So the new Doctor Who was announced today. Taking over as the 11th Doctor is...
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Some guy I've never heard of! Seriously though, his name's Matt Smith. He's been in almost nothing and he's 26. I'm not impressed.
honestly it was more of a meh, really.i'll give him a chance but even when we got tennant, i didn't know who tennant was but i was excited about the idea of him as the doctor
this guy just was a case of huh this is the way there going
also to announce it like this was a really stupid move by the bbc when eccleston became tennant it was a big impact it was a shock, yes we knew it was coming but that should have waited and just had the new guy show up
More on this guy
Link with interview clip (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7808697.stm)
what he's done (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7807996.stm)
After watching the Doctor Who Confidential on YouTube, I'm optimistic. I have a lot of faith in Moffett, so I'm sure he would make a good pick.
Yup, with Moffat in command , I'm serene :)
please guys i'm a moffet fan as like the rest of you, but this is the guy that also said in a interview that he seen the doctor and the masters as star crossed lovers
Tennant sold me on the Doctor. I wasn't a fan until he came on the scene, so the new doctor has 3 episodes to impress me.
Which I will be able to see in a couple of years! :banghead:
Not Happy.
I would like to have a Doctor who appears old enough to drive a freaking car, much less a Tardis. This kid makes Tennant look positively grandfatherly.
Ill be on the wait and see list with this one.
While I don't know how I feel about the kid just yet, I do understand why they chose someone younger (but maybe they should have picked someone more handsome but whateverz). I was really hoping Patterson Joseph would be the new Doctor.
The best quotation I heard of to describe this Matt Smith guy was... "What if Frank Quitely drew A Flock of Seagulls?" that is what the dude looks like.
The first of this year's "season" aired in Britain this past weekend: Planet of the Dead.
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The episode begins with a woman doing a fairly cliched museum robbery, then while the cops close in she makes her getaway aboard a city bus - that the Doctor also boards. While driving the bus goes through a wormhole and ends up stranded on another planet, a desert.
Overall, I thought it was a servicable, but light episode. Tennant is great as always (he will be missed), but the plot overall, I'd describe as a cross between Pitch Black (minus the blackness) and Flight of the Phoenix.
Not to be overly nitpicky, but I was under the impression that "The Next Doctor" began the 2009 'Season', and that this season would consist of 4 episodes (The Next Doctor, Planet of the Dead, The Waters of Mars, and ?) before the 2010 season kicks off with a Christmas special starring the new guy.
The Next Doctor doesn't count as one of the 4 specials they're doing in place of a regular season. At least according to the Wikipedia page on the subject and the Doctor Who website; both say there'll be 4 specials in 2009. One of them - the last - will probably be this year's Xmas special.
It was an ok episode. I have much more hope for "Waters of Mars." That looks downright creepy.
Doctor Who is always better when creepy - which is why I have high hopes for Steven Moffat's tenure as showrunner.
Quote from: Talavar on April 15, 2009, 10:11:54 PM
Doctor Who is always better when creepy - which is why I have high hopes for Steven Moffat's tenure as showrunner.
So do I :) But he may have some restrictions, like keeping the show overall "family friendly".
My gf and I will still cry when Tennant will have to pass on the torch .
I case anyone is interested, as of July 31 Outpost Gallifrey is shutting down for good.
Link (http://www.gallifreyone.com/news.php#newsitemEkuFAlyEpZjzNyLUeq)
Hmm... this looks promising. when is it scheduled for US broadcast?
New companion is a major hottie. Nothing wrong with that, per se, but I hoped we were done with the UST.
http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/we-love-telly/2009/06/karen-gillan-and-the-windy-car.html
the only problem i have the look of the 2 new stars screams twilight bah
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on June 06, 2009, 09:29:33 PM
the only problem i have the look of the 2 new stars screams twilight bah
I had no idea vampires wore tweed jackets with a bowtie. Matt Smith on set in costume (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8158556.stm).
Also. Tom Baker to reprise his role as the Doctor in five audio adventures (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2543603/Tom-Baker-returns-as-Doctor-Who.html).
Hehe, this will be amusing. :)
OMg! George Mcfly ^^
Wait?! tennant COuld play Bilbo baggins?!!!
(http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp233/KrimsonGray/hornets1.jpg)
BBC audio has released an Audio Trailer (http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/downloads/audio-hornets-nest-1-trailer.mp3).
Somehow I got hooked on this when they showed it on PBS the last year. I don't why but I am.
I will be more hooked when that redheaded companion shows up.
Side note: About time Tom Baker sold out. He waited too long.
Side Side Note: Tom Baker wants to play The Master!!! How cool would that be?
If you look at the whole history of the who has been playing Dr. Who, each one keeps getting younger and younger (sort of). Ironic.
I just found out who the Doctor's companion for 10th Doctor's last showing will be.
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While Donna will appear in the episode, her grandfather Wilf will actually be serving as the Doctor's companion. This I like.
Grandfather? This should be amusing...
It would be horribly ironic if in the last episode everyone makes an appearance and still somehow the Doctor manages to die alone.
It would be the perfect end for Ten.
I just saw the most recent Doctor Who special, the last before the allegedly 2-part Xmas special,
Waters of Mars.
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And I didn't care much for it at all. Most of the episode is fine, if nothing special: the Doctor arrives at the 1st human Mars outpost, not realizing it is the first. When he does, he remembers that they die tragically, self-detonating to prevent an unknown contamination from spreading. He knows he should leave because the deaths are very important to humanity's future, but when the unknown contamination starts becoming known, his curiosity keeps him staying around. Finally he decides that being a time lord means cheating fate, and the uninfected members of the crew moments before the nuclear detonation.
And that's where it goes stupid. It'd be perfectly reasonable to save the people and retain the same future by simply taking them to live on another planet, or in the future, or the past, but instead, he takes them back to Earth on the very same day. Two crew members freak out & run off, but the Captain, having already been told of the importance of her death to her immediate descendants, gets awfully irate at the man she's only met that day for saving her life, goes into her house & kills herself, supposedly to preserve the timeline. Which is also grossly stupid - there's no way a heroic sacrifice on Mars plays them same to her daughter & granddaughter, not to mention the world at large, as a suicide does. And if the Doctor had really decided to start playing god in a serious way, he has a time machine. The moment he heard the gunshot he could have gone back in time 5 minutes and been waiting in the Captain's house for her. Throw in a little heavy-handed foreshadowing, and we're done.
So a mediocre episode with a terrible ending. Seriously, I've seen pieces of cheesecloth with less holes in them than this ending.
