[Hopple]

(Original post by Teao the Cat)
I assumed that she hadn't had time yet, or there weren't any beds left... but I did wonder about the tardis! maybe it thought it was sick?

(Original post by Don'tNod)
I don't think time was an issue, remember the comment the Doctor made saying something like 'good thing she wasn't on land'? Or am I making this up... I'll have to re-watch the episode. The tardis, sick? It's a possibility though.

I'd buy an explanation involving the TARDIS being unable to jump properly due to the overlap of the two realities

For a doctor program to pick up someone in a perceived life threatening condition, then to leave them on the floor while it wandered about (the rest of its patients didn't need immediate care) is a bit woolly

(Original post by Lantana)
This annoyed me so much, the point of CPR is to buy time to get the person to the hospital where the defibrillator/ ventilator is, rarely to revive a person! Surely the doctor could rustle something like that up? And what was she going to achieve with her bent arms? And two breaths to four compressions? Really Rory - you did a rubbish job of teaching! /rant

I loved the line "You're confused? Join the club, get the t-shirt" or something like that.

Think there's any significance in the fact that Amy gave up? She was sitting there next to him for quite a while before he started choking water out/air in.

[Lantana]

(Original post by Hopple)
Think there's any significance in the fact that Amy gave up? She was sitting there next to him for quite a while before he started choking water out/air in.

I thought it was for dramatic effect. They defiantly won't be resuscitated if you give up

[animalnitrate]

Also, eyepatch lady = Travis from Blake's 7.

IT HAS TO BE.

[greeneyedgirl]

(Original post by alexthekid)
It's all entirely false. Even in that scene you don't believe that he's capable of that and it's the writers trying to force emotion on him that he's not capable of performing.

And in the previous two parter, even when he was getting all emo over Amy, you just thought he was a bit pathetic. He doesn't have the voice, the face or the gravitas to pull off anything other than buffoonery.

I find Rory to actually be one of the most convincing, you feel his love, his hurt, his fear, his underlying hatred of seeming second to the Doctor.

[gozatron]

(Original post by (",))
Was he not at the end , with the rest of the crew on the spaceship
That's him there: 42.36..I think

Aah maybe, but he seemed to just disappear when he should have been with Amy and Rory in the powder room.

[Shmeiks]

Excuse my ignorance, but why isn't Amy's pregnancy definite?

[Aula]

(Original post by Shmeiks)
Excuse my ignorance, but why isn't Amy's pregnancy definite?

We don't know. It's one of the many mysteries of this series.

[alexthekid]

(Original post by greeneyedgirl)


I find Rory to actually be one of the most convincing, you feel his love, his hurt, his fear, his underlying hatred of seeming second to the Doctor.

The fact you recognise it is because it's thrown into your face. He has to over act everything because he's incapable of being subtle about it. If you look at the best actors, they need to do very little to express emotion. He has to overact considerably otherwise he'd be far far far too wooden.

[lozz2601]

(Original post by alexthekid)
The fact you recognise it is because it's thrown into your face. He has to over act everything because he's incapable of being subtle about it. If you look at the best actors, they need to do very little to express emotion. He has to overact considerably otherwise he'd be far far far too wooden.

Not really a fan of how you're putting across your opinion as fact.

I completely disagree with you - from where I'm standing, if an actor makes me believe something then he's doing it right. Overacting would imply that most people don't feel his emotions are true - and it seems to me like he's got a lot of fans so clearly that can't be right.

His comedic timing is spot on as well which I think is vital in Dr Who sometimes to lighten the mood.

If in your opinion you think he can't act then fair enough, but to try and act all superior as if you're seeing something nobody else can is stupid.

[alexthekid]

(Original post by lozz2601)
Not really a fan of how you're putting across your opinion as fact.

I completely disagree with you - from where I'm standing, if an actor makes me believe something then he's doing it right. Overacting would imply that most people don't feel his emotions are true - and it seems to me like he's got a lot of fans so clearly that can't be right.

His comedic timing is spot on as well which I think is vital in Dr Who sometimes to lighten the mood.

If in your opinion you think he can't act then fair enough, but to try and act all superior as if you're seeing something nobody else can is stupid.

i didn't once say it was anything other than my opinion.

[greeneyedgirl]

(Original post by alexthekid)
The fact you recognise it is because it's thrown into your face. He has to over act everything because he's incapable of being subtle about it. If you look at the best actors, they need to do very little to express emotion. He has to overact considerably otherwise he'd be far far far too wooden.

