The Dr Who thread

Kamineko · Post by **Kamineko** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:38 pm 0

Jonesey wrote:So why didn't Martha use her marvelously magical mobile 'phone to 'bell someone in the present?

Nice episode - those statues were gleefully spooky!

I was wondering that. After Shipton got Sally's phone number, and was blunked into the past... you'd think the first thing that Doc + Martha would have done is rang Sally (instead of the DVD silliness) and... stuff.

Maybe 'universal roaming' needs a time-local TARDIS to relay...?

seibu · Post by **seibu** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:58 pm 0

Kamineko wrote:
Jonesey wrote:So why didn't Martha use her marvelously magical mobile 'phone to 'bell someone in the present?
Maybe 'universal roaming' needs a time-local TARDIS to relay...?

That would be my theory.

The very finest Who, that. A tour de force. A Moffat Masterclass.

Gorecki · Post by **Gorecki** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 1:46 pm 0

Good god that was fantastic. I was out of breath by the end of it.

I've just noticed that Stephen Moffat is the writer for Jekyll, starring James Nesbit that's on BBC1 soon. Essential viewing I think.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:19 pm 0

IronGiant wrote:
negative comment? really?
Well, there's always one ...............

Yeah, but its more often me

limb_clock · Post by **limb_clock** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:20 pm 0

Smashing Eppy, although i don't know if i'm THAT eager to see the next weeks eppy since Jack's in that

But HEY, Derek Jacobi = ALWAYS good

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:23 pm 0

limb_clock wrote:Smashing Eppy, although i don't know if i'm THAT eager to see the next weeks eppy since Jack's in that

I know what you mean, it's putting me off too - can't stand the egotistical self-centred twat. It's a great pity that Rose resurrected his exterminated corpse at the end of series 1 ..........

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:33 pm 0

meh, I liked Jack.
His the polar opersite of the Doc's type of hero, which is why it works having them together, imo.

Torchwood wrecked Jack, not visa versa.

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 6:39 pm 0

Mayhem wrote:It would have been nice to just have a glimmer of seeing The Doctor and Martha as being 38 years older in the present day... after all until Sally rescued them, they would have still been lingering around 2007.

Sally always rescued them, even before she did.

F-ZeroOne · Post by **F-ZeroOne** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 8:16 pm 0

Jonesey wrote:So why didn't Martha use her marvelously magical mobile 'phone to 'bell someone in the present?

Lost it down the back of the TARDIS? Battery 'sploded? Provider noticed all those really long distance calls and shut down the radio telescope they were being channelled through...?

phattslagg · Post by **phattslagg** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 8:53 pm 0

For me, that ranks right up there with the best things I've ever seen. The only way it could have been any better is if Sally Sparrow had appeared full-frontal naked at some point.

grue · Post by **grue** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 8:54 pm 0

Excellent!

On a side note am I the only loser who has watched Ghosts of Mars and found the next week's trailer a carbon copy?

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:10 pm 0

Watched it un-interrupted tonight and the statues attacking Sally at the end still shit me up!

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:13 pm 0

arron wrote: And didn't the Doctor say that they cause a lot of damage when they explode?

Nah, that was the chickens, as his 'Timey-Wimey Thing' boils eggs if you get too close, so he told to DCI Shipton (in 1969) to keep away from chickens.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:43 pm 0

Had a look at the Dr Who episode web page and there's easter eggs on there.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/episodes/2007/310.shtml

Edit: The Fear Factor descriptive text is revealing as to how much this one scared the tinies.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:03 pm 0

Just been talking to my sister on the phone about the episode and told her that I thought the music really helped in this one, especially in the final 'attack' scenes, reminding me of the music/effects in the film Aliens.