• Doctor Who V7
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[QUOTE=Acezorz;32100302]It'll pumping, steaming and hooting![/QUOTE] But where's the BIG pump, right in the middle?
[QUOTE=Acezorz;32100125]Hey guys, I've been working on my own TARDIS interior recently with some input from Jessbinx, who's also going to be doing some concept art. If anyone else wants to put forward some ideas, fire away! It's basically steampunk themed, specifically aimed at using objects and technology from the industrial revolution, such as steam power, pipes, cogs, gauges. Here are a couple of renders of the very early stages: -snip images for the sake of bandwidth- Enjoy![/QUOTE] You have to have on of these: [img]http://www.toysperiod.com/images/steam-locomotive-whistle.jpg[/img] It's a steam train whistle. It works by releasing excess steam from the engine and it is [b]awesome[/b] Here's a video: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p28bjW03TZ8[/media]
Like everyone said, that episode was a bit "meh". Though I did like the character of George. I feel that if they didn't end it with the power of love saving everything and making the dolls have some creepy-ass power besides walking towards someone, it'd be a really good episode.
Yeah, I'm really starting to hate the whole 'power of love' message.
[QUOTE=howling techie;32101022]Yeah, I'm really starting to hate the whole 'power of love' message.[/QUOTE] It's better than "Everyone said Doctor so I'm a wizard now."
I just realised something. The Doctor has a thing for red heads, his last two female companions have been. [editline]4th September 2011[/editline] And my girlfriend's reminded me that he wanted to be a ginger when he regenerated. It's official.
Next weeks looks good, looks very Amy-Centric though.
which is not necessarily a bad thing
Episode was a bit meh imo. Enjoyable, but it just felt like a darker version of Fear Her with elements from the Empty Child thrown in in an attempt to scare the audience. But it just turned out to be... Well, a darker version of Fear Her with elements from the Empty Child. It wasn't scary because we'd seen it all before - the Empty Child was scary because when we saw it, it was completely alien to us (lol). We had no idea what was going on, but it looked scary, not to mention painful. But then the Empty Child two-parter got resolved, everything went back to normal. Blink was scary because it was pretty much the same - chances are most of us hadn't seen something like Blink. I mean, the Time of Angels two-parter was a little spooky, but if it had been the first story with Angels in them, it would have been one hell of a lot scarier, because by the Time of Angels episode, we had already seen them be defeated in Blink. Therefore, not as scary. What could have made the episode a little more scary would be a maybe two minute sequence where one of the Dolls gets pushed over or something, and smashes its head open on the floor, or something similar. Would've raised the stakes when Amy became one, as Rory would've had to both fight her, but make sure not to do anything that could potentially kill her. Might've made it a bit more suspenseful, or something. I guess it was an [I]okay[/I] episode... It's just, with the likes of A Good Man Goes to War and Let's Kill Hitler before it, an "okay" episode is going to feel... Well, disappointing.
Oh thank god there totally is a Doctor Who megathread here. I loved the new episode, the only problem I have with episodes like this is that it always seems they tried to cram more content in it than is actually possible. I feel like if this shows was a tad bit longer episodes like this would have been infinitely better. Still, I enjoyed it a lot. Dolls creep me the fuck out.
[QUOTE=evlbzltyr;32102034]Episode was a bit meh imo. Enjoyable, but it just felt like a darker version of Fear Her with elements from the Empty Child thrown in in an attempt to scare the audience. But it just turned out to be... Well, a darker version of Fear Her with elements from the Empty Child. It wasn't scary because we'd seen it all before - the Empty Child was scary because when we saw it, it was completely alien to us (lol). We had no idea what was going on, but it looked scary, not to mention painful. But then the Empty Child two-parter got resolved, everything went back to normal. Blink was scary because it was pretty much the same - chances are most of us hadn't seen something like Blink. I mean, the Time of Angels two-parter was a little spooky, but if it had been the first story with Angels in them, it would have been one hell of a lot scarier, because by the Time of Angels episode, we had already seen them be defeated in Blink. Therefore, not as scary. What could have made the episode a little more scary would be a maybe two minute sequence where one of the Dolls gets pushed over or something, and smashes its head open on the floor, or something similar. Would've raised the stakes when Amy became one, as Rory would've had to both fight her, but make sure not to do anything that could potentially kill her. Might've made it a bit more suspenseful, or something. I guess it was an [I]okay[/I] episode... It's just, with the likes of A Good Man Goes to War and Let's Kill Hitler before it, an "okay" episode is going to feel... Well, disappointing.[/QUOTE] That's what happened with Curse of the Black Spot, in my opinion. It wasn't terrible, but the episodes before it were just so amazing that it felt disappointing. This episode, while not being as scary as it could have been, did manage to do it's job a few times. It just didn't do it well enough.
