Doctor Who, Season Two Discussion
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UPDATED: Thursday, August 24, 2006 16:00
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Tonights episode was awesome!!!
Marc Warren rules! As does Peter Kay! As does ELO! 
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I mean doing a Doctor Whoe episode were the Doctor and Rose appear for maybe 5 mins in the whole thing,
that takes balls!
Nice contrast to the quite heavy two parter and a bit of break before the final episodes and the final showdown.
A brillant piece of writing and acting!
Not too sure about next week though.....
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I'm delurking from this thread to note my disappointment with last night's episode. It was still fun but there were some cringeworthily camp moments (I'm thinking especially of the Benny Hill alien chase at the beginning - I almost expected them to go into a 3 Stooges slapstick routine!)
I suppose they were going for a lighthearted feel and there were bits I enjoyed but, for me, it wasn't in the same league as other episodes (The girl in the Fireplace episode still rates as my favorite ever - it shows you can have humour without completely getting rid of dramatic tension)
Just my two cents for anyone who's interested! 
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Anyone have any ideas on whether the "Torchwood" references are leading up to something? Starting with "The Christmas Invasion" there's been a mention of Torchwood in a couple of the episodes. In this last episode villain made reference to Torchwood when passing out the information folders to the LINDA members (or should that be LI'N'DA?) And one of his statements had me thinking that Torchwood was keeping tabs on the group (something along the lines of "most likely to fight back), presumably because of their interest in the Doctor. Or am I just reading too much into it after missing all of the Bad Wolf references in the first season?
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Torchwood is going to be a spin-off starring Captain Jack. Also, it's an anagram of Doctor Who.
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Tonight was quite meh. Not bad, not great. The best thing about it was the "I was a dad once" line and the preview of next weeks episode.
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Yeah, definately not at it's best. I was very surprised when I saw who the writer was, I expected it to be a RTD ep after the incredibly "everything's suddenly fine again!" ending, but found it was by the creator of Life on Mars, one of my favourite current TV shows.
Still, next week should be good. As long as the cybermen aren't screaming delete all the time. Also, did anyone else notice a distinctly Dalek looking death?
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Yep definite Dalek looking death in the trailer. It has been speculated for ages now that the last two episodes where going to be Cybermen Vs Daleks with earth in the middle.
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I wasn't too sure about this episode at first. It had very strong horror undertones, but it subversive, which I liked.
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I thought that Rose would be the one trapped in the artwork.
It had the classic 'blonde girl ascends the stairs' moment, and the 'don't go into the creepy room' moment, but overall the episode was handled in a refreshingly different way.
There were no mosters of the week. (Evil daddy shadow aside.)
It was all psychological which was nice.I liked the fact that it was a horror story in the day time too. There aren't enough stories like that, and they can be even more terrifying!
The campness is becoming something of a trademark for the show. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I'm not sure if it worked too well this week. I'm still undecided on that.
Although, I loved the bit where the Doctor parked the TARDIS in the wrong position.
And, I laughed when the Doctor carried the Olympic torch, and wooped at the crowd. The main thing that sticks out in my mind though is the musical score. It's really, really impressive. There have been a few episodes now, ('School Reunion', 'The Girl in the Fireplace' and 'The Impossible Planet'/'Satan pit') where the score just stands out.
Next week's episode looks really interesting though. It's much darker in tone. I'm looking forward to that one! It's good to finally have a big story arc come along.
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Excellent episode but I don't like where this is going. In the trailer for next weeks episode the line "this is our planet not yours and you going to listen for once" is clearly aimed at the Doctor, and I dislike that. He's Doctor f-ing Who! Russel is getting on my tits with his human-centric vision of the who virse. You don't talk down to a bloody time lord!
Also if Torchwood really is going to be about a bunch of people spreading imperialism I'm going to have issues with that as well.. Hmmmm
Daleks Vs Cybermen though!
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