Completely disagree. He certainly has his outbursts of emotion, but he's a heart on his sleeve kinda guy! He also has his more subtle moments, and the way he looks at Amy shows his love

[lozz2601]

(Original post by alexthekid)
i didn't once say it was anything other than my opinion.

It's not always what you say it's how you say it lol - thought in a discussion about acting that might be apparent

(I think it might be the use of the word 'you' rather than 'I' that confused me but hey)

[alexthekid]

(Original post by greeneyedgirl)
Completely disagree. He certainly has his outbursts of emotion, but he's a heart on his sleeve kinda guy! He also has his more subtle moments, and the way he looks at Amy shows his love

it's weird how it's mostly fanboys and girls, who can truly throw themselves into the story and not observe the acting from a more objective pov who really love rory.

[greeneyedgirl]

(Original post by alexthekid)
it's weird how it's mostly fanboys and girls, who can truly throw themselves into the story and not observe the acting from a more objective pov who really love rory.

Oh no you didn't you just say that

Excuse me just because I love the story doesn't mean I can't objectively judge acting. Les Mis is my favourite musical of all time, with Eponine being my favourite character, yet one of the many times I've watched it I've been able to notice that this particular person playing her was not a great actress.

[snowyowl]

(Original post by animalnitrate)
Also, eyepatch lady = Travis from Blake's 7.

IT HAS TO BE.

YES YES YES

Since we're making Blake's 7/Doctor Who links, I sometimes think River has a bit of a Servalan air about her not her actions as such, but her demeanour. Maybe that's just me

On another note, I love Rory

[alexthekid]

(Original post by greeneyedgirl)
Oh no you didn't you just say that

Excuse me just because I love the story doesn't mean I can't objectively judge acting. Les Mis is my favourite musical of all time, with Eponine being my favourite character, yet one of the many times I've watched it I've been able to notice that this particular person playing her was not a great actress.

implying any of the acting in les mis is good is quite funny.

[lozz2601]

(Original post by alexthekid)
it's weird how it's mostly fanboys and girls, who can truly throw themselves into the story and not observe the acting from a more objective pov who really love rory.

Have to laugh at you thinking that someone who loves the show is going to be less critical than a normal person - I almost didn't watch this series because the last didn't meet the high standards (for me) I used to love in the DT series. The fact that the one thing I actively love in it is Rory should maybe indicate that he's good, no?

People who love something are the ones who are most likely to notice when there's summat up. Think about it logically - who are the people in your life who know when you're upset - the people you know and love or strangers on the street?

Also you're a douche for not accepting respectfully that people have opinions that differ to yours.

On another note, this ep got a massive thumbs up from me for NO RIVER.

[alexthekid]

(Original post by lozz2601)
Have to laugh at you thinking that someone who loves the show is going to be less critical than a normal person - I almost didn't watch this series because the last didn't meet the high standards (for me) I used to love in the DT series. The fact that the one thing I actively love in it is Rory should maybe indicate that he's good, no?

People who love something are the ones who are most likely to notice when there's summat up. Think about it logically - who are the people in your life who know when you're upset - the people you know and love or strangers on the street?

Also you're a douche for not accepting respectfully that people have opinions that differ to yours.

this is such an unreasonable argument that i'm going to leave this thread now.

[lozz2601]

Ok then, shame.

Glad I'm not the only person who was sat there being picky about Amy's CPR skillz, hah!

[big-boss-91]

(Original post by SirMasterKey)
Here is the thread for tomorrow night’s latest instalment of Dr Who Series 6, The Curse of the Black Spot. Please refrain from posting about future episodes of Dr Who. Speculation about the future belongs in this thread. WARNING: That thread does contain some minor spoilers in places. Keep discussion on just this episode.

Synopsis.

Spoiler:

Show

The TARDIS is marooned onboard a 17th-century pirate ship whose crew is being attacked by a mysterious and beautiful sea creature, as the time-travelling drama continues.

Becalmed and beset by cabin fever, the pirates have numerous superstitious explanations for the Siren’s appearance. The Doctor has other ideas but, as his theories are disproved and every plan of escape is thwarted, he must work to win the trust of the implacable Captain Avery and uncover the truth behind the pirates’ supernatural fears – and he must work quickly, for some of his friends have already fallen under the Siren’s spell…

The Doctor is played by Matt Smith, Captain Avery by Hugh Bonneville, Amy by Karen Gillan and Rory by Arthur Darvill.

The Prequel



Trailers




Poll to be added as soon as I can after the episode.

the episode is good! the series is a vast improvement over the previous seasons however the CPR method amy pond used would never ever work!! he would've died like he should have