Dr Who

I will respond to this post properly since you mention me.

(12-11-2014 19:46 )Regenerated Wrote:  If you think back across the majority of the series, I actually think that the number of times the Doctor has actually saved the day and by this I mean conclusively saved it, not talking about half baked conclusions where either Clara has taken over, some random twist of fate has intervened to make the decision for him, or a pitiful enemy has had a change of heart, turned soft and sacrificed themselves to save it, can be counted on one hand. The only time I truly felt the Doctor grew some balls and defeated the enemy was in Flatline.

OK, the doctor not ALWAYS being the center of the attention or always saving the day. Other than Listen he mostly did, he may not have been on camera all the time, as in flat line, but he was indirectly or directly responsible for the conclusion.

Deep breath - he 'killed half face.

Into the Dalek - he fixed the broken dalek and directed Clara.

Robot of Sherwood - he did the mirror thing, gold and the golden arrow thing.

Listen - Clara based (the monster was in the doctors mind, a very neat and clever twist)

The Caretaker - it was his gadgetry that enabled the blitzer to be defeated.

Kill the Moon - He knew the outcome, this was the test for Clara.
Mummy on the Orient Express - Found the right thing to say to mummy soldier.

Flatline - Banishing the other dimension things after being let out of the box by Clara.

In the Forest of the Night - Worked out that the threes were not a threat, similar to kill the moon.

Dark Water/Death in Heaven - oddly the least of the doctors in put but still had to give the bracelet to Danny to do the job.

So, as said, the doctor was heavily involved in ALL the out comes. What I think you seem to have a problem with is the help from the companions etc and it this REALLY a fault with doctor who or you not liking what doctor who should be? that is, you need to adapt.

Quote:I've seen plenty of comments from non - professional critics (being a critic doesn't mean you have to be a professional one lazydayz, fans are themselves critics and their opinions still count as much as some prat writing for the Telegraph)

Actually, they are not critics, critics are people whose actual job it is to OBJECTIVELY appraise a program, they will be people who have probably studied the areas they critique. Lay people, and on here is a very good example, are generally far more SUBJECTIVE and probably know a lot less about the processes of script writing and tv making than most critics.

Quote:expressing how disappointed they were with the writing (something else we've frequently stated in here) so it's not just people on this forum disappointed with it.

I never once said this was the last bastion of negativity towards doctor who, I did in fact state else where the MAJORITY tend to be fine with it, here it is reversed.

Quote:Take a look at some of these comments on http://www.tv.com. It has divided opinions there's no question of that, and although there are some that like some aspects of it, there's also a strong sense of frustration and disappointment that it could have been more, and I don't get the feeling that it was overwhelmingly 'exceptional'. If it was exceptional I'm sure at least a few of us would have shared your views in here.

http://www.tv.com/shows/doctor-who-2005/...470299550/

The number of respondents there are less than 350, how many millions watched it? The respondents are already set a bias with the nature of the article, it is asking what do you think the problem with this series doctor who was; it is loaded for a negative response and it would be expected that the respondents would be negative about it by and large.
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Quote:But I suppose all the people who didn't like it on that site are "sulkers" too.

Depends if they all jump all over posts that disagree with them.

(13-11-2014 01:53 )lazydayz Wrote:  

(12-11-2014 20:21 )The Silent Majority Wrote:  But that's the point, what views. We've yet to see a proper review of any of the episodes from you.
All you do is rubbish other peoples views without putting any forward any of your own (links don't count).

You liked the finale. Fine, tell us why........

For once we agree, I have yet to see a proper review of any episode on here.

No we don't, because that's not what I said.

Damn we are all wrong as we are not qualified to say whether or not we like something. We need to read expert reviews from qualified critics who will then inform us whether we should or should not like something. Thank god we have someone on the forum now who can enlighten us. Life is going to be much simpler now we can be told how to think.

http://www.npr.org/2014/11/07/362263680/...d-the-hero

An interesting read.

I know that, for me, there were many things that knocked me out of the moment, which is why I was frustrated with the series.

Usually as the viewer we suspend disbelief, but the way it was written made that a chore for me. I'd love to have seen it through different eyes, but, until they perfect shared memory plug-ins for our android brains, i'll have to stick to my own opinion. Which will probably mean not enjoying parts of the Christmas special, Fuck!

Apparently the audience figures were down on the last episode when broadcast.

Moffat has said that another series in due to start filming in January.

Anyone bothered with the Children in Need sketch?

(14-11-2014 22:48 )biggles Wrote:  Anyone bothered with the Children in Need sketch?

I thought the whole series was for Children in Need, what with the joke scripts, and the number of guest appearances!

Not quite sure if any babeshows Dr Who member already asked this yet, but I'll ask this question anyway

From Christopher Eccleston (Ninth Doctor) to David Tennant (Tenth Doctor) to Matt Smith (Eleventh Doctor) to Peter Capaldi (Twelfth Doctor -present), Which of all the actresses that have been in the show so far, have been the best of the Doctor's female companions?

Has to be Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) for me

(18-11-2014 12:16 )skully Wrote:  Has to be Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) for me

Miss Gillan was brill opposite Matt Smith , I also think Billie Piper character Rose Tyler work well with David Tennent's Tenth Doctor