I'd also really hope to see the introduction of a new companion in the Christmas episode, as I'm really sick of Amy. Rory I quite enjoy, but presumably he's not going to appear without Amy. Like a lot of people, my vote would go to Craig for new companion, but I guess he has a baby now, so probably not. Do we need to use spoiler tags? It's a thread for discussing the new series, so pretty much every single post will need to have tags in it, which seems ridiculous. My philosophy is if you're afraid of spoilers, and you go into a thread discussing an episode you haven't seen, you're a blockhead, and other people shouldn't have to be disadvantaged catering for you.
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I enjoyed it. Wrapped things up nicely. I guessed the
That was unusually obvious for Moffat.
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Agree 100% with that. I had no idea that Let's Kill Hitler was intended to have wrapped that up for good, and their swift return to normality slightly ruined the next few episodes for me.Comment
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I put spoiler tags in at first but then didn't but I wouldn't dare come into this thread if I hadn't seen it!
I'd completely forgotten everything that happened in Let's Kill Hitler so luckily it was still available to watch again last night, I'd forgotten everything about River growing up with Amy and Rory and the Tesselecta and what they do so that answered some questions I had.
I like Amy, she is 2nd to Donna for me since 2005. Rory was meh and had to grow on me a bit but is still the sort of guy I wonder why girls settle for. I'd HATE Craig to be the next companion but I don't like Cordon much. I'm interested in seeing how/when the Doctor comes back into Amy and Rory's lives, the Christmas ep will probably be a random throw away one not featuring them much. I'd also like to see some less "The Doctor is massive and everyone knows who he is" episodes with him more in the shadows.Comment
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What an odd statement.Originally posted by stainboy View Post
Anyway I thought it was excellent. Exciting enough for sci fi fans and casual viewers alike. Would look to see the series take a more understated tone too. Too much focus has been put on friendships and humans this series. Would like to see more alien style adventures with some real danger.Comment
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I liked the Van Gogh episode from last year and would like more of that, but only if a. they don't feel the need to add some alien bull**** just to sci-fi it up a notch (which drags Vincent and the Doctor down if you ask me), and b. they have a writer as good as Richard Curtis handle it. I didn't enjoy the Charles Dickens episode from series one at all (although I did love his cameo last night).
Also, more episodes set in mundane Earth locations would be fantastic. I think The Lodger is my favourite Matt Smith episode. When he was working in telesales or whatever, I was cracking up. "Can you hold, I have to eat a biscuit". I think Matt Smith really shines in those scenarios.Comment
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Hmmm, a reminder of VG and Lodger makes me remember how much I liked those two. That said I also liked episodes like The Beast Below, much less focus on people and more in tension. Understated and Alien danger were perhaps the wrong choices in a sentence!Comment
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Rory's fairly dull and boring and Amy isn't, she's basicly settled for the boy she grew up with. That kind of coupling irritates me.Originally posted by nakamura View PostComment
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There is a wonderful piece of dialogue from Amy in episode 10, 'The Girl Who Waited', that addresses this. It's nice to think personality really is what counts. Or maybe that's an unrealistically romantic view.Originally posted by stainboy View Post
Anyway, enjoyed this series a lot. I avoided all discussions online, didn't watch the trailers and experienced the whole thing spoiler-free, and it was truly fab. Not sure about splitting the series in two: both halves seemed to zoom by before I could get used to having Doctor Who back, but then there's always the DVD set to take my time with.
The stuff the blue guy said about the fall of the Eleventh sounds like Matt Smith might be leaving us next series. It'll be a shame if he does. He's just so watchable and there's loads more he could do with the role. He and Steven Moffat totally saved the series, for me. I wish they'd both stick around forever.Comment
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Of course it is madness to think that someone could love someone they are best friends with.Originally posted by stainboy View PostComment
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Rory isn't the fieriest of characters but he's likeable, funny and I like how he does epically brave stuff when Amy's life is in danger. Amy on the other hand is dull as hell.
Overall I liked it though it was a (perhaps unavoidable) return to the messy structure of the opening episodes. The 'get out' clause was really poor as was the pretty wasted merged timeline stuff. The reveal of the question was pretty rubbish too, it creates another strand that is sure to lead Series 7 to be as unnecessarily baggaged as S5 and S6 have been and will once again disappoint as whatever the outcome the answer will never be revealed to the viewers as it would ruin much of the mystery and appeal of the character. Like last years episode, it was decent overall but because Moffat tries to cram too much the pacing is always off and the emotional punches miss. He’s a brilliant writer but I don’t think finale’s are his thing. Overall it was alright but sits as average out of this years run. A shame next years scheduling is a mess again as well.Comment
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I really enjoyed it, far better than the mid-series ep which I hated. Reveal didn't feel like a cop-out since in the end the fixed events happened as they were suppose too. Last years was better, but that's going to be hard to beat.
That library episode is even better now you know all about River Song.Comment
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The previous regen of River was her best friend, Rory was a kid she just kinda got stuck with.Originally posted by nakamura View Post
To stay on topic I better mention the show itself, I liked the end, unless I've not noticed it you don't often hear people actually say "Doctor Who". At first I didn't like that this series was in 2 halves but the gap between seemed to fly by. I'm glad it's a UK show so can actually have a plan and leave clues during the episodes, imagine a made up as it went along 22 episode US version. I love some US shows but the thought of that is ew.Comment
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They still became best friends. The girl even nodded to Rory but Amy thought he was gay. Then she noticed she had feelings for him.Originally posted by stainboy View Post
It is not relevant that Rory is not a muscle man or whatever crazy idea you have about who people should 'settle' for.Comment
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