Doctor Who, Season Two Discussion

That was SOOOO great. And so very sad. There were tears.

Sooo Great:
The dialogue between the Daleks and the Cybermen - fan-bluddy-tastic.

Sorry if I got this quote sightly wrong

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You are superior in only one way..your ability to die

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So much going on

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Rose's mum and "dad" getting together, Rose getting snatched into the other dimension and then jumping back, opening up the void, getting pulled in, geting saved by her "dad"...

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So very sad:
I thought Christopher Eccleston made a good Doctor and I was really unsure about David Tennant. But, blimey, he completely erased Chris Eccelston from my memory! I watched "Dr Who Confidential" afterwards, and realised I had forgotten that Chris Eccleston had even been the Doctor!

Replacing Rose will be much harder. It's not just replacing Billie, the difficulty of filling the void left by Rose. Her relationship with the Doctor was very special, they had so much fun together and there was so much love between them. I can't imaging warming to anyone the way I warmed to her.

And there were tears:
Starting with

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when they were separated by the wall, and they were one on each side, holding the wall knowing the other was there;

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continuing with

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when they "met" in Norway for the last time. BTW, Rose's makeup was great...all smushed mascara down her face, very realistic

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For me, it was like

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Wash's death

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all over again.


Not sure about Catherine Tate. She might just be a stopgap, to help us get over Rose before a new permanent character joins.

Can't wait 'til Christmas!





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Well, judging by some recent PR stuff, the new regular companion is to be called Martha Jones.
She is to be played by Freema Agyeman who was the woman in Episode 12 that was killed by the Cybermen.
I guess Catherine Tate is only going to be in the Christmas episode.

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Originally posted by britchick:
Sooo Great:
The dialogue between the Daleks and the Cybermen - fan-bluddy-tastic.

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One thing I find constantly amusing is the way Daleks shake when they're speaking, there seems to be something just slightly camp about it. I can't remember if they did this back in the days of old Who...

EDIT: Oh yeah, there were the "Gay Daleks" in TV Offal...

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Excellent Season end!

BUT, a wish they had spent a bit more time showing us the battle between the Daleks, Cybermen and humanity. That could of done with a whole episode in itself. Everything felt abit rushed IMO. Could of done with being a three parter.

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Just a quick note, but Mickey had the most kick-ass gun EVER! Also, I can't stop calling it a pulse rifle.

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The God of VHS meant I was able to see the last two episodes in one go.

Loved the

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Daleks. In the first (new) series, they completely reinvented them. Arch baddies, because everyone says they are, Galactic menace,...blah, blah... but really, they did have a bit of the slightly stupid-looking pepperpot on wheels with a sink plunger for an arm look to them.

Now, however, they have come into their own. They really are complete heavy metal bastards. Not even particulary evil. Exterminating things? It's what they do, darlin'...

I liked the new Daleks actually having a bit of humanity / organicness (you know what I mean - the better than being roboticness.) The sneery way they were coming the hard man was hilariously Glaswegian. "You don't need to come and have a go, James, you're nowhere near hard enough."

When Rose introduced The Doctor, I liked the way they flinched a little.

Not so sure about The Doctor crying like a little girl, though. That was a bit too sappy.

Billie will be sadly missed. She had a heavy responsibility (well, in geek-world terms, anyway) in re-introducing the series, especially in the face of very heavy-duty acting competition (Christopher Ecclestone), and carried it off admirably.

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David Tennant is really good, but he was at his best when he dialled the acting back (quite) a bit. With Anthony Head by the swimming pool? Much better than the Robin Williams after 6 espressos and a pint of Red Bull impressions we got too much of.

And the bloody soundtrack steamrollered everything in its path as usual. Go and watch Alien, Murray. Effective creepy music, and I can hardly recall a note.

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Why does this show have to be so good? I can't wait for Christmas now.

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I'm going to miss Rose. She's the Companion in my mind. Going into the first episode of the new Doctor Who I wasn't familiar with the history of thet show, so in my mind Rose is the only Companion, in the sense that she was the first one introduced to me and the first I latched on to. It's the same for how I see the Ninth Doctor as my Doctor. I just got used to seeing the two together so it was a little weird for the Ninth to turn into the Tenth and to see him travelling with Rose.

And now that Rose is gone, it'll be weird to see the Tenth travelling with a new Companion. I don't think anyone can replace Rose. She had a very deep relationship with the Doctor. It was through each other that they found a reason to live, or keep on living. Rose encountered a lonely Doctor, more lonely than before, and she helped him to cope with his angst (I'm totally stealing Russell T Davies words at this point ). My hope for the next Companion is that she'll wander into the TARDIS by mistake or something and end up travelling with the Doctor that way. While the Companion who wants to be there is the most interesting, Sarah Jane comes to mind, having someone who doesn't want to be there will be a nice contrast.

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And one question, since I'm lazy. Who is Christine Tate? Good or bad actress?

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Catherine Tate is a comedian. She does sketch shows, and lots of different characters. Good with the makeup.

Sometimes quite unfunny, when she hits her stride, she is brilliant. Her foul-mouthed granny is good, but my favourite is Lauren, a surly teenager who winds up everyone. Catchphrase is along the lines of her not being bothered what the other party thinks.

The Comic Relief interview with McFly was good too.

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