5x011 The Lodger (Grading/Discussion) SPOILERS!!
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I voted poor. Not completely without merit though, just very nearly. It wasn't boring at least, and it wasn't an abomination like Love and Monsters. Still, it was rubbish. Most if not all of the sci-fi elements were lifted from The Girl in the Fireplace and The Idiot's Lantern, and Roberts writes the Doctor like he's a blithering moron (though Matt Smith is such a great Doctor I can see past it for the most part). James Corden's an awful actor. And the music playing where he touched the rot and effectively just said "ow, err, ouch" or something was embarrassingly mismatched.
It's not as poor as Victory or the Silurian two-parter, but only really because it doesn't ruin the Daleks or rip off a classic episode. Still, rubbish. You'd think the Blue Peter competition had been for a 9 year old to write an episode.
It's not as poor as Victory or the Silurian two-parter, but only really because it doesn't ruin the Daleks or rip off a classic episode. Still, rubbish. You'd think the Blue Peter competition had been for a 9 year old to write an episode.
^ How exactly did Corden act badly ? no bias there on your part because you seem to have a dislike for his work/success. I could write your reviews before you even post them its the same every week nearly with just new ways of calling it shit.
We are near the end of the season so I am going to ask the same question I asked SGU viewers...
* Anyone here packing in watching the show ?
* Anyone undecided?
* Who decided long ago I can't wait to see Moffat's 2nd year as Doc Who runner.
We are near the end of the season so I am going to ask the same question I asked SGU viewers...
* Anyone here packing in watching the show ?
* Anyone undecided?
* Who decided long ago I can't wait to see Moffat's 2nd year as Doc Who runner.
I am in for Series 6.^ How exactly did Corden act badly ? no bias there on your part because you seem to have a dislike for his work/success. I could write your reviews before you even post them its the same every week nearly with just new ways of calling it shit.
We are near the end of the season so I am going to ask the same question I asked SGU viewers...
* Anyone here packing in watching the show ?
* Anyone undecided?
* Who decided long ago I can't wait to see Moffat's 2nd year as Doc Who runner.
^ How exactly did Corden act badly ? no bias there on your part because you seem to have a dislike for his work/success. I could write your reviews before you even post them its the same every week nearly with just new ways of calling it shit.
We are near the end of the season so I am going to ask the same question I asked SGU viewers...
* Anyone here packing in watching the show ?
* Anyone undecided?
* Who decided long ago I can't wait to see Moffat's 2nd year as Doc Who runner.
I think I have to answer this when I know how the main Crack arc ends. Of course I'll be around for Season 6, but if the Crack Arc ends up disappointing, that might put a huge damper on the rest of the season. That's why these next two episodes I think makes or breaks the season for me. No pressure.
I've been rather disappointed with the season overall. I really, really hope that the finale will be great. But even if it isn't, I'll be around for the next season, which I hope will be better.
I've already stated my enjoyment of this series and of Matt and Karen so yes I'll be around and am already excited about series six. The prospect of having Doctor Who and Torchwood airing alongside each other or right after each other is making me giddy.
I didn't mind this one. I was expecting to dislike it but it was reasonably enjoyable if I don't think too hard about it. It gets an "average" from me.
Well, I'll give them credit for making that entertaining even though the actual plot was a bit lacking. We've had back-to-back episodes now where the character stuff had to carry the plot. I'm still not quite sure what to think, objectively it was thin but like I said the time passed quickly and it was fun to watch the Doctor even if he seemed a bit off at times (the "annihilation" gag was awful).
The TARDIS room kind of reminded me of the Dalek emperor.
Thanks to Sir Patrick Stewart I knew who James Corden was. Kind of sad that England seems to have hang-ups over fat people as well.
The TARDIS room kind of reminded me of the Dalek emperor.
Thanks to Sir Patrick Stewart I knew who James Corden was. Kind of sad that England seems to have hang-ups over fat people as well.
Huh, it felt to me like the Doctor was just as weird and nutty as he's been all series long.
He may have had fewer "serious" moments in this ep than in others, but the story was played more for laughs so that's to be expected.
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Once the upper floor disappeared, the layout of the main floor should have changed! That whole hallway/stairwell was no longer needed, so why was it still there? The doctor left the apartment into that area again, though they didn't give a shot of him out there. Since the house is now just a single-family home, exiting the apartment should have taken him outside.
Haters type more, still doesn't change the fact our own polls show most fans like it. Ratings, AI index and other Critical reception around the internet and media has been as good as ever.
Lovers pole more?
I've loved a few Poles in my time.
Did anyone else catch the Doctor smiling while he was jumping on the bed?
I loved that. And it really makes me wonder how much of this stuff is scripted, and how much is just made up on the spot by Matt. Like him covering up his nipples, or the way he kept moving the psychic paper behind his back...
Every episode it seems like he does something new and surprising, and I absolutely love it.
