Doctor Who

[ariich]

Hef! Which ones did you watch?

[masterthes]

Almost halfway through series 4 (finished The Doctor's Daughter last night. Georgia Moffett is ridiculosly hot). Pretty decent so far. Catherine Tate has grown on me. I thought after watching Runaway Bride that I was going to hate her

[abydos]

I loved Catherine from the first episode. She has some hilarious moments with Tennant. And a few heart breaking ones. Now I'm sad.

[robwebster]

Almost halfway through series 4 (finished The Doctor's Daughter last night. Georgia Moffett is ridiculosly hot). Pretty decent so far. Catherine Tate has grown on me. I thought after watching Runaway Bride that I was going to hate her

I was in the same boat. Wasn't at all sold on her during TRB, bit too caricature, absolutely devastated when the news came she was to return as a full-time companion. Thought it would be a terrible mistake. Love being wrong.

[hefdaddy42]

Hef! Which ones did you watch?

Asylum of the Daleks and Dinosaurs on a Spaceship.

[masterthes]

I know it's still ongoing, but do you think there might be an interest in doing a survivor on the reboot series?

[robwebster]

Hef! Which ones did you watch?

Asylum of the Daleks and Dinosaurs on a Spaceship.

Ohhhh, never considered it as a starter, but yes, I imagine that'd be excellent. Asylum in particular is a fantastic episode.

I know it's still ongoing, but do you think there might be an interest in doing a survivor on the reboot series?

Don't know about anyone else, but personally? It'd be the first survivor I'd follow start to finish. We've only got five and a half more weeks of S8, we'd probably still be on S3, S4 by that point. Yeah, go for it!

[hefdaddy42]

Hef! Which ones did you watch?

Asylum of the Daleks and Dinosaurs on a Spaceship.

Ohhhh, never considered it as a starter, but yes, I imagine that'd be excellent. Asylum in particular is a fantastic episode.

They are on my cable system's On Demand channel for BBCAmerica.  Good stuff.  I did a minimum of background research, and they also had retrospective episdoes on the First, Second, and Third Doctors.  I am enjoying these immensely.

I also discovered Orphan Black on BBCAmerica, and will be delving into other series featured on the On Demand channel.

[robwebster]

Not aware of Orphan Black - seems to be a BBC America original. Excellent supply of TV on-demand, though. I thiiiink those retrospectives are being done for the anniversary year. Again - not reached the UK, yet, but heard good things. How much Doctor Who is it, just those episodes, or the whole season so far?

[masterthes]

Oh, I wasn't going to do it (maybe when I'm all caught up with you guys I would) I was just asking in general

[robwebster]

Oh, heck. I might, then. Why not - we had an IT crowd one.

[Super Dude]

Dinosaurs on a spaceship - how can you possibly go wrong? Good shit.

[robwebster]

Here we go, let's find out. Doctor Who survivor!

[hefdaddy42]

Not aware of Orphan Black - seems to be a BBC America original.

I think it is.  Canadian.  Excellent thus far.

I thiiiink those retrospectives are being done for the anniversary year. Again - not reached the UK, yet, but heard good things.

Makes sense.  Very informative, with commentary from past actors.  Lots of Tennant.

How much Doctor Who is it, just those episodes, or the whole season so far?

The whole season, AFAIK.  Those were the first two, and I think there are 5 more.

[robwebster]

Yep, that's all of it. Might be missing the very most recent, but if it's got The Bells of Saint John, Rings'll doubtless be up there shortly.

[robwebster]

Pow! Survivor, round 2. Aliens of London & World War III are out. I don't expect many people to be overly upset by this. Great titles, though. Eight votes is alright for a not-well-publicised first round, right? Enough for me to keep going, at any rate. I was expecting like two.

[hefdaddy42]

Yep, that's all of it. Might be missing the very most recent, but if it's got The Bells of Saint John, Rings'll doubtless be up there shortly.

I will try to catch up some more this weekend.  I'm looking forward to it.

[masterthes]

I'm curious what kind of episodes you guys prefer, the strictly sci-fi ones or the historical ones?

[hefdaddy42]

Just finished A Town Called Mercy.

 

[hefdaddy42]

...and now The Power of Three.

And oh, BTW, Karen Gillan is quite attractive.

[robwebster]

Good eps. Got a lot of time for A Town Called Mercy. Can't pick out exactly why, it's a fairly normal episode, but I think it ascends above its format. If that's not too wanky. Power of Three's good fun. Completely barmy, funny ending, but it's the kind of story that only Doctor Who can tell. I do love the Apprentice cameo, too. Little details like that.

