Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

The Unicorn and the Wasp (3007/407)

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

    The Unicorn and the Wasp (3007/407)

    Visit the Episode GuideDOCTOR WHO SERIES 30
    THE UNICORN AND THE WASP
    EPISODE NUMBER - 3007

    The Doctor and Donna find themselves at a high society party in the 1920s, and must help the famous novelist Agatha Christie solve a real-life murder mystery.

    VISIT THE EPISODE GUIDE >>
    Last edited by Darren; 10 April 2011, 03:55 PM.

    #2
    They must have had fun making that one. I really did keep feeling as if the Doctor had wandered into an episode of Miss Marple.

    Agatha Christie was splendid, and I liked how she told the Doctor off when he got inappropriately enthusiastic. LOL at her accidental expose of the husband's secret.

    Madeleine

    Comment


      #3
      FINALLY!! After weeks of episodes that move far too slowly and feel as if they're just there for the arc words we get a genuinely good episode that works by itself and will not only become good when we rewatch it after having seen the finale (as I suspect will happen to the others)

      The Donna and the Doctor not being a couple joke is getting old really quickly, though the famous author nicking bits of the Doctor and companion's conversations for their stories is still hilarious.

      There was very little not to like about that episode at all. Loved the cluedo reference, and the whole poisoned with cyanide scene. This was also the first episode for me that I felt Donna really worked as a companion.

      I am forced to admit that the bees probably are going to be a theme then.

      Am I correct in assuming next week is the Stephen Moffat one?

      Comment


        #4
        Brilliant, I love Agatha Christie stuff anyway but I agree with Madeleine about it feeling like a Miss Marple episode, the Lady, the Colonel, the Vicar, the servents and the son with a secret, in fact I was waiting for Joan Hickson to come in and say "Oh dear, how foolish of me". This was great because it was fun, nothing else but pure fun, no hidden meanings, not agenda to be analysed, yes the 'We're not married joke is wearing a little thin but trust Agatha to fathom it out because they're not wearing rings.

        All in all I liked it

        Comment


          #5
          I personally feel that this was the dud of the season on first viewing, sure it was funny in places but I preferred the tone of the past episodes. But then I have never been a murder mystery fan so that may explain my dislike for this episode

          And is it me or is Donna alternating between being smart and stupid each week? Last week she solved the riddle of the date stamps in the city.... this week she plays the stupid clown!

          Well the next episode sounds awesome a Stephen Moffat two parter , and then Midnight which we know next almost nothing about followed by the build up to the finale All I have left to say is curse the abomination that is Eurovision Crapovision to hell!
          A word of advice... there are creatures that live between this dimension and the next, fiendish creatures that feast on the suffering of an entire world to satiate their eternal hunger. Support the Gateworld Cantina or suffer the fate of all who fall into the clutches of the 'Eladrith Ynneas'

          Comment


            #6
            Never really been too partial to filler episodes. Kind of got mixed views of this one. On the one hand, good murder mystery genre. On the other hand, ruined by campy gimmicks (flashback sequences, Colonels 1920's 'porn' for lack of a better term, buzzing sound made by the Priest on words beginning with s or having s somewhere in them, etc)

            I'll give this one a 7/10. Though entertaining, it suffered quite a bit.
            Last edited by Billz; 17 May 2008, 06:30 PM.
            Teselecta: "Silence will fall when the question is asked."

            Doctor: "And what is the question?"

            Teselecta: "How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"

            Doctor: " *Brainfart* ".

            Comment


              #7
              I enjoyed it. Just overall fun, plus I loved how the Doctor got so *into* the murder mystery feel.

              It was interesting having a bad guy who wasn't really a bad guy, and I liked that the priest's true colors showed at the very end and released Agatha Christie from the connection.

              Strangely I've never really gotten into Agatha Christie's books, though I'm not adverse to mysteries in general (big Sherlock Holmes fan). Maybe I tried reading them too young. I'll have to try them out again.
              *~*

              *~*

              Spoiler:
              *~*
              sigpic
              *~*
              photo manip by SGKawoosh, based on my crazy dream about the Earth being destroyed and the Asgard, wearing flannel and jeans, saving SG-1. Yah, my dreams are usually that messed up.

              Comment


                #8
                One more thing. Why oh why couldn't that old car that the Doctor and Donna 'stole' to chase Agatha Christie have been yellow? I know it isn't the same one that Jon Pertwee's Doctor had (it wasn't even close come to think of it), but damnit, we need Bessie back in some form, lol!
                Teselecta: "Silence will fall when the question is asked."

                Doctor: "And what is the question?"

                Teselecta: "How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"

                Doctor: " *Brainfart* ".

                Comment


                  #9
                  Decent ep. Fun, frivolous, not too taxing in the little grey cells. The "we're not a couple" thing was getting old in the second ep, now it's just obnoxious. Also not sure about the whole kiss thing. What, is there some contractual obligation that the Doctor must kiss his Companion (or vice versa) at least once every season? Rose, Jack, Martha, Donna. Mickey and Adam are the only escapees. Ho hum. Really could have done without that bit, but the rest of the ep was fun.

