6x04 The Doctor's Wife(Grading/Discussion) (SPOILERS!!)

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

By the way, who is Neil Gaiman? And why should I care??

Best-selling, award winning author, who is know for the DC Comic The Sandman, which won the World Fantasy Award for short fiction in 1991 for the issue "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

He also wrote a season 5 episode of Babylon 5, "Day of the Dead."

Neil Gaiman's website.

Neil wikipedia.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

By the way, who is Neil Gaiman? And why should I care??

Neil Gaiman is the writer of numerous comic books including Sandman which he created and various runs on other comics. Fantasy novels including Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and with Terry Pratchett, Good Omens. and written some TV too, Neverwhere and the B5 episode Day of the Dead. Off the top of my head.

 

[Capt_Pickirk]

He cowrote the script for Robert Zemeckis's Beowulf

Oh dear...

 

[Sindatur]

I saw the speculation that River may be the TARDIS personified, and some references to Book or Audio stories having a personified TARDIS and thought it sounded ludicrous, and couldn't imagine how something like that could happen and not end up being stupid.

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode, and think the personification of the TARDIS was fantastically done. A+ from me

 

[Neroon]

Infraction for flaming. COmments to PM

what is wrong with this forum.

I don't know...

What the fuck???

If you actually question the action, feel free to take it to PM. Otherwise, there is no continuning that line in thread.

It was pretty much a 'nothing' episode. Nothing really happened, nothing was gained from this episode and we learnt pretty much nothing about the characters. *yawn*

Plus it was a cheesy, fanwanky, mess of an episode. Seriously? The Tardis inhabits a lady! Ooo!!! Fan-fucking-tastic. It's the sort of thing a nine year old with dementia would come up with. Almost as bad as 'Fear her' or 'Love and Monsters'

Dial it back with the invective. We've had entirely too much of it lately. You're free to dislike the episode and to express it. But this over-the-top approach causes more problems than it's worth.

 

[IndyJones]

As an American I had no idea that this one had... big deal writer.

And that big deal writer lives in Nowhere, Wisconsin.





Add me to the list of people that really enjoyed this one!

 

[Capt_Pickirk]

what is wrong with this forum.

I don't know...

What the fuck???

If you actually question the action, feel free to take it to PM. Otherwise, there is no continuning that line in thread.

It was pretty much a 'nothing' episode. Nothing really happened, nothing was gained from this episode and we learnt pretty much nothing about the characters. *yawn*

Plus it was a cheesy, fanwanky, mess of an episode. Seriously? The Tardis inhabits a lady! Ooo!!! Fan-fucking-tastic. It's the sort of thing a nine year old with dementia would come up with. Almost as bad as 'Fear her' or 'Love and Monsters'

Dial it back with the invective. We've had entirely too much of it lately. You're free to dislike the episode and to express it. But this over-the-top approach causes more problems than it's worth.

*sigh*

Fine then.

I dislike it cos it's dumb...

 

[Brent]

I don't understand this need to have to "learn" something in an episode. I can enjoy an episode where nothing new is learned, but our characters just have a fun and entertaining episode. /shrug

Though we did actually learn a lot here, so saying we didn't learn anything isn't valid, but even if we hadn't, the episode would still be completely entertaining and a pleasure to watch. I watch TV to be entertained, and Doctor Who does that.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

He cowrote the script for Robert Zemeckis's Beowulf

Oh dear...

I don't blame Gaiman and Roger Avery for that mess. Their script is actually quite good (it's very literate), and had Avery directed it in the style that he wanted (low budget, live action, and dirty) it would have been genius. Zemeckis, however, saw the possibility of doing something with mo-cap, and it turned into something that it wasn't supposed to be.

 

[Neroon]

Gaiman is also a highly successful comic writer. Additionally, he wrote the book version of "Stardust" and had creative input on the filmed version.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Gaiman is a master...and I agree with Brent's comments. You don't always have to learn something new about your characters as long as you're being entertained by what is going on in the episode...and I was!

 

[Skellington]

I for one loved Beowulf, largely because of the script and the mocap. Saw Stardust recently in preparation for the Who episode; not bad in the end, but I thought that the acting was the strongest part. Maybe it worked better in graphic novel form.
In my opinion, Gaiman's Sandman was the finest ongoing comic book series of all time, a story about stories and an indication that the comic books are a medium, not a genre.
The Doctor's Wife, to me, is a respectable addition to Gaiman's canon and a highlight of an exceptional career.

 

[JoeZhang]

Just seen it - we (the Boss) and I thought that it was a really good fun episode.

 

[Kitty Worrier]

Anyway, I wasn't posting to reply to the above comments - I just couldn't let them pass. What I was going to comment on is I wonder if all viewers were actually able to hear the TARDIS say "I love you" as Idris' body vanished? I did not hear it on the Space broadcast, nor did I hear it when I watched the streaming version on Space's website just now. Yet the YouTube clip of the final minutes, taken from the BBC One broadcast, it was clear as day. Was it hard to hear on BBC America as well?

Alex

I just watched my recorded version from BBCA, and didn't see it there. maybe I need to watch the whole scene, but I watched the last 20 to 30 seconds before she dissapears.

 

[Gojulas]

Great episode. Loved the writing and it was a lot of fun seeing 9/10's console room again.

 

[Neroon]

Michael Sheen as the disembodied voice to me is a better choice than Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant, of course..... but think of it with Hugh Laurie

 

[MacLeod]

Well looking back at the polls over the last few episodes, it seems as if this is a clear winner in terms of rating.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Anyway, I wasn't posting to reply to the above comments - I just couldn't let them pass. What I was going to comment on is I wonder if all viewers were actually able to hear the TARDIS say "I love you" as Idris' body vanished? I did not hear it on the Space broadcast, nor did I hear it when I watched the streaming version on Space's website just now. Yet the YouTube clip of the final minutes, taken from the BBC One broadcast, it was clear as day. Was it hard to hear on BBC America as well?

Alex

I just watched my recorded version from BBCA, and didn't see it there. maybe I need to watch the whole scene, but I watched the last 20 to 30 seconds before she dissapears.

I watched it last night with the captioning on and it was captioned but I didn't hear it. I didn't think too much of it at the time thinking I just missed it or something but now that you point it out I have to wonder.

 

[wamdue]

I heard the TARDIS say "I love you" on Confidential.

 

[DAK]

Anyway, I wasn't posting to reply to the above comments - I just couldn't let them pass. What I was going to comment on is I wonder if all viewers were actually able to hear the TARDIS say "I love you" as Idris' body vanished? I did not hear it on the Space broadcast, nor did I hear it when I watched the streaming version on Space's website just now. Yet the YouTube clip of the final minutes, taken from the BBC One broadcast, it was clear as day. Was it hard to hear on BBC America as well?

I didn't hear it the first 3 times I watched. I just played that scene and listened carefully, and you're right. It's faint but I definitely hear it! Very cool!!