The Dr Who thread

Purple Grapefruit · Post by **Purple Grapefruit** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:36 am 0

Tut tut.

True sci-fi fans know that reverersing
the polarity does nothing, unless it is then
fed into a deflector dish.

rockwaldo · Post by **rockwaldo** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:53 am 0

While i dont really watch this sort of thing, there must be something in it.

I had to take my 4 year old son home early tonight because he simply cannot miss Dr Who. AND he sang the theme tune all the way home as well.

Dinga Dinga Dinga Dinga Dinga Dinga.....woooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoooooooooooooo

etc...

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 4:49 am 0

The theme tune is still the best bit

(no, I mean it, even on the really great eppisodes, nothing beats the theme tune!)

Purple Grapefruit wrote:Tut tut.

True sci-fi fans know that reverersing
the polarity does nothing, unless it is then
fed into a deflector dish.

You forgot to bounce the graviton partical beam!

What (I think) HGFB is trying to say is that there isn't enough time in an episode to explain/justify every single 'non-real' aspect.

You mention the Blood tech, but (IIRC) that wasn't explained fully, just that with a bit of each blood type an alien race could control people as if they were robots.

Harlequin hit it on the head.
I'm not saying we need an explanation for everything, but if we do get technobably Id like it too fit.

Also its only realistic there is all sorts of technology over our level of understanding, but its nice in a sci-fi it builds up a "universe" surrounding its own technologys and rules.
Hence I thought it would be neat at least too tie back to the Blood-tech.

SimonB · Post by **SimonB** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:39 am 0

Enjoyed that one a lot too.

Love Martha's questioning of stuff (although she'd better start accepting stuff by about mid-season or it could begin to annoy).

Personally I hope the Queen Elizabeth thing doesn't get resolved this season - after all, she only commented on the Doc not Martha so potential to revisit the idea any time while DT is in post or in a book.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:07 am 0

Darkflame wrote:I'm not saying we need an explanation for everything, but if we do get technobably Id like it too fit.

Fit what? What on earth was wrong with the explanation for the voodoo doll?

Also its only realistic there is all sorts of technology over our level of understanding, but its nice in a sci-fi it builds up a "universe" surrounding its own technologys and rules.
Hence I thought it would be neat at least too tie back to the Blood-tech.

Why tie back to a story over a year ago? The doll *wasn't* the tech the Sycorax used. Who would he explain it to? the Witch already knew what it was and Martha was unconcious.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:11 am 0

Overnight ratings are in

1 â€¦. 6.8 (35.8%) â€¦. Doctor Who (19:00) BBC1
2 â€¦. 6.0 (28.4%) â€¦. Casualty (21:00) BBC1
3 â€¦. 5.9 (29.8%) â€¦. Any Dream Will Do (19:45) BBC1
4 â€¦. 5.5 (26.7%) â€¦. The National Lottery People's Quiz (20:45) BBC1
5 â€¦. 4.9 (24.6%) â€¦. BBC News; Weather (22:00) BBC1
6 â€¦. 4.1 (21.1%) â€¦. Vernon Kay's Gameshow Marathon (19:30) ITV
7 â€¦. 4.1 (19.4%) â€¦. Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (20:30) ITV
8 â€¦. 4.0 (26.2%) â€¦. Grease Is the Word (18:00) ITV
9 â€¦. 3.9 (20.4%) â€¦. Harry Hill's TV Burp (19:00) ITV
10 â€¦ 3.1 (20.3%) â€¦. Match of the Day (22:15) BBC1
11 â€¦. 3.0 (23.3%) â€¦. New You've Been Framed! (17:30) ITV
12 â€¦. 2.8 (22.5%) â€¦. BBC News; Regional News; Weather (17:15) BBC1
13 â€¦. 2.7 (16.1%) â€¦. The Big Fight Live (21:45) ITV
14 â€¦. 2.6 (26.8%) â€¦. The Boat Race 2007 (15:30) ITV
15 â€¦. 2.5 (21.1%) â€¦. ITV News; Sports Results; Weather (17:15) ITV
16 â€¦. 2.5 (16.4%) â€¦. The National Lottery People's Quiz (18:15) BBC1
17 â€¦. 2.3 (17.4%) â€¦. All New Just for Laughs (17:45) BBC1
18 â€¦. 2.3 (10.9%) â€¦. CSI:NY (21:00) CH 5
19 â€¦. 2.0 (17.5%) â€¦. London Tonight (17:15) ITV
20 â€¦ 1.8 (16.3%) â€¦. Final Score (16:15) BBC1

Looks like a "Warm weather kills tv" scenario.

matt303 · Post by **matt303** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:22 am 0

Easter bank holiday means a lot of families are off on holiday and given the nice weather and lighter nights now even I missed the first 15mins.

merman · Post by **merman** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 11:14 am 0

If people commented on how "Douglas Adams" the first episode was, this was Terry Pratchett's "Wyrd Sisters" brought to life, with the power of words and Nanny Ogg's "tum te tum te tum". Loved it.

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 11:17 am 0

I thoroughly enjoyed it too, so that's two out of two so far for series 3. Long may it continue.

F-ZeroOne · Post by **F-ZeroOne** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:23 pm 0

Best. Easter. EVER!

"Press Here" and it actually says "EX-TERM-I-NATE!".

Baggypants · Post by **Baggypants** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:56 pm 0

Technologu based on the power of words was fine, but then to have numbers in the speach at the end of Loves Labours Won was to rubbish the whole idea for me

And if you want to get rid of the technobabble then adjust your TV to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow.

edit: Technologu? you can 'ave that one.

and I found this which gave me a giggle

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:58 pm 0

Baggypants wrote:Technologu based on the power of words was fine, but then to have numbers in the speach at the end of Loves Labours Won was to rubbish the whole idea for me

Human speech. I'm sure if they'd been able to do the play in Carrionite instead of English they'd have been able to manage without numbers

kalmar · Post by **kalmar** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:00 pm 0

Darkflame wrote:The theme tune is still the best bit
(no, I mean it, even on the really great eppisodes, nothing beats the theme tune!)

The theme tune is shit! They ruinised it. The whole intro looks like it was made on some fan-boy's A1200 in about 1997.

But, who cares, because that was an excellent bit of telly. More like it pls

Peltazoid · Post by **Peltazoid** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:04 pm 0

kalmar wrote:
Darkflame wrote:The theme tune is still the best bit
(no, I mean it, even on the really great eppisodes, nothing beats the theme tune!)
The theme tune is shit! They ruinised it. The whole intro looks like it was made on some fan-boy's A1200 in about 1997.

This incarnation of the theme, is one of the best. Although, this should be used instead.

http://whomix.trilete.net/download.php?remixid=204

What a brilliant site that one is, a whole site dedicated to the Dr. Who Theme. Good Stuff.

kalmar · Post by **kalmar** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:17 pm 0

Peltazoid wrote:
kalmar wrote:
Darkflame wrote:The theme tune is still the best bit
(no, I mean it, even on the really great eppisodes, nothing beats the theme tune!)
The theme tune is shit! They ruinised it. The whole intro looks like it was made on some fan-boy's A1200 in about 1997.

This incarnation of the theme, is one of the best. Although, this should be used instead.

http://whomix.trilete.net/download.php?remixid=204

Starts off OK. I thought it was going to go a bit Aphex twin but it settled down into boring-synth mode.

What a brilliant site that one is, a whole site dedicated to the Dr. Who Theme. Good Stuff.

I'll check it out

Meanwhile, this is the actual proper official best version in the universe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByOU5CwuZjU