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Doctor Who Series Seven |OT| The Question You've Been Running From All Your Life
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People who complain about the CG now obviously weren't around in 2005...
I was thinking that the whole time. The CG's not great, but it's improved and used more wisely. Overall, might be one of my top 5 favourite episodes of NuWho. Rory's dad and Lestrade were highlights (would have killed for a "clever girl" reference when Amy picked up that shock rifle though)
InaudibleWhispa
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I was waiting for that too.
Exterminieren
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It's not just the CGI; the cinematography, lighting and (particularly) production design are far improved under Moffat. No more primary colours for spaceships nowadays.
Eteric Rice
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You know, what if instead of having the companions come and go like usual, he actually pops in to check on Amy and Rory through out their lives? Maybe we'll actually get to see young Amy and Rory, middle aged Amy and Rory, and old Amy and Rory? Maybe he will visit them on the days that they die, and go to their funerals?
It would be an interesting thing. The man who has to watch everyone he loves turn to dust.
It would be an interesting thing. The man who has to watch everyone he loves turn to dust.
ScreenSplitter
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I could've sworn they used animatronics for one close-up of the Doctor petting the Triceratops. Very impressive.
Just rewatched A Good Man Goes to War and I still think it's weird that military/religious organisation popped up out of nowhere. Hope we get more of them in this season's finale, wasn't very well explaned.
I think that might just be them not filming it in HD/having lower quality cameras.
Well they sort of had that with Donna's wedding, and it was very touching. Sarah Jane he went back to visit... he just left a long time between the visits.
Just rewatched A Good Man Goes to War and I still think it's weird that military/religious organisation popped up out of nowhere. Hope we get more of them in this season's finale, wasn't very well explaned.
I think that might just be them not filming it in HD/having lower quality cameras.
Well they sort of had that with Donna's wedding, and it was very touching. Sarah Jane he went back to visit... he just left a long time between the visits.
grimshawish
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Series 1 defoes was filmed with a sort of filter, it looks great in places. Pretty sure Series 2 dropped it entirely and is one of the cheapest looking series.
Next weeks is suppose to be a very very thematic episode, so I suspect you won't be too disappointed
Next weeks is suppose to be a very very thematic episode, so I suspect you won't be too disappointed
SpeedingUptoStop
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RTD era eps baffle the fuck out of me. I would never believe they were made any later than early 90s just by looking at them. Moffat era eps somehow took a massive leap and now it's like one of the best shot shows on TV.
The Technomancer
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Next weeks is suppose to be a very very thematic episode, so I suspect you won't be too disappointed
Is next week the Western or the Power of Three?
ScreenSplitter
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The whole RTD era reeks of 90's sci-fi. The writing, the monsters, everything.
Western with cool looking cyborg.
radioheadrule83
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I'm of the opposite feeling. I just watched episode 2 and thought it much more solid than the first. The acting from the guest actors was top notch, and the effects - surprisingly - weren't too bad either.
Exterminieren
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Next weeks is suppose to be a very very thematic episode, so I suspect you won't be too disappointed
I'm hearing good things, and the SFX spoiler-free preview talking of a "surprisingly mature, dark story that engages in ethical debate" sounds like a nice counterpoint to this week.
Also, a guy whose opinions I really trust who's seen it already loves it to bits.
I can not even come close to agreeing.
Episode 1 one amazing, episode 2 was essentially classic Who.
brucewaynegretzky
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Criminally underused.
Maybe it was because I was distracted during the episode a few times, but the villain wasn't all that interesting or well acted. The plot was thin. I barely felt excitement. Last weeks episode was the complete opposite in every category.
I just felt like this episode was thrown together sloppily. I wasn't even really impressed with Rory's dad. I'm glad you guys liked it, I just wasn't feeling it at all.
You could always go watch The Langoliers if you want more.
(I like a lot of that episode, but once the creatures start showing up in full form I think it goes to shit)
radioheadrule83
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^ I watched an old classic Who episode the other day were Stonehenge type stones were attacking and killing people, and I love the way they used to show someone screaming and cut away rather than showing what went on... it was obviously for budget / effects reasons, but it gave it a class hitchcock meets B-movie kind of vibe
I thought the villain was great... I was disappointed with Mitchell & Webb (the robots) not being as funny as I know those guys can be, but they were okay.. the main villain himself was actually really sinister. The innuendo and overtones in this episode were a bit more overt than is usual for Dr Who... the villains line about "breaking her in" was sinister in the extreme.
For me, it certainly beat EGGS-TERMIN-ATE!
I thought the villain was great... I was disappointed with Mitchell & Webb (the robots) not being as funny as I know those guys can be, but they were okay.. the main villain himself was actually really sinister. The innuendo and overtones in this episode were a bit more overt than is usual for Dr Who... the villains line about "breaking her in" was sinister in the extreme.
For me, it certainly beat EGGS-TERMIN-ATE!
EleventhDoctor
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Oh God. Those things from Father's Day were so lame.
Just rewatched DoaS, and I still think it was great. Nice stand alone sort of adventure with one or two random faces thrown in for fun. Plus the Doctor killing someone for once was... Good. The longer he's alone the more vicious he appears to get so I feel sorry for anyone who gets in his way.
SpeedingUptoStop
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This is also very true and not a mistake that he kind of was losing his humanity just a step in this episode.
