Comments on: Asylum of the Daleks/Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

By: merchantfan

merchantfan — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:19:10 +0000

That’s a mean thing to say about him. If he’s a good actor, his physical appearance should be secondary, especially for a character who doesn’t necessarily have to be a sex god. Plenty of the previous Doctors weren’t exactly gorgeous.

I agree with Mark on the logic problem of the Asylum– since when are daleks nice enough to not just kill their defectives? And how did they have the technology on hand to transfer Oswin into a Dalek body when no one’s done that before?

Actually, at first I thought Oswin would turn out to actually be a Dalek that was well, crazy, and had come up with a complex fantasy of being a cute, peppy human. It would have made sense with the whole asylum thing and I could see the one dalek crazy enough to want to run around with the Doctor and make souffles as being the most terrifying madman of all to the sane daleks.

By: RDaggle

RDaggle — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 21:07:22 +0000

That picture of Matt Smith – Ugh!

I’m sorry, but he’s two neck bolts away from Karloff’s Frankenstein.

When Smith is acting and in motion he’s charming and lively, but when he gets still he’s Doctor Cadaver.

Just another example of the sloppiness that has infected this series after 6 years.

By: Mark Clapham

Mark Clapham — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:47:11 +0000

As with the Silence two-parter last year, my main problem with Asylum was never quite knowing what the big plan actually was. The Daleks are worried about the mad Daleks so they want to let them out so they can blow them up? That’s not very coherent, or compelling, just as I was never sure why the Silence needed to be ‘killed on sight’ beyond the fact that they’re spooky.

The Clara thing is Gallifrey Base hearsay based on someone half over-hearing a scene being recorded on location, innit? I’m not saying it’s impossible that her name is Clara, but the evidence is hardly conclusive.

By: JauntyJohn

JauntyJohn — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:56:44 +0000

“Asylum:” I honestly liked the “marriage problems” version of Amy and Rory and the ultimate explanation about all that. The discussion of sacrifices they’d both made along the way brought a kind of coherence to their characters that felt right for me. I also liked the “Bag of Skin” Darlek creation — practical, interesting, scary… but a force field in an insane asylum that can be turned off from the inside — let alone ONLY from the inside… wow. JLC was really, really twinkly — you could almost literally see the twee sparkle in her eyes with each coy side-glance. I liked her well enough, but even I, who have a really high threshold for twinkle, found it close to too much. Clearly the “Remember” as her last line, delivered directly to the camera, was significant, though whether in the show itself or as a wink to the viewer remains to be seen. If, name issues not withstanding, (like Oswin’s real name is Cora or something) and we again see the death of the companion in our first meeting… well, it certainly adds some gravity to the relationship from the start, but I’m hoping it’s not quite like that.

“Dinosaurs:” Rollicking fun — borderline Three Stooges in a couple of places but that’s just fine since it is, at the end of the day, a children’s show. I agree with you wholeheartedly about the feeling that the episode was “crowded,” but I liked Amy’s asking “are they the new us?” of the Doctor re Riddell and Nefertiti. (Super minor fanboy aside: Am I the only one who had a “buh?” moment when it turned out Riddell was a big game hunter? Anesthetic guns for the Raptors aside that activity doesn’t really line up with the Doctor as I have come to know him — am I off in that?) Also, am I imagining or overthinking to say that when Amy said “I am a Queen” that was telegraphing something? It was such a stand alone, center stage moment. Or not?

As always, thank you for your wonderful blogging on The Doctor.

By: Yonatan B

Yonatan B — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:26:37 +0000

Actually, the new companions name is Clara. After the episode aired, there were rumors that her name was clara oswin, but there was no actual evidence given, just fannish wishing,