Quote: zooo @ April 3 2010, 9:14 PM BSTI really do like his stupid outfit.
Yes. I liked how they revealed the full thing; showing all the past Doctors. then having him step through them as the new one.
And as much as I liked Tennant, it is very, very nice to have a new Doc.
He seems to be fighting the dialogue less than Tenant (by which I mean the dialogue is better).
Quote: sootyj @ April 3 2010, 9:20 PM BSTHe seems to be fighting the dialogue less than Tenant (by which I mean the dialogue is better).
He was mighty fine, I thought, but then I always assumed he would be.
Quote: sootyj @ April 3 2010, 9:20 PM BSTHe seems to be fighting the dialogue less than Tenant (by which I mean the dialogue is better).
I doubt many would argue against Moffat being a better writer than Davies, but RTD was half decent at dialogue I thought. It was more, you know, the plot part, where he struggled. Saying that, I still liked most of his episodes, though he did do some right clangers (the Titanic episode for instance).
Quote: Mickeza @ April 3 2010, 9:27 PM BST
I doubt many would argue against Moffat being a better writer than Davies, but RTD was half decent at dialogue I thought. It was more, you know, the plot part, where he struggled. Saying that, I still liked most of his episodes, though he did do some right clangers (the Titanic episode for instance).
It's funny though, because many, many of the episodes that didn't have his name on, he actually ended up writing huge chunks of. Like The Impossible Planet, Human Nature and Dalek. There are only a few writers, such as Moffatt, that RTD didn't rewrite and have a large affect on their episodes.
N.B. did anyone notice there was no gay in this episode at all?
Quote: sootyj @ April 3 2010, 9:32 PM BSTN.B. did anyone notice there was no gay in this episode at all?
Didn't Patrick Moore say something about that bloke in his bedroom at one point? Or did I imagine that?
Quote: Matthew Stott @ April 3 2010, 9:35 PM BSTDidn't Patrick Moore say something about that bloke in his bedroom at one point? Or did I imagine that?
Said it about the Grandmother. The doctor said the lad in the room was good looking though, and I thought there was some tension when they first met actually, probably imagined it.
Quote: Mickeza @ April 3 2010, 9:36 PM BSTThe doctor said the lad in the room was good looking though, and I thought there was some tension when they first met actually, probably imagined it.
Just admit you were hoping they'd start to kiss and dry hump each other. It's best to get these things out.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ April 3 2010, 9:38 PM BSTJust admit you were hoping they'd start to kiss and drty hump each other. It's best to get these things out.
Wait, are you telling me that didn't happen? 
Mum, it's happened again 
<3 This is great so far. I love that he's "The Raggedy Doctor".
They had a few old Tom Baker/Peter Davison serials today on the Sci Fi Channel.
Just watching Earthshock, and I have to admit, as much as it pains me that the new Cybermen are a bit more scary.
Well that's a bit like saying Mother Theresa was slightly tougher than Sister Wendy.
Quote: sootyj @ April 3 2010, 9:49 PM BSTWell that's a bit like saying Mother Theresa was slightly tougher than Sister Wendy.
And indeed she was according to celebrity Nun Wrestling.
God I miss that show.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ April 3 2010, 9:31 PM BSTIt's funny though, because many, many of the episodes that didn't have his name on, he actually ended up writing huge chunks of. Like The Impossible Planet, Human Nature and Dalek. There are only a few writers, such as Moffatt, that RTD didn't rewrite and have a large affect on their episodes.
I think that fits in with the common image of RTD, that he is a great dialogue writer but perhaps not a great writer of sci-fi and the plotting it entails. With re-writes, the idea is already there and he's tweaking it. In my opinion, his best episode was Midnight which was dialogue intensive, and played to his strengths, namely building tension. He is very good at building up to a climax, the first part of the finale in series 4 for instance, and Turn Left are both great examples of this, but more often than not the reward failed to match the build up. I still think he was a great show-runner, but the potential of this series is much greater than if he had stayed.