<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Doctor Who]]></title><description><![CDATA[Discussions of the classic british sci-fi show.]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/category/52</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 23:08:29 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.knightmare.com/forum/category/52.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2018 15:31:55 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Series 11]]></title><description><![CDATA[
I was quite startled and saddened by the enormous backlash against Jodie's first season, as I thought it was the deepest breath of fresh air the series had had in years. In particular, everything was new. There was no recycling of tired old monsters that had been used a zillion times in the past, almost no gratuitous backward referencing, and plenty of new enemies and guest characters.

Yeeeesssss, that's exactly what I felt. Really enjoyed that first series; shame it all went wrong after that. (Disagree about the companions, though - I love the show most with a full TARDIS crew!)

And then, they brought bloody TENNANT back!

I'm so glad I'm not the only person who had that reaction...
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/3133/series-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/3133/series-11</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Canadanne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2018 15:31:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Next Doctor]]></title><description><![CDATA[I haven't seen her in anything so I can't really give an opinion yet... but she certainly looks the part.
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/3050/the-next-doctor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/3050/the-next-doctor</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pooka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 22:50:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Series 10]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don't think the show has gotten worse or better since it's revival.   every series has a couple of really naff episodes, a couple of absolute awesome episodes and a then all the rest with are generally positive.
Just a pity spoilers spoiled the final with Master and First doc returning.  would have been so good had we not known in advance.
The Eaters of Light was the flop of the series for me this time, wasn't too keen on the monk trilogy either but it was ok.
And we might get a really good Christmas special this time, i find they're usually a bit rubbish.
bring back 7
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/3045/series-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/3045/series-10</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[wombstar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2017 15:57:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jon Pertwee - 20 years gone but not forgotten.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Definitely one of my favourites too. 
Wow, 20 years. I can vaguely recall seeing the news on TV but I don't think I fully appreciated what a loss it was at the time. Such a shame he wasn't around for longer.
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2880/jon-pertwee-20-years-gone-but-not-forgotten.</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2880/jon-pertwee-20-years-gone-but-not-forgotten.</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Canadanne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2016 20:54:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Series 9]]></title><description><![CDATA[
The Girl Who Died/The Woman Who Lived started off with a "Vikings vs. Robots" story, with The Doctor helping a small band of warriors defend their village Magnificent Seven-style. The latter was set centuries later and involved a Highwayman called "The Knightmare" (hmm....sounds familiar), I hope Tim Child got his cheque in the post! 

