Dr Who - The Impossible Astronaut

[david_b]

I had mixed-feelings about it.. I'm also trying to get used to Matt Smith. I love his under-breath quips. And River was funny with her 'quite-a-screamer' inuendo.

I liked the Nixon White House setting (and more comments about 'where's my fez'..).

The story was.. alright. Not too much to get excited about yet. I find myself still missing David Tennant.

david_b

[jds1911a1]

I had mixed-feelings about it.. I'm also trying to get used to Matt Smith. I love his under-breath quips. And River was funny with her 'quite-a-screamer' inuendo.

I liked the Nixon White House setting (and more comments about 'where's my fez'..).

The story was.. alright. Not too much to get excited about yet. I find myself still missing David Tennant.

david_b

I think many of us will have that sense of loss for Tennant, I felt the same loss after Tom's bow about Peter Davison

[david_b]

Hey, did anyone catch the scheduled Liz Sladen tribute over the weekend..??

I heard it was going to be on Saturday evening, but I've only watched the 'Astronaut' premiere, and haven't seen the rest of what I taped.

When was it on..? Which episode was it on before (or after..)...??

[wolfie]

It was on the CBBC channel. It's on the BBC i player now and is probably on Youtube by now.

[Mikey]

I watched it again last night on dvr

Seemed a little better on the second watching.

One little thing I noticed, the old version of Delaware was the guy that played the Klingon prison guard in Trek Undiscovered Country --- "work badly, and you shall die"

[ctc]

>old version of Delaware was the guy that played the Klingon prison guard in Trek Undiscovered Country

Was it? I thought it was Blank Reg.

Don C.

[Gorn Captain]

No, it was the Klingon jailor on Rura Penthe.

[palitoy]

Don is right, it is blank Reg. The actor gets around.

Perfect casting to play the older version, his son is the younger one.

[jwyblejr]

At least we now know the real reason Nixon erased all of those tapes.

[Gorn Captain]

William Morgan Sheppard - IMDb

I guess he's all of the above!
Klingon guard in ST VI, Blank Reg and actual father of the man who played his younger self in Who...

[johnmiic]

William Morgan Sherpard is cool. He's appeared in Star Trek 3x's I think: ST-TNG, Schizoid Man episode, ST VI-Klingon Jailor, Vulcan Headmaster-Abramsverse Trek. He also played Blank Reg and has been in many Sci-Fi shows.

The new season is very odd. I got the impression I was watching David Lynch Doctor Who with the Impossible Astronaut. I also think they are swiping some of RTD's imagery. The threatening Astronaut and little girl in trouble remind me of elements from Silence In the Library.

[palitoy]

"Silence in Library" was written by Stephen Moffat

[Mikey]

When I seen the spacesuit I thought of the library too

Was waiting for a classic Moffat annoying catchphase - ie (Are you my mommy --- don't blink --- hey, who turned out the light)

[turnbolt]

I was on the edge of my seat the whole episode. I am dying for next week.

[johnmiic]

"Silence in Library" was written by Stephen Moffat

D'oH! Would you believe I meant as producers and not as writers? Brian would you enter that in my similar comment on my FB page? You can add a victory tag too like, "In Your Face John!", LOL!