Any Doctor Who Fans? **UK AIR-DATE SPOILERS ABOUND** — Page 40

I got there at about 3pm. It was a great group of people waiting in line, and totally worth it. As you all know, I'm a new baby fan so I felt a little out of place when they started talking major shop! But everyone that I met was really cool. I'm *very* excited about this season.

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Spinoff Online Interview with Matt Smith
Doctor Who's Matt Smith: Talking About Regeneration

"They got rid of the high-tops, and for that alone we should be grateful. There was something profoundly irritating about watching David Tennant, the 10th Doctor Who, run around last season saving the world in a suit and sneakers."

^^^That quote alone makes this article stupid and not worth any thought. haha.

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Double post, but I've just seen the Eleventh Hour and had to comment:

-The similarities between the Doctor meeting Amy and 'The Girl in the Fireplace' stood out to me, but didn't bother me enough to actually take away from the episode.

-Matt Smith has some awesome moments of 'madness'. One that stood out to me was his throwing the water out of the cup in Amy's room and then looking surprised that there was water in there. But I have to admit, he did sound a bit like Tennant in places. I didn't find him threatening either, but other than that, I do like his Doctor so far.

-Amy Pond is a great companion. Her lying about the wedding and having an issue with the Doctor being late is great, and her not believing the Doctor at first was, well, a first. And her boyfriend Rory is quite nice, too, and I'd like to see more of him.

-The Doctor using technology and social media to spread the word about Prisoner 0 was really clever.

-The bits where Amy went into the room she didn't know existed and the people who were possessed by Prisoner 0 were just awesome Doctor Who moments. That creepiness is the best part of the show.

-Amy's introduction to the TARDIS did have a 'magical' feel, and I always love when the companion enters the TARDIS. I'm not sure about the interior design yet but I'm thrilled that the Doctor has already mentioned a swimming pool and a library. I've always wanted the other rooms of the TARDIS to feature. And I imagine the Doctor would have a rather big library.

I thought it was a really good episode, in a nutshell. Not perfect, but that's really hard to achieve. It makes me very excited for the rest of the season.

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Matt Smith got very positive reviews from the people on the BBCA Facebook page. Really enjoyed watching this again.

Loved the Doctor montage at the end. That eye thing really creeped me out, and the food scene at the beginning was hilarious.

I might just have to start finding a way to watch these episodes ahead of time. Now I want to know.

The idea of River Song being back just excites me to no end. And her and the Weeping Angels in the same episodes? That's just...mind blown.

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Really? I'll have to change that.

Actually, I just found and watched 'The Beast Below'. I have to agree with most comments here about the story being a bit slopping (in terms of writing and, well, there's some actual sloppy events). I do love Amy in this, and the idea of a choice to protest or forget. It's interesting that people know the Doctor already. And the feeling is still pretty magical. Not as good as 'The Eleventh Hour', but pretty good. I loved Amy answering the phone in the TARDIS (I love that the TARDIS has a phone!) and finding out it's just Winston Churchill calling.

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I am SO OVER Daleks it's not even funny. I get they're iconic and all that, but they bore me like nothing else on earth. I'd rather sit through five boxing episodes (I don't know why so many TV shows have random boxing episodes, but those bore me a lot too XD) than one Dalek episode. So I guess I'm glad to have got this one out of the way, but oh MAN it's setting it up for there to be MORE Daleks! And I don't care much for River Song either; she's just a bit too fanfictiony for me, if that makes sense to you. So any glee I'm feeling at the return of the Weeping Angels is countered by the "ugh" I'm feeling at impending River Song.

Other than that, I'm enjoying the new season. Always a pleasure to watch Karen Gillan's legs for an episode. ^_^

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I like the Dalek redesign a bit more knowing that classic series Daleks were different colors and that the colors mean something about their ranks. But there's really no escaping that they look like Apple products, to the extent that I might have rolled my eyes. I mean, the Daleks were never that scary-looking, but they looked a bit ridiculous to me. I think it was just that combined with the sets and effects looking...well, just not good. If everything else looked great, they might not have bothered me.

If I had to explain what's bothering me about this season so far, it's that the episodes truly seem geared to a younger age group than Davies' were. I feel like the only way I could get on board with these plot points is if I were eight or nine, and even then a precocious eight or nine year old might still have issues. The crack thing is intriguing, but I feel like yelling, "Yes, we get it!" I hope it doesn't make an appearance in every episode. The relationship between the Doctor and Amy is a little too thin right now, too.

Updated On: 4/19/10 at 04:37 PM

I was pretty underwhelmed by "Victory of the Daleks" - I thought it felt like a two-parter that got squished, and like Weez, I am thoroughly over Daleks. That said, the Spitfire/Dalek space battle was the stuff giggly little kid delight is made of.

As for the Times? I quite like their movie reviewers, but their TV reviewers are largely hacks. And sometimes they're spoilery hacks, which is even worse.

I do like World War II stories. But I think 'The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances' was miles ahead of this one.

It would be interesting to have a season without the Daleks but it seems that Moffat's set them up to return. I suppose it's one thing writers of the show can't bring themselves to do.

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Here's an interestin interview with Matt Smith:
Matt Smith interview