I rather thought the spoiler warning was implied, but clearly not. Sorry, if I ruined it for you.Sabrestar said:
Neil Gaiman Talks Swimming Pools, Regeneration, and Time Lords
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Um hate to be the first, but I actually couldn't stand this episode, and felt really let down by Gaiman's writing. We had the 'silly' episode of the season last week, why do another this week?
He managed to make steampunk-themed characters unnecessarily comedic, and every scene with the TARDIS woman in it made me cringe!
This season has been a real disappointment in terms of plot-lines so far, but here's hoping they can turn it around next Saturday!
He managed to make steampunk-themed characters unnecessarily comedic, and every scene with the TARDIS woman in it made me cringe!
This season has been a real disappointment in terms of plot-lines so far, but here's hoping they can turn it around next Saturday!
No apologies needed.Logan Westbrook said:I rather thought the spoiler warning was implied, but clearly not. Sorry, if I ruined it for you.Sabrestar said:
You actually did imply it fairly well; that's what I get for reading the article when too tired and worn out from a long workday to actually think in advance "hey, maybe this is going to spoil something I haven't seen!" Perhaps if I'd bothered to think about it beforehand, I'd have realised that.Besides, if I hadn't read it here, my coworkers would probably have spoiled the whole bloody thing this morning anyway. They're like that.
I had the same thought while watching. It did feel very much like Portal with the way House taunted Amy and Rory.MarsProbe said:
Am I the only one who didn't find the message quite that cryptic? f
I instantly assumed the river in the forest was foreshadowing that the Doctor would need River Song. I could be wrong, but that's how I interpreted it. I also kept wanting the woman who played the TARDIS to be Helena Bonham Carter.
She reminded me of my mental image of Door too heh.
As soon as I saw "Neil Gaiman" on the opening credits I knew we'd be in for a treat. And we most certainly were. An absolutely fantastic episode.
My only real complaint about the episode was the fact that the doctor already met a personified version of the tardis in the 8th doctor audio drama "Zagreus". Mind you they were both Zagreus at the time so maybe they just don't remember it well.
I'm just justifying, keeping to continuity has never been the series strong point. I can recall at least 5 times humanity was almost destroyed by the Daleks all scheduled for some time in the next 250 years; yet they always seems to bounce back obscenely quickly.
Oh, and lets not even get onto the Collen Baker Era. I blame the writers not the actor.
I'm just justifying, keeping to continuity has never been the series strong point. I can recall at least 5 times humanity was almost destroyed by the Daleks all scheduled for some time in the next 250 years; yet they always seems to bounce back obscenely quickly.
Oh, and lets not even get onto the Collen Baker Era. I blame the writers not the actor.
I'm really enjoying Matt Smith as the doctor, and by the last season of David Tennant I was starting to hate what DW had become. Bad stories (in particular the over-reliance of deus ex machina plot resolutions), bad dialogue, really bad lighting (why was everything tinted red and green?), face pulling as a substitute for proper acting (especially when one gurner is paired up with an even worse one).
Now Moffat's in charge its good again.
I thought Gaiman's episode was good but not mind blowing. I think it should be a benchmark against which future episodes are judged
Now Moffat's in charge its good again.
I thought Gaiman's episode was good but not mind blowing. I think it should be a benchmark against which future episodes are judged