Doctor Who

Beansprout · 13 Apr 2008 at 15:05

Catherine Tate is awful

Trifid · 13 Apr 2008 at 15:14

Beansprout said:
Catherine Tate is awful

Agreed. Is she going to be the co star in the whole season?

Apart from some poor acting at points it was a reasonably good episode.

Azagoth · 13 Apr 2008 at 15:17

Beansprout said:
Catherine Tate is awful

Too bloody right! I think it was a case of the BBC having to find something for her to do because they'd paid her a substantial wad of cash. Much the same as they did with Graham Norton, threw money at him and then had to find things for him to do to justify themselves.

Feek · 13 Apr 2008 at 16:15

I thought last nights was rubbish, utter garbage.

james.miller · 13 Apr 2008 at 16:21

agreed. i said this this morning when the gf watched it on On demand. Tate can not act at all well.

Azagoth · 13 Apr 2008 at 16:22

No matter what the situation, I always feel she's about to let loose with the "what a ****ing liberty" line.

Beansprout · 13 Apr 2008 at 16:24

I propose replacing catherine tate with a westcountry farmer. "ee byyy gumm its an aleean, oo arrr"

Nothing can be worse than her accent. I thought she'd be able to speak like she had a brain, but it looks like they've taken her character from her own awful show and dropped it right into doctor who.

m_cozzy · 13 Apr 2008 at 16:52

Beansprout said:
Catherine Tate is awful

Nice rack though

But my favorite sidekick was billy, cant wait till she returns in the later episodes.

Rackerz · 13 Apr 2008 at 17:08

Billy was meh favourite. Catherine Tate is ok, tries to be funny and fails rather badly at times.

Tombo · 13 Apr 2008 at 17:59

Beansprout said:
I propose replacing catherine tate with a westcountry farmer. "ee byyy gumm its an aleean, oo arrr"

Nothing can be worse than her accent. I thought she'd be able to speak like she had a brain, but it looks like they've taken her character from her own awful show and dropped it right into doctor who.

Can't stop laughing at the westcountry farmer thing.

Spleenus · 13 Apr 2008 at 18:23

Am I the only one who thinks Tate is quite good in this new series? Adds a new element to the story compared to Martha.

ElectroBlaster · 13 Apr 2008 at 18:37

Spleenus said:
Am I the only one who thinks Tate is quite good in this new series? Adds a new element to the story compared to Martha.

Im starting to like her! Im warming to her outburts of comedy, the first episode had me in fits when she kicked off "YOU WANT TOO MATE?" LMAO

The second episode was fantastic imho and donna is starting to settle in the role

Dolph · 13 Apr 2008 at 18:39

Spleenus said:
Am I the only one who thinks Tate is quite good in this new series? Adds a new element to the story compared to Martha.

Catherine Tate is legions better than the cardboard cretin that was Martha Jones... I rate Martha as one of the worst companions ever, she's up there with Mel (Bonnie Langford) IMO.

At least Donna has a personality, and her presence actually seems to matter (unlike Martha)

MeatLoaf · 13 Apr 2008 at 22:40

I really liked the episdoe and im liking Tate as a companion a lot more than i thought.

Another hint at this series keyword tonight, the shadow proclomation was mentioned again as it was last episode

Antar Bolaeisk · 13 Apr 2008 at 23:02

Rackerz said:
Billy was meh favourite. Catherine Tate is ok, tries to be funny and fails rather badly at times.

Says a lot though when Billie Piper can make a two second appearance and steal the show.

I think Tate's doing okay so far, have never watched her before because I never really liked her so am not noticing the similarities of characters.

What was that about a planet going missing as well, it seemed to be a very throw-away line but that seems to be how Davies works when giving not so subtle hints. Could it be Rose related (And possibly Time-War as well, seemed to focus a lot on the Doctor and Gallifrey).

Gideon Lorr · 13 Apr 2008 at 23:15

MeatLoaf said:
I really liked the episdoe and im liking Tate as a companion a lot more than i thought.

Another hint at this series keyword tonight, the shadow proclomation was mentioned again as it was last episode

Plus the mention of the destruction of another planet (last week being the planet where the adipose were bred). Apparently the motions for this year's finale were set in place in series 1, according to wiki at least.

PCZ · 14 Apr 2008 at 08:42

Think we will see better from CT.
FIrst episode was ludicrously bad, i nearly turned it off when i got bored of the nearly finding each other line.
Talking through the windows with the villan overlooking was class though.

Get CT up against the Daleks or Cybermen and i'm sure we will have belly laughs.

So what is it with the Rose thing ?
She found a way to project herself ?
Doctor needed the power of a SN so how is she doing it ? if it indeeed is her.

NickK · 14 Apr 2008 at 09:09

I think she's a welcome break from the submissive assistant as it was getting a little old... not so easy on the eyes as Billie but does inject her own thing into the series.

Von Luck · 14 Apr 2008 at 09:16

fini · 19 Apr 2008 at 19:06

I have to say that was a much better episode. The fact that they were lobotomised yet were still able to join in as normal once freed didn't seem to make a whole lot of sense, but the episode flowed well. Only real downsides was the episode being punctuated by bad Catherine Tate acting.