DOCTOR WHO SERIES 29 42 EPISODE NUMBER - 2907 When the Doctor and Martha arrive on board a ship falling into a star and are cut off from the TARDIS, and must race against time to help the crew save the ship -- and avoid a murderous entity that has possessed one of their own. VISIT THE EPISODE GUIDE >> |
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Last edited by Darren; 10 April 2011, 03:45 PM.Tags: None
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I liked this one. Quite strange to see the Doctor scared (frightenedas opposed to just worried that the enemy will defeat him); I can't remember that happenning before.
Michelle Collins was good, so were all the rest of the crew. Martha's Mum's a cool baddie .
For once I was less scared of the ep than were my young sons
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Good ep overall, although I liked the last one more. The scenes featuring or that mention Mr Saxon keep getting more and more interesting - and next weeks looks good. I'm guessing he loses his memory or something, it looks fun. Can't wait.I write articles/features/reviews for I'm With Geek.com now. Check out our stuff if you get a minute!
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Yep, I liked this week's episode even though it was in the familiar setting on a spaceship with the crew being picked off one by one. The Sun as-a-living-organism was quite a cool concept. Don't think I've seen that one before.
Martha's mum in league with the bad guys, eh? I guess she has no idea of who she is really dealing with. I think she is just being a worried mum trying to protect her daughter.
Did the episode run exactly to the minute? Every update during the countdown to final impact seemed like we were watching in real-time.
And I see Martha was given a (the?) key to the door. Can't wait for more Saxon stuff."Captain, you almost make me believe in luck."
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Originally posted by Hulabaloo View PostThat was a good ep. A really good ep. I was biting my nails near the end.
Although, Martha's mum just annoys me.
I enjoyed this episode, and felt the tension as the time was running out. I thought that was a good idea.
I liked Martha finally getting a key for the Tardis, making her officially The Doctor's companion.sigpic
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1. OK, now we know that RTD is a 24 fan!
2. The glowing eyes were slightly Goa'uldish but the 'living sun' idea is at least original!
3. Having said that, come on Doctor, by all rights a sun shouldn't 'be' alive so it would not be normal procedure to scan for life!
4. How the hell to Saxon suck Martha's Mum in so easily to his orbit! Or was she part of his crew beforehand?
Overall, Who attempts 24, comes accross as slightly cliched but still OK.
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Originally posted by Matt G View Post4. How the hell to Saxon suck Martha's Mum in so easily to his orbit! Or was she part of his crew beforehand?
OK.
24 bores me, the concept in individual eps such as this one, and atlantis's 38 minutes works because its just the one ep doing it, not the whole series.
As for your comment, Martha's mum has only heard Saxon's side of the story, not once has she asked Martha about who the Doctor really is.
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Originally posted by Matt G View Post2. The glowing eyes were slightly Goa'uldish but the 'living sun' idea is at least original!
And I've seen the "sun as an entity" idea once or twice before (Andromeda being one) but it still scores points for little used concepts and I don't know that I've ever seen a sun actually possess someone before.
The science geek in me is pulling her hair out over the niggly little things that couldn't/shouldn't have happened and it was a little overly reminiscent of Impossible Planet/Satan Pit at times (especially The Voice), but I still liked more than I hated.
Also, having proudly never seen a single ep of 24 I can't draw any comparisons to it. I kept waiting for HHG references.
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Originally posted by ShadowMaat View PostThe science geek in me is pulling her hair out over the niggly little things that couldn't/shouldn't have happened and it was a little overly reminiscent of Impossible Planet/Satan Pit at times (especially The Voice), but I still liked more than I hated.
Oh, and yay that it wasn't Earth's star system sun.
Overall - pretty good ... but i've enjoyed others quite a bit more for some reason.I'm not Weird, I'm Gifted!
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Originally posted by jonno View PostOverall - pretty good ... but i've enjoyed others quite a bit more for some reason.
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Originally posted by ShadowMaat View PostOther eps were more fun and had better-paced, believable drama. Just my opinion, of course. 42's okay, but in the annals of Who-dom (Whoville?) I think it'll ultimately go down as a "meh." I'd pick it over Idiot's Lantern and Fear Her, though.I'm not Weird, I'm Gifted!
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Originally posted by ShadowMaat View PostI saw nothing even remotely Goa'uld-like about the eyes. What I was thinking was that it reminded me of the heart of the TARDIS.
The science geek in me is pulling her hair out over the niggly little things that couldn't/shouldn't have happened and it was a little overly reminiscent of Impossible Planet/Satan Pit at times (especially The Voice), but I still liked more than I hated.
This was nothing like 24, well except they had a count down, but again nothing new in that loads of show and movies use that as a plot device.
I hate Martha's mother! Starts with b ends in h. I want Jackie back!
I see a little RTDs gay agenda still at work. Aw, and The Doctor is really quick to give those keys out these days ain't he?
Next week....
Spoiler:looks interesting, what's did he say when he was reading the paper? Was it English? Was it a real word? Corn people... weird.
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Originally posted by Willow'sCat View PostHmm, wasn't that more a mouth thing? And it is not new or clever to have glowy eyes... Village of the Damned!
Glowy eyes (even the pupils look a bit funny, as they did this time around)
Transferred through the eyes, too (methinks the kiss was just an excuse )
Anyway, I don't think anyone ever said the glowy eye thing was original. It has shown up in a lot of places over the years. But the glowing-to-the-point-of-leakage effect reminds me most of Parting of the Ways because, well, it's Doctor Who. Don't have to look for outside references.
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