I loved the singing and thought Emilia Jones was brilliant. She was good in Utopia on C4, too.
I knew this would be a Marmite episode as soon as the singing started, but I thought it was a really brave, different style of Who. There's always room for something new
yeah 'wake up' has been running through my head since i heard it. brilliant actress too - loved her expression as she finished that piece, the little grin, but subtle.
yeah 'wake up' has been running through my head since i heard it. brilliant actress too - loved her expression as she finished that piece, the little grin, but subtle.
I didn't really like the singing until Merry started the "Wake up" bit. Then I was like :eek: So beautiful, I had goosebumps and tears were running down my cheeks.
I watched the episode again earlier, on BBC3, and I still can't see why people disliked it, or didn't like the singing, or thought there was too much singing. The more I hear the music, the more I like it, and the more I see the little girl the more I think she's a wonderful singer and actress for her age.
I liked it. The girl's singing wasn't bad and her acting was pretty good compared to other children her age. Just watch Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone again. The acting of the cast in that is cringeworthy.
I liked the episode but would have only voted average (because of some dodgy CGI and weak acting from the principle cast) - but the singing pushed me to vote 'good' - not just the wee girl (who was great) but the whole ensemble.
When they arrived I thought the doctor was so irresponsible walking off leaving Clara alone knowing she doesn’t know anything and it’s her first time…
Clara should be both excited and worried; the doctor should keep her close and keep an eye on her! Naughty doctor, the singing was good tho at the end of the episode it was a bit anticlimactic. By the time we saw the monster the episode only had about 10 mins left…
tho i still liked the episode.
also why does s1-6 all have 2 parter episodes yet series 7 wont?
There are trolls about. Singing flat? No, she wasn't. There are such things as semitones. Check your ears. Miming? Of course she was. That is the way it is done and has been for as long as singing has been filmed. The one notable exception is 'Les Miserables' where the performers sang live on set.
also why does s1-6 all have 2 parter episodes yet series 7 wont?
Moffat decided he wanted a new adventure every week (partly down to Ratings dropping on the 2nd half of a 2 parter).
He's not totally againist Two parters* but rather than assign certain writers to write 2 parters (as happened previously) and have Three of them per series he left it up to chance. If a writer had come up with a story that required it be told in 2 parts they would have done so but otherwise the stories would be done as single episodes.
He also said that for years the Production crew assumed that 2 parters worked out cheaper to film (same sets, same actors etc) but in reality that wasn't the case.
*Though he did say that IHO the 2nd part of a 2 parter needed to be different in some way from Part 1 and not just more of the same. Think Pandorica Opens/Big Bang rather than Rebel Flesh/Almost People.
There are trolls about. Singing flat? No, she wasn't. There are such things as semitones. Check your ears. Miming? Of course she was. That is the way it is done and has been for as long as singing has been filmed. The one notable exception is 'Les Miserables' where the performers sang live on set.
She was flat in places so just check your ears. Obviously my hearing is more sensitive than yours.
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I knew this would be a Marmite episode as soon as the singing started, but I thought it was a really brave, different style of Who. There's always room for something new
I took it as her sticking it to the old god
Yep. agreed. An expression that simply said 'i nailed that'.. genius bit of acting. I found her very credible all through. Extremely impressive..
Never realised she was Alice in Utopia till seeing this post, yeah she was very good in that.
I thought she was a great little actress! Very natural and not forced at all. Plus that voice! :eek:
Clara should be both excited and worried; the doctor should keep her close and keep an eye on her! Naughty doctor, the singing was good tho at the end of the episode it was a bit anticlimactic. By the time we saw the monster the episode only had about 10 mins left…
tho i still liked the episode.
also why does s1-6 all have 2 parter episodes yet series 7 wont?
Moffat decided he wanted a new adventure every week (partly down to Ratings dropping on the 2nd half of a 2 parter).
He's not totally againist Two parters* but rather than assign certain writers to write 2 parters (as happened previously) and have Three of them per series he left it up to chance. If a writer had come up with a story that required it be told in 2 parts they would have done so but otherwise the stories would be done as single episodes.
He also said that for years the Production crew assumed that 2 parters worked out cheaper to film (same sets, same actors etc) but in reality that wasn't the case.
*Though he did say that IHO the 2nd part of a 2 parter needed to be different in some way from Part 1 and not just more of the same. Think Pandorica Opens/Big Bang rather than Rebel Flesh/Almost People.
Which is why the majority of the episode didn't have singing in it
She was flat in places so just check your ears. Obviously my hearing is more sensitive than yours.
I have perfect pitch and she wasn't flat.
How can you tell if someone is flat when they're singing a song you haven't heard before?
The music is so key to Doctor who, it would not be the same without it.
I guess choral singing is probably not what many viewers are used to.
But then again you couldn't expect to sing an alien to sleep with pop or rock music.