April 23rd, 2011
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Jason doctorwhoone
April 24th, 2011 - 7:04amNice that Elisabeth Sladen was mentioned just before the episode began, but why not Nicholas Courtney as well ?, his death was totally ignored by BBC News as far as im concerned, but you’de have thought the BBC would have including him with Liz with a quick mention also, seriously, did nobody at the BBC ever truly value Nick other then us fans ?,
Jason doctorwhoone
April 24th, 2011 - 6:59amDisapointing ? . . .. . WHAT ????.
doctor boy
April 24th, 2011 - 5:00amwhat do you meen disapointing
Austinknitwit
April 24th, 2011 - 4:52amOne of our daughters cried. I don’t blame her. We rewatched it already.
Episodewasalittleslow
April 24th, 2011 - 4:26amFrankly, I think, for the hype they tried to generate, and just for the SEASON PREMIERE, it was a little slow. It did make me think, BUT matt didn’t feel like the doctor for most of the episode. He was a little to sane! and it was a little too teeth-pullingy with the whole them not telling him about his future. It was a really great episode, don’t get me wrong; it just didn’t have the BANG that a season premiere should. Just my two cents.
Andrew Hall
April 24th, 2011 - 3:20amYeah i know that,ive been a fan for many many years but Moffat goes way too far with the timey wimey claptrap such as the Big Bang rubbish season finale last year. I would love a season of unconnected stories for a change! Saying that, i have just rewatched it on BBC I-Player and it works better after a second viewing.
MclatchyT
April 24th, 2011 - 2:35amSo, if The Doctor is really dead then is the show over? Did the BBC cancel it and just not tell us? Or is he gonna find a way around his own death and keep on going till his next proper regeneration? And what about River Song? Who is she? Is she Amy’s daughter? Or is she just another human The Doctor happens across? Am I over thinking all of this too much?
Rooners
April 24th, 2011 - 1:59amIt is a show about time travel 😉
Tell me there’s no noddy!
April 24th, 2011 - 1:30amI know people keep saying they don’t like it because it’s too confusing, but surely that’s the point. The story didn’t fail to make sense. The plot worked. It simply left lots of unanswered questions which I’m fairly sure is the point of a cliff hanger. Moffat has done amazing writing in past series’ and seems to be continuing the trend. I think he’s encouraging kids to think harder, which makes it more enjoyable for adults too.
This is classic Doctor Who. I absolutely loved it!
Simon
April 24th, 2011 - 12:38amWell what can I say, after a dissapointing last season, It was great to see Dr Who back on top form.
DR 3
April 24th, 2011 - 12:33amThis episode was the best i can’t wate for next week i love the now aliens the Silence..
CG
April 23rd, 2011 - 11:59pm@Simon W what River whispered in the Doctor’s ear was his true name. It was established in Silence in the Library that that is what she said to him. Setting up the idea that she knows a lot about the Doctor and how much trust he had put in her sometime in the future by telling her his real name.
Andrew Hall
April 23rd, 2011 - 11:57pmToo much timey wimey nonsense. Too confusing, some nice elements but for JOE PUBLIC and most of us fans not very straight forward. Certainly not the best season opener, tho the Silence are very good.
CG
April 23rd, 2011 - 11:55pmWell the bad thing that is going to happen to her was explained in The Impossible Astronaut. In the episode where she said she fears the time when the Doctor meets her and he does not know her. She thinks that is the time she will die. That was a nod to the two parter in series 4, Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead.
Scott
April 23rd, 2011 - 11:50pmThat was an amazing episode what a start to series 6 like the Silence they are a very creepy and scary monster.
jerrypop
April 23rd, 2011 - 11:36pmyes but he could of died in series five when he got shot by the dalek but he lived anyway its been told hes carrying on till 2013 on the 50th aniversery
jerrypop
April 23rd, 2011 - 11:33pmlook in the mirror mate
jerrypop
April 23rd, 2011 - 11:27pmthis was a really good episode i think the silence looks like a really great monster and also great filming it in 1969 and in america, but the only probally i find confussing is the astronaut, why is it a little girl?when the little girl is ment to been scared of the astronaut and with the doctor regenerating i think the 11th doctors great i reckon hes more of a time traveller than use to be.
and i really wanna know who river is and why somthing bads goin to happen to her????????
Derek Disley
April 23rd, 2011 - 11:16pmThis is without doub’t the best episode i’ve seen since the dalek story in season 4 and the Tennant regeneration story, daleks my number 1, or will this story take over, we’ll see next episode.
I think the silence have started this series and i think they will most likely finish the series in a 2 part season finale.
Todays episode posed quite a few interesting questions to be answered as the series progresses, and i doub’t if we will get all the answers this year.
the biggest qusetion of all is… if the present Doctor died on that beach then is this the Doctors final regeneration… ‘ i doub’t it ‘ but it will be interesting to see how Stephen Moffat sorts that one out, especially as the story line confirmed that it was the Doctor who died.
Keep up the good work guys, and by the way… Matt Smith is fantastic, Matt Smith is the Doctor.
luke mayweather
April 23rd, 2011 - 10:56pmmatt smith is rubissih really all the actors and him look yiu could have had david morissy douglas henshell and they pick that turd
STEPHEN KELLEHER
April 23rd, 2011 - 10:39pmI THINK THIS EPISODE WILL UPSET MANY YOUNG FANS IT BREAKS ALL THE RULES. AN EGO TRIP FOR STEPHEN MOFFIT IT TURNS OUT THE SERIES WAS NOT SAFE IN HIS HANDS.
simon w
April 23rd, 2011 - 10:11pmsorry i ment to say that when she whispered to him that she was Amy’s daughter not the Doctor’s
DoctorWho fan 2011
April 23rd, 2011 - 10:10pmthe inappropriate messages
wos great it wos good it wos cool
KORSAIR
April 23rd, 2011 - 9:56pmI’m not quite sure how to take this episode, it had it’s funny moments but I’ll need to give it a second veiwing later.
Doctor J
April 23rd, 2011 - 9:48pmWhat a brilliant way to kick of Series 6 the Silence were fantastic I can’t wait for Day of the Moon I hope that the Silence are seen more in future DW episodes
TARDIS
April 23rd, 2011 - 9:21pm@simon w but they kissed in the trailer
YoureSoVain
April 23rd, 2011 - 9:20pmyer a good start to the new series,,, we should have known that Amy was having a baby with the Doctor say that he could see that she had put weight on… HaHa Ha
With the killing of the Doctor i, think that it’s River which is Y she could not kill herslef after the deth of the Doctor in the “Ep” which would also make it river who is the gril in the suit…
And am liking the sound of her being Amy’s daughter but i just con’t see it…
just WHO is RIVER SONG!!!!
drwhomad6500
April 23rd, 2011 - 9:03pmIt was a very good start to the series! I am looking forward to the next episode to see what happens. I had two favourite bits from this episode, the one where the Doctor says that his special straw makes his drink fizzier and where Rory sees all of The Silence and then turns around and says, nope, nothing there.
booboo
April 23rd, 2011 - 8:46pmI dont think the Silents were as scary in this as the Doctor Who Adventures mask
kescasper
April 23rd, 2011 - 8:40pmThe episode wasn’t well written and was convoluted from the start. There was a section about 40 minutes in where the doctor was taken off the screen and forgotten.If he was looking for the cause he wasn’t looking very hard. He became a secondary not a lead character in his own drama. He wasn’t given enough exciting scenes to make this episode a good start to the new series. If he is the doctor what was he suposed to be doing. Not a lot really. Lazy writing. 3 out of ten. the special effects was where the entertainment showed and not with the doctor.