7X01 Asylum Of The Daleks (Grading/Discussion) (SPOILERS!)

[Lonemagpie]

She's a fairly well-known actress from Emmerdale and Waterloo Road, and her casting was announced some time ago and publicised widely.

That's kind of my point - I knew all along that a person called Jenna Louise Coleman is new companion Clara Oswin, I have seen pics of her filming, and I still didn't recognise her... so what chance has the casual viewer got to get what's such a "twist" (as even the Radio Times promised) about her? Until Xmas anyway...

 

[Saga]

Not bad. And unlike the last Dalek story it wasn't a two-parter missing the second part.

And, did the Doctor say that the nano-clouds doen's affect time-lords or not? because if it didn't, why didn't he give Amy his arm-band earlier..

because he knew Rory would sacrifice himself to save Amy. he had to 'fix' them.

 

[Skellington]

Btw, this episode really does show how scared the Doctor is in front of the Daleks..like realllly scared..terrified almost.

I thought that it was an almost Troughtonesque level of Oh Noes. Can now kind of see where the people who say Smith is like Troughton are coming from.

 

[Iamnotspock]

That's kind of my point - I knew all along that a person called Jenna Louise Coleman is new companion Clara Oswin, I have seen pics of her filming, and I still didn't recognise her... so what chance has the casual viewer got to get what's such a "twist" (as even the Radio Times promised) about her? Until Xmas anyway...

Many would have recognised her, and I suppose that's who they were talking to.

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

so what chance has the casual viewer got to get what's such a "twist" (as even the Radio Times promised) about her?

A rather big chance. She's quite well-known, really.

 

[MacLeod]

A reasonable good start to the new series, the question is can they maintain the standard?

 

[Mr. Adventure]

She's a fairly well-known actress from Emmerdale and Waterloo Road, and her casting was announced some time ago and publicised widely.

That's kind of my point - I knew all along that a person called Jenna Louise Coleman is new companion Clara Oswin, I have seen pics of her filming, and I still didn't recognise her... so what chance has the casual viewer got to get what's such a "twist" (as even the Radio Times promised) about her? Until Xmas anyway...

There's a better chance (depending on what BBCA shows in promos) that viewers in the US might be surprised when she later returns. She isn't well-known here and things like who the Doctor's next companion are don't get splashed all over every media.

 

[USS KG5]

A rather big chance. She's quite well-known, really.

It has to be said, she is also top class eye-candy. A good replacement for Karen Gillan for drooling over when the missus isn't looking!

 

[Butters]

I enjoyed it. The series feels back on track.

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

It has to be said, she is also top class eye-candy. A good replacement for Karen Gillan for drooling over when the missus isn't looking!

"One for the dads", I believe, is the traditional job description.

 

[Starkers]

I have to say initial I wasn't that keen, but I thought she showed potential to be a lot of fun tonight!

 

[Pindar]

I thought she was great, I look forward to finding out how the doctor saves her or how she ends Dalekised.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

So now that the Daleks have been Donna'd I wonder what future episodes will be like. Will the Doctor now be known as "that Doctor" that once trespassed on their ship? "Ex-term-inate that doc-tor!"

 

[Pindar]

So now that the Daleks have been Donna'd I wonder what future episodes will be like. Will the Doctor now be known as "that Doctor" that once trespassed on their ship? "Ex-term-inate that doc-tor!"

The only thing the modern Doctor has had over the Daleks is his reputation. He's relied on it heavily in recen encounters. I look forward to the next Dalek outing to see how he deals with them without that to fall back on.

 

[MacLeod]

so what chance has the casual viewer got to get what's such a "twist" (as even the Radio Times promised) about her?

A rather big chance. She's quite well-known, really.

Like with anything else she's only well known if you've seen shows she's been in.

Don't watch Emmerdale, I've only seen a few episodes of Waterloo Raod

So to me she would be a virtual unknown.

 

[Lonemagpie]

Incidentally, although the old Daleks were mostly in the Asylum, didn't I see a black and gold movie era one - possibly the Supreme from Planet of the Daleks - in the Parliament in a couple of shots (on the right hand side of the screen, just at the end of the aisle, second row from the front, in a couple of shots looking past the NPD Supreme and Weakest Link lectern towards the central floor)?

 

[Lonemagpie]

So now that the Daleks have been Donna'd I wonder what future episodes will be like. Will the Doctor now be known as "that Doctor" that once trespassed on their ship? "Ex-term-inate that doc-tor!"

The only thing the modern Doctor has had over the Daleks is his reputation. He's relied on it heavily in recen encounters. I look forward to the next Dalek outing to see how he deals with them without that to fall back on.

Probably won't take him long to get a rep with them - even in the original series it only took till their third story before they'd built a time machine of their own to hunt him down...

 

[Pindar]

Probably won't take him long to get a rep with them - even in the original series it only took till their third story before they'd built a time machine of their own to hunt him down...

True enough.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

My opinion of AOTD.

SQEEEEEE!!!.

The end.

 

[Skellington]

Dd anyone spot a glass Dalek, or did the mainstream Daleks consider them abominations and just kill them?