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These episodes have been really rushed
Firegazer
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The first episode didn't really have an impact on anything, we saw Oswald once then heard nothing of her for the next four episodes.
The second episode also had no meaning, Amy and Rory left then the Doctor just flew in with his TARDIS and took them to a spaceship for some odd reason, then put them back again. And seriously, Dinosaurs? What happened to Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, i miss them days, Dinosaurs is SOOO Primeval :yawn:
The third episode AGAIN didn't follow the same footsteps as the last too, I found it quite boring, and their wasn't really a 'monster' just a half man half alien sort of thing.
Fourth episode, once again The Doctor goes to pick up Amy and Rory and I didn't really get this episode, didn't really have a meaning, probably the worst of the lot.
And then after five really not good episodes, Amy and Rory die. There wasn't even a build up to this story, they just died suddenly I was just like, oh, fifth episode and they've died? And then of course River pops up again, where is she now? How many episodes until she dies? And is she known as Melody or River in that episode? And was this after she married the Doctor or what? Arrr
So yeah, this 'series' could have been longer.
The show has been off our screens for a year, and we finally get to watch The Doctor, Amy and Rory again then they go die!
And they weren't really 'companions', the Doctor just picked them up every once in a while.
So yeah, I would put this 'bunch of episodes' at 4/10 - hopefully the second 'bunch of episodes' improve, and hopefully Series 8 won't have a silly Mid Series Finale and it will just run for 13 episodes, three two-parters and no complicated story lines, like the Rose era.
The second episode also had no meaning, Amy and Rory left then the Doctor just flew in with his TARDIS and took them to a spaceship for some odd reason, then put them back again. And seriously, Dinosaurs? What happened to Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, i miss them days, Dinosaurs is SOOO Primeval :yawn:
The third episode AGAIN didn't follow the same footsteps as the last too, I found it quite boring, and their wasn't really a 'monster' just a half man half alien sort of thing.
Fourth episode, once again The Doctor goes to pick up Amy and Rory and I didn't really get this episode, didn't really have a meaning, probably the worst of the lot.
And then after five really not good episodes, Amy and Rory die. There wasn't even a build up to this story, they just died suddenly I was just like, oh, fifth episode and they've died? And then of course River pops up again, where is she now? How many episodes until she dies? And is she known as Melody or River in that episode? And was this after she married the Doctor or what? Arrr
So yeah, this 'series' could have been longer.
The show has been off our screens for a year, and we finally get to watch The Doctor, Amy and Rory again then they go die!
And they weren't really 'companions', the Doctor just picked them up every once in a while.
So yeah, I would put this 'bunch of episodes' at 4/10 - hopefully the second 'bunch of episodes' improve, and hopefully Series 8 won't have a silly Mid Series Finale and it will just run for 13 episodes, three two-parters and no complicated story lines, like the Rose era.
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No not at all, they just didn't really explain much, it was like all the episodes were filmed from 5th episode to 1st episode or somethin:
I think these last five episodes have been excellent. You may feel it was rushed due to prior knowledge of Amy leaving and therefore each episode was a build up to that event.
But, the dinosaurs in episode 2 were there for a reason. The silurians were preserving them in an ark in space and Solomon had destroyed the Silurians and basically put a stop to the preservations. It made perfect sense and what also made sense was that, following the end of series 6, Amy and Rory wanted to live a normal life so they could focus on their relationship, but also wanted the occasional adventure with The Doctor.
But ep one was excellent.
I agree I didn't find the first half of this series very good at all. bar episode 1, and ep 4 and 5 were ok.
It's not so much that things aren't explained, more that you obviously weren't paying attention. In your opening post you said you didn't know whether this episode happened before or after River married the Doctor so I guess you didn't hear when she referred to him as her husband several times...
I think it should have been a 2 parter it was very rushed. this series wasn't goodon the whole. and it doesn't even feel like I have watched any doctor who and it's over untill christmas. since it's one of the only decent programs on tv at the moment, they could at least make more episodes.
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Like tonight,i saw that there was less than 10 minutes left of the episode and that they had so much left to tell and explain.I prefer longer episodes or even 2 parters.Didnt donners final episode last about 75 minutes or something and matts first about 65?
Part of the attraction of Who for me is that you can tell a completely different story every week. Big action and quieter character pieces. Jurassic Park-style larks, spaghetti westerns and film noir. Earth and the far reaches of the universe. Variety is the spice of life and all that.
Mind you, I genuinely enjoyed the complex plot arcs of the previous two seasons. Not everything was neat or necessary that robust, but the scope of the stories was enormous and the quality largely excellent. Here there have been some great individual concepts, but the execution has been up and down.
Tonight? I'd have liked it to be 5 minutes longer maybe, just so the ending of the main plot didn't feel so rushed. But we had enough time for Rory and Amy to have their roof-top scene and for Amy's afterword coda to the Doctor, so the goodbye certainly wasn't too rushed for me.
So basically you're complaining about "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" having no meaning, and episode 3 having "no meaning", despite the fact you admitted that you didn't even watch the whole episodes?
Are you trying to make yourself look silly?
Thank you for summing that up
no I'm not as it happens. I didn't say why I didn't like the episodes at all in my post. are you trying to make yourself look silly. grow up for god sake.
Ah, apologies, I mistook you for the OP. You both have fire-related names.
it's fine. I thought you had me mixed up with someone else, so I thouht I'd give you a nasty reply becase the bit about making ones self look silly fitted well. LOL.
You completely missed the point of that whole ep. The cyborg wasn't even supposed to be the enemy
Well, I do look silly!
but you redeemed yourself with your sensible and thought provoking ideas for future plots.
This list of complaints by the OP is just a list of random nothings. The observations are either just plain wrong or petulant subjective responses. If, for example, one is sufficiently lacking in imagination or other cultural references that the only thing you can see about dinosaurs is "Primeval", that's hardly the fault of Doctor Who producers. The plot had zero to do with the premise of Primeval. Dinosaurs in scifi stories predates Primeval. Doctor Who did it in the seventies. Etc etc etc.
It's ok to not like the series. This list of reasons doesn't really make much sense. Maybe better to say "i don't like this." and leave it at that.
i think the reasons for this are partly to do with the fact that we are used to a pattern where we get 2/3 single episodes then a 2 parter
and the fact that 5 episodes is much closer to being one third of a season than half a season
personally i have liked each of the episodes but definitely feel that it felt like 6 episodes worth of material crammed into five
hopefully when we get the 8 episode 2nd half of the season it will luxurious
Ehh? I'm confused as to what you want, you clearly state above that you didn't understand each episode in relation to each other, that they didn't feed into each other and there was no build up to the Ponds exit...basically you are stating that you weren't happy with the lack of a story arc!
And then highlighted below these points you want the series to be uncomplicated...ie No story arc?
Can't have it both ways buddy!