Comments on: Bring back the Time Lords! [Doctor Who]

By: Chris H

Chris H — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:50:00 +0000

“they really left the new guy coming in with a bag of expletive” <- I really did laugh at that; that's a great way to describe it :)

Yeh, I had thought the Time Lords would be staying too. I still think they missed a great opportunity there.

By: penderdax

penderdax — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:23:32 +0000

after watching the end of the first ep. a thought for sure they'de have the timlords coming and STAYING back so as to really kick-off the new doctor…they really left the new guy coming in with a bag of expletive.

By: Chris H

Chris H — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:14:01 +0000

I'd have to agree with you about RTD not being the Shakespeare of the 21st Century! He's had a fair share of duff episodes under his belt but I'd say on the whole I've enjoyed his series' far more than I've loathed them. Still, I'm really looking forward to the new series. Not quite sure about such a young Doctor but we'll see what happens.

Now Terry Pratchett… THERE'S a man deserving of a knighthood! Oh wait, he already got it. Good thing too :)

By: Chris H

Chris H — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:11:34 +0000

I read your post and left a comment, James. I assumed that the Master just ran off – it never occurred to me that he might have been sucked back into the time lock with the rest of Gallifrey.

I have to admit I quite liked Waters of Mars – I thought it was a good mix of creepy and clever… and just a bit cheesy too!

By: Older than Dust

Older than Dust — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:26:12 +0000

Wife and I can't stomach David Tennant as the Doctor, nor this Matt Smith bloke. Both are a bit too wet behind the ears for our liking. As such we purposefully avoided the entire series until the Christmas special (to see who the new Doctor was.)

Perhaps that is why we tuned in and thought "What the heck is this rubbish!?"

All I can say is that all this nonsense of Russell T Davis being the "Shakespeare" of the 21st century is utter nonsense. He may appeal to a large segment of the British tv audience, but he does not appeal to the majority of English speakers, period. Pratchett, now he's a 21st century Shakespeare.

By: Doc

Doc — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:35:18 +0000

I am in total agreement. One of the redeeming features of these two episodes were the Time Lords, I thought that they worked very well, and they stayed true to the originals (more or less). However failing to bring back the Time Lords and the Master vanishing at the end of the episode (seriously where did he go?) was a major error.

In general though I was very disappointed with the Christmas episodes and Waters on Mars... I've put more of my thoughts on the Christmas episode on my blog: http://jamesdoc.blogspot.com

By: Chris H

Chris H — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:15:07 +0000

Thanks for dropping in Simon – I've added your site to my feed reader (looks like just the kind of thing I'd be interested in).

I hadn't thought about RTD going for one last big hurrah but you might be right! As you say, bring on Matt Smith & Stephen Moffatt. If Moffat's episodes under RTD are anything to go by, we could be in for a treat!

By: Simon Douglas

Simon Douglas — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:37:29 +0000

I totally agree with your sentiments. Being a little cynical about RTD leaving the series, he threw in the whole kitchen sink – Captain Jack ('Barrowman!!'), Rose Tyler, Martha & Mickey – as well as the Galifreyan's in a kind of 'top that!' attitude. He (or DT?) has brought some interesting ambivalence to the nature of the Dr, he's not so self-assured and that always makes for a more dynamic heroism, but as you say, he has firmly closed the door on the Time Lords returning at any future point.

Bring on the 11th Doctor & Stephen Moffatt, let's see where you can take the franchise!