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Pretty good episode
by Huelya
May 31st, 2008
04:38:37 PM
But I fear for Donna, whats going to happen to her in the future and who is River Song, and what is she to the Doctor in the future?
SECOND!
by spud mcspud
May 31st, 2008
04:40:08 PM
Yeah!
Worst Episode of Dr Who so far ?
by A G
May 31st, 2008
04:44:41 PM
Yes, it was.
A G
by spud mcspud
May 31st, 2008
04:46:39 PM
Worse than PARTNERS IN CRIME? Worse than BOOM TOWN? Worse than ANYTHING ELSE starring bloody Slitheen? Worse than FEAR HER?

Was it worse than those? No, it wasn't. Was it as good as BLINK? Not quite. But it's the best in a mediocre season so far.

what exactly are you looking for in a decent new Who ep, and why wasn't it there in LIBRARY? What was missing for you?

Did you see......
by DirtyWookie
May 31st, 2008
04:49:08 PM
The Dalek in the background? No? Look again!!!
Great episode
by Antifanboy
May 31st, 2008
04:50:57 PM
This one seemed like RTD gave Moffatt a test to write a big epic entertaining two-parter, a series staple rather than the more intense, exclusive, serious episodes he's written in the past. And I think it was a fine mix of the two. It bodes well for what will happen when it's Moffatt writing every other episode. No, we won't get Blink every week, but I'd be perfectly happy if there were double the number of stories like this. Not only was it entertaining in that passing fashion RTD can manage just fine, it was intriguing. I want to know what the library really is, I want to know if Donna's going to die, I want to know if River Song is a future companion or some sort of distant relative (great-great-granchild of the Doctor's Daughter, perhaps?), and I REALLY want to know what's in the Tardis-looking book. Who doesn't want the Doctor to give into the temptation, open a page at random and find Rose staring off the page at him once more...
Awesome episode
by Lloydywho
May 31st, 2008
04:51:15 PM
Hopefully the shape of things to come. This was everything that Dr Who should be scary ,clever and witty. River Song was a great character. Loved it truly amazing!!
Good old Stephen Moffat
by Lloytron
May 31st, 2008
04:53:52 PM
No way was this one of the worst ever episodes - it was one of the best!

Good old Stephen Moffat, on form as ever. Step aside RTD and let him take over for good!

Lets hope Alex Kingston has a recurring role. BTW I loved the fact that they referred to knowledge of the future as 'spoilers'. May well have been a very loose reference to this site.

Could the little girl actually be Alex Kingston's character? No idea WTF was going on in those scenes, lets hope we find out next week.

A G
by Antifanboy
May 31st, 2008
04:54:10 PM
He's just trolling. He's probably never even watched an episode, let alone this one. As soon as someone posts another topic above this one he'll be off there to try and rile people up.
What am I looking for in Dr Who Episode ?
by A G
May 31st, 2008
04:56:15 PM
ANSWER: Writing, Characters, Music, Story, Special Effects, Dialogue and Pacing. That episode had none of those things. Yes, on the surface it may have appeared to have a few of these things but in reality, it didn't. It was shit. It was the 50th episode of the new shit Dr Who. The 50th SHIT EPISODE.
Let me sum up this episode.
by A G
May 31st, 2008
04:57:27 PM
A SKELETON WEARING A SPACE SUIT.
50th SHIT EPISODE?
by Lloytron
May 31st, 2008
04:58:12 PM
Who in their right mind would watch 50 episodes of something they thought was shit?
Antifanboy
by spud mcspud
May 31st, 2008
05:00:47 PM
Yep, he's a troll. Never understood the point of trolling.

A G, if new Who is not for you, there must be a thousand other SF shows you could watch and MAYBE enjoy. I'm not going to wailk on you for not enjoying the odd episode of Who - I myself have been known to criticise new Who. At length. Great, great length.

But saying this episode was shit? There are so many ways to refute this and shoot you down that I really don't know where to start. But as you're trolling, what's the point? I'll let the next couple of hundred posters on this TB explain why the episode was great and you're wrong, and I'll sit here laughing and drinking a beer.

This episode, shit? You couldn't be more wrong.

50th rubbish episode?
by Antifanboy
May 31st, 2008
05:06:18 PM
Ah, I get it. I think A G is one of those Colin Baker apologists who's never quite forgiven the BBC for cancelling the show, and will forever covet their DVD of Ghost Light, the story that more than any other typified everything that had gone wrong with Doctor Who in the 1980s under John Nathan Turner's suicidally overlong reign. Old Who died with Caves of Androzani, and that was a last gasp after a season and a half of shit. New Who is like having Jon Pertwee back again. There's this sense that anything can happen and the series can go anywhere. If we're lucky, we may just get another Tom Baker era under Moffatt's era. Here's hoping!
Addendum to last post
by Antifanboy
May 31st, 2008
05:07:25 PM
By "Tom Baker era" I didn't mean literally.
the best episode of doctor who ......ever!
by earlfist
May 31st, 2008
05:08:37 PM
Stephen Moffat continues his one man mission to scare the shit out of a generation with much style. This episode gripped like wet rope from the outset and introduces a the best "new Who" so far with the character played by Alex Kingston (mucho chemistry with Tennant). Seriously creepy, especially Donnas return to the tardis. Notice a lack of spoilers. This is a valid point obviously lost on the twats writing the reviews. When you see this episode you will realise this point. Now how many "other daves" will come into cyberspace. Hope part two delivers.(its Getting ominous re Donnas fate and how come Alex Kingston was so shit when she was on ER. )Brilliant Episode.
This is part one of a two part episode
by emeraldboy
May 31st, 2008
05:09:54 PM
and part two is next week.
A G why do you bother watching
by Lloydywho
May 31st, 2008
05:10:11 PM
Seriously all you do is complain, this was brilliant! Not sure what you are after but obviously Who isn't it.
One of the all time best episode...
by DC Films
May 31st, 2008
05:11:24 PM
After Jekyll i was worried about Moffat taking over... No longer. If the second part lives up to the first, this will be the best story Who i've ever seen (and believe me, i've seen them i all - and read them all as a child. Who would have thought this excellence could have come from such a poor season. Looking forward to more Moffat
dont beleive the hype
by Mr_X
May 31st, 2008
05:15:02 PM
now i like moffats work, im happy he's taken over from rtd. dont get me wrong moffats work is far superior to rtd. but this ep was somewhat lacking. this was not a brilliant episode ( as ive come to expect from moffat) but average fair. yes some interesting hooks. but really hasn't drawn me in. im hoping the 2nd part of this adds a lot more
not everyone likes dr who...
by emeraldboy
May 31st, 2008
05:19:43 PM
That is their right and thier opinion. i have been watching dr who all of my life. I didnt follow all the ins and outs of it like the radio stuff or on the net. But if i think that dr who episode is shit. that is my right to think that. I thought that tonights ep was weak. I have followed Dr whos return since ecclestone. The great thing about the old dr who was that they had limited budgets. it is amazing what you can do with a limited amount of money and a huge imagination. The best dr who ep was in my opinion the one with micheal rod. that had great acting. the way he looks normal and talk normal, then he begins to undress. great stuff. and his female victim had no idea. Great stuff.
earlfist
by spud mcspud
May 31st, 2008
05:20:23 PM
Oy-oi!!! I posted a spoiler warning above my fucking review! How much more of a warning do you need than **SPOILERS AHEAD - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!** posted at the top of the review?!?

Jeez, you just can't please some people...

next week is the one with rose....
by emeraldboy
May 31st, 2008
05:22:55 PM
and her stuff about the darkness spreading and nothing stopping it was chlling in the promo. Donna Noble is gonna die and all those who complained about tate, will be eating there words.....
A wondrous ep
by The Handsome 12th Doctor
May 31st, 2008
05:29:38 PM
The Moff delivered again. I loved the way it used the old-fashioned fear of the dark to top effect. I imagine a fair number of kiddies (and maybe adults) went to bed with the night-light on tonight. But still maybe dreamt about creepy moving shadows and skeletons.
I loved the mystery of it all. Who is River Song? How does she know the Doctor? Who's the little girl? How come they're in her mind? Is Dr Moon a goodie or a baddie? Or an other?
All these questions will be answered next week.

Ok, in truth I don't know if they will all be answered. But if they are then Steven Moffat is a fupping genius and long may he rule over Who.

