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robwebster · « **Reply #700 on:** May 27, 2011, 05:43:02 PM »

Ahhhh, on the series 5 DVDs the commentaries feature little thumbnails of the commentators commentating - wee little window in the corner. TEH has Beth Willis looking lovely, Piers Wenger looking more or less normal, and Steven Moffat still persistently disguised as a mere human.

ariich · « **Reply #701 on:** May 27, 2011, 05:44:26 PM »

Sounds great. I haven't got the series 5 DVD set yet. Only got the Series 1-4 boxset a month or so ago and then the 2009 specials set a little after that, so I figured at some point I'll watch through them and while I'm doing that I'll get the Series 5 ones.

jonny108 · « **Reply #702 on:** May 27, 2011, 05:46:52 PM »

Karen Gillian is beautiful. Toss between her and Evangeline Lilly for the most perfect television woman

Bonham · « **Reply #703 on:** May 27, 2011, 07:52:24 PM »

Quote from: jonny108 on May 27, 2011, 05:46:52 PM

Karen Gillian is beautiful. Toss between her and Evangeline Lilly for the most perfect television woman

Sigz · « **Reply #704 on:** May 28, 2011, 07:27:25 AM »

Quote from: robwebster on May 25, 2011, 11:24:31 AM

Quote from: Sigz on May 25, 2011, 11:04:49 AM
So I watched The Impossible Astronaut (and every other episode in Series 6 ) and have started at the beginning of season 5. I finished the first part of Weeping Angels last night.

So, so, so good.
Oh fantastic!! Jesus, you've been busy.

I ask everyone this but it's because I'm genuinely interested and am intensely jealous of the journey that you've got ahead of you - what do you reckon?! To everything. Best episodes, Rory or Amy, best monsters, most exciting bit... how the devil is it all?

Alright, I've now watched up through 'Cold Blood'. Thoughts on everything ever, in no discernible order:

1) I'm really curious about what's going to come out of the whole 'crack in time' thing. Obviously, Rory's going to come back cause he's in the next series, but I have no idea how.

2) There's a surprising amount of rather poignant situations throughout the show. The whole idea of River and the Doctor being in opposite timelines is really sad actually, and although the show doesn't really dwell on it does make you think. The same thing goes for Rory being erased from time or whatnot.

3) Matt Smith is brilliant. I don't know what the other doctors/actors were like, but he's just fantastic.

4) The writing is also brilliant. The Beast Below, the Weeping Angels set, Amy's Choice, and the Impossible Astronaut set were all especially awesome, but there really hasn't been a bad episode thus far. Apparently Steven Moffat also wrote Coupling, another show I've been meaning to check out, so now that's on my to-do list.

5) I'm not entirely sure how I feel about Amy and Rory. It seems like Amy went from 'meehhh I'm marrying him and I'm not sure I want to' to 'ZOMG I LOVE HIM' in one scene in Amy's Choice. And while that could have worked, I feel like their relationship wasn't fleshed out enough for it to really click. It's not the biggest of deals, but it did kind of bother me.

6) I really can't get over how awesome The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon are. Especially the part in the orphanage, where Amy stumbles in the room where they're all sleeping or whatever... absolutely brilliant.

I think that's all I have.

robwebster · « **Reply #705 on:** May 28, 2011, 11:37:02 AM »

Oh dear god yes. Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon have more layers than a planet of onions. So duplicitous - framing A plots as B plots and sneaking in C plots right before your very eyes - and yet it comes across as so effortless. A gorgeous, marvellous network of ridiculously clever ideas. I love Steven Moffat so much for setting the bar so high, but hate him for making it so tricky to compete.

And yeah, re: point 2, Doctor Who manages to flit from creepy to funny to poignant to heartbreaking to exciting to mad all in the space of forty-five minutes. One of the most versatile formats in television. And yes, Matt Smith is brilliant.

Amy and Rory I'l prob go into later - Doctor Who's on in ten minutes and I've got to prepare the pizzas.

jonny108 · « **Reply #706 on:** May 28, 2011, 12:43:05 PM »

What an episode! Can't wait for next weeks

robwebster · « **Reply #707 on:** May 28, 2011, 01:20:26 PM »

Dear christ.

alirocker08 · « **Reply #708 on:** May 28, 2011, 01:28:12 PM »

Words cannot describe that episode, at all. I'm not even going to bother trying to put my thoughts down. Just wow.

robwebster · « **Reply #709 on:** May 28, 2011, 01:52:41 PM »

Agreed.

Incidentally, the next time trailer is here. Absolutely fantastic trailer, punctuated with a moment of pride: I'm getting good - worked out where I recognised the logo on the banners from in minutes.

(It's on River Song's uniform in the Time of Angels!)

robwebster · « **Reply #710 on:** May 28, 2011, 02:25:18 PM »

SHIT!

I just realised!

Amy told the Gangerdoctor that the real one was going to die!

But... he wasn't the Gangerdoctor! The Doctor knows!!

Sigz · « **Reply #711 on:** May 28, 2011, 06:19:00 PM »

I came into this thread, saw 'dear christ', and then remembered that the new episode already aired.

AGH I NEED TO WATCH IT

skydivingninja · « **Reply #712 on:** May 28, 2011, 06:53:22 PM »

Hey, does anyone here know about the figures behind the sarcophagi in "The Big Bang?" My roommate just pointed this out to me and it miiiiiight mean that when the Doctor says "You haven't been Amy for a long time" he means since last season.

EDIT: Okay, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkRdkUUE45M OH LOOK HOODED FIGURES JUST LIKE THE ONES IN THE BIG BANG HOLY SHIT WAT

EDIT2: That guy behind the shed in The Impossible Astronaut? Might be a hooded guy as well. Holy crap Stephen Moffatt this is SO COOL. Can't wait for next week!

robwebster · « **Reply #713 on:** May 29, 2011, 04:45:59 AM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woZShAT3Bd4 - Trailer for Ep 7, for those of you outside the UK. "It's a child, not a weapon!" "She will be."

