The Dr Who thread

Viscount Charles · Post by **Viscount Charles** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:21 am 0

NickMon wrote:Is it the Master next week?

Is Doctor Who ever to be allowed a bearded villain *without* people automatically assuming that it's the Master?

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:31 am 0

Viscount Charles wrote:
NickMon wrote:Is it the Master next week?
Is Doctor Who ever to be allowed a bearded villain *without* people automatically assuming that it's the Master?

No! It's..

spoiler wrote:
Peter Kay dressed like a pimp!

(Not Monty Pythons Flying Circusssss)

Purple Grapefruit · Post by **Purple Grapefruit** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:29 am 0

What i really like about the new Dr who and its storylines,is as a fan, you can be a geek and blubber like a girlie.
I find it.......................... liberating.

Matrixxx · Post by **Matrixxx** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:45 am 0

Purple Grapefruit wrote:What i really like about the new Dr who and its storylines,is as a fan, you can be a geek and blubber like a girlie.
I find it.......................... liberating.

You just watch the one where roses dad dies didn't you....

I know I did..... i've seen it countless times now - and I blub every time.

Wumpus4x4 · Post by **Wumpus4x4** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:13 pm 0

Ollie wrote: Also, can anyone explain why the rocket turned around before being pulled back towards the black hole? Wound me right up, that did.

Maybe it was programmed to keep* its nose pointed where it's going? It's becoming traditional to build that function into the control systems of aeroplanes that aren't aerodynamically stable so why wouldn't it be built into a futuristic spaceship, which apart from the weak effects of gravity-gradient and Solar-Radiation-Pressure wouldn't inherently have any stability at all? Note that the ship had artificial gravity (hairstyles and plot-relevant-not-tied-down-objects seemed to obey a pretty standard "1g towards the floor" rule) so they can probably manage automatic pitch/yaw stabilisation.

*In the absence of any pilot input to the contrary

Col · Post by **Col** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 1:00 pm 0

I've only just watched this after recording it last night, was impressed with the conclusion probably more so than the first part!

I especially liked Toby's gesture to the Ood when they were escaping from them, I KNEW he was still evil

And next weeks looks crazy

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 2:39 pm 0

Wumpus4x4 wrote:
Ollie wrote: Also, can anyone explain why the rocket turned around before being pulled back towards the black hole? Wound me right up, that did.
Maybe it was programmed to keep* its nose pointed where it's going? It's becoming traditional to build that function into the control systems of aeroplanes that aren't aerodynamically stable so why wouldn't it be built into a futuristic spaceship, which apart from the weak effects of gravity-gradient and Solar-Radiation-Pressure wouldn't inherently have any stability at all? Note that the ship had artificial gravity (hairstyles and plot-relevant-not-tied-down-objects seemed to obey a pretty standard "1g towards the floor" rule) so they can probably manage automatic pitch/yaw stabilisation.

*In the absence of any pilot input to the contrary

OR maybe the front of the ship is really really dense compared to the back

Gorecki · Post by **Gorecki** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 2:40 pm 0

Maybe they just wanted to see where they were going.

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 3:02 pm 0

Speaking of the rocket, I really liked the design of that - perhaps because it reminded me of Thunderbird 1.

SimonB · Post by **SimonB** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 3:26 pm 0

Snakey wrote: I also appeared to have missed both a Trogdor and Eastenders reference. How did that happen? Someone want to tell me, cos I can't be arsed to go looking...

Eastenders bit in Episode one of the two - when first going down pit Dr counters a line along the lines of "it'll all be OK now" (with "that's like saying this will be the best Christmas Walford has ever seen" or thereabouts. memory not 100% from last week I have to be honest!

As for writing on the table, not seen this week's yet but is it a reference to Vanessa Feltz in the first Celeb Big Brother?

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IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:09 pm 0

Interesting interview here with Gabriel Woolf (voice of the Ood and Satan, plus the voice of Sutekh (and his brother) in Pyramids of Mars):

http://www.kaldorcity.com/people/gwinterview.html

Istar · Post by **Istar** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:35 pm 0

Well, I'm giving that a 10/10.

Yes, there were some weak moments. Doc, stop telling us how amazing we humans are, k? To name but one.

But, it got a big 'Woah' moment out of me when we saw Satan.

And the Doc's fall into the pit before that was aces.

And Jeffersons' death was pretty good.

Scene-stealer of the year has to go to Claire Rushbrook (Ida Scott) during her 'death' sequence. Top class stuff.

So, yeah, liked it.

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:40 pm 0

Finally caught up with the whole lot off the Sky+ box. Been a good series so far. I'd rate the Madame De Pompidour episode best of the series so far by quite a long way, but there hasn't been a stinker since the first episode (which was v. poor).

Last pair were a bit nicked off Doom, but there are no original ideas left nowadays...

Only overall criticism is that the Doctor doesn't feel quite imperious enough to me (I suspect it's the writing rather than Tennent, who is very good when he's being serious but still reminds me too much of the Hamster when he's kidding around), but I suppose since I grew up on Tom Baker that was always likely to be the case.

offyoutoddle · Post by **offyoutoddle** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:42 pm 0

at last, caught the repeat on bbc3 - a thousand curses on sky plus for losing the series link last night!!

Very good episode though, best pair so far.

F-ZeroOne · Post by **F-ZeroOne** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:07 pm 0

Ollie wrote:Did anyone manage to make out what the Doctor said when Ida asked him what he believed? After "I believe" I just heard an incoherent mumble. Also, can anyone explain why the rocket turned around before being pulled back towards the black hole? Wound me right up, that did.

IIRC, it was along the lines "I don't know, maybe that I haven't seen everything... "

As to the rocket, I put that down to an automatic correction thingy trying to pull it back on course. What I'd watch for in the Future is spaceships with windows that don't seem to be rated for meteorite strikes and bolt guns...