Just saw Part 1 of End of Time. It looks like the big bads this time around are
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The Time Lords themselves, who are apparently returning at the expense of the rest of the universe
It oddly fluctuates between sheer awesomeness and some of the silliness that occassionaly pokes through on Dr. Who, but overall I like it. Love Wilf as the featured companion, although
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Dr Donna is back as well
I'm wondering if Wilf is going to turn out to be....
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a. A Time Lord who used a device like the Doctor and Master have both used to become human
b. A non-Time Lord Gallifreyan who has lost his memory for some reason. (Not all Gallifreyans are/were Time Lords....or at least they weren't in the old series...and I don't think its been explained at all if all Gallifreyans have two hearts or if its just the Time Lords who do)
Not looking forward to the Doctor regenerating at all, because David Tennant is my second favorite Doctor (Tom Baker being my favorite; Tennant bumped Jon Pertwee to third) and I don't like the way Matt Smith looks as the Doctor from the pictures I've seen. (Plus David Tennant and I both have the same birthday; April 18th, 1971) The new logo design they're going to have looks like crap, too.
If they don't kill off the Master, I hope at least they have him regenerate.
And the first thing the Doctor needs to do when he meets the other Time Lords is ask who the idiot was who thought reviving the Master to fight in the Time War was a good idea!
Interesting. If this is the case, then it might be even more interesting if it were to turn out that
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The Time Lord narrator is a regenerated Wilf.
Okay, not likely but possible.
Another thing I thought of is that it's possible that the tenth Doctor may not regenerate at all. Perhaps he dies for real, but the Time Lords remove his mind from Donna and use it to recreate The Doctor anew. Probably not even remotely close, but it occurred to me for some reason.
Of course I was dead wrong, but I liked how it all worked out, and we had a villain who was not the Daleks and was quite unexpected until Part 1.
Goodbye Tenth Doctor. We will miss you.
Well, I watched part 2 and it was pretty good except for a few things...which I blame on RTD being an idiot, and I'm extremely glad he's gone:
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1. The Doctor calling the Narrator "Rassilon". I thought it had been long established in the old series that Rassilon wasn't around any more. Then again, its always possible that "Rassilon" is a formal title and not an actual name, so it wasn't the same Time Lord.
2. Considering what caused the Doctor to regenerate and the fact it started as soon as it did, it was lame that the Doctor was able to go to all the places he did and do all the things he did before it fully kicked in. Especially considering that some of his regenerations have been caused by things that would have been less immediately lethal and the regenerations happened quickly after the trigger.
3. The identity of Claire Bloom's identity being unresolved. Apparently Claire Bloom said in an interview that she was playing the Doctor's mother, but it seems to me that its more likely she was either Susan or Romana. (I'd go with Susan, because I don't think his brief shock and emotional reaction to seeing her would have been as strong if it was Romana)
The Doctor's reactions after the regeneration were funny. But since they also did that ginger bit when the 9th regenerated into the 10th, if I remember right, I'm hoping the eventual payoff is that the 12th Doctor
is a ginger!
I'll have to watch it again, but I thought
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The Doctor said "Go JOIN Rassilon", meaning that he was sending the Time Lord President into the same extinction that had claimed Rassilon, not that the Time Lord President WAS Rassilon
Geronimooooooo!
Honestly brendon that makes more sense, since
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he's only referred to by that name one time, He's just president otherwise. However it's possible he's been ressurrected, which is not inconcievable considering how many times the Master has come back.
Interestingly, I've heard a rumor the woman might have been Donna. Noble's music plays when the woman appears, and when Wilf asks about her, the doctor looks at Donna a long time before evading the question.
All in all though, I'm more or less satisfied they've tied off the Time Lords storyline... Now that it's closed off, we can more or less move on
You know, a more simple solution to the President naming thing is that people are very often named after famous or important historical figures. Or bredon could be right too.
I enjoyed the second part more than the first, and was happy that the 10th doctor got a chance to wrap a lot of storylines up before regenerating; it eased the sting of him leaving.
They could have brought back Rassilon if they were losing the war badly enough. They brought back the Master, after all.
I thought the ending was fairly good. His visiting Rose last would have had much greater impact if we didn't know she was snogging 10 1/2 in the alternate dimension and probably making galibabies with him.
The one thing that perturbed me the most was the concept of his regeneration being "dying." Thats never been canon. When he regenned' from 9 to 10 he carried on the same conversation without missing a beat. He's always retained all his memories. (School Reunion, Sarah Jane for example).
It would have made more sense if he thought he was really gonna bite it.
Quote from: B A D on January 14, 2010, 03:02:37 PM
They could have brought back Rassilon if they were losing the war badly enough. They brought back the Master, after all.
I thought the ending was fairly good. His visiting Rose last would have had much greater impact if we didn't know she was snogging 10 1/2 in the alternate dimension and probably making galibabies with him.
The one thing that perturbed me the most was the concept of his regeneration being "dying." Thats never been canon. When he regenned' from 9 to 10 he carried on the same conversation without missing a beat. He's always retained all his memories. (School Reunion, Sarah Jane for example).
It would have made more sense if he thought he was really gonna bite it.
the memories live on...but all that made up his personality ceases to exist and is replaced. So the aspect that made him 'individual' does in a sense die. I've thought for a long time that some where out there in some demension... there's a race of humanoids whose sole purpose were to live thier own lives and wait for thier existance to be called and merged with a dying time lord. They lose thier own memeories, which are replaced by the time lord's, but retain all the aspects which molded thier personalities.
It'd be amusing if Claire was both. :) revealing that Romana was the Doctor's mother would be neat.
In the old series didn't they at some point hint that the Doctor was some sort of reincarnation of Rassilon?
Interesting tidbit: Neil Gaiman's going to write (or has written) an episode of Doctor Who for next season. By 'next season' I'm meaning what will be the 11th Doctor's second season.
Just saw the first episode of the new season, the Eleventh Hour. I don't feel like doing a full review at the moment, but overall my impression was quite favourable. The new Doctor was very enjoyable, as were the other new characters, and I think the series is in strong hands with Stephen Moffat at the helm. Anyone else catch this yet? It airs on BBC America in a couple of weeks as well, I think.
Quote from: Talavar on April 07, 2010, 11:44:29 PM
Just saw the first episode of the new season, the Eleventh Hour. I don't feel like doing a full review at the moment, but overall my impression was quite favourable. The new Doctor was very enjoyable, as were the other new characters, and I think the series is in strong hands with Stephen Moffat at the helm. Anyone else catch this yet? It airs on BBC America in a couple of weeks as well, I think.
I saw it online, though it took me a while to find it. (Darn BBC. <_< ) It was well worth it though. I really liked the new Doctor, and the episode itself was of the same goodness that one is to expect from Moffat.
