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

[timothy]

so niel gieman wrote this episode? if so this is so his style I would love to see stephen king do an episode. the human avatar for the tardis is a hottie. and did'nt they cover this before the tardis being a living starship?

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Doctor Who toy commercial! Surreal.

I know this is old hat for you UK guys but that is a first for me.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Rory is the "pretty one"

 

[Gov Kodos]

Rory is the "pretty one"

That's why she only showed the female companions to Amy. She wants to make her jealous and drive her off. I loved the Doctor's reaction when it hit him who she was talking about.

 

[Sci]

On a final note, I noticed in the end credits, RTD got a credit for creating the Ood. Shouldn't whoever wrote The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit be credited for creating the Ood?

Presumably Davies created the Ood and Matt Jones included them at RTD's instruction.

And for that matter, back in The Pandorica Opens, there were several aliens present that were legitemately created by RTD (Judoon, Sycorax, Hoix) yet he didn't get credited in the closing credits there. In fact, I think they only listed Terry Nation for creating the Daleks then. So what's the deal here?

Maybe the legalities on the ownership of the Ood copyright have only recently been worked out?

Oddly enough -- or, rather, oodly enough? -- Terry Nation didn't get a credit at the end of "The Pandorica Opens," only "The Big Bang," even though the Daleks appeared in both. Robert Holmes didn't get a credit for creating the Sontarans in "The Pandorica Opens," either, nor did Kit Pedler & Gerry Davis get one for the Cybermen.

 

[RavenCWG]

Was there not a Prequel for this week's episode?

Since I do not live in the UK and therefore don't have access to the many of the things on the BBC's official DW website, the only way I can get to see the Prequels is to watch them on YouTube, but thus far there has not been one posted for this week. So I was just wondering whether or not one was actually released on the official site that just hasn't made it onto YouTube yet.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

OK, that was a brilliant episode. Just brilliant. Gaiman should write an episode per year if they could be this good.

It would've been cool, at the end, with the Doctor fooling with the TARDIS as it was flying off, if it had changed into something else, then back in to a police box.

That's just what popped into my head at that moment.

And a reference to the Eye Of Orion as a restful place.

 

[Peacemaker]

A truly fun romp! Perfect

 

[Servo]

Just caught it on iplayer. That was fucking brilliant.

 

[Demonland]

Pull to Open (The Doctor's Wife Spoilers)

I feel so stupid!

I have been watching this show for 34 years. I love the TARDIS. The look of the iconic police box is seared into my brain. I have seven models of them (1st, 4th, 7th, 9th/10th & 11th) that sit on my home office desk and I look at them every single day. I have read the notice on the front door many many times. I know those words almost by rote. But I have never in my whole Doctor Who watching days realised that the Doctor broke the rules by pushing instead of pulling.

Am I alone here? I feel very silly. I hearby turn in my lifelong Doctor Who membership.

 

[UssGlenn]

Re: Pull to Open (The Doctor's Wife Spoilers)

See, I thought that only applied to the little door with the phone behind it, not the big doors.

 

[David cgc]

And an interesting photo

Spoiler: Photo

Apparently they were going to go through more past sets but it was too costly

Interesting how they got around the not HD-readiness of the set by dimming all the lighting way down. Sort of the "Star Trek: Generations" philosophy, there.

It looked fine in bright lighting in "The End of Time." It was actually kind of funny how scared they were of showing the set in HD through the specials, completely avoiding it in "Planet of the Dead," having only one or two little shots in "Waters of Mars," and then just using it as much as they would've normally in "End of Time."

I've gotta say, I still miss it. Especially how much more expansive it seems than the new one. I was kind of hoping they'd have taken the opportunity to finally add the interior door, but I can see why they wouldn't have bothered, especially since the set already had a perfectly serviceable door.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

That was OK and kind of fun. After marathoning the other episodes this season which I hadn't seen yet it felt really set-bound and I'm getting a bit tired of the darkness (actual not figurative). Though it was kind of nice to have a straight-forward storyline.

I'm not quite sure of my final opinion, the more I look back the slighter it seems, I'll reserve final judgement for another eventual viewing.

Did anyone else notice that when the TARDIS dematerialised, the Cloister bell was tolling?

Yep!

I've heard about but never noticed the cloister bell, but tonight, thanks to closed captioning pointing it out, I finally know what people are talking about.

 

[Hennessy Badger]

I loved seeing the coral control room again! Such a beauty.

This episode was considerably better than last weeks. It was like Doctor Who crossed with Farscape. Lots of action, humor, and just the right amount of heart.

As others have mentioned, there were some great one liners. My favorite being: "Another Ood I failed to save."

 

[Professor Zoom]

Fun romp. Just great fun. A smile on my face.

LOADS better than last week.

 

[Palladin5]

Simple awesome this week. Blown away!

 

[thestrangequark]

Oh, it was wonderful!

 

[Cutter John]

Another observation. Did anyone else get a serious 'State of Decay' vibe off this one? Powerful alien entity whos fought TimeLords in the past, living underground on a planet in a pocket universe, and keeping a small group of humans alive as servants?
I only mention it because I'm deathly curious to know just what House was.

And FINALLY they let Matt's Doctor show some bloody emotions!

He practically fell apart during his "silly old Doctor" speech to young Amy in The Big Bang.

I seriously wonder if some people actually pay attention to the show they're criticizing these days.

Awww gimme a break. I'm a Pertwee/Tennant fan, so I like a Doctor who wears his heart a bit on his sleeve. Yes hes gotten outraged or upset a handful of times, but far too infrequently for my taste.

 

[Sci]

Even Tennant's Doctor didn't exactly wear his heart on his sleeve. When he's hurt, especially, he tends to just shut down, emotionally. Witness his reactions at the end of "The Girl in the Fireplace" or "Forest of the Dead."

"Are you alright?"

"I'm always alright."

"Is alright special Time Lord code for really not alright at all?"

"Why?"

"Because I'm alright, too."

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

Only Neil Gaiman could have a love story and a haunted house story all in one. That was fucking fantastic!