In Let's Kill Hitler, when The Doctor is talking to Rory and Amy before he talks to Melody, what music is playing in the background? It's beautiful.
I didn't like the "BOO SCARY MONSTER" crap in the latest episode, In fact I normally hate episodes which do that anyway. I did like a lot of the dialogue between characters, which made up for the bad parts IMO.
[QUOTE=Patroclus Rex;32095266]I saw it coming as soon as he said, "How could I forget that?" PERCEPTION FILTER[/QUOTE] "You like perception filters, don't you Moffat?" I swear, it's like the 5th time he's used them. And before he started writing I can't remember them being in the show at all. Neat plot element, but really... Don't overuse it. Nice episode, could have been better. Felt a bit cliche with the scary dolls, nursery rhymes and big dark house. It also felt like Amys fate was a bit to easy to solve. I do admit, though, my smile at the end of the episode as they stood around the console quickly became a sad face when they said "Tick tock goes the clock, even for The Doctor". He can't die, we already know that because Karen already has herself signed up for Series 7 (don't know if Matt or Arthur has said anything). But it makes me excited to see what's going to happen. [highlight](User was permabanned for this post ("Alt of permabanned user" - Craptasket))[/highlight]
I'd be annoyed if Moffat kept using perception filters, except for the fact that it was Mark Gatiss who wrote that episode, and the Lodger was written by Gareth Roberts.
I just watched the episode. That was so long winded. It felt dragged on. BUT the next episode looks great.
John Barrowman (Captain Jack) has a [url=http://twitpic.com/6fwrk7]dalek[/url] at home. Do want!
Don't all the Dr Who cast get to keep a Dalek when they leave?
After Let's Kill Hitler, I liked this episode. I think Moffat has lost the plot so to speak in quite a few ways because its so big and convoluted that you can't keep a hold of it. Its a great show for me to watch in front of the computer and love to bits, but when it comes to watching it with my family, I feel embarrassed to say I like it - because its such a huge effort to understand and think about. In a way, I'm starting to see the flaws in the Moffat-era. Matt Smith is an amazing doctor to be sure, definitely my favourite yet, but when the plot isn't being carried by this huge arch-plot complicated twists-within-twists stuff, the episodes themselves have a tendency to fall a little short of expectations because you expect something so complicated. The Impossible Astronaut set the scene and was fantastic in that respect, and Good Man Goes to War continued it very well, but Let's Kill Hitler was a totally unnecessary addition to an already complicated plot. Mels didn't need to exist, and the episode's events just pissed me off in the end because it doesn't seem to be working towards a conclusion like it should be, just adding more questions. In essence, Moffat split the series into two parts - what you'd expect to be a setup, and a conclusion. In the conclusion, you never add more points, you resolve what has been established. I think I will be satisfied by the end but I will never be satisfied by the establishment of this part. Night Terrors was a pretty naff episode, but I liked it because it was just a good old-fashioned adventure. The next one looks great, not sure why but it looks very surreal and not your standard fare, and I hope it lives up to my expectations. Also Matt's on for Series 7, if he wasn't we'd probably already know who is the next doctor.
Pansy here, I [I]loved[/I] the emotion that went in to that episode. None of the characters were over the top (except for the landlord), and I didn't get the fourth wall broken even though I know the dad (Daniel Mays) as Jim Keats AKA Satan from Ashes to Ashes. I dunno, I see this getting a lot of bad reviews, but that's going up in my favourites.
[QUOTE=Whomobile;32107442]Don't all the Dr Who cast get to keep a Dalek when they leave?[/QUOTE] That would be stupidly expensive. They're not normally allowed to take ANYTHING
I did enjoy this episode, and I realized that I felt something was the same. It was 3 different episodes bashed into one. The Doctor Dances [sp]when the lady hugs her child and the army of mask are around them[/sp] Empty Child [sp]the clockwork in that episode is the dolls in this one, not literally[/sp] And the last one Fear Her [sp]when the kid could turn people into drawings[/sp] I spoiled tagged it just in-case people didn't see those episodes.