Saw it as well, and was very pleased with the Eleventh Doctor so far. It looks to me like they made the right call with the actor. He just seems to nail the Doctor about as well as Tennant did. I was sceptical as to whether someone would be able to successfully follow him, but it looks like Smith has succeeded nicely. Amy Pond also seems to be a potentially interesting character, and I like that we aren't saddled with her annoying family for once. She doesn't have any.
I'm curious as to whether the TARDIS itself has ever regenerated like that before. Also, am I the only one who would like to see more of the TARDIS's hinted huge interior? Somehow that idea that it is large enough to have a library and swimming pool interests me. Basically, the Doctor and companions must live there, so it would be a full house with bedrooms and all, but we never really see beyond the control room.
I remember seeing Romanesque gardens in the old Tom Baker ones, or was that his replacement? It's been ages.
One of the Tom Baker esisodes (The Invasion of Time?) a Sontaran got loose in the Tardis. He led them a merry chase through all sorts of rooms...
And I remember the cloister...
and the Elizabethan control room...
and maybe a swimming pool...
and The Doctor basically stealing his 1980s control room from The Master's Tardis (or something like that)...
And in one of the early Tennant episodes (perhaps the end of his very first) we saw a huge wardrobe room on the Tardis - it's not just bigger on the inside, but much bigger than they ever actually show.
The wardrobe room hasn't been shown, I don't think, but it has been mentioned repeatedly, and from the references, seems to be so large that anyone of any size and of either gender can find anything he or she might want to blend in with any era.
So, yeah, it seems the TARDIS interior is pretty huge.
Tardis Wardrobe:(http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/6016/tci01.jpg) (http://img707.imageshack.us/i/tci01.jpg/)
I was right, it is from Tennant's first episode.
Quote from: catwhowalksbyhimself on April 08, 2010, 08:59:28 PM
The wardrobe room hasn't been shown, I don't think, but it has been mentioned repeatedly, and from the references, seems to be so large that anyone of any size and of either gender can find anything he or she might want to blend in with any era.
So, yeah, it seems the TARDIS interior is pretty huge.
The wardrobe room WAS shown during the first official episode of Tennant's run as The Doctor. It was a room filled with a large staircase that had like a drycleaner track following just above it and it was stuffed with clothes. You see him pulling various items from the rack until he finally spots the trenchcoat which he wore most of the time during his first year as the Doctor. You can also see on a dummy at one point a certain outfit with a scarf (Tom Baker's years was a favorite of the producers as you could constantly tell)
wait a sec.. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/TARDIS_wardrobe.jpg).. this is from "The Christmas Invasion" when it was shown.
Here is the scene itself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwHN7o1fKx8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwHN7o1fKx8)
And as you can tell I'm a big fan of Doctor Who myself..
- CQ
Edit: D'oh! :ph34r: Ninjaed by Talavar
I've seen that episode two or three time, but never saw that scene, or at least never noticed the wardrobe. Odd.
Quote from: catwhowalksbyhimself on April 08, 2010, 08:59:28 PM
So, yeah, it seems the TARDIS interior is pretty huge.
I found this on Wikipedia:
QuoteThe TARDIS interior has a vast number of rooms and corridors. The exact dimensions of the interior have not been specified, but apart from living quarters, the interior includes an art gallery (which is actually an ancillary power station), a greenhouse, library, a bathroom with a swimming pool (which was jettisoned by the Seventh Doctor in Paradise Towers after it sprang a leak), a medical bay, several brick-walled storage areas (all seen in The Invasion of Time, 1978), and a secondary control room (with ornate wood panels, and was used for a time by the Fourth Doctor).[4] Portions of the TARDIS can also be isolated or reconfigured; the Doctor was able to jettison 25% of the TARDIS's structure in Castrovalva to provide additional "thrust".
- CQ
It's dimensionally transcendental - like Snoopy's doghouse.
A couple of more episodes have aired, the Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks. I'm still really enjoying the 11th Doctor and his new companion Amy, though neither of these episodes was really great. I preferred the Beast Below of the two, and neither was bad - I'm not saying that. Just...minor. One gets the feeling that the important episodes are still to come, but here's some to pass the time.
Next week sees the return of the creepy Weeping Angel statues, and River from the Library of the Dead 2-parter. It looks like one of those more important episodes I was mentioning above.
BBC America has only aired The Eleventh Hour so far. I enjoyed it. Admittedly , I'm much more smitten with Amy than with the Doctor, for obvious reasons. The feel of the show is much more Pertwee and Baker (campy and irreverent ) than the lonely god Doctor that Tennant portrayed. I hope it continues to be fun.
This last episode seems to be hinting at the season's main plot, so I'd say it was at least supposed to be important, not to mention the unveiling of a new version of the
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Daleks, as if you hadn't already guessed
The hint I'm referring to, emphasized at the end of the episode
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Is that somehow the Dalek invasion at the end of season 4 seems to have been erased from history. At least Amy has no knowledge of it.
Quote from: catwhowalksbyhimself on April 08, 2010, 08:59:28 PM
The wardrobe room hasn't been shown, I don't think, but it has been mentioned repeatedly, and from the references, seems to be so large that anyone of any size and of either gender can find anything he or she might want to blend in with any era.
So, yeah, it seems the TARDIS interior is pretty huge.
The wardrobe room has been shown in the new series...Right after Ten regens and recovers, I believe. He changes out of the jim-jams that Rose's mother put him in.
Dana
Whoops!...I missed your posts about the wardrobe, Talavar and CQ.
Apologies.
Dana
Quote from: crimsonquill on April 08, 2010, 09:29:53 PM
Quote from: catwhowalksbyhimself on April 08, 2010, 08:59:28 PM
The wardrobe room hasn't been shown, I don't think, but it has been mentioned repeatedly, and from the references, seems to be so large that anyone of any size and of either gender can find anything he or she might want to blend in with any era.
So, yeah, it seems the TARDIS interior is pretty huge.
The wardrobe room WAS shown during the first official episode of Tennant's run as The Doctor. It was a room filled with a large staircase that had like a drycleaner track following just above it and it was stuffed with clothes. You see him pulling various items from the rack until he finally spots the trenchcoat which he wore most of the time during his first year as the Doctor. You can also see on a dummy at one point a certain outfit with a scarf (Tom Baker's years was a favorite of the producers as you could constantly tell)
wait a sec.. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/TARDIS_wardrobe.jpg).. this is from "The Christmas Invasion" when it was shown.
Here is the scene itself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwHN7o1fKx8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwHN7o1fKx8)
And as you can tell I'm a big fan of Doctor Who myself..
