Well I ended up watching it three times, one of the times a fell asleep.
Seriously? Is this this what passes for Doctor Who these days? Goddamn!
6x04 The Doctor's Wife(Grading/Discussion) (SPOILERS!!)
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Seriously? Is this this what passes for Doctor Who these days? Goddamn!
Somebody woke up Mr. Grumpy Face.
I dunno. Maybe I've just been watching too much of the original show, and am coming into the Nuseries again expecting quality storytelling. Woops. My mistake
Back to discussing the episode itself...did anyone catch what those cube voices were saying? I just heard "Gallifrey" but couldn't make out anything else.
To quote Buffy, "A world of 'No'". Maybe if he's in a rush to get out of the ship, but only in the direst of emergencies. The Peter Cushing TARDIS had outward-opening doors and it just looked wrong. Mileage may vary, of course.
It's happened a few times in the new series, I think. The only time I'm sure of in "The Eleventh Hour" when the Doctor climbs out of the crashed TARDIS, but I think there were other instances.
Because if the original Doctor Who is known for something, it's character development.
I wonder if Sexy archived it. There might be times that the Doctor feels like pulling that one as the desktop theme, for fun and nostalgia's sake, because it reminds him of the time that he and Sexy built a TARDIS console from spit, baling wire, stone knives, and bearskins.
And if the 'nu' show is known for anything, it's character assassination.Because if the original Doctor Who is known for something, it's character development.
Or Mary-sue-ism-thingys...
I was thinking that.
I didn't understand all of it, either, but I also heard "This is the High Council" and "We're still here". To me, the messages appeared to be from the end of the Time War which is why I thought it might be the Timelords from the last day of the Time War behind the timelock that could somehow be heard on this planet. It's somewhat disappointing that wasn't really the case.
Checkmate
Commodore
It's amazing how many masochists post on these forums. Someone who hated the episode watched it not once, not twice, but three times.
And worse still, they're masochists who apparently can't interpret what they watch. Nothing happened? Really? So we didn't get to meet the TARDIS? We didn't learn that she stole him as much as he stole her? We didn't learn that she is constantly malfunctioning when she takes the Doctor somewhere unexpected, but instead delivers him there intentionally? We didn't get to see more of the TARDIS' interior? We didn't get to hear the TARDIS whisper a prophetic clue to Rory about an upcoming episode?
Perhaps I'm the one who watched a different episode then, because I'm pretty sure I saw those things and plenty more in the one I watched.
(And I only watched it once.)
Same here. No idea that this was an ep that I should have been looking forward to. Just "this weeks ep" to me and it was superb!
I thought that the scrap-built console reminded me of the one from the auxiliary control room from the early Baker years. Complete with the mirror, too. I was also surprised to see the coral room again, too. I figured the set was struck. Nice to see the BBC spent the money to store at least part of it. I'm impressed they spent the $$ to put it back together for what amounted to 3 minutes of screen time.
Loved the actress who played Idris. What a beauty! Haven't seen her on BBCA before but will look out for her now. Did I miss a reveal about who exactly Idris was or where she came from? Usually, in cases of possession, the Doc is concerned with the original host but, in this case, he doesn't seem concerned at all. A bit odd.
I actually came in with quite low expectations since the only thing I had to go on was the title.
I don't loathe the show, I love it. It's probably one of the best things on Telly. I just think it could do better.
Well, the first time I was eating, so I wasn't really paying attention. So I watched it a second time and fell asleep from boredom.
I got round to watching it a third time and I didn't like it.
Well sure, we learnt those things. But we didn't really LEARN anything. If that makes sense...
Well, the other two people and then the TARDIS itself explained what had happened and that now that House was gone they would die. Whoever Idris once had been had died a long time ago.