Dr Who; What rubbish!

[captain nemo1701]

Caution : SPOILERS AHEAD

A rather dull sequel to The Girl in the Fireplace. Capaldi is very good and brings much needed gravitas to the show that was getting a bit juvenile.

Liked:
the 'I'm Scottish...oh, I can really complain now ...' gag
Strax's bungled entrance in the martial-arts fight scene
References to a certain long scarf, Capaldi being all gangly, mood-swinging and angry, post regeneration
The Doctor finally telling his companion that he's not their boyfriend - The Doctor & Potential Girlfriend idea was getting thin on me.
Lighting redesign inside Tardis - looks more moody
New title sequence (made by a fan, apparently)
The cryptic ending - is that woman River Song in disguise?. Is the Promised Land part of the virtual reality, created by the great library computer, where Tenant's Doctor left River after she died...????. This season's motif is intriguing.

Disliked

New version of theme which is b****y awful. It's worse than the 80's synth-pop theme that Sylvester McCoy got lumbered with. I long for the neck-hair tingling old Delia Derbyshire original that had you heading for the rear of the sofa.
Dinosaurs really weren't that big.
The Doctor apparently speaking Dinosaur & horse (liked the 'liberating your pet' line though). I cringed at him understanding 'baby' a season or two earlier, but this is awful. I expect it's leading to a bad Dr Dolittle joke somewhere down the line.
Clara not 'knowing' who the Doctor is, being shocked at his regeneration etc. Obvious plot hole as she's been inside his time stream, thus meeting with all of his incarnations so you think she'd know he would change and be more accepting of a new face. This plot hole gets expanded a bit by an unexpected cameo

However, I think once a few episodes in, Capaldi will hit his stride and be a great Doctor.

 

[Dan B]

Did you watch Torchwood?

Personally i feel we live in an age in which, if it's OK to show two people kissing on the telly, it doesn't have to be a heterosexual kiss.

I observe that the objection is to their both being women, but it's apparently not a problem that one of them is a lizard?

 

[MontyVeda]

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Disliked

New version of theme which is b****y awful. It's worse than the 80's synth-pop theme that Sylvester McCoy got lumbered with. I long for the neck-hair tingling old Delia Derbyshire original that had you heading for the rear of the sofa.
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Couldn't agree more... what exactly are they trying to achieve? The fecking feckwits!

 

[MontyVeda]

I observe that the objection is to their both being women, but it's apparently not a problem that one of them is a lizard?

children might be watching, and they shouldn't be allowed to find out that some girls like girls better than boys and some boys like boys better than girls until they're all grown up.... it's just a bit of left over garbage from the day of the theist.

 

[gavgav]

I am a dr who fan and enjoyed it. Peter capaldi is going to take some getting used to as the Dr, but I think he will be good, as he can do sinister and comic.

The last series was the worst since it came back, for me, with some rubbish storylines. I am hopeful this series will be better.

 

[glenn forger]

I was scared by the clockwork restaurant customers and depressed by how dusty it is behind the settee.

 

[Profpointy]

I observe that the objection is to their both being women, but it's apparently not a problem that one of them is a lizard?

It wouldn't be perverted it if were a male lizard - bestiality's fine if it's male-female after all :-)

 

[Profpointy]

Caution : SPOILERS AHEAD

A rather dull sequel to The Girl in the Fireplace. Capaldi is very good and brings much needed gravitas to the show that was getting a bit juvenile.

Liked:
the 'I'm Scottish...oh, I can really complain now ...' gag
Strax's bungled entrance in the martial-arts fight scene
References to a certain long scarf, Capaldi being all gangly, mood-swinging and angry, post regeneration
The Doctor finally telling his companion that he's not their boyfriend - The Doctor & Potential Girlfriend idea was getting thin on me.
Lighting redesign inside Tardis - looks more moody
New title sequence (made by a fan, apparently)
The cryptic ending - is that woman River Song in disguise?. Is the Promised Land part of the virtual reality, created by the great library computer, where Tenant's Doctor left River after she died...????. This season's motif is intriguing.

Disliked

New version of theme which is b****y awful. It's worse than the 80's synth-pop theme that Sylvester McCoy got lumbered with. I long for the neck-hair tingling old Delia Derbyshire original that had you heading for the rear of the sofa.
Dinosaurs really weren't that big.
The Doctor apparently speaking Dinosaur & horse (liked the 'liberating your pet' line though). I cringed at him understanding 'baby' a season or two earlier, but this is awful. I expect it's leading to a bad Dr Dolittle joke somewhere down the line.
Clara not 'knowing' who the Doctor is, being shocked at his regeneration etc. Obvious plot hole as she's been inside his time stream, thus meeting with all of his incarnations so you think she'd know he would change and be more accepting of a new face. This plot hole gets expanded a bit by an unexpected cameo

However, I think once a few episodes in, Capaldi will hit his stride and be a great Doctor.

Mostly agree, but I would defend the new theme tune (and title sequence) .Of course, .Delia's version is unsurpassable, but the new theme is arguably 2nd best - even if it's not a close second by any means.

 

[Joshua Plumtree]

I observe that the objection is to their both being women, but it's apparently not a problem that one of them is a lizard?

Nope, never bothered me before.

 

[Peteaud]

But why does the lizard woman have breasts?

For the Lizzard babies.

 

[mr_cellophane]

Never took much interest after Patrick Troughton, although I did return while Peri was an assistant.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

@Over The Hill : perhaps you should append "[spoilers]" to the title of this thread? Some of us will want to watch Doctor Who later on, when it goes to DVD, and this thread seems to be leaking plot details daily.

 

[Accy cyclist]

The last time i watched Dr Who John Pertwee was the doctor,so i can't comment on the current set up but i always thought of it as a childrens programme.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Never took much interest after Patrick Troughton, although I did return while Peri was an assistant.

 

[Gravity Aided]

For the Lizzard babies.

Next time you see a lizard suckling, alert the media.