Burn wrote:First two eps were good, it went downhill from there.
I'd say watch it, but only so you can say you watched it. I doubt what happened in it will really impact any future storylines.
Burn wrote:So Kate Stewart's story fizzled out ... Vinder and Bel were of no importance as a lot of people hoped and well ... is the universe still destroyed or restored? That wasn't particularly clear and I feel like the universe existing or not should have been a bit more clearer ...
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Also, JazZeke. I guess giving Chibnall the benefit of the doubt, in writing the entire thing himself, didn't pay out after all. At least episode 2 was good...
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:You sound like you're expecting it to be a one sided thing, I've got a feeling of a rushed confession. I've seen many on twitter acting like it is very much a two way street.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Dan just casually walking around the Dalek to avoid the gunstick actively annoyed me.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Nu Who has truly stripped the Daleks of any and all menace. The part wherein the Doctor said how deadly they are, simply doesn't line up with any Nu Who story since Dalek.
ZeroWolf wrote:Problem was the power creep with the Nu Who daleks, yes they were able to fly in the last of the old series but they could still be defeated (like by Ace or a rpg launcher). The Nu Who would building told us that the Daleks were nigh on invincible with the force fields and what not, in an effort to make us scared of them
Burn wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Dan just casually walking around the Dalek to avoid the gunstick actively annoyed me.
I felt the opposite. It made me like Dan even more as a character. Yeah, a Dalek could easily have stopped him sooner realistically, but given everything Dan has done since he was introduced, it just made me like him emore.
Burn wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Nu Who has truly stripped the Daleks of any and all menace. The part wherein the Doctor said how deadly they are, simply doesn't line up with any Nu Who story since Dalek.ZeroWolf wrote:Problem was the power creep with the Nu Who daleks, yes they were able to fly in the last of the old series but they could still be defeated (like by Ace or a rpg launcher). The Nu Who would building told us that the Daleks were nigh on invincible with the force fields and what not, in an effort to make us scared of them
Daleks, by their very nature, should easily be able to defeat The Doctor, it's why they get built up, to scare new fans and to stop us old farts from rolling our eyes, hence the introduction of the gatling lasers, even though they didn't really do much more than a standard single shot.
But then they get built too much and have to be stripped back so The Doctor can win the day. They need a break, they need a valid legitimate reason to be missing for so long (so they weren't all wiped out in the Flux that much we know).
That being said, I did find the Daleks in this episode to be more "menacing" in what they were saying. They had a more serious "we're not **** around" tone, they anticipated the bipedals move in the next loop and planned accordingly, they were more than happy to deliver a few no-nonense lines (Daleks do not collect stuff). If we can get more verbally threatening Daleks like that in the future, I'll be happy.
JazZeke wrote:This was probably Chibnall's best Dalek story, but that bar is embarrassingly low. But the man can't even keep his apocalypses consistent. Still no explanation as to how the Earth has a sun after the Flux destroyed the rest of the solar system.
David Tennant, Christopher Eccleston and Peter Capaldi are set to return to ‘Doctor Who’ for the show's 60th anniversary.
Returning showrunner Russell T Davies will mark six decades of the sci-fi series by attempting to bring back a number of stars who portrayed the Time Lord – including Matt Smith – in a special inspired by the 20th anniversary episode.
A source told The Sun newspaper’s TV Biz column: “The BBC wanted something unique to mark six decades of 'Doctor Who' and while getting all the former Time Lords together will be a challenge, it’s one Russell might just achieve.”
Russell led the revamp of the BBC sci-fi show in 2005, after its original run ended in 1989.
The source added: “After all, he was the man responsible for signing up Christopher and David back in 2005, and he is one of the few people who might convince them to be a part of the show again."
The rumoured idea for the “landmark” episode is inspired by the the 1983 celebration of two decades, titled ‘The Five Doctors’, which saw the first five Doctors come together.
It starred Richard Hurndall – who stood in for the late William Hartnell, the First Doctor – Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker and Peter Davison.
The insider added: "It remains to be seen if he can achieve an exact copy of 'The Five Doctors', but he will certainly want to capture some of the spirit of that landmark episode in these specials.”
JazZeke wrote:Wow, Eccleston, that's great! I hope they bring McGann in too, at the very least. They probably don't have the budget to deep fake the older Doctors, but some creative cameos would be nice.
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