Well of course the Doctor doesn't make sense. The whole point of the companion is that they serve as a stand-in for the audience. When the Doctor is explaining things to Amy, he's actually talking to us. This is a classic sci-fi technique to keep the audience interested without making them feel stupid or losing them in technobabble.
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Doctor Who Series Seven |OT| The Question You've Been Running From All Your Life
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Well of course the Doctor doesn't make sense. The whole point of the companion is that they serve as a stand-in for the audience. When the Doctor is explaining things to Amy, he's actually talking to us. This is a classic sci-fi technique to keep the audience interested without making them feel stupid or losing them in technobabble.
Ah, couldn't have a Who thread without Kuwabara coming in to shit it up. If you were bored by zombie Daleks, explosions, and hot women, that's your own problem.
KuwabaraTheMan
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I did, but that doesn't mean that I can't be upset about inconsistent character development. I hate how after two seasons of everything they've been through, Amy and Rory get divorced off screen because...well, babies? It really is a slap in the face to everythng they've been to, and makes no sense.
And that's the problem with current Who. It's all glitz and glamour. I don't care about zombie Daleks, explosions or hot women. This is Doctor Who, not a Michael Bay film. That stuff is meaningless without some substance behind it, and Asylum had none. The plot was paper thin, the characters were vapid, and there was no real point to any of it. To quote the Doctor: "But what is it for?"
Narratively, this was the best episode Moffat has written since A Christmas Carol, but it all just felt flat. I don't care about zombies or explosions, unless they're providing a window in which to tell strong stories and reflect upon society.
StealthGoblin
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True story - I am wearing a bow-tie, braces and a tweed jacket in my official staff picture that will be viewable in the school foyer. Couldn't get away with the fez. Apparently that was a step too far.
Dr Zhivago
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I suppose the Doctor fixed this in the intervening years, like how he upgrades the sonic screwdriver periodically.
The issue with the exploding Tardis is that it appeared to be part of the Evil Plan rather than an unintended side effect. Prisoner Zero says something like "The Universe is cracked - silence will fall", implying the cracks and the silence were connected. I suspect Moffat just changed his mind about the Silence's motivations.
I doubt it's so much that he wanted to as that he could, at that moment, get Alex Kingston to commit to enough episodes to tie up her loose ends, and couldn't guarantee the same situation arising in the future. She's not exactly hurting for work.
acheron_xl
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This is what I think. To do the character right, I think she should've popped up here and there, slowly dripping out her story over the course of 5 - 7 years. Somewhere along the line she's a full-on, in-the-opening-credits companion. I think if they wrote her sharply enough, she could have the import to the doctor that was always implied without it feeling like it was forced, or rushed for time.
acheron_xl
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I do get the impression that their relationship was in Moffat's head as a possibility from the very start (though not a certainty) and he saw a window and took it while he had the chance.
Team Filler
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Rewatched Asylum of the Daleks, and this part really stood out for me this time:
Doctor: You think hatred is beautiful?!?
Dalek: Perhaps that is why we have never been able to kill you.
Gave me goosebumps.
Doctor: You think hatred is beautiful?!?
Dalek: Perhaps that is why we have never been able to kill you.
Gave me goosebumps.
ScreenSplitter
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Anyone else found it weird how in the rebooted series they made a big deal about donning disguises to fit into older time periods, and then completely just gave up on that as time went on?
Psychic paper now seems to be enough.
I'll never get the complaints of the Weeping Angels being "overused". Not counting the upcoming episode, they've only had three episodes total, and two of them were part of the same story.
You want overused? Season 8 of the Classic series, every single serial involved the Master. As well as two serials in Season 9 and one more in Season 10. Had Delgado not died, we would have gotten more. ... Actually that's not true. There were plans to kill off the Master in the Third Doctor's regeneration serial (and reveal he was like an evil part of him or something like that) but Delgado's death put an end to those plans.
You want overused? Season 8 of the Classic series, every single serial involved the Master. As well as two serials in Season 9 and one more in Season 10. Had Delgado not died, we would have gotten more. ... Actually that's not true. There were plans to kill off the Master in the Third Doctor's regeneration serial (and reveal he was like an evil part of him or something like that) but Delgado's death put an end to those plans.
EleventhDoctor
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technically the Angels showed up briefly in The God Complex.
