Doctor Who – Series 5 – Broadcast Discussion (NO SPOILERS)

[Jonathan Capps]

As the old thread is getting dangerously close to paginating and we’re now into the broadcast of series 5, let’s start afresh.

I think the best rules for this thread would be to ban all known spoilers for future episodes and keep it to discussion of episodes that have already aired in the UK, information released through official channels and good old fashioned speculation.

So, GO.

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[pfm]

> Lots of good bits, but overall it’s a massively clumsy script.

Well you would know.

[Jonathan Capps]

If you’re going to be a cock end, pm, at least try to be a correct one.

[pfm]

Hey I’m simply referring to the fact that Andrew knows what he’s talking about regarding clumsy scripts, with him being a script editor and all.

[Dave]

Donna’s big decision in Turn Left isn’t Left or Right, it’s whether or not to help Rose on the promise of a better life which at the last minute she discovers she won’t live to enjoy and yet she does it anyway.

If Donna is special it’s because she gaveth of her life so that we might live.

Re-using elements and reappropriating them, does not a clip show make, go and watch TNG’s Shades of Gray: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNP3LM2GiDk
that’s a fucking clip show. 17 minutes of new footage spread over 44 minutes with clips showing events that the character in question wasn’t party to the first time around.

[Ben Paddon]

Speaking of which, the original, unused ending to “The Eleventh Hour” found its way to YouTube today. Definitely worth a watch.

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