Topic: Doctor Who (Read 135680 times)

Masterpiece · « **Reply #400 on:** 14 Oct 2014, 05:10 »

Quote from: Gareth on 01 Oct 2014, 11:19

Netflix UK boasted that they added Doctor Who season seven. This is bollocks. They added the first five episodes of it.

Netflix Germany has all the episodes 2005+.

J · « **Reply #401 on:** 19 Oct 2014, 01:45 »

i imagine this episode would have looked really cool if i had a 3d tv.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #402 on:** 19 Oct 2014, 12:03 »

Can I just say that I find the use of Deus Ex Machina in Dr Who somewhat disappointing? EVERY two or more episode story part one ends with a horrible unavoidable cliffhanger, and then part two starts with deus ex machine saving 'em all. I haven't been through all of the episodes yet (I'm at Journey's End, and yes, Mickey appears out of solid space) but at this point I expect none of the cliffhangers to have any sort of significance.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #403 on:** 19 Oct 2014, 13:07 »

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz I liked Donna Noble, you stupid stupid stupid

Thrillho · « **Reply #404 on:** 20 Oct 2014, 12:51 »

So that was far and away the best episode of this season so far, and I am loving Capaldi as Doctor more and more.

Quote from: Masterpiece on 19 Oct 2014, 12:03

Can I just say that I find the use of Deus Ex Machina in Dr Who somewhat disappointing? EVERY two or more episode story part one ends with a horrible unavoidable cliffhanger, and then part two starts with deus ex machine saving 'em all. I haven't been through all of the episodes yet (I'm at Journey's End, and yes, Mickey appears out of solid space) but at this point I expect none of the cliffhangers to have any sort of significance.

This can happen with a show like Who. I said in a previous reply how I hate how much the show leans on death as a crutch for drama in the Moffatt shows. 'The Doctor is dying in like five minutes!' Yeah, no he isn't because of course he isn't.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #405 on:** 20 Oct 2014, 14:29 »

A113

J · « **Reply #406 on:** 20 Oct 2014, 15:06 »

it's a bit tough to get drama out of threatening the life of a character who's already died 12 times before.

J · « **Reply #407 on:** 20 Oct 2014, 15:11 »

also, is it me, or is the show really getting off on teasing us with the prospect of a new companion this season?

personally, i'd rather like to have more than one. i love clara, but it'd be nice to give her & the doctor someone else to work off of than each other.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #408 on:** 23 Oct 2014, 20:12 »

I've really found River Song fascinating as a plot device so far, but they've lost me completely at Melody Pond.

Thrillho · « **Reply #409 on:** 24 Oct 2014, 08:24 »

Quote from: J on 20 Oct 2014, 15:11

also, is it me, or is the show really getting off on teasing us with the prospect of a new companion this season?

personally, i'd rather like to have more than one. i love clara, but it'd be nice to give her & the doctor someone else to work off of than each other.

Yeah that is getting irritating as fuck now.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #410 on:** 27 Oct 2014, 02:31 »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq4urJp-bUM

Thrillho · « **Reply #411 on:** 28 Oct 2014, 03:59 »

Undecided on this episode.

Honestly this has been quite a weak season, much as I love Clara and the new Doctor.

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #412 on:** 28 Oct 2014, 04:48 »

Sadly, they lost me mid season. The focus on Clara has driven me up the wall. I like Capaldi, I think he has the chops to make an excellent Doctor. They just haven't given him enough to work with this season. I'm hopping they will keep him for next season and replace Moffat. I never put much stock into how much he was supposedly ruining the show until this season.. The first time I just don't want to watch Doctor Who.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #413 on:** 01 Nov 2014, 14:09 »

Well ... That certainly happened. And it was the bestest.

Stoon · « **Reply #414 on:** 01 Nov 2014, 19:04 »

Hah! I knew it!

(click to show/hide)

I think most people figured that one out. It was kind of obvious.

Stoon · « **Reply #415 on:** 01 Nov 2014, 19:06 »

Quote from: Neko_Ali on 28 Oct 2014, 04:48

Sadly, they lost me mid season. The focus on Clara has driven me up the wall. I like Capaldi, I think he has the chops to make an excellent Doctor. They just haven't given him enough to work with this season. I'm hopping they will keep him for next season and replace Moffat. I never put much stock into how much he was supposedly ruining the show until this season.. The first time I just don't want to watch Doctor Who.

He's gotten predictable. Among other things offensive.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #416 on:** 02 Nov 2014, 03:22 »

I still think Moffat is way, way better than RTD. Some of the best nu-who stories have been Moffat's and he still manages to draw me in and yesterday's episode is a good case in point. I hope he hangs on to the job for another decade.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #417 on:** 02 Nov 2014, 03:44 »

I also enjoy the Moffat episodes more than the Davies' ones. Davies just made all the characters cry, again and again and again, and that bothered me enough that when Rose met the Doctor at Bad Wolf Bay, I just thought "good riddance". I really enjoyed the Doctor Donna though.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #418 on:** 02 Nov 2014, 13:35 »

I refer you to the video I posted upthread.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #419 on:** 02 Nov 2014, 13:55 »

sorry, I tried, but the singing was atrocious.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #420 on:** 02 Nov 2014, 14:00 »

Meh, the general thrust of the lyrics is summed up in the title.

Thrillho · « **Reply #421 on:** 06 Nov 2014, 03:45 »

That episode was dark as shit, genuinely emotional and basically the best episode they've had all season by a country mile. It was fucking brilliant.

I will miss Clara though.

(click to show/hide)

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #422 on:** 06 Nov 2014, 04:25 »

Get better aim.

Also: you expect Clara to go the way of the dodos?

Thrillho · « **Reply #423 on:** 06 Nov 2014, 06:28 »

I have complete faith that she's going, Clara was an assistant for Matt's Doctor and they seem reluctant to have companions stick with a different Doctor these days. Plus they have been teasing new companions over and over again.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #424 on:** 06 Nov 2014, 10:36 »

I did hear talk that she'd be going at Christmas (I guess in a special or something). There was also the teaser at the end of In the Forest of the Night that included the lines "Time can be rewritten" and "I'm not Clara Oswald. Clara Oswald never existed."

Thrillho · « **Reply #425 on:** 06 Nov 2014, 11:44 »

That is the line that made me suspect, honestly.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #426 on:** 06 Nov 2014, 14:18 »

Well, she is the impossible girl after all.

J · « **Reply #427 on:** 08 Nov 2014, 18:13 »

well, that was a hell of an episode.

Grognard · « **Reply #428 on:** 08 Nov 2014, 22:19 »

I rate this season as a 'D-' grade. Most of what I've seen is SyFy channel-level DREK.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #429 on:** 09 Nov 2014, 02:41 »

I loved every minute of it. And then some.

Thrillho · « **Reply #430 on:** 09 Nov 2014, 16:18 »

I love that Michelle Gomez kept a lot of the scenery-chewing insanity of Jon Simm's version of The Master. I also much enjoyed the ending although I found it a bit iffy.

The last few episodes of this series really redeemed it for me. Not a great series but I'm looking forward to the next series, most definitely and I still love Capaldi's Doctor.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #431 on:** 09 Nov 2014, 16:52 »

“Oh, don’t do that, You look like you’re self-concussing... which would explain all of military history, now I think about it.”

Brilliant. Rolling in the aisles.

J · « **Reply #432 on:** 09 Nov 2014, 18:06 »

capaldi is pretty solidly my favorite doctor now. i just love how delightfully dickish he is to everyone.

though i haven't really seen much of the old show, so that might not mean much.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #433 on:** 09 Nov 2014, 18:20 »

Strax is the best

hedgie · « **Reply #434 on:** 09 Nov 2014, 18:39 »

Quote from: J on 09 Nov 2014, 18:06

capaldi is pretty solidly my favorite doctor now. i just love how delightfully dickish he is to everyone.

though i haven't really seen much of the old show, so that might not mean much.

Tom Baker *is* The Doctor. All others are imposters.

