Doctor Who 5x08 - The Hungry Earth

[Danny Stewart]

Sorry I'm late, moved to an apartment this weekend (where there is no internet yet).

Also, this was like an old series episode. Seriously.

[Ronnie Rowlands]

Yeah, a not very good old series episode.

[Danny Stewart]

Originally Posted by Ronnie Rowlands

Yeah, a not very good old series episode.

I liked it.

[Ronnie Rowlands]

Meh, it was okay. Yeah, let's set up a whole security network in 10 minutes and carry on using the sonic screwdriver as a magic wand.

Actually it was quite good apart from that.

[Danny Stewart]

Originally Posted by Ronnie Rowlands

Yeah, let's set up a whole security network in 10 minutes and carry on using the sonic screwdriver as a magic wand.

The time limit? Okay, bit of a stretch. The concept, however, I liked, and I didn't feel that the sonic screwdriver was particularly abused.

[Ronnie Rowlands]

no it just hacked a whole computer network in 2 seconds

also they've screwed with the silurians. if RTD did that you'd go nuts.

[Danny Stewart]

Originally Posted by Ronnie Rowlands

no it just hacked a whole computer network in 2 seconds

I need to watch it again but I don't think it was out of place.

Originally Posted by Ronnie Rowlands

also they've screwed with the silurians. if RTD did that you'd go nuts.

No, actually. This is a different offshoot of the same ancestor race, so they can be different. I also noticed that they were careful about using "Silurians" to describe them. As far as I recall, they were only called "Silurians" once. The Doctor prefers to call them "homo-reptilia."

[Ronnie Rowlands]

oh shit yeah

i like the low key cliff hangers they've used for the two parters so far

[Danny Stewart]

Originally Posted by Ronnie Rowlands

i like the low key cliff hangers they've used for the two parters so far

Also strongly agreed.

[Ronnie Rowlands]

and Chibnall/Moffat deals with this threat to the human race better than RTD ever did. Instead of pandemonium in the streets, UNIT bursting onto the scene with Martha Jones leading the troops from astride a big fuck off helicarrier and those bloody world news flashes, we get three people in a cramped, dark church being told, "The only way we'll prevent a war is if you're the best bloody humans you can be." Or whatever. much better i find

[Danny Stewart]

Originally Posted by Ronnie Rowlands

and Chibnall/Moffat deals with this threat to the human race better than RTD ever did. Instead of pandemonium in the streets, UNIT bursting onto the scene with Martha Jones leading the troops from astride a big fuck off helicarrier and those bloody world news flashes, we get three people in a cramped, dark church being told, "The only way we'll prevent a war is if you're the best bloody humans you can be." Or whatever. much better i find

Well, better late than never I guess for somebody to see/agree with my perspective on RTD's stories.

[Recurring Villain]

I reckon they look like humans because the Silurians used the dead (and otherwise) human bodies they stole through the magic dirt in some way to make up their numbers (thus the autopsy on the guy etc). If they weren't some kind of lower class freaks they wouldn't have to wear masks that look like actual lizards. I reckon they're all slaves of the real Silurians who actually look like lizards. At least, I hope they are. Because if the Silurians have been "updated" to look like people in face paint, then that, along with the cheery new Dalek flavors, are two classic who villains Moffat has ruined.

This season is still stronger than any of the last ones, but damn Steve, fire the art department.

[Danny Stewart]

Originally Posted by Recurring Villain

I reckon they're all slaves of the real Silurians who actually look like lizards.

Not sure about that.



Like the idea, but would they outsource further experimentation to their experiments?

[Recurring Villain]

aw fuck it then

i guess the new silurians are just plain shite

[Zeo]

Do you remember the original Silurians? They had a bloody ray gun as a third eye ffs. If the Moff or RTD did that you'd be fuming

[Danny Stewart]

Originally Posted by Zeo

Do you remember the original Silurians? They had a bloody ray gun as a third eye ffs. If the Moff or RTD did that you'd be fuming

Well, I certainly wouldn't be fuming if they'd kept it from the original. I actually had no real problem with it in The Silurians.

[Recurring Villain]

Originally Posted by Zeo

Do you remember the original Silurians? They had a bloody ray gun as a third eye ffs. If the Moff or RTD did that you'd be fuming

that's like saying "if RTD kept the Dalek's plungers you'd be fuming"

in conclusion, you are retarded

[Danny Stewart]

Originally Posted by Recurring Villain

that's like saying "if RTD kept the Dalek's plungers you'd be fuming"

in conclusion, you are retarded

More pithy than mine, so you win.

[Ronnie Rowlands]

Originally Posted by Recurring Villain

that's like saying "if RTD kept the Dalek's plungers you'd be fuming"

in conclusion, you are retarded

he means if they introduced it you clown

[Danny Stewart]

Originally Posted by Ronnie Rowlands

he means if they introduced it you clown

But the point is moot because it was there in the original.