- CQ
Edit: D'oh! :ph34r: Ninjaed by Talavar
Quote from: catwhowalksbyhimself on April 20, 2010, 08:44:46 PM
This last episode seems to be hinting at the season's main plot, so I'd say it was at least supposed to be important, not to mention the unveiling of a new version of the
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Daleks, as if you hadn't already guessed
The hint I'm referring to, emphasized at the end of the episode
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Is that somehow the Dalek invasion at the end of season 4 seems to have been erased from history. At least Amy has no knowledge of it.
I suppose that
is true, but to me, most of the episode felt fairly forgettable.
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The fact that Amy doesn't remember it is a HUGE deal. The Waters of Mars was based on that lady's motivation go into space after the Dalek invasion. Then she went boom. Or shot herself. Whatever . So its an established canon that Earth in general remembers the Daleks. But Amy doesn't. BECAUSE SHE's -
So far I'm intrigued by this Doctor, his portrayal is rather funny. Mind you I've only seen "The Eleventh Hour", but I really thought the Doctor / Amy meeting was written well.
I was not very impressed with the monster though, its true form was too eel-like for my taste. It could change shape so that's one point in its favor, and for having been a prisoner it seemed to know a bit more than the Doctor about inter-dimensional cracks.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to the adventures of this 11th Doctor.
Liked this last one. We learn quite a bit more about River Song and her interaction with Amy indicated that Amy will not be a romantic interest for the Doctor. (thank goodness for that) The Weeping Angels are just as creepy as before and we have two new rules introduced about them, when makes them even more creepy in some ways.
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1. Whatever holds the image of an angel becomes an angel.
2. The eyes of the angels are not a window to its soul, they are a door. In other words, then have some sort of mental influence on any who looks them in the eye.
This was a delightful episode - very creepy indeed. And River's call for a ride across 12 000 years? Great stuff.
um..... yeah, #1 does sound very interesting.
I think #1 was brought in just so they could have this really creepy scene at the beginning. Normally I am against this sort of thing, but the scene was awesome enough to be worth it.
I suppose it explains how they aren't extinct.
How would something that's basically unkillable go extinct?
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The dozens/hundreds in the Maze of the Dead have been starving there for hundreds of years and still aren't dead from it, while the main angel of the episode wasn't even fazed by the starship it was on crashing into a planet.
Everything can be killed in some way.
Okay, that bit at the end rather disappointed me. Sigh. Why do they have to fall into the exact same patterns again?
Quote from: marhawkman on May 01, 2010, 08:17:26 PM
Everything can be killed in some way.
So that blanket statement means that a nigh-unkillable species of monster should be nearly extinct? No.
Quote from: catwhowalksbyhimself on May 02, 2010, 04:09:44 AM
Okay, that bit at the end rather disappointed me. Sigh. Why do they have to fall into the exact same patterns again?
I agree. While I like that...
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Amy just tried to jump the Doctor - no angst or himming/hawing so far - I dislike them falling into the same patterns of the first/twenty-seventh season, namely a pseudo love triangle, with the companion split between the Doctor and her "normal" love interest. I hope this gets resolved quickly. As to the meat of the episode, this one had its moments. The gravity issue/resolution was interesting, and there was a lot of foreshadowing/teasing of things to come. However, I typically enjoy the first half of two-parters more than the second, and that holds true here.
On a related topic, should Amy's 'present' be our present day? At the end of 'The End of Time,' the Doctor regenerates into 11, then crashes. This is apparently the year Rose meets the ninth Doctor, 2005. If the Doctor crashes in Amy's yard in 2005 and she's nine, not enough time has passed in his jumps ahead in her life (5 than 2 years) for her to be as old as she is in 2010. I guess the rationale is that he also went backwards in time while crashing, but is my reasoning here otherwise sound?
I believe he actually jumped 10 then 2 years, which means your reasoning is correct.
Quote from: Talavar on May 02, 2010, 07:05:14 PMQuote from: marhawkman on May 01, 2010, 08:17:26 PMEverything can be killed in some way.
So that blanket statement means that a nigh-unkillable species of monster should be nearly extinct? No.
Considering that this species is supposedly one of the oldest in the universe nd pretty universally hated? That sounds reasonable.
"It's just a show, I should really just relax." -- Mystery Science Theater 3000 Mantra (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MST3KMantra)
Quote from: Kommando on May 04, 2010, 09:33:28 AM"It's just a show, I should really just relax." -- Mystery Science Theater 3000 Mantra (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MST3KMantra)
Excellent point.
Hell no. Then we have to think about reality and our sucky lives.
Saw part two of the Weeping Angels story today, and the Vampires of Venice.
I thought it was a lot of fun. Angels are still creepy. The ______ in _____ is scarier then ever.
And it isn't so much a love triangle as a "Doctor, I want you to take me NOW." She was quite clear, she didn't want a relationship. She wanted a roll in the hay with someone other than her soon-to-be husband. And the Doctor's reactionS are great!
Vampires from Venice was fun - I loved how excited the Doctor got when he thought they might be vampires.
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'Fish from Space have never been so buxom' and 'the only thing uglier than you is your mum' both made me laugh quite a bit.
I thought this was an especially good one. I personally figured it out nearly at once, but it was still well done and at least settles the question of Amy's interests in the Doctor. I just wish Rory was a bit more interesting. I find him rather boring for the most part.
Amy's Choice this week: a nice, character-based episode. Some of the Dream Lord's comments are particularly interesting once you know how the episode ends, and this hopefully puts a firm end to the Amy-Rory-Doctor issues.
Next week sees an old Who-foe making a first appearance in the revamped series.
Just to clarify, my previous post was also on Amy's Choice. In any case it may have been the best episode so far this season.
EDIT: Just did some checking and River Song will return for episode 12! Should be interesting.
Alright, saw the season ender. It was weird, wacky, and wild, but fortunately, I'm down with that. I also doesn't necessarily make the most sense if you thing too hard about it, but I really don't care in this case. One thing that surprised me about the end though
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Rory is back and comes aboard the Tardis with his new wife. I hope they'll just give him companion status next season and be done with it. It would be a welcome change from the usual pattern.
I enjoyed the finale quite a bit myself, more than any of the Russell T. Davies-scripted season enders really. The day-saving felt like it was earned a little more honestly than some of the handwaves those entailed. Onward to the Xmas special!
Other than the aneurysm caused by the amount of plot holes, it was an enjoyable episode. Other than...well, the very very end. Felt a bit TOO cheesy and deus ex machina.
