Twenty Questions
Well, that's that then. It's time for some reflection...
There's only one rule: you can only give one answer. No top 3s please. And don't even try the "I would have voted for XXX but XXX wins through" etc.
1. Favourite episode:
2. Least favourite episode:
3. Favourite supporting actor (male):
4. Favourite supporting actor (female):
5. Least favourite supporting actor:
6. Best line of Doctor dialogue:
7. Best line of dialogue (non-Doctor):
8. Worst line of dialogue (anyone):
9. Best scene or sequence:
10. Best singular image from series:
11. Funniest moment or dialogue:
12. Scariest moment:
13: Saddest moment:
14. Bit that made the least sense or you wished they'd cut:
15. Best special effect:
16. Worst special effect:
17. Favourite director:
18. Favourite writer:
19. Best and Worst thing the BBC did in relation to this series:
20. Sum up the last 13 weeks in less than 25 words:
Supplemental #1. Rate all the episodes out of 100
Supplemental #2. Favourite thread on this blog:
Have fun and take your time!
1. Favourite episode:
Dalek - despite all the finale dalek guff I still found it moving. "They torture me" just stunned me at the time, not to mention the Doctor's "Oh Rose, they're all dead!"
2. Least favourite episode:
The Long Game - despite all the finale guff, it was still pointless, unimaginative and shapelss. No good lines, nothing special and a giant and as-yet-unexplained poo monster on the ceiling.
3. Favourite supporting actor (male):
John Barrowman. Where the hell did he come from? His screaming at the guards in "Bad Wolf" was shiver-worthy.
4. Favourite supporting actor (female):
Agh, name-block. The girl in Empty/Dances. Nancy? Very good, very motherly.
5. Least favourite supporting actor:
Simon Pegg. A fairly obvious part and he brought nothing interesting to it.
6. Best line of Doctor dialogue:
"Fantastic!" of course
7. Best line of dialogue (non-Doctor):
"You really don't want to know"
8. Worst line of dialogue (anyone):
The massive exposition dump at the start of "Boomtown"
9. Best scene or sequence:
The Dalek-in-the-sun scene.
10. Best singular image from series:
The regeneration. It was so completely imaginative and utterly unlike *any* speculation I'd seen, or any previous regeneration and yet worked beautifully.
11. Funniest moment or dialogue:
Andrew Marr bitching about the sugar minister.
12. Scariest moment:
OH god, why remind me? Richard Wilson going gasmask. I nearly threw up.
13: Saddest moment:
"Are you fright-ened, Rose-Tyler?" I couldn't *see*
14. Bit that made the least sense or you wished they'd cut:
The "Bad Wolf" thing was overused and under-thought-out.
15. Best special effect:
The Blitz.
16. Worst special effect:
The running Slitheen. Dudes in rubber suits would have looked better.
17. Favourite director:
Joe Ahearne
18. Favourite writer:
Rob Shearsmith
19. Best and Worst thing the BBC did in relation to this series:
Best: throw money at it
Worst: What's wrong with a Scottish accent? (OK< I can't prove it's BBC interference, but I'm pretty suspicious)
20. Sum up the last 13 weeks in less than 25 words:
I was half-interested until I heard the opening sccrrreeeeEEE noise on the first night. I was mildly impressed. It grew to take over MY LIFE
Supplemental #1. Rate all the episodes out of 100
1. 63% 2. 83% 3. 62% 4. 69% 5. 67% 6. 97% 7. 21% 8. 77% 9. 91% 10. 89% 11. 71% 12. 88% 13. 79%
Supplemental #2. Favourite thread on this blog:
This one!
Posted by: heather | Jun 18, 2005 at 21:49
Please note, there is no guarantee that I won't change my mind, or that quotations are accurate.
1. Favourite episode:
The Empty Child
2. Least favourite episode:
World War Three
3. Favourite supporting actor (male):
Simon Pegg (The Editor)
4. Favourite supporting actor (female):
Penelope Wilton (Harriet Jones, MP)
5. Least favourite supporting actor:
Steven Speirs (Slitheen copper)
6. Best line of Doctor dialogue:
"Hey, I am so impressive." (End of the World)
7. Best line of dialogue (non-Doctor):
"Well we all know what happens to non-entities. They get promoted" - The Editor
8. Worst line of dialogue (anyone):
"The buffalo password overrides everything." - The Doc
9. Best scene or sequence:
Dalek v. Van Statten's goons.
10. Best singular image from series:
Dalek Fleet at the end of Bad Wolf.
11. Funniest moment or dialogue:
"The stiffs are getting lively again" - Sneed.
12. Scariest moment:
Dr. Constantine's transformation
13: Saddest moment:
Rose's dad's death (final version).
14. Bit that made the least sense or you wished they'd cut:
The spinning fan blades in End of the World. RTD should watch Galaxy Quest.
