I think I'm going to watch all the older Doctor Who shows so I can refresh my memory on them. I haven't seen them in like 15yrs my uncle had them on VHS.

EDIT: Scrap that,sorry repeat of Saturdays episode lol

Best thing is that bloody kid has gone...

"Doctor! The Darleks are attacking..."

"Got home work to do... "

Worst Doctor ever... [:sick:]

I have a Doctor Who question. I'm watching the show from the beginning. Back from the first Doctor Will Hartnell and the third Doctor, Tom Baker the one with the uber long scarf, makes it a point several times to say that the time lords only get to regenerate 12 times. The Master had to do some janky things to get more registrations, but with out doing anything special they only get 12. The Doctor is now on his 12th regeneration, so this should be his last. Do they make any reference to the Doctor dieing for good or needing to extend himself or did the writers just forget about this rule? Seems really lazy to just ignore it though I feel the new episodes have made the Doctor into something he wasn't in the beginning.

Tulinz [1864210]

I have a Doctor Who question. I'm watching the show from the beginning. Back from the first Doctor Will Hartnell and the third Doctor, Tom Baker the one with the uber long scarf, makes it a point several times to say that the time lords only get to regenerate 12 times. The Master had to do some janky things to get more registrations, but with out doing anything special they only get 12. The Doctor is now on his 12th regeneration, so this should be his last. Do they make any reference to the Doctor dieing for good or needing to extend himself or did the writers just forget about this rule? Seems really lazy to just ignore it though I feel the new episodes have made the Doctor into something he wasn't in the beginning.

 They already addressed this in the last Christmas special. If you have not seen things and do not want things spoiled do not read on.

They explained how Matt Smith even though was the 11th doctor it was actually his 12th regeneration. The 1st doctor was before he ever regenerated so there could be up to 13 doctors. But then the 10th doctor regenerated but transferred it into his hand that he had lost that Christmas he was first in as the 10th doctor. and had the timelord human metacrisis. Then the War Doctor counted as another regeneration. So he was out of regenerations, Then the timelords listened to Clara through the crack and give him energy to regenerate again. 

DrZed [237786]

 

Tulinz [1864210]

I have a Doctor Who question. I'm watching the show from the beginning. Back from the first Doctor Will Hartnell and the third Doctor, Tom Baker the one with the uber long scarf, makes it a point several times to say that the time lords only get to regenerate 12 times. The Master had to do some janky things to get more registrations, but with out doing anything special they only get 12. The Doctor is now on his 12th regeneration, so this should be his last. Do they make any reference to the Doctor dieing for good or needing to extend himself or did the writers just forget about this rule? Seems really lazy to just ignore it though I feel the new episodes have made the Doctor into something he wasn't in the beginning.

 They already addressed this in the last Christmas special. If you have not seen things and do not want things spoiled do not read on.

They explained how Matt Smith even though was the 11th doctor it was actually his 12th regeneration. The 1st doctor was before he ever regenerated so there could be up to 13 doctors. But then the 10th doctor regenerated but transferred it into his hand that he had lost that Christmas he was first in as the 10th doctor. and had the timelord human metacrisis. Then the War Doctor counted as another regeneration. So he was out of regenerations, Then the timelords listened to Clara through the crack and give him energy to regenerate again. 

 At least they put an effort in. I figured they would just forget. They do that a lot. Just forget aspects of the story or try to give lazy reasons to right off something they established. Like his name. They gave him one in the Baker years too and kind of said oh not really later. Greatest serials ever though. I'm only up to the fifth doctor.

I just don't like how often the Daleks are returning.

Agreed this annoys me.

Il_Duce [1422575]

I just don't like how often the Daleks are returning.

 

I think that they are probably not going to have them again for a while at least not this season. Though I liked how they had them in this one and it is going along with things they are trying to show and take this Doctor.  

Bertrum [1863636]

Agreed this annoys me.

 

Il_Duce [1422575]

I just don't like how often the Daleks are returning.

 
i think its perfectly normal ... after all they're each other's worst enemy 

and tbh i enjoyed this 2nd episode much more than the 1st

I liked the second episode it had an older feeling to it mostly and flowed pretty well and worked in the time allotted for it and did not feel rushed. I do not like this new time format. It needs to be 40 to 6 22 to 24 minute episodes that make up a story again than usually one 44 to 46 minute episode making up one story. 

JSnows [14906]

 

Bertrum [1863636]

Agreed this annoys me.

 

Il_Duce [1422575]

I just don't like how often the Daleks are returning.

 
i think its perfectly normal ... after all they're each other's worst enemy 

and tbh i enjoyed this 2nd episode much more than the 1st

 But multiple times per "season?" Like the other recurring forces, just seems too repetitive.