Quote from: Sevenforce on June 27, 2010, 03:35:52 PM
Other than the aneurysm caused by the amount of plot holes, it was an enjoyable episode. Other than...well, the very very end. Felt a bit TOO cheesy and deus ex machina.
you're calling this one deus ex machina after all the cop outs davis has used, this finale was superb, well written and bridges the gap to the second season well with a continuing arc
also amy is a tart,.................... nice
Dr. Who pretty much is one big giant collection of deus ex machinas. It's all about the ride getting there.
Quote from: catwhowalksbyhimself on June 28, 2010, 10:13:17 AM
Dr. Who pretty much is one big giant collection of deus ex machinas. It's all about the ride getting there.
Too true - and the Tardis is the machine in question.
My problem with most of the Davies-scripted finales is that the endings felt pulled out of the writer's butt, where this felt better planned.
I got the same feeling, especially as a rather minor seeming scene in an earlier episode turns out to be vitally important in the this episode, as well as a lot of other hits and such carefully sprinkled around which I never noticed before. It all felt very carefully planned, and I like how that only part of the season plot was resolved. There's more left.
Quote from: catwhowalksbyhimself on June 28, 2010, 09:28:02 PM
I got the same feeling, especially as a rather minor seeming scene in an earlier episode turns out to be vitally important in the this episode, as well as a lot of other hits and such carefully sprinkled around which I never noticed before. It all felt very carefully planned, and I like how that only part of the season plot was resolved. There's more left.
Cat's pretty much said my thoughts there. The minor scene in question I spotted at the time...there was a tiny discrepancy in the Doctor's attire that I noticed, and at the time I wondered "Eh?" It was nice to see that get answered :D
Don't get me wrong, I don't mind a Deus Ex Machina, but only when its written well, and I mean REALLY well, as in, dotted all the i's and crossed all the t's, so you won't ever get a bout of fridge logic. The Doctor's return was just...so full of plot holes. I mean, gigantic, huge plot holes that you could drive the interior of the TARDIS through, and it felt, well, incredibly shoe horned in and...I can't believe I'm about to say this, but SAPPY.
HOWEVER!! I will fully admit that is because I am basing it on the rules of time as they are, not as they are portrayed in the show :P
Bloody timey wimey ball indeed...Still loved the episode, and it was still 3x better written than
some most all of Davies finales. I do wish they'd employ an internal fact checker though <_<
Quote from: Talavar on June 28, 2010, 02:02:02 PM
Too true - and the Tardis is the machine in question.
I see what you did there >_>
(http://doctorwhotoys.net/tardisanimation.gif)
"It's a fez. Fezs are cool."
Season closer rocks!!!!
Thoroughly enjoyed the season ender. Finally a freaking happy ending. Looking forward to multiple companions next year.
Ok, at the risk of being a bit blasphemous here...
Can someone explain to me the allure of this show? Please?
They have been running blocks of the shows on BBCA lately so I have only seen a few of the Tennant episodes. I don't get the allure of the show. Some of it seems a bit hard to follow, though I gathered pretty quick who was who on the season finale thing "Stolen Earth/Journey's End". But honestly, I lost interest in Journey's End about halfway through.
I have tried watching a few more episodes. I really wasn't interested in the least in Tennant or the new guy.
I normally like most of the British TV series that I have seen. I don't get this show, though.
BLASPHEMER!
you're not helping, Mouse boy!
That said. Watching the Planet of the Dead episode now. Much better than the other ones I have seen thus far.
Michelle Ryan being in it helps.
Quote from: Mr. Hamrick on October 14, 2010, 05:35:51 PM
you're not helping, Mouse boy!
That said. Watching the Planet of the Dead episode now. Much better than the other ones I have seen thus far.
Michelle Ryan being in it helps.
Obviously, we have different tastes; I thought Planet of the Dead was rather weak. Give me Blink or Silence in the Library any day.
Geez, Mr. Hamrick; if we explain the trick it won't be magic anymore.
It actually is hard to explain: some people like the crazy characters, some like the adventures, some like Leela (Hubba hubba), some like The Fourth Doctor, some people like the Daleks, some like Romana (both of her), others like the Third Doctor...
If you watch the series for any length of time, you will find something to like. I still remeber the streak of classic movie homages they did (Forbidden Planet, The Thing (interspersed with the Avenger episode The Man-Eater of Surrey Green), Frankenstein, Dracula, The Phantom of the Opera (and Sherlock Holmes)... The there is The Key of Time sequence, and almost any episode with Cybermen or Daleks (Sontarans are wussies).
I like it, but I have copies of Plan 9 from Outer Space, The Giant Gila Monster, The Killer Shrews, and The Attack of the Crab Monsters.
Quote from: daglob on October 14, 2010, 09:16:40 PMI like it, but I have copies of Plan 9 from Outer Space
I approve of your collection.
Hamrick: I recommend Blink, as Kkho rightly acknowledged. It was the first one I watched before I really got into the new series.
The beauty of Blink is it is a great Dr. Who episode but doesn't use hardly anything from other episodes. Even the Doctor and his companions are hardly in it. It's a great one to get into. Hope you don't have any statues nearby if you watch it though.
Apparently they're going to do away with the 12 regeneration limit without any explanation. But it happens on Sarah Jane's show, not Doctor Who, in a 2-parter guest starring the Doctor. :thumbdown:
Quote from: GhostMachine on October 14, 2010, 11:57:35 PM
Apparently they're going to do away with the 12 regeneration limit without any explanation. But it happens on Sarah Jane's show, not Doctor Who, in a 2-parter guest starring the Doctor. :thumbdown:
While I can understand that there will probably be many that have issues with this decision, I can see why they're doing it; so they don't have to worry about getting new Doctors and continuing the show. As for where I stand, honestly, I never really cared about that bit one way or the other. ;)
Quote from: kkhohoho on October 14, 2010, 06:03:36 PM
Quote from: Mr. Hamrick on October 14, 2010, 05:35:51 PM
you're not helping, Mouse boy!
That said. Watching the Planet of the Dead episode now. Much better than the other ones I have seen thus far.
Michelle Ryan being in it helps.
Obviously, we have different tastes; I thought Planet of the Dead was rather weak. Give me Blink or Silence in the Library any day.
Obviously, you missed you why I was very partial to "Planet of The Dead". Here, let me help you.
Spoiler
MICHELLE RYAN IS IN IT!
Quote from: Mr. Hamrick on October 15, 2010, 01:23:15 AM
Quote from: kkhohoho on October 14, 2010, 06:03:36 PM
Quote from: Mr. Hamrick on October 14, 2010, 05:35:51 PM
you're not helping, Mouse boy!
That said. Watching the Planet of the Dead episode now. Much better than the other ones I have seen thus far.
Michelle Ryan being in it helps.
