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Re: The New Doctor Who
« Reply #180 on: May 06, 2010, 02:43:54 AM »
Only my second thread here, and I've already succumbed to my geeky side....

Loving the new Doctor. Loving Amy. LOVING the new sonic screwdriver. And I'm even going to risk saying I loved the new Daleks... should I run and hide now?

Yet to opine regarding Angels and Ms Song and whatnot.... being in Australia, I'm a few weeks behind.
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Re: The New Doctor Who
« Reply #181 on: May 08, 2010, 08:35:51 PM »
Blimey, fish from space have never looked so ... buxom

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Re: The New Doctor Who
« Reply #182 on: May 10, 2010, 07:05:18 PM »
Check Veoh.com for the Angels two-parter.

I did quite a bit of eye-rolling at the reappearance of the Crack in the Wall... Enforced story arcs are so tedious, especially when you aren't able to watch all the stories in the arc in the correct order.

Now there's nothing wrong with a good story arc, whether deliberate (like the Turlough and the Black Guardian stories) or accidental (like the 'Jo Loves The Doctor' that can be seen in the entire Companionship of Jo Grant only when you step back and look at all of her three seasons). But when you keep shoving THIS VITAL AND IMPORTANT PLOT ARC THING into your viewer's face.... ::)

Oh, the trailer for the next episode after the Angels pair shows that Amy's boyfriend comes along for a ride to Renaissance Venice... hopefully he'll stick around a bit; it'll be nice to have a male companion again - if only to keep the female companion from trying to snog The Doctor...
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Re: The New Doctor Who
« Reply #183 on: May 10, 2010, 07:43:19 PM »

Now there's nothing wrong with a good story arc, whether deliberate (like the Turlough and the Black Guardian stories)

Hah! That'd easily get my vote as 'most annoying story arc' ever.

"Kill the Doctor!"
"No!"

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Re: The New Doctor Who
« Reply #184 on: May 16, 2010, 10:32:07 AM »
Hah! That'd easily get my vote as 'most annoying story arc' ever.

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Re: The New Doctor Who
« Reply #185 on: May 16, 2010, 10:32:41 AM »
Amy's Choice was an interesting one. Very enjoyable.
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Re: The New Doctor Who
« Reply #186 on: May 17, 2010, 02:06:36 AM »
just watched ... I thought it was easy to figure which was the dream and which was real (not gonna say as I don't want to spoil)

as for the 'Dream Lord' ... he could easily have been written up as either the Trickster or one of the Trickster's agents ... which since that isn't mentioned I wonder if there is a copyright issue with the previous crew (since the Trickster only appears in the Sarah Jane Adventures, and was mentioned in Dr Who once - the Turn Left episode of season 4)

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Re: The New Doctor Who
« Reply #187 on: May 18, 2010, 11:01:27 PM »
Just saw "The Beast Below". Average, I'd say. Nothing to write home about.

Though, when the final shot came up, with the voice-over of children reciting that poem, I couldn't help but think of SPOILER this songSPOILER
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Re: The New Doctor Who
« Reply #188 on: July 14, 2010, 11:06:53 PM »
I haven’t heard how the whole “cracks in the universe” thread was resolved, but here’s my not-so-serious take on how it ought to have gone.

The TARDIS materializes in a gray void. Its scanners say that there’s a livable environment outside; the Doctor makes references to "The Mind Robber" and "Warrior’s Gate". The Doctor, Amy, and Rory step out, and come upon a table, at which are seated both the White Guardian and the Black Guardian*.

The Doctor brings up the Key To Time. The White Guardian says that it wasn’t so much the actual Key that he needed, but it was the act of collecting the pieces that set in motion the events he wanted done. The Black Guardian comments that destroying the Key and sending the pieces back helped him maintain the balance between the two Guardians.

The White Guardian cuts short the chit-chat. There’s something afoot that, if not stopped, could utterly destroy the entire universe. And for real, this time. He may have already noted the cracks...

It seems that the Time War was supposed to effectively remove BOTH the Daleks and Gallifrey/the Time Lords from the universe, but the Daleks haven’t gone away. The White Guardian displays a picture of a man who looks remarkably like Russell T. Davies, and says that he is the focal point of the situation.The Doctor must decide to either totally erase the Daleks from existence, or bring back the Time Lords. If he does nothing, the continuity stresses will result in the absolute, irrevocable End Of Everything. For Real. He has to go back in time, find that man, and convince him to stop messing with the continuity of the universe.


* I know there’s no chance of getting the original actors, but they are superpowerful beings who can appear in any form they like.



Yes, I thought the Daleks were supposed to have been wiped out. Twice, by my count. Why the hell do they keep coming back, and the Time Lords are reduced to a spittle-spewing Timothy Dalton in a special episode?

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Re: The New Doctor Who
« Reply #189 on: July 15, 2010, 01:40:22 AM »
I haven’t heard how the whole “cracks in the universe” thread was resolved, but here’s my not-so-serious take on how it ought to have gone.

How'd it go?  oh ... the tardis blows up ... destroying the universe ... but everything's fine ... and they don't explain anything

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Re: The New Doctor Who
« Reply #190 on: July 15, 2010, 03:33:39 AM »
It just leaves more threads for next season does it not?
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Re: The New Doctor Who
« Reply #191 on: July 16, 2010, 01:22:17 PM »
Episode 12 was terrific, I was expecting something else inside the container, so it was a cool twist/reveal there.  The end of that episode was quite alarming, though it was the obvious direction to go.  But then everything in the last episode...just handwaved away everything from episode 12's resolution, made up a ton of stuff, and then put everything back as though nothing happened.  It was maddeningly frustrating, though I enjoyed the fez.

I'm ready to move on past this mess and start exploring the Silence entity, that wanted the TARDIS to explode.  I've already half-convinced myself it's Omega.
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Re: The New Doctor Who
« Reply #192 on: July 16, 2010, 03:19:28 PM »
The best choice for villain ... The Valeyard

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Re: The New Doctor Who
« Reply #193 on: July 19, 2010, 01:51:31 AM »
The Valeyard would be pretty awesome, though I don't know how they would work him in since that might be forecasting too much of the show's future (even with all the "time can be rewritten" shenanigans that've been slung about this season).

I suspect Omega because if it hadn't been for the silly "wedding rhyme" fix at the end, only two outcomes were possible:
1) The Universe vanishes into nonexistence, leaving room for the creation of a new universe of anti-matter
2) The Universe's existence is preserved, but with the Doctor forever sealed away in a pocket existence, never to return.
I have to think Omega would be pleased with either result.  Also, I haven't been paying enough attention over the season, but there was that oddly-placed Greek Psi on the "MYTH" trademark in the season premiere, and on rewatching the two-part finale, there have been more Greek letters tossed around as well.  I may be reading too much into it, but now I'm curious if there were others this season, or if there will be more next season as the "theme" leading to that finale.

Either way, I noticed that the phrase "Silence Will Fall" plays in nicely with the several times this season where importance is attached to the Doctor talking (and/or he tells everyone else to shut up).
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Re: The New Doctor Who
« Reply #194 on: December 25, 2010, 01:57:00 PM »
A nice take on a classic tale. Nice to see the rather lovely Katherine Jenkins too.
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