When you've stolen another bloke's face as the Twelfth Doctor has, stealing another cult TV show's wordplay isn't much of a stretch. Is this not the very image of a plagiarist caught in the act, guilt written all over 'his' face?Doctor Who Knightmare.jpgI trust that Hugo Myatt will be making his feelings known to Peter Davison at H-Con this weekend.
[image: Doctor Who Knightmare.jpg]
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2827/series-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2827/series-9</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Drassil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2015 15:06:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Face The Raven]]></title><description><![CDATA[That would have made the episode bearable... I spent the whole time waiting for Clara to die honestly just like '...Kill her already please?'
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2825/face-the-raven</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2825/face-the-raven</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gretel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 02:10:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Series 8]]></title><description><![CDATA[I actually quite liked this series... to a point.
The main problem I had with this series was the patchy writing. A good few of the episodes were written for a generic Doctor á la 8 through to 11 - someone sprightly, energetic or physically at his peak. 12 is none of those things - he's a brooding, grizzled "survivor" Doctor with a grumpy demeanour, but a heart in the middle of all of it (which we didn't get to see much of). The episodes actually written with Capaldi's Doctor in mind were much better, whereas other ones, such as Into the Dalek and Time Heist, would have suited Smith or Tennant. Listen, by contract, was a perfect episode for Capaldi.
I didn't like Dark Water - imagine a child whose parent has just died and been cremated watching that! - but Death in Heaven picked it up a little for me, and the absence-of-Gallifrey rage was the moment that I thought, "ah, there you are, Doctor." All in all, an OK ending to a series, although...
I want to get Clara back, somehow; even though both she and the Doctor have lied to each other, they're doing so (for the first time, I notice) in order not to hurt each other's feelings, or betray their own personal disappointment. Clara came into her own this series - although stifled by Danny Pink, who I found really annoying by the end - I'd like to see her as an independent companion again. I know she'll be back by Christmas, so it'll be interesting to see in what capacity.
All in all, a bit of a muddled series, held up (just) by good performances in terms of the acting, but marred by a mixed bag of writing. My favourite episodes, in fact, were Robot of Sherwood and In The Forest of the Night - the more light-hearted ones - as, frankly, they were more fun. It is, after all, a children's show, and a darker Doctor doesn't have to mean the absence of jokes at all!
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2726/series-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2726/series-8</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pooka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:55:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peri Brown & Majida...Something(s) they share in common]]></title><description><![CDATA[I still haven't watched Trial so I can't really defend Peri's accent at all (Love Nicola but that accent was pure rubbish!)
I have to say, I found Jackie's accent oddly... sexy? I think that's just me being weird and perhaps a little in love with the actress pre hearing that accent? shrugs either way, not as bad as Peri's but still pretty pants.
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2631/peri-brown-majida...something-s-they-share-in-common</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2631/peri-brown-majida...something-s-they-share-in-common</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gretel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:05:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Adventure in Space and Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[This one from 2010 with Mark Gatiss and Rory Kinnear as the main characters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Men_in_the_Moon_(2010_film)
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2600/an-adventure-in-space-and-time</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2600/an-adventure-in-space-and-time</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Melusina]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2013 17:02:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Night of the Doctor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oh right I wonder what you were talking about. That whole sequences was poorly done and better best forgotten anyway, blink and you'll miss everything.
Their are more TARDIS in that sequence than doctors, which suggests each doc turned up several times from different time lines.. so there was in fact 2 maybe 3 7th docs present.  More that came to the party the more energy/power to freeze the planet.
And for the record I didn't like the episode that much, too much filler. We all moaned at how short it was but in reality it ended up being too long.
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2599/the-night-of-the-doctor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2599/the-night-of-the-doctor</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[wombstar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2013 18:01:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Missing Episodes soon to be released?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robot Yetis! Gotta love 'em. (and yes that is all I'll say for now).
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2586/missing-episodes-soon-to-be-released</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2586/missing-episodes-soon-to-be-released</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gretel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:28:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hugo Myatt in "Omega"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Afternoon all,
I've seen this audio mentioned in few posts over the years but I thought I'd just bring some attention back to it because I've only just got round to listening to it myself!
Has anyone else heard the Big Finish Doctor Who Audio "Omega" that features Hugo Myatt? It's about 10 years old now, but I really enjoyed it, and it's now permanently reduced in price (along with the rest of the first 50 main range releases) and I reckon it's worth a listen if you haven't already -
What do you think, Sirs?
He's also been in some of their Gallifrey audios but I've not heard any of those.
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2558/hugo-myatt-in-omega</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2558/hugo-myatt-in-omega</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex_Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2013 14:29:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capaldi? At last the mold is broken.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Okay, so I've been staying out of here for the simple reason I'm a big old softy who loves all the Doctors the same (although I am pretty damn happy to see Capaldi stepping in finally! I've wanted him to do something Who-ish for ages so the main show makes me a very happy maid!)
I'm also a massive fan of the single and arced episodes, although I have to say the River Song thing pees me right off. Mainly because why have her FLIRT with her own mother for good lord's sakes? Or her father for that matter? Just... icky.
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2538/capaldi-at-last-the-mold-is-broken.</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2538/capaldi-at-last-the-mold-is-broken.</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gretel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2013 21:03:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Series 7: Part 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Neil Gaiman's cyberman story was horrid.
Also just irritates me the Moff and re-written the history of the Doctor.
For 50 years fans assumed he stole the Tardis and grew old... nope, he was told which one and was already an old man (in appearance)
Moff also suffers from writers block almost every episode, too many time-loops and re-set buttons popping up all the time, and all his female character and written exactly the same, and they all have to be 'extra special'
Thing is the Moff was never a fan of the show, which is part the problem. I also think it's wrong for him to have complete creative control over the 50th.
Matt Smith has been one of the favourites, it's just a pity he had to deal with one of the shows worse show runners.
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2475/series-7-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2475/series-7-part-2</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[wombstar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:41:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Curse of Fenric / Seventh Doctor Stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oh, I can't get it. All my channels are free viewing.
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2439/the-curse-of-fenric-seventh-doctor-stories</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2439/the-curse-of-fenric-seventh-doctor-stories</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[wombstar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:57:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attack of the Graske]]></title><description><![CDATA[...As mentioned less than two months ago in this same topic. It's not that forgettable.
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2406/attack-of-the-graske</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2406/attack-of-the-graske</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Drassil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:14:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Series 7 - Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[A few scattered thoughts:


