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Ramsay bless you, Nowhereman.

Rams"a"y you heathen!

I spell it in American, you foreigner!

Man, what is RTD smoking? Voyage of the Damned was good...but, then just lumps on a few pounds of cheese as it rolls along...

Not sure what that means to me. I like some cheese. What episode quality wise is it comparable to? (I have to wait at least one more day to see it)

If you're an old-school Who fan, then: It starts off like Davison's Enlightenment, but ends with a McCoy Paradise Towers feeling.

If you're strictly modern series: It begins with the possibility of Girl in the Fireplace substance, but ends up The Christmas Invasion cheese.

Does that help?

It wasn't bad.

I enjoyed it.

I liked the new theme. I hope they keep it.

Tennant was great. He has really come into his own.

Pro is right there is some Russell T Davies stank on it. However with this one it did need something to light things up.

Otherwise Voyage was pretty dark.

Thanks guys. Can't wait to see it even though I clicked the spoiler.

I'm assuming that Voyage of the Damned is the continuation of that cliffhanger which left the Tardis impaled on the Titanic?

Does it end with Tenant destroying the goverment with six words?

Wrong year, Joseph! Nah, just too much cliched' emotional drivel.



That's the one. It goes...the end of Season 3...Timecrash...and this episode we're talking about.



It was okay. I'm not against it. And, it didn't really make me cringe (well, except for the 'slow-motion walking with explosions and fire' stuff...and the "lift" to the bridge). But, it just didn't feel like Who to me, for some reason.



I think maybe that's what threw me about this episode. I don't think I like that theme. Maybe it will grow on me. It's just too...techno. It's like they drown out the bassline and add synthesizers. I mean, as long as it's just for this episode, I'm down. But, it will have to grow on me if it's the new season theme.



Yes, absolutely. I have no problems with Tennant these days. He seems 100% grounded in his portrayal, and knows his persona. I don't like the "Alonse'" thing he keeps saying (as well, I don't know what it's supposed to mean, either). But, all in all, he's a damn good Doctor.







Yeah! Maybe that's the other thing. While I realize it was probably intentional on Davies part (I don't know why), this was a very sad episode. I always expect the Christmas episode to lift me up. This did not at all.

Hmmmmph... I don't see why they had to change the show's theme music!

I never liked the music from the last Tom Baker season onwards.

The music they've had the past three seasons? I always turn the tv volume up a bit, as I do with the Stargate SG - 1 and Star Trek: VOyager themes as they are
quite pleasing to hear.

Thank you. I look forward to watching it..

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/12/22/bowho122.xml

a doctor who xmas story by paul cornell. you can thank steven grant for the link to that one.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jht...vtvdoctor21.xml

brief interview with RTD from the same website. not much insight into Davies' writing or thoughts, though except for this bit:




if he doesn't want it to be commonplace, why does he spend so much time in modern day london?

Watched the Voyage Christmas special & thought it was ok but the previous 2 were better. I think it comes down to it being a darker episode & like others have said it's not what I was looking for in a Christmas special. Not sure in the change of the theme music either. It's not awful but I really liked what it replaced.

The sneak peak at series 4 was tantalizing & with all the talk about who is going to be around I'm very much looking forward to this one.

I think seeing Donna running around, dressed the way she was, it reminded me a lot of The X-Files. She has a very Scully look in those previews. I like!

A better question....he thought NOT being commonplace was that cheesepuff of a Xmas Special?!

I had heard about the Cornell story, but hadn't read it. Thanks for the link!

I liked the Christmas Special...but I didn't love it...maybe I'm expecting more because it's Who...truth is...I don't like Daives...he's trite and pushes it off to be deep. His Dr Who stuff is tolerable....his Torchwood stuff is horrible

Did Davies watch the Poseidon Adventure and Robots of Death before writing this? Decent ep. At least Davies used the uber magic fixer-upper at the beginning to fix the TARDIS than at the end to wrap up the plot. I also like that he's keeping continuity with how aliens really tend to fuck with London around Christmas thanks to the last two specials. As far as the new theme, I don't hate it; though it does have a little of the 80's synth in it. I prefer the theme to be more otherworldly like it originally was. The new series has a bit of that with the violins kinda fucking it up. I don't mind the addition. I just think they should have come up with another way to realize it than with conventional instruments.

I'm with ya there

I'll have to watch Voyage Of The Damned on YouTube..
and will then post my own review of it..

Don't you think Prometheus looks tired?

Poor Promotheus!

You've crippled my government!

Say my name!

some deleted scenes. a nice one where the newly regenerated Tenth Doctor tries and fails to say "fantastic."

i'm not sure if this blooper is real or fanmade, but it's funny.

http://blip.tv/file/245773/
funny. someone hijacked the airing of an episode in Chicago in 1987.

Love and Monsters is on now.

Pretty good episode

Earlier, Idiot's Lantern


That one isn't so hot

Bump!

Fear Her is on now.

Not the best Who ep., but it is different...

I liked Fear Her.
that creepy girl needed a slap though. just for the raspy voice alone.
The end with the Doctor was corny, but still it worked. And I liked how fun and playful the episodewas. Some really funny moments and a nice ending.

Fear Her is quite horrible, Ray. Quite, quite horrible.

edible ball bearings.

" How convienent.. a monster that you can put into your pocket."