I can't wait to see what he does with Tintin...
by TroutMaskReplicant
May 31st, 2008
05:45:53 PM
The basic story lines of Tintin are kind of Indiana Jones light and don't have any of the eerie elements of a typical Moffat Who episode. So it'll be interesting to see how they'll make it in any way interesting...
Black Orchid
by EyeofPolyphemus
May 31st, 2008
05:50:12 PM
Black Orchid was also the first character Neil Gaiman wrote for DC Comics.
I loved it
by Purgatori
May 31st, 2008
05:52:17 PM
Nice creep factor. Sooooo...Donna? And who is River? I am intrigued. Fucking no preview though. :P
spud mcspud
by earlfist
May 31st, 2008
05:52:18 PM
You could put "I am a twat and I know I am a Twat" at the start of your review. It doesn't make you any less of a twat. What is the point of spoilers. This will be read either by someone who has watched the episode and does not need a recap or by someonewho may want to see the episode. Anyone reading it who does not want to see it well they are jusy there to be talkback halfwits stirring trouble. Again DID YOU ACTUALLY GET A KEY POINT ABOUT THIS EPISODE. .Why can't people just review Doctor Who without recapping everything in minute detail. It does not happen anywere else on aicn only when my countrymen decide there is some sort of recall competetion going on. Try writing with a bit of skill. .Try writing with an attempt at a memorable phrase otherwise whats the point. Anyway forgot to say this episode was as brilliantly directed as it was writen.
Alex Kingston
by lgu91167
May 31st, 2008
05:54:10 PM
Possible the next Doctor???
earlfist
by spud mcspud
May 31st, 2008
06:06:47 PM
So I take it I'll be reading YOUR review next week, showing me how it's done? Jeez. The point of the bit saying SPOILERS AHEAD is so you can then scroll down the page until the next reviewer's name appears, and maybe then their review will meet with your witheringly scathing (yet strangely easy for me to ignore) standards. Don't like the way I write? I don't care. It's not my finest review, given, but then I was writing straight after the ep, and wanted to get my initial thoughts out on screen. I'm not trying for a Pulitzer. Secondly, the spoiler warning is there for a reason - if you don't want to be spoiled, don't read on. If you do, and then you complain about it, fuck you - that what the spoiler ewarning is there for! This is precisely why I DIDN'T complain after reading a lot of season 4 finale spoilers on the LOST TB the yesterday - BECAUSE I EXPECTED THEM! This is not exactly unexpected. I mean, shit, even SFX magazine's threads post spoilers. If you don't like them, go find some site elsewhere that DOESN'T post spoilers. AICN talkbacks don't play nice. That's why most of us who post on here enjoy it so much. For those of a more genteel disposition, yourself included, there is always the official BBC WHO site. Enjoy, and don't forget to make your own trailer too!

As for the key point in the episode, the writers are ALWAYS actively trying to piss off the rabid fanboys, while simultaneously not realising that we are the reason their precious show has survived so fucking long - BECAUSE THE REAL FANS DEMANDED IT! It's called "biting the hand that feeds you", and it's a Beeb/WHO staple.

I liked the episode
by Cedar_Room
May 31st, 2008
06:36:45 PM
Last time Moffat tried to scare the kids with gargoyles - this time he's gone one better by saying they SHOULD be afraid of the dark. Brilliant stuff. Can't wait for next week, for the future eps with Billie and the daleks, for Moffat to take over full time and give us quality like this every week.... Things are looking good for Who.
Borges, "The Library of Babel"
by fiester
May 31st, 2008
06:40:29 PM
Sounds a little like that short story....
Great Episode
by montimer
May 31st, 2008
07:33:36 PM
The only thing that could have made this better woul have been to have used Ecclestone and Piper instead of Tennant and Tate, but other than that, it was absolutely brilliant.
Gebnius.
Seriously a work of absolute genius. Not quite Blink, but close.
I can't wait for the Stephen Moffat era of Doctor Who.
wow that was good
by jccalhoun
May 31st, 2008
07:49:18 PM
From the trailer last week I was doubting that this would be any good. Scary shadows seems kind of done before. However, the addition of the little girl put a whole other layer on it. Really really good.

The faces on the librarian machines was a bit cheesy but it was made up for with Donna. It seems clear that by "saving" people the library is digitizing them into the "largest hard drive ever built."
Black Orchid
by RenoNevada2000
May 31st, 2008
08:09:43 PM
Also, it was the last purely historical episode. I'd love to see a return to that every now and then, instead of aliens in every part of Earth history.
HOLY SHIT
by ZeroCorpse
May 31st, 2008
08:35:18 PM
That was, by far, the CREEPIEST episode of Doctor Who I've ever fucking seen!

Although there was one humorous thought that crossed my mind near the end:

"I hate phantom spaceman!"

Best episode this series
by DarthScotland
May 31st, 2008
08:37:04 PM
Alex Kingston is still tasty and hopefully her little plot line will mean we will see more of her in the future. I see aintitcool keeps up with The Who but what is its popularity like in america? Does it get many viewers or do all the actual fans just download it?
Reviewers SPOIL too much!!!
by ZeroCorpse
May 31st, 2008
08:41:15 PM
Seriously Herc-- You have to stop printing the reviews that basically recap the entire episode and give away all the plot twists and fine points. That's not a review. It ruins the show for anyone who doesn't watch it first, which includes a lot of Americans.

And to the reviewers: Don't list everything that happens in an episode. Don't give away names, plot points, or anything of the sort. Speak in general terms, and if you're going to spoil the show, then start your review with a HUGE spoiler tag.

Spud-- Yes, thanks for the spoiler warning.
by ZeroCorpse
May 31st, 2008
08:45:28 PM
I do appreciate that you put one there.

Mind you, I watch the episode before coming to AICN, but still, the reviews are practically the fucking script for the episode! Tone it down, guys, and hold back SOME details, would ya?

DarthScotland
by Larry of Arabia
May 31st, 2008
08:57:33 PM
The show does all right. We like our sci-fi a bit darker and more serious here in the US lately. For all it's camp, Star Trek took on some headdy issues. Also note the resurgance of the excedingly serioius Battlestar Galactica and the gut-punching Lost. When a show aims more for "fun" - like Stargate or Heros - the serious sci-fi geeks tend to slag on it. The Doctor has a very strong cult following over here. The season 4 opening drew very strong numbers for Sci-fi where it is between Sarah Jane at 8 and Galactica at 10. I know many people who don't watch it on Sci-fi but get the DVD collections or watch online via Netflix.
I got used to it here--
by ZeroCorpse
May 31st, 2008
09:02:13 PM
I mean, I make it a habit to not even LOOK at AICN until after I've watched the new episodes of BSG, LOST, Doctor Who, Torchwood (as if we ever get Torchwood talkbacks), and WEEDS (again, as if we ever get...)

The reviewers are more like scoopers. I appreciate their contribution, but Herc and company could edit the submissions a bit (you know, doing the job of a any good editor for a review) and spare the audience the major spoilers.

Here's what I consider components of a "review" versus a "retelling" :

1. Be general. Be vague.

2. No major plot revelations. (Esp. deaths!)

3. No answers to puzzles or mysteries!!!

4. No specific names outside of what's in the credits.

5. DO tell us the general 'feel' of the show. 6. DO tell us if you thought it was good writing. 7. DO tell us if the special effects are decent. 8. DO tell us the basic synopsis, without specific story elements as the develop. 9. DO NOT give us a play-by-play commentary!

10. DO tease us! ("You won't believe the ending") without being specific ("because [major character] dies!!!") 11. Don't tell us what you didn't like in OTHER episodes. Tell us what you thought of THIS episode.

12. If you do spoil it, give SPOILER WARNINGS in the title, and before the actual spoilers themselves. Consider INVISO TEXT.

Again, I appreciate the reviews and contributions, but revealing major plot points isn't a review, and it does ruin the fun for people who don't avert their eyes before seeing your spoilers, no matter how small they may be.

FATAL HTML ERROR!
by ZeroCorpse
May 31st, 2008
09:03:50 PM
Sorry guys. My HTML apparently failed me in the middle of the piece above. THAT is why I use numbers in my lists! It's a second line of defense when HTML fails me.
I sent you a message, SPOILER!!!!!
by EvilWizardGlick
May 31st, 2008
09:07:42 PM
So just how is Doctor Riversong tied to Rose?

I'm assuming that the brief flash of Rose on the Tardis monitor was related to what Riversong said.

I tried to anagram Riversong but had RVING left after removing Rose.

She seems VERY intimate with the Doctor. Since the whole Donna thing was to exclude the deepening intimacy of both Rose and Martha I doubt she would be a new lover/companion.

Where did she find a Doctor diary?

Larry of Arabia, LOST? Serious SF geek?
by EvilWizardGlick
May 31st, 2008
09:09:59 PM
C'mon. Lost is a fine DRAMA with a touch of scifi.

Fact is the erratic writing destroyed the whole planned deep scifi side.

Unlike say Firefly.

In the 51st century...
by ZeroCorpse
May 31st, 2008
09:31:13 PM
Everything will use the Apple slim aluminum keyboard!

Not that I'm complaining. I have one myself, and I love it.

