I'll admit the long-winded goodbye went on too long and had a few WTF moments (Mickey and Martha got married? WHAT?), but the shooting of the machine actually worked. It showed that no matter how angry or desperate the Doctor is, he'll never kill someone in cold blood. Very true to the character.
Pretty bloody expensive though. How'd they afford it? (I will keep asking questions like this until you drop it)
And Ribs: like I said, I didn't think much it, but that's just me. I'm not saying nobody else should like it, just trying to explain why I didn't - basically, it made no sense. But again, that's just me.
Oh no. That was just one of many, many problems that three-parter had. Trust me, you don't want to get me started on the RTD-written episodes.
I get what you're saying. Not everyone likes the same episodes. I liked the Beast below, which many people hated (No idea why though), and didn't like the empty child/doctor dances that much (first time round. I quite like it now.)
Oh yeah, I wasn't sure if they'd changed the opening credits. I thought they had, but wasn't sure. At least they included Rory in the titles now. It's a shame about river not being there. Oh and BBC america appeared along BBC Wales/Cymru in the credits, just before the trailer.
Hey, I liked The Beast Below too! It just suffered from what I like to call 'TMTF Syndrome' - Too Much, Too Fast. There was so much plot stuffed into 45 minutes, it could have easily been a two-parter, and I think I'd probably have preferred it if it had. Still a good episode, just felt a bit rushed for my tastes.
I'll admit the long-winded goodbye went on too long and had a few WTF moments (Mickey and Martha got married? WHAT?), but the shooting of the machine actually worked. It showed that no matter how angry or desperate the Doctor is, he'll never kill someone in cold blood. Very true to the character.
Well that is true but my problem was the big build up to the return of the Time Lords
just so they could spend a couple of seconds on Earth before getting sent back
Nope. The sharp pieces of glass obviously broke his fall.
Just watched Doctor Who confidential (do you guys get that in the states? It's a making of documentary type thing). They gave it a completely new intro, which is nice.
I would like to add how amazing it is that liking Doctor Who in Britain is a somewhat cliched thing and that liking it over here is geek cred.
It's not that clichéd. If you take audience figures, it works out at about 1 in 10 people in the UK like the program enough to watch it each week. Although, in the US, it's probably closer to one in a hundred. I guess us brits just have better taste than you americans.
It's not that clichéd. If you take audience figures, it works out at about 1 in 10 people in the UK like the program enough to watch it each week. Although, in the US, it's probably closer to one in a hundred. I guess us brits just have better taste than you americans.
More then 1/3rd of all people watching TV in the UK were watching yesterday, and 1/10th the country.
Less then 1/300th of the United States watched the Series Five premiere (data not available until the week proper for Series Six) which was the highest rated episode to date.
In other news, I've been having fun with the tags lately but no one else has sad face. I had to remove my 'bow ties are cool' so someone must replace it.
Relatedly: Here is a much better summary of Doctor Who then the Fine Brother's version, done in less time too.
The Doctor is like Doomsday out of "Superman". If something kills him, he comes back to life immune to it:
So, the Doctor cannot die of:
1) old age
2) scarecrows (don't ask....)
3) radiation poisioning
4) hitting the ground really hard
5) spectrox toximaea
6) suicide or hitting his head on the console *really* hard, depending who you believe
7) shooting
8) shell shock
9) timey-wimey stuff
10) radiat- no, wait, that's not gonna work, then, is it?
The Doctor is like Doomsday out of "Superman". If something kills him, he comes back to life immune to it:
So, the Doctor cannot die of:
1) old age
2) scarecrows (don't ask....)
3) radiation poisioning
4) hitting the ground really hard
5) spectrox toximaea
6) suicide or hitting his head on the console *really* hard, depending who you believe
7) shooting
8) shell shock
9) timey-wimey stuff
10) radiat- no, wait, that's not gonna work, then, is it?
Ah, but maybe it was a different kind of radiation. Remember in Smith and Jones when he did that mugging bit with the radiation and the shoe? Barefoot on the Moon indeed.
The Doctor is like Doomsday out of "Superman". If something kills him, he comes back to life immune to it:
So, the Doctor cannot die of:
1) old age
2) scarecrows (don't ask....)
3) radiation poisioning
4) hitting the ground really hard
5) spectrox toximaea
6) suicide or hitting his head on the console *really* hard, depending who you believe
7) shooting
8) shell shock
9) timey-wimey stuff
10) radiat- no, wait, that's not gonna work, then, is it?
A-Seven died from the Surgery. So he's immune to surgery.
B-The Doctor is pretty much a demigod by this logic, bringing said logic full circle to Last of the Time Lords.
One quarter of all Brits watched Wallace and Gromit: A matter of loaf and death.
As far as I'm aware, that's more people than did any other one thing in 2008, so this is basically the definition of British. Feeling proud yet?
Odd thing is, I think it'll be far more people than are going to be watching the royal wedding (in the UK at least). That would be awesome. Not quite as awesome as if Doctor Who's ratings beat it mind you, but still awesome.
Oh, and don't forget 10 was killed by a dalek too! He should be immune to dalek weaponry now.
Odd thing is, I think it'll be far more people than are going to be watching the royal wedding (in the UK at least). That would be awesome. Not quite as awesome as if Doctor Who's ratings beat it mind you, but still awesome.
Oh, and don't forget 10 was killed by a dalek too! He should be immune to dalek weaponry now.
City of Death got 15+ million viewers the first time it aired, which by my calculations is 1/4 the country. Assuming more then one person was watching per TV set (as you should), perhaps 3/4 of the country were all watching doctor who.
City of Death got 15+ million viewers the first time it aired, which by my calculations is 1/4 the country. Assuming more then one person was watching per TV set (as you should), perhaps 3/4 of the country were all watching doctor who.
