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Doctor Who – What Did You Think of Hide?
What Did You Think of Hide?
Clara and the Doctor arrive at Caliburn House, a haunted mansion sat alone on a desolate moor.
Within its walls, a ghost-hunting professor and a gifted psychic are searching for the Witch of the Well. Her apparition appears throughout the history of the building, but is she really a ghost? And what is chasing her?
Now that the 4th episode of series 7b has aired in the UK what did you think?, was it the best episode ever or just average.
Davros
July 24th, 2014 - 5:37pma good ep. but it’s just fake
the astronaut of death
July 24th, 2014 - 6:35pmHow?
outnumbered
April 24th, 2013 - 10:10pmfor me i think series 6 was the worst series ever but
series 7 is geting close
Anonymous
April 26th, 2013 - 10:50amI know, but ive noticed it typically goes in acycle of a very bad episode to either an acceptable obe or a really good one, and cheer up ive heard that steven moffet might leave after the 50th anniversery
McGann is the Doctor
April 29th, 2013 - 12:58pmSame here except I replace the word worst with best.
Anonymous
April 24th, 2013 - 5:37pmCold War is still my favourite from Series 7B, what do other people think?
BOOBOO JR
April 24th, 2013 - 5:38pmThat was me talking by the way!
BadgerCo
April 24th, 2013 - 4:39pmI never thought I’d say this after the complicatedness of Series 6………but I want Moffat to write every episode.
McGann is the Doctor
April 24th, 2013 - 4:05pmDoctor Who is still good, but that episode was mostly just good in atmosphere, FX, filming and acting, the overall direction of the story wasn’t very good.
Don’t get me wrong, twisty turny ploty-wottys are good, but the ones in that story were quite …eh, I dunno, they didn’t work ?
It’s like trying to have an ice cream but lets put a flake on it, oh yay, a flake ! But we can only have a quarter of a flake that fell on the floor.
If you can’t do a good plot twist, don’t do one atall ❗
For the special effects and resources of the show, they really need a proper amazing good story. The kind of story that’s long and strong enough to be a novel, not a 45 minute romp ❗
These 45 minute episodes don’t feel like proper stories, they feel like little bonus stories, they’re so short ! ❗
Anonymous
April 24th, 2013 - 1:40pmthis episode wasern’t a good episode but then again it wasern’t bad. there where some good parts like the continuaty references( although matt smith pronounces Metabelis wrong its prounounced met-a-bee-lis and the ending kinda rewind thefeel of thie episode the idea that the monster’s plot was to get back so that he can( lets just say reverse the polarity of the nutron flo) with that other monster yuck. The acting was good. I give this episode a 4/10 only because I felt this story went nowhere
fishfingers and custard
April 23rd, 2013 - 9:16pmby the way
the next doctor (if there is 1)he has to be ginger becausse the 9th doctor (christopher ecclson) 10th doctor(davit tennant) wanted to be ginger and so does matt smith so the 12th doctor has to be ginger
i mean c’mon
Anonymous
April 23rd, 2013 - 9:22pmNo never going to happon. The show would be made fun at. No I have no problem with gingers and I am not a ginger hater I just saying that stupid people would make fun at the doctor
[email protected]
April 26th, 2013 - 11:18amto true anonymous
fishfingers and custard
April 23rd, 2013 - 8:49pmthis episode was gr8 i loved how it kinda ended in a love storie it was FANTASTIC best episode yet xx 🙂
THE ERGON
April 23rd, 2013 - 12:55pmBring back jamie.Set after the war games and after culloden.He,s old but has a wife,two sons,daughter and grandchild.He,the doctor and clara battle an alien menace in the highlands.kill jamie off and give him a good highland send off. have his son join the tardis crew for a new generation. What do you think?
Dalek The Supreme
April 23rd, 2013 - 1:32pmSounds interesting. If they’re bringing back lots of Troughton era monsters this season, it would be interesting to have one of his companions return.
random user
April 23rd, 2013 - 8:07pmgood idea. and who should the doctor and jamie fight? the quarks.
the ergon
April 24th, 2013 - 11:54amsome new alien menace. or for old times sake,the yeti and great intelligence. I,ve given the idea, now someone should let steven moffat or fraser hines know by e-mail,and someone decent to execute a decent storyline.
THE ERGON
April 23rd, 2013 - 12:49pmwhy,ll the stories from this season are fine for younger kids (the exception being the excellent’angels take manhattan’,it does seem like stven moffat is losing his way a bit.Wheres the real tensin and scares of old.Thy should use the hinchliffe era as a template for good scary who. Also i do think they should consider going back to two parter cliffhangers for the full next series.