And, yes. "Quite's" an understatement. q:

[robwebster]

I'm curious what kind of episodes you guys prefer, the strictly sci-fi ones or the historical ones?

Just caught this - my favourite two eps are The Eleventh Hour and The Waters of Mars. Which, not sure if you've seen those ones yet, but just from the last title, you can probably hazard a guess that they're not particularly historical.

Frankly, though, it depends on the story. There are lots of brilliant historical episodes, lots of brilliant episodes in the future. Don't know that it's either or. Human Nature's brilliant, and it would've been rubbish if they'd set it in the future. The past makes sense, cos it rolls the Doctor back, makes him primitive even by our standards.  Likewise, Bad Wolf would've been rubbish set in the past, because history would recall how it ended. Something that lifechanging, we'd know it never happened, it'd break the spell. I suppose the future is a rather wider canvas, so I like it for that reason... but there's some brilliant historical stories to be told.

ETA: Right! Fifty minute countdown. And here's more survivor. Liking the speed. A round a day was a good idea.

[Super Dude]

That next episode looks great. I hope to God the ghost doesn't turn out to be an alien machine or Cybermen; a good ole fashioned ghost hunt would do the Doctor some good. I could go for a nice Gothic episode.

[GuineaPig]

Best episode in a long time.

[masterthes]

Just finished series 4. Goddamnit, can't we end one of these on a happy note? (Well, technically the first series ended on a happy note, but still lol)

[abydos]

Quite disappointed with this one. Looking at the writers, this season may be the weakest one with Smith so far. More Moffat, less outsourcing.

[ariich]

That next episode looks great. I hope to God the ghost doesn't turn out to be an alien machine or Cybermen; a good ole fashioned ghost hunt would do the Doctor some good. I could go for a nice Gothic episode.

Not sure why you'd expect that, DW has always gone for sci-fi and never supernatural. If you want genuine ghost stories, DW isn't the show for you.

Cold War was great, probably my favourite Gatiss episode! I really liked the way they brought the Ice Warriors back, and especially how they made the voice actually quite intimidating, and not awful like in the classic series.

[Jaq]

Given that Gatiss episodes tend to be hit or miss (which amazes me given how good his two Sherlock episodes have been; it's like a different writer!) I rather liked Cold War. Nice to see the Ice Warriors get an update that manages to remain faithful to the original yet removes what looked really silly from the original design. And David Warner practically stole the episode without trying. "DOES ULTRAVOX BREAK UP?!" 

[Super Dude]

That next episode looks great. I hope to God the ghost doesn't turn out to be an alien machine or Cybermen; a good ole fashioned ghost hunt would do the Doctor some good. I could go for a nice Gothic episode.

Not sure why you'd expect that, DW has always gone for sci-fi and never supernatural. If you want genuine ghost stories, DW isn't the show for you.

Cold War was great, probably my favourite Gatiss episode! I really liked the way they brought the Ice Warriors back, and especially how they made the voice actually quite intimidating, and not awful like in the classic series.

A hope is not an expectation.

[masterthes]

They really should have made Christina a companion. She could have been fun, not to mention very easy on the eyes

[hefdaddy42]

Just watched The Angels Take Manhattan.  How sad.

After 5 episodes, this show appears to be incredibly well-written and well-performed.  I am in love.

BTW, I was surprised to find out at the end that River was Amelia's daughter.  When did that happen?  From the episodes I've seen, I never saw a daughter.

[Sigz]

Just watched The Angels Take Manhattan.  How sad.

After 5 episodes, this show appears to be incredibly well-written and well-performed.  I am in love.

BTW, I was surprised to find out at the end that River was Amelia's daughter.  When did that happen?  From the episodes I've seen, I never saw a daughter.

It happened the season before, VERY long story.

[hefdaddy42]

Just watched The Angels Take Manhattan.  How sad.

After 5 episodes, this show appears to be incredibly well-written and well-performed.  I am in love.

BTW, I was surprised to find out at the end that River was Amelia's daughter.  When did that happen?  From the episodes I've seen, I never saw a daughter.

It happened the season before, VERY long story.

Oh, OK. 

[robwebster]

Oh, crikey, yeah, that. It's sort of... River's a recurring character, you find out her history over S5 and S6, and I won't give away the specific twists and turns in case you want to go back and watch it, but basically - time travel!

Glad you're loving the show. Performance is good, isn't it - I tend to take it for granted, but Matt Smith, in his late 20s, is somehow completely convincing as a 1,100 year old alien. He is not of this Earth.

ETA: Oh, also, series 1 round 4 if anyone's keeping up with the survivor.

[Super Dude]