The Dr Who thread

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:08 pm 0

That's the point of the cliffhanger Dutch. We're supposed to look at it and go "What the fuck just happened?" and tune in on Christmas Day.

betamax · Post by **betamax** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:08 pm 0

Kamineko wrote:
The Master wrote:It's not fair!
Doesn't this mean that most of the population of the UK are trapped in mega-telepathic-love for a non-existant Harry Saxon because of the Archangel network?

(He built the network way before he started the TARDIS' P.M.)

Exactly. I was expecting a "Spaced" moment, with everyone mocking him, but alas..

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:10 pm 0

It would seem that the best efforts of the screaming hordes of Genghis Khaaaaaaaaaan! couldn't penetrate the TARDIS nor could the Daleks, Cybermen or any other Who baddie, but the pointy bit of the Titanic is clearly the weapon of choice when attacking one.

Istar · Post by **Istar** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:11 pm 0

Oh, god.

<head in hands meme>

The Legend of Martha Jones.
The TimeLord-Killing Gun (ok, so that did turn out to be actual bollox).
The Power of Prayer, amplified by a telepathic satellite network.
The Doctor being given Godlike Powers to defeat The Master.

Jesus Fucking Christ (pun mildly intended). Yeah, the kids loved every minute, but fucking hell...

Bonus points for the rather cool Gollum-Doctor fx.
Bonus points for the ring of The Master.

Maximum points for Tennant making me blub at the death scene. Minor minus for the Vader immolation.

Possible plus if we get Sally Sparrow next year.

Overall: 2/10 (rising to a 9 as The Master dies, and falling back immediately after).

Kamineko · Post by **Kamineko** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:12 pm 0

Bonus points for the rather cool Gollum-Doctor fx.

*tea unto screen*

WHAT?

dom · Post by **dom** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:13 pm 0

Some nice little nods to Time Bandits, Return of the Jedi, Lord of the Rings, Half-Life [teh game], Captain Scarlet, Stargate (or the man with two brains) and Battlestar Galactica, it just kept getting better.

Flame me all you like, I thought it was a superb episode - I'm just looking forward to rewatching it tomorrow to see who had red nail varnish, presumably the woman in the red dress.....

Dom

p.s. CableTwitch will come and sort you out if you disagree.

Baggypants · Post by **Baggypants** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:13 pm 0

Kamineko wrote:
Bonus points for the rather cool Gollum-Doctor fx.
*tea unto screen*

WHAT?

Hey, come on, Gollum Doctor look more like Gollum than Golum did.

Istar · Post by **Istar** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:14 pm 0

Kamineko wrote:
Bonus points for the rather cool Gollum-Doctor fx.
*tea unto screen*

WHAT?

Well, it was interesting. Bollox, but interesting. The points are for the fx, not the concept.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:14 pm 0

But did he really die?, or has he transferred his "time lordian spirit" to the bird in the Red Dress and went back to the funeral pyre to reclaim his ring after the Dr burnt an empty corpse?

Etc.

EDIT:
Oh - and while we're about it, if the Doc had PERMANENTLY fused the coords of the TARDIS travel doodad, then how come he was free to go whereever at the end of the episode?

Hm? HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM?

Etc.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:16 pm 0

The Master *always* has an escape route. I'd know he wasn't dead even if they hadn't put the Flash Gordon scene in.

CarlBillen · Post by **CarlBillen** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:17 pm 0

Wibble wrote:
CarlBillen wrote:It had some good moments, it had some great moments, but at some point I got really disgusted at what happened and I just wanted it to end...

I suddenly realised I was watching the worst episode of Who I've ever seen, and it kept going on and on. I've had many 'Is the episode over yet?' moments with the last couple of episodes, but never a 'I want to zap to another channel because it is so bad' moment. I did now

A horrible way to end this series
What... like the ending of Return of the King?

I have to admit I haven't seen Return of the King, because I found the first two movies, well, 'not good'. So I didn't try to watch the third.

Although I might've seen the third this evening during Doctor Who

with Whollum...

The cliffhanger was nice, although the 'Wot? Wot?' bit reminded me too much of last season's cliffhanger.

Or are people really happy with the episode because of the 'Sally Sparrow possibility'???

betamax · Post by **betamax** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:19 pm 0

HGFB wrote:The Master *always* has an escape route. I'd know he wasn't dead even if they hadn't put the Flash Gordon scene in.

And I'd agree with you. You cannot kill the Master. He's already twelve moves ahead before you've even decided who gets to be the motor car. Or something.

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:20 pm 0

Still mulling the episode over here... but yes, it does appear his "wife" (or some other female, given the red nail varnish) has picked the ring up. We never have had Time Lords changing sex now...

And indeed, Jack = Face of Boe? Makes complete sense although I'm sure most people didn't see it coming if it's true...

Istar · Post by **Istar** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:21 pm 0

HGFB wrote:The Master *always* has an escape route. I'd know he wasn't dead even if they hadn't put the Flash Gordon scene in.

That's a given. He's like a Terminator, he Absolutely Will Not Stop.

Further reflections:
Jack being the Face of Boe. Hmm, undecided. Split between agonisingly embarrasing cliched twist, and genuinely interesting plot possiblility.

And will somebody please explain to RTD that the inside of the TARDIS exists outside 4-dimensional space, and that the only way the prow of the Titanic could possibly protrude into that interior is if it was another TARDIS, for fucks' sake.

Ooh, hang on...

DutchLlama · Post by **DutchLlama** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:21 pm 0

The OG forums are really being hammered now. I just can't get on.