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Post by omega on May 20, 2010 1:01:44 GMT
What did you think?
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Post by omega on May 22, 2010 18:02:27 GMT
Sexy alien.
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Post by Eryx on May 22, 2010 22:18:41 GMT
Im actually just going to vote ok for this one. It was too slow to get going and never really took off either. Maybe the second half will be better. Very attractive Silurian women. ;D  Speaking of which, all of them (as we saw in the next week segment) looked female. |
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rev503
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Post by rev503 on May 23, 2010 1:10:28 GMT
I really liked this one...not only a cute silurian, but the first silurian I've seen that didn't look like it was in a suit with a flashlight taped to his head. I thought the pacing had trouble becasue they were really trying to get a lot of information into the episode (hopefully as a setup for next ep).
The seemed to drop the "oh theres our future selves waving at us" item in and then just walk away from it.
So major attraction was finally they reimaged one of my favorite DR Who races for the new series!
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Post by Big Jack Brass on May 23, 2010 8:58:39 GMT
Very attractive Silurian women. ;D Maybe just as well that Silurian fashions seem to have moved on from the string vests of yesteryear... |
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Post by Spickey Millane on May 23, 2010 9:04:56 GMT
Enjoyed the episode overall. Much preferred the tension of the first half though. Maybe it's because I'm not keen on the overly humanoid redesign of the Silurians, but when one turned up that's when the episode became a bit more average to me. The cliffhanger felt really underwhelming too.
Overall I did enjoy it though and with five episodes in a row that I've either enjoyed or really loved, this series is turning out to be pretty solid. Meera Syal was very good in the guest cast I thought and I am intrigued to see what will happen to the man who got infected.
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Post by Curufea on May 23, 2010 12:22:36 GMT
Speaking of which, all of them (as we saw in the next week segment) looked female. I noticed that too - but in the confidential I'm sure some of the head casts were male. Also - I wonder why they went with a stinger tongue rather than with the third eye raygun? Possibly that will be mention in the next confidential. Overall a good episode, but did mostly feel like filler - that it was padded from 1.5 episodes as a story to 2 episodes. |
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Post by Craig Oxbrow on May 23, 2010 14:16:19 GMT
According to Confidential, the first cut was about sixty minutes long, and they showed a deleted scene of the Doctor and Amy discussing Rory and the Doctor admitting he likes him.
Which I'd have thought would have been a better use of a minute than a quarter of that massive four-minute pre-credits sequence setting up the kid's dad really slowly.
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Post by Rel Fexive on May 23, 2010 19:31:32 GMT
I hope that scene appears on the DVDs, because it looked like an important one to me.
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Post by Curufea on May 24, 2010 4:38:19 GMT
According to Confidential, the first cut was about sixty minutes long, and they showed a deleted scene of the Doctor and Amy discussing Rory and the Doctor admitting he likes him. Which I'd have thought would have been a better use of a minute than a quarter of that massive four-minute pre-credits sequence setting up the kid's dad really slowly. I agree - it looked a bit like a try-hard Horror of Fang Rock where we are being forced to empathise with characters in a inescapable area, hunted by a monster. They've even set up a zombie-esque "someone is infected" as a potential threat for next ep. |
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Post by Eryx on May 24, 2010 11:21:33 GMT
Also - I wonder why they went with a stinger tongue rather than with the third eye raygun? Possibly that will be mention in the next confidential. The Doctor does mention that they are a subspecies of the one's he met before. |
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Post by kaemaril on May 24, 2010 11:38:37 GMT
Very attractive Silurian women. ;D Maybe just as well that Silurian fashions seem to have moved on from the string vests of yesteryear... Nope, they're still there. Just now got kind of a 'shiny metal pieces' breastplate as well  |
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joe2001
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Post by joe2001 on May 24, 2010 19:24:50 GMT
Thought it was a bit old-school myself - worked though, kept me entertained for 45 minutes.
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Post by Null and Void on May 24, 2010 20:04:59 GMT
Just went with ok on this one too... The pace was glacially slow, there were no real moments of suspense, neither Amy nor Rory were really given much to do, and the Doctor seemed... off his game.
For example, he seemed terribly unconcerned about whatever the venom was that got injected into the old man. You'd think he might have at least worried a little about what its effect might have been.
Also, a big deal was made of surrounding the perimeter with cameras and other devices... and yet they were forgotten almost as quickly as they were set up.
Here's hoping the second half is better.
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Post by ugavine on May 25, 2010 10:16:08 GMT
I enjoyed the episode, though maybe not as much as I would have liked, especially as I'm finishing off my Silurians RPG adventure this evening.
It did feel like a Pertwee episode with the slower pace. It was still very enjoyable and I very much look forward to part two this week.
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themyth
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Post by themyth on May 26, 2010 3:18:55 GMT
Just went with ok on this one too... The pace was glacially slow, there were no real moments of suspense, neither Amy nor Rory were really given much to do, and the Doctor seemed... off his game. For example, he seemed terribly unconcerned about whatever the venom was that got injected into the old man. You'd think he might have at least worried a little about what its effect might have been. Agreed. I got the impression that the different tribes of Homo Replitius have developed different adaptations: "Silurians" have a third eye, "Sea Devils" are adapted to breathe underwater, and this new tribe have the venomous tongue. Maybe the Doctor knew what its effect would be...? You mean when the power went out and the cameras became ineffective? Like others, I also felt the episode was way too slow. I liked the bit about older Amy & Rory popping by for a visit. It amused me. |
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Post by Curufea on May 26, 2010 3:42:49 GMT
I'd like older Amy & Rory to pop up in every episode myself Like the observer in Fringe. |
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Post by Kit on Jun 22, 2010 5:42:11 GMT
i liked the episode. I liked future Rory and Amy waving. Once I accepted that these were yet another breed of Homo Reptillia, i was okay with the new design.
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