Doctor Who General Discussion
 

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/16/doctor_who_new_companion/

So, new companion time.. Anyone willing to guess whether they'll be male or female this time?

I'm thinking a young River song might be on the cards?

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:cry:

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Didn't they say it was someone 'new'. River Song is anything but

Plus it couldn't be River Song as she's been accounted for

Baby > New York - Brought up by The Silence and no Doctor

New York > Let's Kill Hitler - Grew up with Amy and Rory and no Doctor

and then she regenerates into her last incarnation which is Alex Kingston.

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If it was not somebody new then I would say it could have been Captain Jack, I know John Barrowman wants to appear in the new series and now Torchwood seems to be once again on hold it would be a perfect time for him to appear. I hope its not james cordon.

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So, who watched the Christmas Special, then?

I thought that it was a lot better than last year's.

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haven't watched it yet but being better last years won't be hard

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l have recorded it and plan to watch it in a couple of days.

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Yep, it was far far better (which TBH, wasnt hard :erm:) but we actually enjoyed it this year. :D

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I thought it was awful. A very thin plot, no action, not well written, just seemed thrown together to me.

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just watched it and enjoyed it for what it was ....a christmas special

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I enjoyed it. BTW, did anyone else spot a subtle reference to the original series?

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how the hell did you spot that :shocked:

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I watched it and thought it was very good. :)

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Because it was there to be spotted by all Classic Who fans. :D

It wasn't really all that obscure though, the story in question was called The Caves of Androzani and was a regereration story, which heightens its status somewhat.

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still, it shows an impressive knowledge of Dr Who trivia though , well done that man :)

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I thought it was utter rubbish. I can see it getting canned soon, although it was No#3 in yesterday's overnight ratings - behind EastEnders and Corrie.

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How is it you can see it getting canned, when the powers-that-be at the BBC can't see that?

The show is flying as high in the ratings as ever, and the audience appreciation index is sky high as well.

You appear to be confusing your personal taste with the commissioning policy of a national broadcaster with a remit to serve a wide audience. ;)

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I think Christmas specials of any series shouldn't be taken too seriously .They are just meant to be a bit of fun and most are not linked to the main series' timeline ...see Eureka and Warehouse 13

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Keep your hair on! Just a figure of speech!! :)

Doctor Who was 2nd in the ratings last year, and 3rd again in 2009, so yes you are right - it's a big pull and winner.


Perhaps I am! :D

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Thanks, but it it referenced a story that I thought was arguably one of my favourites in the original series.

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I just watched it since I fell asleep watching it yesterday. I enjoyed it.

Question; I was just reading something about Doctor Who on TVbytheNumbers. Do you post on there as MattD?

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No, our own Matt D might though..

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Nope, not me.

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l have just watched and it was pretty good in my mind but my pretty good might be someone else's poor but having different opinions of things are what lifes all about.:D

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Dr Who tends to swing from episodes based at children to episodes based towards more an adult audience. With it being xmas it was a suitable childrens episode though still enjoyable to any adult who realised that fact ;)

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What are your reactions to Helen Mirren's recent comment regarding the series?

I realise it was made to the Daily Star so should be taken with several council winter salt mountains . I think her age might be a restriction, but it would be an interesting experiment to say the least.

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After watching her in RED last year I think she could pull it off....

Just look at the age of the original Dr. Who's

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First Doctor William Hartnell 23 November 1963 55 29 October 1966 58
Second Doctor Patrick Troughton 29 October 1966 46 21 June 1969 49
Third Doctor Jon Pertwee 3 January 1970 50 8 June 1974 54
Fourth Doctor Tom Baker 8 June 1974 40 21 March 1981 47
Fifth Doctor Peter Davison 21 March 1981 29 16 March 1984 32
Sixth Doctor Colin Baker 16 March 1984 40 6 December 1986 43
Seventh Doctor Sylvester McCoy 7 September 1987 44 6 December 1989 46
Eighth Doctor Paul McGann 27 May 1996 36 27 May 1996 36
Ninth Doctor Christopher Eccleston 26 March 2005 41 18 June 2005 41
Tenth Doctor David Tennant 18 June 2005 34 1 January 2010 38
Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith 1 January 2010 27

Current

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I'd like to see a 3 doctors episode, with the 3 doctors since the reboot, you could even throw Paul Mcgann too.