15. Best special effect:
Coughing up a gas mask.
16. Worst special effect:
The Slitheen's killer electric stuff in Aliens of London/World War Three.
17. Favourite director:
Joe Ahearne
18. Favourite writer:
Stephen Moffatt
19. Best and Worst thing the BBC did in relation to this series:
Best: Made it.
Worst: "Next week" trailers.
20. Sum up the last 13 weeks in less than 25 words:
Cor, wow, blimey, gosh, it's back. And it's pretty smegging good.
Posted by: Bagpuss | Jun 18, 2005 at 21:57
1. Favourite episode: The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
2. Least favourite episode: The Long Game
3. Favourite supporting actor (male): John Barrowman
4. Favourite supporting actor (female): Florence Hoath
5. Least favourite supporting actor: Bruno Langley
6. Best line of Doctor dialogue: "And you know what? So was I?" - The Doctor, The Parting of the Ways
7. Best line of dialogue (non-Doctor): "And you, U-boat captain!" - Captain Jack Harkness, The Doctor Dances
8. Worst line of dialogue (anyone): "I'm shaking my booty" - Margaret (Bron Slitheen), Aliens of London
9. Best scene or sequence: The denoument of The Doctor Dances, as the nanogenes rewrite Jamie's DNA and the Doctor's sheer delight that just this once, "Everyody lives!"
10. Best singular image from series: The regeneration sequence at the close of The Parting of the Ways
11. Funniest moment or dialogue: "She's climbing out of the window right now isn't she?" - The Doctor, Boom Town (apologies if I didn't get the dialogue spot on)
12. Scariest moment: Jamie causing the clapping monkey to activate in The Empty Child
13: Saddest moment: The Doctor's acceptance of his impending regeneration, and that he will never see Rose again as he is now
14. Bit that made the least sense or you wished they'd cut: The seemingly endless farting in Aliens of London - Boom Town handled it much better in my opinion
15. Best special effect: The regeneration in The Parting of the Ways
16. Worst special effect: The Slitheen in World War III
17. Favourite director: Joe Aherne
18. Favourite writer: Steven Moffat
19. Best and Worst thing the BBC did in relation to this series: Best - Cast Christopher Ecclestone, Billie Piper and brought in Russell T Davies at the helm. Worst - The Next Time trailers that spoiled the cliffhangers and the Dalek reveal in Bad Wolf
20. Sum up the last 13 weeks in less than 25 words: Fantastic!
Supplemental #1. Rate all the episodes out of 100
Rose - 60
The End of the World - 62
The Unquiet Dead - 78
Aliens of London - 57
World War III - 53
Dalek - 88
The Long Game - 48
Father's Day - 81
The Empty Child - 92
The Doctor Dances - 97
Boom Town - 66
Bad Wolf - 86
The Parting of the Ways - 91
Supplemental #2. Favourite thread on this blog:
"This was their finest hour..."
Posted by: Jon | Jun 18, 2005 at 22:01
1. Favourite episode: “The Empty Child”
2. Least favourite episode: “Aliens of London”
3. Favourite supporting actor (male): John Barrowman (Jack Harkness)
4. Favourite supporting actor (female): Florence Hoath (Nancy)
5. Least favourite supporting actor: David Verrey (Joseph Green)
6. Best line of Doctor dialogue: “Just this once, everybody lives!”
7. Best line of dialogue (non-Doctor):
8. Worst line of dialogue (anyone): “I’m shaking my booty” - Margaret Slitheen
9. Best scene or sequence: The Empty Child interrupts the orphan’s feast.
10. Best singular image from series: Bad Wolf graffitied on the TARDIS.
11. Funniest moment or dialogue: Jack gives the instructions for how to entrap Margaret Slitheen.
12. Scariest moment: The voice calling out “mummy” to Rose at the start of “The Empty Child”
13: Saddest moment: Lynda with a Y gets exterminated
14. Bit that made the least sense or you wished they'd cut: The Slitheen farting. Please.
15. Best special effect: Doctor Constantine turns into a gas mask.
16. Worst special effect: The Slitheen.
17. Favourite director: James Hawes
18. Favourite writer: Stephen Moffat
19. Best and Worst thing the BBC did in relation to this series:
20. Sum up the last 13 weeks in less than 25 words: Interesting.
Supplemental #1. Rate all the episodes out of 100
1 - 52, 2 - 60, 3 - 84, 4 - 36, 5 - 46, 6 - 63, 7 - 60, 8 - 71, 9 - 88, 10 - 81, 11 - 49, 12 - 65, 13 - 80
Supplemental #2. Favourite thread on this blog:
Episode 12 revealed
Posted by: TSP | Jun 18, 2005 at 22:20
1. Favourite episode: FATHER'S DAY
2. Least favourite episode: THE LONG GAME
3. Favourite supporting actor (male): SHAUN DINGWALL
4. Favourite supporting actor (female): DOES ZOE WANAMAKER COUNT? IF NOT THE SCULLERY MAID IN UNQUIET DEAD
5. Least favourite supporting actor: DAVID VERREY
6. Best line of Doctor dialogue: 'If you wanna remember me, have a great life Rose. Have a fantastic life.'
7. Best line of dialogue (non-Doctor): Rose to Nancy 'Dont' tell anyone, but the Germans don't win. You win.'
8. Worst line of dialogue (anyone): Another one for 'I'm shaking my booty' - could be the 'not the mind probe' or 'nuzzink in ze vorld' of Doctor Who 2.0
9. Best scene or sequence: The regeneration.
10. Best singular image from series: All the patients sitting bolt upright after Doctor Constantine hits his walking stick against the waste bin.
11. Funniest moment or dialogue: The Doctor's 'Down boy!' to Charles Dickens when he asks what he and Rose do inside the TARDIS.
12. Scariest moment: 'I watched it happen. I MADE it happen!'. No really. This is the Doctor as out-of-control as he's ever been, capable of anything.
13: Saddest moment: The regeneration.
14. Bit that made the least sense or you wished they'd cut: The Slitheen farting.
15. Best special effect: The Big Ben crash. Interesting to note the BBC have really got some mileage out of this particular money shot, as, counting previews and reprises, it featured in no less than FOUR episodes!
16. Worst special effect: What else? The wheelie bin.
17. Favourite director: Joe Ahearne
18. Favourite writer: Paul Cornell
19. Best and Worst thing the BBC did in relation to this series: The publicity drive has been nothing less than astounding. Couldn't ask for more (although the spoiler previews could have been more tactfully handled). The way Auntie has pumped this crazy old show, which it used to practically bury towards the end of it's original run, into blockbuster, event TV has been hugely commendable. The worst thing was the way they mis-handled Eccleston's departure and the announcement of it. This not only spoilered an ending planned as a complete shock, but has seemingly soured Eccleston on the experience (re. his comments on the Eamonn Holmes radio show last week) and maybe ensured that he won't have any involvement in any future Doctor Who projects (be they audio plays, conventions or interview contributions to DVDs or documentaries). And that would be a shame.
20. Sum up the last 13 weeks in less than 25 words:
The best Doctor Who series ever (in descending order - 1(or 27 if you must), 13,14,26,19,7,12)
Posted by: togmeister | Jun 18, 2005 at 23:20
Favourite Episode: The Parting of the Ways (Better then anyone could have expected)
Least Favourite Episode: The Long Game (Despite seemingly everyone praisingit, I just thought it was weak)
Favourite supporting actor (male): John Barrowman ('Captain' Jack Harkness)
Favourite supporting actor (female): Billie Piper, or if that's just stating the obvious, then Florence Hoath (Nancy)
Least favourite supporting actor: Thw woman playing Rose's mother (She just got on my nerves most of the time)
Best line of Doctor dialogue: "Just this once... everybody lives!" (The Doctor Dances)
Best line of dialogue (non-Doctor): "There is a war on... is it possible you miscounted?" (Doctor Constantine, The Doctor Dances)
Worst line of dialogue (anyone): If I may, I'd like to include the whole farting sequence from 'Aliens In London', where the lines "I'm shaking my booty" and "I mean, that's hair-raising. Look!" appear. Simply dreadful. (Sorry to remind you all of it!)
Best scene or sequence: It's a tie between the Doctor's reaction to Rose being blasted in 'Bad Wolf' and his regeneration sequence in 'The Parting of the Ways'.
Best singular image from series: THAT Dalek fleet.
Funniest moment or dialogue: Rose's reaction to the Aliens in 'The End of the World'.
Scariest moment: Doctor Constantine's "Are you my mummy?" moment.
Saddest moment: The Doctor sending Rose away in the TARDIS in 'The Parting of the Ways'. The look on his face says it all.
Bit that made the least sense or you wished they'd cut: The Slitheen. Weakest aliens in the series (but even so, compared to most Sci Fi programs they're still pretty good.)
Best special effect: The gas-mask people. Oh, and the TARDIS appearing/disappearing.
Worst special effect: The Jagrafess... ah, whatever. It's a big blob on the ceiling.
Favourite director: Joh Ahearne (Dalek). Also behind the wonderful vampire series Ultraviolet. Track it down if you can.
Favourite writer: Steven Moffat. And (partly) Russell T. Davies for that blinding two-parter at the end. Woo!
Best and Worst thing the BBC did in relation to this series: The best thing they did was to do it! And the publicity has been amazing. The worst thing was the 'Next Time on...', which ruined the big surprise on more then one occasion. I know that's what it's for, but they could have been done better.
