Forgot to ask earlier.
Anyone else watch this ?
Glad I saw it....But found it mildly disappointing.
Cheers - Phil.
Loved it.
The five ish doctors was great too.
Saw it in 3D at the local Cineworld and absolutely loved it - just what I wanted from the 50th Anniversary episode.
Hats off to the Whovians who'd made the effort and turned up in costume.
Roll on the Xmas special.
I loved the round things ;)
Wonderful, and ploughing through the box sets on BT - 2012 Olympics this afternoon with the scary dad drawing. (In a Homer voice) Billie Piper mmmmm......
Simply awesome 8). The quietest the family has been watching telly for many a year.
Quote from: Last Hussar on 24 November 2013, 03:32:48 PM
I loved the round things ;)
What ever they do...
:D
I thought it was excellent.
Lets hope the next series doesn't fall back into the tedious 'monster of the week' format.
Got around to watching it this afternoon, really enjoyed it :D
Set the theme for the coming series.
Cheers,
Kev
Liked it, but left a little flat after the hype
Not sure about the revision of 'history' to redeem the Doctor .... :-\
Paul
It wasn't what I was expecting - it was more like an ordinary episode that suddenly discovered it was about the Time Wars. I'd expected... well, more Doctors taking part. Some extra Companions. A more... special special...
However, it was as well made as ever, and a good story.
Also enjoyed the Three(ish) Doctors, and even the after-show party on BBC 3 - although the presenters were cringeworthy, the familiar faces were very welcome. There was a Pointless special with old cast members during the week too - including Sylvester McCoy & Sophie Aldred, who was looking well!
Quote from: paulr on 24 November 2013, 09:52:30 PM
Not sure about the revision of 'history' to redeem the Doctor .... :-\
I've complained for some time (and at some length!) about the unlikeliness of the masters of time and space being unable to find a time/ universe to hide in and save themselves. I am glad that at least one script writer clearly felt the same! The mechanism for saving it - hmmm ... it'll do :)
Watched the first 20 minutes...boring!!! =;
Went to the flicks on Saturday night and found a queue stretching out the door to see the Dr Who thing. Went and saw Gravity instead. Brilliant - but don't watch it if you're prone to motion sickness. :-& :-& :-&
Yeah, I found it not as good as i thought it was going to be, although it got better in the latter half.
I just think the writing lately is not up to scratch, I've not been into the Matt Smith doctor, its had a few good episodes, but they've been generally poor in my opinion.
however, the plot did set up the series for Peter Capaldi as the doctor who will rediscover Gallifrey (probably!)
Quote from: i_am_win on 25 November 2013, 11:20:57 AM
I just think the writing lately is not up to scratch, I've not been into the Matt Smith doctor, its had a few good episodes, but they've been generally poor in my opinion.
Agree totally: Matt Smith is to David Tennant as Sylvester McCoy was to Tom Baker (I do realise they were some time apart but you get the point).
Matt Smith tried too hard and had a very tough act to follow :-\
Quote from: get2grips on 25 November 2013, 09:41:57 AM
Watched the first 20 minutes...boring!!! =;
Thought the same thing Gareth..Which is why I found it that
tiny bit disappointing ..But it did get better. ;)
Quote from: Hertsblue on 25 November 2013, 10:08:39 AM
Went to the flicks on Saturday night and found a queue stretching out the door to see the Dr Who thing. Went and saw Gravity instead. Brilliant - but don't watch it if you're prone to motion sickness. :-& :-& :-&
;D ;D ;D ;D....I heard the same thing Ray....
Allegedly some folk have had to leave the 3D showing due to feeling 'seasick'.
Cheers - Phil.
Quote from: get2grips on 25 November 2013, 11:33:21 AM
Agree totally: Matt Smith is to David Tennant as Sylvester McCoy was to Tom Baker (I do realise they were some time apart but you get the point).
I really liked McCoy - he was written as a clown, but he tried hard to be the Trickster. There was a dangerous wild edge showing here & there, but the stories didn't let him use it.
Of all the Doctors I think my favourite so far is Christopher Ecclestone's "I'm Northern, me. I'm 'ard. You don't want to mess with me I'm The f'king Doctor, me" Dr Who but I've a lot of time for Matt Smith's alternately brooding yet zany version.
Would you like a jelly baby?
I like the 11th, he wears a fez. Fezzes are cool!
So what happened to all that ' A Timelord has 12 incarnations stuff' they used to talk about?
Twelve re generations equals thirteen incarnations.
I thought it was a clever plot and ok.
Dis anyone see the drama/documentary about how doctor "An adventure in Space and Time". I thought that was better then the 50th episode
Quote from: Fenton on 25 November 2013, 05:42:02 PM
So what happened to all that ' A Timelord has 12 incarnations stuff' they used to talk about?
Wittgenstein's Ladder
for which see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie-to-children
So this is going to be the last ever Doctor
Maybe someone will slip him an Asprin by accident and he'll die
Well I enjoyed it. I've enjoyed all the reboot.
:P
Agree with Ithorieal - Eccleston was a breath of fresh air and Matt Smith's approach has been fun too. Tennant was just loud and wide eyed.
Of the 50th, I have to say it's 1 hour 20 minutes of my life I am never getting back, the only highlight of which was the rather cute scientist. If she became a new 2nd companion alongside the very lovely Jenna then I'd become a new viewer...
Quote from: Nosher on 26 November 2013, 08:34:11 AM
Agree with Ithorieal - Eccleston was a breath of fresh air and Matt Smith's approach has been fun too. Tennant was just loud and wide eyed.
Of the 50th, I have to say it's 1 hour 20 minutes of my life I am never getting back, the only highlight of which was the rather cute scientist. If she became a new 2nd companion alongside the very lovely Jenna then I'd become a new viewer...
Do you mean the one with asthma and the Tom Baker scarf? That's Ingrid Oliver, one half of the comedy duo Watson and Oliver.
(http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Pix/pictures/2012/2/29/1330512996597/watson-oliver-007.jpg)
Quote from: sunjester on 26 November 2013, 03:29:31 PM
Do you mean the one with asthma and the Tom Baker scarf? That's Ingrid Oliver, one half of the comedy duo Watson and Oliver.
Thats the one although in this pic she's not quite so cute.
However, should she have an asthmatic emergency I'd quite happily pop round to her's and let her have a puff on my neb mask and O2 cylinder..... and if she were really well behaved she could even have a trip in my amby up to A&E and we could talk about anatomy and stuff...