Dr Who

[Valka]

The Daleks takes place long after Genesis of the Daleks, on the Dalek timeline (although it's the reverse for the Doctor). In neither story are the Daleks able to manage stairs, and they need smooth floors.

So I don't have a problem believing that there could be small groups of Thals able to hide out and strike back.

Has nuWho even mentioned the Thals?

[Buster's Uncle]

I don't believe they've been seen at all since Genesis, or mentioned.  I suspect they're indeed extinct in this Dalek timeline with Davros in it.

The Doctor said (in their second appearance?) that The Daleks took place a million years in the future, but I never bought it.  The Daleks are about as good at staying wiped out completely as the Master is at staying dead.

[Buster's Uncle]

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[Buster's Uncle]

Well.

Somebody else watch that so we can talk about it.

[Valka]

It's 2119, so I think they're going to have other problems in two or three decades (ie. the Daleks will show up...  ).


I don't get how the Doctor just pulled out that Orion's sword business.

[Buster's Uncle]

You know, I really don't like the "The Thing" episodes, where the Doctor steps into some isolated base or ship being stalked by the boogerman - but this flowed nicely for that sort of story.

It's like they used up all the awkward and lame last year.

-What's with the two-parters?  Is that a thing, now?

[Valka]

Seems to be. After all, it helps the ratings to give the viewers a reason to come back next week, to see what happens next.

[Buster's Uncle]

I don't know if that's a good idea - but they definitely lost something characteristically and vitally Who in the revival with throwing out the cliffhangers.

[Valka]

I still can't get the hang of nuWho, when it comes to story lengths. When I started watching the show back in the fall of 1982, it was one 25-minute episode per night. Later, PBS started showing the 90-minute full-length stories on Saturday night, so we had Doctor Who 6 nights/week. The TV-movie was like any TV movie... and then came nuWho with its single story here, two-parter there and it just doesn't feel right.

That said, so far this season isn't anywhere near as bad as last season (though I will still most sincerely be glad to see Clara leave).

[Buster's Uncle]

Clara has yet to sport a cute outfit this season, and doubt she'll get one in part two of this...

[Buster's Uncle]

We've never discussed this, but at lunch, I was telling Mylochka I'd found and gotten the episode  up already last night, and when I said the Tardis materialized in an isolated base -- her upper lip twitched.  She hates those episodes, too.

-Weird how they so far seemed to use up all the boring last year.  I actually watch this one last night all the way through without stopping - it's been forever since they've been able to get me to do that.

[Green1]

We've never discussed this, but at lunch, I was telling Mylochka I'd found and gotten the episode  up already last night, and when I said the Tardis materialized in an isolated base -- her upper lip twitched.  She hates those episodes, too.

-Weird how they so far seemed to use up all the boring last year.  I actually watch this one last night all the way through without stopping - it's been forever since they've been able to get me to do that.

In early Who, "Under Siege by Thing" episodes where cheap to make and fairly common. But, some of them were good. Like the 4th Doctor one with that big plant thing, the 4th Doctor one with the space colony and these hornet creatures eating folks who were in stasis, or the 7th doctor one in that haunted house.

Depends on how it's done.

[Buster's Uncle]

I just don't like that kind of story - it's only a matter of doing it so well I don't hate a particular one.  This is one of those --- so far.

[ColdWizard]

I don't think I've ever watched any Dr. Who but am willing to entertain arguments as to why I should and where I should start.

[Buster's Uncle]

When you were 12, with the Tom Baker Doctor...