DOAS was clearly written with small boys in mind - dinosaurs, space travel, lots of action, silliness, explosions, pantomime villain... but I loved it. Made me laugh. And Mitchell and Webb... fantastic touch.


The Doctor didn't give a real reason as to why he didn't just go back and collect Amy and Rory from the past. He threw out some line and then moved on. He's got a time machine, but it seems as if the writers just create endless "fixed event in time" scenarios when they want to stop something happening.


They're not dead! Well, they are now, but they lived to an old age in the past. Everyone's saying they're dead, but they're not! This sort of thing shouldn't matter to a man who can travel through space and time... surely if he travels to the far future, everyone he knows is dead? He never comments on that, does he?


Jenna Louise Coleman - very good. Oswyn - very good. Will she play the same character in the Christmas special? I doubt it, as she's really a Dalek. Who knows? Freema Agyeman and Karen Gillan both played incidental characters before becoming companions, so I don't see why not.


I knew all along what would happen to Amy and Rory. From the moment I knew Weeping Angels were in the episode, I knew exactly what was going to be their fate. It was completely obvious. That's not to say that it wasn't pulled off well though, it was... and when Rory said he was going to jump off the tower, I immediately thought, "oh, shit".


What happened to the Technicolour Daleks? I know a lot of people didn't like them, but if you're going to change the entire Dalek race, at least stay with what you've got; reintroducing older Dalek models is one thing, but using CGI to create A HUGE CHAMBER PACKED WITH ORIGINAL-STYLE DALEKS (with about two red ones in the back row) is a retcon without a retcon.


All in all, I loved the first half of the series; I think it's great stuff. I've picked on a few things here which are details stupidly small enough for someone like me to notice. But it was a much better series than 6 was. And I'm looking forward to the rest.