IIRC, that was due to a strike at ITV at the time which meant that BBC 1 and 2 were the only channels airing. Still a big achievement though.
So this week's Big Finish podcast is out, but the key bit is: Clips from The first Fourth Doctor Adventure. Yays yays.
Also: Moffat says the cracks in time erased all public knowledge of Aliens from the RTD era. This creates a plothole, as Adelaide Brooke would never go into space and cause First Contact if not for the Dalek Invasion of 'Journey's End'
So this week's Big Finish podcast is out, but the key bit is: Clips from The first Fourth Doctor Adventure. Yays yays.
Also: Moffat says the cracks in time erased all public knowledge of Aliens from the RTD era. This creates a plothole, as Adelaide Brooke would never go into space and cause First Contact if not for the Dalek Invasion of 'Journey's End'
Maybe she saw an Atraxi ship instead? That part of the episode was set in 2008 afterall (the same year as the dalek invasion). Although that theoretically shouldn't have happened either. Hmmm...
Also, looking forward to the wire making an appearance on friday!
Is it just me or does in not feel like 5 days have passed? It's really weird.
Probably just a bit of localised time distortion.
But yeah, it seems odd that it's only two days until the next episode. I've kind of gotten used to waiting ages for the next new one.
Maybe it's because work's been an absolute nightmare, but I honestly can't remember much about the bast few days. Or maybe it's the weather. It does mess with me. Hope I remember to watch the show on Saturday.
So: The last scene will feature a huge twist, apparently. All I know is that
It involves a Regeneration in some way
and I'm going to try and keep it that way.
In other news, there are now details around the webzone of who River Song really is. There is a possibility it's from a fake scene, but please for the love of god be careful.
(Don't Quote me if you don't want to see the spoiler, as it forces it to be shown :P)
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If you think that was the worst then what about how quickly they stopped
I get what you're saying. Not everyone likes the same episodes. I liked the Beast below, which many people hated (No idea why though), and didn't like the empty child/doctor dances that much (first time round. I quite like it now.)
Oh yeah, I wasn't sure if they'd changed the opening credits. I thought they had, but wasn't sure. At least they included Rory in the titles now. It's a shame about river not being there. Oh and BBC america appeared along BBC Wales/Cymru in the credits, just before the trailer.
But again, that's just me!
Well that is true but my problem was the big build up to the return of the Time Lords
He went into the chamber to save the random dude who was trapped in the other half.
...Maybe he landed on his head in Logopolis?
This regenoration can handle falling better.
Just watched Doctor Who confidential (do you guys get that in the states? It's a making of documentary type thing). They gave it a completely new intro, which is nice.
More then 1/3rd of all people watching TV in the UK were watching yesterday, and 1/10th the country.
Less then 1/300th of the United States watched the Series Five premiere (data not available until the week proper for Series Six) which was the highest rated episode to date.
In other news, I've been having fun with the tags lately but no one else has sad face. I had to remove my 'bow ties are cool' so someone must replace it.
Relatedly: Here is a much better summary of Doctor Who then the Fine Brother's version, done in less time too.
As far as I'm aware, that's more people than did any other one thing in 2008, so this is basically the definition of British. Feeling proud yet?
The Doctor is like Doomsday out of "Superman". If something kills him, he comes back to life immune to it:
So, the Doctor cannot die of:
1) old age
2) scarecrows (don't ask....)
3) radiation poisioning
4) hitting the ground really hard
5) spectrox toximaea
6) suicide or hitting his head on the console *really* hard, depending who you believe
7) shooting
8) shell shock
9) timey-wimey stuff
10) radiat- no, wait, that's not gonna work, then, is it?
I watched both!
A-Seven died from the Surgery. So he's immune to surgery.
B-The Doctor is pretty much a demigod by this logic, bringing said logic full circle to Last of the Time Lords.
Odd thing is, I think it'll be far more people than are going to be watching the royal wedding (in the UK at least). That would be awesome. Not quite as awesome as if Doctor Who's ratings beat it mind you, but still awesome.
Oh, and don't forget 10 was killed by a dalek too! He should be immune to dalek weaponry now.
City of Death got 15+ million viewers the first time it aired, which by my calculations is 1/4 the country. Assuming more then one person was watching per TV set (as you should), perhaps 3/4 of the country were all watching doctor who.
WOULD YOU LIKE SOME TEA
(WHY DON'T THEY INVITE A SMALL ARMADA OF DALEKS TO THE ROYAL WEDDING AND USE ALL FOOTAGE FOR THE SEASON FINALE)
Because you know that far too many people would be cheering for them. You know that.
Yes. I believe the Daleks inspire more patriotism than the royal family. God save the emperor Dalek.
Also: Moffat says the cracks in time erased all public knowledge of Aliens from the RTD era. This creates a plothole, as Adelaide Brooke would never go into space and cause First Contact if not for the Dalek Invasion of 'Journey's End'
Maybe she saw an Atraxi ship instead? That part of the episode was set in 2008 afterall (the same year as the dalek invasion). Although that theoretically shouldn't have happened either. Hmmm...
Also, looking forward to the wire making an appearance on friday!
What about me:D
Probably just a bit of localised time distortion.
But yeah, it seems odd that it's only two days until the next episode. I've kind of gotten used to waiting ages for the next new one.
Maybe it's because work's been an absolute nightmare, but I honestly can't remember much about the bast few days. Or maybe it's the weather. It does mess with me. Hope I remember to watch the show on Saturday.
In other news, there are now details around the webzone of who River Song really is. There is a possibility it's from a fake scene, but please for the love of god be careful.
(Don't Quote me if you don't want to see the spoiler, as it forces it to be shown :P)