Wouldn't it be great to see his doctor again?

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There is definitely scope to give McGann screentime, though I think some sort of flashback would be the best way to do it.

Multi-Doctor episodes can be fun but TBH I think they're a bit ... <insert slightly rude term commonly used on Who forums to describe ideas that give excessive thrills to hardcore fans>. ;)

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Regarding the episode about all the hotel rooms, who did The Doctor see in his room? I noticed his room number was 11, did he see his replacement, number 12? Gawd, I don't know if it's my age or hormones but I think I cried at some point during all of the last six episodes...

Jenna-Louse Coleman new Doctor Who companion
 

I sorta remember her from Emmerdale. She will be joining the show in the Christmas special. It looks like that'll be airing in between part 1 and 2 of the series this time.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/do...octor-who.html

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Lots of info via Twitter.

- There will be 6 episodes this year, including the Xmas Special. Then 8 next year. Jenna's character will first be seen at Xmas.

- Steven Moffat: "Amy & Rory will leave in a final encounter with [spoilers]* in ep 5. Not everyone gets out alive and I mean it this time"

*If you really want to know:

The Doctor's New Assistant
 

http://www.denofgeek.com/siteimage/s...000/320847.jpg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17456505

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Have you any links? Stephen Moffat has already said that the series will not be split.

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Its not actually being split as such but only 6 will air this year(2012), then the Christmas Episode and then the series continues in January I guess.

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Came across this today.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...&type=1&ref=nf

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Also this...

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-...-ever-monsters

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The Daleks return :D

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho...-of-the-Daleks

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-...of-the-daleks1

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A return for the Special Weapons Dalek too - nice :)

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Has it been announced when the new series starts yet?

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Matt Smith said August with the educated guess being 25th.

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Cool - thanks.

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Awesome new promo image!!

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/tv/isite-...ll_01_16x9.jpg

Special weapons Dalek!

Also new epic trailer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho...ast-Here-It-Is

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Do you think they got the message about the revamped Daleks not being as good as the originals?

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Heck yeah! Bring it on :D

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No, Moffat did state in an interview that we will see every incarnation of the Daleks together for the first time.

Never expected to see the Special Weapons Dalek again though. They look ace! (pun intended)

'Dinosaurs!!........On a spaceship' love that line.

Everything looks epic, from the scenery to the monsters. Even though the budget is smaller it looks more expensive.

River is also back by the look of it. Was hoping we'd seen the last of her.

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1080p version of the trailer, courtesy of BBC America:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7YGoVyRSik

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00:41

A baby angel :angel:

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For those who didn't already know..

Episode 1 of the 5 mini-webisodes "Pond Life" is now available for viewing.

Click here to watch episode 1 on the BBC

Or Click here to watch episode 1 on Youtube

Should be a nice lead up to to series 7's Asylum of the Daleks, which of course airs this Saturday :D

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You can now watch the "Pond Life" omnibus here.

Under an hour to go :D

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:bump:

Yessssssssss!

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I shall be watching to see if it has improved, but I hold little hope that it has.

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Whilst I don't like this new Who as much as the RTD/DT years I still think it's fantastic; if a little over-complicated at times.

What's your problem with it, dill? Just out if interest :) Don't start on at me about asking questions, like some people do ;) :p: :D

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If you don't like the way it's been done over the past few years Dilli, I suspect you're going to be disappointed again ...

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I fully understand why the BBC keep it gong, but I think the new iteration should be drawn to a close, maybe just after the 50th anniversary.

What I don't want to see is it fading away with crap story lines and crap acting.

