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Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
TinPenguin:
--- Quote from: Boiled Dove on 09 Apr 2013, 09:04 ---By "introductory episode" I did not mean to start and move forward from there. Just that it is a good episode for those who know nothing of Doctor Who.
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Looking at it that way, yeah, Blink is actually a perfect introduction.
--- Quote from: Boiled Dove on 09 Apr 2013, 09:04 ---It is really hard for Doctor Who to go so wrong that I would call it un-enjoyable but this last episode with the star god/ soul sucker thingie just did not do it for me. Add that to the merely enjoyable but underwhelming (mid?) season opener I'm not really feeling it for this season.
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I've also been very underwhelmed by the last couple of episodes. The whole 'save the world by destroying the centre of its orbit' thing didn't sit very well with me. Or the 'small asteroid having a breathable atmosphere' or 'hover-moped-thing capable of interplanetary-travel'. I remember when the Doctor would check the air and radiation before even opening the doors...
Boiled Dove:
--- Quote from: TinPenguin on 09 Apr 2013, 10:30 ---I remember when the Doctor would check the air and radiation before even opening the doors...
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Yep, me to.
Method of Madness:
I can't see why people wouldn't be intrigued by the Shadow Proclamation, if anything I was disappointed that it didn't explain what it was for a while. As for the introductory episode not being "start and move on", I really dislike starting in the middle of a show, but I suppose that's just a quirk of mine. But that's why "Rose" was the only episode I could have started with without going back to the First Doctor.
dps:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 09 Apr 2013, 14:50 ---I can't see why people wouldn't be intrigued by the Shadow Proclamation, if anything I was disappointed that it didn't explain what it was for a while. As for the introductory episode not being "start and move on", I really dislike starting in the middle of a show, but I suppose that's just a quirk of mine. But that's why "Rose" was the only episode I could have started with without going back to the First Doctor.
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Well, you can't start in the middle of a story arc. I mean, you can, but if someone's first episode was, say, "Let's Kill Hitler", they'd be completely lost. "Rose" and "The Eleventh Hour" are good starting points because the Doctor gets a new companion in them, and in explaining things to the new companion, they get explained to the audience. But not every episode with a new companion fits this idea.
Method of Madness:
No, I don't think you understand. A new story arc isn't enough, it has to be the beginning of the show for me. The Ninth Doctor was technically continuing the existing series, but it's close enough to a reboot (and thus a new show) for me to start there.
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