Doctor Who Christmas Special

[garagesale]

Who's seen it? UK bros?

I just grabbed it and I'm gonna check it out tomorrow.

Let me know what you guys thought!

[raider5gt]

Hi garagesale,the christmas Dr Who special was good,i wont give anything away as i dont want to spoil it for anyone!

It was nice to see the Dr back,yes and to see Kylie in the mix to,not a bad story but i didnt like the HOST's that much,Daleks would of been better,that's me being bias,the ending was good,had me thinking the baddie was someone else until he was revealed.

All in all it was quite good,hope you enjoy the christmas special.

[Mikey]

Were the gold-guys Axons ?

I wont get mad if you tell me :grin:

[raider5gt]

Were the gold-guys Axons ?

I wont get mad if you tell me :grin:

No they are robots called Host's who give out information about the ship they are traveling on and stuff like that. :wink_y:

[Mikey]

One last question ........
Does this story refer back to any classic series episodes where the "Titanic" is mentioned, specifically "The Invasion of Time" ?

[raider5gt]

One last question ........
Does this story refer back to any classic series episodes where the "Titanic" is mentioned, specifically "The Invasion of Time" ?

I dont know to be honest as i dont think i have watched "The Invasion of Time" is that with Tennant or Ecclestone?

[Mikey]

I just watched the whole episode.
It's on youtube.......

spoiler talk below -----------------------






The new theme song is a bit strange.
I don't like the begining beat of it.
The beat sounds off --like its out of tune.........
One thing I do like..... VERY subtle.
Right after the oooo--eee---ooo part.......
The sound drops to a low pitch feedback ooo, not heard since I think the Troughton days.

At the end of the episode..... when Tennant enters the TARDIS....
Theres a very low THUD.
This is classic pre lift-off sound on the old series.
I'm glad to see the thud return.

The episode itself, I thought was kind of mediocre.

[raider5gt]

The character ASTRID is an anagram of TARDIS maybe Astrid was playing a living part of the TARDIS as a 1 off for xmas?

Didnt notice the music,may have to watch it again,as its worth a 2nd look.

[danadoll]

The character ASTRID is an anagram of TARDIS maybe Astrid was playing a living part of the TARDIS as a 1 off for xmas?


Spoilers:

Rumors that were circulating had Astrid as a human avatar of the TARDIS (or something like that), but they didn't seem address it in the episode...Perhaps they dropped the idea or maybe there were very subtle hints that I didn't catch. If she was some sort of humanoid part of the TARDIS, she didn't seem to be aware of it.

I really liked the episode (even though it was kind of sad)...The Host reminded me of the killer robots of Robots of Death (I think they were meant to, though). There were homages galore in the special (ship disaster flicks, other Doctor Who episodes, etc...)...A lot of folks(on other message boards) are ripping the special apart for the homages (calling them rip-offs), but I thought it was great. Kylie was quite good as I thought she would be (she has had a bit of acting experience here and there). I started getting teary when Foon's husband died and then Foon herself. I lost it when Astrid died (there are rumors that she might be back) and sobbed...LOL...I couldn't help it.

Dana

[danadoll]

One last question ........
Does this story refer back to any classic series episodes where the "Titanic" is mentioned, specifically "The Invasion of Time" ?

As you probably now know, Mike...The episode didn't involve the historic Titanic. :wink_y:

Dana

[Mikey]

There was a big Poseidon Adventure feel to it.

After everyone died, I can almost imagine Tennant doing a Gene Hackman impression yelling into space "HOW MANY MORE !!! ????"

[palitoy]

I liked it, nothing earth shattering but a good adventure. The story was somewhat predictable but I expected that when I saw who wrote it. The hosts were cool and the Doctor's speech about who he was made me smile, normally he shrouds himself in mystery I liked his reveal.

I will say this, what the hell does RTD have against the obese? It seems to be a recurring theme to pick on them.

[Mikey]

I will say this, what the hell does RTD have against the obese? It seems to be a recurring theme to pick on them

Yea, I noticed that too right off the bat.

It's not like RTD is the skinniest person in the world either.

One observation,
Semi chunky people LOVE to pick on the obese...
I think it gives them security about their own look.

[Mikey]

One comment I did get a laugh out of........
At the end when the Doctor said, "only Britian is great" :smiley1:

[Bo8a_Fett]

I thought it was poor myself...the performances and special effects were great as usual ,but I think the story was dire, the protangonist awful and on the whole the episode was as bad as "Love and Monsters". The trailer for the upcoming season looked ok though....thought the Doc could have used the Tardis to capyure Astrid's "spirit" at the end though......Nice to see Bernard Cribbins though...apparently he'll turn up a few times in the new season.

