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Great episode, thoroughly enjoyed it. It was suitably creepy right up to the spoilers flickering lightbulb....

Then they should have taken a leaf out of Japanese horror and left it to our imaginations, cos those statues were *not* so creepy when seen. The first time the statue had teeth, I swore. But when they were all coming on, looking like they were doing the Time Warp or something, it wasn't so creepy.

Still, a fantastic episode which I really enjoyed. I really like Stephen Moffat's stories.

DW

PS I may kill Graham Norton if he talks over the best part of the credits ever again...

I may also need to hunt down whatever genius decided to run a news item on a Doctor Who convention *in Gloucester* less than 40 miles from where I am, where *Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred* were appearing, *after* the convention ended. I may die... :'(

Tell us what you liked about it that leaves you wanting more?

DW

Agreed.

I hope that RTD was watching that as proof that a virtually Doctor-less episode doesn't have to turn out like Love and Monsters.

I liked the little montage of random statues at the end - it was enough to give little kids the heebies. wink

Well, although I've avoided reading it, the press release/summary/plot for the finale is out there.

I'm less than thrilled by what I'm hearing about the last episode...

Spoilers:

Apparently, Martha's going to save the world. Can't the flippin' title character get to do that for once?!

End finale speculation

Back to this week:

Spoilers:

I know that, with Jack back, it was inevitable that we were gong to get another load of "RoseRoseRoseSQUEEEEEOMFGRose!!!!!!111!!!!" shoved down our throats, but I still reserve the right to be bored with it after almost an entire series of her getting special treatment.

I know that we only saw John Simm briefly, but my only complaint with his performance so far is that him having that role rules him out as a future Doctor - which, from that couple of minutes of watching him, I'd have quite liked to see. sad

End spoilers

As you can see from my earlier posts, I'm not a fan. I've said exactly the same thing as you multiple times.

I was willing to give her a chance to start with, but her saving the Doctor's neck to prove herself on her debut was one thing - her turning into a walking deus ex machina by the end of that series was another.

And by the second series - from the Sleeping Beauty routine in The Christmas Invasion to the constant soap opera relationship bickering that meant that I couldn't give even half a hoot for either of the clingy, self-obsessed lead characters by the end - I just wanted rid of her by any means necessary.

The girl's an utter Mary-Sue.

No other companion's gotten eulogised like this. I know that she has a fanbase, but I wish that RTD'd let her go, or I feel as though the Doctor'll still be pining for her five years from now - and she was a poisonous enough influence when she was actually physically there.

I feel sorry for Freema Agyeman. It's not just Martha who's constantly being overshadowed - it's her, too.

We hope. rolleyes

At least Stephen Moffat seems to've had a sense of moderation so far. I'd have been far more worried if Paul Cornell was taking over primary duties - between watching his episodes and listening to him in interviews, he's as crazy about shoehorning Rose, "Rose's story" and/or her bolt-on relatives into things as RTD is.