[Closed] Dr Who = rubbish

I used to do that to the Test Card, Ernie...

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It's that clown. It freaked me out.

Moffat writing the whole series? I thought mark gattis wrote the spitfire episode?

I like both Doctor Who and Discworld, which pretty much labels me as a geek I suppose.

The spitfire episode was pretty crap, are they contractually obliged to include Daleks in every bloody season? The weeping angels were much better, although again they're reusing ideas from previous series.And I'm halfway through the latest Pratchett, and I can't say I'm particuarly impressed, he's done much better.

What show/Film is Amy P is bed with her un-laddered tights on? might be worth a watch....

arresting sight
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Oh!
I might have to watch this series!

Dr Who is a modern sensation. It's a huge success. Look at how it sells overseas for a start. The BBC should be congratulated in producing something so in tune with the modern viewers.

The new Dr looks a little quirky and not in his early 20's. It's a long way from the Tom Baker days - thankfully!

rOcKeTdOg - Member
Moffat writing the whole series? I thought mark gattis wrote the spitfire episode?

All my posts come with the caveat that they are probably 70% correct.

When I were a lad, the story covered the whole
series - i.e. it was a proper serial (no - not
Corn Flakes).

Every series has at least one overarching background plot that links between the episodes. In the current one it has been the cracks in time, but previous ones had Bad Wolf, the drums, Saxon etc.

I think alot of people in this thread seem to be strapping on a lovely pair of Nostalgia™ rose tinted glasses.

It's a weird blend of actual sci-fi and self-parody, funny and yet serious at the same time. I think it's a great if ambitious combination, something only the Brits could do, and it works really well for me. On the whole. It's certainly conceptually very different from most stuff, which I love, and is to be applauded.

And LAWS of narrative? WTF? I don't think I'd like to live on a planet where everyone had to stick to the rules for any artistic endeavour. Actually, we did do that sort of thing a few years ago, didn't we? Spanish Inquisition, Cultural Revolution, McCarthy..?

Says one of the 2 SF writers that I can't read...

Terry Pratchett's one to talk - the last three or four Discworld novels have all had exactly the same plot, and its rehashed from Soul Music anyway.

I gave up on Pratchett after the Lost Continent. It was a really stupidly lame attempt to fit Australia into the discworld.. Yes big southern continent that has yet to be discovered BUT all the parodies were of post-colonial stuff.. grr 🙁 And it was crap in lots of other areas too.

I was annoyed this week by the continuity errors.

Dr leaves his jacket, next scene he's in it. Next scene - gone again.

Sloppy.

we love dr who in our house.

i quite like pratchett too. his books are a bit samey but i still enjoy them. i liked the lost continent mainly for the lame takeoffs and also rincewind is a genius character.

dr who is a bit of afternoon fun for the family not some national geographic documentary.

Watched 5mins of the first "new" Dr Who (with Billie piper).
Read 5mins of a Terry Pratchett book once.

5 minutes of each was 5 minutes too much. Still not worked out what all the fuss is about for either.

You know, much as I like redheads, and yes, she's a very nice redhead, I can't help thinking the new doctor reminds me of either a younger version of Gordon Ramsay, or George McFly.

Quite off-putting.

Hmmm (going back to the top of the thread) Mr Pratchett is being a bit pot like, or errmm well <ahem> perhaps a bit ill in the grey matter, to knock Dr Who's failings.
Considering his career is built on parodying other authors and one could argue about the physics of a flat world carried on the backs of elephants riding a huge turtle thru's space....

However, I've never found suspension of disbelief too tricky, particularly after the 2nd pint on a Sat night. So I love Discworld and Dr Who.

That new ginger one is fit, but doesn't make up for the crap acting/storylines and VFX!

dr who has never been about hard sci-fi or believable situations

there were some shocking monsters early on and anyone remember the bertie basset bad guy in one of the sylvester mccoy episodes

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is he talking to biggins there?

and as for the daleks what a terrifying planet dominating force, as long as the world is perfectly flat and smooth and they have nuked all stairs from orbit before landing- at least the can fly now

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Is there another kind of simulacrum?

Ok, Lego and Amy Pond together, could it get any better

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probably....

I think alot of people in this thread seem to be strapping on a lovely pair of Nostalgia™ rose tinted glasses.

Sure you can pick holes in them, but they're (mostly) great telly.
Not too sure about the Spitfire episode though.

jon, Is that a G string?

When i was five i saw the first ever Dr.who. I remember an old man enticing two young children into a police phone box.....

Not too sure about the Spitfire episode though.

Spitfires = awesome.
Space = awesome.
Batlle scenes = awesome.

Ergo

Battle scene with Spitfires in space = awesome³

Surely the maths is undeniable?

Due to the Darleks, I spent at least 6 months of my childhood wetting the bed, that wasn't very awesome.

Old Dr Who was rubbish... New Doctor Who is occasionally very good, occasionally rubbish. Like, in this new series, some of the dialogue in that first episode was great... "All I've got is a post office. And it's closed"... But then the daleks at war episode, which could have been cool, turned out to be pure mince. Then the first of the angels episodes turns out to be pretty damn good (not seen the second one)

Oh, and you can keep your Amy Ponds, Sophie Aldred was where it's at. The s**ttest doctor but the best sidekick