Of course the Fear Factor rating is for the younger viewers . As this is family entertainment broadcast at 7pm (a whole two hours before the accepted watershed), then I would be surprised if many adults would be suitably scared to register on the Fear Factor.

For us adults, there was the sub-text running through the programme.
Last edited by mossy2103 : 08-04-2007 at 16:45

Perhaps twas because too much wine I had sipped,
but weren't there a lot of rhyming couplets in the script?
That must be quite difficult to pen,
I think I'll have to watch it again!

K

Unfortunately not, because after Rose comes back we see the "missing" posters in Jackie's flat which say that she disappeared in March 2005, so that's when the episode 'Rose' was set, so every contemporary episode after that is pushed one year into the future.

Obviously a typing error!

I found it a letdown after the great opening episode last week. I'm not a fan of the shows with scenes set in the past (I didn't like 'The Girl in the Fireplace' last series) and the whole 'witchcraft' theme was dull for me.

On the up side I'm still lovin' Martha

Next week looks great though.

-edit- actually thinking about it I should clarify that it's the episodes set far in the past I'm not keen on - I did like 'The Empty Child' and 'The Idiot's Lantern' - so 20th century is ok
Last edited by pepperpot : 08-04-2007 at 17:43

i totally agree haha. i really dont like the episodes set in the past but i did really like "the girl in the fireplace" episode. thought it was really good but others like the unquiet dead and such like dont rank highly for me.

He sure did love her.

Did you get the "JK" reference to Rowling?

Agreed, but the boundarys could be pushed further,Primeval gets away with it. As it stands Doctor who at the moment could quite easily be shown on CBBC and not offend/upset any child Imo.

I thought last night's ep was great. I loved the whole Shakespeare thing....they were basically saying that the Dr gave Shakespeare most of his ideas! eg Sycorax from The Tempest (Not to mention the 3 witches - Macbeth wasn't written till around 1603)

I'm like you. I prefer episodes in the present and the future. But I don't mind the occasional past story or creative Gitf style combination of both future and past..

Going by some comments already on this thread, a number of children found the episode scary. So do we really want to see the boundaries pushed ?

It's a difficult balance.

This is a very old idea, ment to disprove timetravel by providing a paradox - from the days before they realised there are probably an infinite number of realities and as such there are no paradoxes - but almost nobody are good enough to write for such a world *g*

Probably not alot I can say without repeating what others have already said on this thread, but...

I thought it was a good, fun episode. Definitely seemed aimed more towards younger viewers, with Harry Potter references and witches straight out of countless children's stories (craggy faces, long noses, cackling laughter etc.) but plenty for adults to enjoy as well - many references to lines from Shakespeare's plays (particularly liked the Sycorax one) and it's clear the writer did his homework on the chronology of the plays (pointing out that Macbeth and Hamlet had not yet been written was fairly spot on AFAIK.)

I'm not too keen on historical DW episodes because I'm always distracted by historical accuracy (or lack of) although I thought Elizabethan London was done quite well (certainly more believable than the 12th century Sherwood Forest of Robin Hood...) - enough that I was wiling to overlook the fact that no-one (apart from Shakespeare) seemed to take much notice of a woman walking around in a red leather jacket and jeans.

And it was a delght to see the wonderful Christina Cole, who just melted my heart in the rather dismal Hex.

And Freedonia made me laugh. The Doctor is a Marx Bros fan?

Where did you get those dats? The racnoss was 2006 surely.

Where anybody can write anything.

i have to say that on the third viewing "the shakespear code" was the best episode i have seen after the satan pit which was awesome imho

loved the harry potter refrences and i bed david tennent loved them too as he played barty crouch jr on the goblet of fire movie lol


i voted this one execellent

This is actually the best episode i have ever seen. I'm also into harry potter, and all those refrences where brill. I loved the way the doctor gave shakespere ideas and Martha is really looking good as a charecter. I thought it was great acting from everyone. Voted exellent

Its not really part of any theory, its just an image they used, probably inspired by the book where its the whole point of it. Besides, its more likely she has read a scifi book than studying chaos theory on the side while studying to become a doctor.

Not just one gay reference, a gay community in the sewers - all in small black tunnles so they can save on the sets

I really dont understand how it has devided the fandom! i thought it was amazing ep

I agree.*looks determined*

I know it was posted yesterday but just a reminder for those who missed it. It's on again now on BBC3

I thoroughly enjoyed this epsiode... just a few things that got me however....

How come Martha can walk around Elizabethan England in jeans and a leather jacket and no one notices?

Why did the set look like it had been stolen from a Muppets Christmas Carrol?

Apart from that it actually took me back to old school Dr Who which I grew up watching. So all round a thumbs up from the Honeybeast household

i think the sets were ok ... a bit clean and everyone lookde well groomed for elizabethan times ...it is just the plots and writing that baffles me ..its so childish and cheesy most of the time ...

Excellent episode..well written and acted..one of the best I've seen...