29.01: Smith and Jones

[HoopyFrood]

Well, yes, they would be useful to begin to describe him...and now you've started, many other words are springing to mind

[Ice fyre]

Hello there

Just a note to those who enjoyed the Saxon site, sign up.

You can get e-mails from Saxon's team, and other stuff. I suspect more is on the way.......

[Dave]

I think too many people have discovered that Saxon website:

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[PTeppic]

I was away for the weekend (which included both the first episode and the first repeat) so have only now had a chance to catch the very late in the week second repeat... but what a wait!

Fantastic opening episode. Lots of Doctor, lots of sci-fi and aliens, lots of action, plenty of comedy, self-deprecatory nods at former episode and slyness to future ones (had spotted the Saxon thing, though only in the Confidential when I saw the poster again). Agree with almost all the comments already made: less romance (though the odd snog is probably okay) and less of the irritating family (c.f. Jackie) would be preferable... however that is likely to be a reason for them returning to "current" Earth, which of course is needed for (presumably) both the mad doctor episode (with that bloke from League of Gentlemen) and (if different) the one which brings out the Saxon story arc (which is an identifiable presence [is it John Simm from "Corrie" and "Life on Mars"?], if you know who to look for, in the 90-second trailer for the season on the BBC's Doctor Who website. Incidentally, I reckon there're perhaps seven episodes featured...).

[pyan]

Personally I can't wait until episodes 4 and 5, when you-know-who are back!

[PTeppic]

Yeah - at least it's hardly a secret this time....

(and as I write, 27 minutes and counting to "The Shakespeare Code".)

[McHorde-Trooper]

Originally Posted by HoopyFrood

. .
And I also snickered when Freema's role in the last series is explained as being her cousin. Ooh, a cousin who looks exactly like her (yes, it was cousin, not sister )
. . .

Their cousins, Identical cousins and you'll find,
They laugh alike, they walk alike,
At times they even talk alike --
You can lose your mind,
When cousins are two of a kind

Hehe, maybe that was a very subtle reference to "The Patty Duke Show"?


I loved the episode best first episode of the new Who line.
Martha's character was really well done and well played.

The story line is great. One thing though . . if I wanted to nit pick . . if the Doctor died cause his blood was sucked out why was Martha able to resuscitate him with chest compressions?

Thankfully it wasn't an episode ruining nitpick. In fact I didn't even think about it until recently. Nitpicks aside a truly great episode. I'm glad I didn't spoil myself by reading the description or searching for spoilers. That made it much more interesting.

I liked how she bumped into the doctor earlier and then again at the hospital. It kept me guessing as to what was going on.