Doctor Who thread III: Mad men in a blue box. Everything Whovian. (SPOILERS)

[blackphoenix]

I'm sure everyone has noticed this: this makes two finales in a row where time has gone wrong and our heroes wind up in an altered timeline/reality bubble. Surely this isn't a coincedence?

[Cyke]

I'm sure everyone has noticed this: this makes two finales in a row where time has gone wrong and our heroes wind up in an altered timeline/reality bubble. Surely this isn't a coincedence?

Heh, if we think big picture, four of the six nuWho finales involved some sort of alternate time line or reality. And only one of those finales (the first one) didn't involve some sort of catastrophic damage to the very abstract fabric of space/time.

[king mob]

Which is odd, since Coupling, his RTD-era Who's, and last year show he can do both.

Indeed and some of the spiky responses from Moffat to criticism of this series makes me think that he does think he's so good at telly!

Keeping the audience interested in coming back, probably. Whether it'll work is the question, it's something that everyone was praising when Lost started the trend and look how that turned out...

It drove away casual and mainstream viewers who were pissed off by what was and wasn't going on. I gave up 2/3 of the way through series two because it was shite.

[king mob]

Yeah: I loved the early episodes that talked about the story and had clips from the old show with various actors and such being interviewed. Now it's just 20 minutes of following the set designer or location manager or whoever around and 10 minutes showing them setting up a stunt. It's like a collection of dvd extras strung together.

I think the nadir was the episode where they covered a day in the life of catering! See Neil Gaiman eat a full breakfast!!


Apparently a few American and British fans have offered to make their own programme should the BBC grant them access. Errr, right, I'm sure they will.....

[king mob]

I'm sure everyone has noticed this: this makes two finales in a row where time has gone wrong and our heroes wind up in an altered timeline/reality bubble. Surely this isn't a coincedence?

No, it's another sign that the new series is far too reliant on this plot device to give it a bit of an ooomph.

[Spike-X]

I think the nadir was the episode where they covered a day in the life of catering! See Neil Gaiman eat a full breakfast!!

I honestly thought they were taking the piss with that one. Even the catering staff seemed bemused at the idea. "Well, we take the food, we put it on a plate, and we give it to the crew/talent. Er...that's all, really..."

[Lee Kaye]

Indeed and some of the spiky responses from Moffat to criticism of this series makes me think that he does think he's so good at telly!



It drove away casual and mainstream viewers who were pissed off by what was and wasn't going on. I gave up 2/3 of the way through series two because it was shite.

Yeah, I am gald someone mentioned Lost as there is a danger with anything that piles question upon question that it loses people. I gave up on Lost at the same point as you. At first all the mystery was intriguing, then there was a tipping point where nothing was explained and more questions where asked. Lost Up It's Own A*** more like.

[Spike-X]

Good thing a majority of the questions raised by the last couple of seasons of Doctor Who have been answered then, isn't it?

[Lee Kaye]

Good thing a majority of the questions raised by the last couple of seasons of Doctor Who have been answered then, isn't it?

I was speaking at a tangent, if that's OK?

[Spike-X]

Gotcha.




.

[Spike-X]

And I just watched The Big Bang again. Fuck all y'all haters, that was a brilliant piece of telly.

[Lee Kaye]

Gotcha.




.

Cool. I could have been clearer in my first post that I was addressing Lost specifically. Sounds like I bailed at the right time as loads of people felt let down by the time it finally ended anyway.

[alf_to_the_rescue]

And I just watched The Big Bang again. Fuck all y'all haters, that was a brilliant piece of telly.

It was far better than the recent finale.

[king mob]

I honestly thought they were taking the piss with that one. Even the catering staff seemed bemused at the idea. "Well, we take the food, we put it on a plate, and we give it to the crew/talent. Er...that's all, really..."

It was the look of utter bemusement on Gaiman's face as he was being filmed eating a sausage that was the moment I thought Confidential is over. There's also the fact Moffat doesn't seem to enjoy it as much as RTD did so it's good for it to move on and the BBC spend the money saved on some new drama, documentaries or comedy.

[king mob]

And I just watched The Big Bang again. Fuck all y'all haters, that was a brilliant piece of telly.

It was and it was a perfect set up for this series and it all went a bit tits up by the time we get to the mid-series rest. Hopefully the next series is a return to form, though I have the feeling that might help set up the 50th anniversary series in 2013.