Dr Who… Awesome News If You're A Fan

[mygoldfishbowl]

Just my personal opinion again but I think there's been too many changes in a short time, then a years absence from our screens & I think people lose interest after time as I know I have but maybe that interest will bounce back again, maybe not or it may take some time.

[Silver Smudger]

Well,the Smudger family all enjoyed that immensely! Really well done, humour, drama romance and superhero geekiness and all without descending into cheese as some Christmas eps have.

Actually looking forward to seeing what Matt Lucas will add in further installments, too - And I am not a big fan of his

[ali_kat]

Just me that was a bit 'meh' to it then?

It just didn't make me want to pay attention

The trailers for next year did however

[generationx]

Doctor Who jumps on the superhero bandwagon whilst simultaneously forgetting to include more than about five minutes worth of plot. And why was Matt Lucas there?

Terrible.

[anonymous-user]

I liked it the wife iked it the daughters liked it. We all thought it was pleasant, funny, sad in parts and simply well done. I think Matt Lucas is there from the events of last year.
Its not the worst and not the best of the xmas specials but its well done.

[davepoth]

generationx said:

Doctor Who jumps on the superhero bandwagon whilst simultaneously forgetting to include more than about five minutes worth of plot. And why was Matt Lucas there?

Terrible.

Matt Lucas is there to set up the next series I believe. Plenty of hints were dropped throughout that the Doctor has been on a multi-decade grump.

[citizensm1th]

NYC? i didnt think the doctor could go back there with out ripping time and space apart after the weeping angels?

[Tuna]

Quite enjoyed that. Light on any real plot, but easy to take in on a Christmas day. There have been worse episodes, and Capaldi continues to delight in the role. Matt Lucas also did a good job, more so than last Year's effort I felt.

[ali_kat]

citizensm1th said:

NYC? i didnt think the doctor could go back there with out ripping time and space apart after the weeping angels?

Neither did I

Just one of its many faults!

[poing]

I enjoyed it but I just watch it like a normal human being without getting into super geek mode. I know some people take all this stuff very seriously though, to each their own etc.

[ecsrobin]

ali_kat said:

Just me that was a bit 'meh' to it then?

It just didn't make me want to pay attention

The trailers for next year did however

+1

[Sparky137]

ali_kat said:

Just me that was a bit 'meh' to it then?

It just didn't make me want to pay attention

+1

ali_kat said:

The trailers for next year did however

-1

Damn Daleks again. Enough!!

Bring back the Cybermen, far more menacing than the pepper pots.

[Evangelion]

Well I've hated every Doctor Who Christmas Special in living memory, but I honestly thought that one wasn't bad. I even managed to tolerate Matt Lucas, whom normally I can't stand.

Did anyone else notice the Superman reference at 09:50?

[Silver Smudger]

ali_kat said:

citizensm1th said:

NYC? i didnt think the doctor could go back there with out ripping time and space apart after the weeping angels?

Neither did I

Just one of its many faults!

I thought he could not go to New York, in the particular time period when Amy and Rory were trapped.
Also, he was messing about with not-really-explained apparatus on the roof at the beginning, so perhaps he is still working on a rescue plan?

[citizensm1th]

Evangelion said:

Well I've hated every Doctor Who Christmas Special in living memory, but I honestly thought that one wasn't bad. I even managed to tolerate Matt Lucas, whom normally I can't stand.

Did anyone else notice the Superman reference at 09:50?

not only superman but also the mild mannered reference

[NBTBRV8]

I thought it was much better than the trailers led it to be. TBH, there wasn't much was a twist in the plot, very simple but thoroughly entertaining.

[Beefmeister]

citizensm1th said:

NYC? i didnt think the doctor could go back there with out ripping time and space apart after the weeping angels?

He was setting up a time distortion thingy wingy on the roof at the beginning, maybe it was for that reason?

I know that was supposed to be 24yrs ago with the boy but I'm not sure when the weeping angels were.

[Riley Blue]

Evangelion said:

Well I've hated every Doctor Who Christmas Special in living memory, but I honestly thought that one wasn't bad. I even managed to tolerate Matt Lucas, whom normally I can't stand.

Did anyone else notice the Superman reference at 09:50?

At 09:50? The whole thing was sprinkled with 'essence of Superman'!

[robsa]

Teppic said:

MartG said:

Chris Chibnall ( Broadchurch creator ) to take over

Oh, st!

Chibnall's Dr Who episodes (42, The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and The Power of Three) are generally regarded as crap.

Toby Whithouse would have been a much better bet.

Still live in hope that Anthony Horowitz may get to pen some episodes, he's a great writer and written loads of top TV progs and books including teen books.

[Evangelion]

Riley Blue said:

Evangelion said:

... Did anyone else notice the Superman reference at 09:50?

At 09:50? The whole thing was sprinkled with 'essence of Superman'!

The one I was referring to was where the guy at the press conference said, "If you have any further queries, please refer them to Miss Shuster or Miss Siegel."

Superman was created by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel.