Dr Who

[PhilTheFragger]

Just watched the first episode of the new series of Dr Who and I don’t know if it’s coz I’m getting old/ senile/ or just plane stupid, but I found the story impossible to follow.

I might as well have watched it with the sound off for the sense it made.

Disappointed as previous series / episodes have been fine.

Anyone else dazed and confused?

 

[jim8flog]

What, when and why.

Must admit I stopped watching some time during David Tennant's time in charge.

 

[KenL]

Dr Who has always been rubbish.

 

[chrisd]

I saw the first ever episode televised and didn't like it, and have rarely ever seen it since.

 

[Imurg]

I saw the first ever episode televised and didn't like it, and have rarely ever seen it since.

And you're probably the only person alive who can say that....

 

[Fade and Die]

Just watched it and it wasn’t as bad as I expected!

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Just watched it and it wasn’t as bad as I expected!

Can you explain it to me then?

 

[Fade and Die]

Can you explain it to me then?

Probably not, It’s a bit timey wimey.

My criticisms of the show would go down like a cold cup of sick on this forum

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I think it has never been the same since Jodie Whittaker took over. I felt the stories in that series in particular were written in very dry way and there seemed no conviction around any of the plots. I like the current doctor and although Russell T Davies has tried to be creative as he was when Dr Who first came back with little hidden plot twists that form a larger picture it has still felt very disjointed. I think it is perhaps had its time now

 

[Starter]

And you're probably the only person alive who can say that....

No, I am another.

I was already a teenager by then and, not surprisingly, dismissed it then as a kids programme.

Since then I have had no interest in revisiting my decision and getting very annoyed by BBC promoting it as something it isn't.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I think the comeback started and ended at David Tennant. Matt Smith was passable but the storylines too reliant on the companions. Since then it has been on a downward spiral.

 

[jim8flog]

I saw the first ever episode televised and didn't like it, and have rarely ever seen it since.

I think the one with the giant ants had me hiding behind the sofa.
I found the mechanoids hilarious, time they primed their weapon every body could just run away.

 

[Tashyboy]

Always been rammel

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I think as a kid it had to be the daleks and cybermen that were the most terrifying. Some of the monsters seem very stupid and almost disney like (remember those balls of jelly - Adipose?)

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Just watched it. Not the smartest first episode, a weird one. They like this now though, have a character thread running through the series. All mysterious, tie it up at the end. I don't find that aspect very interesting but it's how the show is now.

I'm slowly working my way through the Tom Baker era, my first Dr, on iPlayer. Loved him, loved the stories. Dr, aliens, mystery, simple. They've turned it into something else now and I find myself being permanently disappointed. I like the new Dr, just wish they went back to simple stories and reduced the assistant to the support role they were always meant to be.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Just watched it. Not the smartest first episode, a weird one. They like this now though, have a character thread running through the series. All mysterious, tie it up at the end. I don't find that aspect very interesting but it's how the show is now.

I'm slowly working my way through the Tom Baker era, my first Dr, on iPlayer. Loved him, loved the stories. Dr, aliens, mystery, simple. They've turned it into something else now and I find myself being permanently disappointed. I like the new Dr, just wish they went back to simple stories and reduced the assistant to the support role they were always meant to be.

I remember Jon Pertwee but Tom Baker was the first Dr I followed from regeneration to the end of his time. Assistants were always supposedly there to explain the narrative to the audience not to be a main part of it

 

[HampshireHog]

Maybe they should give Doctor Who another rest and reboot Blake’s 7.

 

[D-S]

Maybe they should give Doctor Who another rest and reboot Blake’s 7.

Now that’s a good idea. I have fond memories of Servalan.

 

[Pants]

I think the one with the giant ants had me hiding behind the sofa.
I found the mechanoids hilarious, time they primed their weapon every body could just run away.

Haven't watched it since Bernard Cribbens days but used to find the Weeping Angels back in the mid-2000's a bit disturbing...

 

[jim8flog]

Maybe they should give Doctor Who another rest and reboot Blake’s 7.

I loved Blakes 7

Would it still work with a completely different cast?