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Average in the sense that the average episode of Doctor Who is pretty good, but this "special" was nothing above that.
We weren't really treated to a special, that title just sounds like an apology for us not having a full series this year.
Other than that, the usual really, a tad formulaic, again in the sense that the formula for the average Doctor Who episode is fun throughout with a little sense of tragedy.
I'm underwhelmed, and I can see why Primeval has been picking up new fans this year.
We weren't really treated to a special, that title just sounds like an apology for us not having a full series this year.
Other than that, the usual really, a tad formulaic, again in the sense that the formula for the average Doctor Who episode is fun throughout with a little sense of tragedy.
I'm underwhelmed, and I can see why Primeval has been picking up new fans this year.
Two things:
2) Did anyone notice that Mickey Smith (Noel Clarke) was the one narrating the Confidential this time? I guess Anthoney Head's contract is up. I love hearing Mickey again, and I would love any tangential connection he can keep with the show...
IIRC, he did the one for the next doctor as well.
One could call the Doctor a hypocrite anyway. He passes judgement on people on a routine basis, but one of the main themes about Journey's End was how the Doctor's freewheeling lifestyle finally caught up to him, about how he leaves destruction and chaos in his wake and turns innocent people into weapons (which is leagues above petty theft, something he's guilty of himself since Day 1 of the show). Whether or not Davros is right is irrelevant, as it probably got the Doctor to be a bit more introspective and considerate now about how he lives his life.
For nothing more than bragging rights and pride, really. It seemed consistent with how proud and cocky and confident and boisterous her character was throughout the movie. Frankly, she was bound to bite off more than she could chew (which eventually came true about twice or three times during the episode anyway, thanks to her hubris).
Christina was hot has hell. She looked like Liv Tyler, but her Brit accent was believable and she could act. Fun character. A little cliche - ok ALOT cliche - but fun.
I give it a solid B. It was really fun and good waste of a few hours. The way everything just happens to match up, like the gold cup being the thing that saves everyone is a bit much. But that's typical Sci Fi TV for you.
I liked The Prophecy at the end. "He will knock 4 times". The Master? I've heard rumors about that. Oh lordy please let it be the return of Lil' Sammy Tyler! Oh what magical fun it will be again. Scissor Sisters and all.
I give it a solid B. It was really fun and good waste of a few hours. The way everything just happens to match up, like the gold cup being the thing that saves everyone is a bit much. But that's typical Sci Fi TV for you.
I liked The Prophecy at the end. "He will knock 4 times". The Master? I've heard rumors about that. Oh lordy please let it be the return of Lil' Sammy Tyler! Oh what magical fun it will be again. Scissor Sisters and all.
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There are 4 beats to the Master's drumbeat.
I was wondering too why Christina did the following,
1. She gone out the roof but then was back in the museum.
2. While taken the Stantley cup, ok gold cup why would she put cat thingy there to make noise?
3. Why take off the mask in the museum?
4. While in the bus, why look out the window when the cop was looking toward her? Why not try to hide or cover up or something.
Its like please catch me, my life sucks and im bored so lets play catch me if you can.
Just wish they be smarter writing this stuff.
But my issues on why i disliked this episode are.
Being a big fan of Stargate SG-1, dont give me this BS that these creatures can create wormholes across the UNIVERSE just by flying around the planet.
I mean if they were flying that fast, shouldnt the planet be torn apart or something? Shouldnt it knock the planet off orbit? Striped the planet of atmoshere?
And if these creatures really did this type of thing, you would think the Doctor after 1000 years would of heard of such a beast since it could of been a threat to some planets out there.
The whole story just makes no dam sense to me, just dont hold up.
Its like they just needed an episode to throw out there and sat around for a hour and came up with this idea.
It didnt feel special, though nice in HD but still i was bored and in the end nothing really came of it.
Even people on the bus with him were boring and just had no suspense for me.
I wished they would of scraped this and just added the time to the last 3 episodes cause i feel this was a waste and im sure there are better storys to be told than this one.
Heck i honestly feel i rather get some detail of the TimeWar since im sure after these specials it might not be brought up again.
Atleast with the Other Doctor, it was a nice story, got to see pics of all the doctors and actually had a plot and made sense.
Didnt like Malcom either, he was there for comedy and that was it.
Now did anyone get a thrill when the Doctor told that lady how to start the Bus?
There is no key, just a MASTER SWITCH!!!!!! HINT HINT HINT
1. She gone out the roof but then was back in the museum.
2. While taken the Stantley cup, ok gold cup why would she put cat thingy there to make noise?
3. Why take off the mask in the museum?
4. While in the bus, why look out the window when the cop was looking toward her? Why not try to hide or cover up or something.
Its like please catch me, my life sucks and im bored so lets play catch me if you can.
Just wish they be smarter writing this stuff.
But my issues on why i disliked this episode are.
Being a big fan of Stargate SG-1, dont give me this BS that these creatures can create wormholes across the UNIVERSE just by flying around the planet.
I mean if they were flying that fast, shouldnt the planet be torn apart or something? Shouldnt it knock the planet off orbit? Striped the planet of atmoshere?
And if these creatures really did this type of thing, you would think the Doctor after 1000 years would of heard of such a beast since it could of been a threat to some planets out there.
The whole story just makes no dam sense to me, just dont hold up.
Its like they just needed an episode to throw out there and sat around for a hour and came up with this idea.
It didnt feel special, though nice in HD but still i was bored and in the end nothing really came of it.
Even people on the bus with him were boring and just had no suspense for me.
I wished they would of scraped this and just added the time to the last 3 episodes cause i feel this was a waste and im sure there are better storys to be told than this one.
Heck i honestly feel i rather get some detail of the TimeWar since im sure after these specials it might not be brought up again.
