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The new season isn't out down here in Western Australia. All I can say is the new Doctor looks like a Twilight reject.

Kanluwen wrote:Just saw the first episode of the new season.

Holy frig, I loved it.
"I am a madman with a box!"

Ya me too! I dont like the fact that the sonic screw driver is green, but the TARDIS and new companion are Great!

Bow ties are AWESOME!

Brand new sonic screwdriver, so who knows what wackiness this one can do

I was a bit sad that he got a new one, I was hoping he'd have to go a while without one. The old "Zap stuff with the screwdriver while showing intense concentration" trope has been done to death.

Oops! Delayed double post! My bad.

Kanluwen wrote:Brand new sonic screwdriver, so who knows what wackiness this one can do

Is this screwdriver the one the lady has in 'Silence in the Library'?

Possibly.

Though having just used iPlayer to watch 'Victory Of The Daleks' I am continuing my impressed stance at the new Who.

Particularly looking forward to next weeks...mmm...Weeping Angels! And Moll Flanders!

George Spiggott wrote:You're an old curmudgeon Flashman. Tonight's episode was a delight, a 70's child wet dream of an episode.

Anything with a Where Eagles Dare reference gets my vote.

Yes, probably. American sci fi (particularly BSG & Firefly) has just raised my standards too high. I did get the Where Eagles Dare reference though.

To whoever it was who asked, the Phantom Menance bit (for me anyway) was the spitfire's attack on the Dalek's ship. It looked very similar to the space dogfight at the end of Menace.

Episode 3 was decent. Any story with daleks is good in my book (though I must say the Cybermen are more my kettle of fish), and Spitfires in space was cool enough if one ignores the botched physics. In general, this series has been good. But then I'm naught more than a wee tyke who likes things that go boom . I got a chuckle out of the Daleks line "Purge the unclean" though, to the bemusement of my family watching with me.

Finally got the first episode in Aus, but we only get a new one once every week.

Goddamn, I can't wait for episode 4 though.

I liked this series more than I thought I would, exept the new start, not docterwhoish enough, but I want a british army dalek for an avatar


Edit: spelling

Well, like Cheese said, we just had the first episode in Oz. I quite liked it.

I'll admit I was worried about the new Doctor, but I think after this first episode he'll do well. Of course that may just be the Tennant mannerisms he was using...

Flashman wrote:To whoever it was who asked, the Phantom Menance bit (for me anyway) was the spitfire's attack on the Dalek's ship. It looked very similar to the space dogfight at the end of Menace.

Given Lucas' love of British WWII war films (Star Wars references 633 Squadron and Battle of Britain quite heavily) it's possible that they're both referencing the same WWII flick, although I do not know which.

Anyone catch what I assumed was the Where Eagles Dare reference in the Battle of Britain episode. The radio operator stated his code name as Broadsword and the Pilot's call-sign was Danny Boy.

In Where Eagles Dare the British Agents call-sign is Broadsword and the Admiral they work for is Danny Boy.

The new daleks are a real flashback to the pertwee and baker eras. Pretty colours...hee

Only just caught the first episode (accursed delay between UK and US airing!). I had my doubts about the new doctor - seeing Smith in a scarf and bowtie made him look really, really pompous (and how the US sees the British ) but his debut was pretty good. I did like that it started out with a tense, twenty minutes to save the Earth episode. And I will say the ending was epic; his closing lines to the alien made me realize just how awesome he's been in the past. I do miss the old opening, though. The new one kinda sucks.

I am looking forward to seeing the Weeping Angels again. That was one of the only episodes that truly freaked me out when I saw it, especially when they looked at the angel and its mouth was wide open, baring its fangs.

George Spiggott wrote:

Flashman wrote:To whoever it was who asked, the Phantom Menance bit (for me anyway) was the spitfire's attack on the Dalek's ship. It looked very similar to the space dogfight at the end of Menace.

Given Lucas' love of British WWII war films (Star Wars references 633 Squadron and Battle of Britain quite heavily) it's possible that they're both referencing the same WWII flick, although I do not know which.

Doubt it, they used the same laser animations.

To those who think the new doctor is Tennant-ish, I don't really see it. He seems quite different to me. Not as mouthy, more impatient, and the way he got angry in episode 2 was pretty different to the way 10 showed his anger. On the whole, I really like him.

corpsesarefun wrote:Doubt it, they used the same laser animations.

I got the impression that they were tracers from the spitfire's cannon. I must admit that I am less than familiar with Star Wars episode 1.

Sound wise it was very Star Wars, but I have heard that Star Wars redefined a genre...

Sorry about slight necromancy but its still topical.

What did you think about the third episode?

Hell of a lot of references to Silence in the library.
Uninhabited world were the population were mysteriously wiped out.
Creatures that move in/ are the darkness.
Use of dead members of the group to communicate with the living.
River Song

That said Silence in the library is my second favourite after blink and this was a combo of the two its awesome
Matt Smith is doing really well as the Doctor and the suspense building in this episode was amazing. I also love the fact that the Earth doesn't need saving for once and the paramilitary Church is a nice touch.
I just hope the themes from silence don't become Stephan Moffats 'thing'.

What happened to the angels sending you back in time, I wonder? Still, pretty good episode. The first time the Angel moved still managed to get me.

my brother and my dad both left the room during the new episode

I liked it a lot, I did like the bit with the statues stuck in "stalking" poses.

Episode Two about to show tonight in WA.

That episode was a bit odd, tbh. It was scary enough, but I thought the cliffhanger at the end could have been better.

I did end up calling the Weeping Angels Dark Angels when describing it to a friend though, and where have I heard of a militarised church before...?

Weeping Angels is a great concept (best Doctor Who villain, bar none). As Dreadnote says, the first time the angel on the video feed moved was amazingly done. To Amy, the movement although a bit odd, was quite innocent. For us watching, it was chilling.

The rest of the episode was a bit flat, until the Doctor demonstrated his theory about the other non-angel statues by turning off his torch.

You couldn't do Angels every week because the concept would get tired, but they are the only Doctor Who idea which I think is genuinely amazing.

The Weeping Angels episode from a couple of seasons ago gave me nightmares, and I was afraid to leave the house and night for a long time afterwards. It honestly scared me more than any 'horror' movie I've seen.

Wow, I actually dreamed about escaping a warehouse past a Dalek after watching the Weeping Angels episode last night...

Dreadnote, they do still send people back in time, but the fully powered angel needed to talk through those soldiers and the other angels were probally too weak to do it.

Let's please mind the spoilers for our fellow dakkites in other countries...

Thanks folks.

Ms Pond's first encounter with last night's villains did evoke the memory of a certain Japanese horror film, as noted elsewhere, there's a particular thrill in watching someone with the monster you already know about but the new character doesn't...

I enjoyed the episode very much.