If you're referring to part two, of the three parter, please use the spoiler tag for any further discussion of that episode. That won't air until next Saturday, on BBC America.
ShadowDancerWhen I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie."London, UK
So, just watched the mid-season finale...damn that was good!
[sp]And now we know River is Amy's daughter! Nice reveal there at the end, which was well done I thought. And Worf called it too, nice one![/sp]
[QUOTE=Lord Refa;193637]Well, this was a rather cruel episode.
But I'm kind of liking the new sides of Doctor they are showing. He's a bit of a bastard isnt he?
I guess it helps that I didnt grow up with him. So I dont have much preconceptions.
The next episode looks quite fun.[/QUOTE]
In this case, he really had to be a bastard. There was no way that they could take BOTH of them, so a choice absolutely had to be made. Otherwise it would be a repeat of the first season's episode, where Rose tried to save her father.
ShadowDancerWhen I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie."London, UK
Or Spoiler: the crew had already abandoned the Tesselectra and the Doctor was piloting it by himself.
ShadowDancerWhen I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie."London, UK
One thing I did like about [sp]the use of the Tesselectra to escape his death was that it wasn't the replica-goo-stuff from earlier on in the season. I saw that and immediately thought that would be the escape mechanism, then thought it was too easy, but the use of the robot just didnt occur to me[/sp]
[sp]I'd have rather they used the goo actually. The finale felt very rushed and messy, like they were trying to cram a two part story into 45 minutes. It also gave me the impression BBC executives were messing with it.[/sp]
ShadowDancerWhen I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie."London, UK
I thought it would have been better as a 2 parter too, altho recently I've felt that 2 parters hadn't been done that well. Many of the recent ones have felt like they've been completely separate episodes sharing a few plot lines rather than 2 parts of the same one.
I really want The Doctor to re-decorate my room now! :P
ShadowDancerWhen I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie."London, UK
So it's finally that time of year again, and since Worf is off playing andndressing up at DragonCon I thought I'd start off the thread again!
Not a bad start to the new series, altho [sp]I did think the whole reason for the Daleks kidnapping them all felt rather contrived, and purely there so that we'd see at the end that they'd forgotten who the Doctor is. While on paper and asylum of insane Daleks sounds great and potentially scary....it just wasn't. I think that needed more work to be honest.
Interesting that the (very hot) actress playing Oswin is also the new companion, so I'm intrigued to see how that transpires! Some good comic moments too, but my overall impression of the episode was one of being rushed slightly.[/sp]
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[sp]And now we know River is Amy's daughter! Nice reveal there at the end, which was well done I thought. And Worf called it too, nice one![/sp]
Jake
"I can produce magnificent quantities of lactic fluid!"
Jake
But I'm kind of liking the new sides of Doctor they are showing. He's a bit of a bastard isnt he?
I guess it helps that I didnt grow up with him. So I dont have much preconceptions.
The next episode looks quite fun.
But I'm kind of liking the new sides of Doctor they are showing. He's a bit of a bastard isnt he?
I guess it helps that I didnt grow up with him. So I dont have much preconceptions.
The next episode looks quite fun.[/QUOTE]
In this case, he really had to be a bastard. There was no way that they could take BOTH of them, so a choice absolutely had to be made. Otherwise it would be a repeat of the first season's episode, where Rose tried to save her father.
The minotaur was neat and kinda sad. And there was other nice stuff. Some of the visiting cast was kinda meh, but over all a nice episode.
Best line: [i]"This cot is malfunctioning."[/i]
Jake
At least no actual jumping the shark this year..
Still not getting around to watch Dr. Who. ;)
Not a bad start to the new series, altho [sp]I did think the whole reason for the Daleks kidnapping them all felt rather contrived, and purely there so that we'd see at the end that they'd forgotten who the Doctor is. While on paper and asylum of insane Daleks sounds great and potentially scary....it just wasn't. I think that needed more work to be honest.
Interesting that the (very hot) actress playing Oswin is also the new companion, so I'm intrigued to see how that transpires! Some good comic moments too, but my overall impression of the episode was one of being rushed slightly.[/sp]
Overall verdict: 7/10