Review of the 11th First Episode

[The Mirrorball Man]

Check her out in 40s stockings in Curse of Fenric and her low cut top in Ghostlight

I have and she does absolutely nothing for me. Hey, whatever floats your boat, I guess.

 

[saturn5]

Check her out in 40s stockings in Curse of Fenric and her low cut top in Ghostlight

I have and she does absolutely nothing for me. Hey, whatever floats your boat, I guess.

She floats my boat so much it's practically a hovercraft!

 

[Cutter John]

Enjoyed it for the most part. Even if it was yet another earthbound story.

Though I could've done without the Doctor spitting food all over Amelia's kitchen. (ick) And a real 'plucky girl' would've told him to clear off about the third time he bitched about her cooking.

Seriously though, the fact that I can hardly wait six more days for the next story is a a good sign.

 

[Shazam!]

Great opening scene with the Dr hanging out of the Tardis. Glad he managed to miss St George's tower after it had been rebuilt since last time

St Steven's.

 

[captcalhoun]

i fancied Ace too!

still do!

 

[David cgc]

3. The post-regenetative Dr has cravings just like the Master did. At least his didn't lead to cannabalism

I think it might've had more to do with "The Lazarus Experiment." Remember when he was commiserating with Dr. Lazarus about post-regeneration hunger while Lazarus was assaulting a platter of hors d'oeuvrs?

 

[saturn5]

Great opening scene with the Dr hanging out of the Tardis. Glad he managed to miss St George's tower after it had been rebuilt since last time

St Steven's.

Oops!

Captain Calhoun you have great taste in women

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

I like jokes and fun as much as anyone...

Post proof or retract.

 

[Bones2]

I like jokes and fun as much as anyone...

Post proof or retract.

You usually seem to be much more of a glum curmudgeon than I could ever hope to be. You just instead use those powers in defence of RTD, Avatar, Star Trek XI, or whatever else the mindless flavour of the moment happens to be.

But then, it's not really fair to judge someone based only on a few posts on an internet forum, is it?

 

[ATimson]

Great opening scene with the Dr hanging out of the Tardis. Glad he managed to miss St George's tower after it had been rebuilt since last time

Only if Amy's from 2020 or later.

I am curious, though, as to what her "present" is. The age of Rory's phone would have her leaving as a companion from no sooner than November 2010 (since the phone came out in November 2008).

 

[Lindley]

9. Amelia watches the Dr disrobing? She's interested in him or maybe she's just used to people getting naked because of her job?

As I understand it, a kiss-o-gram has nothing to do with nudity.

 

[Checkmate]

But then, it's not really fair to judge someone based only on a few posts on an internet forum, is it?

It is when every single post reads like every single post of yours.

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

You usually seem to be much more of a glum curmudgeon than I could ever hope to be. You just instead use those powers in defence of RTD, Avatar, Star Trek XI, or whatever else the mindless flavour of the moment happens to be.

So you're saying that he's a curmudgeon who enjoys stuff and feels enthusiastic about things? Sounds like a bizarro curmudgeon to me.

But then, it's not really fair to judge someone based only on a few posts on an internet forum, is it?

It is unfair, but when lots of people think you're annoying, it's usually a good idea to pay attention.

 

[DimesDan]

You usually seem to be much more of a glum curmudgeon than I could ever hope to be. You just instead use those powers in defence of RTD, Avatar, Star Trek XI, or whatever else the mindless flavour of the moment happens to be.

So you're saying that he's a curmudgeon who enjoys stuff and feels enthusiastic about things? Sounds like a bizarro curmudgeon to me.

But then, it's not really fair to judge someone based only on a few posts on an internet forum, is it?

It is unfair, but when lots of people think you're annoying, it's usually a good idea to pay attention.

Posted for, well the truth and because I liked what Mirrorball said

And more on topic, here's what some hack wrote in Mondays Guardian about Eleventh Hour:

W-e-l-l, it's different, but it's not a Tennant. Matt Smith, the new Doctor Who(BBC1, Saturday), is more of a Jim Carrey. His energy levels – fuelled by his chosen diet of fish fingers and custard – are phenomenal. He leaps like a stag, his speech is set to fast-forward and his face seems to open like an accordion as the tumbling forelock and long chin take off in different directions. Even allowing for the fact that the world is going to end in 20 minutes ("The universe is cracked!"), you do feel he could simmer down a bit. And that goes for the new scriptwriter, Steven Moffatt.

