The Dr Who thread

BlackJedi · Post by **BlackJedi** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:25 am 0

zip accident wrote:
TFO wrote:

'theres an old poem that goes'...

"...A mirror's not complete until a man rides through it..."
Hmm, anything to do with this?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 33-4990855

Note the previous title in that pair:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 33-4990855

If you're not imagining it, Donaldson obviously reads the same poems you do.

Donaldson got the idea for the books from the same poem - see this interview. It's possible Moffat came up with the idea independently, through the poem, or through Donaldson's book (which I was certainly reminded of while watching the episode).

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Sun May 07, 2006 12:08 pm 0

Tetra Elemental wrote:Funny as fuck reading this thread right through. We're seeing the birth of a new generation of Who fanboys and the associated fanwankery that goes with it. It's history in the making!

During the Confidential programmes RTD often says about his favourite bits "...kids'll love that!", so I still say that the show is aimed at kids, with adults watching/liking it as an added bonus.

And as we're all entitled to an opinion (without being abusive about things/subjects, e.g. racism), then I'll accept that others don't like certain episodes/plotlines/holes/actors/the whole series, without attacking them. Stay fluffy, hmm?

Arv · Post by **Arv** » Sun May 07, 2006 12:35 pm 0

Wow! Sophia Myles - oh, I would wreck her ...

Stuart B · Post by **Stuart B** » Sun May 07, 2006 12:42 pm 0

Just got around to watching it... fuck me that was good..

I've enjoyed all the eps of this series so far, but that was a quantum leap (ho ho!) in quality.

Action, drama, clockwork robots, a man smashing through a massive mirror on a horse, some very nice dialog, and at the ens... a tragedy..

Easily the best episode so far this season!

"You're not keeping the horse!"

"Space age clockwork! You're beautiful!"

"You just missed her..."

arron · Post by **arron** » Sun May 07, 2006 12:46 pm 0

"Each of us is born, astride the grave."

I only saw the last half of the episode, but what I did see was very good. I liked the way that both in this episode and the last, you can tell that the doctor's fate is always to be alone. And as he is now only a few incarnations from the end, you can see that despite his desire for adventure, there's a desire to find a lasting end to it as well. Everything that he meets in time has a lesser span than his own, and although he might for a while meet someone and journey together..in time, he will have to abandon them. I think that Rose has probably realised this by now, that despite wanting to be with the doctor, she knows that she will never keep him..she'll only be a brief page in his history, along with all the other people that he has met and touched.

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Sun May 07, 2006 12:53 pm 0

Sophia Myles played Lady Penelope in the live-action Thunderbirds film! Thought she looked familiar (as well as very nice).

The ghost of raids past · Sun May 07, 2006 1:56 pm 0

just watched the episode, found it to be very good, much better than the previous season 2 episodes

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Sun May 07, 2006 3:30 pm 0

Stevo wrote:But I didnt notice any Torchwood
reference....

From the commentary:

Moffat wrote:There isn't a Torchwood reference in this one, Russell never tells me anything. Same as he didn't tell me about Bad Wolf last year.

anon76235 · Post by **anon76235** » Sun May 07, 2006 3:55 pm 0

arron wrote:"Each of us is born, astride the grave."

I only saw the last half of the episode, but what I did see was very good. I liked the way that both in this episode and the last, you can tell that the doctor's fate is always to be alone. And as he is now only a few incarnations from the end, you can see that despite his desire for adventure, there's a desire to find a lasting end to it as well. Everything that he meets in time has a lesser span than his own, and although he might for a while meet someone and journey together..in time, he will have to abandon them. I think that Rose has probably realised this by now, that despite wanting to be with the doctor, she knows that she will never keep him..she'll only be a brief page in his history, along with all the other people that he has met and touched.

D.J.Fudge · Post by **D.J.Fudge** » Sun May 07, 2006 4:08 pm 0

Firefox wrote:

Sophia Myles played Lady Penelope in the live-action Thunderbirds film! Thought she looked familiar (as well as very nice).

Sophia plays a nude model

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364955/

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Sun May 07, 2006 4:32 pm 0

Driller · Post by **Driller** » Sun May 07, 2006 5:58 pm 0

I've just started watching it and I'm struck by the similarities with the Big Finish audio play "Time of the Daleks"

That was also a story dealing with clocks, time travel and dimensional travelling (fireplace in this case, a mirror in the play). I checked that it wasn't the same author but it wasn't.

Bit with the glasses when he examines the first robot? Austin fucking Powers

All that was missing was "groovy baby!"

pogo · Post by **pogo** » Sun May 07, 2006 10:14 pm 0

Not that it
a) matters one jot
b) is at all suprising
, but Dr Who picked up both awards it was up for at the TV Bafta's tonight, namely that for Drama Series and the Pioneer Audience Award for Best Programme of 2005

http://www.bafta.com/site/page129.html

Post by **Snakey** » Sun May 07, 2006 10:24 pm 0

D.J.Fudge wrote:
Firefox wrote:

Sophia Myles played Lady Penelope in the live-action Thunderbirds film! Thought she looked familiar (as well as very nice).
Sophia plays a nude model

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364955/

Saw that yesterday. It's fun

goldfish · Post by **goldfish** » Sun May 07, 2006 10:38 pm 0

Stuart B wrote:a man smashing through a massive mirror on a horse

I half expected to see Diana Dors after that bit...

Simon