The Dr Who thread

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:29 pm 0

Ollie wrote:
HGFB wrote: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.

I saw two friends trying to make light of an obviously bad situation. What would you like to happen? The Doctor curled up on the floor sobbing?

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:47 pm 0

blah.
Its just one of those "OMG WE ARE DOOMED!!!" only for it to be forgotten about a few minutes later.

Personaly, I agree, the Tardis card has been called too often.

Heck, even in the cyberman one it was lame.

"Its dead the last Tardis Dead (dramtic pause)

..oh , no its not, look I found a battary"

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

I assumed this was talking about the heart of the tardis, rather then the machine itself.
(eg, the heart of the Tardis which would strike me as the thing that could be quite littarly "dead")

Matrixxx · Post by **Matrixxx** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:54 pm 0

The Eye is supposed to be the ultimate power source... why not just run a cable to that instead of blowing on the embers of a dying battery.. it IS inside the tardis after all !

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 8:44 pm 0

A Tardis doesn't have the Eye of Harmony inside it. It has a link to the Eye on Gallifrey which in turn draws power from the black hole (The real Eye). Since Gallifrey went boom and the fact that they now have to occasionally refuel the Tardis in Cardif I'm guessing the Tardis doesn't use the Eye as a powersource anymore.

Wibble · Post by **Wibble** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 9:24 pm 0

HGFB wrote:A Tardis doesn't have the Eye of Harmony inside it. It has a link to the Eye on Gallifrey which in turn draws power from the black hole (The real Eye). Since Gallifrey went boom and the fact that they now have to occasionally refuel the Tardis in Cardif I'm guessing the Tardis doesn't use the Eye as a powersource anymore.

Isn't it convenient they're right beneath a black hole again, now?

Kronos · Post by **Kronos** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 9:48 pm 0

Ollie wrote: 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.

or male assistant and a bit of bum fun in the Tardis?

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:47 pm 0

When she goes, they're going to have to kill her...

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:48 pm 0

The BBC have managed to keep images of Satan under lock and key until now. They've leaked. Here's a sneak preview of what the Doctor faces next week. Imagine this crawling out of a pit at the center of the impossible planet.

Won't somebody please think of the poor traumatised children?

grue · Post by **grue** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:48 pm 0

goatboy wrote:When she goes, they're going to have to kill her...

So we won't have to endure her through another program

Ollie · Post by **Ollie** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:52 pm 0

HGFB wrote:
Ollie wrote:
HGFB wrote: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.
I saw two friends trying to make light of an obviously bad situation. What would you like to happen? The Doctor curled up on the floor sobbing?

Well no, but a little bit of gravitas wouldn't have gone amiss. More than just tossing it off like they've lost their train tickets home, or something, anyway. But this incarnation of the Doctor doesn't do gravitas, does he? And as for Rose's bit with the phone... I wasn't sure whether she hadn't twigged that she'd probably never see and possibly never speak to her mother again, or just didn't particularly care. If they're going to make the family thing such a big part of the show, at least make it matter a little bit, ffs.

It's also annoying that a few episodes back it seemed they were setting things up for trouble in the Doctor/Rose relationship (the Sarah Jane and Mme. de Pompadour episodes in particular), and that subplot seems to have been completely dropped now.

daniel thomas · Post by **daniel thomas** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 5:04 am 0

Good episode. It's much better than the Cyberman 2-parter, which still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. This time, everything in the first half came together nicely. And a nice bit of gravitas with the Tardis, which, of course, will be found all in one piece by the end. But, hey, a nice way to write it out of the episode (this sparing the temptation for the writers to use it to carry everyone off to safety).

I'm hoping that next week won't just devolve into a shootout. Goodness knows they're ripping off Alien enough as is. Or is that Doom? I just know somebody's gonna find a BFG and a bunch of health packs in some hidden room somewhere.

As to the identity of the mystery villain...I say it's Dick Cheney. First thing he'll do next week is claim that the insurgency is in its last throes. Then he'll shoot someone in the face.

Oh, and the aliens are really cool. Nice little Classic Who riff with the ball on the head.

Matrixxx · Post by **Matrixxx** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 5:18 am 0

The tardis will obviously be at the bottom of the pit somewhere, and the right way up no doubt... Id love to see it on its back and the doc have to climb in - can you imagine him falling across the room

Wwwaaaaaahhhhhhhh !

Kronos · Post by **Kronos** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:15 am 0

I just watched that tonight, so I can see what you lot are going on about. Hmmm didnt think he could have done much more without over-acting really. LOL@Doctor + Billie getting a mortgage, sweet though

They should be sponsored by Gold Blend I think

Matrixxx · Post by **Matrixxx** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:22 am 0

Old_but_still_a_kid wrote:I just watched that tonight, so I can see what you lot are going on about. Hmmm didnt think he could have done much more without over-acting really. LOL@Doctor + Billie getting a mortgage, sweet though

They should be sponsored by Gold Blend I think

Mmmm coffee babes in scifi .... Simone Bendix (space precinct) - YES PLEASE

(right) lol

Kronos · Post by **Kronos** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:59 am 0

Isn't the guy from Buffy and School Re-union ep' the bloke from those ads for Gold Blend????

its a conspiracy!!

Actually did anyone see his trip to find out about Zombies in haiti on Discovery few days ago? that was the aces!!11!!1