Doctor Who "Boom Town" 1x11 Reaction
Added 2019-02-03 17:11:51 +0000 UTC
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This is early in the series and you've seen a lot more since watching this episode, but at this point you don't seem to realize that the Doctor hates killing, even if many people believe they deserve it. When he acts like he doesn't care he's just acting, he does it because he needs to do it so he isn't stuck feeling regret and he is able to move on.
Thomas Gabriel White
2020-10-18 00:51:42 +0000 UTCNot that I blame you for this episode, but you spent more time staring at your mobile (cell phone) than reacting. Even if it is just calling the episode out & honest criticism I would prefer a reaction to doing that.
David Broome
2019-02-09 19:37:07 +0000 UTCMy least favorite thing about series one were the Slitheen and Davies gives us three episodes. But of the three, this is the best of the worst. I particularly enjoy the one on one dialogue between Margaret and the Doctor, then with Mickey and Rose.
Henry from CO
2019-02-04 06:08:20 +0000 UTCIn my opinion, the moment the doctor can’t look her in the eye, has more to do with his own guilt for being responsible for the destruction of an entire race (remember the Dalek episode?) than any sympathy for Margaret.
Vicky N
2019-02-03 23:29:28 +0000 UTCSince you are watching on Amazon the Christmas episodes and between season specials are not in the same place. After episode 13 there is a mini episode on youtube that goes between episode 13 and the Christmas special. It's just two minutes or so.
Ari is my Cat
2019-02-03 18:46:08 +0000 UTCAnyway the next two episodes are the finale.
Ari is my Cat
2019-02-03 18:31:12 +0000 UTCThe Doctor really didn't even play the game he just glanced up at her and continued what he was doing.
Ari is my Cat
2019-02-03 18:30:20 +0000 UTCThey kept harping on it. She kept saying something and they all kept reacting with I precieved as sympathy. Even the line " let's see who can look me in the eyes" when speaking about sending her to death they all kept looking away, even the Doctor. In the end I just think I interpreted the Episode different than you. You enjoyed moments more than I did. My main take away was the Micky Rose stuff. I just gravitated towards it more that's all. I'm glad you enjoyed it more than me. It seems to be how Doctor Who works in these first 11 episodes. It's about what story grabs you more.
Steven Merced
2019-02-03 18:23:46 +0000 UTCI think you got caught up in her trying to get sympathy, the Doctor didn't give her any. At no point did anyone say she didn't deserve it. Sure at the end the TARDIS turned her into an egg thus giving her a second chance at life but everything before that was her trying to gain sympathy and them not buying it.
Ari is my Cat
2019-02-03 18:19:22 +0000 UTCI caught the end of that, when he switched it back. I got the concept of the dinner stuff. I just didnt care much for that in a sense of humor. Becuase she is saying she has changed yet is trying to murder the Doctor. Just made me dislike still. I got the overall stuff happening just wasnt gripped by most of it.
Steven Merced
2019-02-03 18:14:49 +0000 UTCYou missed some of the visual gags during the dinner scene. Like when she poisoned his wine when he wasn't looking and as soon as the doctor turned around he switched the glasses. You literally looked up right after he switched the wine glasses.
Ari is my Cat
2019-02-03 18:12:40 +0000 UTCYea I caught that part. Just didnt react to it. Also the doctor said no big deal so I figured it was him just brushing it off.
Steven Merced
2019-02-03 18:09:59 +0000 UTCI mentioned that. I was getting text and I wasnt watching. I could hear everything but was distracted by the text. That's what I said. I heard the dialogue and just wasnt invested. I didnt care about the story that much. I dont think I missed anything that would have made anything that much better. I still wouldn't have felt bad for the alien and the fact that everyone was so accommodating to it would have still been a big issue.
Steven Merced
2019-02-03 18:09:05 +0000 UTCDid you catch the bit about Bad Wolf? I couldn't tell if you noticed it.
Ari is my Cat
2019-02-03 18:08:20 +0000 UTCI don't think anyone felt bad for her, she was just trying really hard to make them feel bad. The other part of it is it's one thing to believe someone like Ted Bundy deserves to die but it's different to be the one that has to pull the switch.
Ari is my Cat
2019-02-03 18:07:32 +0000 UTCIt seemed like you were watching something else through a lot of the episode, or texting or something.
Ari is my Cat
2019-02-03 18:03:51 +0000 UTCThe Doctor even brings up her being a murderer while they are eating, even reminds her she was pleading for mercy out of a dead woman's mouth.
Ari is my Cat
2019-02-03 17:39:02 +0000 UTCIn the end I gave it a 6 but I think I should not been so negative. I was distracted and not invested for the first about 20mins. I let the other episodes and the constant text I was getting bother me too much. That's on me. I do think it had several good moments. Although I enjoyed the Dinner Scene I couldn't get around everyone forgetting that she murdered so many people, especially the Doctor. The stuff with Micky and Rose was well executed and I think made them feel like a real relationship. Jack didnt really add anything to the Episode but overall I felt the Episode had more good than bad.
Steven Merced
2019-02-03 17:32:23 +0000 UTCEpisode should have been a bit higher than what I gave.
Steven Merced
2019-02-03 17:27:39 +0000 UTCI was irritated at the beginning and was a bit harsher than I should have been on the Episode.
Steven Merced
2019-02-03 17:27:03 +0000 UTCSome really good moral stuff here, return of the farting alien aside, lol.
Gibbzee
2019-02-03 17:26:20 +0000 UTCFirst time I saw this I said "Oh no not the farting aliens again" but this was done soooo much better than the the earlier two part episode. I love the dinner scene especially.
Ari is my Cat
2019-02-03 17:17:19 +0000 UTC
