DS Forums

 
 

Dr Who 14th may


View Poll Results: What did you think to the show?
Very poor 25 3.51%
Poor 16 2.25%
Fair 26 3.65%
Good 62 8.71%
Very Good 168 23.60%
Excellent 415 58.29%
Voters: 712. You can't vote on this poll right now - are you signed in?

Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 14-05-2005, 19:50
*Eileen*
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 9,658
Originally Posted by gymboy
I cried my eyes out. It was awesome.
Me too. Excellent episode.
*Eileen* is offline   Reply With Quote
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
Old 14-05-2005, 19:50
ixoy
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 106
Best episode so far. The ending may have been obvious but I would've thought it was meant to be so I can't figure why people are surprised by that. Ever since "The Aztecs" we've known time has a course that it should stick on.

I was glad to see Paul Cornell didn't let me down. Anyone familiar with his novels knows his real strong point is his ability to deal with characters (the wonderful "Human Nature" springs to mind). This was no exception with the Tylers evincing more depth than any episode before. It was also the darkest so far, perhaps the most mature. Less time for mugging Doctor and so on. Well done all.
ixoy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 19:51
oli3032
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 478
Line of the night: "How old were you? Twelve?, it's discusting!"

One of the best episodes so far!
oli3032 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 19:51
barkingmad
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: **in the madhouse **
Posts: 3,256
Great episode, feel a bit emotional really...waiting for the poll...
barkingmad is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 19:52
Mrs Harman
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 3,775
Undoubtedly the best episode yet. Billie Piper outshining Christopher Ecclestone week in week out and I never thought I'd think that in a month of sundays. AND who would have RTD would shape up to be the scriptwriters weakest link given his previous form
Mrs Harman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 19:52
Lemonade
Banned User
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Pinch Me, I'm Dreaming....
Posts: 4,783
Has Someone Requsted the Poll? .
Lemonade is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 19:52
Whitney
Banned User
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,430
Best episode ever. Best written episode as well
Whitney is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 19:54
JayTeeEss
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Mansfield
Posts: 74
Just two words needed ... pure class!
JayTeeEss is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 19:54
Evil Eye
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Brighton
Posts: 3,915
Originally Posted by Anthony Haines
When the second version of Rose went to save her dad, the first versions of Rose disappeared because of the paradox. When, then, didn't the second versions of Rose and the Doctor also disappear because of the paradox created involving her dad still being alive and the future being different as a result of that?
That is beacuse the Doctor and Rose hadn't experienced anything of what was to come after Rose's Dad's death was put right. The first Rose and Dcotor disppeared as they experienced different events to what were happening in front of where they had just been stood....in essense they moved off in their own time line while the second Rose and Doctor remained in the one we saw. Really the first Rose and Doctor should have diappeared the instant the second Rose ran in front of them...but to make the viewer notice all events their disappearnace was probably pushed back a few seconds.
Evil Eye is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 19:54
elena
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: London
Posts: 13,864
Wow, Billie Piper excelled herself tonight, didn't she? I never thought she would be able to act as well as she has proven she can. It's so hard to do emotional scenes like that but she pulled them off like a pro. Good for her!

Very good episode again! Yep, spotted the bad wolf references, it'd had better amount to something now!

Just one quick little question, why didn't the Doctor regenerate when he was killed by the reaper? Was it because of the nature of the beast or something?
elena is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 19:55
freebard
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: North East
Posts: 12
I cried about six times!

Wonderful throughout. There was a real mix of humour along with the poignancy and the suspense.

Because we care about Rose now it was all the more compelling.

Imagine how gutting it will be when the Doctor dies...

As a series "theme", people are spotting money and big business.

Here, an underlying theme, apart from the nature of time, was about the importance of the ordinary person. It felt like quite a key point when the Doctor was talking to the couple getting married and saying they were just as important as anyone else.

In other words- the developing underlying theme of the whole series is;

Socialism- or at least a Socialist way of life.
freebard is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 19:55
StewartF
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: UK
Posts: 10,459
I wasn't expecting much tonight but I was wrong, I was blown away. This is, in my opinion, the best episode of the series so far.
StewartF is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 19:56
broonale
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: 54.98N 1.6W
Posts: 4,953
Very moving... It made my eyes fill up too.. Well done, best one yet..
The rule of time is never to mess with the past.. A paradox will wipe out the universe.
Events can not be changed.. what happens should be left to happen..
broonale is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 19:56
oli3032
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 478
I agree, brilliant episode. Just as good as Dalek was!
oli3032 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 19:57
MattCom
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 1,742
Did anyone notice there appeared to be a older version of Rose and the Doctor in the wedding congregation they were wearing similar clothes and everything does that mean they are going to revisit 1987 in the future?

Excellent episode by the way
MattCom is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 19:57
salochin
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Brighton UK
Posts: 811
Fantastic - What more need be said. Well a hell of a lot really, but I am burning dinner as I type so I got to go
salochin is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 19:57
welshmed
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 111
Oh my God! What a tear jerker!! Me and the bf both cried out eyes out! Pure class!!

Excellent!!
welshmed is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 19:57
barkingmad
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: **in the madhouse **
Posts: 3,256
Originally Posted by Lemonade
Has Someone Requsted the Poll? .
how do we do it? do we press "alert" on Beth's post?
barkingmad is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 19:57
Anthony Haines
 
Posts: n/a
Originally Posted by Evil Eye
That is beacuse the Doctor and Rose hadn't experienced anything of what was to come after Rose's Dad's death was put right. The first Rose and Dcotor disppeared as they experienced different events to what were happening in front of where they had just been stood....in essense they moved off in their own time line while the second Rose and Doctor remained in the one we saw. Really the first Rose and Doctor should have diappeared the instant the second Rose ran in front of them...but to make the viewer notice all events their disappearnace was probably pushed back a few seconds.
Well that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation!
  Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 19:57
rua is god
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Posts: 1,984
Maybe he did regenerate and we just didnt see it due to the body disappearing as well.
rua is god is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 19:59
Coffee
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 915
For gods sake whats all this weeping and wailing!

Dr Who was never like this in my youth
Coffee is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 19:59
Agent Krycek
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Stalking David and Neal
Posts: 38,045
Originally Posted by MattCom
Did anyone notice there appeared to be a older version of Rose and the Doctor in the wedding congregation they were wearing similar clothes and everything does that mean they are going to revisit 1987 in the future?

Excellent episode by the way
No, but I have it on tape and will watch it again, once I feel I can handle the trauma.
Agent Krycek is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 19:59
Rmcdowell
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Newry, BT34
Posts: 513
I'm out to touch with everyone else posting here tonight. I found it very dull and nauseatingly emotional. I like my aliens in Dr. Who!

Maybe I'm just a cold fish
Rmcdowell is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 20:00
Lemonade
Banned User
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Pinch Me, I'm Dreaming....
Posts: 4,783
Originally Posted by barkingmad
how do we do it? do we press "alert" on Beth's post?
Na, that's for bad posts, and reporting to DS....It will go straight to her!!! Or is it......
I don't usually do it, but DenWatts Does it. Now where is he........
Lemonade is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-05-2005, 20:00
barkingmad
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: **in the madhouse **
Posts: 3,256
I've requested the poll. If anybody else can that will be helpful. Just go the Beth's post on page 1 and hit the alert button
barkingmad is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply



Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 00:02.