Doctor Who "Robot of Sherwood" (Spoilers)

[Tenzhi]

This episode reminded me a bit of that Tom Baker episode with the android prince.  And the guy playing the Sheriff would make a good Master.  My favourite line had to be "I don't need a sword, because I am the Doctor and this is my spoon!"

Looks like next week will be a requisite creepy episode.  We'll see how this Doctor does creepy.  I look forward to it.

[Aggelakis]

I love the fact that he is generally deeper and darker than Matt Smith (which we needed) but they are willing to get some giggles out. I was afraid we would have grimdarkblackityblack Doctor, since there was so much fan outcry over Matt's childish demeanor.

[FatherXmas]

I think the whole notion of fading into legend reminds me of the last episode of Smith's first season.

"But that's OK: we're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"

[Power Gamer]

My favourite line had to be "I don't need a sword, because I am the Doctor and this is my spoon!"

I now know why we never see the Doctor and the Tick in the same place at the same time. 

[doc7924]

I think the whole notion of fading into legend reminds me of the last episode of Smith's first season.

"But that's OK: we're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"

Reminded me of Superboy Prime punching reality - "We are all punches waiting to be thrown."

[Clave Dark 5]

I enjoyed it as a lark just fine, even despite the silly golden arrow ending; Gatiss noted it was "probably the most frivolous of the season" or something, and out of the first three, he appears to be right. 

But what it highlighted for me was how great the direction and cinematography of the first two eps were!  They were both directed by Ben Wheatley, someone I know next to nothing about, but -man!-  Those two eps played like strange dreams and really had a different feel, which I think was a good call for making the new era feel new and different. 

Now we seem to have reverted to the usual style of "television directing": "Ok, let me check here... everyone's in focus, yes... the Macguffin in his hand is in shot, yup..., ok, all good - cut!"  It all works fine enough and gets the story across, but without any noticable no flair or atmosphere, you know?  It takes no risks, just toddling along paying off its usual slim rewards...

[FemFury]

Silly, but fun.

[Eoraptor]

I enjoyed it as a lark just fine, even despite the silly golden arrow ending; Gatiss noted it was "probably the most frivolous of the season" or something, and out of the first three, he appears to be right. 

But what it highlighted for me was how great the direction and cinematography of the first two eps were!  They were both directed by Ben Wheatley, someone I know next to nothing about, but -man!-  Those two eps played like strange dreams and really had a different feel, which I think was a good call for making the new era feel new and different. 

Now we seem to have reverted to the usual style of "television directing": "Ok, let me check here... everyone's in focus, yes... the Macguffin in his hand is in shot, yup..., ok, all good - cut!"  It all works fine enough and gets the story across, but without any noticable no flair or atmosphere, you know?  It takes no risks, just toddling along paying off its usual slim rewards...

A lot of this right here. I noticed so many of the shots were so very flat, (particularly the utterly pointless wide angle shots of the merry men's encampment) and so much of the actors' movements and exhaultations just felt forced, compared to the first two episodes which were filled with a sort of cinematic gravitas.