Doctor Who Discussion (All Forms, Spin-Off Series Welcome)

SDragon · July 08, 2011, 02:02:19 PM

So, I started out on Torchwood. I didn't get the first two episodes, but I'll catch up on those as soon as I can.

My impression? Like Doctor who, only with less time traveling, more humans, more guns, and more Barrowman-on-guy kissing.

Ninja D! · July 08, 2011, 02:09:57 PM

Torchwood is much, much darker. It's brilliant.

SDragon · July 09, 2011, 01:09:45 PM

Ok, so I watched the first two episodes, and two thoughts occured to me while watching Day One:

First, apparently the best way to threaten a gaseous life form is with a gun. Yep.

Second, where's the fanservice in this show? It doesn't have nearly enough fanservice. I demand more fanservice.

Ninja D! · July 09, 2011, 01:44:52 PM

What sort of fanservice? They are an attractive bunch...

I just watched the first episode of Miracle Day. Russel T Davies said this would be even darker but it only was for a moment. A bit slow but pretty good.

SDragon · July 09, 2011, 02:03:53 PM

It was sarcasm; That episode featured an orgasm devourer trapped in an attractive young woman's body that made out with Gwen (for the guys), and stripped Owen completely naked (for the ladies). If anything, that episode was made of pure fanservice.

SDragon · July 10, 2011, 02:29:42 PM

One thing I'm really appreciating about Torchwood is how well it can do without any real special effects. I first noticed this in The Ghost Machine, which just used a prop and some clever cuts, and then again in Out of Time, which didn't even use that. The closest that episode came to special effects was some technobabble about temporal portals and such. It's actually quite refreshing to watch sci-fi that doesn't try to dazzle you with the latest CGI wonders.

SDragon · July 16, 2011, 07:09:33 PM

Yeah, I know, I've taken over the thread. This is only until I catch up to more recent stuff, honest.

Watching The Santaran Stratagem right now. Apparently, you can judge your level of intoxication by how well you can follow the average episode of Doctor Who. 42, I couldn't follow. After four unusually quick beers (I normally drink at a decent pace), I'm just now starting to pause to remember what happened earlier.

I still don't get 42, though. What did Elvis and the Beatles have to do with anything?

SDragon · July 20, 2011, 05:36:47 PM

Dear Steven Moffat,

Thank you very much. i rather enjoyed sleeping before you entered my life.

Sincerely,

Me

Ninja D! · July 21, 2011, 06:03:39 AM

Moffat is pretty cool. The trouble is, he seems fully aware of that. He comes across as being just as much of a fan as anyone else but also as knowing how good he is. I guess the Doctor is his role model.

Torchwood is brilliant for being lower budget. There's a lot of fanservice in that show, too. Also a lot of comedy.

How far along in both shows are you now, SDragon?

SDragon · July 21, 2011, 02:35:49 PM

A few episode of Season 2 of Torchwood, but I put the rest of that on hold until I finish Season 4 of Doctor Who. The comment about Moffat was re: Silence in the Library / Forest of Dead, and I watched Midnight yesterday. I'm definitely coming along!

Edit: DO WANT! http://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-Adipose-Stress-Toy/dp/B003X2W2US/ref=pd_sim_t_2

SDragon · July 22, 2011, 02:34:41 PM

[spoiler=The last thing you ever want to hear a sobbing WWII vet say]"labor camps". That's what they called them last time. It's happening again...[/spoiler]

Turn. Left.

SDragon · July 30, 2011, 05:35:45 PM

What. The hell. Is going on with Owen? Seriously. This is freaky.

(Just finished Dead Man Walking.)

Ninja D! · August 02, 2011, 09:00:45 PM

I remember what happens with Owen, just not why or how. Owen is dead, long live Owen!

The first half of series 6 of Doctor Who is out on DVD now.

SDragon · August 03, 2011, 07:49:55 PM

Apparently, they don't give any more details about Owen's... condition, after Dead Man Walking.

Anyway, I've finished season 2 of Torchwood, and I just finished The Waters of Mars. All I have left before the official start of season 5 of Doctor Who is both parts of The End of Time.

Ninja D! · August 04, 2011, 03:20:09 AM

Yeah. Owen was just...special.

Waters of Mars is the most amazing-looking thing I own on Bluray. The Martian landscape from that in high-def is mind blowing.

The End of Time is solid.

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