Doctor Who Club of Australia

Ickabod · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 592 Location: far far away

Didn't understand why spiderwoman had to use the same stuff the sycorax used

maybe there was a special discount for it Laughing

Greg · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:46 am Post subject:

Laziness and it had a 'Christmas theme'.

I didn't like the robot Santas the first time round, and repetition did nothing but annoy.

It saved money to reuse props and effects, I'm sure - pity it wasn't something worth repeating.

phase5 · Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 246

Ickabod · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 592 Location: far far away

Dougy · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:02 pm Post subject:

I enjoyed this but it wasn't the best episode ever. It was nice to have the Doctor back but I felt it was weaker than the 2006 special. Didn't care much for Miss Tate or the Spider-thingy. Still, the TARDIS really had some cool moments and David is my favorite of the Doctors, so it was fun.

phase5 · Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 246

Greg · Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:53 pm Post subject:

Official BBC announcements are usually not hype (although Christopher Eccleston might argue...).

SharazJek · Joined: 12 Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Location: Hobart, Tasmania

I can put up with Tate in a xmas special, but as a regular...... OMG!!! NO WAY!!!!

Dougy · Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:28 am Post subject:

If Tate becomes a regular it'll mark the downfall of the series! Evil or Very Mad

meglos · Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 670 Location: Perth

I actually quite like Catherine Tate and I thought the Donna character was good. Everything will be fine Smile

SharazJek · Joined: 12 Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Location: Hobart, Tasmania

Speckled Jim · Joined: 14 Jul 2006 Posts: 142 Location: Auckland, Un Zud

I don't get the anti-Tate thing. Reading the blogs and CIF in The Guardian over the last few days, the vitriol has been astounding. I mean, comparing her to Mel? C'mon people - nobody, and I mean nobody, will generate the brain bubbles Bonnie Langford managed to send searing through my cerebral pan with that screaming fit in Time and the Rani.
I kinda like Tate. Put it this way, I'm gonna give her a go. I remember loathing Sarah Jane Smith when I was a kid at first; by the time she'd settled in I was enamored with her. Could happen here too - there's something unusually beautiful about Catherine Tate.
But as for The Christmas Invasion, well, erm, ... yawn. OK story, lots of implausibilities and suspensions of disbelief, and yes, I know this is sci-fi, but nonetheless there were way too many moments of "oh, come on - seriously???"
And I'm hoping fervently that the last five minutes of this episode don't presage the general flavour of Season 3. If anything it seems RTD has decided to go even more emotional on us. I'm so over this existential bollocks he's infused the Doctor's character with. Rose is gone; get over it dude. I want to watch Dr Who, not Sex and the City.
Overall, a pretty average episode, with a decent story, awful moments of cloying sentimentality, and a score that would make Hollywood's soppiest composers proud.

Ickabod · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 592 Location: far far away

Well said SJ........I soooooo hated "sex & the city" that I never once watched it....crapola....Donna might suprise us all..... Wink

kangamac · Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 2771

No my cup of tea - but to be honest, it ws not as bad as I had expected.

It was merely shallow, superficial and stupid. Nice to see RTD being so consistent.

And what is it with the Doctor and farewells...? Once upon a time, the Doctor would be gone before anyone had realized - and yet these days, yu get the impression that he's planning to stick around untilhe regenerates!

The thing I remember most about that final scene was how much the TARDIS door squeaked - oil the damn thing you bloody twit!