April 23rd, 2011
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tardistik
April 24th, 2011 - 12:05pmbest matt smith episode so far it was packed with everything that makes doctor who – really sinister monsters, mysterious happenings and just pure genious writing from mr moffat
The face of Boe
April 24th, 2011 - 12:03pmIt was the best Dr.Who series operner ever!!!
DOCTOR WHO #1 FAN
April 24th, 2011 - 11:30ami mean jammy dodgers
DOCTOR WHO #1 FAN
April 24th, 2011 - 11:28amMAN I LOVE THAT DOCTOR WHO EPISODE, IVE BEEN WATCHING IT SINCE THE CLOCK WALK ROBOT ONE AND SO FAR THAT ONE IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!! i found it a bit freaky when the silence blasted the girl to bits in the restroom and found it funny when the doctor said 12 jammp dodgers and a fez!!! he really wants a fez!
CG
April 24th, 2011 - 11:24amLike you say Alex, Moffatt did indeed say that. Show’s Moffat’s arogance and proves he should NOT be running the show.
Think about it. He has in effect killed off the Doctor and no regeneration beyond the 11th!!!!!
Hope its put right. But knowing SM as I do. I doubt it.
Adam
April 24th, 2011 - 11:21amI think that the astogirl was a young River Song, who is also Amys daughter. As for reasons for killing the doctor (which he seemed to know about in adavance) wasn’t there something back in the original series about one of the regenerations being evil? Perhaps the reason being to stop that Dr existing?
Alex Galpin
April 24th, 2011 - 11:13amI never thought the Doctor would die!!! I actually thought it was going to be river! Any idea who the monsters were and if the little girl was actually the astronaut and she shot the doctor. The TARDIS that River and Rory discovered is definitely the one that that guy had made on The Lodger. It did say in doctor who magazine that Craig Owens and the Doctor would meets again!!!
Alex
April 24th, 2011 - 11:05amThis was a great excellent start to Series 6 , with even more layers of mystery then ever before and as always Matt Smith was on top form but what concerns me is that The Doctor seemly dies in the first 15 minutes of the episode and then we see him when he is younger.
Does this mean that The Doctor really die? My theory is that somehow it is fixed and he doesn’t die but as Steven Moffat has said , the person that dies , will properly die.
Love the really scary monsters which are the silence who are really great and what is even more scarier is the fact that anyone can easily forget them in a second.
The episode all the way through makes you want you to see the next episode , though the ending was a little weak , I think most of the answers will be solved in the next episode.
Dalekman
April 24th, 2011 - 10:58amLove the timy wimy.
I think it River’s in the astronaut suit because her gun shots a green blast like the astronauts, its some big wibbly wobbly doctor and river plot to get ride of the Silence. As for the kid it has to be a projection like we saw in the lodger episode and maybe it the same ship in both episodes.
k9mark4
April 24th, 2011 - 9:46amyer but time can be rewritten, beacuse of what river, amy and rory saw one of them might change history to save the doctor.but when they have that pinic again the doctor might not go up to the apollo astronaut. or the apollo astronaut dies or changes and does not kill the doctor. so theres my theroy
TARDIS
April 24th, 2011 - 9:44ami dont think the future astronaut is the little girl i think something or someone else because it shoots the doctor with its figer if you look closely
TARDIS
April 24th, 2011 - 9:40ambut they burnt him
k9mark4
April 24th, 2011 - 9:32amif you think about it in the big bang the doctor died and layed at the bottom of the stairs. but when the doctor died the second time he was not at the bottom of the stairs he was in the pandorica. and river song said “the doctor lis”. and that time can be rewritten.
Anonymous
April 24th, 2011 - 9:31amgood theory but i think that because amy shot the astronaut (girl) the astronaut will want revenge and the doctor lets her shoot him insted of amy. so its amys falt the doctor dies!
someone
April 24th, 2011 - 9:24ami have got a theory!!! a interview said that we have all ready seen the silence in a form. think the lodger. who ere the ship piolts we might of had the silence as a monster before series 6. makes you think doesnt it 🙂
TorchwoodGuy05
April 24th, 2011 - 9:16amSorry, thought you meant at the end.
TorchwoodGuy05
April 24th, 2011 - 9:15amIt didn’t. Amy shot the astronaut because she thought she could prevent the Doctor’s death in the future.
booboo
April 24th, 2011 - 9:01amI haven’t done any screenshots yet, i dont know if i will to be honest
Doug
April 24th, 2011 - 8:56amReally liked the episode! Lots of twists, and every part of production was well done. Love the idea of forgetting the silence the moment you turn away. I think they may dedicate the next ep to Nicholas Courtney.
Also, for those of you who are confused, don’t judge the episode because you don’t understand it. It is a two-parter, so naturally you’re not gonna know the whole plot already. Just wait to complete the story, and then you can decide if you understand it or not 😉
doctor stu
April 24th, 2011 - 8:55ambooboo? why isnt there any pictures of the impossible astronaut on the picture gallery
Scififorme
April 24th, 2011 - 8:39amWow.
Production values are the best yet (co production with BBC America I notice). Some of the imagery was a nod to 2001… The Astronaut standing in the lake and then the four mourners standing in line were just terrific stuff: Doctor Who just got serious with it’s SciFi. All this was balanced with the usual humour. I loved the opening sequence! To those who say the storyline is confusing… I say stick with it. This chap Moffat knows what he’s doing here. He’s challenging us by not spoon feeding us 45 minutes of soap opera nonsense. Somethings building and i don’t expect to be disappointed!
Andrew Hall
April 24th, 2011 - 8:33amI agree with Simon, last season wasnt the best. Only a few episodes stood out – the Eleventh Hour, Amys Choice being the highlights for me anyway. The finale was awful. Lets hope this season is better. I much prefer the recent WHO under RTD, but thats my preference, each to their own!
AMY POND
April 24th, 2011 - 8:21amI’M PREGNANT!!!!
Jazpyy
April 24th, 2011 - 8:21amDidn’t like the way the doctor and the crew are the new Scooby doo gang in the oval office, but the Silence are quite possibly the best monster in new who to date.
Crack in time
April 24th, 2011 - 8:12amI reckon Amy, Rory and River will destroy the astronaut before it kills the doctor on the beach in the future. But as River said it could rip a hole in the universe if they changed time. Keep up the work Steven moffat
rachel hickson
April 24th, 2011 - 8:05ama little disappointing, but good monster.
chloe hickson
April 24th, 2011 - 8:00ami didn’t get that episode, why did the asternart shoot the doctor?
This episode was awesome!!!
April 24th, 2011 - 7:56ami loved this episode, but the end was really shocking!!!
Jason doctorwhoone
April 24th, 2011 - 7:19amWasint bad, but the BBC’s Doctor Who Website gave away that Regeneration before the episode was even broadcast. Hope they dont do that in future, cos i discovered them picture on this Site, even the Sun couldint help but show the images.
Jason doctorwhoone
April 24th, 2011 - 7:06amNice that Liz was mentioned just before broadcast [ why not Nick Courtney ? ]. Dispite what Steven Moffat has said, i dont think these Silence things are as scary as the Weeping Angels, more like the other way around.