December 25th, 2013
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What Did You Think of The Time of the Doctor?
What Did You Think of The Time of the Doctor?
Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe’s deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that echoes out to the stars – and amongst them, the Doctor.
Rescuing Clara from a family Christmas dinner, the Time Lord and his best friend must learn what this enigmatic signal means for his own fate and that of the universe.
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the astronaut of death
December 30th, 2013 - 8:59pmHe would have had enough energy to heal a wrist but not enough tto regenerate
JJ
December 30th, 2013 - 8:59pmThe Jenny idea was just in hope to make a spin-off series, that’s what the point of the episode was really and it epicly failed. Not a too bad episode though, but not great either.
TheBritishCupOfTea
December 30th, 2013 - 8:58pmYour name says it all, “MattSmithisthebestdctor”.
How dare you say ‘He doesn’t even compare to Matt Smith’. If anything, he will be better than Matt Smith.
Why? Because he’s an extremely well established actor, and has won BAFTA’s before, as well as comedy awards.
You’re probably too young to appreciate such greatness. Go and watch some of his material. Peter Capaldi is one of the best actors in this country.
Oh, and watch some classic Who.
JJ
December 30th, 2013 - 8:57pmThey should have just left it as one of those mysteries.
JJ
December 30th, 2013 - 8:57pmsame.
JJ
December 30th, 2013 - 8:56pmAgreed. Russell was good, but there was a magic wand/Deus ex machina at the end of most stories and every series finale had to be bigger and better, that’s what spoilt it. I just wish he didn’t think he had to give too much to us, because we’d just be happy with his writing and a brilliant story, even if it had very little characters in, because he is just such a talented writer.
JJ
December 30th, 2013 - 8:54pmYou must have only watched two episodes then.
JJ
December 30th, 2013 - 8:54pmI think each Doctor has a good quality about them, it’s just the stories. I didn’t like Sylvester McCoy much because hardly anyone did, then one of my friends from ages ago recommended The Greatest Show In The Galaxy and he is actually a very good Doctor, I thought, but it’s just ashame the stories weren’t as good. Eccleston is my third favourite Doctor and I think all of his stories have been the best, not one bad one yet, just matter of opinion thought. Best series, third best Doctor to/for me. David Tennant is second favourite, but not all his stories were good (to name a few: Fear Her, Gridlock, The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky). He is a brilliant actor and a brilliant Doctor. Now, Matt Smith is my favourite Doctor, yet out of the three Doctors of the revived new series, he’s had the worst episodes, series 7 part 2 is worst to date (some will disagree, but it’s my opinion) but he’s still my favourite Doctor (to name a few bad episodes: The Curse Of The Black Spot, The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe, The Rings Of Akhaten, Nightmare In Silver, The Time Of The Doctor), but it is him that has made me still like the show, and Jenna Coleman just being there. Peter Capaldi, I was upset that he was cast, but I will give him a chance because he might actually be good, but it’s a shame, his Doctor might not be in with a chance, because the same writers from series 7 part 2 are coming back. I don’t think they’re good at writing Doctor Who, it’s just not their speciality, in my opinion. But let’s just hope Doctor Who crawls out of the dark pit that it is in now. Here’s to hoping series 8 is a gooden!
JJ
December 30th, 2013 - 8:45pmNo, she just used all her regenerations to save his life, I think that should have also give him extra ones as well. When River broke her wrist, he didn’t give her the regenerations back, he just used up some of his regeneration energy to heal her wrist, not his regenerations, after all, how could he, seeing as he is the last.
The TARDIS
December 30th, 2013 - 8:33pmNope, they just so happen to have a different opinion to you.
Scott’s TARDIS
December 30th, 2013 - 8:16pmNope, as David Tennant is my favourite Doctor, and I have seen at least 2 episodes for every doctor, I’ve seen all of Pertwee, and I’m two off of Baker, Davison, C.Baker and McCoy, so not ‘all’ of them are people who barely watch it .So don’t say that DT fangirls aren’t Doctor Who fans, as long as they watch, or watched, Doctor Who on a weekly basis.
Doyouhearthem?
December 30th, 2013 - 6:49pmDo you guys think it’s funny that the people who say that Doctor Who is awful now and that David Tennant is the only good Doctor are all the people who barely or never watch it or any other episodes from another Doctor?
Scott’s TARDIS
December 30th, 2013 - 6:24pmLook up a comment and you’ll see BRING BACK MATT SMITH!! Sorry mate, but it’s the Matt Smith fanboys who are hating on Capaldi.
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December 30th, 2013 - 6:20pm“BRING BACK MATT SMITH !!”
The Peking Homunculus
December 30th, 2013 - 6:17pmBrilliant job of wrapping up what appeared to be very convoluted threads, actually. Sadly, it appears that the primary inhabitants of this site are trolls who don’t have the ability to willingly suspend disbelief.
Adam Sumnall
December 30th, 2013 - 6:13pmHe gave them back in The Angels take Manhattan when river broke her wrist.
cyberman2
December 30th, 2013 - 5:36pm:'(
Defender of Trenzalore
December 30th, 2013 - 4:58pm@The Moffat paradox
(CONTINUED)
However; other than the films nothing filled the gap between the serials’ of Star Trek, and the new ones are in another continuity
As for global awareness; are we forgetting the 50th global simulcast in over 75 countries?
I’d say that’s checkmate to Doctor Who!
Good duel friend!
