The Cambridge Chat Thread

Do you really not get it, or are you just saying what makes more sense from a logical standpoint?

I know it probably won't happen because it's primarily a children's show, and it's being pointed in the direction of teenage girls and True Blood/Twilight/other trash, but I'd like to see more development of the Doctor's family and history on Gallifrey, though RTD has pretty much scuppered any hope of that with his shortsighted idea to destroy the planet and ban the Doctor from returning

I'm not sure - to me it seemed pretty strongly hinted that that old woman was the Doctor's mother.

I have a feeling it may also be because the guest star on Blink is so, uh, visually appealing.

I know it probably won't happen because it's primarily a children's show, and it's being pointed in the direction of teenage girls and True Blood/Twilight/other trash, but I'd like to see more development of the Doctor's family and history on Gallifrey, though RTD has pretty much scuppered any hope of that with his shortsighted idea to destroy the planet and ban the Doctor from returning

A bit of both. With all the people the Doctor has let die over the series (pl.), I didn't see any good reason why this one was so different.


I'm not sure - to me it seemed pretty strongly hinted that that old woman was the Doctor's mother.

I have a feeling it may also be because the guest star on Blink is so, uh, visually appealing.


I know what you mean. I also don't get why the Doctor didn't just let Wilfred die - what's so special about him that he's worth a regeneration? Still good fun to watch though.

I'm doing my first piece of holiday work by editing my long essay. This is supposed to be the easiest piece of vac work I have, yet I procrastinated from doing it all day and am now editing at a snail's pace.

I have a feeling it may also be because the guest star on Blink is so, uh, visually appealing.

This post could've been written by me.

Fish - given that he has a grand-daughter etc I think family is one thing that could be developed. Over the 10 incarnations of the Dr we've seen lots of Gallifrey - quite a lot has been revealed, but not to the current generation of viewers, who I think are missing out as a result

And me.

And for the record, I thought that the second part of DW failed to deliver compared to the first. It was just ludicrous by the end. I especially liked the fact that a diamond was brought down to earth by chucking it at an image of earth that had not been explained. I thought the whole point of the time lock was that things couldn't get out? And the recap at the end was sickening. And the bit with Donna was unsatisfying.

true but davros escaped in the previous series, its all a bit messy but i'm prepared to suspend belief a bit, I quite liked the montage (why can i not say that word anymore without thinking of the montage song in team america)- the martha-mickey bit was cute

In other news i'm begining to get sick of snow, spent another hour or so this morning digging the 2" of snow that fell over night off the street. I'll be glad to get back to cam on tuesday for a snow free time (though judging by the forecast i'm not sure that'll last)

Ditto. How could it NOT be blink?!

I just want Dr Who to be back on tv already..See what the new doctor is like.. I think Matt Smith may be decent [based on all of 20 seconds].
42"..! I think I know whose room to invade whenever it is back on..

argh! thats an awesome episode too! As are The Sound of the Drums/Last of the Time Lords, Doomsday (Daleks vs. Cybermen = ), Satan's Pit and Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead. soo many awesome episodes my head may just explode at the thought of them

I'm doing my first piece of holiday work by editing my long essay. This is supposed to be the easiest piece of vac work I have, yet I procrastinated from doing it all day and am now editing at a snail's pace.

And me.

Just been rewatching the last dr who- i'm now much more dissatisfied than i was at first. the last half hour was an utter waste of time after you realise how much of the earlier bit doesn't make sense at all ("the moment", how they break the time lock, who that women is, why wilf(!?), why the time lords even want to return, why you have to be quiet in the vacumn of space for RADAR not to find you (!)) grr the storyline is soooo 2d. I'm now deeply dissappointed with it, stupid RTD!