Doctor Who: The Rebel Flesh

[chris.ph]

penners river song died in the library mate

[Penfold]

Good point Chris, but since when has that stopped them. With any time travel sci-fi, there is always room for paradoxes......a universal storyline 'get out of jail free' card, sort off.

[chris.ph]

and i enjoyed them both

[author3]

Ugh I hate River I was so happy when she died 2 years ago
But then she returned last year I was so annoyed

[pandasthumb]

Good point Chris, but since when has that stopped them. With any time travel sci-fi, there is always room for paradoxes......a universal storyline 'get out of jail free' card, sort off.

indeed, how many times can they bring the Time Lords back? You know, the ones the Dr killed. Last one he said. Liar liar pants on fire says I.

I feel there are a lot of plot holes in this one, many assumptions that I am being asked to make. I wouldn't pass it as a narrative. I would send it back with 'more linking between ideas needed' scribbled across.

I enjoy Rory, he is quite interesting as a character.

[Tonyblack]

I didn't 'get' why Rory became so attached to the girl in these two episodes. In past episodes he's been totally devoted to Amy and then, as soon as the girl from the British version of Wallander turns up, he's like a love-sick puppy.

I like Rory - I'm kind of fed up with the whole girl-in-love-with-Doctor thing. The Doctor should have more male companions. Patrick Troughton's Doctor with Frazer Hines's Jamie, were a great partnership.

[Willem]

Spoilers for The Almost People inside in tiny letters!


Dídn't much like either of this two-parter. I mentally tuned out a couple of times watching the first episode. At least the second one had some interesting ideas like the 'flesh graveyard', Amy telling the Doctor about his death believing it was the fake one and most importantly, by highlighting the 'plastic Doctor might be the one we saw killed in the first episode' thing we're pretty much guaranteed they won't use that predictable turn of events

[Quatermass]

Well, I just watched The Rebel Flesh, and I'm not sure why people say it is boring. It is slower paced, to be sure, but it's about the same pace as many a classic series story, and I think it works well with the psychological horror angle, the whole thing about the Gangers becoming 'human'. It feels like the bastard offspring of Malcolm Hulke's work and Fury from the Deep (am I the only one who thinks Cleaves, the bitch forewoman, was basically a female version of Robson from Fury from the Deep?).

It's not quite as good as The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon and The Doctor's Wife, but it's much better than the very average Curse of the Black Spot. The most egregious fault in the writing is that Jennifer suddenly snaps from being angsty to villainous at the end of this particular episode with virtually no transition. If she was more overtly fearful than venomous when she did that, I might understand.

And keep in mind that I went in thinking that it would be boring.

[pandasthumb]

The Doctor should have more male companions. Patrick Troughton's Doctor with Frazer Hines's Jamie, were a great partnership.

Apparently Patrick and Frazer would try to work 'gee Dr that's a big one', or words to that effect into the script of every story. (They unsuccessfully tried to get Wendy to make this remark about the rocket in Seeds of Death).

I guess Rory (being a nurse) has a caring nature, (the need to nurture?) and here was a weak, defenceless female who would let him be the big, strong man. I find it interesting after the brilliant 'I hate Amy, kill Amy' scene in the tardis...

[Tonyblack]

Well, I just watched The Rebel Flesh, and I'm not sure why people say it is boring. It is slower paced, to be sure, but it's about the same pace as many a classic series story, and I think it works well with the psychological horror angle, the whole thing about the Gangers becoming 'human'. It feels like the bastard offspring of Malcolm Hulke's work and Fury from the Deep (am I the only one who thinks Cleaves, the bitch forewoman, was basically a female version of Robson from Fury from the Deep?).

It's not quite as good as The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon and The Doctor's Wife, but it's much better than the very average Curse of the Black Spot. The most egregious fault in the writing is that Jennifer suddenly snaps from being angsty to villainous at the end of this particular episode with virtually no transition. If she was more overtly fearful than venomous when she did that, I might understand.

And keep in mind that I went in thinking that it would be boring.

I didn't think it was boring - I said it was pants.

[Quatermass]

The Doctor should have more male companions. Patrick Troughton's Doctor with Frazer Hines's Jamie, were a great partnership.

Apparently Patrick and Frazer would try to work 'gee Dr that's a big one', or words to that effect into the script of every story. (They unsuccessfully tried to get Wendy to make this remark about the rocket in Seeds of Death).

They did that in The Two Doctors too.

And then, there were...other incidents. Like that time during rehearsals where they undid the skirt of Wendy Padbury while she was dozing, and she ended up curtseying to a vicar in her knickers.

Or a time when they were rehearsing The Mind Robber, and every time Emrys Jones (the actor playing the Master of the Land of Fiction) said "I have your dossiers right here", Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines would clutch their groins and wince in pain.

But yeah, it's about time the Doctor had an interesting male companion. The last one in the classic series, Turlough, wasn't too bad.

I guess Rory (being a nurse) has a caring nature, (the need to nurture?) and here was a weak, defenceless female who would let him be the big, strong man. I find it interesting after the brilliant 'I hate Amy, kill Amy' scene in the tardis...

And not just that. Later on, when he learns that the Jennifer he was helping was a Ganger, it's probably his sympathy for her existential angst. After all, he's been there, done that. He was turned into an Auton Replica and endured two millennia of all sorts of crap. In fact, I reckon that because of that, he and the Doctor have more of a rapport now than ever, because they both know what it is like to endure for such a long time.

I didn't think it was boring - I said it was pants.

Was it? Seemed to be more jumpsuits in that story than pants.

[Quatermass]

Just watched the next episode, The Almost People. Less good than the first episode, less psychological horror and more out and out horror, but still pretty good. Very scary to see the Doctor act like that, especially when you find out that it's the real one. I don't think he's been that manipulative since his seventh incarnation.

[spideyGirl]

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I like Rory - I'm kind of fed up with the whole girl-in-love-with-Doctor thing. The Doctor should have more male companions. Patrick Troughton's Doctor with Frazer Hines's Jamie, were a great partnership.

I couldn't agree more, which is why I think Donna and Rory are so refreshing

[author3]

I hated last night's episode Matt Smith didn't regenerate
Ugh I hate him
And the story was bad

[spideyGirl]

It went down well in our house