4022 Saved [spoilers maybe]
by Hellstrom
May 31st, 2008
09:58:03 PM
I think the planet downloaded a small amt of people to its data core even though their bodies got consumed. The little girl and the psychatrist are the processor core perhaps.
Anybody watching this EliteXC thing on CBS?
by Pennsy
May 31st, 2008
10:05:02 PM
Mixed martial arts with Kimbo Slice's bout still not on yet. Pretty good, IMO.
i dont get the complaints
by aestheticity
May 31st, 2008
10:07:18 PM
who is the only tv show aicn features 'reviews' for. and herc does it because who is the only show he covers that america doesnt see first, so he CAN feature reviews, and thats lucky for him since the nature of the show prohibits the idea of posting hidden spoilers like he does for other shows - theres rarely a story arc to excite people over or a surprising romantic moment or someone dies, and he probably doesnt have the network to find anything out anyway since uk shows work out of broomcupboards. and if you dont want to read these reviews, which arent reviews but synopses, then... dont open the article? what exactly is it you expect to see here? this is literally like the joke about the man with the arm that hurts when he lifts it a certain way and the doctor says so stop doing it. i can only imagine the way YOU see the role of an aicn article on dr who is for herc to post a detail lifted from a uk listings site like 'the dr travels to the planet of oojar' and leave it there as a place for people to post. except thats not what aicn is for in the first place and youd just get people posting synopses there anyway.
touch of sci-fi?
by Larry of Arabia
May 31st, 2008
10:15:06 PM
Dude, the people on Lost *spoiler* travel through time and space, have been in an electromagnetic hatch, are doing medical research on fertility, get visits by ghosts, and may have very well moved an island via wormhole. Oh, and it may or may not be ruled by some dead guys. That's big, frothy sci-fi goodness.
spud mcspud, great review, and,..........
by axcel1
May 31st, 2008
10:26:50 PM
I don't think there was any "filler" to pad it for a 2 parter. Oh, and, a great cliffhanger. It was PERFECT!!!! The only episode that will be even more PERFECT is........... next week's episode!!!!
season 31 in 2010?
by punto
May 31st, 2008
11:34:58 PM
would that be season 32? or 2009? unless they're taking a year long break? if this is season 30, it should be over in like a month, right? it's usually 12 or 13 episodes..
THANK GOD FOR YOUTUBE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =0)
by The Marquis de Side 3
May 31st, 2008
11:52:31 PM
just watched the episode. amazing stuff. can't wait until Moffat takes over from RTD. get ready for some really creepy old school 70s style WHO guys...
Stop calling us britishers you cunt
by floatybrownthing
Jun 1st, 2008
12:39:24 AM
And learn to write a fucking review, or go for your real calling of shelf stacking at walmart.
What I love about Moffatt's writing ...
by Dreamfasting
Jun 1st, 2008
01:18:47 AM
... is that it rewards you for paying attention and using your imagination. There is such wonderful tension because he steadily drops hints of where the story is going, enough that you can figure out most of it a couple of steps before the main characters do, but he holds back just enough that parts of it don't quite gel in the imagination until the perfect moment ... startling the viewer not such a random shock but with an "of course, why didn't I see that coming?!". It's so respectful of the viewer. The data ghosting is a wonderful example ... foreshadowing the tech I can see will almost certainly be core to part 2. Then we have this whole second bonus plot line about his possible future companion and her "book of spoilers" fitting into the whole library theme. This is the sort of story that (for me at least) is just such a complete joy to watch.
SAT NIGHT SLOT....
by DECKERS
Jun 1st, 2008
02:11:08 AM
..funny,last week I was saying to a fellow geek about the fact that we get very little intricate, mind-bending stories from WHO as, I felt, the sat night slot and the success with the general public (kids in particular) meant most eps had to have big scary monsters have lots of running. The great premise of the show (practically immortal being travelling through space/time) seems to be rarely tapped into. Moffatt at least make an effort to explore this and I revelled in the way River Song seems to know the Doc-think about it, it is truely tables turned (someone else has the info on future events-not him). We should see more of this, all these visits to earth (and other worlds) over centuries should produce more challenging stories. More please!!! offatt
I really enjoyed this episode
by Lemming
Jun 1st, 2008
02:41:07 AM
I was ready to think it average because of the trailers showing the 'stay out of the shadows' which I thought was going to be a bit cliched, but Moffat surprised again.

My only problem with this one is the CONSTANT repeating of lines: The Doctor says 'a million, million' one time too many and the episode ended with a 'who turned out the lights' and 'Donna Noble is no longer in the Library' being repeated for FAR too long before the 'sting' kicked in.

No preview?
by Antifanboy
Jun 1st, 2008
02:45:05 AM
I saw some people complaining that there was no preview. What do they mean by preview? No trailer for next week's episode? Methinks they perhaps shouldn't have switched off the TV as soon as the end music begins. For some reason they always put the trailers for second parters AFTER the credits instead of before.
Splendid episode
by palimpsest
Jun 1st, 2008
04:06:48 AM
That is all.
Poor Ratings
by carefulsilly
Jun 1st, 2008
04:13:29 AM
Well, I'm rather distressed by the vulgarity of the British populace! Eleven million watch Britain's Got Talent rather than tune in for tip-top drama??????? What the f*ck - poor old Who has dropped out of the top twenty for the first time since it's return. (Even after all of those trailers!) I now live in fear that ITV have a plan to DESTROY Doctor Who by launching some tawdry, vile, Sharon Osborne / Piers Fatboy lead talent show starring nutters and people who can do back flips (whooooooaaaa). As to last night's episode, found the pace was just right, not too manic and you could clearly see that David and Catherine were enjoying the added depth. Quite obviously River Song is a future companion, found the Doctor a bit thick here. Why didn't he twig? Surely he'd be waving his arms about and screaming 'DON'T TELL ME!' Alex KIngston was lovely though, I'm thinking a younger actress will portray her character at some point. Overall excellent, and the effects of the library were superb. Still, a real shame that the viewers desserted it in droves. I expect the repeat tonight will be a busy place.
cap'n jack
by board shitlez
Jun 1st, 2008
04:15:19 AM
Good shout, there's something about that screwdriver. If it was Romana wouldn't The Doctor have remembered her from when he was Tom Baker? Did she specifically say 'you haven't met me yet?'. Either way top episode. Light years hahead of anything else this series. Up the Moffoid.

by board shitlez
Jun 1st, 2008
04:17:45 AM
'I'm a time traveller. I point and laugh at archaeologists."
When Doctor Moon tells the girl the library is real...
by board shitlez
Jun 1st, 2008
04:57:17 AM
look behind his head. She's done a painting of Rose and a wolf.
That's more like it!
by JADSTERSDAD
Jun 1st, 2008
05:54:44 AM
At last I can write something unreservedly good about a season 4 episode! Well....almost. Brilliant stuff. Remember that any writer (or director), however marvellous, can't be expected to always equal or top him/herself. Think Speilberg:Temple of Doom (no...Crystal Skull was great!) So SM shouldn't be criticised for not coming up to Blink's standards. Donna? Almost. Not quite. She still managed a nauseating bit of 'Sarf Landan' twaddle. The only mistake Moffat has made (is it one?) is providing the Doctor with a REAL potential companion who is worth something, thus highlighting why Donna should remain on that information pillar. Anyone else cheer? Bring on part two...this is real WHO!
Fuckin Brilliant!!!
by Boba Fat
Jun 1st, 2008
06:12:04 AM

Next week's review... BELOW!
by spud mcspud
Jun 1st, 2008
06:18:09 AM
There's shadows. A skeletal reanimated spaceman corpse. Lots of shadows... that can EAT you! River Song turns out to be **SPOILERS DELETED** and when the Doctor **SPOILERS DELETED** you wouldn't believe what happens next! **SPOILERS DELETED** makes **SPOILERS DELETED** go completely mental, and then everyone who was "saved " **SPOILERS DELETED**. Then **SPOILERS DELETED** dies, and you will all cry. Spectacular episode, absolutely unmissable.

Tune in next week, for **SPOILERS DELETED**.

I want it to be great.
by A G
Jun 1st, 2008
06:20:23 AM
If only you knew.
only thing i didnt like
by palewook
Jun 1st, 2008
06:44:29 AM
i have to wait a week to see how it ends.

damn you moff~

On the subject of spoilers
by The Handsome 12th Doctor
Jun 1st, 2008
06:49:14 AM
I do think we need to be careful about revealing certain things. When "Partners In Crime" was shown I was shocked to read a review here that blurted out that Rose was in it. That was supposed to be a surprise which was completely ruined the moment anyone read that.
So as a simple guide if something in an episode takes you by surprise or makes you think "Oh my God!" then DON'T reveal that in a review. There may well be a couple of those moments next week so let's please keep them to ourselves.

And for future reference if Rose does properly arrive in the show earlier than we're expecting (i.e. before the two-part finale) then don't be shouting that out in capital letters either.

