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What Did You Think of The Doctor Who Episode Cold War?

What Did You Think of Doctor Who – Cold War?

The Doctor and Clara land on a damaged Russian Submarine in 1983 as it spirals out of control into the ocean depths.

An alien creature is loose on board, having escaped from a block of Arctic ice. With tempers flaring and a cargo of nuclear weapons on board, it’s not just the crew but the whole of humanity at stake!

Now that the 3rd episode of series 7b has aired in the UK what did you think?, was it the best episode ever or just average.





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163 comments

  • Dalek The Supreme

    April 17th, 2013 - 3:05pm

    I think it’s my second or third favorite Smith episode, outclassed only by The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang and maybe Vincent and the Doctor.

  • Dalek The Supreme

    April 17th, 2013 - 3:03pm

    I think it might be the best story of the season so far, and doctorwhoxxxxxxxxxxxx, that kinda already happened in The Wedding of River Song, only something went wrong before they got married.

  • Dalek The Supreme

    April 17th, 2013 - 3:01pm

    I think RTD started out alright, but from Series 2 on, for every Human Nature or Doomsday, there was at least two Love and Monsters and Fear Hers. As for the Moffat era, I think for every Almost People there was at least two or three Pandorica Opens and Vincent and the Doctors. In other words, I think the story quality has improved since Moffat took over and Series 5 is my favorite season, Classic or New.

  • rt

    April 17th, 2013 - 12:50pm

    “Hungry Like the Wolf”! (Perhaps the “BAD WOLF”!)

  • rt

    April 17th, 2013 - 12:43pm

    Ah, she was singing “Hungry Like the Wolf” (perhaps the “BAD WOLF”!)

  • Onewar

    April 17th, 2013 - 12:27am

    I thought it was terrible. I think that if doctor who doesnt change now, its going down hill. I think it has lost its spark and the quirkiness that matt smith had with karen and arthur has gone. And the Clara mystery, i mean come on! they are gonna go on forever with it but we need to realise that its not gonna be able to go on forever

  • Doctor Stu

    April 16th, 2013 - 8:48pm

    I agree, i watched bad wolf and the parting of the ways yesterday and noticed how amazing they are compared to series 7

  • im not here

    April 16th, 2013 - 6:58pm

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  • im not here

    April 16th, 2013 - 6:57pm

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  • im not here

    April 16th, 2013 - 6:57pm

    My reaction⊙⊙
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  • im not here

    April 16th, 2013 - 6:55pm

    It didn’t look like spmething out of monsters inc aas much as alpha centuri who looked like mike lol lol lol =:) 😀 😛 lol

  • Joanne D

    April 16th, 2013 - 6:51pm

    Agree with CaptQuint.

  • Joanne D

    April 16th, 2013 - 6:44pm

    It’s interesting actually. The Doctor in the original series was referred to by part of his his name (or nickname). You can go on the guide to have a look. (I won’t tell you in case you don’t want to know 🙂 It does suit him though). Although to be fair, it is never confirmed as his true, original name.

  • Joanne D

    April 16th, 2013 - 6:34pm

    In my opinion series 3 with Martha was the best – in terms of the quality of writing. You can’t even compare these new episodes with stories like the Shakespeare Code and Human Nature…it’s shocking how poor the writing, directing and editing has become.

    This episode was way too cliche. If I had never seen any Doctor Who before this, I might have enjoyed it. But RTD managed to pack excitement and heart-breaking emotion into consistently good plots. Excellent directing. No loose ends. This series just cannot compare 🙁

  • doctorwhoxxxxxxxxxxxx

    April 16th, 2013 - 6:15pm

    they should do an eposode when river and the doctor get married but something goes wrong…. dont know what but something

  • doctorwhoxxxxxxxxxxxx

    April 16th, 2013 - 6:12pm

    it was alright not great i didnt think it had a great story line to be honest they should do an eposoide where time catches up with reality and all the comapions (most of them) and they help fight all the creatures that there have been that will be awesome.

  • John Smith

    April 16th, 2013 - 2:33pm

    They better damn well not!!! If they do I think that about 95% of the world’s Dr Who fans will want to give Moffat a big slap to the face!