Wouldn't be surprised if the Angels showed up soon. (Haven't watched epi2 yet, if that's in the preview at the end...oh my.)

well, let me put it this way ... if you were to watch lot of documentaries about gazelles then you probably see lions in a lot of them, cheetahs, leopards and crocodiles in some, jackals and hyenas in even less and possibly a python or an eagle in even less

see where i'm going with this? more or less the same applies to dr who and whichever villain

JSnows [14906]

well, let me put it this way ... if you were to watch lot of documentaries about gazelles then you probably see lions in a lot of them, cheetahs, leopards and crocodiles in some, jackals and hyenas in even less and possibly a python or an eagle in even less

see where i'm going with this? more or less the same applies to dr who and whichever villain

 
I mean at this point if starts to feel more like, "These Daleks, remember them from last year? They still are evil nazi trashcans!" or, "Hey now! Weeping Angels, ooooohhh, you better not blink!"

Just keep mixing things up, hell revisit an old topic like the Valeyard or something, lets just not keep falling back on the Daleks.

I think they are trying to go with the Valeyard or hinting towards it. I do not think they were falling back on the daleks I think they just put it in there once just to help move things along they are trying to establish the moral quandaries going on in the doctors head about morality and things and using the Daleks was a good way to do it. Yes they have been used a bit much in the past (past few seasons) but I think here was a decent using of them. Especially since the Daleks in previous Episodes when he was brought back there was a lot of the doctors morality being questioned in there and saying he would make a good Dalek. (and the whole time war was with the Daleks)

Though talking about the 50th anniversary special they had the perfect opportunity to use stuff from the old doctor who in with the time war to explain things and make it a much more interesting story and it would work.
The Seventh Doctor in Remembrance of the Daleks used the Hand of Omega which he left there when he first visited Eart back in 1963 to trick daleks into blowing themselves out wiping out a whole fleet of Daleks. So what they should have had in the special is when they were trying to align around Gallifrey there could have been another wave of Daleks coming in, and then have a clip of the first doctor saying something in the manner to leave it to him. Then the seventh doctor would then say something about how he was able to get the attacking Dalek wave coming in to destroy themselves in the past so they were never able to be there. If they could not get the 7th to say something in voice over for legal reasons they could just have a clip of him saying to the effect that it is done. then the 11th doctor could explain it. It would have only taken 1 minute and tie things better together and show that the time war was in fact wiggling things with time a bit more. They had the opportunity and if they did not have it in for time restraints there was plenty of things they could have tken out that wasted time like comparing screwdrivers or a few other things. 

Sweeney_Todd [27468]

Best thing is that bloody kid has gone...

"Doctor! The Darleks are attacking..."

"Got home work to do... "

Worst Doctor ever... [:sick:]

 I like him :O

I am holding off watching for a while so I can watch them in one go. I cannot stand waiting for each episode to come out! The last season where the doctor died at the start, I had to wait to watch the next I almost died!

I did not like the Robots of Sherwood one.
If you did not watch it do not read on.


It started off good and I did like the mention of a time scoop although that is probably foreshadowing some things. Though it seemed more like they would have been in a miniscope than picked up by a time scoop. What I did not like about it if they do not add to it in future episodes is that they made Robin Hood like he was real. Well he could have been real but the problem I had is they have him real at the end but they have everything moreso like in the most recent stories of him. The legends and stories have changed over time so some of those things are not quite accurate. Plus there is not an actual known time of when he could have been sure they stick him in the time with prince John and King Richard but there was a version of a Robin Hood song where he said his Kings name was Edward. Plus the Franciscan order was not around until after 1190 so friar tuck would not have been a friar. Also Alan-a-dale is more of a recent edition and possibly was added to the stories in the 1600s So unless it later turns out there was a falseness of Robin Hood the part seemed too fake because it was out of place and did not deal with all of the discrepancies between stories.

I am not sure what the promised land is all about. But I think that for the other part with that Missy lady. She is using a time scoop to get the things and people that die because of the Doctor as witnesses. Perhaps it is to later test the Doctor and try to convince him of something because all of these people and things are dying because of him. Either it is to drive the Doctor to madness or the time lords could be behind it and there could be a whole new trial of the Timelords and it would be about if the Doctor is still the Doctor with the new regenerations they gave him or something like that. Or it is The Rani doing something.

i liked this one :) erol flynnesque swashbuckling is always fun to watch and a major plus for me ..

the spoon scene totally cracked me up ... i'm not sure but it could be making fun of "black butler" (anime fans may know what i mean)

i like the concept of a real robin hood and whatever historic inaccuracies they may be make no difference to me ... tbh i fully expect and demand that most works of fiction, and even more so sci-fi, be full of "artistic license"