3 weeks till new Who!

[Bagpuss]

If they went back to an hour it would help, and is it really so hard to have it at the same time each week?

 

[Morrus]

My favourite of the series so far. A light, fairly tight, standalone episode. The usual handful of classic references we're getting each episode this 50th anniversary year. Though the sonic screwdriver cures diseases now?

I'm not convinced that anybody, upon seeing old photos of someone that looks like someone they know, would think "time traveller" rather than "coincidental lookalike". Or indeed that "I'll tell my dad!" would bother anyone in the slightest. So he'd laught and tell you to do your homework.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

... although I'm now really wanting to see stories told over two episodes again. A lot of the episodes could benefit from having more space to tell the tale in.

Cheers!

I have to say that that was one of my favorite things about the earlier series. That "mini-series" style pacing really worked well for many of those storylines. Overall quality aside, sometimes the modern stories seem a bit rushed.

 

[Morrus]

If they went back to an hour it would help, and is it really so hard to have it at the same time each week?

ITV and the BBC put their highest rated (non-soap) shows of the week on Saturday evening. It's a major battleground for ratings with lots of game theory about what you schedule against and what you don't. Doctor Who and The Voice on BBC1 vs. Britain's Got Talent on ITV. That's partly why the times aren't announced until the last minute (I.e. 7 days before, when the Sky planner needs it).

 

[MerricB]

My favourite of the series so far. A light, fairly tight, standalone episode. The usual handful of classic references we're getting each episode this 50th anniversary year. Though the sonic screwdriver cures diseases now?

My impression was that it was the decontamination booth/shower he got into that reversed the poisoning; the screwdriver was just used for activation/adjustment.

I'm not convinced that anybody, upon seeing old photos of someone that looks like someone they know, would think "time traveller" rather than "coincidental lookalike". Or indeed that "I'll tell my dad!" would bother anyone in the slightest. So he'd laught and tell you to do your homework.

I'm thinking there's a greater Intelligence at work here... how did they get those photos in the first place?

Cheers!

 

[Bagpuss]

I'm not convinced that anybody, upon seeing old photos of someone that looks like someone they know, would think "time traveller" rather than "coincidental lookalike".

Well there were two people they know (Clara and her body friend) that hang around together, hanging around together that's more than a coincidence.

Or indeed that "I'll tell my dad!" would bother anyone in the slightest. So he'd laught and tell you to do your homework.

Well yeah that's less believable, but really is it any more so than a boy in the victorian era that talks like a SatNav and is called Thomas, Thomas?

 

[delericho]

Thought "The Crimson Horror" was the best episode since the series resumed. It really seemed to hit all the right notes at just the right time.

Though what are those kids doing, having a Galvatron toy from 1986? Are they time travellers too?

 

[Krug]

Yeah I enjoyed this episode. The previous episodes have been far too much romantically centered, and the pacing was superb. Emma Peel was great too!

 

[Morrus]

Well yeah that's less believable, but really is it any more so than a boy in the victorian era that talks like a SatNav and is called Thomas, Thomas?

Hah - yeah, I'd managed to forget about that.

 

[Guest 85555]

I'm thinking there's a greater Intelligence at work here... how did they get those photos in the first place?

Cheers!

and who took them?