Obviously, we have different tastes; I thought Planet of the Dead was rather weak. Give me Blink or Silence in the Library any day.
Obviously, you missed you why I was very partial to "Planet of The Dead". Here, let me help you.
Spoiler
MICHELLE RYAN IS IN IT!
Yeah, Michelle Ryan; Sorry, but I've never heard of him/her before, and even if I did, I wouldn't like the episode just because this one actor is in it. Different strokes for different folks I suppose.
Quote from: kkhohoho on October 15, 2010, 01:00:46 AM
Quote from: GhostMachine on October 14, 2010, 11:57:35 PM
Apparently they're going to do away with the 12 regeneration limit without any explanation. But it happens on Sarah Jane's show, not Doctor Who, in a 2-parter guest starring the Doctor. :thumbdown:
While I can understand that there will probably be many that have issues with this decision, I can see why they're doing it; so they don't have to worry about getting new Doctors and continuing the show. As for where I stand, honestly, I never really cared about that bit one way or the other. ;)
I figured out a way around it years ago, even allowing for The Valyard and letting The Master steal a regeneration or two so we could keep him around. (Hint: The Madawyn Undead).
It's already been established that the leaders of the time lords could grant additional regenerations or even bring back those who have died with a new set. (like the Master) If he's the last Time Lord, then who do you think has control over all those regenerations? The way I figure they don't need an explanation--he simply possesses all the regenerations of his entire species.
Quote from: kkhohoho on October 15, 2010, 01:39:02 AM
Quote from: Mr. Hamrick on October 15, 2010, 01:23:15 AM
Quote from: kkhohoho on October 14, 2010, 06:03:36 PM
Quote from: Mr. Hamrick on October 14, 2010, 05:35:51 PM
you're not helping, Mouse boy!
That said. Watching the Planet of the Dead episode now. Much better than the other ones I have seen thus far.
Michelle Ryan being in it helps.
Obviously, we have different tastes; I thought Planet of the Dead was rather weak. Give me Blink or Silence in the Library any day.
Obviously, you missed you why I was very partial to "Planet of The Dead". Here, let me help you.
Spoiler
MICHELLE RYAN IS IN IT!
Yeah, Michelle Ryan; Sorry, but I've never heard of him/her before, and even if I did, I wouldn't like the episode just because this one actor is in it. Different strokes for different folks I suppose.
It's a her. She was in the short lived remake of The Bionic Woman. And she was a substantial enough part of the episode that her interaction with The Doctor was more interesting than the other companion I saw. (Didn't catch the character's name but it was the red head who was in the previous season.)
Quote from: Mr. Hamrick on October 15, 2010, 05:22:57 AM
Quote from: kkhohoho on October 15, 2010, 01:39:02 AM
Quote from: Mr. Hamrick on October 15, 2010, 01:23:15 AM
Quote from: kkhohoho on October 14, 2010, 06:03:36 PM
Quote from: Mr. Hamrick on October 14, 2010, 05:35:51 PM
you're not helping, Mouse boy!
That said. Watching the Planet of the Dead episode now. Much better than the other ones I have seen thus far.
Michelle Ryan being in it helps.
Obviously, we have different tastes; I thought Planet of the Dead was rather weak. Give me Blink or Silence in the Library any day.
Obviously, you missed you why I was very partial to "Planet of The Dead". Here, let me help you.
Spoiler
MICHELLE RYAN IS IN IT!
Yeah, Michelle Ryan; Sorry, but I've never heard of him/her before, and even if I did, I wouldn't like the episode just because this one actor is in it. Different strokes for different folks I suppose.
It's a her. She was in the short lived remake of The Bionic Woman. And she was a substantial enough part of the episode that her interaction with The Doctor was more interesting than the other companion I saw. (Didn't catch the character's name but it was the red head who was in the previous season.)
Which I never saw, no offense. But again, different people have different tastes. I don't want to turn this into a lengthy disagreement or argument of any kind, so I'll just end this here. ;)
If you didn't see the Bionic Woman remake, count yourself lucky. It wasn't that great. Aside from Michelle Ryan and Katee Sachoff, who was a villain, it didn't have much going for it. Plus there wasn't even any actual bionics involved. Instead of bionics her powers came from nanotechnology.
As for the Doctor's regenerations being unlimited now, I figured an explanation could be that the Time Lords have a means of limiting the # of regenerations a Time Lord had, which explains the Master's decayed form in the 4th Doctor era and him surviving by stealing Tremas' body, and the # is set at 12 regenerations (for a total of 13 lives). This artificial limitation is also what enabled Time Lords to be executed. With the Time Lords time locked, the Doctor isn't bound by that limit anymore. But unfortunately, neither is the Master.....if he ever returns.
And to Mr. Hamrick, my advice would be to get your hands on some episodes of the original series. Especially from the Jon Pertwee or Tom Baker eras. Whatever you do, avoid the Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy eras, as they're bad for a variety of reasons. Colin Baker, the 6th Doctor, was also the worst dressed, and came off as a jerk. Unfortunately, the BBC was going through problems at the time and the character never did a chance to develop (his attitude was supposed to be due to the circumstances of the regeneration and was going to get better, if the series had gone on). Sylvester McCoy is the worst Doctor. His character was far too grumpy and she show had some pretty bad writing from that era. Plus it had Mel, who is hands down the worst companion in Doctor Who history.... (I haven't seen a lot of McCoy, myself; just enough to know he stunk compared to the others)
Quote from: GhostMachine on October 15, 2010, 06:16:38 AM
And to Mr. Hamrick, my advice would be to get your hands on some episodes of the original series. Especially from the Jon Pertwee or Tom Baker eras. Whatever you do, avoid the Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy eras, as they're bad for a variety of reasons. Colin Baker, the 6th Doctor, was also the worst dressed, and came off as a jerk. Unfortunately, the BBC was going through problems at the time and the character never did a chance to develop (his attitude was supposed to be due to the circumstances of the regeneration and was going to get better, if the series had gone on). Sylvester McCoy is the worst Doctor. His character was far too grumpy and she show had some pretty bad writing from that era. Plus it had Mel, who is hands down the worst companion in Doctor Who history.... (I haven't seen a lot of McCoy, myself; just enough to know he stunk compared to the others)
I'll agree that the 6th Doctor is the worst to offer, but I'll have to disagree on the Sylvester era. As I understand it, whereas the Colin Baker era is universally despised, the McCoy era splits fans right down the middle. As for me, while there's some stories that aren't so good, there are also some that I enjoy, and I also liked Ace, (McCoy's primary companion,) as well as McCoy to a degree. Not the best era, but far from the worst. (Which we've already gone over. :thumbdown:)
Quote from: kkhohoho on October 15, 2010, 01:42:33 PM
I'll agree that the 6th Doctor is the worst to offer, but I'll have to disagree on the Sylvester era. As I understand it, whereas the Colin Baker era is universally despised, the McCoy era era splits fans right down the middle. As for me, while there's some stories that aren't so good, there are also some that I enjoy, and I also liked Ace, (McCoy's primary companion,) as well as McCoy to a degree. Not the best era, but far from the worst. (Which we've already gone over. :thumbdown:)
I found Colin Baker (no offense to those who may have liked him), the most annoying and aggravating Doctor ever, not-to-mention his episodes became heavily camp. I liked Sylvester more than I did Colin (I also liked Ace....Hated Mel, though), but McCoy's seasons fell even more into camp territory IMHO (I rolled my eyes at a lot of it). I was sad, as well as kind of glad that the series was cancelled then....It basically became a parody of itself (IMO).