  • John Smith

    April 16th, 2013 - 2:30pm

    The Cold War is by far the best episode of this series to date but it did have it’s cons. I found the creature inside of the Ice Warrior’s armour (even though we haven’t seen all of it) to be kind of silly. The outside of the Ice Warriors are big and tough and yet the creature inside is a long fingered, oddly shaped lizard of some kind. It’s kind of underwhelming. Almost like one of the Martians from War of the Worlds. Ha, isn’t that funny? I was hoping that underneath the armour would be a big hulking brute (a green sontaran of sorts) but instead It’s just another Dalek. A tiny little bloke sitting inside a big suit of awesome! Don’t get me wrong, I love the Daleks but I honestly just think that the Daleks and ONLY the Daleks should be that kind of enemy. The Ice Warriors deserve more. They shouldn’t be crawling up ceilings and grabbing people by the heads, they should be pounding through walls and being proper warriors! Where is the honour behind all these legends of the tall, green warriors from the snow capped plains of mars when really they are just another blob in a suit?

  • MaxP

    April 16th, 2013 - 1:20am

    Yes well put. The lisp and the hisses were very distinctive, very well done in the old days. They sounded excellent (usual brilliant work for the sound department) Although this episode sounded cool it just wasn’t the same as the old voices and that’s a shame.

  • MaxP

    April 16th, 2013 - 12:23am

    the whole translation explanation is dodgy and full of holes really, if you think about it too much.

  • MaxP

    April 16th, 2013 - 12:14am

    def agree. Very nice!

  • lepter

    April 15th, 2013 - 11:04pm

    I have too say that for me was one of the best mat smith episodes so far. They did the ice warriors proud. They stuck to the past ethos. Kept the ice warrior as the bad guy but showed a good side to them, (same as in the pertwee era) Im glad they developed the alien a bit, didnt show the complete alien inside the suit but showed us the face. My only quibbles were the apparent ability of the tardis to translate from the other side of the planet and the glib ending, (any chance of a lift, (chortle chortle went the russian cold war submariners) This is the cold war, in a russian sub! wouldnt the russians wonder why one of there nuclear missile carrying subs suddenly went awol across the planet. However..I REALLY ENJOYED THIS EPISODE!
    You can tell mark gattis is a classic fan. Keep it up mark!

  • lepter

    April 15th, 2013 - 11:03pm

    I have too say that for me was one of the best mat smith episodes so far. They did the ice warriors proud. They stuck to the past ethos. Kept the ice warrior as the bad guy but showed a good side to them, (same as in the pertwee era) Im glad they developed the alien a bit, didnt show the complete alien inside the suit but showed us the face. My only quibbles were the apparent ability of the tardis to translate from the other side of the planet and the glib ending, (any chance of a lift, (chortle chortle went the russian cold war submariners) This is the cold war, in a russian sub! wouldnt the russians wonder why one of there nuclear missile carrying subs suddenly went awol across the planet. However..I REALLY ENJOYED THIS EPISODE!
    You can tell mark gattis is a classic fan. Keep it up mark!

  • daryl

    April 15th, 2013 - 7:31pm

    yes it is yet another great dw mystery ruined like who riversong was i just hope they never reveal the doctors name!

  • DOCTOR WHO ONE

    April 15th, 2013 - 5:02pm

    Thinking about it, I would also if they filmed this scene that was never shown in ‘The Stolen Earth / Journey’s End’ which would have shown Julian Bleach as a pre-accident Davros in a flashback sequence, cos if they did film it but never used it then I think it’s time it got posted onto YouTube, and should have been used as a DVD extra for the series 4 boxset, I would have loved to have seen that 😀

  • DOCTOR WHO ONE

    April 15th, 2013 - 4:59pm

    Despite what Joseph Kerr wrote earlier, I’m actually rather glad we finally know what an Ice Warrior actually looks like under the helmet.

    It’s not every day you get to see what a particular villain looks like underneath their helmet / mask, like if you take Darth Vader for example, how many fan’s surely must have been dead excited about seeing Anakin Skywalker’s face underneath that mask, probably imagining an evil being underneath, only to find a sad old man who looked like he would not hurt a fly with a head that over time ended up looking like an egg with a crack at the top and looking somewhat grey in colour.

  • Harold Saxon

    April 15th, 2013 - 1:10pm

    This episode was really good,great cast & i loved the return of the ice warrior,well done all.

  • thedaleksdeath

    April 15th, 2013 - 8:06am

    Must of been weapon mode then

  • The Greater Intelligence

    April 14th, 2013 - 11:43pm

    Skaldek the Ice Warrior

  • Joseph Kerr

    April 14th, 2013 - 10:43pm

    Yes, I know 🙂

    Personally, I think the actual image of an Ice Warrior underneath the armour should be left to speculation, rather than just show us.

    I mean, they never did that in the classic series…

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