The 'new' Dr Who

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Oct 2015
10:29pm, 3 Oct 2015
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McGoohan
I didn't bother with the second episode last week, but decided today to watch it on iPlayer, and I'm very glad I did - it was a huge improvement on the first episode as it focussed on the Skaro thing. I thought Missy and Clara made a good team as well. And I wonder what Missy's 'Great Idea' is?

Then we watched tonight's episode - I thought that was a lot of fun. Admittedly it followed the standard Doctor Who trope (taken from Alien) - set up a group of people working in some hard to reach place and have them picked off one by one by a scary alien. And very scary it was too. Terrorising a new generation. :-)
Oct 2015
10:33pm, 3 Oct 2015
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Chrisull
Not sure I buy Russell T Davies and Torchwood as the height of the show and height of British sci fi, Moffat's best shows were always better than Russell's ginormous setpieces that involved x million daleks/cyber men/silver balls taking over the earth, the library episode with the flesh eating shadow monster thingies anyone?

Anyway tonights episode - again better than most of last series - Capaldi is morphing into Tom Baker, and Toby Whitehouse's script was funny, if occasionally a little too clever clever (as was one Douglas Adams once upon a time), kids howling with indignation that its a two parter. Dare I tell them there used to be 4 and sometimes 6 (as in the epic seeds of Doom)? Oh the age of instant gratification... guardian blog calls it slow moving, had to pry wife away from under sofa.... sometimes I wonder what these young journos would make of something properly slow like Tarkovsky or Bela Tarr films?
Oct 2015
10:45pm, 3 Oct 2015
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McGoohan
My wife also 'watched' this one with hands clamped across her eyes. That's classic Who for me - scaring you half to death while delivering laughs.
Oct 2015
1:26am, 4 Oct 2015
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JK *chameleon*
Forgot to watch this again (was binge watching the god-awful Scream TV show on Netflix) but hearing it is a two parter I think I'll watch both parts next week. My attention span means that I tend to forget what's going on with a week of life in between.

Of course, it could be that I just don't care enough.
Oct 2015
8:56am, 4 Oct 2015
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mrs shanksi
I absolutely loved Torchwood.

It had quite a few funny lines and I agree he is turning in to Tom Baker but that's OK with me as he was my childhood doctor.
Oct 2015
12:54pm, 4 Oct 2015
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eL Bee!
Excellent episode :)
Pacing is perfect for me. Decent 'scary' needs time to build - SO much better than 'CrashBangWallop shhhhh LOUD NOISE'
Oct 2015
1:00pm, 4 Oct 2015
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EvilPixie
I'm enjoying it! Although I was like NOOOO when it finished and it became a 2 parter! I never watched it as a kid (too scary TBH) and this series PC is a lot better than last series. At mum's next week post long run/race so not sure if I will get to watch it so no spoilers please :-)
Oct 2015
10:02pm, 5 Oct 2015
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GordonG
good, classic DW episode. loved it :-)

also, the other day i saw a poster advertising something called the doctor who Festival (13-15 Nov 2015, London Excel, if you're interested). the poster features the doc, missy and asthma girl with long scarf from 50th anniversary episode.

it'd be a little odd to feature a character who's no longer in the show so i wonder if asthma girl with long etc etc will be coming back? hope so, i thought she'd make a good companion.
Oct 2015
8:13am, 6 Oct 2015
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Elsie Too
I think she would be an excellent companion, fingers crossed.
Oct 2015
8:16am, 6 Oct 2015
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sheri3004
Spoilers.....

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