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Watched two more episodes of Torchwood. The one with the device that makes them sees the past and future was overall pretty... useless.
The cyberwoman episode on the other hand was pretty cool. Yeah, it was a bit ott, the design was kinda off but I liked that they actually made a connection to Doctor Who.
And Jack is still awesome.
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In series one you'll find 'Countrycide', 'Out of time' and 'Captain Jack Harkness' the best, with 'Small Worlds' as an honourable mention.
Series 2 is far better imo. 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang', 'Sleeper', 'Adam', 'Fragments' & 'Exit Wounds' are the stand out episodes.
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Anung Un Rama wrote:Anyone ever read any Doctor Who novels bades on the new show?
I've read lots of the books based on the original series or continuing it but few of the newer hardbacks because they are a lot less adult. I read a couple, they were mostly awful but I think they've improved. As for the older book line, well like all tie-in fiction there are some to avoid but there are some cracking ones too. If you know the sort of thing you are interested (preferred Doctor, monsters, traditional or radical storylines) in I could recommend a few.
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Well, my favourite Doctor is Tennant, but I read there are also a few about Ecclestone, I would try those too. And prefered enemy are definetly the Daleks.
"The Eyeless" by Lance Parkin is supposed to be pretty good, some of the 9th Doctor ones were the earlier ones in the range and utterly dire. Avoid "Winner Takes All" at all costs, unless you want to read a story about giant hedgehog aliens trying to conquer the world by selling playstations on a council estate.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
Sightings of the Silents or indications of their presence in Series 5:
The Elventh Hour - While hanging from the TARDIS, the Doctor looks up into it and for a couple of seconds has a confused look on his face. Also, just how did Tennant's Sonic get in that room? Also, when Rory and Amy exit the elevator on the second floor of the hospital, Rory glances behind him at something, but when he looks back towards Amy, he shakes his head like he forgot something. It is about 42:49. In the scene at the end of the episode where Amy goes into the TARDIS for the first time. there's one point where she leans back on the console and is looking around the room. The camera is pointed towards her face, so we can't see what she's looking at. She looks around with a sort of awe-struck smile, but then her eyes linger over something and her expression turns into a look of horror. She starts breathing really quickly and turns as if to get the Doctor's attention, but as soon as she's facing him she just asks, perfectly normally, "Why me?", as if she'd completely forgotten about what she'd just seen. Also, she flicks a TARDIS button/switch/lever at this point. Accidental Amy or something meaningful?
The Beast Below - At around 9:25 a black figure walks past Amy, she looks confused/scared for a couple of seconds then shrugs it off.
Victory of the Daleks - Near the end after the Daleks escape, the Doctor moves slowly backwards, as he gets near to the green framed window/doorway he looks to his left with a shock. The camera then switches to Amy and Churchill who both stare to the Doctor's left with a look of shock before Amy continues on as normal with the line "Doctor, it's OK you did it, you stopped the bomb."
The Lodger - At 21:47 for a couple of shots Amy looks in the distance or at the screen and gasps, then shouts for the Doctor's attention but he doesn't listen. She looks away and shakes it off.
Vampires of Venice - At the end when Rory, Amy, and the Doctor are standing by the TARDIS, the TARDIS door is open and then shuts on it's own.
The Big Bang - There are cloaked figures behind the Sarcophagi in the museum; a third figure moves out of shot at the edge of the screen at about 13:31
the arrow shows the aforementioned figure moving out of shot, note the figure behind the sarcophagus
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
News appears to be breaking this evening that Elizabeth Sladen -- Sarah Jane Smith -- has passed away.
Sad sad news indeed.
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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
I can barely believe it, I was sure it was being wrongly reported at first. A total shock, like most I imagine I had no idea she had cancer so this is out the blue. Very sad news.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
Wow. That one really came out of nowhere. I haven't seen anything of the old stuff or the SJA show, but I was looking forward to it. A shame, I really enjoyed her in the few Tennant episodes she was in.
On a lighter note, David Tennant is marrying Goergia Moffet, the daughter of Peter Davison.
New series starts this Saturday, and thank christ for sky plus otherwise I'd be missing it!
Give up some love for Matt Smith too, I was sceptical that anyone could follow on from Tennant without BEING Tennant, but he's done it and damned well too.
New alien race this Saturday as well, shame it'll be a cliff hanger though...
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One can be, "Da Fist uv Mork" and the second can be, "Da Uvver Fist uv Mork."
Make a third, and it can be, "Da Uvver Uvver Fist uv Mork"
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Aah, the Doctor Who thread is hiding in the stickys. I never look up here
Yes, an enjoyable episode. But like I said in my now locked thread, this is a time travel show and it's difficult to be shocked about stuff that you know can get sorted out later.
I wasn't as happy as I could have been with it. I liked the Doctor as always, and Rory had some good moments. But I am tired of River Song and I really want to see the back of her.
The baddie is interesting, but I thought I dunno, the end bit was poorly directed or something? It seemed hammy, and not in a good way.
Will keep watching, hope it was just a blip and not a portent of dooooooom.
The plot was reasonably good though.
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