allowing me to catch the new Who episodes just as they hatch. I feel sorry for all the poor suckers here, just now getting into the Eccleston episodes. They're missing out.

I thought it was a really good show, with a solid mix of all the bits and parts of the new Dr Who. Davies clearly isn't interested in courting the sci-fi nerds, who will be complaining on their message boards about the continuity errors of having elevators and LCD screens in the year 5 Billion. Ahem. Cough.

Remember, kids, at its heart, Dr Who is an adventure show, with monsters, quick wit, a little pathos and sexual tension that better not be dragged out till the very end again...cough. And, of course, everyone knows the real meat will be in a couple weeks with the Sara Jane and Cybermen episodes. That's going to be the real test.

But if you find yourself in doubt, remember the sage words of MST3K, "If you're wondering how he eats and breathes, and other science facts...la, la, la...just repeat to yourself, 'it's just a show, I should really just relax."

Elk · Post by **Elk** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:58 am 0

To me - the best of Dr. Who was all about knowing fun... I remember fondly the Tom Baker years... It was all fun and he even talked to the camera on one occasion..

"Would you like a Jelly Baby? ... theyre very good..."

To me thats what Dr. Who is about fun - but with a hint of darkness... and that seems to be what Mr. Tennant is all about...

Elk · Post by **Elk** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:10 am 0

The first overnight viewing figures are now in for New Earth and it seems to have maintained last year's strong performance: an average of 8.0 million viewers watched the episode, with an average 38.6 per cent audience share. The episode was not only BBC One's top-rated programme on Saturday evening and first in its timeslot, with the main competition - ITV1's Harry Potter movie - being watched by about 4.8m people (23.6%) while Doctor Who was on; it was also Saturday's top-rated television programme, with Casualty second-placed with 7.0m. The start of 'New Earth' saw an increase in BBC One's ratings of 2.1m, from 5.7m (30.9%) to 7.8m (38.5%), rising to a peak of 8.3m (39.0%) for the last fifteen minutes; when the episode finished, 2.9m people switched off BBC One. (This is in line with last year's episodes, when two to three million viewers came and went, specifically for Doctor Who.) These figures are also 1.0 million up on Doctor Who's performance in the overnights on the same Saturday last year ('Aliens of London' on 16 April), when an average of 7.0m (34%) were watching.

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:28 am 0

Elk wrote:To me - the best of Dr. Who was all about knowing fun... I remember fondly the Tom Baker years... It was all fun and he even talked to the camera on one occasion..

"Would you like a Jelly Baby? ... theyre very good..."

To me thats what Dr. Who is about fun - but with a hint of darkness... and that seems to be what Mr. Tennant is all about...

Nothing wrong with fun if it's part of an intelligent script with a good story. 'New Earth' was, unfortunately, neither of these. All IMHO of course.

Zoot · Post by **Zoot** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 5:22 pm 0

I loved it.

Zoe Wannamaker was perfectly cast as Cassandra, and reprised the role wonderfully.

The "Save us", "save us" message was ace, and the ending with Cassandra telling herself that she was beautiful was, IMO, wonderfully done.

TMR · Post by **TMR** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:04 pm 0

Zoot wrote:...and the ending with Cassandra telling herself that she was beautiful was, IMO, wonderfully done.

i'm going to admit sniffling a little during that bit...

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:08 pm 0

There was a huge chunk that had to be dropped from a scene just before that. The Doc, Rose and Chip stood watching the sunset. The Doctor telling Cassandra that her crimes couldn't be forgiven but there was one thing he could do for her. Apparently a much more emotional scene than the one we got but that day they had a camera failure and couldn't afford to go back and reshoot. Apparently that day also included some stuff from the start of the episode too.

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:03 pm 0

That's more like it.

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:04 pm 0

*double post internet slowness*

Col · Post by **Col** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:05 pm 0

SO that's how Torchwood starts!

Great episode, tons better than last weeks

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:06 pm 0

Yeah I really enjoyed that one, the music was a little crap but otherwise rather spiffing

CarlBillen · Post by **CarlBillen** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:07 pm 0

I was VERY amused!