😉 😛
Defender of Trenzalore
December 30th, 2013 - 4:52pm@The Moffat Paradox
Touche on most of your points
However alls series of Star Trek when totalled add up to 33 seasons (not including “enterprise”, but that differs widely from the other continuity) Doctor Who has at least 34 seasons (and I’m pretty sure it’s more) and that is just the one ‘mother’ serial, whereas it could be argued that all other series of Star Trek other than the original are just spin offs of the original, which only had 5 series’
And in Doctor Whos’ 26 year absense; official, canonical audios were still produced by the BBC, essentially carrying on the series
(CONTINUED)
the astronaut of death
December 30th, 2013 - 4:45pmwhats your first
the astronaut of death
December 30th, 2013 - 4:45pmmabey you need to use all your regenerations to save one other life
Anonymous
December 30th, 2013 - 3:45pmHOLD IT RIGHT THERE!!! I Remember in Let’s Kill Hitler, River Song gave him a set of Regerations… So how come he was dying in TOTD?
DOCTOR WHO ONE
December 30th, 2013 - 3:34pmHe’ll be fantastic. All these haters are fools, probably just a bunch of sad people who love David Tennant so much who want him back more then again, you know the kind I’m talking about, the irritating kind who spend their time on the Internet writing nothing but “BRING BACK DAVID TENNANT !!”.
Funny how I’ve not yet seen one person write “BRING BACK MATT SMITH !!”, but I’m sure it’s bound to happen sooner or later.
Happy New Year in 2014 Stank Boop 🙂
stankboop
December 30th, 2013 - 3:29pmI cant believe all the capaldi naysayers.. An awful actor? An AWFUL ACTOR?!! Ha ha ha ha ha! Just you wait boys and girls, just you wait.. If you’ve seen capaldi in anything, you would not be saying he cant act, very, very funny hee hee hee! We have one of the best british/scottish actors of our generation PLAYING DOCTOR WHO!!! He is over qualified for the job, lucky for us he is a massive doctor who fan.. Next year is going to be a treat.. Btw, I’m not some massive capaldi fan boy, i just can see the potential..
Danny Brown
December 30th, 2013 - 2:33pmWhat did i think of the episode? Its my second favourite matt smith episode!
DaSilvor
December 30th, 2013 - 2:23pmI’m glad I’m not the only one who thought it was a very poor episode. I didn’t always agree with RTD’s stories but the theme was always good. Sorry SM, you were better when somebody else was pulling the strings.
Paul Horne
December 30th, 2013 - 2:18pmThe Christmas episode left more questions than it answered, and a very thin plot just so the Timelords could grant our valiant hero a new Regenerative life cycle.
I agree with many of the above, how could Smith have healed River Song’s wrist by using Regenerative energy if he was on his last life? Makes no sense. You could have argued that by River giving up her own regenerations to save the Doctor that he was returning them to her, but that was never made clear.
The whole new regeneration life cycle could have been feasible if it had been granted to ALL Timelords during the Time War, thus making the John Hurt “War Doctor” the new ‘first’ in the lifecycle. This way Smith would have only been the new “Fifth” Doctor (Hurt 1, Ecclestone 2, Tennant 3, Tennant 4), and when the Timelords eventually get “rescued” by the Doctor (as they inevitably will now) then as gratitude they could have reset his clock again – after all, Regeneration is obviously a Timelord gift and not a biological condition.
What was the point of the Silence, Weeping Angels & Cybermen et al in The Time of the Doctor? Served no purpose to the story, and since when did Daleks sit around and wait whilst their “enemies” congregate around them, only to seemingly destroy them later on (again, what relevance to the story)?
As for the regeneration scene itself – Oh my, how disappointing was that? Smith could have gone out in a blaze of glory destroying the dalek ships as he regenerated whilst his face rejuvenated and then changed slowly into Capaldi, but no, a quick glow/flash in the TARDIS and he was gone – No chance for the audience to experience the emotion of say Tennant’s/Ecclestone’s – Hell even Pertwee’s departure (and that was a weak regeneration), and the anticipation of the face changing/morphing into that of a new Doctor. I was left deeply disappointed.
I look forward eagerly to Capaldi’s first real outing and have high hopes for his interpretation of the galant Time Traveller from Gallifrey, but Moffatt really needs to step back from some of the writing and concentrate on the show runner role. I’m sure there must be some great stories coming through from the likes of Gatiss/Gaiman, or why not pick the brains of some of the Big Finish writers – they’ve produced some quality adventures which could translate well to the screen (admittedly there have been some awful ones too), but my point is there are talented writers out there who are also fans of the show, so Moffatt doesn’t need to keep throwing his hat in the ring – Hell you could even get Russell T. to get his writing head on again now that he has more time to concentrate on the writing without worrying how it all needs to come together.
the astronaut of death
December 30th, 2013 - 2:18pmwho else here was disappointed that it was just the crack in time in the doctors room I was expecting it to be somthithing bigger
the astronaut of death
December 30th, 2013 - 2:17pmmabey he had enough energy to fix a wrist but no where near enough to regenerate
100000BC
December 30th, 2013 - 1:46pmYes I do agree with “MattSmithisthebestdoctor” (apart from the fact it’s actually Patrick Troughton). The REAL Eleventh Doctor (or 13th) DID use SOME regeneration energy to heal River Song’s broken hand during the series 7a episode “The Angels Take Manhattan”. If the Tennant-Tennant regeneration counts, then surely he can’t have had enough regeneration energy to heal River’s hand.