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[Keyser Soze]

Just finished watching tonight’s ep. On first impressions I am impressed by it. It was the first show of the new series that had a serious tone to it that had any sorta Doc Who atmosphere to it. It also had a good pace and

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them damn kids wanting "their mommy" were kind of freaky and the cliff hanger ending was also good

When I saw "Written by" at the start followed by someone else’s name other Russell T Davies I had high hopes for the episode and was not let down (much). I am not saying it was grade A material but it was better than a few of Davies episodes...

...I now believe there is hope for some quality Doctor Who episodes.

Anyone else see it?

 

[COCKLES]

Written by Stephen Moffett who writes the original UK Coupling.

Good episode. Some great FX.

However on the subject of Russell T Davies...

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Bad Wolf Spoiler: "GUESS WHO’S IN BIG BRU," says the Daily Star, ". . . and who's the Weakest Link. Doctor Who is to face his biggest ordeal yet by becoming trapped inside the Big Brother house. And his sidekick Rose will come up against something more scary than a Dalek - a robotic Anne Robinson on The Weakest Link. The Time Lord, played by Christopher Eccleston, 41, and sexy Rose - Billie Piper, 22 - do battle in an adventure on the BBC sci-fi show when the Tardis ends up in futuristic reality TV land. The bizarre idea was dreamed up by writer Russell T Davies, 41, who said last night: 'It's one of my favourite episodes. When you see it on screen you'll be blown away.' The Doctor ends up as a reality TV star when he lands inside the Big Brother house in the penultimate episode of the series, called Bad Wolf, to be screened in June. Telly chiefs wanted the setting to look authentic so they asked Channel 4, who run the game show, to help. And they have been given permission to use the famous Big Brother theme music during the scenes where the Doctor is trying to escape from the house. They are still in talks with TV host Davina McCall to do a voiceover. Bosses want her to say: 'Big Brother House, this is Davina. You are live on Channel 4 - please do not swear.' Russell added: 'We're hoping Davina will be able to do this. She's busy, but we're keeping our fingers crossed.' During the weird episode, the Doctor's sexy assistant Rose also finds herself up against a celeb in the form of Anne Robinson. She lands on the BBC2 gameshow The Weakest Link and discovers the Queen of Mean has been replaced by a robot. TV bosses have persuaded Anne, 60, to do the voice of Anne Droid - and it's even more cruel than the real acidtongued host. The Doctor's new assistant Captain Jack (played John Barrowman, 38) also finds himself in trouble in the bizarre special. He gets a roasting from none other than Trinny Woodall, 40, and Susannah Constantine, 42, after stumbling into an edition of What Not To Wear. When they see the time traveller dressed up looking like Han Solo from Star Wars they give him a much-needed makeover.

 

[iapetus]

However on the subject of Russell T Davies...

Anyone know where I can hire a hit man? Google doesn't seem much help. In fact, screw the 'hire' bit, I'm sure they'd work pro bono on this one...

 

[Keyser Soze]

However on the subject of Russell T Davies...

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Bad Wolf Spoiler: "GUESS WHO’S IN BIG BRU," says the Daily Star, ". . . and who's the Weakest Link. Doctor Who is to face his biggest ordeal yet by becoming trapped inside the Big Brother house. And his sidekick Rose will come up against something more scary than a Dalek - a robotic Anne Robinson on The Weakest Link. The Time Lord, played by Christopher Eccleston, 41, and sexy Rose - Billie Piper, 22 - do battle in an adventure on the BBC sci-fi show when the Tardis ends up in futuristic reality TV land. The bizarre idea was dreamed up by writer Russell T Davies, 41, who said last night: 'It's one of my favourite episodes. When you see it on screen you'll be blown away.' The Doctor ends up as a reality TV star when he lands inside the Big Brother house in the penultimate episode of the series, called Bad Wolf, to be screened in June. Telly chiefs wanted the setting to look authentic so they asked Channel 4, who run the game show, to help. And they have been given permission to use the famous Big Brother theme music during the scenes where the Doctor is trying to escape from the house. They are still in talks with TV host Davina McCall to do a voiceover. Bosses want her to say: 'Big Brother House, this is Davina. You are live on Channel 4 - please do not swear.' Russell added: 'We're hoping Davina will be able to do this. She's busy, but we're keeping our fingers crossed.' During the weird episode, the Doctor's sexy assistant Rose also finds herself up against a celeb in the form of Anne Robinson. She lands on the BBC2 gameshow The Weakest Link and discovers the Queen of Mean has been replaced by a robot. TV bosses have persuaded Anne, 60, to do the voice of Anne Droid - and it's even more cruel than the real acidtongued host. The Doctor's new assistant Captain Jack (played John Barrowman, 38) also finds himself in trouble in the bizarre special. He gets a roasting from none other than Trinny Woodall, 40, and Susannah Constantine, 42, after stumbling into an edition of What Not To Wear. When they see the time traveller dressed up looking like Han Solo from Star Wars they give him a much-needed makeover.

What The Fucking Fuck, He He Fucking High Or Somthing?? (Please tell me that spoiler is a joke, please please please please_

 

[iapetus]

Bump, on the grounds that there doesn't seem to be a more appropriate thread.

Colour me pleasantly surprised. Despite a bad start, I'm really finding myself coming round to this series. The pacing problems with the earlier one-shot episodes seem to have been resolved (here's hoping the next series is all two-parters) and the scripts seem to be largely improving too - the balance between comedy and drama seems to be struck a lot better than it was. And I was impressed by the cliffhanger in an episode that already seemed to have given away its big surprise in last week's teaser. There's one thing I'm fairly sure of - I'm betting that the voice at the end of the episode doesn't belong to

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Davros

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