11matt
April 23rd, 2013 - 6:00pmwhat episodes were in this era
the ergon
April 24th, 2013 - 11:49amyou know,pyramids of mars,seeds of doom,talons of weng chiang.around the 4th doctor ,sarah jane and around the leela crossover.
Anonymous
April 24th, 2013 - 1:38pmI think that every story should be a two parter
McGann is the Doctor
April 24th, 2013 - 3:59pmNot every story, but most of them
Every 2012 and 2013 episode so far has been half as long as a classic era story, with the exception of the Snowmen: in 1985 you had a 45 minute part each week, with atleast two for every story.
Now we have one 45 minute story.
Kinda sucks ! ❗
11matt
April 24th, 2013 - 4:00pmi have seen some of them episodes i just was not sure who hinchliffe was
THE ERGON
April 26th, 2013 - 12:33pmPhillip hinchliffe. Should have mentioned before,sorry. But yeah, they should go back to the two or even four parters. Think of the money they could save on sets and other guests, but more importantly taking more time could focus more on storyline and character development. Slow the pace a little so clara and the doctor could have the sort of conversations like the 3rd doctor and jo used to have. It shouldn,t all be dashing around.
11matt
April 26th, 2013 - 7:35pmI agree we at least need some two parters soon
matfav
April 22nd, 2013 - 9:41pmWhat has seriously gone wrong with who’s episode: Hide!
The acting and special effects are always world class, but the direction, script and overall arc left me very cold and somewhat disappointed, much like having all the ingredients for a cake that somehow wasn’t cooked right and left a bad taste in one’s mouth. Here we encountered a wonderful scary ghost story turned sci fi, turned love story, well you get the point. The focus was lost. The characters of clarion oswald oswin (maybe a physical emination of the tardis itself) was not developed and the doctor was all over the shop. After the rings episode that frankly was abysmal, is it the end for who? It all starts with the writing and writers knowing the who universe. Clara by now should have been more developed. maybe they dumbed it down for the American audience? The Tenant years were a dream come true and early Mat Smith, perfect. The Cold War left me cold and the ice warrior would have been more convincing leaving the earth alone if the Doctor simply stated ” we found you down there, who knows how many more of you are down there” leaving the arc for future episode development, rather than begging for mercy. I did not know clara could fly the tardis into a pocket universe. Clever girl. All in all I hope it picks up in speed, script and character development. If not, it may be delegated to another 20 year hiatus.
Michelle
April 23rd, 2013 - 3:59amI’ve been watching since the beginning of the reboot and I’m in America so I’m pretty sure it isn’t dumbed down for us. It’s Moffat having no direction of where he wants to go. Tennants years were amazing because of Tennant and RTD.
Dalek The Supreme
April 23rd, 2013 - 1:33pmI’ve been watching even before the resurrection because my Dad has alot of videos and DVD’s of Classic stories, and I think Doctor Who is doing great right now.
Joanne D
April 23rd, 2013 - 8:52pmAgree with Matfav.
McGann is the Doctor
April 24th, 2013 - 4:03pmDoctor Who is still good, but that episode was mostly just good in atmosphere and FX and acting, the overall direction of the story wasn’t very good.
Don’t get me wrong, twisty turny ploty-wottys are good, but the ones in that story were quite …eh, I dunno, they didn’t work ?
It’s like trying to have an ice cream but lets put a flake on it, oh yay, a flake ! But we can only have a quarter of a flake that fell on the floor.
If you can’t do a good plot twist, don’t do one atall ❗
Volcanic7383
April 22nd, 2013 - 9:13pmAm I the only one that thinks it was terrible
dalek eternal
April 24th, 2013 - 9:20amwell it wasnt terrible but it wasnt brilliant either i was hoping for a very scary episode perhaps one to rival blink but it didnt even come close although its not as bad as the rings of akhaten which in my opinion is the worst episode ive ever seen
the astornaut of death
April 22nd, 2013 - 7:36pmI would have liked it to be more scary
That Creature Down There
April 22nd, 2013 - 6:44pmI knew the doctor in the woods scene wasn’t the fields of trenzalor and the finale.
LG
April 22nd, 2013 - 5:47pmI was enjoying this episode so kuch until STOCK FOOTAGE I probably would not mind if it wasn’t from about 15mins earlier in the episode, I found it almost embarresing.
That Creature Down There
April 22nd, 2013 - 6:45pmo.O???
ROB STATE
April 23rd, 2013 - 10:44amWhat stock footage?
