faithlessgod - 10 April 2008 11:29 AM

As for Eccelestone he was made to rely more on his wits - as in the cliff hanger in The Empty Child, a great solution!

I agree that The Empty Child was one of the best from the first season for that very reason.  But I still maintain that most of the first season stories seemed to spend so much time building up the crisis, when it came time for the solution, the writer would just pull something out of his hat at the last second.  At least that’s how it seemed to me.

Kyuuketsuki UK - 10 April 2008 12:59 PM

I was extremely unhappy that Catherine Tate was going to be an assistant, wasn’t even going to watch but a 13 year old daughter can be very persuasive ... I watched and am really glad I did ...

We’re still a little bit behind you on my side of The Pond, as the Catherine Tate episodes haven’t aired in America yet.  Speaking of which, I’ve been seeing advertisements for another spin-off, The Sarah Jane Adventures.  What can you tell us about that—“pretty good”, or “avoid it like the plague”?

My favorite episode was “The Girl in the Fireplace”.  That was just a beautiful story to me.

Yes, “The Girl in the Fireplace” was excellent!
My wife and I try to record the BBC episodes when possible since Sci-Fi does some editing.

Thanks dad ,… I affectionately mean Doug ( god I hope he won’t smack me for this). I didn’t feel like clicking on the link, but just as soon as I’ve seen The Name I went back. Dawkins is like a black hole, he is that powerful.

...also, thanks gary.

[quote author="advocatus"]We’re still a little bit behind you on my side of The Pond, as the Catherine Tate episodes haven’t aired in America yet.  Speaking of which, I’ve been seeing advertisements for another spin-off, The Sarah Jane Adventures.  What can you tell us about that—“pretty good”, or “avoid it like the plague”?

I know of it but it’s a kids program ... I will ask my friend if he knows what it’s like.

EDIT: No, he hasn’t watched it so, beyond saying it is designed as a kids program, I can’t say whether it is good or bad ... it doesn’t really appeal to me though. If it’s any help you can download them on bittorrent but it wouldn’t be legal.

My favorite episode was “The Girl in the Fireplace”.  That was just a beautiful story to me.

Well anything written by Steven Moffat is going to be good ... “Blink” is by him and that is seriously good! He also wrote the BBC series “Jekyll” which is a rather strange take on the Jekyll/Hyde story.

Kyu

Woops I accidentally edited this post rather than make it a new one. Do not know what was here previously, sorry

faithlessgod - 13 April 2008 10:47 AM

Kyuuketsuki UK - 10 April 2008 12:59 PM

We’re still a little bit behind you on my side of The Pond, as the Catherine Tate episodes haven’t aired in America yet.  Speaking of which, I’ve been seeing advertisements for another spin-off, The Sarah Jane Adventures.  What can you tell us about that—“pretty good”, or “avoid it like the plague”?

Even though technically “doctor who"is for kids (and adults) and “Torchwood” for more for adults, “the Sarah Jane Adverntures” really is a kids series. And dare I mention bittorrent

OK but I never said that (I’m a Brit anyway)

Episode 2 series 4 was excellent BTW!

Kyu

Kyuuketsuki UK - 10 April 2008 12:59 PM

I’m a long time Who fan old enough to have cowered behind a sofa when the early Daleks used to come on. 

I liked Sarah Jane Smith many years ago and was surprised to find her back in a recent season.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Jane_Smith

Jackson - 13 April 2008 06:32 PM

Kyuuketsuki UK - 10 April 2008 12:59 PM

I’m a long time Who fan old enough to have cowered behind a sofa when the early Daleks used to come on. 

I liked Sarah Jane Smith many years ago and was surprised to find her back in a recent season.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Jane_Smith

And she is back in this new series apparently too!

Tate is doing great right now. Her character in 2 shows has really been well developed.

faithlessgod - 13 April 2008 10:47 AM

Even though technically “doctor who"is for kids (and adults) and “Torchwood” for more for adults, “the Sarah Jane Adverntures” really is a kids series.

Okay, it finally premiered on the Sci-fi Channel this past Friday, and you’re absolutely right.  If I were 12 years old, I might have enjoyed a story in which the alien invasion was thwarted by a cell phone, but alas, it doesn’t work for me.

Kyuuketsuki UK - 10 April 2008 12:59 PM

My favorite episode was “The Girl in the Fireplace”.  That was just a beautiful story to me.

Agreed. That and Blink and the Empty Child (as a more classic style scare children episode) are some of my favourites

Interesting just found out that these were all written by one author Stephan Moffet (sp?). Lets see what he has for season 4…

“The Shakespeare Code” was another of my favorites.  Was this one written by the same guy?

“The Doctor’s Daughter”— I have always thought of “Dr. Who” as an imagination-stretching adventure which still manages to keep if not one foot planted in scientific plausability at least one toe vaguely touching it somewhere.  This story just reeked of being another badly-conceived spinoff for the under 25 crowd.

I don’t object to female heroes (and it’s good they’re creating role models for girls), but I am so tired of athletic superwomen cartwheeling through danger as if that somehow magically made her immune to bullets or laserbeams!  Apparently somebody once decided that doing cartwheels was somehow a uniquely “feminine” means of showing how tough you were, so now every female hero has to do it.  I’m sick of it.

About the only nice thing about this episode was the Doctor’s new companion, Donna Noble, grudgingly winning my approval by her logical figuring out of the mystery.  That and one great line.  Confronted by yet another militaristic fool about to wipe out another alien species, the Doctor said,

“You need to get yourself a dictionary, and when you look up the word ‘genocide’, you’ll find a picture of ME there, saying, ‘OVER MY DEAD BODY!’”

You might call me one.

The Doctor