Doctor Who - Series 8 Thread.

[Chris]

Omg did I see Ben Miller in that? Exciting! This episode looks like it's gonna be a funny one though haa

Yep he's a guest for this episode!

[Chippiewill]

Thought the ep was pretty good overall. Other than the set design. Goddamn the set design was crap.

[Kyle]

Awful episode with an awful plot. The story has been done before by Matt smith with a robot human clone thig rather than a Dalek. Why are dales back again? Boring. What's next? Cyber man makes a comeback? Sigh.

I want to see new planets, new alien creations. Perhaps start borrowing from other shoes rather than recycling this old tripe. I get that it has been over 50 years and ideas may be thin on the ground but it's boring for those of us that have seen every episode before it. I don't want overarching themes or storylines that take 19 weeks to unfold, I just want to look at a funny lookin alien and see a new planet. Bring back the slitheen, they were cool. Or maybe adipose can make a comeback. Or, ya know, design a new alien fr once. Capaldi was bang on when he uttered "where have I seen this before, I'm missing something" in the opening episode. The thing you're missing pal is that dr who is full of boring recurring characters and alien design that has been used 40 times over. If I see another Dalek or cyber man or.... God forbid... Another bloody Ood, I'll slaughter my family and end it all. Next episode is Robin Hood ... Well THAT hasn't been done before now has it. Oh wait, only 12 billion times. Ffs. Kill me. R I p doctor who


~~from phone

[dbgtz]

Awful episode with an awful plot. The story has been done before by Matt smith with a robot human clone thig rather than a Dalek. Why are dales back again? Boring. What's next? Cyber man makes a comeback? Sigh.

I want to see new planets, new alien creations. Perhaps start borrowing from other shoes rather than recycling this old tripe. I get that it has been over 50 years and ideas may be thin on the ground but it's boring for those of us that have seen every episode before it. I don't want overarching themes or storylines that take 19 weeks to unfold, I just want to look at a funny lookin alien and see a new planet. Bring back the slitheen, they were cool. Or maybe adipose can make a comeback. Or, ya know, design a new alien fr once. Capaldi was bang on when he uttered "where have I seen this before, I'm missing something" in the opening episode. The thing you're missing pal is that dr who is full of boring recurring characters and alien design that has been used 40 times over. If I see another Dalek or cyber man or.... God forbid... Another bloody Ood, I'll slaughter my family and end it all. Next episode is Robin Hood ... Well THAT hasn't been done before now has it. Oh wait, only 12 billion times. Ffs. Kill me. R I p doctor who


~~from phone

Nothing wrong with using them if it's in a fairly original way. However, that episode was basically a mash up of the episode you were on about and Dalek back in Ecclestones series.

Personally, I'd love to a see a Cyberman episode when they bring back the older designs somehow.

[Kardan]

I love Capaldi, I think he's fresh and exciting, but my god are the storylines themselves a complete let down. It's just not interesting, and it's all been done before. It's really letting the series down.

[Charz777]

I feel like such an odd one. Whenever anyone dislikes an episode, I love it and when everyone loves one, generally I dislike it. No exception it seems this time.

I absolutely love the new series, only two episodes in and I feel like I'm obsessed the way I was back in 2005 when I was a crazy 12-year-old fan girl! I've watched the first two episodes three times each now!

So, I love Peter Capaldi, I love the way he moves, the way he speaks, the accent, the outfit, the way he brings forward the comedy. All I can say is I can't wait to see him get truly angry or upset; it'll be amazing!

Clara is really growing on me too. Never really liked her before, but much in the same way Amy did, she's really impressed me now that she's settled into the role. I like the way Jenna plays her and love her attitude. Not sure how I feel about Danny Pink yet, it's too soon to tell.

So, episode one. Automatically I liked it because of the Paternoster gang. Strax is just too funny with his battle-talk and misunderstandings. I also adored the development with Vastra and Jenny. And though the BBC defended that it was an 'oxygen transfer' I liked that it was an intimate moment and I was quite disappointed that people complained over something that is quite clearly just a story, not the BBC having a 'gay agenda.'

I wasn't thrilled by the whole dinosaur/droids storyline but I liked the things that were made possible because of that, like the Vastra/Jenny breathing thing. I hope we see more of them later in the series. But mainly I enjoyed the characterisation, especially for the Doctor. How he is struggling to remember past events, and the story behind 'choosing' his face is all very interesting and that's what made it a good episode for me more than the storyline. I don't really have an opinion on the Heaven stuff yet; again too soon to tell but I like the theories people are coming up with.

Episode two was much better in terms of storyline and I hope we see more of Rusty. Again great acting by Peter and Jenna, I'm really loving him as the Doctor; I can't express it enough. I love how witty he is, how he's 'mean' to Clara and how he doesn't seem to give a damn what he says to anyone, I think it's great. I've read a lot of comments all over saying that of the 4(/5) Doctors we've had since 2005 he has had the worst entry in that he didn't just slip into the role like the others did. Now, I've loved all of the Doctors since 2005, though Matt took me a while, and I think Capaldi has fallen into the role the best out of any of them (even compared to the wonderful Mr. Tennant!) For me it feels like he SHOULD be there and has always been there. I think he's great and I can't seem to grasp what it is that people don't like about him. I think he's amazing, I hope he sticks around for a long time. I think Peter and Jenna are a great on-screen partnership.

[Inseriousity.]

I agree Char. I enjoyed the past 2 eps (the trio definitely help). Clara seems more human, the Doctor is as good as ever and after s6 and 7, I tend to have low expectations of the plot just in case and I've been pleasantly surprised both times. I even think that so far it looks like they've gone back to RTD's method of story arc by just inserting references into the story here and there which helps build suspense but still rather simple rather than stretching things too far and making it so complicated.

[Phil]

I just want to see some new writers come in soon because lets face it, Moffat murdered Season 7

[Charz777]

I think Moffat is a much better writer in terms of Sci-Fi; his episodes seem more dark and mysterious. RTD was very fluffy and cute, but that's not to say I didn't enjoy his episodes

[Empired]

I think Moffat is a much better writer in terms of Sci-Fi; his episodes seem more dark and mysterious. RTD was very fluffy and cute, but that's not to say I didn't enjoy his episodes

Not sure I'd call episodes like Journey's End fluffy and cute, but they're definitely not as dark as Moffat's writing

I agree Moffat is better at Sci-Fi and he was fantastic when he wasn't Head writer, but he went a bit mad once he was in charge! RTD's funny episodes broke up the seriousness a bit and made the scary episodes even scarier. Most episodes were supposed to be full-on terrifying in Season 7 so the audience just got too used to it and Doctor Who got boring.

Actually, that's not true. They tried to write some funnier episodes to break it up (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, etc) but I don't really think they have anyone who can do that very well at the moment.