New series of Doctor Who starts tonight!

[_angel_]

I agree

I wasn't looking forward to Tate but she was actually quite bearable, maybe she'll even be good now they've got the boring preliminaries over with. And I am very pleased he's got a grown up woman for a companion instead of running around with jailbait

She's a better actress than comedienne, definitely.. but could she be worse?/

 

[poster342002]

And I feel like I've seen those silly blobby things before somewhere - or something very like them.

 

[DotCommunist]

And I feel like I've seen those silly blobby things before somewhere - or something very like them.

I kept expecting one of em to morph into that annoying trombone lurpack-thing. yuk

 

[poster342002]

What was Russel T Davies saying on confidential? I missed it to pop out to the internet cafe to post on here.

 

[wishface]

I think perhaps it was Rose that picked up the Master's ring at the end of S3 and not that bird he was with.

 

[Maurice Picarda]

Someone needs to punch Russell T Davies in the face.

Davies has been responsible for all of the worst episodes, and none of the best ones. Yes, kill him. Put Steven Moffat in charge.

 

[poster342002]

Didn't RTD write The Sound of Drums? I thought that one was pretty good.

 

[zoooo]

RTD has written some good episodes, but Moffat is the best writer, clearly.

I really liked this episode! Tate is fine, nowhere near the disaster I was imagining. I loved the shock Billie appearance, but I don't think she's back in it again for ages.

And I feel like I've seen those silly blobby things before somewhere - or something very like them.

Maybe you're thinking of the cute litle milk carton in that blur video!

 

[TrippyLondoner]

What was Russel T Davies saying on confidential? I missed it to pop out to the internet cafe to post on here.

He was sayin shit like he wanted the aliens to be cute/funny n stupid stuff like that. I didn't pay close attention to much else, other than when they were all sitting around the table and reading their lines to each other. That was pretty interesting to watch, only something about Russell T. Davies when he's sitting there makes me want to punch him.

One thing that annoys me is that it seems that every episode is on earth..i know they're meant to be going to the planet of the ood later in the series, but the majority of them will be on fucking earth. I remember back in the old series when they mixed it up a bit...

 

[senny dreadful]

I agree

I wasn't looking forward to Tate but she was actually quite bearable, maybe she'll even be good now they've got the boring preliminaries over with. And I am very pleased he's got a grown up woman for a companion instead of running around with jailbait

Yes indeed! Less wangst, more story I say.

Although I suppose everyone is gonna be jailbait to the Doctor...

The blobby fat things reminded me of this little guy:

 

[cesare]

Is it just me, or is it not as spooky anymore?

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Well when aliens are cute and funny, what do ya expect?!

 

[zoooo]

They do funny silly episodes, and they do scary dark episodes. You can't judge whether it's 'spooky anymore' by one show.

 

[cesare]

That was just one episode!

I meant, generally

It used to be quite scary when I was a kid, or maybe that's because I was a kid

I want to know what the kids think

 

[innit]

Well when aliens are cute and funny, what do ya expect?!

I don't think they should portray all aliens as evil and sociopathic, that would be alienist

However strictly speaking they weren't really aliens, just animated fat, right?

 

[senny dreadful]

They also looked a bit like some things I drew in a comic once.

 

[mrsfran]

Maybe you're thinking of the cute litle milk carton in that blur video!

You absolute genius. It was bothering the hell out of me what they reminded me of. Little milk carton blur guy! Thanks.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

There's an old episode of doctor who on bbcfour right now, the first ever daleks with william hartnell one, already got it tho!

 

[Relahni]

I thought they looked like this (without the chef hat)

 

[spanglechick]

i liked it. although i thought it was a bit morally ambiguous - there wouldn't have been any problem at all - the purple lady only died because donna interfered.

I'd love to donate some adipose babies. Win/win!

I think the doctor/donna dynamic looks really promising - and will bring out another facet to Tennant's Doctor. I was a bit disappointed to see Rose so early. The whole 'Rose-was-the-greatest' mythology gets right on my tits. I mean, she was a great companion - but much less engaging than Sally Sparrow from 'Blink' to name but one...

 

[cesare]

There's an old episode of doctor who on bbcfour right now, the first ever daleks with william hartnell one, already got it tho!

Dammit I've only got terrestrial

 

[yardbird]

Dammit I've only got terrestrial

Analogue

 

[cesare]

Analogue

That too!!!

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I enjoyed it, a nice silly episode to get things going, I'm sure it'll settle down. Tate was good as well.

So, what do we think was going on with Rose at the end there? Why/how did she vanish like that?

 

[Nemo]

but Moffat is the best writer, clearly.

Yep. He wrote Blink (probably the best episode so far), the Girl in the Fireplace, and the Empty Child/the Doctor Dances.

 

[moomoo]

We all thought it was ace! And I think Catherine Tate will grow on me, she's not as irritating as I thought she would be. The Rose bit at the end was certainly odd but it will probably be explained eventually.

 

[Groucho]

I thought it was a bit crap. The Dr Who equivelant of ewoks.

 

[rollinder]

I see the wiki link for adipose tissue has been updated already with a referance to this episode

the little fat babies were quite cute - looked like something from a In The Night Garden type childrens programme gone very wrong.
Tonight's was alright - as a romp to reintroduce the series/Donna - but there's a part of me that prefers Torchwood.

btw why was Bernard Cribbins playing Compo?

 

[T & P]

It was alright but I hope the series gets a bit darker... tonight's episode would have made few kids run behind the sofa.

Every now and then I saw a flash of one of Tate's characters (the grandma in particular) but hopefully I'll get used to it. Towards the end of the episode when she thinks he's proposing to mate with her, I was almost expecting her to say 'what a fucking liberty!'

 

[zoooo]

That was just one episode!

I meant, generally

It used to be quite scary when I was a kid, or maybe that's because I was a kid

I want to know what the kids think

Oh sorry!
My 9 year old niece loves it, and is VERY scared by the scary episodes, yes.
Apparently tons of kids she knows were severely freaked by the weeping statues.

As I was. I don't generally find Daleks or Cybermen scary at all. But the Blink episode scared the shit out of me.