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Darkvoidof40k wrote:

Revenent Reiko wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Between seasons perhaps?

Hmmmm, were there any conversations that told us what they were up to between season this time?I cant remember :(

Not to my knowledge. But I assume all will be revealed.

We can only hope crazy cat

They did get married apparently...

Can we try to avoid the massive quote pyramids where possible please. Much obliged.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

Revenent Reiko wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

olivertcurtis wrote:I heard that they were getting rid of the Daleks. I am happy about this because the look like toy pepper pots on wheels. I much prefer the Cybermen.

David Tenant RULES!!!

They're not getting rid of our belovedly terrible Daleks, they're just "giving them a rest".

This isnt a bad thing to me, i was getting pretty sick of 'So its the season finale...any thoughts on the villain......?....no? OK, Daleks it is then'

The Daleks just get so utterly annihilated every time now.. it'd be nice if they actually had some victories for once! Not that I condone mass genocide and xenophobia and murder and such things..

Thats the problem, if your goal in every episode is the destruction of the universe then they can't ever have any victories. They need to start small, like stealing a cookie or something, it could even be a time cookie

Oh dear God, surely not the Cookie Of Time! /gasp

I didn't see that twist coming /sarcasm

But it was the first time i've cried twice during one programme.

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reds8n wrote:

Kilkrazy wrote:

reds8n wrote:Can we try to avoid the massive quote pyramids where possible please. Much obliged.

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The Doctor returns in

"Let's Kill Hitler"

Sounds like fun.

I'm going to have to buy last year's season on DVD to let my wife and daughter catch up when they come back from Japan.

We'll have an awesome Doctor Who bonanza weekend.

My verdict on tonight's episode:

crap.

Ha, I knew that there was a break!
River is Amy’s daughter! Omg! Lol!
That’s what the answer to the riddle saying;"The only water in the forest is river" or something like that!

Load of mysterious monks inhabiting an asteroid base? Sounds like the Watchers in the Dark if you ask me...

As for River as Amy's daughter, I was thoroughly unsurprised. Saw it coming.

I totally saw river killing the dr coming but river being amy's daughter and part timelord blindsided me.

Wonderful episode IMO. Showing how powerful the doctor is, and the showing how utterly dangerous that power is through River's speech... fantastic writing.

Saw the child being the girl in the Space Suit coming, but not the rest of it! Very impressed.

What I can't wait to find out is if this Madame Kovarian character is River or not. If she is, then doesn't it create a paradox when you kidnap yourself?
The actress is listed as 'Frances Barber' but isn't given a picture. Double bluff by the BBC?

Crap!
That episode was terrible. It's got all the worst aspects of Doctor Who crammed into it.
Argh. I couldn't count the ways I hate that episode right now, because I gotta go mark tests. But I liked the overall idea and absolutely hated the execution. Urgh.

Also, can we PLEASE have less Fangirl characters going OMIGOD THE DOCTOR! Puke.

Hmmm, not as good as i thought from last weeks lead up, but still liked it. Have to say, i missed the whole River/Melody thing till right at the end (basically till it was explained ) what can i say? its been a long day
Actually, we dont know whos trapped in the Astronaut suit anymore, it might not be River corpses.

I actually mostly enjoyed this episode. It's nice to tie up some loose ends. though it seems like everyone agrees that post 2005 Doctor seems to have a lot of women in his life, with some very confusing interrelationships.

To be honest the best thing they could do is retcon the 11th Doctor and have him regenerate back into the 10th some how.

Is it rediculous? Yes.
Is it inconceivable? Yes.
Should it be done? YES!

Is my spelling dodgy because I've just woken up? Unfortunately yes..

Darkvoidof40k wrote:To be honest the best thing they could do is retcon the 11th Doctor and have him regenerate back into the 10th some how.

I got really bored of 10th and I think Matt Smith is doing a great job. His Doctor is alot more interesting then 10, he's more alien and more violent.

Lord-Loss wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:To be honest the best thing they could do is retcon the 11th Doctor and have him regenerate back into the 10th some how.

I got really bored of 10th and I think Matt Smith is doing a great job. His Doctor is alot more interesting then 10, he's more alien and more violent.

The 10th and the 4th were the best.
However matt smith is doing a good job, I think yeastardays epsoide was the best one since the 2 parter for the silence.

HAZZER wrote:The 10th and the 4th were the best IN MY OPINION

There fixed that for you.


My favourite part of last nights episode was when the Doctor called in the space fighters to destroy their communications thing. That was brilliant.

The spitfires in space was one of the WORST moments.

And yes, the 10th and 4th were the best. Tennant even surpassed Baker.

The 11th is just.. ugh. Silly. Too silly. I can't take any of this series seriously.

"The Headless Monks!"

Bloody rediculous.

To be honest,i have not liked a lot of the episodes so far.On the other hand,Matt Smith has been excellent i think and forms my top 3 with Tom Baker and David Tennant.

To be honest I can't complain about ANY of the 10th Doctor's episodes. Sure, there's probably a few things I didn't like, but nothing that ruins the entire thing.