Tate did it again!!
by Gabba-UK
Jun 1st, 2008
07:04:10 AM
the last two episodes, this and The Doctors Daughter, I've very nearly come close to liking Donna as portrayed by Tate. But then she goes and does her usual squawky voice thing and drags me out of it!! Which is a shame cos they've been the best two episodes so far on the series. Looking forward to next week, hopefully Tate will keep the squawking to a minimum. Also, Alex Kingston.... you so fucking would. By the way which dufus at the BBC trail department decided it would be a good idea to run trailers this week that basically confirmed that Rose would be back (we'd guessed to be fair) with a BFG and showed Davros (all be it in shadow)!!!! Idiots!
A G
by kwisatzhaderach
Jun 1st, 2008
07:14:36 AM
Twat
Silence in the Library
by kwisatzhaderach
Jun 1st, 2008
07:16:02 AM
Three words: Doctor Who classic.
I'm presuming....
by dj_bollocks
Jun 1st, 2008
08:04:59 AM
With 'The Moff' taking over he'll be writing the first and last episodes of seasons thus introducing the new characters and having some spectacular finale arcs rather than the spotfest panto mimes we've had the past two years.... Moist doesn't quite cover it... If anything I can see the Moff breaking with tradition and having companions start mid season like the good ol' days :o)
Very Good Episode
by DarfurOnTheRocks
Jun 1st, 2008
08:07:49 AM
I think the litmus test for part one of a two parter is the anticipation built up for the second part. Me and my wife cannot wait for next Saturday to roll by....
"Tate reining in all traces of her Runaway Bride caricature"
by supertoyslast
Jun 1st, 2008
08:51:40 AM
Almost, but not quite. It seems to be an unwritten rule of this series that, since the majority of the UK audience knows Tate for her sketch show work, there needs to be at least one moment per episode to let her gurn or put on a silly voice. "I bloody love you!" from Fires of Pompeii and this week it was her response to River explaining that the Doctor hadn't met her yet in his timeline (which was absolutely crystal clear to the audience). Donna's response of "are you talking rubbish or what?" etc completely pulled me out of the episode since it reminded me that I was watching Catherine Tate and not Donna Noble. That aside, Tate isn't as bad as feared in this series, but there's been nothing to convince me that she's actively good in the role and certainly not great.
The best Who episode from this season so far
by football
Jun 1st, 2008
10:00:19 AM
I must admit I haven't been that impressed with this season, well not until Moffat sprinkled some of his talent dust over the series that is. This is very much in the mould of a classic 60's Who with everything and more thrown in. I loved it and can't wait for next week's and for the Moffat Master to take over the franchise for that matter.
River Song: Return of The Master??
by daroru
Jun 1st, 2008
10:35:09 AM
What happened at the end of the last series...can Time Lords change sex??
I think people are looking to hard for Romana
by Dreamfasting
Jun 1st, 2008
10:48:45 AM
Riversong's story is much better if she is "merely" a future companion. I fear though that we're headed for a real tearjerker of a finale to that story. That's not that I don't also long to see a Romana story some day (Lalla Ward was my favorite actress of the original series), but I think that would be an unneeded complication to the current story.
river song..
by TinSpider
Jun 1st, 2008
10:57:52 AM
future doctor?
Ratings
by Antifanboy
Jun 1st, 2008
11:19:05 AM
Fortunately, ITV can't run Britain's Got Talent every week, and now it's over. Next week they'll be back to Celebrity Ping Pong Deathmatch or World's Unfunniest Animal Falling Over Movies... and Doctor Who will be back up to 7-8 million. Don't be surprised if the BBC3 ratings are higher than usual as people catch up. That's the thing with Doctor Who. People know it's repeated twice before next week, whereas the Britain's Got Talent final is a one-off live event.
Gabba UK is back!
by Antifanboy
Jun 1st, 2008
11:20:31 AM
Good to see you're still around, Gabba, flying the flag for the Taters. Are you feeling pretty lonely? She was hardly in this week's episode, but of everything and anything you could have commented on... all you've got to write about is Catherine Tate again! I think you secretly have a crush on her, and are quite ashamed of yourself. You're like a closeted homosexual who adopts homophobia to try and protect their little secret.
Excellent episode - AG, you are a sad idiot
by Steve Rogers
Jun 1st, 2008
11:32:59 AM
Can't wait 'til next week for the resolution. AG - you must feel great that that the UK loves Dr Who and has made it a roaring success. Way to watch 50 episodes of something you can't stand! Berk.
Ratings
by The Handsome 12th Doctor
Jun 1st, 2008
11:33:15 AM
There's a good chance that Doctor Who will win its larger audience back next week. The main competition from ITV is the Euro 2008 footy tournament, which England aren't in. Maybe some footy fans will choose to watch Switzerland v Czech Republic, but me and many others I bet will want to see how this ace tale ends.
Euro 2008 'competition'
by Antifanboy
Jun 1st, 2008
11:51:55 AM
Will a football match between two countries your average football fan couldn't find on a map really have that much generic appeal? Let's not kid ourselves, we fans don't make up the majority of Doctor Who's audience - most people who tune in are just your usual telly watchers, the same kind who are just as likely to watch something like Britain's Got Talent too. If it was an England match on ITV at the same time, I'd be worried for the ratings. I don't think Doctor Who has much to worry about.
Yawn
by simhedges
Jun 1st, 2008
11:55:05 AM
I see that "Blink" has been followed by "Yawn". Too much tedium. All Moffat's other episodes have been excellent, but this was stretched.
I don't think timelords can change sex...
by Kelvington
Jun 1st, 2008
12:30:54 PM
However they can change race, as shown in the PT regeneration, when they show some of the faces that the timelords were considering for him, one was black.
Professor River Song
by walter-sobchak
Jun 1st, 2008
12:31:30 PM
I think she's a future Doctor, not the Master or the Rani.
Anything's possible in this version of Who
by football
Jun 1st, 2008
12:58:13 PM
I reckon that it could be the master after he regenarated because after he died his ring fell off and a WOMAN picked it up I think that it could be River Song!!!
River Song
by Lloydywho
Jun 1st, 2008
12:58:30 PM
River Song seems to be the Doctors girlfriend. She said something about seeing a timelord and the whole sinchronising diaries and the fact that he gave her a sonic screw................... driver.
River Song - far future
by the grev
Jun 1st, 2008
01:13:43 PM
The implication of River Song seemed to be that she's from the far future of Dr. Who's life, which means that Alex Kingston's unlikely to be a regular on Who - either that or they've got a really old codger lined up to be Tennant's eventual replacement! (since modern luvvies appear to start panicking about being typecast as soon as they land a leading part it won't be long - assuming who lasts a fair few years yet - before the writers have to figure a way to regenerate the Dr. more than 12 times).
I've been reading other Who forums
by The Handsome 12th Doctor
Jun 1st, 2008
01:13:57 PM
There's a popular belief around that River Song is a somehow altered Captain Jack. It's a crazy idea but hey, anything is possible in Who.
She WAS very flirty with the Doc.
River Song = Captain Jack?
by the grev
Jun 1st, 2008
01:30:25 PM
Captain Jack ends up as the Face of Bo i.e. a giant head in a fish tank... who then dies. So any sex change would have to happen long before that. Either way Jack's already met both Tennant and Ecclestones Drs. BEFORE this episode, so being Captain Jack doesn't make much sense. Besides, why not just use John Barrowman? And why wouldn't Captain Jack just reveal himself as Captain Jack even if he'd had a sex change? Not least because being a woman would (presumably) vastly increase Captain Jack's chances of getting to shag the DR?!! Clearly the other Dr Who forums are populated with banjo playing idiots, unlike the intellectual colossi on this one. FACT!!
Face of Bo
by The Handsome 12th Doctor
Jun 1st, 2008
01:31:19 PM
I thought that line about Jack being the Face of Bo was nothing more than a throwaway gag by RTD.

And even if we are to believe Jack becomes Bo then he could still be River Song. Whatever changed him into a female form could, I assume, change him back to Jack again. Or Bo. Or whatever.

What am I even talking about??? :)

River Song and Future plots.
by carefulsilly
Jun 1st, 2008
01:35:53 PM
River Song. Surely she's just The Doctor's companion in the future and that's that. She's simply there as a foreboding 'Oh my God you're Donna Noble!' Meaning something horrible is about to happen to Donna. They keep telling us that we're going to be weeping at the finale. I'm thinking it's a HUGE red herring and no-one dies. Maybe The Doctor gets shunted to the alternate universe and Rose et al are trapped on the other side... Hmmm, now that's something to ponder, would explain the Cybermen at Christmas. He's on THEIR planet Earth and not ours. Or I could be completely wrong. But I really doubt Russell T Davies will kill Rose or Donna off, afteral this is a very UPLIFTING family show. WHO knows...?
River Song sex
by the grev
Jun 1st, 2008
01:38:29 PM
River Song's presumably either a blood relative of the Dr (i.e. daughter, granddaughter etc) a (far) future companion... or maybe an ex-wife or girlfriend (other than he's never done it in the series so far presumably there's no reason why the Dr. shouldn't eventually get around to girlfriends/marriage). But if she is a blood relative she's not acting much like a Time Lord...
River Song
by the grev
Jun 1st, 2008
01:47:42 PM
Either way to me she seemed to imply she was from the FAR future of the Dr's life. Either way she CAN'T be Captain Jack - a) Jack's already met this Dr b) Jack would have instantly told the Dr who he was c) a sex changed Captain Jack would have been all over the Dr - a lot more than River Song was. River Song = Captain Jack? Bollocks!! This is what makes these forums hilarious - somebody mentions something stupid like this and then everyone spends the next 5 days trying to prove/disprove it, none of which has any bearing on what the writers actually have planned for Dr Who!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The mind boggles
by the grev
Jun 1st, 2008
01:50:40 PM
On top of which why can't a new character just be a new character? Why does everyone always want them to be the Rani/Captain Jack/The Master/Davros in disguise?
So..... the grev
by The Handsome 12th Doctor
Jun 1st, 2008
01:57:21 PM
You don't think she's Captain Jack do you?
SPOILER!!!!!! SKIP IT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW!
by JillianneSix
Jun 1st, 2008
02:10:19 PM
Professor River Song is The Doctor's wife. Period. Sorry, I just couldn't let you all go on with the bad speculations. I mean, really? Captain Jack? Whatever. BTW, I really liked the episode, and next week's will be really enjoyable.
the grev
by aestheticity
Jun 1st, 2008
02:19:45 PM
"maybe an ex-wife or girlfriend (other than he's never done it in the series so far presumably there's no reason why the Dr. shouldn't eventually get around to girlfriends/marriage)"

th e dr started off back in the 60's with his granddaughter. hes very old and hes ALREADY got around to girlfriends and marriage long before we even met him. frankly, if i was a thousand year old time travelling hero, and id already done the dating scene, married, had children and been saddled with looking after THEIR children, even if i still had a responsive and working tackle id probably lose interest in getting laid again. thats even if im not permanently recovering from seeing my whole race wiped out, losing my physical identity every few years and watching woman after woman leave me when she gets bored or lost. not to mention he never seems to take a break from saving the world - when did you last see a 'dr and companion lounge on the beaches of tau ceti' episode.

in fact
by aestheticity
Jun 1st, 2008
02:26:33 PM
id say hes got a fine range of mental issues across the board at this point. maybe in his timelord head he knows hes a mess so he throws himself into his 'work' instead.

i want to know when hes going to redecorate that pos tardis. used to happen all the time. this ones been around for what, 4 years now? and its ugly.

