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Doctor Who
As you may know, the start of the 5th series of Doctor Who aired a couple of weeks back and has since brought an exciting and 'fresh' feeling to the classic series. This season has Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Karen Gillan as his companion, Amy Pond.
So yeah, looking at the season it looks like it will feature the return of numerous favourites of Doctor Who fans, including the Daleks, Weeping Angels, Cybermen and The Doctor's future companion, River Song. and more.
Even if you haven't seen a single episode of Doctor Who before the wonder if the new series is that you can catch onto it quite quickly, it re-explains a lot of things for newcomers. So yeah, Matt Smith and the current writer, Steven Moffat have a lot to step up to with David Tennant and Russel T Davies' episodes that lasted for the past 4 years.
This is basically a Doctor Who thread for general discussion about new/old episodes. However, when posting please make sure that you do write in white colour if you are going to post things in relation to the two most recent episodes (seeing as places other than the UK get the episodes 2 weeks late). This is to avoid blatant spoiling.
Anyway, I really like the new season. Matt Smith has really impressed me so far with his acting and his own style of playing the doctor. I've enjoyed all of the episodes so far and Doctor Who still retains it's ability to make me smile at the sheer awesome on screen. What do you think?
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I've only seen the first two episodes of the new series so I really can't come to a grand conclusion as to what I think of Matt Smith yet. From what I've seen of him, he's good but I don't think he will ever be as good a Doctor as David Tennant was.
As for the episodes themselves... Well the first episode was good, but I can't say the same for the second one. It just seemed to be missing something. Not sure what though.
It's still Doctor Who, so it's going to be awesome no matter what. Even though there are some things that have changed that make it all seem horribly wrong. Like the Daleks.
Looking forward to seeing some more episodes.
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Oh god yes. Blink was one of the best episodes I've seen. That and Silence in the Library.
As for the episodes themselves... Well the first episode was good, but I can't say the same for the second one. It just seemed to be missing something. Not sure what though.
It's still Doctor Who, so it's going to be awesome no matter what. Even though there are some things that have changed that make it all seem horribly wrong. Like the Daleks.
Looking forward to seeing some more episodes.
@Onamist
Oh god yes. Blink was one of the best episodes I've seen. That and Silence in the Library.
Last edited by Swarfiga; Apr 28, 2010 at 09:58 AM.
At first I didn't like the new Doctor, he seemed to aloof and distant to truly fit what the Doctor should be. But he's begun to grow on me. True, he's not as good as Tennant, but he is certainly unique.
I'm kind of getting over the Daleks to be honest. Yes, they are the classic Doctor Who villain, but it is getting ridiculous the ways they seem to be able to come back to life, despite going through innumerable methods of complete and utter annihilation.
That said, I'm happy that the Angels are returning. The original episode featuring them is still my favourite of all time.
I'm kind of getting over the Daleks to be honest. Yes, they are the classic Doctor Who villain, but it is getting ridiculous the ways they seem to be able to come back to life, despite going through innumerable methods of complete and utter annihilation.
That said, I'm happy that the Angels are returning. The original episode featuring them is still my favourite of all time.
I always thought the fact that they decided to keep the Daleks being pepper shakers with toilet plungers and egg whisks was pretty stupid. I really like how they actually changed the cybermen.
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Not happy with the new Doctor Who at all. Watch the latest one, then go back and check out "Blink" - David's hardly in that episode, yet it felt so much more awesome than the latest ep. AND WHAT IS UP WITH THE COLOURED DALEKS? !!
