Author Topic: Doctor Who (Read 216640 times)

ACID_FOX · « **Reply #770 on:** June 04, 2011, 08:32:16 AM »

Quote from: ariich on June 04, 2011, 08:30:07 AM

Oh I like the characters, I just thought that first episode wasn't very slick, although it's still very entertaining. But it's not just the fact that it's 6 years old, because the very next episode looks and sounds pretty great!

In all fairness, I suppose they could of decided on a more visually and physically imposing enemy than some walking dummies

ariich · « **Reply #771 on:** June 04, 2011, 08:36:12 AM »

Hmm, I suppose, although actually I quite like the autons. They're pretty spooky, and they're a classic Doctor Who villain since the 60s I think, or certainly the 70s at least. The problem was more with the nestene consciousness which was quite naff CGI, and the soundtrack was certainly not Murray Gold at his best.

ClairvoyantCat · « **Reply #772 on:** June 04, 2011, 09:40:53 AM »

I've started watching this show on Netflix fairly recently. I just finished Season 3 (or series or whatever it's called) and it was very enjoyable. Some of the episodes were a bit weak, but at it's best they were fantastic. I really loved the episode "Blink" in particular, though I can never look at statues in the same way again!

ariich · « **Reply #773 on:** June 04, 2011, 09:49:34 AM »

Blink is considered by many to be the best DW episode, although for me there are some other fantastic contenders.

Keep watching! I'd say the proportion of weaker episodes just keeps decreasing. Did you start from series 3 or series 1?

ClairvoyantCat · « **Reply #774 on:** June 04, 2011, 10:25:03 AM »

3 was my first. There seemed to only a few things that I was missing, but for the most part I think it provided a decent starting point. It's good to hear that it gets better from here, though! Would you say that I should revisit the first before moving forward or just continue from this point and go back later?

jonny108 · « **Reply #775 on:** June 04, 2011, 10:34:46 AM »

I'd go back and watch the ones with Rose

From Series 1, some amazing stuff there

ariich · « **Reply #776 on:** June 04, 2011, 10:59:40 AM »

Production values are weaker at the start, but if you're enjoying it then it's definitely worth going back and watching from series 1 first. ESPECIALLY because there are a lot of characters and themes in series 4 that relate to the first two series.

robwebster · « **Reply #777 on:** June 04, 2011, 11:06:50 AM »

Yeah - Doctor Who is one of those very few cleverly shows where you can essentially start wherever. It clues you in afresh each week. The absolute best starting points are The Eleventh Hour, the Christmas Invasion, or Rose, in descending order of strength, but each episode's brand new, and they even throw in handy leap-on points throughout. Vampires of Venice in the fifth series, for instance - sixth episode, but Toby Whithouse was given the brief to write it as a new beginning. There's a little continuity you don't get, not quite as comprehensive as The Eleventh Hour, but it's pretty damn good.

ariich · « **Reply #778 on:** June 04, 2011, 11:10:32 AM »

Yeah, you CAN start anywhere, but some places are better than others if you want to get all the little references, which for me anyway are one of the lovely things about the show.

jonny108 · « **Reply #779 on:** June 04, 2011, 11:35:17 AM »

5 MINS!!!!!!

alirocker08 · « **Reply #780 on:** June 04, 2011, 11:38:50 AM »

I don't see why they're showing all of these topless men dancing about on the television...I want my Doctor Who!

ariich · « **Reply #781 on:** June 04, 2011, 11:39:02 AM »

I'm going out in half an hour, so I'm leaving it until I get back to catch up on iPlayer.

FML.

alirocker08 · « **Reply #782 on:** June 04, 2011, 12:28:50 PM »

...Bloody Hell...

Apparently we're going to kill Hitler next though!

adameastment · « **Reply #783 on:** June 04, 2011, 12:46:47 PM »

That. Was. Awesome.

The only water in the forest is the river... Clever...

jonny108 · « **Reply #784 on:** June 04, 2011, 12:53:06 PM »

Fucking hell, yet again they blown us all away.

adameastment · « **Reply #785 on:** June 04, 2011, 12:54:58 PM »

This 3 month break is going to kill me

I don't think we'll be seeing Amy and Rory after summer for a few episodes.

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #786 on:** June 04, 2011, 01:43:38 PM »

Netflix doesn't have the Eleventh Hour.

ClairvoyantCat · « **Reply #787 on:** June 04, 2011, 01:46:27 PM »

Quote from: Jamesman on June 04, 2011, 01:43:38 PM

Netflix doesn't have the Eleventh Hour.

Huh? Yes it does! Under season 5! At least, I've got it.

Sigz · « **Reply #788 on:** June 04, 2011, 02:11:12 PM »

edit: that's tahlia's reaction as well.

adameastment · « **Reply #789 on:** June 04, 2011, 03:56:43 PM »

Quote from: Sigz on June 04, 2011, 02:11:12 PM

edit: that's tahlia's reaction as well.

Pretty much sums it up.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #790 on:** June 04, 2011, 05:44:20 PM »

What a fantastic episode. WHY CAN'T IT BE AUGUST ALREADY?

adameastment · « **Reply #791 on:** June 04, 2011, 05:45:10 PM »

Quote from: skydivingninja on June 04, 2011, 05:44:20 PM

What a fantastic episode. WHY CAN'T IT BE AUGUST ALREADY?