River Song Spouse
by carefulsilly
Jun 1st, 2008
02:27:53 PM
I'm just sat here watching the repeat and thinking EXACTLY the same thing JillianneSix. She's his wife.
Great episode
by Col. Tigh-Fighter
Jun 1st, 2008
03:01:40 PM
I was impressed. And Ive always been sweet on Alex Kingston ;)
River Song: the unbridled truth.
by the grev
Jun 1st, 2008
03:20:16 PM
After giving this subject considerable attention I've decided River Song is one of two things. She's either a) a time traveling stalker or b) an inside-out Dalek with some makeup on her squiggly bits, her nefarious scheme being to seduce the doc and then 'do him' with her hidden sink plunger at the crucial moment. FACT.
River song is the companion to Bill Nighy's Doctor...
by Billy The Fish
Jun 1st, 2008
03:37:44 PM
from the series currently airing here in 2012. I just popped back in time to tell you all about it.

It's very good. Steven Moffat is writing all of them and there's not a fucking Slitheen in sight!

I'm still pining for Tegan though!

you're all forgeting one very important detail:
by RaveX
Jun 1st, 2008
03:45:31 PM
river song knew him as THIS doctor.

as 10th doctor.

as david tennant.

and she knew him for quite a while, on multiple adventures troughout the time.

so, no doctor regenerations until tennant goes trough all that, or maybe those adventures will happen during the 5th (31th) season, and the rumored storyline about the search for doctor...

Yes, but...
by the grev
Jun 1st, 2008
04:04:51 PM
River Song recognised him as the Dr. But she stated she'd never seen him look so young and implied that in whatever incarnation she'd known him he'd looked/been much older. However long David Tennant plays the doc it's unlikely he'll still be playing him in 30-40 years time. So either there's a plan to age Tennant's doc in a future episode, or they've got a much older actor lined up to replace Tennant, or - and if you ask me this is much more likely - River Song knows the doc from a future regeneration far in the doc's future (how long can a timelord live for? He's over 900 already) which will never be shown on t.v and River Song will never be more than an occasionally recurring character... if that.
if she knew him from future regeneration
by RaveX
Jun 1st, 2008
04:22:02 PM
then why the surprise when she finds out that he doesn't know her yet?
Or........
by The Handsome 12th Doctor
Jun 1st, 2008
04:24:19 PM
Another word for River is Stream. A Song has a Lyric. Stream Lyric. It's an anagram of the latest Master, Cyril.
She didn't have to recognise his face...
by the grev
Jun 1st, 2008
04:44:06 PM
She sends the Dr. a message to come to the library, lands on the deserted planet, and lo and behold discovers a raving smart arse and his sidekick. Who else could it be?
and yet,
by RaveX
Jun 1st, 2008
04:51:53 PM
she said "going by your face"

the part I don't quite understand is that she continues with "I'd say it's only days for you, yes?"

get with it people
by crazybrit
Jun 1st, 2008
05:01:24 PM
how come know one has stumbled upon the only and most obvious answer that river song is indeed .....ROSE TYLER its common knowledge shes comeing back for the last 3 episode so it stands to reason its her who else would trust the doctor so much and in turn him trust enough to give away his sonic screwdriver??? i bet she also the one who took the masters ring i havent worked it all out yet but im would be willing to bet im right on this one
she says 'early days'
by the grev
Jun 1st, 2008
05:01:31 PM
or at least that's what it sounded like to me. which makes a lot more sense, and if i'm right backs up my theory that she's from the far future of the Dr.s life
crazybrit
by RaveX
Jun 1st, 2008
05:20:13 PM
it's not rose.

rose will meet donna, as seen in previews when she's telling her that something is coming.

also, about master's ring, NO WAY are those rose's fingernails...

To recap
by The Handsome 12th Doctor
Jun 1st, 2008
06:07:11 PM
Between us we've deduced that River Song is one of these -
a)The Doctor in a future regeneration
b)The Doctor's future wife
c)The Doctor's future girlfriend
d)A future companion
e)A future neighbour
f)His daughter
g)His grand-daughter
h)His cousin
i)Some other relative he only sees at family weddings
j)The Master
k)The Rani
l)Some other Timelord he only sees at weddings
m)Rose
n)Captai n Jack
o)The little girl in the ep, all grown up
p)Lucy Saxon
q)Lynda with a 'y'
r)The chick who used to be in ER

I favour the future wife idea.

Wasn't she in the Devil Pit?
by DarfurOnTheRocks
Jun 1st, 2008
06:27:49 PM
...The face seems familiar

by dj_bollocks
Jun 1st, 2008
06:36:27 PM
next week's trailer is here http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho /s4/videos/?episode=S4_08&char acter=&action=videostream&play list=/doctorwho/playlists/s4_0 8/video/s4_08_trl_06.xml&video =1&date=&summary=The%20next%20 time%20preview%20for%20Forest% 20of%20the%20Dead.&info=&info2 =&info3=&tag_file_id=s4_08_t
oops...
by dj_bollocks
Jun 1st, 2008
06:46:40 PM
well you can get it on the bbc site - presumably only available in the uk...
River Song
by EyeofPolyphemus
Jun 1st, 2008
09:05:30 PM
Laying the groundwork for future plot elements is mostly subtle in WHO. I doubt Moffat is laying the groundwork for her to be a future companion. Their relationship will be one of those untold stories left to the imagination just like thwe Time War. Any revelation about either event would pale in comparison to what fans speculate. There would be too much disappointment.
It's amazing that the US Sci-Fi Channel...
by Bill Clay
Jun 1st, 2008
09:06:37 PM
... is showing us new Who episodes only 7-14 days after the BBC broadcasts them! Well, it's amazing considering that Sci-Fi waited over TWO YEARS to show the first episode of the relaunch. I remember a quote from one of their executives about, "Americans just won't 'get' this show." I wonder if he still works there?
Wake up!!!
by the grev
Jun 1st, 2008
09:32:33 PM
Cease thy prattle, people! Get with the program! She's an inside out Dalek with make-up on her squiggly bits. You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!
So many theories ...
by Dreamfasting
Jun 1st, 2008
09:39:42 PM
I'm surprised that there are so many theories ... it would appear our collective imaginations have gone gone a little loopy.
Rose appeared in this episode?
by Bill Clay
Jun 1st, 2008
10:05:55 PM
Please tell me which part, so I can rewind it.
Another CAPTAIN JACK theory...
by YotzVonFrelnik
Jun 1st, 2008
10:10:33 PM
At the beginning of the previews for next week, we hear River say "I'd trust that man to the end of the universe... and trust me... we've been." Well, we know that three people have been to the end of the universe with the Doctor: Martha, The Master and Captain Jack. Also, if you look at River's appearance, don't you think she LOOKS like she could become the Face of Boe? Same facial resemblance and her hair kind of reminds me of those gangly, rasta dreds things that hung off Boe's head.
are we ever going to find out about Queen Elizabeth?
by jccalhoun
Jun 1st, 2008
10:25:45 PM
Remember way back in the Shakespeare Code when Elizabeth I knew the Doctor? Are we ever going to get that story?
hey bill
by floatybrownthing
Jun 1st, 2008
11:52:34 PM
fuck america. You bitches get it when we're good and ready. As for seeing the end of the universe, he can always do more than one trip.
Loved it
by cooper2000
Jun 2nd, 2008
12:13:57 AM
Moffat is going to be a good show runner. Really enjoyed the episode.
Bill Nighy & River Song
by Seph_J
Jun 2nd, 2008
12:45:26 AM
Would be great. You won't find a young doctor whose anymore enthusiastic than Tennant, without being fucking annoying.... so go for something different. Bill Nighy would be a great Doctor.
In just the past 4 series, the Doctor has
by Seph_J
Jun 2nd, 2008
12:54:30 AM
met Elizabeth I. Victoria, and Elizabeth II. And coupling that with the comments at the end of 'Tooth & Claw' about the royals being werewolves that could make for an interesting storyline.
Good episode, but also too much like "BLINK"...
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Jun 2nd, 2008
01:27:36 AM
The mysterious, deadly and unstoppable menace that you can't see coming... until it's too late.

The catchy catch-phrase that warns you how to survive said menace, but at the same time, makes it obvious you can't get away: "Don't Blink!" "Count the shadows!" "Eat Your veggies!"

Someone knowing the Doctor's future before he himself does

The Doctor communicating with a girl through the T.V.

All of this definitely took away from the enjoyment of the episode, since it really felt like a rehash of what we've seen before from Mr. Moffat, but it was a good episode nonetheless.

It was certainly HELPED by the presence of Alex Kingston, who's continues to be one of the hottest Brits to show up on the screen!

And of course, Donna cried... AGAIN! Oh, and that dead girl WAS dumb, but not as hot as she thought she was. She just wore too much makeup.

Time Traveler's Wife
by mooli_mooli
Jun 2nd, 2008
02:16:24 AM
This was a completely excellent episode. I have to say Moffat has obviously read the Time Traveler's Wife (a fantastic book). This is not a criticism - the whole idea of a relationship lived out of order is a brilliant one, and well suited to Doctor Who. Can't wait for the next one!
bill Clay
by board shitlez
Jun 2nd, 2008
02:17:23 AM
At around 30 mins have a look at the little girls pictures on the wall, when Dr Moon tells her the nightmares are real. She's done a painting of a blonde girl and a (bad) wolf.
best episode so far this series.
by Lost Jarv
Jun 2nd, 2008
02:41:07 AM
Simple as that. And Tate was good in this one- I stand mostly corrected.

Ignore AG- he's that twat that thinks ITV produce Quality drama.