Sum up the last 13 weeks in less than 25 words: An amazing revival that few thought possible. Can't wait for the Christmas special!
Supplemental #1. Rate all the episodes out of 100
Rose 84%
The End of the World 85%
The Unquiet Dead 92%
Aliens in London 59%
World War Three 64%
Dalek 95%
The Long Game 42%
Father's Day 91%
The Empty Child 90%
The Doctor Dances 91%
Boom Town 51%
Bad Wolf 84%
The Parting of the Ways 92%
Supplemental #2. Favourite thread on this blog: All of them! I've been coming here since the beginning, but this is my first post. Rest assured, I'll be more active for David Tennant's run!
Posted by: Darth Marsden | Jun 19, 2005 at 09:38
I suppose I should answer my own questions...
1. Favourite episode: 'The Empty Child'
2. Least favourite episode: 'Aliens of London'
3. Favourite supporting actor (male): John Barrowman as Jack Harkness
4. Favourite supporting actor (female): Florence Hoath as Nancy
5. Least favourite supporting actor: Noel Clarke as Mickey Smith
6. Best line of Doctor dialogue: "It's either Marxism in action or a West End musicial..."
7. Best line of dialogue (non-Doctor): "Where am I going to go? Ipswich?" (Rose)
8. Worst line of dialogue (anyone): "Do you mind not farting when I'm saving the world".
9. Best scene or sequence: The Doctor "interrogates" the Dalek in that eponymous episode.
10. Best singular image from series: The Doctor offers his hand to Lynda as he promises to save her.
11. Funniest moment or dialogue: The sonic penis envy scene from 'The Doctor Dances'.
12. Scariest moment: Richard Wilson is "emptied".
13: Saddest moment: The Doctor tells Rose to lead a fantastic life during his first farewell
14. Bit that made the least sense or you wished they'd cut: The Mickey Smith subplot
15. Best special effect: Big Ben gets smacked by the Slitheen
16. Worst special effect: The wheelie bin in 'Rose'
17. Favourite director: James Hawes
18. Favourite writer: Steven Moffat
19. Best and Worst thing the BBC did in relation to this series: Best - the huge publicity drive. Worst - the huge publicity drive (bloody coming next trailers!)
20. Sum up the last 13 weeks in less than 25 words: The trip of a lifetime.
Supplemental #1. Rate all the episodes out of 100:
Rose - 75%
TEotW- 80%
TUD - 83%
AoL - 55%
WW3 - 60%
Dalek - 85%
TLG - 77%
FD - 82%
TEC - 95%
TDD - 94%
BT - 58%
BW - 80%
TPW - 90%
Supplemental #2. Favourite thread on this blog: Episode 12 Revealed.
Posted by: Neil Perryman | Jun 19, 2005 at 15:34
1. Favourite episode: 'Dalek'
2. Least favourite episode: 'Aliens of London'
3. Favourite supporting actor (male): John Barrowman (Captain Jack)
4. Favourite supporting actor (female): Florence Hoath (Nancy)
5. Least favourite supporting actor: Basil Chung (Bau)
6. Best line of Doctor dialogue: "D'you know like we were saying, about the Earth revolving? It's like when you're a kid, the first time they tell you that the world's turning and you just can't quite believe it 'cause everything looks like it's standing still? I can feel it. The turn of the earth. The ground beneath our feet is spinning at a thousand miles an hour, and the entire planet is hurtling around the sun at 67,000 miles an hour, and I can *feel* it. We're falling through space, you and me, clinging to the skin of this tiny little world, and if we let go... That's who I am. Now forget me, Rose Tyler. Go home."
7. Best line of dialogue (non-Doctor): "You would make a good Dalek."
8. Worst line of dialogue (anyone): "I'm shaking my booty" - Margaret (Bron Slitheen), Aliens of London
9. Best scene or sequence: The Doctor / Dalek confrontation in 'Dalek'
10. Best singular image from series: The Doctor and Rose striding through the council estate in 'Rose'
11. Funniest moment or dialogue: The Big Brother teaser in Bad Wolf -- "You've got to be joking..."
12. Scariest moment: "Are you my mummy?"
13: Saddest moment: Rose's father's sacrifice in 'Father's Day'
14. Bit that made the least sense or you wished they'd cut: The farting.
15. Best special effect: The Gelth
16. Worst special effect: The test tube disolving into the Nestene Consciousness.
17. Favourite director: Joe Aherne
18. Favourite writer: Paul Cornell
19. Best and Worst thing the BBC did in relation to this series: The best thing was throwing everything that could at promoting the series (understandable because of the investiment) then not screwing things up by tossing it around the schedule unless it was absolutely necessary. Part of the reason that it was a success was that people knew when it was going to be on. The absolute worse thing was messing up Chris's departure. We should not have known about it until last night -- some careful handling and it could have been amazing...
