I do not watch Doctor Who.
Just thought you’d like to know.
andy 2 May 2007, 12:51 AM
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I was expecting more from the Face of Boe than just dying like Yoda. It seemed unlikely that he could keep things going, yet not tell everyone to laeve the undercity once the virus has gone and everyone up top was dead.
I liked that the action was arranged vertically this week, with not-Rose at the bottom, the Doctor climbing down to get her and the cat-nun following the doctor down.
Shannon 2 May 2007, 02:13 AM
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The link made me even more confused. To be fair, i only skimmed cos I was so darn boring. Something about missing the footage from an episode. I still don’t know what a Macra is or what is has to do with ‘gridlock’. But never mind.
andy 2 May 2007, 03:08 AM
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Macra is the plural of macro. One macro, two macra.
Tom 2 May 2007, 01:04 PM
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Now Shannon, if you refuse to listen dialogue in the episode or read text then this may get difficult. The crabs were referred to as Macra in the show. These creatures were in an old episode of Doctor Who in the sixties. That’s it. What’s a macro, Andy?
This isn’t a Doctor Who site, Chris, it just feels like it at the moment. One day it will be more interesting.
Davies loves his vertical action. As far as ups and downs go I thought it was much better than ‘New Earth’.
It’s a tricky thing, the Boe conundrum. If neither he or the nun know anything about computers then it seems eminently possible that they were helpless to open the roof of the motorway and save everyone. This is surprising though as Boe generally seems like a pretty cluey feller. I wish the Doctor had had to use power from the TARDIS; it would have felt a lot more sensible.
Shannon 2 May 2007, 04:42 PM
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Oooohhh - the crabs - that’s all ya had to say. This episode was weeks ago, I can’t remember what the crabs were called, pfft!! Now that you’ve explained it, thats actually quite cool. Creatures from the sixties reappearing. And no one can question their accuracy with the missing episode business - sneaky! I like it :)
I never really got the whole face of Boe thing… is that something else that happened in the time war thats another insider joke/plot? Or did they actually only meet in this series? Cos if so.. that whole business is just so vague as to be explodingly irritating. And I don’t mean his not-so-mysterious message about other time lords. Just the whole “it’s a giant head in a jar!” thing.
andy 2 May 2007, 11:45 PM
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“We’re both alike, you and I, Doctor. Both the last of our kinds - except for you.”
Tom 3 May 2007, 01:40 AM
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According to interviews, the Doctor not alone, but he is the last Time Lord. Ooooh confusing.
With the Face of Boe, what we’ve seen is all that there’s been. He was reasonably cool in ‘New Earth’ but given how little contact he had with the Doctor in ‘The End of the World’ I also find it odd that they seem to have such a bond at the end there. It is a cool looking head in a jar, as heads in jars go.
Yeah, sorry. Crabs. If you’re going to have gas-eating monsters, and they did them once in the sixties, then you may as well use the name and design. Though some fans have complained. As they will, always.
Shannon 3 May 2007, 01:54 AM
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How can they complain if the episode is missing? How can inconsistency be claimed if there is nothing to compare it to?! No offense Tom, but sometimes Dr Who fans seem very moronic and juvenile.
Chris - one way to disipate the dominion of Dr Who-dom would be to write a review yourself of something else. Anything else. Please, dear god. Write a review of LuckyCoq or something. I would, but I’m lazy, see.
Tom 3 May 2007, 03:41 AM
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Ah, lazy. Good excuse. I’ll be reviewing a few films in future if it makes people feel better.
There are many many photos of the episode, a complete sound recording, the script and the novelisation of the story. So there’s plenty to complain about. Still, the complaints were not of inconsistency, but of pointlessness.
Every group on the planet contains moronic, juvenile people. It’s just more obvious online because they can sneak up on you more easily.
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Shannon
1 May 2007, 04:14 AM
Macra… huh??