A creature that is all eyes and teeth, like a celebrity (well, one big eye and lots of teeth), is set on incinerating the world. The eye is set rather prettily in a space snowflake. The teeth are in a great snake. I swear I have seen that snake before. It feels like an old friend. In a striking rooftop scene the Doctor argues with the eye in order to save the world, and wins the debate. You have to concede that the eye, being an eye, is at a disadvantage here.


The Eleventh Hour began with the newly hatched Doctor encountering a nice, unaffected child (Caitlin Blackwood). She says with remarkable perspicacity: "Who are you!" Which, of course, he is. Having a conspicuously poor sense of time-keeping, he returns a mere 12 years later to find her transmuted into a kissogram (Karen Gillan). I would have quite liked him to stick with the kid, but you probably need a certificate for that sort of thing now. Caitlin and Karen, as it happens, are real-life cousins.

Matt Smith should do wonders for the sales of bowties, erasing all memory of Frank Butcher.

The show itself gets a big subliminal boost from Easter, what with him coming back from the dead and looking quite different and saving the world and all that. It seems to be the only religious programme on offer all weekend.

 

[Australis]

^ Someone thinks he's Clive James. Sadly, no.

 

[DimesDan]

^ Someone thinks he's Clive James. Sadly, no.

Who does?

 

[Bones2]

But then, it's not really fair to judge someone based only on a few posts on an internet forum, is it?

It is when every single post reads like every single post of yours.

Har har. Really though, I don't even know who you are.

You usually seem to be much more of a glum curmudgeon than I could ever hope to be. You just instead use those powers in defence of RTD, Avatar, Star Trek XI, or whatever else the mindless flavour of the moment happens to be.

So you're saying that he's a curmudgeon who enjoys stuff and feels enthusiastic about things? Sounds like a bizarro curmudgeon to me.

Yeah, I wouldn't have believed it had I not seen it myself. The idea of someone who on the one hand seems like a moody old misanthrope but on the other hand still cheerleads for the latest fashionable style-over-substance bit of hackery isn't something I'd have thought possible.

But then, it's not really fair to judge someone based only on a few posts on an internet forum, is it?

It is unfair, but when lots of people think you're annoying, it's usually a good idea to pay attention.

Would you still be saying that if I was an RTD fan the way most of my critics here are? You'll probably say otherwise, but I doubt you would (same to you Checkmate). So really, it's a case of you and others personally attacking someone who you disagree with.

You usually seem to be much more of a glum curmudgeon than I could ever hope to be. You just instead use those powers in defence of RTD, Avatar, Star Trek XI, or whatever else the mindless flavour of the moment happens to be.

So you're saying that he's a curmudgeon who enjoys stuff and feels enthusiastic about things? Sounds like a bizarro curmudgeon to me.

It is unfair, but when lots of people think you're annoying, it's usually a good idea to pay attention.

Posted for, well the truth and because I liked what Mirrorball said

That really is you at your most witless, merely quoting someone else and posting a tongue-sticking smiley while agreeing. But then, a round of Bones-bashing wouldn't be the same without you sticking your especially worthless two penneth in.

 

[Australis]

^ Someone thinks he's Clive James. Sadly, no.

Who does?

That writer for the Guardian. IIRC, Clive James was a TV critic for the Observer from 72 to 82. A large selection of his columns were published in 3 volumes, and they've been combined into a single book, Clive James on Television. Damned funny. The guy here sounds like he's trying to be wittier than thou, and it's a bit meh.

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

Would you still be saying that if I was an RTD fan the way most of my critics here are?

USS Bones, as lots and lots of people have told you already, it's your endless stream of negativity, condescension and bitterness that makes people crazy. You're not singled out because of your opinions, you're singled out because people find you annoying. There is no conspiracy at work here. We don't have a special handshake. We've all come to the same conclusion on our own. I'm sorry if it hurts your feelings, but maybe, maybe there something there that is worth thinking about.

PM me if you want to talk about it further because I think the thread has been derailed enough already.

 

[Bones2]

Would you still be saying that if I was an RTD fan the way most of my critics here are?

USS Bones, as lots and lots of people have told you already, it's your endless stream of negativity, condescension and bitterness that makes people crazy. You're not singled out because of your opinions, you're singled out because people find you annoying. There is no conspiracy at work here. We don't have a special handshake. We've all come to the same conclusion on our own. I'm sorry if it hurts your feelings, but maybe, maybe there something there that is worth thinking about.

Get someone whose opinion I might actually care about to express such views about me, and then my monocle might fall out.

PM me if you want to talk about it further because I think the thread has been derailed enough already.

Why didn't you put that in a PM then? Couldn't resist the opportunity to join the queue and be seen criticising me further in public?