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[Exterminieren]

Some of that was fabulous; mainly the bits with Brian and Solomon. Brian eating his sandwiches above the Earth was great.

Other bits were a bit broad for my tastes; the robots, the balls gag, and most of the things that Riddell came out with. As much as I like Graves, he was a weak link.

 

[The Elite]

Really, really liked that episode. Ended up better than I thought.

The Doctor redirecting the missiles to Solomon was great. I was worried they would find a way to get around The Doctor killing Solomon.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Really, really liked that episode. Ended up better than I thought.

The Doctor redirecting the missiles to Solomon was great. I was worried they would find a way to get around The Doctor killing Solomon.

That bit was kinda odd. Normally, the Doctor isn't so Old Testament... well, he is, but he's usually more subtle about it. He just straight up avenged the Silurians there.

 

[Mr. Sam]

Loved Riddell and Queen Nefertiti. More of them please.

 

[Exterminieren]

Yeah, I liked them not flinching at the conclusion. Dark, sure, but a million times better than stuff like the Doctor attempting to sacrifice himself for no damned reason in The Poison Sky, for example.

 

[The Elite]

That bit was kinda odd. Normally, the Doctor isn't so Old Testament... well, he is, but he's usually more subtle about it. He just straight up avenged the Silurians there.

I thought it would bother me but it didn't. I guess he did leave Solomon with a few moments to escape. Very well executed. I'm sure there was some back and forth when it came to actually having The Doctor kill Solomon.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Brian having a cuppa while watching the world go by was a great visual

Really fun episode overall, actually preferred this to Asylum.

 

[CorrisD]

Good old foreboding again, lol, enjoyable episode though.

 

[The Elite]

Effects wise this was brilliant.

I'm still blown away that they are working on less budget than some of the later RTD stuff.

 

[Hot Coldman]

I thought it would bother me but it didn't. I guess he did leave Solomon with a few moments to escape. Very well executed. I'm sure there was some back and forth when it came to actually having The Doctor kill Solomon.

Solomon was a piece of shit so yeah, I'm not losing any sleep over that one. Casting Filch was a good idea.

 

[DieH@rd]

God dammit I missed it! When will it be up on iplayer?

 

[Cjdamon042]

Thoroughly enjoyed that episode. It was fun little adventure; you need episodes like this every so often. My sister however, who's insanely obsessed with the show, thought it was pretty underwhelming.

 

[Exterminieren]

That bit was kinda odd. Normally, the Doctor isn't so Old Testament... well, he is, but he's usually more subtle about it. He just straight up avenged the Silurians there.

This is a fraction as harsh as he was to the Family of Blood, and their crimes were nowhere near as great as Solomon's genocide.

On that note; how nice to have a ruthless, properly evil human antagonist. Something Nu Who hasn't done often enough for me.

 

[The Elite]

God dammit I missed it! When will it be up on iplayer?

Any moment now. If it isn't already.

 

[Shanks]

9pm EST on BBC America.

Tonight?

 

[Jackpot]

Nice ep. Balls joke and gunning down of the triceratops was a bit "non-family friendly" by dr who standards. Makes the bad guy one of the crueller Dr Who villains of all time even though he was just a flavour of the week.

the triceratops looked more animatronic than CG. Full body shots, with non-CG assets (the Doctor and co) having to move in time with it normally guarantee weird looking floaty bodies but it looked good.

 

[The Elite]

This is a fraction as harsh as he was to the Family of Blood, and their crimes were nowhere near as great as Solomon's genocide.

On that note; how nice to have a ruthless, properly evil human antagonist. Something Nu Who hasn't done often enough for me.

A great ruthless antagonist is rare these days. Not just in Nu Who either. I like a bad guy I can hate.

 

[8bit]

That was a lot better than I expected it to be, Mark Williams was great.

 

[King of the Potato People]

That was absurd yet I enjoyed every second, it introduced some new fun characters.

 

[D_prOdigy]

Was alright. Mitchell & Webb robots were crap though, in a sub-Hitchhiker's sort of way. Added nothing.

 

[The Elite]

Was alright. Mitchell & Webb robots were crap though, in a sub-Hitchhiker's sort of way. Added nothing.

Yeah, if you're going to use Mitchell & Webb give them more to do.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Spoiler

Tricy

:/

 

[The Elite]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/galleries/p00yb4f7

Artwork from the episode is really good.

 

[Exterminieren]

I wonder if Mitchell got paid more than Webb?

Because seriously, Mitchell had a tonne more lines.

 

[Hot Coldman]

I wonder if Mitchell got paid more than Webb?

Because seriously, Mitchell had a tonne more lines.

Even though Webb has a way more distinctive voice, IMO.

 

[JonathanEx]

I wonder if Mitchell got paid more than Webb?

Because seriously, Mitchell had a tonne more lines.

I bet Webb recorded the more lines but couldn't use them cos when confronted by a voiceover booth he can only do Condesending Clip Show voice

 

[Sanjay]

Loved Riddell and Queen Nefertiti. More of them please.

Dat cleavage shot

 

[Future Foundation]

How was Smith's acting this ep?

 

[The Elite]

How was Smith's acting this ep?

As good as any other episode.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

Hmm the flickering lights/ deleted identity of the DR where in this episode aswell. Seems like the flickering lights are the new cracks and the identity of the Dr will probably lead somewhere interesting.

