5x04 The Time of Angels (Grading/Discussion) (SPOILERS!!)

[Starkers]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/forms/ BBC Complaints page.

I never saw the offending Norton, it wasn't on BBC HD. Fantastic episode I thought can't wait to see more.


Oh and the episode lengths have always varied, some slightly longer than 45 minutes, some slightly shorter.

Thanks Bob. Sent the following;

I was very dissapointed to see an advert for the next show playing across the bottom of the screen before Dr Who had even finished, and in fact during what was supposed to be the tense finale of the episode. This was unneccesary and I would really like to think the BBC would be above this kind of thing which you'd expect to find on the more commercial channels. It's bad enough that the BBC now insist on squeezing adverts into the end credits of shows, but putting the adverts in the shows themselves is a step too far. Please don't do this again!

I hope they get enough complaints about it to rethink their usage of these things because I've noticed they're creeping in all over the place and I hate their use.

Yeah I hate em and I don't see the point. I have nothing against the Dorothy show and have watched a couple, but surely anyone who is interested knows it's on? What's next, giving Doctor Who a Lost/SGU style non title sequence

 

[WillsBabe]

I sent a complant. Thanks for the form, Bob.

 

[Bishbot]

As well, we've yet to find out what her big crime is, the one that she and Octavian briefly discussed. Also, she seemed to be on the defensive side (she swore there was only one Angel onboard, when really no one was questioning her to begin with), whereas everyone automatically and implicitly trusts a Mary Sue.

Maybe she wants to capture an Angel for sale as a bio (sort of) weapon. We were talking about Aliens earlier, after all. Maybe the monks want to harnass the angels to purge non-believers. It would be a fitting form for them to use. I'm probably way off base, but it's the nods to Aliens that made me think that way.

 

[Shazam!]

Heh, he always has the brake on, so it makes the familiar landing sound, it isn't supposed to do that normally haha....

I wasn't a fan of that gag to be honest.

 

[Bones2]

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Me neither. Urinating all over continuity for a joke that's not funny.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Thanks Bob. Sent the following;

I hope they get enough complaints about it to rethink their usage of these things because I've noticed they're creeping in all over the place and I hate their use.

Yeah I hate em and I don't see the point. I have nothing against the Dorothy show and have watched a couple, but surely anyone who is interested knows it's on? What's next, giving Doctor Who a Lost/SGU style non title sequence

They seem even more pointless given the EPGs that surely everyone has access to nowadays.

I sent a complant. Thanks for the form, Bob.

I'd send a complaint myself, but I didn't actually see it, and I hate the way people complain about things when they've not seen themselves, so I don't want to end up self loathing

 

[Bones2]

Given the easy access of your link posting, I took the opportunity to fire off three paragraphs about how awful the Dalek redesign is. Though I doubt whatever monkey's on the other end will fully appreciate just how funny it was.

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

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Me neither. Urinating all over continuity for a joke that's not funny.

I thought it was funny. And urinating all over continuity is always fun.

 

[Kelso]

^ Agreed.

Great episode. Best yet this season. Alex Kingston was marvelous as always. Smith really needs to raise his game with Kingston and Gillan on the show. It's a little strange to see the Doctor continually upstaged.

 

[Lonemagpie]

I hope they get enough complaints about it to rethink their usage of these things because I've noticed they're creeping in all over the place and I hate their use.

Then when complaining about this one, make clear your displeasure at the use of the technique overall - not just on Dr Who. That will more likely get the desired response.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

I hope they get enough complaints about it to rethink their usage of these things because I've noticed they're creeping in all over the place and I hate their use.

Then when complaining about this one, make clear your displeasure at the use of the technique overall - not just on Dr Who. That will more likely get the desired response.

I haven't complained about this, I didn't see it, it didn't happen on BBC HD, so I'm not going to complain about something that I didn't see happen.

 

[Jim Steele]

I thought it was funny. And urinating all over continuity is always fun.

Y'know, you have a knack for being correct.

 

[Captain Shaw]

After reading this thread I do not feel so bad for sending my first ever complaint to the BBC last night.
I did not know that their was people who where upset that the statutes where coming back. I think as long as they do not end up being over used like the daleks they always have the potential to be one of who's scarer bad guys.
And love the joke about leaving the break on.

 

[Kelso]

"You're not talking to me, Sir. The angel has no voice, it stripped my cerebral cortex from my body and reanimated a version of my consciousness to communicate with you. Sorry about the confusion."

 

[John Clark]

I thought it was great overall. I was a little disappointed by last weeks (Didn't think it was crap, but could have been better).

 

[Rowan Sjet]

"You're not talking to me, Sir. The angel has no voice, it stripped my cerebral cortex from my body and reanimated a version of my consciousness to communicate with you. Sorry about the confusion."

On the one hand, that seems pretty implausible for what we know of the Angels so far, especially since Moffat's already pushing a lot of new abilities on them this episode.

On the other, it's very effectively played.

 

[Shazam!]

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Me neither. Urinating all over continuity for a joke that's not funny.

I thought it was funny. And urinating all over continuity is always fun.

I dunno. It was never something that needed explaining and it's kinda like someone coming along and saying "the chameleon circuit isn't broken" and then it's never mentioned again even though it'd make more sense story wise to hide the TARDIS.

Maybe in the next Star Trek movie they should say that beaming isn't supposed to look like that and Scotty has just been doing it wrong.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

As well, we've yet to find out what her big crime is, the one that she and Octavian briefly discussed. Also, she seemed to be on the defensive side (she swore there was only one Angel onboard, when really no one was questioning her to begin with), whereas everyone automatically and implicitly trusts a Mary Sue.

Maybe she wants to capture an Angel for sale as a bio (sort of) weapon. We were talking about Aliens earlier, after all. Maybe the monks want to harness the angels to purge non-believers. It would be a fitting form for them to use. I'm probably way off base, but it's the nods to Aliens that made me think that way.

That's very clever! I was toying with ideas in that direction, but didn't quite make the connection.

And it would further the themes of "The Beast Below" that it's humanity that is the real monster, not the monsters themselves. The monsters -- in "The Beast Below," the space whale; here, the Angels -- are simply the tools that humans can use to further their agenda.

Would the clerics use the Angels to banish non-believers or heretics to the past? Or perhaps they want to use the Angels to flee into the past and escape... something.

 

[ITL]

I noticed that the 4-second clip of the Weeping Angel went from time index 11:24 to 11:28. November the 28th is Karen Gillan's birthday (and mine too, which is why it caught my eye).

Coincidence, irrelevant pish, or me seeing something that wasn't there at all?
Yep. *cough* Sorry. I'll get me coat.

(Anyone who points out that "We don't do month before day over here, smarty pants!" gets a slice of Obvious Pie for their trouble).

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

It was never something that needed explaining

It's a story, nothing is necessary in stories. Nothing has to be explained, nothing has to be said, nothing has to happen. It's entertainment. It's a funny scene, which is the only justification needed.