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Post by Chigs! on May 29, 2005 21:11:22 GMT
A brill episode! "who decided a screwdriver needed more sonic?" "Haven't you ever been bored of an evening, fancied putting up a lot of shelves?" Lots of great lines in this one And oh no - they're going to blow up cardiff! Give the bbc their dues, they're working their on site loction angle for all its worth - I wonder how many more cardiff-centric ones you can come up with mind you?
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Post by ronson on May 30, 2005 10:30:44 GMT
WHENS THE DVD OUT?!?!? AND WHERE?!?!? Hopefully the BBC won't kajig the timetable tomorrow really looking forward to the concluding part. Heh, also watched the first ever episode a few days ago, ah those were the days *unwraps Wether's Original* /old mode www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2005/04/07/18306.shtmlhere u go
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Post by Omnion (yes, he is a man) on May 30, 2005 14:05:24 GMT
Whooo! The ultimate feel good episode!
The slitheen are back next week...God no...
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Post by Hevs on May 30, 2005 14:35:25 GMT
correction. Last surviving slitheen, Margaret Blaine, Is back next episode
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Post by Hevs on Jun 4, 2005 8:52:27 GMT
I just thought I'd point something out before someone sees it and takes he credit for seeing it first. One of the upcoming Episodes Is called Bad Wolf. And if you have watched the doctor who episodes carefully you can see that maybe the whole series has been leading up to this point cos there have been numerous refereences to Bad Wolf. I.e In episode 4/5, A hooligan sprays the words "Bad Wolf" on the Tardis and in episode 7,"Bad Wolf" Is a news channel broadcasting news on the head of Boa's pregnancy. So before anyone sees the episode and claims they saw it first, I'm ytelling you all. I SAW IT FIRST! BWAWAWAHAHA!
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Post by Chigs! on Jun 4, 2005 9:30:29 GMT
OOOh - well spotted - wonder what its all about??
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Post by ronson on Jun 4, 2005 16:08:13 GMT
I just thought I'd point something out before someone sees it and takes he credit for seeing it first. One of the upcoming Episodes Is called Bad Wolf. And if you have watched the doctor who episodes carefully you can see that maybe the whole series has been leading up to this point cos there have been numerous refereences to Bad Wolf. I.e In episode 4/5, A hooligan sprays the words "Bad Wolf" on the Tardis and in episode 7,"Bad Wolf" Is a news channel broadcasting news on the head of Boa's pregnancy. So before anyone sees the episode and claims they saw it first, I'm ytelling you all. I SAW IT FIRST! BWAWAWAHAHA! well pointed out. I have noticed it too on the doctor who homepage. john barrowman pointed out that in the end of the series there is a huge cliffhanger so I wonder if this is related to it? only one way to find out ...
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Post by supersonicjim on Jun 4, 2005 17:55:39 GMT
Next week's looks messed up! Daleks and Anne Robinrobot! What is that about?!
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Post by Hevs on Jun 4, 2005 17:58:25 GMT
Dunno, but It looks like I was right and the words bad wolf arent just a coincidence *pats self on back* I think that this has been one of the best episodes yet. I could never tell what way Mergaret Slitheen was going to choose, but in the end she got zapped back to an egg! The storyline was great. A well deserved 10/10
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Post by Omnion (yes, he is a man) on Jun 4, 2005 18:02:00 GMT
correction. Last surviving slitheen, Margaret Blaine, Is back next episode Well, yeah, that's what I was saying! Anyway, this episode was great. Didn't really go anywhere fast, but it had loads of laughs, an exciting action sequence (only lasted 5 minutes, but heck) and great character! And next episode... DALEKS! WOO HOO!
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Post by Hevs on Jun 4, 2005 18:05:35 GMT
And even more about Bad Wolf! If you go on the doctor who website it shows you all the clues. apparently there has been one in nearly every episode and I spotted two f them. So... what do you think Bad Wolf is? I think it is the name of all of those robots that the dalkes are creating (ie anne robonson) made by the Daleks. they're in the next episode so I don't see why not
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Post by JC on Jun 4, 2005 18:12:41 GMT
There is one thing we can all cheer about! in the future the contestants of big brother/the weakest link shall be killed insted of being in our newspapers for the first 3 months after they are evicted!
As for Bad Wolf... if they follow literary tradition then a bad wolf means disguise (little red riding hood motif)... are those things actually Daleks? On the BBC website when explaining the new Doctor who series it said that the Daleks appear only twice... but we know from press releases that the Daleks are in the last episode.
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Post by JJ on Jun 4, 2005 18:27:39 GMT
Great episode! Thought it was a bit of an anti-climax at the end there, but the drama between Rose/Mickey and The Doctor/Margeret were excellent throughout. A great reflection on the consequences of both The Doctor's and Rose's actions were just what the doctor ordered (pun intended). The American guy was much more likeable in this episode, too. 9/10 As usual, my Dad turned the TV over before the preview, so I don't know anything about the Daleks returning. Thanks for spoiling it for me! Nah, I forgive ya.