Tom
1 May 2007, 06:59 AM
I gave you a link. What more can I do?
Chris
1 May 2007, 02:14 PM
I do not watch Doctor Who. Just thought you’d like to know.
andy
2 May 2007, 12:51 AM
I was expecting more from the Face of Boe than just dying like Yoda. It seemed unlikely that he could keep things going, yet not tell everyone to laeve the undercity once the virus has gone and everyone up top was dead.
I liked that the action was arranged vertically this week, with not-Rose at the bottom, the Doctor climbing down to get her and the cat-nun following the doctor down.
Shannon
2 May 2007, 02:13 AM
The link made me even more confused. To be fair, i only skimmed cos I was so darn boring. Something about missing the footage from an episode. I still don’t know what a Macra is or what is has to do with ‘gridlock’. But never mind.
andy
2 May 2007, 03:08 AM
Macra is the plural of macro. One macro, two macra.
Tom
2 May 2007, 01:04 PM
Now Shannon, if you refuse to listen dialogue in the episode or read text then this may get difficult. The crabs were referred to as Macra in the show. These creatures were in an old episode of Doctor Who in the sixties. That’s it. What’s a macro, Andy?
This isn’t a Doctor Who site, Chris, it just feels like it at the moment. One day it will be more interesting.
Davies loves his vertical action. As far as ups and downs go I thought it was much better than ‘New Earth’.
It’s a tricky thing, the Boe conundrum. If neither he or the nun know anything about computers then it seems eminently possible that they were helpless to open the roof of the motorway and save everyone. This is surprising though as Boe generally seems like a pretty cluey feller. I wish the Doctor had had to use power from the TARDIS; it would have felt a lot more sensible.
Shannon
2 May 2007, 04:42 PM
Oooohhh - the crabs - that’s all ya had to say. This episode was weeks ago, I can’t remember what the crabs were called, pfft!! Now that you’ve explained it, thats actually quite cool. Creatures from the sixties reappearing. And no one can question their accuracy with the missing episode business - sneaky! I like it :)
I never really got the whole face of Boe thing… is that something else that happened in the time war thats another insider joke/plot? Or did they actually only meet in this series? Cos if so.. that whole business is just so vague as to be explodingly irritating. And I don’t mean his not-so-mysterious message about other time lords. Just the whole “it’s a giant head in a jar!” thing.
andy
2 May 2007, 11:45 PM
“We’re both alike, you and I, Doctor. Both the last of our kinds - except for you.”
Tom
3 May 2007, 01:40 AM
According to interviews, the Doctor not alone, but he is the last Time Lord. Ooooh confusing.
With the Face of Boe, what we’ve seen is all that there’s been. He was reasonably cool in ‘New Earth’ but given how little contact he had with the Doctor in ‘The End of the World’ I also find it odd that they seem to have such a bond at the end there. It is a cool looking head in a jar, as heads in jars go.
Yeah, sorry. Crabs. If you’re going to have gas-eating monsters, and they did them once in the sixties, then you may as well use the name and design. Though some fans have complained. As they will, always.
Shannon
3 May 2007, 01:54 AM
How can they complain if the episode is missing? How can inconsistency be claimed if there is nothing to compare it to?! No offense Tom, but sometimes Dr Who fans seem very moronic and juvenile.
Chris - one way to disipate the dominion of Dr Who-dom would be to write a review yourself of something else. Anything else. Please, dear god. Write a review of LuckyCoq or something. I would, but I’m lazy, see.
Tom
3 May 2007, 03:41 AM
Ah, lazy. Good excuse. I’ll be reviewing a few films in future if it makes people feel better.
There are many many photos of the episode, a complete sound recording, the script and the novelisation of the story. So there’s plenty to complain about. Still, the complaints were not of inconsistency, but of pointlessness.
Every group on the planet contains moronic, juvenile people. It’s just more obvious online because they can sneak up on you more easily.
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