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ChemicalChaos said:
marshalla said:
A hatchling is about 60-70% of the mass of the egg. In the absence of an external source, the mass of the chick cannot exceed the mass of the original egg. Physics fail.
What external source, other than heat, does a bird egg have then? because it sure as hell isnt laid as a fully fledged hatchling. They have an internal source of nutrients, as this might well have had.Growing from 70% to 100% mass in something the size of the moon would easily be millions of tons, then add in the multiplying bacteria things....
Anyway, i dont know why we're arguing - its not exactly a show set in reality
The process of growing a chick converts the raw materials in the egg into chick. The resulting final mass is less than that of the freshly laid egg.
Capaldi remains excellent, but by heck he's being given some rough scripts. They could have done with a science advisor on that episode - it was shamefully weak.
When they brought in Colin Baker they made him quite unlikeable and had to work hard to bring back the audience. Now with Capaldi they've dialled the 'not getting humans' up to 11 which is a bit hard to swallow after the more emotional previous Doctors. At the moment he just seems a bit too random and motiveless. I'm hoping they can start to pull together a thread through this series and get the Doctor to a better place.
When they brought in Colin Baker they made him quite unlikeable and had to work hard to bring back the audience. Now with Capaldi they've dialled the 'not getting humans' up to 11 which is a bit hard to swallow after the more emotional previous Doctors. At the moment he just seems a bit too random and motiveless. I'm hoping they can start to pull together a thread through this series and get the Doctor to a better place.
I haven't read all this thread so I don't know if this has come up before but does Steven Moffat have to always denigrate Soldiers/The Army/Military in every episode?
I know he appears to have seriously lefty leanings but it's starting to get embarrassingly obvious. The bank episode even had some of the security guards i(in an alien bank ffs) in British military combat gear to bludgeon home the political message to the viewers. Every soldier is seen as either evil or a buffoon and every ex soldier is portrayed as damaged in some way.
He is a talented bloke that is undeniable but I just wish he would leave the cheap shots out of the programme.
I know he appears to have seriously lefty leanings but it's starting to get embarrassingly obvious. The bank episode even had some of the security guards i(in an alien bank ffs) in British military combat gear to bludgeon home the political message to the viewers. Every soldier is seen as either evil or a buffoon and every ex soldier is portrayed as damaged in some way.
He is a talented bloke that is undeniable but I just wish he would leave the cheap shots out of the programme.
marshalla said:
Where did the extra mass come from ?
I assumed it changed from low density but evenly distributed egg white to a smaller but higher density animal. As that animal moved around inside the shell, the shell would have moved in the other direction (every action etc...).The lightweight shell could therefore have moved away from your feet while you stayed the same distance from the heavy animal inside. This would have made you feel like you were suddenly floating. Same principal as the vomit comet when it drops away from below your feet while your gravitational interaction with the earth stays the same.
in an attempt to be 100% fair to the writers responsible for the new series... it really is crap, but too many people seem too scared to admit it.
And not even slightly the fault of Capaldi.... the writing and story lines have been very, very, very, very poor.
Just look at next weeks preview... weve had Titanic "in space", but now we also have the Orient Express "in space" ffs......
I fear this is going the way of Sylvester Mccoy...
And not even slightly the fault of Capaldi.... the writing and story lines have been very, very, very, very poor.
Just look at next weeks preview... weve had Titanic "in space", but now we also have the Orient Express "in space" ffs......
I fear this is going the way of Sylvester Mccoy...
Adrian W said:
The new series is rubbish,
I agree. I just cannot engage into it at all. I thought Matt Smith was bad but he was a ray of light compared to this. It just seems disjointed and everyone is pushed together rather than wanting to be together.
Shame as I was hoping for a Jon Pertwee experience.
Great sets, great actors, piss poor stories.
To be honest I find Dr Who extra far more interesting even if Peter Capaldi did say current season rather than series(!).
Oh look ikts the Doctor
He is like manic ain't he.....
Lets keep viewers guessing..wuill he be whacky......will he be nice............will he be cold...................
tune in next week folks..................
IMHO its a bit of a screw up and he is just too old and unpleasant characterisation.
And the Clara and the Doctor relationship is getting a little tedious now.
He is like manic ain't he.....
Lets keep viewers guessing..wuill he be whacky......will he be nice............will he be cold...................
tune in next week folks..................
IMHO its a bit of a screw up and he is just too old and unpleasant characterisation.
And the Clara and the Doctor relationship is getting a little tedious now.
Tuna said:
Capaldi remains excellent, but by heck he's being given some rough scripts. They could have done with a science advisor on that episode - it was shamefully weak.
It was s
te. We've got a shuttle landing on the moon, mass appearing from nowhere, then a moon laid that's exactly the same size and mass as the old one from a hatchling. This series has had some seriously weak writing, it's damned close to killing the whole show off tbh. Capaldi could have worked as the Doctor, but why on earth he signed up for scripts like these is beyond me.And that hatchling should have been a turtle. They missed a trick there.
Edited by PhillipM on Sunday 5th October 10:56
PhillipM said:
It was ste. We've got a shuttle landing on the moon, mass appearing from nowhere, then a moon laid that's exactly the same size and mass as the old one from a hatchling. This series has had some seriously weak writing, it's damned close to killing the whole show off tbh. Capaldi could have worked as the Doctor, but why on earth he signed up for scripts like these is beyond me.
And that hatchling should have been a turtle. They missed a trick there.
I think it's got to the point that no decent writer will go near it. No amount of polishing can help it now.te. We've got a shuttle landing on the moon, mass appearing from nowhere, then a moon laid that's exactly the same size and mass as the old one from a hatchling. This series has had some seriously weak writing, it's damned close to killing the whole show off tbh. Capaldi could have worked as the Doctor, but why on earth he signed up for scripts like these is beyond me.And that hatchling should have been a turtle. They missed a trick there.
Edited by PhillipM on Sunday 5th October 10:56
Janluke said:
He's a man who's 100 of years old, can turn into a completely different person, travels though time and space in a police box thats bigger on the inside than the outside and we're picking holes in the physics of one plot point?
no, just the very poor writing of this current series in general, the latest episode being discussed is merely the peak of piss poor so far....Gassing Station | TV, Film, Video Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff