Doctor Who - Not a Hugging Type of Thread

[regwec]

Ah, that would make sense of why he was destroyed like the T-1000, but I thought that the Sheriff wasn't a robot?

 

[chamber-music]

The sheriff was a cyborg

 

[Steelsheen]

yeah you see, this is why they shouldnt have gotten rid of that scene.

there was more dialogue that was removed-- remember when Nottingham and Clara were exchanging stories? when Robin beheaded him and he took his head back on he had this line--

Nottingham: I forgot to mention, my lady, that the skyship fell ON me. And my rude Mechanicals took good care of me. Very. Good. Care

Clara: Youre a robot too??

Nottingham: Half of me my lady. The rest is talent and pure flair!

 

[COMPO]

I loved this episode, was a really good episode to show Capaldi's comedic talents and really show a different side to this Doctor yet still keeping to what we've seen. And despite his demands... I couldn't stop laughing.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

I thought this was okay. Fluffy and light.

 

[Doc Ock]

Robot of Sherwood was wonderful fun!

 

[Lord Valumart]

I enjoyed that. More Gatiss!!

 

[AnneFan]

Harmless fun. Probably give it 7/10.

It's next week I'm really anticipating.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

I really enjoyed that. HYPED for next week's episode!

 

[Hyde]

In context, I don't think the beheading scene would have been very offensive. Maybe it would have garnered a few complaints but I think the BBC jumped the gun.

I really enjoyed the episode. Nice thematic material with the comparisons between Robin and the Doctor, the nature of legends, heroism etc. Tom Riley(?) and Ben Miller were both fantastic as Robin Hood and the Sheriff respectively, and Capaldi is really settling into the role. I normally don't like Gatiss' eps but this was the first one which I thoroughly enjoyed, so it's probably my favourite one. It felt as if it was written for Matt Smith and it probably would have worked better in Series 7, but it was still great here. I give it a 7/10.

Next week though...

 

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

damn, the Sheriff of Nottingham sure looked like Anthony Ainley with a beard and long hair...

 

[PWN3R]

I enjoyed this campy episode. It's just so ridiculous you can't help but go with it. The golden arrow at the end? Ha, awesome. Like, Upset Spidey said, it's fluff. But fluff is good sometimes.

12 is a blast so far.

 

[AnneFan]

The scene where 12 is kissed on the cheek spoke volumes about his character, for me. He's shut himself off from attachment and overly expressing joy. Also coupled with the comments about laughing too much, and telling Journey Blue last week "crying is for civilians." It probably won't be addressed directly, but getting to know generations of people on Trenzalore, and seeing them all die, has to have something to do with it. He wasn't the fleeting traveller, then.

 

[wobbly]

damn, the Sheriff of Nottingham sure looked like Anthony Ainley with a beard and long hair...

Ben Miller looked so different I hardly recognised him, and yeah, a lot like Ainsley.

A very enjoyable, often very silly, but also very fun episode all in all. I liked Robin's "I'm as real as you are" farewell to the Doctor as well. Very fitting in a metafiction sorta way.

Also showed the contrast in 12 from his 2 younger predecessors. 10 or certainly 11 would likely have got on quite well with Robin (though they'd naturally be just as dubious about him being real), but 12 was irritated by him from the off ("Has anyone ever punched you in the face when you do that? Good job I'm here then...")

Them bickering in the Dungeon was fun too.

Btw, Tom Riley (Robin) plays a young Leonardo Da Vinci in 'Da Vinci's Demons'. When I saw the first season of that I thought he has the makings of a good Doctor (plays the eccentric genius rather well imo).

 

[Mr_336]

http://drwhocontinuityzone.blogspot.com/2014/09/bots-in-tights-robot-of-sherwood-review.html

 

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

Ben Miller looked so different I hardly recognised him, and yeah, a lot like Ainsley.

yeah, I was flashing back to Ainley when he played Tremas in The Keeper of Traken... Miller looked eerily like him in this...

hilarious one-on-one between the Doctor and Robin trying to out-do each other in the dungeon...

 

[Manic]

Well, that was fun. Nothing groundbreaking, and not an episode people will be raving about for decades, but still fun. Gatiss seems to do better when he isn't trying too hard to make his episodes creepy.

 

[Pink Ranger]

This would be a good episode for someone who's never seen Dr. Who before to get started on the new series.

 

[Manic]

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm like 90% sure the Doctor has a hair salon somewhere in the TARDIS, because Clara's hair doubled in length as soon as she stepped out of the TARDIS in that dress. There's a stash of weaves and extensions somewhere in those corridors.

 

[Pink Ranger]

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm like 90% sure the Doctor has a hair salon somewhere in the TARDIS, because Clara's hair doubled in length as soon as she stepped out of the TARDIS in that dress. There's a stash of weaves and extensions somewhere in those corridors.

Because of Karen Gillan, the TARDIS has a wig machine.

 

[BlackMagicWolf]

I'm torn about this episode, it was alright, nothing truly terrible about it, but...I don't know, it just didn't feel right, it was filler. And for a series that's in it's third episode, this is a terrible time for filler.

Here's my review if you wish to hear my thoughts in greater detail.

http://www.followingthenerd.com/tv/...or-who-series-8-episode-03-robot-of-sherwood/

 

[Marvolo]

I liked Tom Riley as Robin Hood just as much as I like him as Da Vinci. This new Doctor is such a curmudgeon...and I love it!

 

[Swordmaster]

Yeah, it was a filler adventure...and that was fine. Not every episode needs to be groundbreaking, and it was good to see 12 on a 'normal' day.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

I wonder what that equation is?

Is he trying to find a way to the Promised Land?

Finding Gallifrey?

 

[Marvolo]

Yeah, it was a filler adventure...and that was fine. Not every episode needs to be groundbreaking, and it was good to see 12 on a 'normal' day.

I actually prefer the standalone episodes to the larger arc episodes. Call me crazy but Dr. Who is at its best when it's just having fun and not trying to be serious and grim or reveal some mind-blowing revelation.