August? I thought it was coming back in September? :O

ariich · « **Reply #792 on:** June 04, 2011, 07:00:08 PM »

That was an absolutely stunning episode! And although the revelations at the end were beautifully done, I didn't think they were quite as shocking as the end of the last episode, as I think many of us kinda thought that might be the case already. Not that it matters though, but it was so perfectly executed.

ariich · « **Reply #793 on:** June 04, 2011, 07:17:03 PM »

You know what? The more I think about it, the more I realise there is that we still don't know. Like, who did River kill? Who is the spaceman in the present day who kills the Doctor? Surely it can't be the girl? And why did The Silence even want the little girl in the first place? (being careful to avoid spoilers here!) And why did the Doctor tell Rory he should wear his centurion clothes?

OH GOD SO MANY QUESTIONS WHY MUST I WAIT SO LONG?!

Implode · « **Reply #794 on:** June 04, 2011, 08:32:54 PM »

I agree. Although it seems obvious who everyone is, why everything happens is a completely different story. August can't come soon enough.

tri.ad · « **Reply #795 on:** June 05, 2011, 02:44:47 AM »

Wow. The last 40 seconds or so made me literally go "HOLY FUCKING SHIT!" Brilliantly executed. Amazing episode as well, can't wait for the second half of the series.

ACID_FOX · « **Reply #796 on:** June 05, 2011, 05:16:49 AM »

Best intro to any episode so far, Rory was fucking hardcore!

ariich · « **Reply #797 on:** June 05, 2011, 06:20:20 AM »

Yeah it was great to see him being so badass! Although I still want to know why the Doctor told him to wear his centurion clothes...

Also, I'm starting to think that in the first two episodes, that may have actually been the end of the Silence after all, and that "Silence will fall" was actually in reference to the fall of the Silence being the start of events that lead on to other things. Just speculation, mind.

Bonham · « **Reply #798 on:** June 05, 2011, 11:48:06 AM »

Quote from: ariich on June 05, 2011, 06:20:20 AM

Yeah it was great to see him being so badass! Although I still want to know why the Doctor told him to wear his centurion clothes...

Also, I'm starting to think that in the first two episodes, that may have actually been the end of the Silence after all, and that "Silence will fall" was actually in reference to the fall of the Silence being the start of events that lead on to other things. Just speculation, mind.

I've been worried about that, but (fortunately) I think you're wrong.

We still know nothing about the Silence's intentions: what is their relation with the eye-patch lady, what were they doing with the girl, and why did they want the moon? Plus, the Silence are just too creepy to get rid of.

Implode · « **Reply #799 on:** June 05, 2011, 11:53:00 AM »

I was wondering when Amy was actually kidnapped. Since we know when the baby was made, she had to be taken this season. I'm thinking it's in the first two episodes in between where she tells the Doctor she's pregnant and where she says that she was mistaken.

ACID_FOX · « **Reply #800 on:** June 05, 2011, 01:11:50 PM »

Quote from: Implode on June 05, 2011, 11:53:00 AM

I was wondering when Amy was actually kidnapped. Since we know when the baby was made, she had to be taken this season. I'm thinking it's in the first two episodes in between where she tells the Doctor she's pregnant and where she says that she was mistaken.

The Doctor tells her that it was before America.

ariich · « **Reply #801 on:** June 05, 2011, 01:35:11 PM »

Quote from: ACID_FOX on June 05, 2011, 01:11:50 PM

Quote from: Implode on June 05, 2011, 11:53:00 AM
I was wondering when Amy was actually kidnapped. Since we know when the baby was made, she had to be taken this season. I'm thinking it's in the first two episodes in between where she tells the Doctor she's pregnant and where she says that she was mistaken.

The Doctor tells her that it was before America.

I think he says that it was probably before America, or something like that. Implode's suggestion would make a lot of sense.

Implode · « **Reply #802 on:** June 05, 2011, 05:17:56 PM »

Quote from: ACID_FOX on June 05, 2011, 01:11:50 PM

The Doctor tells her that it was before America.

Well the fact that the child was conceived during the Christmas special leads me to believe otherwise. I don't think Moffat would have Amy kidnapped at an undetermined time between seasons; he'd rather have it happen right under our noses.

robwebster · « **Reply #803 on:** June 06, 2011, 06:32:48 AM »

Think the two months between flights makes most sense. Amy was a ganger in the first scene. Not everything's got to be twisty-turny plotty-wotty (although it's brilliant when it is).

There's one idea that I do quite like, that says she could've been switched mid-picnic. We see the Silence are there, but they don't really do anything. I don't think the Silence took her, though. And I don't think they're on the side of Madame Kovarian et al., to be honest. Jimmy Bighands in the toilet tells Amy to tell the Doctor what he must know, and what he must never know. Presumably (although "presumably" is a dangerous word given that Moffat is a tricksy little hobbit), what he must know is the pregnancy, and what he mustn't know is his own death. It worked, Amy eventually told him about both of them. But the thing is, it was helpful information. The Doctor might've never rescued Amy if the Silence had never got her to tip him off.

Which does leave the mystery of what their beef was with Melody Pond, and why Steve Silent et al were so eager to get her into a spacesuit.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #804 on:** June 06, 2011, 06:41:17 AM »

Maybe the Silence were trying to steal River from Kovarian and the Church? Maybe the events of LKH will lead to the Silence capturing baby River before the Doctor and pals can get her back and they want to use her as a weapon the way the church wanted to, maybe using her time-lordiness to pilot their Aickman Road TARDIS and take the Silence to other planets, which would explain why the fish vamps and Prisoner Zero knew who the Silence were.

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Author Topic: Doctor Who (Read 216640 times)