Dalek The Supreme
April 22nd, 2013 - 5:38pmI’m still collecting my thoughts, I thought the episode was a great and terrifying ghost story, with moments that made me terrified. This is on par with Asylum of the Daleks, The Curse of Fenric, Blink, The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, Resurrection of the Daleks, Tomb of the Cybermen, and The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon as far as scariness goes. However, I’m not sure if the ending is really good or really bad. I’ll have to watch it again to see.
Anonymous
April 22nd, 2013 - 7:25pmAsylum of the daleks was terrible
outnumbered
April 22nd, 2013 - 8:28pmyeah i agree aotd was bad
and i did not like this ep at all
only a 3 out of 10
Dalek The Supreme
April 23rd, 2013 - 3:11amI liked Asylum of the Daleks, it might be my favorite Series 7 episode so far.
cyberman2
April 23rd, 2013 - 4:56pmpeople like what they like so outnumbered and whoever that anonymous person was leave dalek the supreme to like what episodes he likes
dalek eternal
April 24th, 2013 - 9:23ami like asylum of the daleks to its was a good episode although i dont think hide was anywhere near as good as blink but i did enjoy it i was actually hoping for it to be scarier than blink but it wasnt. also what do you guys think of planet of the ood i love the bit when the man gets into an ood i think that its gross but its brilliant
Dalek The Supreme
April 25th, 2013 - 2:22amThanks, Cyberman2. I think this story had good intentions and was scary as heck…until the final plot twist, which made no sense. Also, the time traveller lady (Forgot her name) had nothing to do but get rescued. 6/10
I haven’t seen Planet of the Ood in a while, but from what I remember, it was a great moral story, but I’d have to rewatch it before I made a final decision.
TheDoctorGallifrey
April 22nd, 2013 - 5:05pmI noticed two interesting things about Clara in this episode:
She said 11 again(she said it in TBOSJ, about chapter 11)and she mentioned a big chin like in AOTD.
Anonymous
April 22nd, 2013 - 4:35pmRemember when the monsters where oh I don’t know the VILLIANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This episode was terrible
Dalek The Supreme
April 22nd, 2013 - 5:39pmOh, I remember, that was only, what? Two, maybe three weeks ago?
Anonymous
April 22nd, 2013 - 7:27pmEvery dr who episode needs a vilian. Stories like curse of the black spot were terrible beacuase it lacked a villian.
outnumbered
April 22nd, 2013 - 8:31pmdr who should have monsters thats what we watch it for
to be scared in dr who no one dies anymore and there no shock as u know everyone will be allright
bosj = no deaths
roa = no deaths
cw= death and it was good
hide= no deaths
Anonymous
April 23rd, 2013 - 1:58amOutnumbered?? Don’t you remember? Cold War had 2 deaths!! When the ice warrior ripped the two boys apart to examine them?? So they didn’t show the dead bodies,
Anonymous
April 23rd, 2013 - 1:59amSorry read your thing wrong yes cw ha deaths sorry bout that!
Dalek The Supreme
April 23rd, 2013 - 3:12amDoctor Who can be fantastic without villains. There were no real villains in The Girl Who Waited, and that episode was a masterpiece!
The Hypnotism Lord
April 22nd, 2013 - 4:26pmwho else finds the sonic noise almost hypnotising??
Terriermon
April 22nd, 2013 - 2:19pmThe new series is very dissapointing so far. As was this episode. I cannot stand Matt Smith’s doctor and I wish David Tennant would come back for like a reverse regeneration :/ Also I’d like Russell T Davies back thank-you very much. Steven Moffat you have ruined such great TV
the astronaut of death
April 22nd, 2013 - 3:54pmi dont agree with you at all there matt and steven are both brilliant and they have not ruined the show
booboo
April 22nd, 2013 - 4:02pmlike many things to do with Doctor Who there are greatly divided opinions on this
sheepinafez
April 22nd, 2013 - 4:11pmif you dont like change doctor who isnt the show for you
Anonymous
April 22nd, 2013 - 4:29pmI think dr who has gone downhill. Why can’t it be like the classic series
Dalek The Supreme
April 22nd, 2013 - 5:35pmI think what fans need to understand is Doctor Who isn’t all about David Tennant or RTD or the Classic Series. If Doctor Who’s about one thing, it’s change. The Doctor regenerates and a new actor takes over, the companions come and go, and the writers and executive producers come, add their ideas and episodes into the mix, and leave. Even the main monsters evolve. In summary, Doctor Who is a constantly changing show, and if you don’t like change, Doctor Who is not the show for you.