20. Sum up the last 13 weeks in less than 25 words:
Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic.
Supplemental #1. Rate all the episodes out of 100
Rose - 74
The End of the World - 73
The Unquiet Dead - 84
Aliens of London - 54
World War III - 65
Dalek - 91
The Long Game - 69
Father's Day - 89
The Empty Child - 95
The Doctor Dances - 94
Boom Town - 69
Bad Wolf - 83
The Parting of the Ways - 90
Supplemental #2. Favourite thread on this blog:
Episode 12 revealed
Posted by: Stu | Jun 19, 2005 at 16:44
1. Favourite episode: "Bad Wolf"
2. Least favourite episode: "Aliens of London"
3. Favourite supporting actor (male): Mickey / Noel Clark. I really liked Mickey and Clark did a great job of playing him. He was a coward, but he admitted it, but when it really counted, he stepped up.
4. Favourite supporting actor (female): I liked Lynda / Jo Joyner. She was sweet. More than that, I think she would have made a really good companion had she been kept on board instead of sucked out into space.
5. Least favourite supporting actor: Adam / Bruno Langley. Not that he was a bad actor, just that the character annoyed me.
6. Best line of Doctor dialogue: For the dramatic, I'd have to say that it was Christopher Eccleston's last words as the Doctor. "Rose, before I go, I just wanna tell you you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic! But you know what? So was I."
7. Best line of dialogue (non-Doctor): I'm gonna cop out and say that there were too many good lines to pick one.
8. Worst line of dialogue (anyone): When the two Bad Wolf technicians are bantering on while the Daleks are coming in "The Parting of the Ways."
"I'm only here cuz of you. I joined the program because you were on it." "Am I supposed to say 'when this is all over and if we're still alive maybe we should go for a drink'?" "That'd be nice." "Yeah, well, tough."
It just seemed tacked on.
9. Best scene or sequence: When the Doctor was standing at the pulpit, giving orders on what to do and how to survive in "Father's Day."
10. Best singular image from series: When the Doctor throws the nanogenes at the zombies in "The Doctor Dances."
11. Funniest moment or dialogue: The Doctor yelling at the zombies "Go to your room!" Of course, there were many, many more.
12. Scariest moment: The Dalek Emperor creeps me out.
13: Saddest moment: When Rose was "killed" by Anne Robinson.
14. Bit that made the least sense or you wished they'd cut: As for making the least amount of sense, Rose's transformation in "The Parting of the Ways." There's nothing at all that I wished they had cut.
15. Best special effect: The sun shields being raised and the sheer solar power ripping apart the rooms in "The End of the World."
16. Worst special effect: The Jagrafess. Too over the top and far too silly to be frightening.
17. Favourite director: Joe Ahearne, for the last two episodes.
18. Favourite writer: Steven Moffat, for "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances."
19. Best and Worst thing the BBC did in relation to this series: The best thing was, of course, bringing it back. The worst was letting us know who's going to be coming back and who won't.
20. Sum up the last 13 weeks in less than 25 words: I'll do it in one, horribly-cliched-by-now word: "FANTASTIC!"
Supplemental #1. Rate all the episodes out of 100
Mind you, these are all my very biased ratings. Some reflect how I felt about them when I saw them, and some reflect how I feel about them now.
Rose: 85%
The End of the World: 75%
The Unquiet Dead: 78%
Aliens of London: 70%
World War Three: 72%
- Aliens of London / WWIII: 73%
Dalek: 90%
The Long Game: 90%
Father's Day: 90%
The Empty Child: 95%
The Doctor Dances: 95%
- Empty Child / Doctor Dances: 98%
Boom Town: 87%
Bad Wolf: 99%
The Parting of the Ways: 98%
- Bad Wolf / Parting: 100%
-- Series as a Whole: 98%
Posted by: Nick! | Jun 19, 2005 at 22:40
What a tough ask but I'll do my best.
1. Favourite episode:
THE PARTING OF THE WAYS
2. Least favourite episode:
ALIENS OF LONDON
3. Favourite supporting actor (male):
SHAUN DINGWALL (as PETE TYLER)
4. Favourite supporting actor (female):
YASMIN BANNERMAN(JABE THE TREE)
5. Least favourite supporting actor:
RUPERT VANSITTART (as GENERAL ASQUITH)
6. Best line of Doctor dialogue:
"HAVE A FANTASTIC LIFE, ROSE!"
7. Best line of dialogue (non-Doctor):
"BLIMEY! YOU CAN SMELL THE TESTOSTERONE"
8. Worst line of dialogue (anyone):
"VICTORY IS BEST ENJOYED NAKED"
9. Best scene or sequence:
THE DOCTOR MEETING THE DALEK IN VAN STATTEN'S CAGE.