]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2402/series-7-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2402/series-7-part-1</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pooka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 21:55:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Series 7 Trailer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here it is.
I could say so many things about this, but I shall restrict my comments to being that riding a triceratops is awesome.
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2386/series-7-trailer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2386/series-7-trailer</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pooka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:02:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[You ever noticed....?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Turlough is one of my favourite companions. The dynamic between him and the Doctor is genuinely fascinating, and something that I'm hoping will be attempted again in the new series.
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2381/you-ever-noticed....</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2381/you-ever-noticed....</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[DarkComet]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:11:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[RIP Caroline John]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yes - sad to hear about Mary Tamm. Still, 62's not bad innings when you consider it.
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2359/rip-caroline-john</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2359/rip-caroline-john</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pooka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:18:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Closing Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[Afraid I haven't bothered reviewing any episodes since before the halfway-hiatus. Reason? They've been so boring, predictable and infantile ever since A Good Man Goes To War that, frankly, C.B.A. And I still can't. If the makers don't feel like making an effort, why should I? I'll give a few thoughts, but not a proper review.
This season, just like last year's, started so well and has since sunk into the mire of a whimsical, self-indulgent, infantile ideas-void. We've known since week one that the Doctor faces an appointment with destiny in the final part, we've known since about week eight that River Song is the likely murderer, and so ever since, the season has been frantically treading water, trying to find ways of filling out its episode-run before it's allowed to drag itself back to the inevitable. This is an indictment of the story arcs that modern Dr. Who has become so dependent on. It counts on its audience being so eager to see how the running theme plays itself out that they'll keep coming back to watch subsequent episodes regardless, so it feels it doesn't have to bother with making individual stories any good. The impression I get though is that this is not the case. The signs are that a lot of story-starved fans, myself included, are so exhausted with the meandering season-arcs, the crowbarred over-emotional exposition, and the zany smugness that permeate the series that they are on the brink of deserting it. Most of the crudeness of the RTD era is thankfully gone, but little else has improved, at least not to a consistent standard.
As for this episode itself, about the only thing I liked about it was the subtle tribute to Patrick Troughton's lines in The Three Doctors/The Five Doctors ("Been doing up your flat? I don't like it at all." - only a rough quote there, as I refuse to re-watch the episode and get it right). The puerile attempts at homoerotic humour would have made the cast of the Carry On films go red in the face, and the "killed them with love" trash near the end made me want to throw up. I don't want to sound like some testosterone-fuelled, soldier-boy macho-pants, but bloody man the hell up a bit, Dr Who!
In fact, this was so bad, even my mum, who's usually an unashamed squueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-shrieker for the rebooted series, admitted she found it tiresome and childish. Normally you'll never hear her speaking up for the old series in favour of the new, but I was sure I heard her muttering, "Bring back Colin Baker..." at least once while the story failed to progress.
Rubbish, just utter rubbish. 3/10.
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2286/closing-time</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2286/closing-time</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[HStorm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:45:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night Terrors]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is more like it. After the hit-and-miss "Let's Kill Hitler", "Night Terrors" was much better in comparison. Mark Gatiss is one of my favourite DW writers, who's penned some classic adventures. There's no confusing twists/arc's, just excellent one-off storys reminiscent of Classic-Who. The fact that all of his episodes to date have been earthbound, show's that he's a fan of the Pertwee era.  He once again proved that to make great Who, you just need an excellent story &amp; a superb cast to do it justice.
The Peg Dolls were a mixture of the Vashta Nerada (Series 4), the Gas Mask kid (Series 1) and The Flood (Waters of Mars). Their appearance was equally similar to the Clockwork Robots from "The Girl in the Fireplace" (Series 2). They may have not been original, but that didn't stop them from being scary. There was also solid performances all round, particularly Jamie Oram as George. Matt Smith was at his usual crazy best, like the Seventh Doctor he just keeps on evolving with each passing series.
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2282/night-terrors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2282/night-terrors</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[BBrooks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:03:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Girl Who Waited]]></title><description><![CDATA[Certainly this was my favourite of the season, alongside The Doctor's Wife.
Tension and build up; the story had plenty of both. All done on what seems to be a pretty small budget (i think the opening two parter ate the majority of the season money pot )
A story I like revisiting frequently.
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2280/the-girl-who-waited</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2280/the-girl-who-waited</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kieran]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:40:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's Kill Hitler]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's taken me a week to mull this episode over, I liked it but it had it's problems. There was Action, Comedy, Drama, Hollywood-style CGI, intricate plots, regenerations (plenty of), timey-wimey stuff and Terminator 2 rip offs. In short, there was too much going on and it would have worked better as a two-parter. They could have spent half hour establishing the Mels character more and then ended part 1 with the River reveal. Instead we had it in the first 15 minutes, if you had missed "A Good Man goes to War" then you would have been totally confused. Which is what you get when you make a DW series too arc-heavy.
Adolf Hitler should really have been left out altogether, apart from some funny scenes he didn't do anything for the story. Also the lack of he and Zimmerman having thick german accents was a bit annoying too.
It wasn't all bad though, "Let's Kill Hitler" had some of the best special effects in DW history. The X-Men &amp; T-2 inspired robot transformation scenes were visually stunning. The greatest peformances came from Matt and Alex Kingston, her portrayal of River as a super confident  assasin was superb. Matt Smith gave his 100% as usual. The scene where the TARDIS showed him images of his previous companions, was one for the NuWho fans only. Pity they didn't show any of the Classic companions.
Overall it was an enjoyable fast-paced adventure, but there was so much happening that it felt bloated. Series 6 Part 1 opened with the excellent "The Impossible Astronaut / Day of the Moon", sadly LKH didn't live up to that. Bring back the good old-fashioned storytelling of Classic Who, with no series arcs please.
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2277/let-s-kill-hitler</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2277/let-s-kill-hitler</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[BBrooks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:13:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recession-bit Who]]></title><description><![CDATA[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/06/14/no-full-series-of-doctor-who-in-2012-auntie-cops-to-it-but-promises-special-2013/
Only a half-season next year...
]]></description><link>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2248/recession-bit-who</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/2248/recession-bit-who</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[HStorm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:44:51 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>