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sexy david tennant 'blonde drools' plays a police officer who investigate a childs body found on the beach :(

I think I'd make a great detective ;)

i'm going to watch this again, and study it for clues

I reckon Quirke is Dannys mums mum.

I think the sister is or will be soon pg.

I reckon the lady reporter is the one who exposed DT in whatever he did wrong last time and is going to attempt to discredit him or screw uo his case.

So far my money is on:

The policewoman's son has to have secretly met Danny on the night of the murder. I think they must have been up to something together; probably not so innocent hence the deleting of message. Probably likely to be somehow connected to the tractor at the start since they didn't take proper evidence and were dismissive of the case (thus making David TenInch look incompetant). It will also compromise Olivia Coleman and her position on the case in some way.

HOWEVER her son wasn't involved in the death and doesn't know who is. The killer is known to the family; so its got to be one of people suggested so far and met Danny after he left his friend. Probably offered a lift home or something, got into an argument about what he'd been up to and it went from there. The local weird loner Pauline Quirk, will be vilified in the press and face vigilantie abuse. Then the father will become the main suspect - I bet he was somewhere he wasn't supposed to be that night - most likely with another woman, but it will turn out not to be him but someone else. Meanwhile David TenInch gets all mean and moody as he plays the part of the troubled flawed, but good hearted copper on a mission to redeem himself from the ghosts of the past and the mother weeps uncontrollably for 8 episodes and pulls at the heart strings of the viewer until we are all blubbering messes.

Not expecting too many 'twists' or much in the way of 'I didn't see that coming' in this one, if I'm honest.

In rl dh is Olivia Colman's character and spent last night moaning about the inaccuracies of the police stuff. I'm locking him in a cupboard next week so I can enjoy it without the moaning.

NB dh is a specialist detective working in this area. He's not a woman with curly hair.

I am hoping it will twist and turn like the killing, so we think we know whodunnit at the end of every episode, and are wrong every time :)

"am very happy to see dt in this kind of role... have always wanted to see him as a detective."
Have you never seen Blackpool InLoveWithDavidTennant? You really should...

I have a friend in Cardiff who says that in Doctor Who they are always running down a corridor at the Milennium Centre, turn a corner and they're in the council offices or at the university...

No, I can't see Quirke being the kid's grandmother. Even if she's totaly estranged from them there'd have been a bit more emtion than standing around watching proceedings with one eye closed like she did. Was the grandmother who lived close the dad's mum then?

I think she knows something but again if it was her grandson she wouldn't be keeping it to herself. I think what she knows would destroy the family even further which is why she's obv reluctant to get involved. Mybe she knows about the daughter and her secret boyfriend? or knows the father is having an affair?

but what about the vicar, he's a wrong un.

and where is the shop keepers cat?

gosh olivia coleman's son is friends with danny so if she finds more stuff going on, such as what she saw on CCTV it will be her son involved as well. actually i dont think she shoudl be on the case because of that, they shoudl bring in londoners

Vicar will just be peace maker trying to bring the divided family and community that is tearing itself apart, back together. I sincerely doubt hes a suspect.

Years of watching Morse & Lewis driving out of a pedestrianised street in the city centre onto a residential road 3 miles away has taught Oxford residents all about TV geography and Oxford wasn't even cast in the role of a fictional town.

The road 5 miles from the beach will have been playing the part of one a few hundred yards from the beach - a beach crime scene wouldn't cause traffic to back up miles away, surely?

Broadchurch is OK, esp. Olivia Colman, but it's one of those thrillers where an anomaly could equally be a clue or a plot hole.

Vicar is played by Arthur Darvill though - they wouldn't get him in except for something 'meaty'

Ok, its not the father having an affair.

Rory The Vicar is shagging the mother at the time of the murder; hence why the mother never bothered to check on Danny, as her husband got back as she kicked the vicar out the bedroom window and then acted all innocent to husband.

She eventually confesses to the husband, and to save face he pretends he doesn't know about the affair thus dropping himself in it as his ability turns out to be a pile of shit.

I haven't read the thread as I recorded it last night & not watched yet but is it suitable for someone who loathes David Tennant (my buttocks literally clench whenever I have to watch him in something)?

I wouldn't say it would be ideal in that case .

But if your only other option was Dr Who, then yes go for it!

Pauline Quirke isn't Danny's grandmother. After reading this thread and realising I'd missed loads of 'clues' in the beginning I just watched the opening sequence again on iPlayer. When the dad was walking through town he greeted loads of people by name, but he brushed against Pauline Quirke and they didn't acknowledge each other at all.

see, 'istory there if ever there was one ;-)

No, it's not just Doctor Who (tho I hated him in that). I don't think he's very good actor & he comes across as being so smug all the time. Sometimes certain actors simply annoy one, and for me he is one of them.

I might give it a miss then, especially as I'm not good with dead children in dramas.

rusty and the stadium. its so true. im in cardiff too and its amazing how the can go from one side of the city to the other in seconds

i havent seen blackpool (shocking i know!). will have to go and rent it from the library one day... or find it cheap on ebay. im working on getting the full tennant collection... just need them all to be in my price range

When his mum asked if Danny had been alright, the boy shook his head almost imperceptibly before he answered yes. So clever

But I thought she asked: "Is there anything you want to tell me now? Was Danny alright?" and he shook his head at the first bit.

Totally agree with 'tv geography'. Oxford in Morse. Bristol in Casualty (though at least it was mean to be fictional Holby). Closely related to 'film geography', notable offenders being Bridget Jones' very compact London and anything involving Richard Curtis.

I found this hard to watch, but I was compelled to watch. Definitely made me cry. Arguments about distance aside, I think the Mother knew something was wrong and she was running to get to Danny, distance/her car didn't matter, she wasn't going to stop until she found her baby.

Yes, at the beginning I noticed the Father didn't acknowledge Pauline Quirke's character and she shot him a look.

Ellie's son had to have been with Danny, or known where he was that evening. They are both in some kind of bother, or just Danny was and he told Ellie's son about it.