10. Best singular image from series:
THE SINGLE TEAR DROPPING AS JABE TOLD THE DOCTOR THAT SHE KNEW HE WAS A TIMELORD
11. Funniest moment or dialogue:
"WELL, I'VE GOT A BANANA AND AT A PUSH YOU COULD PUT UP SOME SHELVES"
12. Scariest moment:
ARE YOU MY MUMMY?
13: Saddest moment:
THE DOCTOR SENDING ROSE BACK HOME TO PROTECT HER FROM THE DELTA WAVE.
14. Bit that made the least sense or you wished they'd cut:
THE FARTING.
15. Best special effect:
BIG BEN SPACESHIP CRASH
16. Worst special effect:
THE NESTENE SIGNAL EMITTING FROM THE MILLENIUM WHEEL
17. Favourite director:
JAMES HAWES
18. Favourite writer:
STEVEN MOFFATT
19. Best and Worst thing the BBC did in relation to this series:
Best Thing: BRINGING IT BACK WITH SUCH A HUGE SENSE OF BELIEF, IT COULD SO EASILY AS HAVE BEEN A PARODY OR HALF-HEARTED EFFORT.
Worst Thing: THE WAY THEY HANDLED COMMUNICATION IN THE NEWS OF CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON'S DEPARTURE.
20. Sum up the last 13 weeks in less than 25 words:
A TRIP OF A LIFETIME: PROMISED AND DELIVERED. BILLIE PIPER: A REVELATION. CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON AND RUSSELL T DAVIES: GIVE THEM BAFTAS. ALL IN ALL... FANTASTIC.
Supplemental #1. Rate all the episodes out of 100
1 THE PARTING OF THE WAYS - 93%
2 THE EMPTY CHILD - 91%
2 DALEK - 91%
4 BAD WOLF - 90%
5 THE DOCTOR DANCES - 87%
6 FATHER'S DAY - 85%
6 THE UNQUIET DEAD - 85%
8 THE END OF THE WORLD 83%
9 THE LONG GAME 81%
10 BOOM TOWN - 79%
11 ROSE - 71%
12 WORLD WAR THREE - 67%
13 ALIENS OF LONDON - 61%
Supplemental #2. Favourite thread on this blog:
TOUGH CALL BUT I THINK THE PASSION OF "DON'T YOU DARE MAKE THIS PLACE DOMESTIC" HAS TO WIN OUT.
Posted by: Kev | Jun 19, 2005 at 23:33
1. Favourite episode:
The Empty Child
2. Least favourite episode:
The Long Game
3. Favourite supporting actor (male):
Richard Wilson
4. Favourite supporting actor (female):
Eve Miles
5. Least favourite supporting actor:
Anne Maxwell-Martin
6. Best line of Doctor dialogue:
"I don't know if it's marxism at work or a west-end musical"
7. Best line of dialogue (non-Doctor):
"What am I like? Have I gone grey? Have I gone bald?"
8. Worst line of dialogue (anyone):
Another vote for "I'm shaking my booty" and I'm one of the few that didn't mind the farting body suits.
9. Best scene or sequence:
The Doctor finds the TARDIS is an empty shell in Father's Day
10. Best singular image from series:
Nanogenes streaming from the Doctor's hands
11. Funniest moment or dialogue:
Jack and the Doctor debate the merits of a sonic screwdriver
"Who looks at a screwdriver and thinks oo this could be more sonic?"
"Have you never been bored? Never had a long night? Never had a lot of cabinets to put up?"
12. Scariest moment:
Nancy chained to a desk next to soldier who she knows has the Empty Child plague.
13: Saddest moment:
Rose's Dad realises that the idealised description Rose gives isn't him - "that's not me."
14. Bit that made the least sense or you wished they'd cut:
The TARDIS turns Bron Slitheen into an egg.
15. Best special effect:
Space ship clips Big Ben
16. Worst special effect:
Jagrafess
17. Favourite director:
Joe Ahearne
18. Favourite writer:
Stephen Moffatt
19. Best and Worst thing the BBC did in relation to this series:
Best: Bringing it back.
Worst: Put teasers after cliffhangers.
20. Sum up the last 13 weeks in less than 25 words:
Not being ashamed to talk about Doctor Who in public for the first time since I was twelve.
Supplemental #1. Rate all the episodes out of 100
Rose 65%
End Of The World 70%
The Unquiet Dead 85%
Aliens of London 85%
World War Three 70%
Dalek 80%
Long Game 30%
Fathers Day 95%
Empty Child 98%
The Doctor Dances 97%
Boom Town 35%
Bad Wolf 90%
Parting of the Ways 85%
Supplemental #2. Favourite thread on this blog:
Episode 12 revealed.
