[casey macmillan]

I actually liked Christopher Eccleston the best, in spite of his short run. I just identified with him more than most Doctors.

I loved Torchwood!!!!

I did too but "Children of Earth" was horrible. What a way to ruin the series while trying to wrap it up.

[hannah sillery]

I actually liked Christopher Eccleston the best, in spite of his short run. I just identified with him more than most Doctors.

I did too but "Children of Earth" was horrible. What a way to ruin the series while trying to wrap it up.

I heard its coming back for a fourth (might have made that up though, dont know where i heard it). Torchwood is awesome, im glad they shunned away from the post watershed stuff, i mean it wasnt bad, but series one was full of it. Best episode of torchwood would have to be the countrycide one, where the family of cannibals capture them.

The weeping angels are back tomorrow, i cant help notice that in the End of Time in the end of time that

Spoiler

the two people beside rassilon, were said to be condemned as the weeping angels forever because they defied him. They even done the weeping angel pose, and that woman who looked at the doctor funny may have been important.

Favourite story of all time has to be either remberance of the daleks or genesis of the daleks. I was only a kid when i watched these, and the bit where the dalek mutant strangles sylvester mccoy made me jump behind the chair.

[Roanne Bardsley]

I wouldn't have thought you were born when that epidode aired... in 1964?

Oh god Sarah, Susan, they're all jailbait for the dads anyways.

[Kate Norris]

Favourite story of all time has to be either remberance of the daleks or genesis of the daleks. I was only a kid when i watched these, and the bit where the dalek mutant strangles sylvester mccoy made me jump behind the chair.

Heh, I actually have the Remembrance of the Daleks on my computer desk at the moment - very good episode.

Oh god Sarah, Susan, they're all jailbait for the dads anyways.

That doesn't explain Mel. :hehe:

[SUck MYdIck]

I finished up school a few days back, and to pass the time I have been watching all of the new (2005 and on) Doctor Who episodes.

I wasn't sure I'd like this show, but I have really enjoyed it. Yes, it has a few dud episodes and a few of the episodes (mostly the finales) are way too busy, but there's enough brilliance ("The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances","Blink", ""The Girl in the Fireplace") to keep me coming back.

I was unsure at first of the new Doctor, but I think Matt Smith has done a very good job so far. Also, I don't think I've enjoyed a companion as much as I have Amy after the first few episodes with the companion. This past episode ("The Time of Angels", I'm an American) was great, and I'm excited for the conclusion to this story.

[Love iz not]

Yeah Matt Smith is the don. The Venice episode is one of the best-looking they've ever done, and the first proper historical (pre C20th) episode of the new run that's really worked well.

Although Girl in the Fireplace was good too of course

...And the Fires of Pompeii. Disregard this post.

[jodie]

I dont like the new series as much as the eccleston and tennant, ones or even the classic one (yeah i said it). Its not Matt Smith whose the problem, its the stories he has! The first was average (but the first of every series is always a bit iffy), the 2nd was rubbish imo, i did not like the story and apart from the stomach thing ("this isnt going to be big on dignity!") nothing else happened and the ending was poor. Victory of the Daleks was a poor episode, just a preview of the new daleks thay may appear later on.

And lastly the angels, the best story so far but still lacking what the RT series had in his stories. I personally found the angels more scary in a present day setting rather than the future.

EDIT: Oh :facepalm:, i forgot the vampires in venice, a rather forgettable epsiode imo. I like the cracks in time idea tho, but its just a plot device to rid the dr who universe of everything russell t davies added to it.

[Racheal Robertson]

I like the cracks in time idea tho, but its just a plot device to rid the dr who universe of everything russell t davies added to it.

I hate these deus ex machina space anomaly crap, but if it cleanses the past four years, I'm all for this one.

[Ladymorphine]

When it comes to television programming, I have to hand it to Doctor Who as being in the vanguard of creative television. Now I won’t go into the whole American Doctor Who experience, other than to say that PBS always seemed to show Doctor Who episodes out of order, making the series rather confusing and hard to follow.

Now years later, when I again stumbled upon the series again, I noticed that it had been given a total facelift. The rubber monsters, had been replaced with computer graphics and the Daleks could finally climb stairs with ease. Overall, I have to say, unlike most television series revivals, Doctor Who caught my attention and made me want to watch it again.

The Classic Doctor:
Now when it comes to the classic Doctor Who, I really did enjoy the adventures of Jon Pertwee, Colin Baker & Sylvester McCoy. Each of these Doctors always brought a sense of bold adventure and excitement to the show, though I have to say that I was fairly disappointed on how both Pertwee and Baker were killed off. As per the rest of the Doctors, I haven’t admittedly seen much from the first two Doctors, but from what little I have seen, I found them to be at best marginal actors. As per Tom Baker, and though I’m well aware that he is the face of Doctor Who in America, his portrayal never really held my attention (and the same is true for Peter Davison’s Doctor).