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
April 22nd, 2013 - 5:51pmi have no problem with matt or steven, even though the barbie doll in cold war pushed it. i have a problem with the new story lines. where was the villain in hide? why couldn’t it just be a whole alien ghost story? they do over complicate things, like clara.
Dalek The Supreme
April 22nd, 2013 - 6:19pmThere doesn’t need to be a villain for a story to be great, look at The Girl Who Waited or The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances! Those were both brilliant pieces of work, with no villains. Monsters, maybe, but certainly not villains.
Anonymous
April 22nd, 2013 - 7:29pmEvery dr who story needs a villian. Stories like curse of the blackspot were terrible beacasuse they lack a proper villian
outnumbered
April 22nd, 2013 - 8:36pmi think steven moffat is a over rated writer.
and i dont like matts dr. he dont care about his friends anymore. he left clara in a room he told her lets find a ghost and dont care for her feelings
and the clara story. i liked it at first but now i DONT CARE
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
April 22nd, 2013 - 8:59pmit’s gonna be dragged out like river song’s was.
Dalek The Supreme
April 23rd, 2013 - 3:14amYes, the 11th Doctor doesn’t care about his companions, that’s why he cried and even went into retirement over Amy and Rory’s death. He’s just become more alien again. My problem with the 10th Doctor is that he seems to have convinced people that the Doctor needs to act human.
the astronaut of death
April 23rd, 2013 - 4:43pmthe 11th doctor dose not care for his compangions ?
did you see the angels take manhateen with the dr crying his eyes out .
Doctor Rules
April 23rd, 2013 - 7:49pmit’s still good. I enjoy the episodes it’s just now an again it gets really complicated. It’s not so bad this series but series 6 was terrible for it. We’ve just got a writer who likes complicated plots. But his plots are genius. He just needs to explain them a bit more.
dalek eternal
April 24th, 2013 - 9:28ammatt smith is a great actor i prefer tennant yes but doctor who needs change its what keeps the show fresh and exciting and steven moffat is great writer he wrote blink remember and that episode is superbly written although he has had some bad episodes but mainly good although im hoping after series 7 he stops splitting the series in half so we can just have a full series each time
outnumbered
April 24th, 2013 - 9:42ammoffat is a good writer when he writes one ep a series and has someone by his side to help him.
yes blink was good but
snowman= bad
bells of john = ok
beast = bad
victory of the daleks = bad
big bang = bad
aot daleks= what a way to ruin 50 year BAD
Dalek The Supreme
April 25th, 2013 - 2:26amMark Gatiss wrote Victory of the Daleks. And you don’t explain why you don’t like any of those episodes except for Asylum of the Daleks, and that’s because of one plot twist? Before you construct an argument, give reasons backing your point of view. The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang and Asylum of the Daleks are some of my all-time favorites.
Levi
April 22nd, 2013 - 2:00amGreat episode keep them coming. Can’t wait for November!
MAXP
April 22nd, 2013 - 1:17amI really enjoyed this, thought the monster in the woods was very well done, very evil and disturbing looking. The forest looked very well done also, definitely creepy. I thought the scene where Clara confronted the Doctor about his blase attitude to humanity’s mortality and linear chronologically constrained existence was really done well also. These are the things normal people would ask. Of course though the ending was a let down, it always will be in these 1 episode stories due to the time constraints. 45 mins is just not enough to tell stories of these types properly , and in this era of de-compressed story telling it’s even more off putting to watch.
random user
April 22nd, 2013 - 5:01pmi know! the time constraints should be extended! they should make them hour-long episodes!
Dalek The Supreme
April 25th, 2013 - 2:27amI think it would be better if they made all stories two-parters from now on.
rebecca foxon
April 22nd, 2013 - 12:30amI have watched doctor who all my life and loved it. It has always been fantastic up Untill series 7 part 2. The doctor has changed and its not good. Intact all the characters are too emotional charged about relationships and it is ruining the whole point of doctor who. It is not supposed to be a romantically love story. I like the air of mistery that used to be there.
Very disappointed but will keep watching in hope that it will improve 🙁
Anonymous
April 22nd, 2013 - 4:31pmDr who has really gone downhill
Dalek The Supreme
April 23rd, 2013 - 1:36pmWhat about the mystery of the Doctor’s name? Or who Clara is? I think the RTD era had the whole “too much love” problem. The Doctor fell in love with Rose, his companions fell in love with him, and Jack fell in love with anyone and anything. If anything, I think they’ve solved this problem.