I really feel the new series had a more fresh approach and breathed new life into the series...I'm glad it came back.
Dana
Quote from: GhostMachine on October 15, 2010, 06:16:38 AM
As for the Doctor's regenerations being unlimited now, I figured an explanation could be that the Time Lords have a means of limiting the # of regenerations a Time Lord had, which explains the Master's decayed form in the 4th Doctor era and him surviving by stealing Tremas' body, and the # is set at 12 regenerations (for a total of 13 lives). This artificial limitation is also what enabled Time Lords to be executed. With the Time Lords time locked, the Doctor isn't bound by that limit anymore. But unfortunately, neither is the Master.....if he ever returns.
And to Mr. Hamrick, my advice would be to get your hands on some episodes of the original series. Especially from the Jon Pertwee or Tom Baker eras. Whatever you do, avoid the Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy eras, as they're bad for a variety of reasons. Colin Baker, the 6th Doctor, was also the worst dressed, and came off as a jerk. Unfortunately, the BBC was going through problems at the time and the character never did a chance to develop (his attitude was supposed to be due to the circumstances of the regeneration and was going to get better, if the series had gone on). Sylvester McCoy is the worst Doctor. His character was far too grumpy and she show had some pretty bad writing from that era. Plus it had Mel, who is hands down the worst companion in Doctor Who history.... (I haven't seen a lot of McCoy, myself; just enough to know he stunk compared to the others)
I agree with GM on the
Jon Pertwee and
Tom Baker eras (they are a wonderful intro to the series and are my most favorite Doctors). I would suggest seeing the first Doctor (William Hartnell) too, if only to see the series' roots (the first few episodes are a bit slow, but I found them to be pretty interesting). Unfortunately, a lot of the Second Doctor's (Patrick Troughton) episodes are gone, missing, destroyed...It's really sad.
Not sure I agree with you Ghost on McCoy being the worst Doctor (for me, Colin was the worst), but I do agree with you on Mel...Aaargh! I nearly couldn't stomach Mel and Colin Baker together in The Trial of A Time Lord episodes...I actually thought about quitting the show then. It was like a root canal on the screen!
Dana
What's appealing about Doctor Who?
I think for a lot of fans it's the character of the Doctor. Here's someone who is basically immortal, incredibly intelligent and with access to technology beyond belief and all of space-time, and he chooses to use all that, basically, to do good. He almost never resorts to violence yet has something of a temper, and loves the weird, exciting and new. He tries to get people to better themselves, and demonstrates an (imperfect sometimes) example of how to do so.
Then there's a host of other factors: the creepiness - most of the best Who episodes are at least slightly scary - the dialogue (which, when done well, can be quite funny), the twists to historical time periods and visits to interesting ideas of the future, and the companions can be fun or compelling characters in their own right (though not always).
You could say a big attraction of the show is how it is almost a mockery unto itself, yet does so with both dignity and fun. It has its own style, which is subtly commented upon. It may be substandard in terms of quality in places, but it kind of works.
I think thats a large reason for why I enjoy it.
Much of my enjoyment of Doctor Who comes from the appeal of the Doctor himself. His earnestness is engaging, especially when it couples his brilliance in all things scientific with a great deal of cluelessness in many things social. And the fact that he can turn that personality on a dime to be deadly serious and protective.
Doctor Who also does creepy stories in a fashion that I don't typically see in other venues. Doctor Who gets me to actually care about the poor schmucks who have horrible things happen to them. And that makes the story so much more compelling for me. That, and the fact that being a main character does not necessarily insulate one from painful sacrifice and personal tragedy - it makes the happy endings that much more joyful, because there's no guarantee that there will actually be a happy ending for everyone.
In spite of all this, Doctor Who's just not for everyone. I has a sometimes campy, sometimes serious tone to it that the more serious and scary moments can't undo. Some folks will find that aspect enjoyable, as the show doesn't take itself too seriously--it doesn't even try to keep a straight continuity for example and sort of just shrugs that off--but others won't be able to stand that. Hamrick, you might just be one of those.
I think I may have pinpointed the reason for some of my puzzlement on the matter.
1) When I made the original post on the subject, the episodes I saw either were with Donna Noble as a companion or Martha Jones as a companion. David Tennant playing The Doctor in both instances but the difference was the companion. I found the interaction between Martha and The Doctor much better than Donna and The Doctor. It seemed better written and better delivered. I was watching the episodes "Stolen Earth" and "Journey's End" when I felt prompted to inquire on the matter largely because of the writing.
2) The other issue was the camera quality. The one thing I noticed was the difference between the series and other British series that I have seen. Some of the camera work, too. I don't know what it was that initially jumped out at me but it made me wonder why fans were still enamored with the series. In short, it should've looked better to me that it did. The colors looked desaturated on the broadcast and it looked like the effects had not been. (Again, this is specifically on the two episodes in question which were shown as one two hour block so I am not sure where one started and the other ended.) I could understand if the episodes had been shot 20-something years ago but not two years ago.
3) After I made the post, I saw the "Planet of The Dead" episode. A lot of the problems that existed visually on the previous episode weren't there. I also learned that this was the first episode that had been shot in HD. It made a lot of difference. Also, I mentioned that it had Michelle Ryan in it. Ok, I have a wee bit of an "talent crush" on her. That is to say that I think she is a very attractive actress with a lot of potential in the right hands. But more importantly, the character of Lady Christina de Souza had better chemistry with The Doctor than Donna Noble.
After all this, I can only assume that my issue is more so based on technical things I am noticing about the show and the fact that I found Donna Noble to be annoying as a character. I suspect that I would find some of the other companions to be equally annoying.
I started watching the beginning of the season with the 11th Doctor and Amy Pond but I was interrupted. However, I will try to give it another chance.
