Doctor Who - 11/10

[Ed_Laprade]

A nice episode in the 50s. Until you stop and think about it, at which point you realize how incredibly stupid it actually is. One little shopkeeper innundates half of London with cheap TVs. How? Where does he get the resources for this? The Wire sure isn't providing any. It would take him months, if not years, to do so using his own time and money. Once you realize that, the whole thing just falls apart. There's no way the police would be able to haul off people without faces for that long without a word without a HUGE stink being made and lawsuits flying like confetti. Did I mention lawsuits? How about wrongfu death for all those faceless folks who died because the cops shoved them into warehouses instead of hospitals?

Then there are the cops themselves. With as long as they'd have to work on the case they'd have to be the most incompetant morons on the face of the planet not to make the connection between the TVs and the faceless plague. And even if they were, they could call in Agatha Christy, who'd straighten them out within 24 hours, tops.

And speaking of morons, why wasn't our shopkeeper concentrating on putting his TVs in pubs and other public places instead of private homes? Dumb but fun entertainment. (I especially liked the first few minutes with the Doctor and Rose going to see Elvis on the Ed Sullivan Show... in London!)

 

[Crothian]

I've watched Dr Who for a long time, and it really suprises me that someone would actually complain that it is not realistic. The show to my knowledge has never tried to be .

 

[jaerdaph]

And speaking of morons, why wasn't our shopkeeper concentrating on putting his TVs in pubs and other public places instead of private homes?

On an episode of Life on Mars, another BBC show, I recall Sam Tyler (the cop from today somehow transported back to 1973) goes to the local pub where the cops hang out and suggests they install a TV they got as a kickback in the pub. Everyone looked at him strangely and he said this way they could watch football at the bar. From that, I got the impression that there weren't really televisions in pubs until sometime later.

 

[Falkus]

Then there are the cops themselves. With as long as they'd have to work on the case they'd have to be the most incompetant morons on the face of the planet not to make the connection between the TVs and the faceless plague.

They weren't trying to make a connection. As I recall, they were under orders to cover it up, not solve it.

 

[Plane Sailing]

A nice episode in the 50s. Until you stop and think about it, at which point you realize how incredibly stupid it actually is.

I dunno about that.

I'm not sure where you come from, but I can say as a Brit that back in those days of course the police could haul people off. Lawsuits? what they? It was all a VERY different world in those days.

Also, its a while since I saw the episode, but wasn't the point of the Alexandra Palace transmitter that the Wire could take over all TVs, without them having to have come from the shop on the corner to do their work?

 

[TheLe]

Personally, I have no problems with "realism" issues. It's a scifi show. And a good one.

That being said, I think this is by far the weakest episode of the season.

I blame the 50s-slicked-back hair style. lol.

Really, the story was just kind of blah. The good news is that there was no mention of "torchwood" from what I remember. Focing that word into every episode has been annoying.

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[Cthulhudrew]

That being said, I think this is by far the weakest episode of the season.

Oh, just wait until "Fear Her." Heh.

But yeah, this one was pretty lacking, as I recall. There just wasn't a whole lot to it.

 

[horacethegrey]

Well I actually liked this episode. Especially the subplot with the Connolly family and their tyrannical father. I especially loved it when an angry Doctor gets in Eddie Connolly's face and tells him to shut his hole.

The Wire I thought was a pretty creepy villain, but could have stood for a bit more development, but that's just nitpicking. Overall, this episode had an old style feel to it, and I don't just mean the setting. I liked it very much.

 

[Ed_Laprade]

I didn't say I didn't like it, I said it was dumb. But FUN. And I loved the Doctor's hair. So long as they don't do it again! (Unless they revisit the 50s or early 60s.)

 

[PhoenixDarkDirk]

I think it's a little interesting that the guy who plays the Tenth Doctor has "ten" in his name.

The secret doors closing looked pretty good.