I don't know if it was intentional, but I loved and hated the "glow" of the first two seasons. Makes the show look dreamy, but damn was it also pretty blurry at times.
For comparison:
Well to be fair this happened 15 frames later.
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
Is it just me, or has Matt Smith aged horribly over the last few years. He just looks so much older than he did in Series 5.
In interviews, Matt Smith looks surprisingly exactly like he did in the Eleventh Hour. It seems that the make up person gels up his hair too much or something. Makes it look thinner instead of the big bouncy messy hair we see in the first series.
I just assumed that most British (European) television shows had that kind of Vaseline filter.
After they started working with BBC America, I noticed that it became more like American television shows, meaning darker and less shimmery. It sorta happened with Torchwood, too. Compare the first three seasons with the one co-produced (?) by Showtime.
Come on, get it right.
EGGS-STIR-MIN-EIGHT. (I admit it, I love that. Cheesy and cheeky in all the right ways)
Definitely on purpose.
Team Filler
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Your poisonous attitude towards people being fans of Doctor Who because of the franchise reboot's popularity is pure elitism, nothing more. I get the impression that you wouldn't consider myself or certain others here as "real" Whovians simply because we were introduced to the show by way of Eccleston, Tennant, or Smith, and to that notion I have three words: get over yourself.
One more thing: it has been mentioned several times that the show has even less budget now than previous series in the reboot, so you're wrong on that count too. What a surprise.
OT: I liked DoaS. I felt the pacing was a bit too fast in spots, but all-in-all I had fun with it. The part where Amy and the Doctor are talking about outliving the other was particularly moving, I felt, and another example of why Matt Smith is so good.
ScreenSplitter
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Hoho! Not confirmed yet. I would guess she appears in Ep5, Rory & Amy's last episode, but who's to say really.
EDIT: Yeah she's in that one. Photos from the set confirm it.
great episode, but I didn't like the balls gag (bit to close to the bone) and the killing of the triceratops was unnecessary IMO. Robots being camp but simultaneously nasty was also a bit odd.
I thought the CG was great. Real people riding CG dinosaurs and IMO looked way better than Attack of the Clones.
I'm confused by the Silurians though. The guy in the video was literally the guy in the two-parter, so was it actually him, or just 'lol all Silurians look the same to me'?
And how did they drop the Dinosaurs off on Siluria? I thought the point of the Silurians was that they were the original earthlings and this was there home? (also the reason the ark was coming back to earth).
I loved that bit. The look on the Doctor's face when she talks about him outliving her was really good - 'yes, yet again I outlive my companions, I see them die etc'. And it feels like he wants to wean them off him, but simultaneously needs them - you can see all that in his face in those short scenes together with Amy.
I thought the CG was great. Real people riding CG dinosaurs and IMO looked way better than Attack of the Clones.
I'm confused by the Silurians though. The guy in the video was literally the guy in the two-parter, so was it actually him, or just 'lol all Silurians look the same to me'?
And how did they drop the Dinosaurs off on Siluria? I thought the point of the Silurians was that they were the original earthlings and this was there home? (also the reason the ark was coming back to earth).
I loved that bit. The look on the Doctor's face when she talks about him outliving her was really good - 'yes, yet again I outlive my companions, I see them die etc'. And it feels like he wants to wean them off him, but simultaneously needs them - you can see all that in his face in those short scenes together with Amy.
It's intentional. Apparently the Doctor aged (in years) a hell of a lot since the Eleventh Hour.
er, then you ask a follow up question to find out when they got into DW, and that's your better avenue into who they are, rather than simply write everyone off because a show is popular?
SuicidalSteve
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Is this series feeling more about identity with the first two episodes we have had so far? Even with the style change for the two episode intro's we have had so far? Could mean for something big unfolding
ScreenSplitter
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Well at the moment there's a hell of a lot of foreshadowing for Amy & Rory's departure, as well as the running "Doctor Who?!" thing that we've been getting since halfway through Series 6. And to an extent, the whole show.
I assumed it was a direct effect of "Cold Blood" The Sllurians woke up realized that they'd never be accepted on earth, built an arc and then left.
Have no idea how the dinosaurs got there though. Genetic engineering perhaps?
Also someone on reddit pointed out an intresting theory: Rory is older then he should in a normal timeline. What if this episode took place years after Angels in Manhattan?
Hot Coldman
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They saw a meteor was on its way to kill off the dinosaurs (and potentially the Silurians, although they obviously survived), and the arc was one preventive measure against that. Most likely.
ScreenSplitter
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Um I think more likely the Silurians left before the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs. Remember, they were around a long time before the humans, are reptillian, and the Earth was once theirs. Likely some Silurians went underground to escape the extinction, and others left for greener pastures.
Wasn't it directly said in the captains log thing?
Hot Coldman
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Ah yes, it was. The Silurian guy was being all poetic, so the exposition kinda flew over me. I pieced it together nonetheless- cor, I could write this show easily!
Hot Coldman
Banned
I like Silurians, but only when they're not all "rawrrr you nicked our planet and now we're back after an inexplicable period of time". Madam Vastra and the like are interesting Silurians- it's nice to have them back as just a race in the Who pantheon, and not as straight-up villains. We have enough of those as is.
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