Quote: Gavin @ January 3 2009, 7:52 PM GMTJust suspense building.
Well exactly.
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Journey home was alright, bit to touchy feely for my tastes but Davros rocked and was mad 
Quote: Griff @ January 3 2009, 7:53 PM GMTAnd don't forget to add Voyage Of The Damned to the long list of stinkers.
Well, that wasn't a long list, and some of them weren't stinkers! But the Titanic one wasn't great, then again only the first Christmas special has been. Though bits of the latest one were good.
Quote: Gavin @ January 3 2009, 7:54 PM GMTJourney home was alright, bit to touchy feely for my tastes but Davros rocked and was mad
Yeppy-yep-yep; Davros was awesome!
One great performance does not make up for that degree of errant silliness.
And those were just the really bad ones.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ January 3 2009, 7:55 PM GMTWell, that wasn't a long list, and some of them weren't stinkers! But the Titanic one wasn't great, then again only the first Christmas special has been. Though bits of the latest one were good.
I agree. The Christmas specials usually can't be to dark though or to thinky because of audience so do the best with who they're pitching at I suppose.
Christmas Invasion was ok.
Quote: sootyj @ January 3 2009, 7:56 PM GMTAnd those were just the really bad ones.
Pffft.
Midnight I suppose for about 10-15 minutes was an example of the low tec marvel Dr Who could be.
And Tennant as the panicked Dr was great, but all that dreary twee into.
Quote: Griff @ January 3 2009, 7:53 PM GMTAnd don't forget to add Voyage Of The Damned to the long list of stinkers.
I was being nice or lazy, by featuring only series 4.
But Voyage of the Damned yeuch!
I like Dr Who, but not when Russell T Davis goes all self indulgent and soggy.
I thought Midnight was superb. Head and shoulders above anything else in the last series. (EDIT: apart from Moffatt's episodes, of course)
Unicorn, Daughter and the fan-wank finale were pretty hideous though, so the competition wasn't fierce.
And before anyone asks, I love new Who!
I loved Eccleston as Who. I would like to see it go back a bit that why. I know it won't but it would be nice.
I think people like you Sooty are absurdly critical of a great show, but in case people think I just blindly bum the show, I'll offer up something I greatly dislike-the way they've used the Cybermen. They could be so terrifying, but they're just used as bland, stomping soldiers.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ January 3 2009, 8:09 PM GMTI think people like you Sooty are absurdly critical of a great show, but in case people think I just blindly bum the show, I'll offer up something I greatly dislike-the way they've used the Cybermen. They could be so terrifying, but they're just used as bland, stomping soldiers.
Plus they get their asses kicked by everyone. That dude was blowing their heads off.
Quote: Badge @ January 3 2009, 8:07 PM GMTI thought Midnight was superb. Head and shoulders above anything else in the last series. (EDIT: apart from Moffatt's episodes, of course)
Unicorn, Daughter and the fan-wank finale were pretty hideous though, so the competition wasn't fierce.
And before anyone asks, I love new Who!
I thought, overall, series four had too many episodes that were only ok; middling and predictable; it showed it was absolutely the right time to have a new creative head come in.
Oh the one with Volcano people was quite a good one, with Donna demanding the Doctor saved them. I thought it was a good episode that.
Quote: Gavin @ January 3 2009, 8:15 PM GMTOh the one with Volcano people was quite a good one, with Donna demanding the Doctor saved them. I thought it was a good episode that.
I liked that one too.
Quote: Gavin @ January 3 2009, 8:15 PM GMTOh the one with Volcano people was quite a good one, with Donna demanding the Doctor saved them. I thought it was a good episode that.
Fires Of Pompeii (sp?). Really good episode.