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Doctor Who; Series 5 discussion

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Frosty~

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I said so. I said Smith would be a great Doctor but no-one listened. Everyone was too busy b'awwing about Tennant leaving.
While Tennant was a fantastic Doctor, he had to leave eventually, and while I was no happier about it than anyone else, I kept my expectations open and I swear I must have been one of the only people who didn't hate Matt Smith from the moment we first heard he'd be Eleven.

And now Eleventh Hour has aired, Smith has already gained several Crowning Moments of Awesome and Series five has been kicked off with a bang.

I'm actually quite surprised with how much I liked Smith's acting. It started off a bit Tennant-ish but it fits with the character I suppose, considering he'd only just regenerated, and he came into his own pretty quickly. But still, I liked him a lot more than I was expecting to, and I was already expecting to like it. I'll have to wait till I see more from him (How much of an opinion can you really form in a single episode? Not a very stable one at least), but from what we've seen so far, he is defintely a worthy successor.


The episode itself was brilliant. The amount of technobabble was awesome (Timey-Wimey appeared again :D), the threat was pretty interesting (I figured out that they meant the whole planet rather than the house before it was revealed, heh). The alien ships had a really interesting design, and the resolution was utterly brilliant.
Brand new Doctor writes a virus to make everything in the world say zero, and then scares away the prison guards (?) by simply showing them who he is.
So many funny moments too. The grappling hook ("The pool's in the library"), the food scene ("Beans are evil"), Amy's reveal ("You were a little girl five minutes ago"), the bit with the laptop ("Oh and delete your internet history").


The new intro sequence was a bit underwhelming though. The visuals were fantastic, but the music didn't quite live up to it :/

But regardless, with Moffat in charge, this series promises to be absolutely awesome :D

Daleks in WWII :D
 
Thank you, thank you, thank you for making a thread about this. I cannot possibly comment though as I missed the first episode tonight. (Great timing Bombsii)

Ah well, thats what the iplayer is for.

(DALEKS. CYBERMEN. WEEPING ANGELS. RIVER SONG. SMITHY. This looks great)
 
Ah yes, fantastic, as expected. I had to keep rewinding to watch especially good bits over and over. Or out of obligation because my ears are odd and utterly fail at hearing stuff on the TV so I need to listen again, but yeah!

I liked the music :/ Nobody else seems to, I mean it wasn't perfect, it could have been better, but I still rather liked it.
 
I've planned to start actually following this series, but I guess I'll have to either wait until some gracious soul puts it on YouTube or see if I can commandeer the TV when it comes on BBC America.

...which is unlikely if it's tonight, because some Final Four BS thing is on. >:(
 
@Ice: Hurrah for a lack of anti-Smith-ness. I've spent the last few months berating people for the 'UGGH I HATE HIM FOR NO REASON I JUST DO' attitude whenever it came up. :B

Anyway;
I love the new TARDIS design. Call me geeky, but I was pretty much delighted by all the little dohickeys like the typewriter and stuff on the console (though the clockworky as opposed to organic-ness of it might take a little getting used to). Haha. I also liked that Amy's from somewhere outside London (that whole alienation thing the Doctor spoke about was a little different from Rose/Martha/Donna's reasons for going along with him, so that was interesting). Character-wise, I like Amy - complete with imaginary friend issues, ehe - and her nurse friend, who was amusing. As for Matt's Doctor, well. Custard fish. :D

I think I'd like to watch it again rather soon. That thing about the 'silence' - I didn't quite catch what precisely was said about it, but - new story arc?
 
Not so good as any of the new writer's previous episodes, but not bad. My doubts about Smith have not gone away yet.
 
Did anyone listen?! Ha, screw you all, I called it! Anyway, back to the episode. Bloody brilliant. Smith's moments with Amelia were very reminiscent of Tennant, though he fits in well.

Also, I have a new crush on Amy Pond. I've always had a thing for Scottish girls. And redheads. :)
 
Oh GOD how did I manage to completely forget about the new series? o_O Off to iPlayer it is then...

I'm glad you guys all think Eleven is good, I was so hoping he'd prove the naysayers wrong. :D
 
I got annoyed by people saying Smith would suck, too. It wasn't so much that they had doubts, just the fact the they were taking it to extremes saying things like "Doctor Who is dead for me now that this twilight like fag has taken over"

Oh well, good to see he was good like I expected. I loved the episode although I won't say too much about it as I don't know what has already been said (I'm unable to see spoiler tags at the moment). I'll also save my nitpicking for another time. Anyway I'm happy with the first episode. I'm a bit sceptical about the new title sequence, though.
 
Who cares, Matt Smith is cute and Karen Gillan is Scottish

that is all you need to care about
 
Jessie said:
Who cares, Matt Smith is cute and Karen Gillan is Scottish

that is all you need to care about
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Yes but considering there was a Scottish actor in the last series as well we are forced to look at other (less important) things in order to compare them.
 
Rasrap Smurf said:
Yes but considering there was a Scottish actor in the last series as well we are forced to look at other (less important) things in order to compare them.
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snort! He didn't even use his accent! Fail~ure!

(I also don't like David Tennant.)
 
I've just finished watching it on the Iplayer. Great episode, the threat was a little silly but Matt Smith himself has definitely proved himself as the Doctor. Also he officially holds the record for doctor with the best hair.
 
Amazing.
I loved the episode, so awesome, Smith is a better actor that I suspected, it was jam-packed with funny quotes ("And delete your internet history.") frikkin hilarious, the visuals on that ship we're stunning, I mean, they can make a load of glass fragments with an eyeball in the middle of them NOT look like some cheap U.F.O, and for that, I have my respects.
 
Things are supposed to look cheap in Doctor Who. It's the law :(


Anyone else think dirty thoughts when they saw the new piston in the middle of the tardis? I thought it was just me but it turned out a few people thought the same thing. I'm glad to see I'm not crazy.
 
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