The New Doctor:
When it comes to the new series, I have to say that hands down Chris Eccleston was the best of the new Doctors. In my mind, he had cunning of Jon Pertwee, the action oriented style of Colin Baker and the alien nature of McCoy. David Tennant, though I liked his stories much better than the Eccleston ones, I found him to be annoying, tedious and far too hyper. In the end, I found his teary eyed/overly emotional portrayal, too much to handle, and stopped watching the series. Now with the newest Doctor, I have to say that for me at least Matt Smith has breathed some life back into what I thought was becoming the David Tennant and friends show. I think that Smith, gives us a character that we can in some ways relate to, but in others his ideas and actions are very foreign and distinctly alien to us. I really do believe that Matt Smith was a great choice, and I hope that he continues for a few more seasons.

Daleks, UNIT and other misc:

The New Daleks: Aside from looking like oversized rubber trash bins, the new Daleks seem like a breath of fresh air, in what has become the rather stale world of Daleks. I especially liked “Victory of the Daleks” and enjoyed the irony of everyone’s favorite space Nazis fighting for the Allied cause (mind you for rather nefarious purposes).

UNIT: Though I’ll admit, I enjoyed the classic stories involving UNIT; it seemed that aside from being cannon fodder, they generally tended to be fully reliant on the Doctor when it came to defeating extra-terrestrial threats. Personally, I do like the fact, that in the “New Series”, that UNIT has taken on a life of its own, and though they still receive help from the Doctor, it seemed as the organization had moved to the point where they could take the fight to enemy. I especially liked the character of Colonel Mace, and how though he took the Doctor’s advice under advisemant, in the end he took action, rather than waiting for the Doctor to make the call. The only thing I have found rather confusing, is the switch in beret colors. Now personally I would have thought that they should have retained the sand colored beret on the basis that UNIT is a special operations group (based upon the SAS, who wear a similar colored beret). Now obviously, and though I don’t believe it’s ever been explicitly addressed, but changing the beret color to that of the Royal Military Police seemed a bit odd. Now I guess this could be explained away on the basis of “Homeworld Security” and that they have more a provost function these days.

The Master: Hopefully we will get to see more of his newest incarnation.

Spitfires in Space: Now I know that Victory of the Daleks received a lot of flak, for being little more than a rip-off of classic films, but personally I felt that it was a great homage to some rather classic war films. Now admittedly, the episode was a bit short, and I felt that it could have included a small firefight between the Royal Marines and Daleks (after Churchill calls in the RM’s). Aside from that, I very much enjoyed the Battle of Britain style approach and the head nod to Where Eagles Dare. Doctor Who has always been about pushing limits and generally being beyond belief, so I never understood why people were so critical of the Spitfires scene.

Modern Firearms: Now personally, I’ve never been a fan of direct energy weapons, laser guns or whatever you want to call them. I certainly am pleased at the fact that the new series directors have stuck with more familiar small arms (aside from a few cosmetic changes here and there). I especially liked the fact that the Brothers from The Church, were wearing the modern Desert DPM, rather than being dressed up in some silly pseudo-modern combat uniform.

[Lexy Corpsey]

I really liked David Tenant. He was great but his assistants weren't very good apart from Rose. Martha and Donna bored and annoyed me. Seen as Australia is only about a week behind the UK as far as the episodes go ive seen the new doctor and I like him a lot. Amy pond is nice to watch. They make a good team.

The one thing i heard was in the last 5 mins or so of episode 4 of the new series when it was extremely climactic and everyone was really immersed the doctor was about to give his big line of the episode... a little cartoon and banner of Graham Norton came up saying "coming up next". Apparently there were six million complaints ha ha.

[Floor Punch]

Did anybody else automatically think of Space Marines when introduced to the Church soldiers in one of the recent episodes? The religous ranks, the holy names like "Angelo"...

I loved it.

[Jennie Skeletons]

Did anybody else automatically think of Space Marines when introduced to the Church soldiers in one of the recent episodes? The religous ranks, the holy names like "Angelo"...

I loved it.

NOPE! From what I remember of the movie Aliens, the Space Marine Corps wore an offshoot of the BDU and used both USMC titles and a rather strange looking version of the PASGT helmet.

Though at the end of the episode, and I couldn't entirely tell, but it looked like one of the Monks was wearing a brassard similar to that of the RAF Police(WWII style), or the Provost Marshal staff officers Brassard.

[Anthony Santillan]

Oh the gear obviously didnt remind me of them - it was the religous names and stuff. Their gear was British Army I think.

[Charlie Sarson]

Oh the gear obviously didnt remind me of them - it was the religous names and stuff. Their gear was British Army I think.