Emphasis hers. My emphasis, meanwhile, is placed firmly on she.

I think the hooded figures behind the sarcophagi were actually just podiums. Impossible Astronaut? More likely.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #714 on:** May 29, 2011, 07:39:24 AM »

Podiums? Huh? They look like humanoids to me...

robwebster · « **Reply #715 on:** May 29, 2011, 07:58:06 AM »

They look quite humanoid (and yes, hooded!) from some angles, and they're of course the right size (as a sarcophagus is, by its nature, man-sized), but from another angle...

...not only do they look significantly less humanoid, but it becomes clear that they're the only things keeping the sarcophagi from falling down. And I think a sinister cloaked figure would have better things to do than hold up an ancient coffin all day long. :p

Even when you can see the domey "head," you can see that their right hand side is planed vertically. (I took a screenshot of this, too, but tinypic doesn't want to co-operate.) I do understand where the idea comes from, but I don't think they're any more human than the face at Cydonia.

However! In that same scene, as the camera zooms out, a man walks off to the side. That might be a production error, or it might be the Doctor zapping back or forth, or it might be a clue. Kind of siding with the former, as it's not acknowledged by any of the characters, but given the amount of foresight Steven Moffat's got, I can definitely see him sneaking things in. I'm very convinced by the Silence appearing in the Lodger, for instance.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #716 on:** May 29, 2011, 08:16:20 AM »

Wait, Silence in the lodger? Do you mean beyond just the time machine that shows up in The Impossible Astronaut?

EDIT: Hilarious tweet from Mr. Moffat
"To the worriers - anything on the BBC website is APPROVED, and not a real spoiler. You know NOTHING, trust me. No, actually, you can't."

jonny108 · « **Reply #717 on:** May 29, 2011, 08:32:10 AM »

Does anyone actually know what's going on :/ I'm stunned at how good this season is, although it's nearly as confusing as LOST!

robwebster · « **Reply #718 on:** May 29, 2011, 09:19:38 AM »

Quote from: skydivingninja on May 29, 2011, 08:16:20 AM

Wait, Silence in the lodger? Do you mean beyond just the time machine that shows up in The Impossible Astronaut?

Ah! No!

You know how Amy's stuck in the TARDIS for the entire episode? There's one point where she glances at something off-screen, and panics. The Doctor asks what it was, and she instantly recovers and goes "no, nothing." I think it was during the football scene. With all the fives on the screen.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #719 on:** May 29, 2011, 09:20:35 AM »

EDIT: Um, I just watched the scenes where the time loop is happening and there doesn't seem to be anything like what you're talking about..

ariich · « **Reply #720 on:** May 29, 2011, 10:28:42 AM »

OH MY GOD

THAT EPISODE

OH MY GOD

EDIT: Is it just me, or has the eye-patch woman been looking older each time?

Silver Tears · « **Reply #721 on:** May 29, 2011, 11:29:20 AM »

I didn't notice everytime, but I did think when we saw her properly at the end of the last episode that she looked older than expected...

THE PLOT THICKENS.

Sigz · « **Reply #722 on:** May 29, 2011, 11:49:29 AM »

Just watched it.

HOLY FUCK WHAT

Silver Tears · « **Reply #723 on:** May 29, 2011, 11:51:37 AM »

I KNOW RIGHT??

ariich · « **Reply #724 on:** May 29, 2011, 12:04:22 PM »

SERIOUSLY

Ian, you watched the rest of series 5 yet?

Sigz · « **Reply #725 on:** May 29, 2011, 12:06:01 PM »

No, I still have four episodes left

ariich · « **Reply #726 on:** May 29, 2011, 12:17:51 PM »

Ahhhhhh that means you have Vincent and the Doctor next! Such a wonderful episode, one of my favourites ever.

XJDenton · « **Reply #727 on:** May 29, 2011, 01:14:22 PM »

Concerning the last episode, I would like to reiterate sentiments previously expressed in the thread, only in a larger font for emphasis:

Quote from: XJDenton on April 30, 2011, 08:16:04 PM

WHAT IN THE FLYING FUCK.

Implode · « **Reply #728 on:** May 29, 2011, 01:36:18 PM »

Hey, guys. Remember back when Doctor Who used to makes sense?

ariich · « **Reply #729 on:** May 29, 2011, 01:44:36 PM »

Quote from: Implode on May 29, 2011, 01:36:18 PM

Hey, guys. Remember back when Doctor Who used to makes sense?

It still makes sense, we just don't know everything yet.

Sigz · « **Reply #730 on:** May 29, 2011, 01:48:20 PM »

Yeah half the fun is not knowing exactly how everything fits together!

ariich · « **Reply #731 on:** May 29, 2011, 02:01:49 PM »

Moffat is amazing at that sort of thing. Coupling was a sitcom but even that he used to do some really clever stuff like split screen or replaying the same thing from someone else's perspective. He's such a great writer!

Implode · « **Reply #732 on:** May 29, 2011, 02:03:24 PM »

Quote from: ariich on May 29, 2011, 01:44:36 PM

It still makes sense, we just don't know everything yet.

I know. It was supposed to be a joke. $:-\$

ariich · « **Reply #733 on:** May 29, 2011, 02:13:51 PM »

THIS IS NO LAUGHING MATTER

tri.ad · « **Reply #734 on:** May 29, 2011, 03:11:52 PM »

Big twist in the most recent episode. Let's see what happens next Saturday.

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Author Topic: Doctor Who (Read 216641 times)