Discussion: The Waters of Mars
The waiting is finally over – and about time too! After suffering painful withdrawal symptoms since April, the latest Doctor Who special, The Waters of Mars, has just had its official debut on BBC1 and BBC HD. And what a special it was!
The long-awaited adventure, which has been built up to with months of tantalizing teasers, press screenings and cast interviews, saw the Doctor arriving on Mars.
The staff here at WhovianNet have been hard at work these past few weeks bringing you all the latest information you need, but we’re not quite finished yet! We now bring you our live discussion for tonight’s episode, and we’ll soon be updating all of our content over at the main site, too!
In the meantime, though, feel free to let us and other visitors know what you thought of the Tenth Doctor’s spectacular return to our small screens by leaving your reactions as a comment on this post - the perfect way for you to share in the journey with your fellow fans!
Did his penultimate adventure whisk you away on a tidal wave of emotions, or was the tale of the Red Planet a bore? Whether you loved it or loathed it, we want to know (both sobs and squees permitted!), so what are you waiting for!?
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@steven.
good point! i forgot that we wont see the actual regeneration until new years day most likely. personally i wish they would have part one on christmas day and the conclusion on boxing day, so theres not much of a wait
Certainly worth waiting seven months,one of the best episodes in a long time. The Doctor’s dark side was definetley something we have not seen before and the appearence of Ood Sigma was chilling in some way. The Dalek appearence was well thought of and the preview for the End of Time looks fantastic. Bring on Christmas!
A great episode, liked the way that they used SJA actor Chook Sibtain (Mr. Grantham from Warriors of Kudlak). Great ratings for the episode. Let’s hope this Christmas lives up to expectations and RTD doesn’t do a Torchwood COE on us.
Elaborating on my earlier, rather restricted comment of, “Terrifying”, my mother didn’t like this episode. She thought it was too scary. She runs a pre-school and kept muttering “I do not want my children watching this.”
What she found scary, however, was The Flood. And its minions. What I found terrifying was the Doctor’s… well, I want to call it madness. So I’m going to.
And because it scared my socks off, and had me clutching a pillow in fright (and I’m a “I-don’t-show-my-emotions” teenager), I’m rating this ep at 10/10. And Captain Adelaide Brooke was a jewel of a character.
OMG. The Flood. :O Dalek appearance. :O Adelaide. :O Doctor going mad. :O General awesomeness. :O
FANTASTIC! 10/10 for sure, it had everything an episode should have. Fantastically intense, utterly terrifying, superbly produced, directed, acted, etc. AMAZING! I still haven’t recovered. Loving the End of Time trail too, pure magic. My fave bit, however was the Doctor turning mad with power at the end. Sooo creepy, great work DT.
‘I’m the winner. The Time Lord victorious.’
‘And nothing can stop you.’
BRILLIANT! Roll on Christmas and New Year’s day!!! Pure television gold. 39 days to goooooooo!
‘With great power comes great responsibility…’
‘You need someone to…stop you…’
Dreary and dull. Another good explain of why RTD has to go. Don’t get me wrong, the special effects were breathtaking. Seriously though, was this any better than an average season episode? I mean, what really happened? There was no real story, other than a group faced with disaster, running around and screaming. And wasn’t that what we had inThe Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit. Seemed to me to be nearly a re-write!
And the ending, seriously, after centuries of “having fun”, would the Doctor really let it all go to his head? Na!
On another note, RTD “Going to be the scariest story ever”! Really? Like how? Nothing in it was really that scary. There are better examples in the early Tom Baker years.
Roll on Christmas for “The End Of TIme” (6 Words????) Is it going to be another let down or a really great ending?
probably one of the best eps in doctor who…..
@Steve
ur confusing me
here ur sayin “RTD should get lost, we need a new writer”, then when series 5 started ur sayin u want RTD back? r u high or sumthin? or havent u got over the fact that Tom Baker isnt the Doctor anymore?
hmmmm, youv confused me?
@Steve
(this is a different steve)
I know, im really starting 2 hate fans like u steve
You guys do nothing but complain about drwho
@Steve
I know, but I wouldn’t really call him a fan, would you?
@steve (not the steve that commented last)
why u watchin DW then, if all u can do is bad-mouth such a wonderful programme?
@Daniel
i think hes possibly still clinging onto classic who….