[QUOTE=killerteacup;32107553]After Let's Kill Hitler, I liked this episode. I think Moffat has lost the plot so to speak in quite a few ways because its so big and convoluted that you can't keep a hold of it. Its a great show for me to watch in front of the computer and love to bits, but when it comes to watching it with my family, I feel embarrassed to say I like it - because its such a huge effort to understand and think about. In a way, I'm starting to see the flaws in the Moffat-era. Matt Smith is an amazing doctor to be sure, definitely my favourite yet, but when the plot isn't being carried by this huge arch-plot complicated twists-within-twists stuff, the episodes themselves have a tendency to fall a little short of expectations because you expect something so complicated. The Impossible Astronaut set the scene and was fantastic in that respect, and Good Man Goes to War continued it very well, but Let's Kill Hitler was a totally unnecessary addition to an already complicated plot. Mels didn't need to exist, and the episode's events just pissed me off in the end because it doesn't seem to be working towards a conclusion like it should be, just adding more questions. In essence, Moffat split the series into two parts - what you'd expect to be a setup, and a conclusion. In the conclusion, you never add more points, you resolve what has been established. I think I will be satisfied by the end but I will never be satisfied by the establishment of this part. Night Terrors was a pretty naff episode, but I liked it because it was just a good old-fashioned adventure. The next one looks great, not sure why but it looks very surreal and not your standard fare, and I hope it lives up to my expectations. Also Matt's on for Series 7, if he wasn't we'd probably already know who is the next doctor.[/QUOTE] Aren't we presuming that the whole point of LKH was to sort out the Doctor's regens (not confirmed), so the whole point of Mels was to show that River / Melody could regenerate.
[QUOTE=Xonax;32107757]I did enjoy this episode, and I realized that I felt something was the same. It was 3 different episodes bashed into one. The Doctor Dances [sp]when the lady hugs her child and the army of mask are around them[/sp] Empty Child [sp]the clockwork in that episode is the dolls in this one, not literally[/sp] And the last one Fear Her [sp]when the kid could turn people into drawings[/sp] I spoiled tagged it just in-case people didn't see those episodes.[/QUOTE] You don't have to spoiler tag any episode that has aired
Back on Let's Kill Hitler, I couldn't take the robot-body thing seriously because it's already been done in an awful Will Smith comedy.
[QUOTE=Cabbalistic;32107793]Aren't we presuming that the whole point of LKH was to sort out the Doctor's regens (not confirmed), so the whole point of Mels was to show that River / Melody could regenerate.[/QUOTE] Except the Impossible Astronaut already showed that Melody could regenerate, and if the whole episode was dedicated to sorting out the doctor's regens, it still could have been done to a higher standard To me the only things it added was uncertainty about this 32 minutes thing (which is a great concept that [i]should[/i] have been added in the first half of the series), and established that he knew about the time and place of his death, which could easily have been left established in the Rebel Flesh two-parter as it was. Apart from that, the Justice Department concept was sound, but it fell down again because it didn't have the chance to be fleshed out enough and became secondary to the overarching plot. Stuff with River was good, but she should have just shown up as River to be perfectly honest. If they used Mels to explain the gap between Melody's childhood and her assuming the role of River, that's all well and good and a good idea, but they only dedicated a very, very small portion of the show to it and the whole "Melody being their best friend" thing really fell flat of expectations. Also with the doctor being killed by contact poison is fair, but a bit naff. Easy way to die. Was really silly when you have him dying and noone seems to be making a big deal of it and River's just gone to some party shopping for clothes and all this shit. Him showing up in a tux was cool, but the way in which it was carried out made me think it was just inconsequential, because there was no real part of the show that made you wonder about what happened in those 32 minutes. [QUOTE=Ray-The-Sun;32107862]Back on Let's Kill Hitler, I couldn't take the robot-body thing seriously because it's already been done in an awful Will Smith comedy.[/QUOTE] That was eddie murphy
So Melody had about 11 regenerations left when she saved The Doctor. So does he get all 11 of those regenerations? Or did it just bring him back to life and he keeps his old cycle?
[QUOTE=Dan2593;32107950]So Melody had about 11 regenerations left when she saved The Doctor. So does he get all 11 of those regenerations? Or did it just bring him back to life and he keeps his old cycle?[/QUOTE] She gave them all, since next time she dies she really dies.
The real question is whether it took all those regenerations to save him, or just one and the rest become his.
"@steven_moffat Thanks for last nights episode. Woke up to find Tom in our bed, must take the dolls house out of his wardrobe!" That was a tweet from Stevens sisters today. It's funnier if you imagine Tom isn't a child but Tom Baker instead.
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