J · « **Reply #435 on:** 10 Nov 2014, 01:05 »

Quote

A lovely message from Peter Capaldi to my 9 year old autistic son. This arrived just before Thomas' nanny's funeral and helped him to deal with his grief in a profound way. Thankyou Peter so much.

dps · « **Reply #436 on:** 10 Nov 2014, 20:37 »

Quote from: BeoPuppy on 02 Nov 2014, 03:22

I still think Moffat is way, way better than RTD. Some of the best nu-who stories have been Moffat's and he still manages to draw me in and yesterday's episode is a good case in point. I hope he hangs on to the job for another decade.

Moffat draws you in because he's good with set-ups. Resolutions, not so much.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #437 on:** 11 Nov 2014, 00:01 »

I respectfully disagree. I am fully satisfied with the conclusion to this season. Also: I hope that the master stays the fuck dead from now on.

Thrillho · « **Reply #438 on:** 11 Nov 2014, 01:05 »

Are you not entertained by the Master?

Masterpiece · « **Reply #439 on:** 11 Nov 2014, 01:17 »

*spoilers*

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #440 on:** 11 Nov 2014, 03:40 »

Quote from: Gareth on 11 Nov 2014, 01:05

Are you not entertained by the Master?

Hugely so. By Simms and a little less so by ... the new girl. Can't remember. But I think it's time to come up with new problems to solve, so the next season it would be nice not to see a cyberman or a master and maybe, even, do away with a Dalek for a bit.

Also: I don't think Simms' master can be topped.

Take that sentence anyway you want.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #441 on:** 11 Nov 2014, 07:23 »

Oh. io9:

Steven Moffat said on Doctor Who Extra that we may not have seen the last of Michelle Gomez as Missy:

"I always rather enjoyed how they handled this problem when the wonderful Anthony Ainley was playing the part in the 80s."

"He would get killed, definitively, at the end of every encounter with Peter Davison and Colin Baker. And then he'd turn up at the start of the next Master story with roughly this explanation: 'I escaped!' Suits me, I'm fine with that!"

"Supervillains don't die, do they?" he added. "I wouldn't trust anything about that character's ability to lie down and stop breathing."

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #442 on:** 11 Nov 2014, 10:58 »

If you can get UK iPlayer stuff (and possibly even if not), there's a ten-minute interviews/making of programme on there as well. There has been for all of this season's episodes, I think.

dps · « **Reply #443 on:** 14 Nov 2014, 23:44 »

Quote from: BeoPuppy on 11 Nov 2014, 00:01

I respectfully disagree. I am fully satisfied with the conclusion to this season. Also: I hope that the master stays the fuck dead from now on.

In all fairness, yes, I have to agree that this season had a reasonably good finale. I'm just tired of Moffat's season-long plot arcs, which, again, in fairness wasn't as prominent a part of the show this year as they've been at times. Any really, I don't have anything against seasonal arcs per se, it's just that Moffat has this bad habit of hyping how we're all going to be astounded and amazed by the reveal--and then it's, well, not amazing.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #444 on:** 15 Nov 2014, 05:36 »

Well, ever since he took over Moffat has been putting arc on arc, series after series. Everything is connected. I appreciate that level of writing. Complications make me happy.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #445 on:** 15 Nov 2014, 12:40 »

I'm rewatching "Time of the Angels" and "Flesh and Stone", and I remembered something that I wanted to post before:

In the future, apparently everybody uses P90's.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #446 on:** 17 Nov 2014, 17:23 »

So I'm not sure why, but I ended up waiting until the end of the season and watching it all at once (except for the first episode which I watched soon after airing). I think it was a good decision.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #447 on:** 25 Nov 2014, 17:22 »

I'm finally watching this season and so far I enjoy the Doctor while not really enjoying the episodes. I did like the bank heist though.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #448 on:** 30 Nov 2014, 07:49 »

Well the way they did Danny was awful, but I did like the elevator reveal.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #449 on:** 30 Nov 2014, 08:45 »

Danny was a good guy, but did anyone els we feel his only point was to give Clara a Rory?

THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

Author Topic: Doctor Who (Read 135680 times)