Have fun and take your time!
Posted by: Mark | Jun 20, 2005 at 02:44
1. Favourite episode:
‘Dalek’: simply the most thrilling, fan-pleasing episode of the whole lot. And as moving as new ‘Who’ is likely to get.
2. Least favourite episode:
On the basis of expectation, ‘Rose’ - which I thought was about as misguided and underwhelming a pilot as you could imagine. On the basis of quality, well…sorry, you said just the one choice for each category, didn’t you? Oh well, for those that wondered the other was also directed by Keith Boak.
3. Favourite supporting actor (male):
Regular or non-regular? Assuming you accept this loophole, for regular I’d have John Barrowman’s Captain Jack, hands down. For irregular, how about Corey Johnson’s ‘King of the Internet’ Henry van Statten from ‘Dalek’.
4. Favourite supporting actor (female):
Sorry to preach to the choir here, but wasn’t Florence Hoath from ‘The Empty Child’/’The Doctor Dances’ simply marvellous?
5. Least favourite supporting actor:
Mickey. Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
6. Best line of Doctor dialogue:
Shouldn’t there be a separate category for just Steven Moffatt’s episodes? So many to choose from, but I’ll go for ‘This time, everybody lives’ from TDD for its sheer joie-de-vivre.
7. Best line of dialogue (non-Doctor):
‘That’s what they do with non-entities round here, they promote them’ (Simon Pegg’s Editor from ‘The Long Game’)
8. Worst line of dialogue (anyone):
Can anything beat Margaret Slitheen’s ‘Shaking my booty’ travesty from ‘Aliens in London’?
9. Best scene or sequence:
The spine-tingling reveal of the Dalek in its cell from ‘Dalek’.
10. Best singular image from series:
A TARDIS-tripping Rose playing at God from ‘The Parting of the Ways’
11. Funniest moment or dialogue:
The Doctor sifting through a stack of guns in ‘Dalek’, dismissing one as a hairdryer. When in the old days, it probably would have been!
12. Scariest moment:
Richard Wilson gets a bad case of gasmask-enteritis.
13: Saddest moment:
Again, surely a separate category for ‘The Parting of the Ways’ is required? But I’d still go for that Dalek’s first glimpse of sunlight in ‘Dalek’.
14. Bit that made the least sense or you wished they'd cut:
Bad Wolf.
15. Best special effect:
The one that wasn’t - the Doctor gets back to the TARDIS in ‘Father’s Day’ to find it’s just a Police Box.
16. Worst special effect:
CGI Slitheen - stick to the rubber suits, guys!
17. Favourite director:
Joe Ahearne. Thank God James Hawes is still on board for next year.
18. Favourite writer:
Robert Shearman.
19. Best and Worst thing the BBC did in relation to this series:
Best: Giving it a real chance by letting people with talent, passion and an understanding of the show do what they like, how they like with the budget to match their vision.
Worst: Destroying what could have been one of the biggest surprises in TV history by panicking when the Sun got hold of that ‘Eccleston Quits’ rumour.
20. Sum up the last 13 weeks in less than 25 words:
Simply the chance to prove that my childhood faith in the show remains undiminished. What the hell am I going to do now on Saturdays?
Supplemental #1. Rate all the episodes out of 100
Rose: 30
The End of the World: 70
The Unquiet Dead: 80
Aliens in London: 20
World War Three: 40
Dalek: 90
The Long Game: 60
Father’s Day: 85
The Empty Child: 75
The Doctor Dances: 80
Boom Town: 50
Bad Wolf: 85
The Parting of the Ways: 80
Supplemental #2. Favourite thread on this blog:
Anything by Neil, as after all he’s the reason we’re all here.
Posted by: Sean | Jun 20, 2005 at 18:26
1. Favourite episode: Dalek
2. Least favourite episode: World War III
3. Favourite supporting actor (male): Shaoun Dingwall (Pete Tyler)
4. Favourite supporting actor (female): Billie Piper (Rose)
5. Least favourite supporting actor: Bruno Langley (Adam)
6. Best line of Doctor dialogue: "Have a fantastic life!"
7. Best line of dialogue (non-Doctor): Pete Tyler: "I've had all these extra hours- no-one else in the world has ever had that!"
8. Worst line of dialogue (anyone): Rose "Why is it always the gorgeous ones that disappear"
9. Best scene or sequence: The first Dalek/Doctor face off.
10. Best singular image from series: The Dalek in the sprinkler water 'crying' after learning it's the last of its race or after killing the soldiers.
11. Funniest moment or dialogue: The Tardis returns at the end of 'Rose'- "Oh by the way, did I mention it also travels in time!"
12. Scariest moment: the Doctor going apeshit in "Dalek".
13: Saddest moment: Pete Tyler realising he has to die to put things right.
