The Unofficial Doctor Who Thread

[space man spiff]

I"m sure you guys already talked all about it, but I just watched the Mid Season Finale. It made me feel so many feelings and is the only show that can make me cry. Yes the plot holes were so big you could drive through them with a truck but I felt like I was emotionally hit by a truck so I guess that balances it out?

[Tarvu]

I'd like to emotionally hit you with a truck.

[Stevil]

Well, it would make me cry if it wasn't for for the fact those plot holes undermine the emotional aspect. It's hard not to get worked up, knowing that he could just land the TARDIS outside NY in '37 or '39, and visit them without really affecting the fixed point scenario.

It's like crying over someone getting a parking space when there's two spare either side of it.

[Tarvu]

There's, like, nothing to be sad about in that episode anyway. The Doctor's only sad because he is pathetically co-dependant.

[Panzadolphin56]

It was a tad over the top.

[space man spiff]

I like your style of flirting.

[Benefit Evil]

Over all the episode was ok at best, it was too manufactured and had too many plot holes to really enjoy.

[Tarvu]

Being overly manufactured and fenestrated in the plot department is the modern state of Doctor Who.

[Panzadolphin56]

This is true.

[Tarvu]

Of the cool Doctor Who oriented things I have seen today, this is one.

[Mighty Hatman]

I'm pretty sure the Christmas special this year was based off a Courage The Cowardly Dog episode.

[Tarvu]

Would not surprise me one bit.

Spoiler!

I hate how the Doctor has to keep being in love with every fucking companion. Can they stop taking stories from shipper livejournals? I dislike that he has been such a dopey daft bastard over the Ponds finally escaping him too. Urgh.

New titles sequence was alright though. I liked Ian McKellan voicing the snow stuff too. Having him shouting Winter is Coming was kinda meta.

[Mighty Hatman]

I chuckled when that happened.

[Tarvu]

I did the first time. I think it is a bad idea because GoT is a much better show. It's actually meant to be a Fantasy epic whereas Doctor Who is one through failure.

Spoiler!

I also hate the trend of companions being universally important. Rose was Bad Wolf and so on, Tate had to forget things for the Universe to not re-fuck-up and that dead ginger was also special in some way. Jeez put on a new fucking record. This one isn't even a companion yet and she's resurrecting.

[Mighty Hatman]

Amy Pond was a really really nice looking companion I thought so any bad parts of any episode could be forgiven.

[Tarvu]

You seem to have a weakness for the red headed variety.

[Mighty Hatman]

Most definitely.

[Panzadolphin56]

Christmas episode was a bit weak, I liked a lot of character interactions and the moments of humour but the story itself didn't seem to make a whole lot of sense, felt way too crowded. I wish they'd drop the whole Christmas Carol thing aswell.

[Tarvu]

Yes. I somehow prefer their shitty stories when they don't have a starting point for conception.

[Panzadolphin56]

It just felt too cluttered, what with the Christmas Carol thing, trying to keep the plot fairly original, re-introducing the new sidekick, and trying to keep to all the conventions that the new Doctor Who is known for going... and all in just an hour. Might have worked better in an hour and a half.