Dr Who, hit or miss?

[Epona]

To early to tell hit or miss?

Except that the series is going to get better. Trust
100% reckoning hit

 

[Epona]

They're not all single-parters. In fact, I've heard it said that (contrary, of course, to what the production team thinks) the next *three* episodes should probably be considered the first story proper: in part one, the Doctor meets Rose, in part two, he takes her to the future for the first time to see the end of the world, and in part three, he takes her to the past for the first time, something which would previously have required three seperate 90-minute stories and now, because they've got rid of most of the padding (and almost every story in the classic series was padded out somewhere), they can do it in 3x45 (for comparison, that's as long as it took JN-T to tell The Two Doctors). Just because they've gone back to using single episode titles doesn't mean they've dropped multi-part stories altogether, just that it might be a bit harder to work out for yourself which episodes stand alone and which form a longer story.

Episodes four and five will be two-parter (special effects at end of four meant to be best in series), nine and ten (similiar story to part four with spacecrash- scareist story allegedly) and then the final two episodes discussed in other Dr Who thread.
How many Dr Who threads do we need?

 

[silentNate]

It would be nice if Epona logged out
Two comments above mine, obviously

 

[Belushi]

Going to watch it again at 7pm

 

[The Lone Runner]

did anybody else notice that whenever the doctor or rose were running they both had massive grins on their faces

 

[reallyoldhippy]

pedantic

do you know what this means?

 

[koshmar]

OK badly acted then, fuckwit
And before you claim to have a boggling mind make sure you have all the equipment you pedantic little shit for brains.

 

[madzone]

That's quite funny for you Kosh - getting better.

 

[koshmar]

That's quite funny for you Kosh - getting better.

<staggers dazedly away from computer>

Madz... I'll take it as a compliment!

 

[Zaskar]

Epona said "How many Dr Who threads do we need? "

Yes, sorry about that, originally I posted this thread on u75 s/w in a fit of posting enthusiasm forgetting it had no s/w referance and a mod moved it here. Now if only I had a tardis I could.....

 

[Pingu]

a guarded... hit


it was a bit strange but it "felt" like Dr Who.

 

[Major Tom]

No embarrasing special effects.
No embarrasingly wooden acting.
No ill thought out limp plot.

All in all - not bad.

I was initially a little concerned about the "comedy" element - concerned it would turn into the slapstick fest that Doctor Who became in the 80s. But it was OK in the end.

I liked the wheely-bin scene. And I liked the representation of London.

I liked the portrayal of Dr Who as someone who could be dismissive of human culture - we eat chips, watch telly, and sleep.

Conclusion: not bad - I expect the series to get better.

I wish that one day - though - a doctor who could be made which doesn't have to be limited by what's acceptable for children to watch.

 

[Stigmata]

I like the fact that most Americans wil probably hate Dr Who.

On Newsnight Review the only one who couldn't see the point in it was Bonnie Greer. Says it all really.

 

[koshmar]

On Newsnight Review the only one who couldn't see the point in it was Bonnie Greer. Says it all really.

LMFAO!

QED, Stig, QED

 

[LilMissHissyFit]

We laughed like loons all the way through as they blew up Cardiff's finest and pretended it was London. It was all OOH look thats that escalator you fell off and ooh since when was there a tube station in the Hayes...

Kind of took away from the action in this house. Ah well maybe scene spotting will make the kids less back of the sofa bound

 

[Supine]

Yeah, it was nice to see Cardiff's Queens Arcade on TV

Episode 1 had a few sketchy moments but overall I really enjoyed it. So much so I turned to BBC3 for the extras programme straight after.

I don't have a TV though so I'll miss the rest of the series

 

[Mungy]

i wouldn't know the difference between cardiff and london apart from one is in wales and the other isn't

i thought it was a bit dodgy. rose ain't right and the dr reminded me of trainspotting for some reason

that said i'm sure it will turn out to be at least as good as it was at its peak.

 

[LilMissHissyFit]

But wales is all sheep and hills innit? nothing else here surely you know the difference

 

[hektik]

I wish that one day - though - a doctor who could be made which doesn't have to be limited by what's acceptable for children to watch.

yeah. thought the whole programme was a little bit too much 'CBBC' in terms of acting and story and 'gags' but overall it was alright, i suppose. would have preferred it to be aimed a little bit older, but for the time it was shown, it was about right.

one thing that does annoy me though is the incidental music: its really aggravating and doesnt build any tension - this is what made it a bit more cbbc-ish to me, i think. (the same complaint can alos be levelled at the otehr russell t davies thing on the bbc at the moment - casanova).

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I missed it coz our video didn't work

Has anyone got a copy of it? Or is there a repeat any time this week?

 

[LilMissHissyFit]

It was repeated on BBC3 the other night

 

[stdPikachu]

Liked it a helluva lot more than I expected. Yeah, the explosions etc were a bit not-really-in-the-spirit-of-things but the overall atmosphere was way better than that godawful Paul McGann effort, which was all car chases and Hollywood celluloid jizz. Good opening for the series, especially impressed with Billie (!), and Ecclestone does his mad eccentric thing very well indeed.

Thumbs up

 

[Dask]

Thought it was excellent!

Next weeks episode looks like classic Dr Who, can't wait.

 

[Scaggs]

I liked it. Wish I hadn't let my six-year-old watch it though

 

[Loki]

Hmmm mmmm. sounds a bit dodgy to me. where's the catch?

Oh I see I have to put in my e-mail and will get spammed to death... Or have it used to *send* spam.

No thanks.

Edit: oh putting mine in is optional, but I'd still have to put in maya's... who would prolly then get spammed to death... or have it used to send spam.

That site was recommended by Addict, who knows his shit. No adding to spam lists, I'm 99.99% sure of that.

 

[Loki]

Fuck me, I'm sure I posted my review on this thread but can't find it now!

Anyway in summary 9/10.

 

[j6ango1977]

Yep I enjoyed it. Chris Eccleston is good. I was expecting it to be darker but it was still good

 

[Wowbagger]

Auntie's already committed to a Christmas special (for the first time since 'The Feast of Steven' and "Merry Christmas to all of you at home") and a full second series. Excellent!

 

[Mooms]

I felt a very well suppressed frisson of excitement bubble up to the surface JUST on hearing the theme tune and seeing the start up bit. It was great! Still suffering a little from that 'ooeerr..Dr Who..you geek!' thing..but sod it..it was great

 

[dlx1]

I read on ceefax last night He to quite. Maybe it a good thing Ecclestone just do one series.

Bill Nighy be a good DR Who