But with the 11th Doctor? Every episode is terrible; to varying degrees. The highlight of the series so far has been when he died.

Lord-Loss wrote:

HAZZER wrote:The 10th and the 4th were the best IN MY OPINION

There fixed that for you.


My favourite part of last nights episode was when the Doctor called in the space fighters to destroy their communications thing. That was brilliant.

my bad forgot to add that.Not because they were the best!lol!
"This is danny boy to the doctor"
doctor: whoosh bag bag bag Ha!That was funny!


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Darkvoidof40k wrote:The spitfires in space was one of the WORST moments.

And yes, the 10th and 4th were the best. Tennant even surpassed Baker.

The 11th is just.. ugh. Silly. Too silly. I can't take any of this series seriously.

"The Headless Monks!"

Bloody rediculous.

Same here!lol!

Darkvoidof40k wrote:
The 11th is just.. ugh. Silly. Too silly. I can't take any of this series seriously.

"The Headless Monks!"

Bloody rediculous.

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You keep talking like this is the first time Doctor Who has been this way, but you also talk like you've seen the original series. These two things are mutually exclusive.


Let us recall the celery stick?

BaronIveagh wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:
The 11th is just.. ugh. Silly. Too silly. I can't take any of this series seriously.

"The Headless Monks!"

Bloody rediculous.

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You keep talking like this is the first time Doctor Who has been this way, but you also talk like you've seen the original series. These two things are mutually exclusive.


Let us recall the celery stick?

Of course Doctor Who has lots of funny and silly bits and always has. It's just the fact that every episode, there's new bullcrap to put it basically. Always stupid answers, stupid ways out of it, and terrible execution of plot. A lot of the 11th's story lines have been great and had lots of potential, but their execution has just been so terrible.

Yes, I think that's the root of the problem I have with the 11th Doctor's episodes: the execution. They just do it so badly. But I won't deny that there're things in some of the episodes I would've liked to have changed anyway because they were such poor Deus Ex Machinas.

I didn't have much of a problem with tonight's episode. I liked how it brought back all the characters from the past few series and showed us they hadn't just forgotten them, and Rory's insecurities showing up when the Sontaran said he was just a nurse. But it was pretty obvious River, the little girl and Amy's baby were the same person, and Matt Smith's voice is....just....SO FETHING IRRITATING RAAAAAAAWWWRRRRWRWRWRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAWWWRRR!!!!!!!

Darkvoid, seriously, give it a rest. You like Tennant, you don't like Smith, we get it, it's fine, you don't have to keep going on about it.

I agree, generally, the execution has been poor. The worst thing they've been doing is trying to make it more...awesome and badass. It's not awesome and badass in a traditional sense and they shouldn't try and force it, it just doesn't work. I feel like they are relying a lot on the show's name and momentum to generate drama instead of using decent plotting, script, and direction. The action scenes tend to be really badly directed and when we're expected to take it so seriously it really breaks my suspension of disbelief. I can deal with silly fights or stuff when the show isn't screaming "I AR EPIC" at me with every fibre of it's being, but when it is, it grates horribly.
Worst example of that was River's voice over. That was cringeworthy. See the problem is I love the concept of the episode, but man, they just didn't carry it off with the right amount of gravitas. I don't put that at Smith's door, he's done well before and did well with what he was given there, but his supporting cast and the direction and script are just weak.
Also. Please. God. Let them stop uselessly pointing guns at someone they want to kill, and just let someone goddamned shoot him when he's mid monologue. Argh! Even physically BEATING HIM TO DEATH could have worked at several points in that episode.

Da Boss wrote:Darkvoid, seriously, give it a rest. You like Tennant, you don't like Smith, we get it, it's fine, you don't have to keep going on about it.

I agree, generally, the execution has been poor. The worst thing they've been doing is trying to make it more...awesome and badass. It's not awesome and badass in a traditional sense and they shouldn't try and force it, it just doesn't work. I feel like they are relying a lot on the show's name and momentum to generate drama instead of using decent plotting, script, and direction. The action scenes tend to be really badly directed and when we're expected to take it so seriously it really breaks my suspension of disbelief. I can deal with silly fights or stuff when the show isn't screaming "I AR EPIC" at me with every fibre of it's being, but when it is, it grates horribly.
Worst example of that was River's voice over. That was cringeworthy. See the problem is I love the concept of the episode, but man, they just didn't carry it off with the right amount of gravitas. I don't put that at Smith's door, he's done well before and did well with what he was given there, but his supporting cast and the direction and script are just weak.
Also. Please. God. Let them stop uselessly pointing guns at someone they want to kill, and just let someone goddamned shoot him when he's mid monologue. Argh! Even physically BEATING HIM TO DEATH could have worked at several points in that episode.

Agreed. Except for the top bit telling me to stop ranting; I shall rant all I like.

Guys where was that sontaran from?
Can't really rember.Was it form SJA?Or one of the 10th doctors epsodies?