14. Bit that made the least sense or you wished they'd cut: Adam fainting in the beginning of "The Long Game".
15. Best special effect: the Daleks in space, outside Lynda's window.
16. Worst special effect: the Slitheen chase scenes in World War III
17. Favourite director: Joe Ahearn
18. Favourite writer: Robert Shearman
19. Best and Worst thing the BBC did in relation to this series:
Best: commisioned the book tie ins....
Worst: Announced Billie Piper and Captain Jack would still be in Season 2, instead of letting us enjoy the surprise of seeing them come alive after being presumed dead.
20. Sum up the last 13 weeks in less than 25 words:
Escapism, healing, exciting, life-affirming, kind spirited, cosmic, even when it was silly it was essential. Only decent TV Show today.
Posted by: Tom (Preston Time Meddlers) | Jun 20, 2005 at 20:27
1. Favourite episode: Father's Day--beautiful!
2. Least favourite episode: The Long Game--began to bring back bad memories of the Happiness Patrol
3. Favourite supporting actor (male): John Barrowman--pitched perfectly between camp and action.
4. Favourite supporting actor (female): Florence Hoath (Nancy)--she had her own story, not just an adjunct to the Doctor's narrative.
5. Least favourite supporting actor: Simon Pegg--I like him, but he was "Simon Pegg" not a character.
6. Best line of Doctor dialogue: "I don't do families." (I may have got this slightly wrong, it was 13 weeks ago!)
7. Best line of dialogue (non-Doctor): Um, can I wait until the Shooting Scripts book comes out before I choose?
8. Worst line of dialogue (anyone): That booty-shaking line.
9. Best scene or sequence: The torturing of the Dalek--I felt sorry for it!
10. Best singular image from series: The Tardis/Rose entity.
11. Funniest moment or dialogue: The banana/gun scene from The Doctor Dances
12. Scariest moment: The "empty child" at the door and Nancy begging the Doctor not to open it. Absolutely petrifying, nightmare stuff.
13: Saddest moment: Rose's dad's final scenes.
14. Bit that made the least sense or you wished they'd cut: Enough with the farting, we get it!
15. Best special effect: The regeneration. Done right for once.
16. Worst special effect: CG slitheen--making them so fast it made no sense that they then couldn't catch their prey.
17. Favourite director: James Hawes
18. Favourite writer: Steven Moffatt
19. Best and Worst thing the BBC did in relation to this series: Best: Realizing that the show needed a real budget. Worst: Those bloody trailers!
20. Sum up the last 13 weeks in less than 25 words:
Not just a brilliant reinvention, but the best television of the whole year. Makes me proud to be a fan again!
Supplemental #1. Rate all the episodes out of 100
Rose: 60
The End of the World: 70
The Unquiet Dead: 65
Aliens in London: 50
World War Three: 55
Dalek: 90
The Long Game: 50
Father’s Day: 95
The Empty Child: 90
The Doctor Dances: 90
Boom Town: 50
Bad Wolf: 80
The Parting of the Ways: 85
Supplemental #2. Favourite thread on this blog:
This one brought me out of hiding...
Posted by: ted mills | Jun 22, 2005 at 18:20
1. Favourite episode: Parting of the Ways
2. Least favourite episode: End of the world
3. Favourite supporting actor (male):John Barrowman (Jack), duh!
4. Favourite supporting actor (female): The Slitheen woman acted well I thought.
5. Least favourite supporting actor: Micky. He was a nuscience.
6. Best line of Doctor dialogue: "I just have to say, you were fantastic! and you know what? So was I!"
7. Best line of dialogue (non-Doctor): "Exterminate!"- "I Kinda figured!"
8. Worst line of dialogue (anyone): "So you wanna get that Hotel room?"
9. Best scene or sequence: The part where the doctor sends rose home. Very emotional.
10. Best singular image from series: Nanostreams steaming out from the doc's hands
11. Funniest moment or dialogue: "You are the weakest link, Goodbye"- When she got the Daleks xD
12. Scariest moment: The doctor, Rose, Jack surrounded by Mommy boys
13: Saddest moment: Emergency Protocol 1
14. Bit that made the least sense or you wished they'd cut: The stupid thing in Adam's head -_-
15. Best special effect: The Police box flying through space always cracks me up xD
16. Worst special effect: The Slitheen
17. Favourite director: -
18. Favourite writer: Russle T Davis
19. Best and Worst thing the BBC did in relation to this series: Best: Jack. Added something that Rose, Doc and Adam couldn't. Worst: ADAM. WHYYYYYYYYY? and More importantly, MICKY- WHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY????
20. Sum up the last 13 weeks in less than 25 words:
Before I go I just have to say that Jack was fantastic ;)And you know what? So was The Doc.
Posted by: . | Jun 22, 2005 at 20:51