# Doctor Who Series Five: UK pace thread \[edited title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851 "2010-04-03T21:23:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 42
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851/821 "2010-06-26T01:09:44Z")
Fuck, sorry Electric Warrior, can’t get that quote right. Plus ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ _The Pandorica Opens_ ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851/822 "2010-06-26T01:12:40Z")
Well, it’s good you can narrow it down. Some. 😃 I’m liking the new Doctor too…I’ve already commented on Amy and her ‘we’re going to RIO’ fashion choices. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851/823 "2010-06-26T01:14:40Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > Steven Moffat reveals content of final episode![spoiler]] It would be great if they just broadcast 55 mins of a black screen with the message “The universe has ended” ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851/824 "2010-06-26T01:24:55Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > Well, it’s good you can narrow it down. Some. 😃 > > I’m liking the new Doctor too…I’ve already commented on Amy and her ‘we’re going to RIO’ fashion choices. 😃 Those are all the episodes that have moved me, or reminded me of a show that I started watching in 1973. _gulp_ I must approve of Amy’s fashion choices, the \* Vincent \* ensemble makes me come over all fashion editor - nice long blue coat and scarf, mini skirt, and boots, and ridiculous unbelievable hair. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851/825 "2010-06-26T09:58:00Z")
Tonight’s the night! Can’t wait, it’s gonna be awesome 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851/826 "2010-06-26T12:36:37Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > Tonight’s the night! Can’t wait, it’s gonna be awesome 🙂 I’m terribly excited. My brother is coming round in an hour or so, and wants to go to the pub to watch the football. I hope he understands that I’m going home to watch Doctor Who and then spending the next few hours typing shit on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851/827 "2010-06-26T15:06:48Z")
this isn’t going well at all. At all ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851/828 "2010-06-26T16:10:05Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > So I think the best post-revival Who stories have been _Father’s Day_, _The Empty Child_, _The Girl in the Fireplace_, _Human Nature_, _Blink_, _Midnight_, _Turn Left_, _The Eleventh Hour_, _Amy’s Choice_ and _Vincent and the Doctor_. With an honourable runner up medal to _School Reunion_ and _Love and Monsters_. That’s very very close to what my list would be, except that I didn’t like “Love and Monsters” - not sure what I’d replace it with, though. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851/829 "2010-06-26T16:35:56Z")
So close now! ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851/830 "2010-06-26T18:01:35Z")
…ha ha!!! ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851/831 "2010-06-26T18:05:51Z")
I think I missed the first 20-odd minutes. Well done me. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851/832 "2010-06-26T18:15:49Z")
I’ll just rest my eyes. A wee nap. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. C’mon iPlayer, update, you hideous twat-knocker. ---
**Author:** ![Galwegian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galwegian/32/3426_2.png) [@Galwegian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galwegian)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851/833 "2010-06-26T18:48:24Z")
Spec-fucking-tacular! That was the best bit of TV I’ve seen all year. I was looking forward to it all week, and by God it didn’t disappoint. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851/834 "2010-06-26T19:10:00Z")
…I"m going to go out and buy a bow tie and a fez… I got nearly everything wrong, but the scene where River said “Let there be light…” I got something small right! ---
**Author:** ![Cort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/77aa72/32.png) [@Cort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cort)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851/835 "2010-06-26T19:20:44Z")
I thought that was pretty good. The bit with the fez (_“Yeah. I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool.”_) was hilarious, as was the bit where the Doctor jumped about the museum to snatch a drink for Amy. On the other hand Didn’t really like the whole “If you remember people, you can bring them back bit”. That seemed a bit contrived to me. Other than that it was very entertaining. I give it 7[sup]1/2[/sup] out of ten. ---
**Author:** ![jacquilynne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jacquilynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacquilynne)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851/836 "2010-06-26T21:00:32Z")
I thought your first spoiler was one of the funniest call back moments I’ve ever seen on TV. I giggled mightily. I disagree about your second spoiler. I thought that was well established in previous episodes. If it was contrived, it’s been being contrived all season. ---
**Author:** ![Cort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/77aa72/32.png) [@Cort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cort)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851/837 "2010-06-26T21:41:25Z")
> [@jacquilynne](#): > > I disagree about your second spoiler. I thought that was well established in previous episodes. I don’t remember them explicitly establishing that. Which episodes are you talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851/838 "2010-06-26T21:49:16Z")
> [@Galwegian](#): > > Spec-fucking-tacular! Somehow though without being as kitchen-sinky as the RTD finales. It was entertaining, bringing back the good Doctor by simply remembering him was a bit, indifferent, but good fun. Two points; i) Is the RTD continuity now over ridden or rebooted? ii) Is it possible to eat chips and fish fingers _and_ simultaneously hide from the Daleks? My daughter says no 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851/839 "2010-06-26T21:52:34Z")
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. Rory. Rory! That was pretty great to be honest. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851/840 "2010-06-26T22:06:22Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. Yo American downloaders and pirates! Is that a well-known phrase re weddings where you are? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-series-five-uk-pace-thread-edited-title/534851.md?page=43)