HGFB wrote:I never said the plot didn't have holes
(Really big ones this week. The sort you could drive a truck through)
I did start welling up when K9 got blown up though.
But that's ok, the doctor made a whole new one in no time at all...
'Course, he did so in the time it took to leave the school and say goodbye, and apparently neither Rose, Mickey or Sarah-Jane actually noticed he'd gone for long enough to make a complete new robotic dog...
HGFB wrote:I never said the plot didn't have holes
(Really big ones this week. The sort you could drive a truck through)
I did start welling up when K9 got blown up though.
But that's ok, the doctor made a whole new one in no time at all...
'Course, he did so in the time it took to leave the school and say goodbye, and apparently neither Rose, Mickey or Sarah-Jane actually noticed he'd gone for long enough to make a complete new robotic dog...
He took off in the Tardis for a few weeks and came back
one second after he left.........He is a Time Lord after all
The most important people in your life are taken away too soon and the arseholes never go a away.
I've gone right off that Rose Tyler! She said K-9 was "disco"!
Col wrote:I quite liked that episode. Especially Mickey's realisation that he was the tin dog
He fucking wishes!
HGFB wrote:I did start welling up when K9 got blown up though.
Me too! And when the TARDIS dematerialised and K-9 was sat behind it all repaired and was reunited with Sarah-Jane...
"I am a very considerate person. If I want to go out all night on my miniature golf course and shoot lizards, well, no reason to keep the neighbours awake..."
And K-9 appearing at the end, even though you knew it was going to happen, was ace.
And it was even acer that SJS and K-9 walked off together just like it was perfectly normal to have a robot dog in 2006 (I mean it was in 2004, but that is so passe now, don'tcha think?)
She's good in the Big Finish SJS plays too. It does bug me a little that even though it's officially licensed and a most of the companions and Doctors from the late 70's onwards are doing them, it's not mentioned.
Sealed with a curse as sharp as a knife. Doomed is your soul and damned is your life.
gribbles wrote:I **hated** the fact that they pulled the whole 'poison oil' out of the hat completely on the spur of the moment to solve the problem of killing the beasties this week. Lazy, lazy, lazy writing.
Err no. That was telegraphed right near the start in the kitchen when Rose saw it get spilled onto one of the dinner lady aliens. The Doc didn't just make it up at the end.
Must admit I did find the "It's alright. She does that." part amusing
But I think what gribbles meant is that the Doc seemed to know this all of a sudden. Maybe the cut a bit out somewhere, but at no point did Rose mention this to him. Whats been a bit weak so far this season is the Doc just saying "Of course!" and having the answer immediately. No build up, no 'working it out' - he just magically has the answer.
I think you need to watch a bit closer, or maybe the repeat.
Rose told the Doctor about the dinner lady being burnt by the oil; It was while they were in the cafe as he repaired K9.
She also said it in a way that suggested she'd been telling him about the whole incident, including the other dinner lady saying "She does that.." etc.
@RiK:
Re. The new K9. Sarah-Jane is wearing a new outfit when she says goodbye, and the TARDIS is in a new place (it was inside the school at first), suggesting more time has gone by than was suggested by the two scenes (school blown up and new K9 appearing) being one straight after the other.
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I thought it was great fun, can't really complain. The only thing I would have liked to have seen would have been Mickey smashing the door in with K9 instead of using the car, but that's it.
Down with news! Where is Dance Energy House Party?
stx wrote:I thought it was great fun, can't really complain. The only thing I would have liked to have seen would have been Mickey smashing the door in with K9 instead of using the car, but that's it.
Poor. I don't mind the new Doctor, special effects are better than the
last series, but the some of the stories are so dull and it's so badly
scripted. They need some better writers and they need to take it more
seriously, half the time I think I've accidently switched on CBeebies.
The sad thing is that people will put up with this because of the nostalgia
factor but if this was a new programme I bet there'd be fewer people
watching. A senior producer needs to fire the people who wrote the worst
episodes and get more written by those who did the best ones.
The Unquiet Dead, Dalek, Father's Day, The Empty Child and The Doctor
Dances were good episodes from the last season. So far I think only last
weeks was up to scratch. It's ridiculously hit and miss, a good series
should be hitting the mark with almost all episodes. I don't think it's a
lack of budget or the cast, it's just bad writing.
