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The girl in the fireplace

MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
in Zocalo v2.0
Best.. Episode.. Ever.

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  • David of MacDavid of Mac Elite Ranger Ca
    I really think the ending undercut all the dramatic weight it had been building. The Doctor should've been trapped in the past and forced to take "The Slow Path" to get back home. You know, like the entire episode was building up to.
  • sataicallistasataicallista High Priestess of Squeee!
    I agree with David as well. The rest of it though was absolutely fantastic. In fact, this episode won a Hugo award for best episode of a series beating out Battlestar Galactica episodes and other big shows.
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    I can understand that!

    Though, if he was forced to stay, I would have tunk it would have had a bit too much romantic drivel..
  • DaxDax Redshirt
    Heh you obviously haven't finished series 3 yet then?
  • sataicallistasataicallista High Priestess of Squeee!
    Hi all! Sanfam and I are at the Apple store. I'm posting from a display iPhone!
    *giggles with ridiculous glee*
    anyway, yes watch season 3 before you judge, there's an amazing two-parter even Sanfam admitted was nearly perfect.
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    Lol awright.

    Oh, and btw, madame pompadore was seriously good looking.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    [QUOTE=sataicallista;166784]anyway, yes watch season 3 before you judge, there's an amazing two-parter even Sanfam admitted was nearly perfect.[/QUOTE]

    The Daleks of Manhatten?
  • WORFWORF The Burninator
    Oh yes, we must not forget the sheer brilliance of Daleks in Manhattan.

    Worf
  • RubberEagleRubberEagle What's a rubber eagle used for, anyway?
    BTW, there is one huge reason why The Slow Route was not an option: The tardis was on a derelict spaceship.

    And yes, Daleks in Manhattan was the most awesomest episode evar!
  • David of MacDavid of Mac Elite Ranger Ca
    [QUOTE=RubberEagle;166789]BTW, there is one huge reason why The Slow Route was not an option: The tardis was on a derelict spaceship.[/QUOTE]

    I read that there was a trimmed scene where Rose explained to Mickey that if the Doctor didn't find a way back to the ship, they could get home by using the TARDIS automatic recall from "Parting of the Ways."

    The way I see it playing out, the Doctor is stuck in the past, and Rose and Mickey wait a while before switching on the TARDIS autopilot. They show up in London, where the Doctor, only somewhat grayer, meets them happily, though bittersweet. He does the same blatant "I'm always all right" lie from the end of the aired episode, and we continue on, the Doctor's activities for the last three hundred years a curious mystery.
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    Oh yes, Daleks in Manhattan...a set I could never be without! Before viewing that particular small-screen masterpiece, I was incomplete and unfulfilled. Now? Well...just look at me!
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    Same avatar as always?
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    I think what DoM describes would have served to make a nearly-perfect episode perfect.
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    How could anything be as perfect as Daleks in Manhattan?
  • ShadowDancerShadowDancer When I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie." London, UK
    So I was the only one who thought DoM was mediocre?

    I do think Fireplace was a truly great episode tho
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    How [B]dare[/B] you mock my love!
  • David of MacDavid of Mac Elite Ranger Ca
    I thought the gold art-deco Dalek in the gold art-deco elevator was a nice visual counterpoint.
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    Spoiler: Stop it with the spoilers!!
  • Vertigo_1Vertigo_1 Ranger
    I think the best works of fiction are the ones I watch over and over hoping that the outcome will change on the nth watching.

    This applies to Razor as well.
  • RubberEagleRubberEagle What's a rubber eagle used for, anyway?
    [QUOTE=Vertigo_1;166867]I think the best works of fiction are the ones I watch over and over hoping that the outcome will change on the nth watching.

    This applies to Razor as well.[/QUOTE]

    Spoiler: Everytime i've rewatched Daleks in Manhatten i hoped it would be better....
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Why did you even bother? I've done everything I can to wipe it from my memory.
  • ShadowDancerShadowDancer When I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie." London, UK
    Ah ha! Vindication!
  • RubberEagleRubberEagle What's a rubber eagle used for, anyway?
    [QUOTE=Biggles;166882]Why did you even bother? I've done everything I can to wipe it from my memory.[/QUOTE]

    well, podcasts, and i'm probably gonna watch it again when get my season 3 DVD Set.. (which, with the season 3 soundtrack, hasn't yet arrived... *grmph*)
  • sataicallistasataicallista High Priestess of Squeee!
    *laughs* I hate to admit I agree with everyone about DiM. Though there was one thing about that two-parter I really liked: the Angel and Devil song, it's on the new soundtrack and I love it. :D
    There are several beautiful and fun bits on the new soundtrack in fact. It's not as consistently good as the first one, but there are bits I can't be without now. :D
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    You know, being a DVD...such "moments" are easy to skip. *click* *click*
  • Vertigo_1Vertigo_1 Ranger
    Wait, you have the new soundtrack?

    Edit: Grr, Amazon US needs to freaking admit that it exists, then carry it as well.
  • David of MacDavid of Mac Elite Ranger Ca
    If the last one is any guide, it'll come out in the US around February.
  • sataicallistasataicallista High Priestess of Squeee!
    I got a ...special... copy from an unnamed source. It's only 192k though, so I can't wait to get my hands on a real copy.
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