Atleast with the Other Doctor, it was a nice story, got to see pics of all the doctors and actually had a plot and made sense.
Didnt like Malcom either, he was there for comedy and that was it.
Now did anyone get a thrill when the Doctor told that lady how to start the Bus?
There is no key, just a MASTER SWITCH!!!!!! HINT HINT HINT
Yes there is. John Simm was so full of win he even made Last of The Time Lords extremely watchable. To me he was like the closest we'll ever come to seeing a live action version of Mark Hammill's The Joker from Batman:The Animated Series. He even had is own Harley Quinn. If it leads to more scenes like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGoTxNrhrk0&feature=related I will be jumping with joy and rooting for The Bad Guy all over again.
well it would be seeing as she IS BRITISH!
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Zactly.
I didn't really like the foreshadowing. It was cack handed. They might as well have had the woman jump on Tennant and smash him over the head with a hammer, screaming "YOU ARE GOING TO REGENERATE SOON NUDGE NUDGE WINK WINK", before squatting, dropping trou and quietly explaining that The Master will be involved whilst squeezing a shit into his gob.
Fade out. Best Doctor Who finisher ever.
Zactly.
I didn't really like the foreshadowing. It was cack handed. They might as well have had the woman jump on Tennant and smash him over the head with a hammer, screaming "YOU ARE GOING TO REGENERATE SOON NUDGE NUDGE WINK WINK", before squatting, dropping trou and quietly explaining that The Master will be involved whilst squeezing a shit into his gob.
Fade out. Best Doctor Who finisher ever.
Average at best. Hopefully, the specials ending 10's tenure will be better. And not RTD fanwank.
Well... she does a shit, and the Slitheen are shit... maybe the Master is in league with them!
Saw it tonight so I'm all caught up with it all. Given the Christmas Special and this are fresh in the mind, I think I liked the Christmas special better, but this one was pretty good too.
I think my only drawback though was this episode reminded me too much of the movie Flight of the Phoenix. Bus/Plane crashing in a desert, have to survive, all that stuff. Much like everyone else, from the comments I read, That these were described as "specials" have lead to a disappointment and I can't say I agree with that. In season 4, (David Tennant's best season) this would be an above average episode. I guess with specials, I was expecting some of what Doctor Who does best. They can't do the Cyberman, and they've done the Daleks to death already, but what about something maybe referring back to one of the Christmas specials. I'm not as knowledgeable about DW as others here, but something more grandiose would be considered a special.
Anyway, as for this one, I liked it. It was fun, and I just love it when we see Tennant for the first time in an episode. All his enterences are so great and this one was no different. "I'm the Doctor, Happy Easter" and "I never do Easter. I can never find it" are two great quotes from this episode. Tennant's delivery gets me everytime.
Michelle Ryan is hot in this episode. It was a great character and I'm going to miss her already. It's great to see her in a natural role (I don't mean that in a bad way, but while I liked her to an extent in Bionic Woman, she is British and had a bad American Accent) and man I never realized how hot she was.
Overall, Above Average. Good story, good character, but it shouldn't be considered a Special. Also the character work between Tennant and Morrissey I thought was a lot better.
I think my only drawback though was this episode reminded me too much of the movie Flight of the Phoenix. Bus/Plane crashing in a desert, have to survive, all that stuff. Much like everyone else, from the comments I read, That these were described as "specials" have lead to a disappointment and I can't say I agree with that. In season 4, (David Tennant's best season) this would be an above average episode. I guess with specials, I was expecting some of what Doctor Who does best. They can't do the Cyberman, and they've done the Daleks to death already, but what about something maybe referring back to one of the Christmas specials. I'm not as knowledgeable about DW as others here, but something more grandiose would be considered a special.
Anyway, as for this one, I liked it. It was fun, and I just love it when we see Tennant for the first time in an episode. All his enterences are so great and this one was no different. "I'm the Doctor, Happy Easter" and "I never do Easter. I can never find it" are two great quotes from this episode. Tennant's delivery gets me everytime.
Michelle Ryan is hot in this episode. It was a great character and I'm going to miss her already. It's great to see her in a natural role (I don't mean that in a bad way, but while I liked her to an extent in Bionic Woman, she is British and had a bad American Accent) and man I never realized how hot she was.
Overall, Above Average. Good story, good character, but it shouldn't be considered a Special. Also the character work between Tennant and Morrissey I thought was a lot better.
Very average.
HATED that the Doctor let the girl get away at the end. My partner summed it up when he said, "Were she fat and not good looking, the Doctor would not have done anything." She was allowed to get away and, in one of the hokiest, dummest and worst endings for a DW ever(complete with what sounded like John Williams crossed with James Horner music)fly off like Marty McFly to more crime and bad doings while the assembled bit players gazed up beatifically as if they were watching Christ return.
Absolute shit.
Oh but it's okay because she's HAAAWWWWTTTTT!!!!1!
Bullshit.
I have never really put RTD down but, if the other three specials are anywhere as bad as this, I'd say, hurry up and leave, love and close the door behind ya!
HATED that the Doctor let the girl get away at the end. My partner summed it up when he said, "Were she fat and not good looking, the Doctor would not have done anything." She was allowed to get away and, in one of the hokiest, dummest and worst endings for a DW ever(complete with what sounded like John Williams crossed with James Horner music)fly off like Marty McFly to more crime and bad doings while the assembled bit players gazed up beatifically as if they were watching Christ return.
Absolute shit.
Oh but it's okay because she's HAAAWWWWTTTTT!!!!1!
Bullshit.
I have never really put RTD down but, if the other three specials are anywhere as bad as this, I'd say, hurry up and leave, love and close the door behind ya!
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