The Dr Who thread

[Bubba]

I gave up after the first 15 minutes. Think I've pretty much had it with 'New Who' and its naff dialogue, poor plots, Rose and the Doc almost collapsing with fits of chummy girly giggles, etc (excepting School Reunion and also maybe Girl in the Fireplace).

Crazy talk It was easily the best of the series so far

Cheers

Bubba

[toxibunny]

...biologically endorsed natural contraception...

...Why men have nipples, though, is a complete fucking mystery.

i've had that first thought lately... dismissed it though - people only used to live 'til 30, and lots of babies died, I bet - I'd suggest 'already being pregnant' is your only 'biologically endorsed natural contraception'...

-and men have nipple 'cause it'd be too much effort making sure they weren't there, innit? sorted.

I reckon they've written themselves into a corner with the Doctor-Rose romance thing, as well. Because it can't really progress any further, so we're stuck with this irritating Mulder-Scully type thing. And what's going to happen when Rose eventually leaves? Will he have the same damn annoying thing with the next female assistant? RTD seems so enamoured of that side of it, I can't see him just dropping it.

They're gonna do it. yeh.

... my thought on the episode? best so far. Fucking MILLION times better than the 'cybermen' last episode.

[Rev. Stuart Campbell]

...biologically endorsed natural contraception...

...Why men have nipples, though, is a complete fucking mystery.

It's because all human foetuses start off as females, only differentiating into the two genders later in development. Therefore every part of the female body is found in some form on the male.

[Zoot]

...biologically endorsed natural contraception...

...Why men have nipples, though, is a complete fucking mystery.

It's because all human foetuses start off as females, only differentiating into the two genders later in development. Therefore every part of the female body is found in some form on the male.

Well, you talk like a cunt often enough, Stu, so I guess there must be some truth in it

[kalmar]

Where did my post go? Anyway, "best episode ever"

[Snakey]

I dunno about 'best episode ever' or even 'best of this series', but yeah, I enjoyed that one quite a lot.

The first 45 seconds or so was a bit cack, as was the way the ood thingy killed that bloke near the end. But otherwise loads of fun.

That demon thing is definately out of Doom, though... and the whole thing with the Tardis being gone... well yeah that was good, BUT they kinda ruined the impact of that because the bloody Tardis has been out of action in about half the damn episodes of this series.

Ah well. Otherwise, certainly one of the best this series. Let's hope they don't fuck up the second part.

[HGFB]

BUT they kinda ruined the impact of that because the bloody Tardis has been out of action in about half the damn episodes of this series.

Just the Cybermen story and even then they knew it was going to be ok in 24 hours. At this point they apparently have no chance of finding it. Completely different level of impact

[anon76235]

Good job they dont need it for translating and stuff then.

dr who is jesus isnt he

[PurpleChair]

I think you've just solved the cliffhanger.

[Darkflame]

I thought tonight's episode was very like Doom 3 too, with a dash of Firefly/Serenity (the station crew and the "bound by law" and "stand down" bits).

A touch of Firefly-eqs music indeed.

But to me that made the eppisode only seemmuch worse by giving me a comparison

[Istar]

Yeah, liked it. 7/10 overall IMHO.

I kept laughing at the DOOM door sound-effect, which wife-of-Istar thought was very sad.

This, I thought, was interesting:

Rose: Can you, like, build another TARDIS?
Doc: No. They're grown, not built.

I'm assuming he meant fractally, rather than biologically. Kinda like the way those little crystal kits grow. Like that idea, and ties in nicely with the concept that the interior of a TARDIS is indeterminately large, with lots of areas to see, and perhaps as-yet unexplored by The Doctor himself. I'm thinking of the various on-screen stuff we've seen over the years where chunks of TARDIS make an appearance (or are jettisoned) in a story.

[Matrixxx]

Wasnt that the specific re-generation room ? I seem to remember something about the assistant making a line along the corridors to know where she was.

And, yeah, I wondered about that "grown" tardis thing - could that perhaps be leading upto something else ? its a pretty major point imho... I recon one day we will find a group of surviving timelords, gowing new tardis's - hiding in a pocket of non-universe or something equally bizzare...

[D.J.Fudge]

BUT they kinda ruined the impact of that because the bloody Tardis has been out of action in about half the damn episodes of this series.

Just the Cybermen story and even then they knew it was going to be ok in 24 hours. At this point they apparently have no chance of finding it. Completely different level of impact

Why can't he just pull out his Tardis Key and summon it with that like he did in Fathers Day?

[grue]

Nice episode so far.

I just hope they don't give it any religious overtone, it's called Science Fiction for a reason

I laughed out loud with the ball-on-a-cord killing, it just looked so funny sticking to the guy's forehead like that

I loved the imaging of the gargantuan statues by the gates though.

[Ollie]

At this point they apparently have no chance of finding it [the TARDIS]. Completely different level of impact

Didn't seem to have much of an impact on them though, did it? I mean they hardly seemed bothered at all to have lost it.