                  And the previews for next week...
                  Spoiler:
                  EVIL SHADOWS! MWAHAHAHA!


                  Comment


                    #10
                    Top notch! What a marvellous gem of an episode, peppered with all sorts of fun and mischief. Fenella Woolgar did a spanking good job as Agatha Christie, I was lost in the momentum of the whole thing.

                    It must be kept in mind that this episode was the very first filmed for the fourth season, and I couldn't spot it one bit.

                    What a laugh at the Doctor going about a Time Lord detox after cyanide poisoning. He uses ginger beer, walnuts, anchovies, and to top it off Donna puckers up and smacks him with a big wet juicy one. Perhaps a slight nod to 007's poisoning in the recent Casino Royale.

                    The period costume and atmosphere was beautiful, especially the cocktail party on the lawn complete with Noel Coward's 20th Century Blues on the gramophone.

                    Originally posted by Billz
                    Never really been too partial to filler episodes.
                    The term "filler episode" really can't be used for Doctor Who because of the design and style of the show. There are rarely any primary story arcs through the stream of a season, as the show is not a serial-based one. Instead, the show can be better described as a collection of wonderful little vignettes that delve into new villains and dangers each week as seen through the time travels of the Doctor and his "plucky" assistant.

                    A two-week wait is now on until we see Moffat's latest contribution, and we have now broken the half-way mark for this season. I look forward to seeing this two-parter, especially the inclusion of Alex Kingston as River Song.
                    sigpic

                    Comment


                      #11
                      One bit that I loved with reservations was the Trunk of "C". Lovely idea, that he alphabetises his souveniers, lovelier still that he has a vegetable as a souvenier... but he keeps it in the control room, which makes the Tardis seem so much less likely to have a vast collection of other rooms.

                      Still, it was a nice scene.

                      Madeleine

                      Comment


                        #12
                        Originally posted by Madeleine_W View Post
                        One bit that I loved with reservations was the Trunk of "C". Lovely idea, that he alphabetises his souveniers, lovelier still that he has a vegetable as a souvenier... but he keeps it in the control room, which makes the Tardis seem so much less likely to have a vast collection of other rooms.

                        Still, it was a nice scene.
                        One of my favourite scenes as well. Love the way he shook the carrionites around a bit lol
                        sigpic

                        Comment


                          #13
                          Originally posted by lirenel View Post
                          It was interesting having a bad guy who wasn't really a bad guy, and I liked that the priest's true colors showed at the very end and released Agatha Christie from the connection.
                          I liked the fact that Donna didn't apologise for what she'd done.

                          The C trunk was lovely (but what was the head! I feel such a second rate Whovian now) and although the budget clearly doesn't stretch to other bits of the TARDIS, at least they don't just go through the back door of the console room into a series of brick corridors which look - for obvious reasons - like the basement of a particularly depressing hospital.
                          Behold the majesty that is...GERALD!
                          - Read The Prophet's fan fiction at The Lost Vegas Public Library.

                          Comment


                            #14
                            Originally posted by lirenel View Post
                            I enjoyed it. Just overall fun, plus I loved how the Doctor got so *into* the murder mystery feel.

                            It was interesting having a bad guy who wasn't really a bad guy, and I liked that the priest's true colors showed at the very end and released Agatha Christie from the connection.

                            Strangely I've never really gotten into Agatha Christie's books, though I'm not adverse to mysteries in general (big Sherlock Holmes fan). Maybe I tried reading them too young. I'll have to try them out again.
                            May I recommend you watch Agatha Christie instead of reading, but they must be with Joan Hickson as Miss Marple and David Suchet as Hercule Poirot

                            Originally posted by Billz View Post
                            One more thing. Why oh why couldn't that old car that the Doctor and Donna 'stole' to chase Agatha Christie have been yellow? I know it isn't the same one that Jon Pertwee's Doctor had (it wasn't even close come to think of it), but damnit, we need Bessie back in some form, lol!
                            I thought the same thing "I actually said out loud "I wonder if that's Bessie"

                            Comment


                              #15
                              Originally posted by Reefgirl View Post
                              May I recommend you watch Agatha Christie instead of reading, but they must be with Joan Hickson as Miss Marple and David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
                              I agree, I haven't really read the boos but he is so good as Poirot.

                              Originally posted by Mr Prophet View Post
                              The C trunk was lovely (but what was the head! I feel such a second rate Whovian now)
                              That is really bugging me as well.

                              Originally posted by Madeleine_W View Post
                              but he keeps it in the control room, which makes the Tardis seem so much less likely to have a vast collection of other rooms.
                              Well back in the Unquiet Dead he gave Rose some very complicated instructions to find the wardrobe so there still must be quite a few rooms back there. Has the trunk been there before, I got the impression with how quickly he was able to pull it out of there was that the TARDIS only put it there because he was looking for it.

                              Originally posted by ShadowMaat View Post
                              Also not sure about the whole kiss thing. What, is there some contractual obligation that the Doctor must kiss his Companion (or vice versa) at least once every season?
                              Well I thought it worked really well in Parting of the Ways, yes it was a bit rubbish in New Earth and Smith and Jones, but I actually found it quite funny here.

                              Comment

                              Working...
                              X