Re: Rate "The Doctor's Wife"

by **The Co=Ordinator** Sun May 15, 2011 12:16 pm

Of course for the next 2 weeks we have Matthew Graham's return to the show. He really needs to live up to what Gaiman gave us and prove that Fear Her was a one off blip.

by **Patrick** Sun May 15, 2011 12:19 pm

The Co=Ordinator wrote:Too much information Patrick...............

Sid Seadevil wrote:
Patrick wrote:And having zen moments with them as I change the oil.
Zoltar wrote:
VERY

You three have apparently never read Robert Pirsig's Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

At any rate, I'm in agreement with Zoltar- I definately want to find the Confidential on this.

by Sid Seadevil Sun May 15, 2011 12:20 pm

Dave Webb wrote:It has added Neil Gaiman. And TARDIS based nostalgia.

Gaiman reading from this own script is worth the price of admission alone.

by **Zoltar** Sun May 15, 2011 1:02 pm

Sid Seadevil wrote:
Dave Webb wrote:It has added Neil Gaiman. And TARDIS based nostalgia.
Gaiman reading from this own script is worth the price of admission alone.

Yep, you've described exactly why I want it.

by The Browncoat Cat Sun May 15, 2011 1:55 pm

Sid Seadevil wrote:
Dave Webb wrote:It has added Neil Gaiman. And TARDIS based nostalgia.
Gaiman reading from this own script is worth the price of admission alone.

Neil Gaiman reading the London telephone directory would sound wonderful he has a wonderfully mellow reading voice. Him reading The Graveyard Book on his web site persuaded me to buy the book. I would dearly love it if Gaiman did the audio narration for blind people on the DVD release of this episode.

by **The Co=Ordinator** Sun May 15, 2011 1:57 pm

I gave up on Confidential years ago. However following posts in this thread have just caught up with it on iplayer. Excellent stuff indeed.

Gaiman's place in Who Folklore is assured. Smile

by andrea Sun May 15, 2011 2:57 pm

I have given it 5 as I could see it was indeed brilliant. However, at the moment I feel as if I admire it rather than love it. Perhaps a second viewing will change that - with the benefirt of having read Frank's review on CRT I think it might well do.

Personally, I am rather looking forward to Matthew Graham's episodes as I enjoyed Fear Her in its quiet way and would like another quiet little episode (or, indeed, two). I suppose I won't get it though...

by Exterminieren Sun May 15, 2011 4:28 pm

Well, that was rather special. 5/5 all the way to the bank.

And wasn't Matt Smith stunning?

by **Patrick** Sun May 15, 2011 9:40 pm

Exterminieren wrote:Well, that was rather special. 5/5 all the way to the bank.

And wasn't Matt Smith stunning?

I think this may have been one of Smith's singular best performances in the role, actually. His interplay with Jones as Idris/The TARDIS was sublime and the stuff of Doctor Who legend.

by **Zoltar** Sun May 15, 2011 10:40 pm

Patrick wrote:I think this may have been one of Smith's singular best performances in the role, actually. His interplay with Jones as Idris/The TARDIS was sublime and the stuff of Doctor Who legend.

I agree, he did a fantastic job. Loved his interplay with Suranne Jones, they were a great team.

by Sid Seadevil Mon May 16, 2011 12:34 am

I was also amazed by the Smith and Jones chemistry. Outstandingly excellent work by both performers.

by **Nick Barlow** Mon May 16, 2011 1:18 am

I went for 4/5 - it was good, but I didn't think it was quite as knock-it-out-of-the-park amazing as everyone else seems to.

And quite frankly, if Graham's script is nothing more than the best of sparacus, I'll give it a 3/5 if we don't get another 'oh no, Rory's dead...oh wait, he got better' moment.

by Hacky Mon May 16, 2011 7:48 am

The Co=Ordinator wrote:Of course for the next 2 weeks we have Matthew Graham's return to the show. He really needs to live up to what Gaiman gave us and prove that Fear Her was a one off blip.

I'd like to see that, yes. Mrs. Hacky and I have finally gotten around to watching the first series of Life on Mars via Netflix and we're enjoying Graham's work.

Nick Barlow wrote:I went for 4/5 - it was good, but I didn't think it was quite as knock-it-out-of-the-park amazing as everyone else seems to.

And quite frankly, if Graham's script is nothing more than the best of sparacus, I'll give it a 3/5 if we don't get another 'oh no, Rory's dead...oh wait, he got better' moment.

Wait, is there something I don't know? Is Ben Chatham in it?

by **The Co=Ordinator** Mon May 16, 2011 7:53 am

I fear copyright issues have prevented that Mike.

by barnaby morbius Mon May 16, 2011 12:44 pm

just back from a weekend away(very nice thanks)
thought it was a bit good.

by **The Co=Ordinator** Mon May 16, 2011 1:05 pm

barnaby morbius wrote:just back from a weekend away(very nice thanks)

Did you stay dry (externally obviously)?

by barnaby morbius Mon May 16, 2011 1:11 pm

The Co=Ordinator wrote:
barnaby morbius wrote:just back from a weekend away(very nice thanks)

Did you stay dry (externally obviously)?

yeah-we were quite lucky. weather held out. lots of good food and beer as well.

by **The Co=Ordinator** Mon May 16, 2011 1:21 pm

Just what The Doctor ordered!

by **Patrick** Tue Sep 04, 2012 9:47 am

(BUMP)

Thought everyone would like to know Neil Gaiman was awarded the Hugo for "The Doctor's Wife" this past Sunday. He promptly announced he's writing another script for Who.

HOORAY!

by andrea Tue Sep 04, 2012 3:00 pm

Good to both bits of information.

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