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Post by Ed on Jun 4, 2005 21:02:41 GMT
Top episode, though my family wasn't too impressed with the lack of action stuff. I'm kind of surprised, given the audience, they did this sort of story. I think they went to town on the technobabble. I know you weren't supposed to understand half of it, but it would be nice if it was reigned back during the dramatic scenes at least. Lots of fun teases, but the heart of this was really the Slitheen's discussion with the Doctor which was fascinating and well-acted. I wish Mickey could have looked her in the eye though. Seemed a bit of a cop-out that he didn't.
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Post by Robert Frazer on Jun 4, 2005 21:28:44 GMT
One thing grated with me particularly with "Boom Town". Here we have a ruthless alien murderer, impersonator, defrauder and slanderer, who's left a trail of brutally and gruesomely savaged corpses in her wake, was a collaborator in one attempt to destroy the planet and then attempted it herself TWICE MORE out of sheer, unadulterated spite and malice (and no amount of "my father forced me to kill" can excuse that). The last time someone as throughly odious, despicable and loathsome as her last crossed the TARDIS (The Master, during the feature film with Paul McGann's brief spell as The Doctor) he was devoured.
So what happens to this Slitheen? She devolves back into an egg so she "can begin a new life... get a second chance".
Can I get a
"LIMP-WRISTED COP-OUT!"
from you all?
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Post by RSM on Jun 4, 2005 21:58:12 GMT
LIMP-WRISTED COP-OUT!
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Post by The Stiv™ on Jun 4, 2005 22:06:09 GMT
I loved the bit where he started to put the recurring 'Bad Wolf' events into thought, there was a big dramatic moment, ending in: "Nah, just a coincidence." I LOLed. I am intrigued though, I've caught a reference in almost every episode. www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-34391/epid-407904Also. "She's climbing out the window, isn't she." "Yes." Lolz.
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Post by Ed on Jun 4, 2005 23:39:53 GMT
Can I get a "LIMP-WRISTED COP-OUT!"from you all? No you can't, for three reasons: (1) It plays into the nature v nurture arguments of the whole ethical issue. This way, we have a chance to revisit her in future and see whether it was really a part of her individual nature or the circumstances of her family (or some combination). (2) She's effectively been killed. Sure, her DNA coding exists, but she's starting again with a new family, new memories, new everything. Hardly soft justice. (3) It's a much stronger parallel to the Doctor if she has some kind of release by getting a second chance at an existence -- exactly as each regeneration appears to allow the Doctor to do. Deus ex machina? Yes. Thematically incoherent, limp-wristed, or a cop-out? Definitely not.
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Post by JC on Jun 5, 2005 0:00:39 GMT
(4) constantly through this episode she accuses the Doctor of playing God since he decides the fate of Aliens throughout the world and brings devistation to where- ever he goes. Despite the Doctor playing a God role with the power to take or save her life he does niether and lets the soul of the tardis decide her fate which he himself says he doesnt fully understand, he then proves that despite his almost God like power and ability there is something more powerful than him, and since that thing was created by something else there is a more devine power than it which doesnt decide our fate but allows us to chose our own.
Also the Doctor would have been a big meanie if he had sent her to be exicuted.
EDIT: Today (Sunday) just now on points of view they've been addressing some of the Doctor Who questions and they said the following...
* Billy Piper is not leaving the, she is in the second series.
* There will be a Doctor Who Christmas special but they dont say if Eccleson will be the Doctor or not.
* From the sounds of it the second series of Doctor Who will be shown after the new year.
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Post by archangelffx on Jun 5, 2005 16:36:30 GMT
I read, on that TVtome site that the Doctor in the Christmas special will be the guy that's to be the new Doctor. I've got too short a memory to remember his name...that Scottish guy.
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Post by Omnion (yes, he is a man) on Jun 5, 2005 19:49:20 GMT
David Tennant's the new Doctor, just in case no-one knew...!
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Post by The Stiv™ on Jun 5, 2005 20:18:45 GMT
Hopefully he'll switch bodies in the Christmas special, then everyone's happy. =D
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Post by Blizz on Jun 5, 2005 20:33:01 GMT
I wasn't too keen on this one. But next week's is going to be great. Spoofing Big Brother and The Weakest Link, and MORE DALEKS!
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Post by Omega Wants Cake on Jun 6, 2005 7:57:49 GMT
I wasn't too keen on this one. But next week's is going to be great. Spoofing Big Brother and The Weakest Link, and MORE DALEKS! Good lord, a robotic Anne Robinson and the Daleks in the same episode!? No man could stand that much horror! T.T
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Post by Chigs! on Jun 6, 2005 9:07:53 GMT
robo-robinson in league with daleks is indeed a scary thought - still looks like it should be exciting stuff - can't wait!
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