RIVER SONG....
by DECKERS
Jun 2nd, 2008
02:42:36 AM
Dunno if I am confused or some of you are..but did River Song not just say his EYES looked older-so he may not be a much older doc but just a must more experienced future regeneration? Also I don't know where this 'missus' thing comes from, is River just being a loyal future companion to obvious? Why do some guys here think Tennent will play the doc forever? It is only natural he will regenerate-a year tops from now. Sorry, if I sound grumpy, it is Monday morning!!!!
The Girl and Wolf Painting...
by Kelvington
Jun 2nd, 2008
03:35:05 AM
I think this is sort of a red herring, since the Girl in the image wears glasses and Rose does not.

http://tinyurl.com/4 3pjuj

Bill Nighy as Doc...
by quintana007
Jun 2nd, 2008
03:41:21 AM
would be awesome!!! Imagine his attitude from Love Actually. Gold Gold Gold. Lets get pissed and watch porn
"Is she the Rani?" Don't be stupid.
by V'Shael
Jun 2nd, 2008
03:57:33 AM
I think it's obvious that River Song is the Doctors ex-wife.

The 4,200 souls that were in the library (including Donna) are now stored as data constructs on the largest hard drive ever.

And my guess for how they get out of the cliff-hanger... feed the fleshy donna-face to the shadows, and do a runner.

Listen to the podcast commentary
by V'Shael
Jun 2nd, 2008
04:00:19 AM
There's a bit where one guy asks the other to compare Moffat and RTD's writing! And it's so obvious he can't say anything like "RTD is crap" or "RTD writes for kids" or whatever. He just humms and haws and says nothing.

Then at one point they say that the podcast was recorded the week that RTD announced he was leaving the show. And he was supposed to be at this podcast, but he's gone off in a sulk! Ha ha!

Fucking lousy SF writer.

Having thought about River Song...
by V'Shael
Jun 2nd, 2008
04:29:33 AM
for a little bit, I think she was shocked that this was the first time Ten met her, because when they met for *her* first time, the Doctor never gave any indication that they'd met before.

As such, I think she dies at the end of this adventure. And then the Doctor will meet her in the future (maybe done in a series of flash forwards like the end of Family of Blood) but he'll look older and sadder (especially in the eyes) because he knows she'll die in the library.

It is kind of silly the way so many talkbackers are convinced that she must be a character we've already seen before. It's like they just expect the show to be simple and childish and very narrow in its imagination.


by V'Shael
Jun 2nd, 2008
04:34:07 AM
"Donna Noble is gonna die and all those who complained about tate, will be eating there words"

Yes we know RTD... you were so very smart to cast Tate and we'll be sad when she dies.

Except we *won't* all be sad.

Because a) she doesn't really die

and b) Some people still hate her.

Now me, I'll admit I like Donna in Season 4. She has her moments where she gets on my tits something fierce, but they are only moments. I think she's a very good, mature, empathic character for the most part, and I'll be sad to see her leave the show.

She's Rose! She's Captain Jack! She's Davros! She's Christopher
by Steve Rogers
Jun 2nd, 2008
05:45:54 AM
Calm down everyone. Some of the speculation on her is pure daftness! And I'm sorry, but in NO WAY is it "the only and most obvious answer" that Song is Rose. Piper and Kingston look nothing like each other, and as Rose is coming back in this series anyway to have another actor play her is just dumb. It's not all "obvious", get over yourselves!
Rose's big gun.
by pastabake
Jun 2nd, 2008
06:16:04 AM
I don't know if many people have seen this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho /s4/videos/?episode=S4_08&char acter=&action=videostream&play list=/doctorwho/playlists/s4_0 8/video/s4_08_big_01.xml&video =1&date=&summary=David%20Tenna nt%20and%20Catherine%20Tate%20 talk%20childrens%20books.&info =&info2=&info3=&tag_file_i I just stumbled across it on the site. You have to appreciate the classic sci-fi image of a girl with a massive gun! Anyway, looks jolly exciting. Sadly I'll be in the bloody US when the final three episodes are on BBC1!
sorry..
by pastabake
Jun 2nd, 2008
06:24:13 AM
that link doesn't seem to work, but you'll get it if you go to the official site "Videos" section and click on "mid-series trail". I'm sure a lot of you have already seen it anyway.
River Song
by Steve T
Jun 2nd, 2008
06:46:37 AM
I got the impression that, rather than a companion, she was someone the Doctor met intermittantly through their lives, so she was using the diary to figure out where he was along the timeline she had of him. The vitriol towards the reviewers makes me laugh. That's how they have always been written, if you don't like them and you have been reading them for 50 episodes, frankly you're a bit of a fuckwit!
Run, Scoob! SPOILERS
by ckane123
Jun 2nd, 2008
06:55:41 AM
Got a real "The Haunted Spaceman" vibe from the monster this episode... which I liked very much. Anyway, SPOILERS AHOY! Donna doesn't die, she loses her memory at the end of the season. Davros comes back as the Big Bad at the end of the season. And pay attention to the Doctor's hand on the Tardis. There's a reason they kept it (the writers).
The reason for the hand is obvious Ckane123
by IAmMrMonkey!
Jun 2nd, 2008
08:01:33 AM
It's for when Rose returns. The Doctor's spare hand can crawl up her skirt whilst he stands there with a blissful look on his face, shrugging and saying "Touching you? Of course not, Rose. I'm The Doctor I wouldn't....oooooh...."
Kelvington
by board shitlez
Jun 2nd, 2008
09:09:10 AM
I don't think they're glasses, just a bad kid's painting of eyes. You don't think a framed shot of a blonde girl and a wolf is a Rose reference?!
They're glasses
by Steve Rogers
Jun 2nd, 2008
09:55:40 AM
River Song is really Colin Baker, come to eat David Tennant.
....hey "floatybrownthing"......
by redhankyspanky
Jun 2nd, 2008
10:25:29 AM
"fuck america. You bitches get it when we're good and ready."

Actually, no, fuck YOU. Ill get each episode within four hours of airtime, from isohunt.com, probably in better quality than you get with your stupid fucking "rabbit ears", you dumb fucking chav.

In short, no one here in the US needs to wait for your (or anyones) permission to check out the new WHO. In closing, eat a bag of dicks. Not your country mind you (which is obviously blessed to have such a militantly nationalistic cocksmear like you for a citizen). Just you.

DAWK-TAH!
by lord_zedd
Jun 2nd, 2008
10:36:08 AM
RHOZE!
still think its rose
by crazybrit
Jun 2nd, 2008
10:53:12 AM
has anyone even entertained the possibility that it was rose who got the masters ring at the end of the last series and it has somehow given her the powers of a time lord including the ability to regenerate and thats why she looks so different and why the doctor hasent met her yet
"Has anyone entertained the possibility..."
by Steve Rogers
Jun 2nd, 2008
11:15:02 AM
...that it was rose who got the masters ring at the end of the last series and it has somehow given her the powers of a time lord including the ability to regenerate and thats why she looks so different and why the doctor hasent met her yet" - No. You read too much into too much. RTD admitted in previous interviews that the female hand picking up the Master's ring was just a bone he threw to future production teams who may want to bring the character back. Bet you any money Song is not Rose.
Are we ever going to get another team-up of Doctors?
by lord_zedd
Jun 2nd, 2008
12:11:18 PM
Or is that shitty five minute "Time Crash" the only thing we'll get? They could bring back AT LEAST the past three doctors (yes, even Paul McGann). Would Chris Eccleston be up for it?
What if River Song is the Series Five companion?
by SpyGuy
Jun 2nd, 2008
12:45:44 PM
With Moffat taking the reins next series, he could be teasing the Doctor's next companion with a timey-wimey advance meeting.

Hmmm...All of the sudden I'm reminded of poor Zathras...

I loved it!
by Miguel De Barioz
Jun 2nd, 2008
01:28:30 PM
Just seen the new Doctor Who and I just LOVED IT! I have become the number 1 Doctor Who fan and can't get enough of his adventures. I have been listing themes and recurring motifes on here for you guys (I know we are the only ones who will appreciate it). 1. Doctor Who does not seem to recognise Doctor Kingston. 2. Donna will not be dead... Yet. 3. Doctor Who loves to read (ofcourse he's english). 4. He did not regurgitate in this episode. I think we may see the third Doctor Who at the end of next weeks show. Possible casting for Doctor Who: The Movie. Doctor Who - Daniel Craig. The Master - Dan Shanks. Hope you guys are getting on well.
I Need to Get a Tardis Diary!
by DarfurOnTheRocks
Jun 2nd, 2008
02:27:07 PM
The BBC should sell that.
River Song - Ood prophecy?
by notgeorgekaplan
Jun 2nd, 2008
02:29:50 PM
Remember when the Ood told the Doctor "I think your Song must end soon"? I think that was actually a reference to River Song and she's going to die...probably in the very next episode. Professor Song knew the older version of the Doctor. Imagine how he must feel, always knowing when and how she will die.
The best episode of season 4 so far
by johna
Jun 2nd, 2008
02:59:16 PM
This is the kind doctor episodes i like, and this was prob's my fav from this season so far, i can't wait for season 5 if these are the type of storys mr moffat likes to write, the past few episodes have lacked a bit of something, But this one had the lot for me.
I love it
by Second Try
Jun 2nd, 2008
03:08:48 PM
Doctor

who

notgeorgekaplan, you are a genius!!!!
by axcel1
Jun 2nd, 2008
03:53:51 PM
A lot of people like to play the guessing game with Doctor Who, ie, so and so picked up the Master's ring, What's his face is making the planets disappear, but, YOU, you are a genius, what you said in your post makes perfect sense!!!! Holy you-know-what, I'll bet you're right, she dies in part 2. Ooooooo, I'd hate to be the Doctor right now!!!
Getting a Hand-dle on the situation...
by Kelvington
Jun 2nd, 2008
04:09:35 PM
I got the feeling that the when the doctor gets really hurt, the hand regenerates into another doctor, hence the Christmas episode where a trailer was seen with the title "The Other Doctor" on it, along with David's trailer.