Yeah, but that was like 30 seconds. They weren't even real. That would be like calling The Waters of Mars or The Wedding of River Song a Dalek episode due to their cameos.
PhoncipleBone
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On a Spaceship
The Elite
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Just Dinosaurs. They get high marks.
StealthGoblin
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They could do something crazy by having Matt, David and Alex do a 50th anniversary episode that buggers around with Silence in the Library. Sod it, stick Chris in there too.
Man, that premier was terri-bad. Have they completely swapped out the writers or something? The whole episode was a clunky mess and only started to get enjoyable near the end. From the slo-mo action shots to the illogical divorce of a marriage created by a million near death experiences that is somehow saved by yet another near death experience is just utter garbage. Amy and Rory should have exited the show a full year ago, it seems the show is desperately trying to cling on to what made previous seasons great. The plot twist was pretty weak but at least it has a purpose to drive the story line in a new direction.
Most Dr.Who episodes contain a sense of magic or wonder. The character of the doctor in the last episode felt completely flat while Amy felt like she was trying way too hard to act like a tough ass seasoned time traveling explorer.
The souffle girl was a generally interesting character and I wish that they would have just turned her into the new companion so we wouldn't have to see Amy and Rory regularly anymore.
Most Dr.Who episodes contain a sense of magic or wonder. The character of the doctor in the last episode felt completely flat while Amy felt like she was trying way too hard to act like a tough ass seasoned time traveling explorer.
The souffle girl was a generally interesting character and I wish that they would have just turned her into the new companion so we wouldn't have to see Amy and Rory regularly anymore.
PhoncipleBone
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Well, you know that that is the new companion, right? At least the actress. How she gets back is the mystery.
Future Foundation
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I don't get it either, they've only had one appearance (one story, two episodes) in the three series since "Blink". Two if you count Angels Take Manhattan.
Seems the target demographic really enjoyed Asylum of the Daleks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=9QhliTHMDcY
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Damn good line.
EleventhDoctor
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Ha-my 4 year old girl loved it too. This is a great video!
Not expecting much from this week's. Not that I wasnt expecting much from last week's either from the season finale and look what happened there.
Either way, dunno, just getting 'disposable adventure of the week' vibes from what's been shown so far, and the writer hasn't done anything for me before either. Hope it's good though!
Either way, dunno, just getting 'disposable adventure of the week' vibes from what's been shown so far, and the writer hasn't done anything for me before either. Hope it's good though!
Exterminieren
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Eh, I'd be happy with a straightforward, easy on the brain romp. We haven't had one of them since, ooh, Planet of the Dead?
Team Filler
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Anything would be better than series 5 & 6's post-opener stories..
The Elite
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Reviews say this is one of the better Chibnal scripts. Expect the Ridiculous.
KuwabaraTheMan
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I didn't think The Beast Below was that bad. Certainly a bit lightweight, but it was a decent enough story. The Curse of the Black Spot was pretty dumb, though.
Regulus Tera
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How the fuck can anyone not be hyped for dinosaurs in a fucking spaceship.
And it's not even the silly looking feathery dinosaurs (but it should be), but the cool lizardy scaley badass dinosaurs. Fuck y'all.
And it's not even the silly looking feathery dinosaurs (but it should be), but the cool lizardy scaley badass dinosaurs. Fuck y'all.
The Elite
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I wouldn't watch feathered dinosaurs. Even if it was Doctor Who.
Rafa=FedKilla
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When does JLC return or is BBC keeping it close to their chests? Innuendo intended.
Exterminieren
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She returns in the Christmas Special.
Officially.
After last week I wouldnt be surprised if they did build a season-narrative around it. After that debut I really wouldn't complain.
Exterminieren
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Nice bit of foreshadowing in Asylum that I never noticed before; Human Daleks make lightbulbs and electronics flicker and short out. Hence, Oswin's Dalek eye camera shorts out when Amy and Harvey arrive.
Keyser Soze
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"Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" is the best episode name since "Let's Kill Hitler"
Yeah, thought that myself. Hehe.
Future Foundation
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9pm EST on BBC America.
mightynine
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I enjoyed it. Good bit of fun.
Hot Coldman
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A lot better than I was expecting. Just a fun romp. Although I knew there'd be
involved somehow... 
That last bit with Rory's dad was touching.
Silurians
That last bit with Rory's dad was touching.
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