Anything to note on David Tennant as The Doctor vs. Matt Smith?
Believe me, Mr Hamrick...Donna Noble is far less annoying than Melanie Bush.
Dana
The thing about Donna Noble is that Catherine Tate, the actress who played her, is a comedienne. Most of the actors and actresses who have played companions have been more serious actors. (I believe the actress who played Mel was a comedienne, also, but the character AND actress were both awful)
Tenth Doctor stories I highly recommend:
The Christmas Invasion (first appearance post-regeneration from the 9th Doctor, and his actions at the end do a very good job of showing you that the Doctor's goofiness is an act)
The Girl In The Fireplace
42
Human Nature/The Family of Blood (2-parter)
Blink
Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords (3-parter, more or less)
The Fires of Pompeii
Planet of the Ood
The Waters of Mars
The End of Time (2-parter, regenerates into the 11th Doctor at the end)
And there's a good reason that the Doctor acts odd/goofy/nuts/eccentric; the 4th Doctor said something like "Being crazy is the only thing that keeps me sane". Its basically a cross between a coping mechanism (so he doesn't actually go nuts for real) and something that makes people underestimate him, ala Columbo. And not every Doctor has acted that way.
The Sixth and Seventh Doctors were bad for different reasons:
The Sixth looked like he was dressed in the dark by Two-Face's tailor. He was grumpy and a jerk, but that was due to the circumstances under which he regenerated. It was intended for him to gradually change and become better, but the BBC was going through problems at the time which led to the show being put on hiatus, so they never got a chance for his character to develop before they ended up with a Seventh Doctor.
The Seventh Doctor was just plain grumpy.
But the series suffered under both the 6th and 7th due to bad writing.
My friend Dee made this. It made me smile.
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Fires of Pompei and Planet of the Ood were two of the worst ones, in my and most other peopels estimation that I have seen.
Agree with the others in that list though.
Add to that Blink and The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, both of which have scared people to the point where they refuse to watch the show anymore.
Melanie Bush? Bush was her surname? I thought Melanie's Bush was a reference to that hair-do.
One of the things that I like about "Doctor Who" is that it's sort of a science fiction-horror-comedy often at the same time. Take "Blink", already touted as one of the best stories, on the one hand, we have this great, horrific, scary group of monsters, with this VERY science fictiony way of removing people, but when I wasn't being scared, I was laughing at lines like "<Look to your left> 'I think that's a political statement'."
That, and we have this VERY geeky, thinking man's, action hero. If you were ever the kid who was picked on or ignored because you were bookish, or smart, or "had your head in the clouds", or just generally out-of-step with your peers, here was a hero you could identify with. The Doctor is all of these things.
Looking forward to the Doctor guest starring on Sarah Jane written by Russell T Davies. I'm guessing they will work in the Tennant pre-regeneration scene somehow.
Re: Colin Baker here's a couple of things:
1) If you get a chance, check out the commentary on the Caves of Androzani DVD where Peter Davison remarks how unfair it was for his Doctor to get shot, blown up then poisoned and after all that...has to turn into Colin Baker!
2) I'd recommend picking up a few of the audio adventures. Colin Baker puts in some much better performances, there's also some nice crossovers with Doctors 6,7 and 8.
3) I don't blame Colin Baker for being irritable and short tempered. If your pants were hitched that high, the resulting wedgie would make anyone moody ;)
Anyone heard a release date on the Christmas special? I am assuming that it will be out later here in the US than in the UK.
Oh, and has anyone seen the new series of Dr. Pepper commercials with Dr. Dre and Gene Simmons doing a pitch then ending it with "Trust me, I'm a doctor." (Dre has done one that I know of, Simmons and KISS have done two that I know of.) Why not do a Dr. Pepper commercial with Doctor Who? Something about Dr. Pepper having an "out of this world taste" or a "timeless" taste. (There were some retro Dr. Pepper cans done recently and they've ran with that.) After all, you can trust that man - He's a Doctor. or THE Doctor. I would assume you would use Matt Smith but you could argue going with Tennant. or do a series of them with different Doctors.
I've heard that the Xmas special is actually airing on the same day in the US and the UK.
Great!
I had to leave for a set right after posting that. Didn't have time to look it up.
Thanks.
http://youtu.be/98x9FwsqzHQ (http://youtu.be/98x9FwsqzHQ)
Christmas has come, and with it a new Doctor Who Christmas special!
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As the episode opens, we are introduced to a world where the planet's unusual atmosphere conditions are controlled by one, rather bitter old man. Amy and Rory are honeymooning on a space cruiser that's going to crash into that world because the old man won't open a flight corridor for their ship. And the Doctor arrives to save the day. Unable to simple override the controls himself, the Doctor decides to Christmas Carol the old man, changing him to be a better person.
It's an enjoyable episode. Despite the looming ship crash, the episode is low on action or danger for the most part, focusing more on some quite nice character work. The day is saved without much of a hat-pull, and almost everyone gets a happy ending.
Saw it and loved it. My problem with the other Christmas specials is they are set at Christmas and in some cases Santa lookalikes chase after the heroes, but other than that the specials have had nothing to do with Christmas really. This one was a full out well done Christmas story with all the fun and humor one expects of Doctor Who. Definitely the best Christmas special so far for the new series.
From SlashDot (http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/01/05/1735205/Doctor-Marries-Doctors-Daughter-TARDIS-Explodes)
Quote"In a veritable Who's Who of Doctor Who, 10th Doctor David Tennant is marrying Georgia Moffett, the daughter of 5th Doctor Peter Davison, who played the Doctor's daughter in an episode of Doctor Who. Except that the Doctor's daughter was a clone of the Doctor, which meant that she really was Who. So a newer Doctor is marrying an older Doctor's daughter, who is a clone of the newer doctor, but only has half the DNA of the older Doctor."
Weird. I remember hearing that they were dating, but Tennant also dated another of the show's guest stars (the woman who played Madame Pompadour).
Quote from: Glitch Girl on January 06, 2011, 01:40:24 AM
From SlashDot (http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/01/05/1735205/Doctor-Marries-Doctors-Daughter-TARDIS-Explodes)
Quote"In a veritable Who's Who of Doctor Who, 10th Doctor David Tennant is marrying Georgia Moffett, the daughter of 5th Doctor Peter Davison, who played the Doctor's daughter in an episode of Doctor Who. Except that the Doctor's daughter was a clone of the Doctor, which meant that she really was Who. So a newer Doctor is marrying an older Doctor's daughter, who is a clone of the newer doctor, but only has half the DNA of the older Doctor."
And before you know it, he's his own grandpa.