Right back on form Episode One.

I fully concur. I found it "Pertwee-esque" in the best sense. I think we're in for a truly classic series.

Oh dear, it's a Steven Moffat screenplay and it showed. Gave up.

I saw that last half. Parts of it showed promise, but it soon fell into it's usual self made trap.

No problem with the actors, but the writing is still poor.

PaulB wrote:
I saw that last half. Parts of it showed promise, but it soon fell into it's usual self made trap.

No problem with the actors, but the writing is still poor.

Why do the BBC keep hiring Steven. I wouldn't even let write the Nativity play.

I think the obviously talented and clever Mr Moffat is exhausted and has stayed at the helm of this show for far too long.

But to give credit where credit's due, I loved Pearl Mackie's portrayal of Bill and I thought the chemistry between her and the Doctor was enchanting. And for a Moffat script, it wasn't the sixth form exercise in abstruse, labyrinthine plotting that we've become sadly accustomed to. The story had momentum, Capaldi's Doctor has become humorously loveable and I find I'm eagerly looking forward to the rest of the series. These views, of course, are subject to revision!

Underneath the obscenely OTT hype it's a throwaway kids' show. I don't mind throwaway kids' shows, but this nonsense about this show is really laughable. Put it on at tea time, where it belongs, stop mentioning it in NEWS bulletins, for god's sake, and get some perspective. Look at the figures - most of the nation ignores the show. BBC Publicity Dept, get a life.

I'm with Pete on this; best companion in ages by far, intriguing and amusing relationship and the first time I've liked Capaldi in the role.

Pearl impressed me more in 45 minutes than Jenna Coleman did in 20 odd episodes. A very good find by the production team.

Pru wrote:
Underneath the obscenely OTT hype it's a throwaway kids' show. I don't mind throwaway kids' shows, but this nonsense about this show is really laughable. Put it on at tea time, where it belongs, stop mentioning it in NEWS bulletins, for god's sake, and get some perspective. Look at the figures - most of the nation ignores the show. BBC Publicity Dept, get a life.

Never a kids show Pru, never made by the childrens department, always been a mainstay of BBC Drama output since 1963 and created by some of the best minds around at the time - Sydney Newman, Verity Lambert.

In essence it's the most simple yet versatile idea going - go anywhere, anytime, do anything. No other drama like it.

Pru wrote:
Underneath the obscenely OTT hype it's a throwaway kids' show. I don't mind throwaway kids' shows, but this nonsense about this show is really laughable. Put it on at tea time, where it belongs, stop mentioning it in NEWS bulletins, for god's sake, and get some perspective. Look at the figures - most of the nation ignores the show. BBC Publicity Dept, get a life.

Annoys me when BBC use the news as an excuse to promote their own shows me...ITV you did it with Downton Abbey.

Well I thoroughly enjoyed both this first episode of Dr Who and last night's Maigret, Atkinson's best.

steveimp wrote:
Pru wrote:
Underneath the obscenely OTT hype it's a throwaway kids' show. I don't mind throwaway kids' shows, but this nonsense about this show is really laughable. Put it on at tea time, where it belongs, stop mentioning it in NEWS bulletins, for god's sake, and get some perspective. Look at the figures - most of the nation ignores the show. BBC Publicity Dept, get a life.

Never a kids show Pru, never made by the childrens department, always been a mainstay of BBC Drama output since 1963 and created by some of the best minds around at the time - Sydney Newman, Verity Lambert.

In essence it's the most simple yet versatile idea going - go anywhere, anytime, do anything. No other drama like it.

Yes, yes, I know all about its history. But it was scheduled as a kid's show in spite of all that, and as far as I'm concerned for good reason. The depressingly intense geekdom this show has created is one of the great bores of the age - masses of forty and fifty year old overgrown boys obsessing about the minutiae, and, what's worse, often arguing and raging about it. And while in a way I admire the slick way the BBC re-launched it, I find the hype about it embarrassing.