I doubt he'll live long, but I suspect that's how they wrap up the hand issue.

I'm still holding on to the fact that it's a girl with glasses, and a dog, but I could be wrong, I been so before and will be again.

On the River Song front, I don't see her being a full on companion for a series or two, I would think there's a better chance she's a regenerated MEL than the Rani. Yes, I know MEL wasn't a timelord.

As for the Romana lovers (and I'm a huge one, please bring back Lala) here is how you fix the timelords death and the end of Galifrey issue.

The doctor can't sense any other living timelords right? And can't sense Romana because she's in E-space. And since ALL the timelords were used in the time war, he can't go back and use any of them.

Finally he bangs his head on the console or sees a small boy die and it reminds him of Adric and E-space and goes back and gets her, and uses her as a way to avoid the timewar and bring back the timelords. All to easy.

Oh, BTW...............
by axcel1
Jun 2nd, 2008
05:38:29 PM
I don't want to play the Doctor Who guessing game, as i mentioned in my earlier post, so, I will only say this, if anyone's got a copy of "Silence in the Library" fast forward to 11 minutes 42 seconds into it. The scene where the camera zeros in on Donna's hand reaching for the Doctor's arm. She has on a very large ring on her finger.
The girl's drawing
by The Handsome 12th Doctor
Jun 2nd, 2008
05:57:57 PM
I've watched the ep again. I thought it was even better the second time. And having looked at the picture on the wall I will agree that was absolutely supposed to be of Rose (glasses or no).

What this means in the grand scheme of things I've no idea, but I love this crazy level of layering they're doing.

How about when the Doctor regenerates ...
by Shan
Jun 2nd, 2008
06:15:05 PM
... he splits into two Doctors played by two different actors? They have a few adventures with the both of them but then they find out there's some instability because of it and one of them has to die.

For starters it'd be something different and it could keep people guessing as to who will eventually take over the role in the long run given this era of internet spoilage. You could even film two different death scenes to really hide it for a while ...

RIVER SONG - The true story - SPOILER
by HewligansHaircut
Jun 2nd, 2008
06:48:02 PM
Ok, just to put my theory forwards. I believe that knowing Moffat, he will have River Song as a 'potential' future companion of the Doctors. Somebody who has travelled with a later version of Tennant on many adventures and have formed a strong relationship..BUT!!! in episode 2 of this library storyline, she is unfortunately going to give the Doctor "A SPOILER", a bit of knowledge that will help out.. and in doing so, changes the (her) future, and basically wipes out herself from his future. For example, giving some snippet of how Donna dies (so the Doctor chooses to save her) or something like that... Basically, giving the audience a look at a relationship that could have been (happiness for the Doctor) and then pulling it away at the last minute... And just to confirm this, in the snippet of next weeks show after the titles, wasn't there a bit about somebody mentioning 'A spoiler'? and didn't the doctor say "No Spoilers" in this first episode when donna was looking at a 'future book'... Doctors true love of his future will never be, because he 'took a look at a spoiler'... Well, there you go, what do you think????
RIVER SONG - SPOILER - Family of Blood
by HewligansHaircut
Jun 2nd, 2008
06:51:21 PM
continuing on from the post above - this is maybe too much like the 2nd apart of 'Family of Blood'. You know, Daisy from Spacced and the Doctors life into old age... that never happened. It worked in the last series... Looks like it's maybe repeated again... (though it would be nice if she was actually a version of a future companion, but i think that's just too hard to plan in an industry where actors change in TV roles like this..._)
Re: How about when the Doctor regenerates
by lord_zedd
Jun 2nd, 2008
07:24:22 PM
That would DEFINITELY be cool.
FAO HewligansHaircut
by carefulsilly
Jun 3rd, 2008
01:15:42 AM
Absolutely spot on! Love that idea and I think you are correct.
RIVER SONG - SPOILER - Easter Eggs
by HewligansHaircut
Jun 3rd, 2008
03:03:51 AM
It's kind of like Moffats Blink last year, where he used DVD "Easter Eggs" as a story element... I find it funny looking at the forum above to think he could be doing the same with **SPOILERS**.. :)
End of Tennant?
by pastabake
Jun 3rd, 2008
03:20:50 AM
does everyone think the Doctor's going to regenerate soon? There seems hints that way but if he is to regenerate then what's the point in not having a series next year? I thought the whole reason for that was to keep him on so he could play Hamlet for the RSC (He seems a little too slim to play Hamlet for me! - but he's certainly good enough to work it!) and not have to leave the show. You could argue that perhaps the real reason for the delayed series 5 was the switch over of a writing team, or to accommodate a NEW actor - but these reasons don't seem to really justify putting such a huge BBC show off for a year (with the exception of the three specials). A more likely reason seems to be, as they said, that they are compromising to keep Tennant. So I for one don't think think he's going anywhere in a hurry (although perhaps that's just wishful thinking on my part!)
also...
by pastabake
Jun 3rd, 2008
04:21:43 AM
.... there's pictures of Tennant milling about here. I was actually thinking a while ago that David Morrissey would be a good new doctor. he in fact looks rather doctory like here: http://tinyurl.com/6p24ml , but he was on set with Tennant so he's obviously not going to be the next doctor.
who cares who said it was a shit episode
by chorltonni
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:33:20 AM
have to say this but who cares who said it was a shit episode. i enjoyed it. it had everything i expected from a moff episode. and if this is whats gonna be the norm when he takes over so be it - as an avid dr who fan (classic and relaunched) it does hark back to the tom baker days in suspense. cant wait to find out who river song is ? ps when's jenny comin back ? she was hot !!!!!
I still have nightmares about the living statues
by Dazzler69
Jun 3rd, 2008
06:59:48 AM
Every time you don't look they move to kill you!
HewligansHaircut...
by BiggusDickus
Jun 3rd, 2008
09:11:27 AM
Just read your theory and...we like! Definitely a Moffat tear-jerker if ever I saw one. If this isn't the way this episode goes, I bet it ain't far off!

By the way, 'Hewligan's Haircut'? Come on, 'Time Flies' was bad and I could see why you didn't go with 'Tank Girl', but 'Hewligan's frickin' Haircut'???

They where all stood in shadows all the time.
by Smashing
Jun 3rd, 2008
12:19:16 PM
I enjoyed this episode but it was in no way scary, oooh look invisible piranha fish that live in shadows, and people bemoaned RTD's campery, Moffatt is an excellent writer, he has a good feel for Who though he is a little dour in his delivery, maybe too concerned with trying to be darker and failing to get the humour levels right.

Like it or not for 4 years the show has has a seriously cool comedy vibe, if that disappears all together tonally it may be too much for me to deal with.

Whats up with Moffatt's statue fetish too?, last year it was monster statues now its a Donna one, he is maybe one of those fetish weirdos that like to rub against them in public places, is that called frottaging or is that rubbing against other people only?

Anyway we know Dona is okay, we saw her in the finale trailer so suspense gone there, skeleton in a spacesuit?, tres Scooby Doo, I ain't read the talk-back yet, I wonder if that is getting all the hate the Scooby corridor running scene from Love & Monsters did?

I'm jazzed for the finale and see next weeks concluding part as exciting to see who River Song is, do folks think its Rose?

Tennant dating the Doctor's daughter
by The Handsome 12th Doctor
Jun 3rd, 2008
12:35:32 PM
David Tennant and Georgia Moffett are apparently dating.
http://tinyurl.com/5q3jc3

I think it'd be cool but a little weird if both your dad and your boyfriend were Doctor Who. All the best to them though. They make a cute couple.

That is creepy.
by Smashing
Jun 3rd, 2008
12:37:52 PM
You cant shag your onscreen daughter, the doctor is already on thin ice with being 900 and hanging around teenagers a lot, shades on Neelix and Kes, him dating his own daughter is just wrong, sick bastard.
can't help thinking what the conversation...
by RaveX
Jun 3rd, 2008
01:05:19 PM
...between tennant and davison after they wrapped time crash must've been like:

"good job, pete. btw., I'm frakking your daughter. see ya at the christmas dinner... dad!"

Imagine if they got hitched
by The Handsome 12th Doctor
Jun 3rd, 2008
01:42:47 PM
Her husband is Doctor Who. Her dad is Doctor Who. Her mum is Trillian from Hitch-hiker's Guide.

Her family tree would read like a history of British sci-fi.

Do you think she calls him "Doctor Daddy" in the sack?
by V'Shael
Jun 3rd, 2008
02:06:31 PM
She's a hot piece of ass!
WHO'S THE DADDY!!
by spud mcspud
Jun 3rd, 2008
02:15:37 PM
SMACK! "Who's your Daddy? WHO'S YOUR DADDY YEEEAAAAHH!"

Ahh, that's just grim, y'all.

spud mcspud
by RaveX
Jun 3rd, 2008
02:33:26 PM
wow...

that was just so... wrong.

still funny though.

Smashing: Dating his own onscreen female clone is okay, though
by SpyGuy
Jun 3rd, 2008
03:04:06 PM
Jenny's not the Doctor's daughter unless clones, even gender-opposite ones, suddenly count as actual progeny.
Let's all admit it
by The Handsome 12th Doctor
Jun 3rd, 2008
03:13:49 PM
We're jealous.

I mean daughter or no, if you were David Tennant you would.

