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The pacing was a bit all over the place but Matt and Karen's performances more than saved it. I hoped both Karen and the character of Amy would prove themselves this episode, and they did that - and then some. Matt didn't have as much to do as I thought he would've but he shon in the scenes he was in. "Nobody HUMAN has anything to say to me today!". Blimey. Rarely am I actually frightened of the Doctor, but I was definatly pretty scared of him in that scene.
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Despite all of this, I give the episode 8/10, because Matt's acting and Moffat's writing were both great, and Karen Gillan was brilliant.
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Yes, both of those things irritated me. The Smilers were a great design but didn't have much to do. They were just... there. No back-story 'bout them then. And I have no bloody clue what the Half-Smiler, Half-Human thing was about. It was just "oh he's half-human half-smiler" and I was thinking "how the everloving fuck does that work?".
And it was never brought up again.
That episode definitely needed to be 60 minutes. I fear for Victory of the Daleks - it has a hell of a lot to do in 45 minutes, and it'd be a shame for a great concept to be ruined by a short running time.
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Yes, both of those things irritated me. The Smilers were a great design but didn't have much to do and were just... there. And I have no bloody clue what the Half-Smiler, Half-Human thing was about. It was just "oh he's half-human half-smiler" and I was thinking "how the everloving fuck does that work?".
And it was never brought up again.
That episode definitely needed to be 60 minutes. I fear for Victory of the Daleks - it has a hell of a lot to do in 45 minutes, and it'd be a shame for a great concept to be ruined by a short running time.
On the brighter side, Victory of the Daleks has Winston Churchill.
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His lisp cracked me up in the next time trailer. Oh, and nice avatar, by the way!
I am hoping Winston says "ohhh yesh". Just once. I would die a happy man if that happened.
And I'm planning to change my avatar to fit whatever episode is on that week on another forum I go on, so I decided to do it here too.
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And I'm planning to change my avatar to fit whatever episode is on that week on another forum I go on, so I decided to do it here too.
That would be SO awesome. And that's a cool avatar idea you have.Though no match for my rubber ducky, of course. Mwahahaha!
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And the plot was awesome, as always. The doctor who writers are incredible, and this ep was no exception. Amy is better than i thought she would be, she adds a bit of kick to the series, an may just beat Donna as my favourite sidecick if she gets more awesome later on.
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Also, a Logic moment for Amy! :D
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"Funny you should be so tired, so early in the day."
It was a good episode; I still wanted some explanation for the Smilers, though. Are they just...sentient cameras that terrify? Also, I lol'd at the Test Card F Girl Cameo in the lift in the beginning. And the Tube aesthetics of the Lifts themselves. Now I never want to go to Covent Garden Tube station!
As for the next episode...looks alright, actually. I'd like to see how they write the Daleks. Don't see why everyone is going gaga over Churchill. The poison-gas condoning Tory! I can see why he'd tolerate having DALEKS as a new weapon!
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I think it sees through the slots in the "head" if you can call it that.
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2 days left until one of the potentially best episodes ever!
I agree. I think that the 45 minute rule is a bit too short nowadays. Also, TBB is the first 45 minute episode since Series 4's Midnight back in 2008! So I guess that it would feel a bit rushed due to the hour-or-longer times of the specials and The Eleventh Hour. I'm just worried that Victory of the Daleks will feel rushed too.
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Haha, that's awesome.
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Episode was OK. New Daleks look plasticky and lame. Already bored of the "Doctor tries and fails, Amy saves the day" format. That better change. Angry Doctor is good though.
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The pacing to me felt... odd. Not too fast, or too slow. Just... odd.
There were some great elements but overall I felt underwhelmed for some reason, despite the fact there was nothing overtly bad about the episode.
I'm going to have to watch it again to make a judgement... really, I'm pretty damn indesicive for some bizarre reason.
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Oh, and spoiler tags for the Americans, darn it! Do it now!
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Otherwise you get bizarrely paced episodes.
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These were the highlights for me;
The next episode's the Weeping Angel one!! :D
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IMO, it's a shame that this series has started off with weak scripting- especially seeing as they have a great writer (Silence in the Library = best episode ever XD) so I'm hoping next week's will salvage it a bit.
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IMO, it's a shame that this series has started off with weak scripting- especially seeing as they have a great writer (Silence in the Library = best episode ever XD) so I'm hoping next week's will salvage it a bit.
Moffat didn't write it, Mark Gatiss did. He was the guy who played Lazarus(The Lazarus Experiment), I believe.
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Also did anyone notice the trailer for a new Dr. Who game at last that's coming on 5/6/10 (and by at last I mean the more type of game we've been wanting for awhile)
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Also; I did feel the episode was short and it definitely wasn't as good as the first couple.
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But yeah, pacing issues here and there, but I'll rewatch it and stuff. And it should be an hour all the time. >>
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Of course, I'm being picky. But yeah,
I'd say
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Fat "Power ranger" Daleks?
No thanks.
Episode was pretty meh as well.
Come on Moffat; you can do better then that.
edit: I find it funny that they planned to make the new season less "campy", but so far it seems even more so then before.
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I'd say
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but my original point still stands~
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WInston Chruchill kind of made me laugh.
and the doctor better stop saying jeronimo soon or else i swear i will pull my eyes out.
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But he didn't say it this episode.
And Stevie M. confirmed that he only says it twice this series. He's already said it twice. So no mo geronimo.
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Also everyone thinks the new episodes are rushed, maybe they should go back to the old story arc thing where it would be one story divided into (mostly) four 45 minute parts and then you have a months worth of doctor who right there, it would seem excessive though when really all you would need is two 45 minute episodes, but on the other side of things it would be a cheaper/time effective way to film it wouldn't it? Seeming as locations, characters and props could be re-used more, that way they might be able to expand the amount of episodes in a series from around 13 to maybe 20?
Oh and the next episodes a two parter which should be fun (as long as the cliff hanger isn't stupidly weak)
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