The camouflage in question was Desert DPM which is used by all arms of HM Forces(not just the army). Also, the small arm which they were carrying was an FN P90(though with some modifications to give it a futuristic look).

Also, and I admit I'm not a fan of the Aliens franchise, but I don't remember any religious orders being present in the film?

[Penny Wills]

Oh wait, you thought I meant Colonial Marines :facepalm:

Space Marines as in the 9ft tall genetically modified superhuman soldiers of the Imperium of Man. From Warhammer 40k :rolleyes:

[Nicole Kraus]

Oh wait, you thought I meant Colonial Marines :facepalm:

Space Marines as in the 9ft tall genetically modified superhuman soldiers of the Imperium of Man. From Warhammer 40k :rolleyes:

Yeah you cant miss them

The next episode airs tomorrow in the Uk :ahhh:
Ive also been reading Doctr Who and the cave monsters (Jon Pertwee era), as the silurians are making a return in the new series

[Sammykins]

Ive also been reading Doctor Who and the cave monsters (Jon Pertwee era), as the silurians are making a return in the new series

Yay! They were the second ever enemy I saw in Doctor Who, and they scared the crap out of me.

[Lifee Mccaslin]

Did anybody else automatically think of Space Marines when introduced to the Church soldiers in one of the recent episodes? The religous ranks, the holy names like "Angelo"...

I loved it.

It's a staple of science fiction, and a nice subtle inclusion of an imaginative concept. That's been a hallmark of New Who- little throwaway references to things that sound totally awesome but that will probably never be shown on screen. Ten's description of the weapons of the Time War in his final episode were nice and sinister. The Skaro Degradations, the Horde of Travesties, the Nightmare Child...

[Lawrence Armijo]

That's one of the many things I like about Dr Who, it doesnt give you all the facts - but lets you elaborate on them in your own mind. I suppose it's lazy, but I kind of like the way all the strange things are treated as perfectly normal by the contemporaries in whatever period of the future they're in.

“It's the 51st Century Amy, the church has moved on.”

Now if only they invested some effort into making some decent military costumes/guns that aren't the same as 21st century ones. It's always a bit of a niggle when they do that.

[Enie van Bied]

It's a staple of science fiction, and a nice subtle inclusion of an imaginative concept. That's been a hallmark of New Who- little throwaway references to things that sound totally awesome but that will probably never be shown on screen. Ten's description of the weapons of the Time War in his final episode were nice and sinister. The Skaro Degradations, the Horde of Travesties, the Nightmare Child...

...The Could've Been King and his Army of Meanwhiles and Never-Were's

[Farrah Barry]

That's one of the many things I like about Dr Who, it doesnt give you all the facts - but lets you elaborate on them in your own mind. I suppose it's lazy, but I kind of like the way all the strange things are treated as perfectly normal by the contemporaries in whatever period of the future they're in.

“It's the 51st Century Amy, the church has moved on.”

Now if only they invested some effort into making some decent military costumes/guns that aren't the same as 21st century ones. It's always a bit of a niggle when they do that.

I think by now it's a deliberately self-referential quirk

[Alexxxxxx]

Perhaps those monks are using old gear for the prestige? We saw 26th Century troops in Davison's stories and they had new uniforms and laser rifles. In one of Colin Baker's stories, the 22nd Century Knight of Oberon Orcini used a submachine gun despite modern weapons being available.

[Aman Bhattal]

Perhaps those monks are using old gear for the prestige? We saw 26th Century troops in Davison's stories and they had new uniforms and laser rifles. In one of Colin Baker's stories, the 22nd Century Knight of Oberon Orcini used a submachine gun despite modern weapons being available.

Earthshock, greatest, story, ever. I remember watching on video as a kid. I wish Rose was actually stuck in the parallel world forever like Adric was gone forever rather than have them punch through. I just think that the doctor cant get rid of the newer companions.

[Emma Louise Adams]

Earthshock, greatest, story, ever. I remember watching on video as a kid. I wish Rose was actually stuck in the parallel world forever like Adric was gone forever rather than have them punch through. I just think that the doctor cant get rid of the newer companions.

I don't understand why the Doctor couldn't have just gone slightly back in time and land in the ship to pick Adric up...

[Felix Walde]

I don't understand why the Doctor couldn't have just gone slightly back in time and land in the ship to pick Adric up...

I forgot the whole reason, but i think its because the ship itself was moving backwards in time that the doctor couldnt actually lock to any co-ordinates because they were always changing.

The new episode on today looks okay, but its going to be about amy, and i dont like amy as a character much.


EDIT: To avoid double posting i'll to this one.

Just watched the Dr Who episode now, amazing the best so far, if you didnt see it then i recommend it. A nice, if not predictable twist and funny seeing alien old people