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Title: Fish finders and Custard - Anyone watch Doctor Who?
Post by: persia on April 09, 2010, 04:37:07 AM

Did you want Matt Smith's first episode?  I really liked it.

Title: Re: Fish finders and Custard - Anyone watch Doctor Who?
Post by: Matt_H on April 09, 2010, 04:44:14 AM

Not sure what I think of the Doctor yet (he seems very similar to David Tennant), but I'm thrilled that Steven Moffat is now the showrunner. His older episodes are absolute gold, so I can't wait to see what he does with more control over the whole series. I just hope he doesn't burn out...

Title: Re: Fish finders and Custard - Anyone watch Doctor Who?
Post by: Mike_Amiga on April 19, 2010, 01:10:56 AM

I haven't seen the episode yet, but I think Matt Smith would make an excellent Skeletor from He-Man!

Title: Re: Fish finders and Custard - Anyone watch Doctor Who?
Post by: persia on April 19, 2010, 03:39:56 AM

I really wasn't that fond of the Amy episode.  The Doctor seemed altogether too quic to want to destroy the space whale propelling Spaceship Britain.  The Dalek episode was ok, I liked the robot who "built" the "Ironsides" and Churchill was kind of a treat....

Title: Re: Fish finders and Custard - Anyone watch Doctor Who?
Post by: Matt_H on April 19, 2010, 04:08:54 AM

"The Amy episode"? I think there are going to be quite a few of those this season, seeing as she's the companion and all ;)

Didn't care for the Dalek episode this week. Fun concept, but could have been executed better. It felt truncated and incomplete.

Need to rewatch Blink to get pumped for the return of the weeping angels...

Title: Re: Fish finders and Custard - Anyone watch Doctor Who?
Post by: Tenacious on April 19, 2010, 04:26:02 PM

I'm sort of happy to see the previous writer (Russel T. Davies?) leaving.  I suppose he had some good episodes, but he seems like an atheist who needs reassuring that it is a good choice.  Many of his plot lines seem drawn right out of the Bible, especially his season finallies.  Doctor Who as the not so reluctant savior.  It's sad when a writer doesn't have the good taste to leave the sacred alone.  None of the previous Doctors had to resort to re-treading the gospels or toying with Christian imagery.

My 2 cents.

Title: Re: Fish finders and Custard - Anyone watch Doctor Who?
Post by: Matt_H on April 22, 2010, 04:09:16 AM

@ Tenacious

Rather than being motivated by a particular ideology, I thought Davies was just simply good-old-fashioned insane. Took a dive into the deep end of the crazy pool.

Title: Re: Fish finders and Custard - Anyone watch Doctor Who?
Post by: Tenacious on April 22, 2010, 03:43:58 PM

Quote from: Matt_H;554810

@ Tenacious

Rather than being motivated by a particular ideology, I thought Davies was just simply good-old-fashioned insane. Took a dive into the deep end of the crazy pool.

I'm happy to see the show back, especially with a bigger budget.  Every now and then it even shows up on PBS.