Also pretty surprised the Dr straight up killed that guy, pretty out of character, wonder if this will give him feelings of guilt etc, we know the Dr still has to fall right? Maybe this is the catalyst for something.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Also pretty surprised the Dr straight up killed that guy, pretty out of character

He's done this a fair bit in the past, and the guy had murdered a chunk/all of a race that he was fond of.

 

[Future Foundation]

He's done this a fair bit in the past

Yup, like with some of the aforementioned Family of Blood. And the Time Lords. And how many times has he tried to end the Daleks?

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

I think he tried to kill a caveman with a rock in the very first serial

 

[The Elite]

Yup, like with some of the aforementioned Family of Blood. And the Time Lords. And how many times has he tried to end the Daleks?

There was that one time when he was going to but couldn't live with completely wiping out all the Daleks. That's way back in Genesis of the Daleks though.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Oh, and "Even a monkey could use them. Oh look, they're going to."

line of the show

 

[StealthGoblin]

Too many co-incidental plot devices this time for me. Rory's dad wasn't really needed at all.

 

[The Elite]

Too many co-incidental plot devices this time for me. Rory's dad wasn't really needed at all.

He wasn't needed but he was fun to have around. I think adding an excuse for them needing him at the end was a bit much.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

He's done this a fair bit in the past, and the guy had murdered a chunk/all of a race that he was fond of.

Smiths Dr hasn't? I cant remember Tennants Dr doing so either? For new Who it seems very out of character. I would count on it being brought up again in the future. It felt like a significant move.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Smiths Dr hasn't? I cant remember Tennants Dr doing so either? For new Who it seems very out of character. I would count on it being brought up again in the future.

off the top of my head

Eccleston - attempted it in Dalek, killed all the time lords & daleks in the time war(unless that was eight)
Tennant - gives the family of blood eternal torment
Smith - gives an order for the execution of the silence in day of the moon

 

[grimshawish]

Awesome fun! And a tight plot (Moff editing finally?). Just pure fun, plus the production stopped any Tennant on Wall-E style ridicul, really well done.

 

[The Elite]

off the top of my head

Eccleston - attempted it in Dalek, killed all the time lords & daleks in the time war(unless that was eight)
Tennant - gives the family of blood eternal torment
Smith - gives an order for the execution of the silence in day of the moon

Yup.

This one in particular stands out as much as the Family of Blood one for me. An important moment for The Doctor but not unprecedented. I don't think they will bring it up again. Unless Solomon returns in Solomon's Revenge!

 

[StalkerUKCG]

People are impressed with the CG, Honestly it was pretty terrible. I mean like passable but not anything impressive.

The beast from Impossible Planet/Satan Pit was better.

The budget cuts REALLY show. Its only older CG stuff thats already had alot of dedicated work or is relatively simple in comparison like the Space ships or daleks for instance that look good.

BBC really need to appreciate how big Who is and devote some more money to it.

 

[BackwardsSuggestions]

People are impressed with the CG, Honestly it was pretty terrible. I mean like passable but not anything impressive.

The beast from Impossible Planet/Satan Pit was better.

The budget cuts REALLY show. Its only older CG stuff thats already had alot of dedicated work or is relatively simple in comparison like the Space ships or daleks for instance that look good.

BBC really need to appreciate how big Who is and devote some more money to it.

One of my lectures works on the effects for the show and she says they really don't have much time to do them.

She hardly talks about it though and I know someone here also works on the effects so maybe they could shed some light on it.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

One of my lectures works on the effects for the show and she says they really don't have much time to do them.

She hardly talks about it though and I know someone here also works on the effects so maybe they could shed some light on it.

It used to be a real CG studio they contracted to do work, I cant remember the name off the top of my head but it seems like they stopped using them and moved to a more "in house" studio.

 

[StealthGoblin]

I don't like the new credits very much. Looks like holograms/blurriness and the new font is a bit bland.

 

[JonathanEx]

It used to be a real CG studio they contracted to do work, I cant remember the name off the top of my head but it seems like they stopped using them and moved to a more "in house" studio.

The Mill.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

The Mill.

Thats them Thanks.

Looks like they stopped working for Doctor Who after Series 5.

Edit: Ignore that, IMDB still lists them as working (at least on s6) but The show reel has nothing from S5 onwards.

Either way Who SFX have clearly been hit by the budget cut. The CGI is Pretty mediocre.

 

[Exterminieren]

Thats them Thanks.

Looks like they stopped working for Doctor Who after Series 5.

They used an in-house team for The Lodger and Amy's Choice when the cash and time ran out, but The Mill have done every other episode to date.

I do think you're being overly harsh, though; I wouldn't call, say, Asylum's CGI mediocre, all things considered.

 

[Thomper]

Mediocre? Eh, I dunno. Sure, the Beast looked good, but that was pretty much the best CGI they ever did in the RTD-era. Most other stuff tended to look pretty silly. Asylum of the Daleks looked amazing, and the dino's in this episode looked fine. You can never make fake dinosaurs look truly realistic, especially not on a TV-budget, and I thought the shots of space and the spaceship looked gorgeous.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

The pirate's spaceship looks pretty bad though. When it was flying around. It looked like a bad student project.