SICK!SICK!SICK!
by DECKERS
Jun 3rd, 2008
03:57:32 PM
She looks about 15!!!! Shame on you, you dirty old doctor!! He's worse than that Harold Shipman, he is!
she's not 15.
by RaveX
Jun 3rd, 2008
04:27:03 PM
she's 23, and has a 6 years old kid.
Ooooooooooooo, this is news to me........
by axcel1
Jun 3rd, 2008
04:33:59 PM
I thought he was with Sophia Myles. I guess when she left to be part of the cast of Moonlight, (Now canceled.) they parted.
Who's your Daddy? D'Argo's Your Daddy!
by Kelvington
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:06:39 PM
I wonder if he ever dated Billie? She used to call him David Ten-Inch. I wonder?
Torchwood 3
by The Handsome 12th Doctor
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:15:27 PM
Dispensing with the sexual shenanigans of the Doctor and his daughter for the time being.....

There has been news of Torchwood season 3 today. It will kick off with a five-part story. Five episodes that will be shown in the same week. John Barrowman will be in it. No definitive news on other casting yet. No news either if there'll be any more episodes than those. The BBC are saying "There might be, there might not"

Gaaaaahh!
by spud mcspud
Jun 3rd, 2008
05:52:31 PM
Haven't they killed that shit yet? WHY are they carrying on with this shit? TW is, and will always be, CARRY ON UP THE ANUS. The only thing that makes it watchable for me is to record it to DVD, then watch it at 2X speed with the BENNY HILL theme tune on in the baclground. It all makes so much more sense when Barrowman is running around after Ianto in fast motion and then all his clothes fall off.

JOHN BARROWMAN = BENNY HILL for the 2000s. FACT!


by Kelvington
Jun 3rd, 2008
07:33:41 PM
Ok lots of talk about Blink being like this story so I put this trailer together to give you all a little grin.

http://tinyurl.com/6k6vy4

I hope the link is tact I hate that they break up here.

5 in a row Torchwood
by Lost Jarv
Jun 4th, 2008
06:17:25 AM
Proof that the BBC does hate viewers
my problem with this episode...
by Arch_Stanton
Jun 4th, 2008
08:31:29 AM
is that the Doctor, the old experienced time traveler, seems absolutely stupid when meeting someone who has met his future self. Like this has never happened before? Unlikely, I'd think. And even if that's the case, you'd expect him to know and obey the rules about "spoilers". Other than that, it's a spotless episode.
river song is.......
by crazybrit
Jun 4th, 2008
09:00:20 AM
another cool theory would be that the sonic screwdriver she has isnt just the doctors old one it is the doctors because she is in fact the doctor its been rumored before that this series is tennants last how cool would it be it we had a female doctor it would be a good change to the series and i think she would be a cool doctor it would also explain why he didnt know who she was
spud mcspud
by pastabake
Jun 4th, 2008
11:18:23 AM
Who wouldn't watch something called Carry On Up The Anus? It sounds mint I might give your Torchwood viewing technique a whirl - although I must admit I TOTALLY love it the normal way! - probably for the same reasons you don't I really don't like this idea of making Torchwood a pre-watershed deal. The wacky out of place gruesomeness, bad language and (bi)sexuality make it fun for me. Otherwise it'll just be Doctor Who without the Doctor, when it should be Doctor Who without the Doctor and some naughty bits. Oh, and Barrowman is an awful dramatic actor - but again it's one of Torchwood's charms!
Pastabake
by EyeofPolyphemus
Jun 4th, 2008
11:47:12 AM
I am glad someone else thinks Barrowman is an awful dramatic actor. He hams it up worse than William Shatner. He is a great singer, but to quote Nat X, I've seen better acting in a Cambodian whorehouse.
Sounds good.
by Yeti
Jun 4th, 2008
12:29:22 PM
Hopefully this guy will continue to write for the series after RTD's departure.
....Dr. River Who?.........
by redhankyspanky
Jun 4th, 2008
01:23:58 PM
"another cool theory would be that the sonic screwdriver she has isnt just the doctors old one it is the doctors because she is in fact the doctor.......it would also explain why he didnt know who she was"

but River Song didnt recognize Donna. Even Tennants doctor recognized Sarah Jane. Interesting theory though........

In School Reunion...
by Kelvington
Jun 4th, 2008
02:17:55 PM
Two years ago in School Reunion, Sarah Jane Smith came back and was the focus of the episode. It was great to see her and Rose go back and fourth.

On the screwdriver front, IT'S NOT THE SAME, it's so obviously NOT THE SAME it scares me! River's has little serifs on the blue light up part, that the Doctor's doesn't.

Oh and by the way, sorry for posting a talkback without a title.

Arch_Stanton
by spud mcspud
Jun 4th, 2008
05:46:26 PM
Same thing happened before in BLINK, **mild spoilage ahoy** at the end where Sally Sparrow meets the Doctor a year after the events with the Weeping Angels and gives him the folder full of what he needs to know and say - and The Doctor looks at her totally blankly. She says "Oh, yes, this hasn't happened yet - you haven't met me yet!" then proceeds to explain how when the Doctor ends up flung back to the 1960s, he might need to read these notes. The Doctor just nods, thanks her and runs away - not the incompetent, inexperienced fool he's made to be in LIBRARY when River Song is going on about knowing him. The only explanation I can think of for his genuinely confused reaction is that he has no recollection of her - fair enough if he hasn't mey her yet, but maybe he's picking up a sense of "something's not right here"? He is mildly psychic after all...
pastabake
by spud mcspud
Jun 4th, 2008
05:53:12 PM
I agree that if you're after wacky, surreal bisexual sci-fi fun that TORCHWOOD is the series LEXX wishes it could have been. If I were a Beeb exec, I'd be shouting from the rooftops that I just created the world's first openly gay/bi sci-fi comedy show and that it caters for that particular audience first. The pink pound seems to be a fairly lucrative market (RTD has made a career out of it) and if the Beeb had the courage of their convictions they'd be honest about what TORCHWOOD really was. For me, I remember all the hype surrounding what TORCHWOOD would be, and remember having hope for a good dark Doctor-less series set in the WHO universe, full of weird goings-on and morally ambiguous characters like Yvonne in DOOMSDAY. What we got was nothing like what we were told about - this is what pisses me off about TORCHWOOD. God knows there's a market for camp sci-fi - the original STAR TREK? LEXX? XENA? BUFFY? FLASH GORDON (the movie)? But at least be honest about what it is. TORCHWOOD isn't remotely the show we were told it'd be - it falls far, far short of that - and my first inkling of this came when they announced Captain Jack (not Sparrow) Harkness as the lead character. He's the token gay sidekick at best in WHO - barely two -dimensional, let alone three - and Captain John is basically Spike slash fiction thrown in to get more ratings from the Buffy fanatics. It's risible shite, but if the market it's intended for love it, more power to 'em. I still think there's a market for a good, dark thriller set in the WHO universe - that is the polar opposite of the puerile, amateur shite that is TORCHWOOD. And the nearest we've got to it so far is THE STRANGER with Colin Baker. *sigh*
They don't still make The Stranger, do they?
by V'Shael
Jun 5th, 2008
03:59:33 AM
Colin Baker is in the worst shape of his life!
Spud McSpud
by pastabake
Jun 5th, 2008
05:26:28 AM
I understand where you're coming from, but would disagree about the dishonesty of the beeb - I think they're trying to make a dark sci-fi show, and a lot of the time I think they succeed. There are some genuinely horrible and scary moments as well as whole episodes. It's troubles are it's links to Doctor Who if you ask me - They use some silly monsters and silly moments of peril, which are better suited to fun family viewing and they've got John Barrowman, who just can't do this acting malarky. I think a lot of people were put off Torchwood because in this last series they did the Doctor who trick of having a light fun and action packed series opener. And since they have this post watershed it was filled with naughty quips and Barrowman's own brand of intentionally direct camp! After this episode (which I'll admit I enjoyed), like Doctor who, the episodes got more serious and darker - the bleaker moments were at times more downbeat than anything on Who (which it should be). There was a return to campness for Martha's return, but for the most part it was quite true to this "dark and serious" image. The episode with the chap who changed their memories was particularly affecting (again hampered by Barrowman acting 'sad'). Anyway, my point is that Torchwood can be a serious Sci-fi (and it does try - they killed off two central characters! - one of whom had been the walking dead for six episodes!), it's just got some major failings, and there have been some allowances to reel people in. I can see how the shows failings are too great for some people to come back to it, but I'm still going to keep watching! As for all this pink pound talk - I certainly don't think it's the sexuality itself that makes Torchwood camp, it's Barrowman/Captain Jack and the dialogue written for him. There is no reason why there can't be a a serious, bleak, thought-provoking sci-fi drama with homosexual central characters. Torchwood is just perhaps not quite the full package!
Torchwood fingered my teenage years.
by Smashing
Jun 5th, 2008
07:01:34 AM
The show is monkey toss.

The discussions it garners are way above what it deserves, its a lazy, cheap and mostly harmful show.

Torchwood - Harmful?
by pastabake
Jun 5th, 2008
08:56:07 AM
I'd certainly dispute that, but to each there own, and i understand and partially agree with a lot criticisms of the show. I also (clearly!) think it's worth discussing, so sorry Smashing, I'll probably be at it again!
Brilliant Episode.
by CrichtonAstronut
Jun 5th, 2008
09:24:20 AM
Hope we see more of the archiology girl. she'd make an awesome companion. Definitely a match for the Doctor. And brilliant concepts as always. I love the ghostiung bit. Moffats a genius at creating world with whole new iussues. the science and the situation isn't really evil or good it just is and the people have to deal with it. The swarm bit's cool too. I think the "Saved" people are literally that, saved like a computer file in some variation of the ghosting affect on those space suites, and their all living in a virtual reality fantasy all Matrixy maintained by that giant computer at the core. Maybe Dr. Moon is a program designed tom look for a way to get them new bodies or spomething. Maybe the little girl