jove
Brigadier
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Post by jove on Aug 29, 2006 11:49:14 GMT -5
The regeneration was a plus. My parents, new fans of the show, were utterly confused, they didn't know about the Doctor's regenerations or that Eccleston was leaving so soon. It was a must, however, to please old fans. Made up for no regeneration for the beginning of Eccleston's run. Still, I agree with davisonera that the main conflict in this episode was resolved too easily.
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Post by The Thinker on Aug 30, 2006 3:36:57 GMT -5
Erm, I think the quick conflict resolution was a surprise to the Doctor as well as the Daleks. Anyway, it was either that or- no more Doctor! Hmm?
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Post by dbrummett2 on Feb 27, 2007 22:13:57 GMT -5
Got a 5 from me. Loved it when the doctor was saying to the Daleks: "If anyone is going shut up," then shouted, "It's you!" and they backed up. That's one way to shut 'em up. They can be soooo annoying repeating the same phrase over and over.
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Post by jenniearcheo on Feb 28, 2007 13:39:51 GMT -5
It didn't make sense that Jackie would help Rose return to face what seemed to the Doctor to be certain death. Well, I think the key to this lay in Rose's revelation about Pete's death. Up until that point, Jackie had been firmly against Rose going back and risking her life. But when Rose pointed out that Pete would have told her to take the risk, and how she knows this about Pete, Jackie was forced to reexamine her memories of him. And perhaps her view of The Doctor. If he would take her back to Pete's death, just so she could have a memory of him, perhaps he was, himself, worth trying to save. I thought the episode was well done for the most part. The Doctor running around with silly tubes, plugging and unplugging things to create this "wave" seemed a bit cheesy. Why would it have anything to do (or solely to do) with various tubes and wires being unplugged and spliced and plugged? But otherwise, I liked it a lot. The eye-opening "equal opportunity" nature of Captain Jack was an amusing surprise. I feel bad for him that they clearly left without him. Perhaps they weren't aware they'd brought him back to life before they took off. Were the others brought back? What about the planet below? I'm not sure about the channeling vs. absorbing thing, though. If it was merely channeling her, and not going to destroy her, why was he so afraid for her, and anxious to take it on himself? It would have been clearer if, say, Rose had had it long enough to destroy the Daleks in the room and perhaps the Emporer, but that the Doctor took it back before it could damage her, and completed the task of regenerating the planet and wiping out the rest of the Daleks, and that the prolonged use of the energy was what caused his body's demise. The difference wasn't really plain, but in my own head, that's how I'll explain it.
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Post by Nytik on Mar 1, 2007 13:07:13 GMT -5
I had to give a 4 here. It was pretty good, but it just didn't seem to stand out as a good series ending. David Tennants ending was a bit more interesting, and raises some questions for series 3.
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Post by The Valeyard on Mar 13, 2007 21:48:10 GMT -5
None of the new series have ever been as good as the old series best, however I dont think there were as bad as some of the latter Doctor Who.
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Post by prydonian on Sept 22, 2012 18:37:38 GMT -5
Now THIS is how you write a modern Dr. Who! Loved it still watch it to this day and my parents love it as well. Even the regeneration into the less-effective, more well-known Doctor did not hamper my enthusiasm. A word of warning to those seeing it for the first time: Nothing about this episode is, more or less, generally talked about again in the later Tennant-Smith episodes. Notable exception is Jack who does live to eventually cross paths with the Doctor later in the series.
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Post by matthewsee on Jun 3, 2021 3:11:56 GMT -5
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