[raider5gt]

Nice to see Bernard Cribbins though...apparently he'll turn up a few times in the new season.

I agree it was nice to see Bernard Cribbin's again,the best bit of the episode for me was when the Dr said his little speach about who he was and that.

Bring back the Daleks! :smiley1:

[palitoy]

Who did Cribbins play? I love the guy but I didn't recognize him.

[Bo8a_Fett]

He was the paper seller who explained why London was deserted for christmas

[raider5gt]

He use to do the voices of the Wombles too,many years ago,also wasn't he in a Dr Who movie with Peter Cushing?

[Bo8a_Fett]

He was...he played the policeman who inadvertadly stumbled into the TARDIS to use the police phone in "Dalek Invasion Earth 2150 AD", and became a companion for that story.
I rememeber the wombles fondly (Tobermory was my favourite) and the carry on movies he was in.

[Mikey]

He also was Captain Michael on Space 1999's (Brian the Brain)

photo
http://www.space1999.net/catacombs/main/images/space/btb/spbtb089.jpg

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[Bo8a_Fett]

And 2 avengers episodes...and in the films The Railway children, She and Blackball to name a few. And of course the spoon salesman that Basil Fawlty mistook for a hotel inspector in Fawlty Towers.
I remember him doing an awful lot of Jackanorys as well.

[Mikey]

Not sure how much I trust Wikipedia, but it says--- In 2007 he appeared as Wilf Mott in the Doctor Who Christmas special, "Voyage Of The Damned", a character who will reappear in the 2008 season

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[YANOULI]

Not sure how much I trust Wikipedia, but it says--- In 2007 he appeared as Wilf Mott in the Doctor Who Christmas special, "Voyage Of The Damned", a character who will reappear in the 2008 season

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He was shown fleetingly in the new series montage at the end of the Christmas special.

[palitoy]

Wow, Cribbens narrated a lot of kids shows I liked as a kid including "Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings" That's how I learned his name in the first place.

[Bo8a_Fett]

He's apparently gonna be a semi reccuring character...that has no real relevence ...they just wanted to use him more than in the xmas special...according to Russel T Davis in the official Dr Who monthly.
...spot the Cribbins season...

[samurainoir]

Spoilers:

Rumors that were circulating had Astrid as a human avatar of the TARDIS (or something like that), but they didn't seem address it in the episode...Perhaps they dropped the idea or maybe there were very subtle hints that I didn't catch. If she was some sort of humanoid part of the TARDIS, she didn't seem to be aware of it.

I really liked the episode (even though it was kind of sad)...The Host reminded me of the killer robots of Robots of Death (I think they were meant to, though). There were homages galore in the special (ship disaster flicks, other Doctor Who episodes, etc...)...A lot of folks(on other message boards) are ripping the special apart for the homages (calling them rip-offs), but I thought it was great. Kylie was quite good as I thought she would be (she has had a bit of acting experience here and there). I started getting teary when Foon's husband died and then Foon herself. I lost it when Astrid died (there are rumors that she might be back) and sobbed...LOL...I couldn't help it.

Dana

Interesting!

Isn't the TARDIS kind of alive in it's own way?

Perhaps her spirit that was released, eventually becomes of the the sources that the TARDIS is created from?

That would bring her "romance" with the Doctor full circle in a pretty satisfying way. Although I like it if they do leave it up to the viewer's imaginations.

I thought her death scene at the end was quite touching, although the star effects were kind of cheesy. What do you think? A nod to her appearance in Moulan Rouge?

[samurainoir]

One comment I did get a laugh out of........
At the end when the Doctor said, "only Britian is great" :smiley1:

The stuff with the Queen was cheezy, but made for a good laugh despite myself.

[samurainoir]

Wow, Cribbens narrated a lot of kids shows I liked as a kid including "Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings" That's how I learned his name in the first place.

I loved that show! It was a staple on TVO for years and years (the public broadcast station that also aired Dr Who locally if you didn't pick up the buffalo pbs station).

I don't doubt that Simon in the Land of Chalk drawings also influenced a young Mike Myers enough to create a character on Saturday Night Live that was a young british boy named Simon who "likes to draw drawrings". Even had a theme song that began with "Well you know my name is Simon...", recalling Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings.

The newsvendor on the christmas special was amusing enough to hopefully not outlast his welcome in subsequent reappearances.

I was actually convinced that The Doctor's warning to Mr Copper about not intefering was foreshadowing something.