The Dr Who thread

Col · Post by **Col** » Sat May 27, 2006 8:19 pm 0

I loved that, Maureen Lipman was perfectly evil

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Sat May 27, 2006 8:21 pm 0

Yeah, quite liked that one. Felt a bit more old school Who to me. Still finding Tennants flips between sarky git and shouty histrionics to be a bit offputting though.

His betamax video recorder was scart though, thats some serious jury rigging he's been doing.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat May 27, 2006 8:23 pm 0

I did notice that when he came out of the Tardis with the part he needed that there was a scart connector on the end

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Sat May 27, 2006 8:25 pm 0

Oh yeah, we're not total geeks at all are we?

My excuse? I spent most of my afternoon setting up and playing with my new Thomson Freeview hard disk recorder. Scart cables coming out of my ears today.

Harlequin · Post by **Harlequin** » Sat May 27, 2006 8:31 pm 0

I found that episode curiously emotional for some reason.

Flabio wrote:Yeah, quite liked that one. Felt a bit more old school Who to me. Still finding Tennants flips between sarky git and shouty histrionics to be a bit offputting though.

I think that that mercurial nature has been an aspect of the Doctor's personality through all of his incarnations.

I like that he's changing his appearance between stories, much as the earlier Doctors did, whilst still keeping the same costume elements. Contrast with Ecclestone, who only ever (allegedly) changed his teeshirt

I also love that Lipman's scenes were actually taped inside Alexander Palace

H.
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betamax · Post by **betamax** » Sat May 27, 2006 8:41 pm 0

Harlequin wrote: I think that that mercurial nature has been an aspect of the Doctor's personality through all of his incarnations.

For some reason I still feel Eccleston did it better. There were occasional moments of transistion between states that helped build the impact of once-jokey-doctor-now-filling-with-the-wrath-of-God, but with Tennant, it's like someones hanging on the face switch, so to speak.

SimonB · Post by **SimonB** » Sat May 27, 2006 9:01 pm 0

Loving the whole new series so far, that was a corker just now.

Would still like to see a bit more of other planets though.

SimonB

supermonkeyworld · Post by **supermonkeyworld** » Sat May 27, 2006 9:08 pm 0

SimonB wrote:Would still like to see a bit more of other planets though.

Hey, don't compain, you got to see a whole alternative universe in last week's ep..... oh, wait.

Harlequin · Post by **Harlequin** » Sat May 27, 2006 9:15 pm 0

betamax wrote:
Harlequin wrote: I think that that mercurial nature has been an aspect of the Doctor's personality through all of his incarnations.
For some reason I still feel Eccleston did it better. There were occasional moments of transistion between states that helped build the impact of once-jokey-doctor-now-filling-with-the-wrath-of-God, but with Tennant, it's like someones hanging on the face switch, so to speak.

At least he can do anger, unlike McCoy who could only spit[*][/size]

Anyway, I thought that Tennant's transition as he saw the lack of Rose's face was quite visible.

SimonB wrote:Would still like to see a bit more of other planets though.

You should like the next couple of episodes, then

H.

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Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Sat May 27, 2006 9:18 pm 0

McCoy could out sinister a left handed person though.
Thats not too sophisticated a joke for here is it?

Driller · Post by **Driller** » Sat May 27, 2006 9:18 pm 0

Istar wrote:Yah, that was pretty good.

Writer missed a kick-ass 'wow' moment though - when Rose gets wheeled in 'sans face' and The Doc gets all fierce. I had a vision of a blinding light, a moments' white flash of something BIG, with wings, being Very Fucking Annoyed, and then all quiet again in his 50s zootsuit.

Woulda been, y'know, cool. After all, that man-suit isn't really what he looks like...

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I think of Gallifreyan's as similar beings to the wizards in LoTR. Human-looking but far greater. Pity about the line being removed about falling off another radio tower in a past life

Matrixxx · Post by **Matrixxx** » Sat May 27, 2006 9:54 pm 0

HGFB wrote:I did notice that when he came out of the Tardis with the part he needed that there was a scart connector on the end

Yup, spotted the scart lead too.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat May 27, 2006 10:14 pm 0

Someone made a funny suggestion earlier in the week on the OG forums. They said it would have been a good joke if the Doctor had fixed the chameleon circuit at the end of the Age of Steel. Then when they land in 1953 it blends into its surroundings and becomes a Police Box. At which point the circuit breaks again

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Sat May 27, 2006 11:03 pm 0

Glad I wasn't the only one who spotted the Scart connector

Nice episode that... Tennant does angry now like McCoy used to...

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Sat May 27, 2006 11:12 pm 0

Yes, quite an enjoyable little romp was that. A hell of an improvement on the Cidermen two parter.