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Maybe but I won't know unless I give it a chance ;)

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i wanna know how come those pesky daleks DON'T JUST DIE .........they scare me :disturbd:

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Both of which are subjective, of course. The show regularly gets 8m+ consolidated viewers so it's probably safe to say yours in not the majority view ;) (and also that it's not going off-air anytime soon :p:

Personally, I'm wondering if I should watch it live on FreeviewHD jst so I can't start "instant replay"ing the good bits. You know, just watch it all the way through once, uninterrupted. Then again, probably not! ;):D

22 mins to go!

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Well, keep your eyes peeled - the RT reviewer says there's a major surprise right after the opening credits.

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Well here's hoping I find this season better than the last one.

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Personally I don't think you will. However, I seem to recall reading somewhere that Mr Moff has said that there will be no two-parters this season which I think is a good thing as, with most of them I tend to think "well all the that best bits of that could have all be done in one ep".

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Well the thing is I don't feel like I can comment on it if I haven't given it a chance.

It's like Star Trek The Next Generation - I think that started crap and didn't really pick up until the second season.

I don't like Matt Smith but there's always room for improvement.

Trouble is I do like the idea of seeing the special weapons Dalek again so I'm biased in the wrong way tonight.

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Well that was ruddy brilliant. I was second-guessing all the way through and completely and utterly wrong every time :D

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and yet more daleks, sooo bored with them...

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That was quite heartbreaking.

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There was some interesting ideas - I did guess the 'twist' near the end though.

I had fun spotting the different Daleks ;)

edit - I see there are several books detailing the Special Weapons Dalek, going to have to see if I can get them on my Kindle now.

Some behind the scenes stuff

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00y2rzx

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Soufflé Girl was quite attractive for a Dalek ;)


Can someone remind me... What excuse was used earlier on during the Moffat era to (again) bring the Daleks back from the dead, after they were (again) all killed off in The Stolen Earth?

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For you....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/galleries/p00y2wnk

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Ha, cheers :D



I wonder how she will become the next companion in the Christmas Special, given that she's been turned into a Dalek and then the planet she was on was destroyed.

Will an earlier version of her become the companion, or will the Doctor somehow undo what happened to her?

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only one word.WOW!!!!

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Yep. Best ever episode, I think, so far (and I don't just mean this season ;))

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Single ship escaped, just as single Dalek did from the end of season 2

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The Daleks are annoying. The amount of times they have wiped out only to come back by some stupid loophole is crazy. At least this time they kept a load alive instead of destroying them all again.

Hopefully we won't see them again for a while. The best bad guys in the series have been the ones that are more abstract like the 'evil' on the Impossible Planet, the Weeping Angels, and The Silence.

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Seconded :)

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I wish they would get rid of the paradigm daleks,they just don't look right.

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Well that was amazing! Loved the big secret involving JLC. Although I believe her actual companion character may end up being a relative or her from before the crash. Then that would undo the daleks forgetting the doctor.

Seems the new daleks were slighty altered design and colour wise, and that they are just the upper class units with the bronze rtd daleks as the main population.

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Well unless the Doctor wanted a Dalek for a companion :p:

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what was the major surprise ?

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The fact that the actress playing the new assistant was in it.

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Although not playing the same role as she will in the Christmas ep. So it was even more confusing :D

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I assumed it was the Ponds splitting up.

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I was expecting her anyway ,i didn't think that was a secret :shrug: i must have read the announcements wrong

still she'll keep the us dads interested :D

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Yeah. It was only announced that her first ep would be the Xmas Special.

And non-dads (ie old single blokes) too ;)

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As are the people who keep complaining about them ;)

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Every time I see them I get reminded of the times I got to use the fischerteknik stuff at school.

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Loved tonight’s episode. I thought the robots were very Douglas Adams. :)

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Really liking this new series. Less of the slightly-difficult-to-follow-story-arc and more fun!

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Did you notice that they were voiced by Mitchell & Webb?

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I actually thought they sounded like them...

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I liked queen Nefertiti

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Indeed. I like Queen Nefer-titty as well ;):p::D

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Not long to go now :D

Anyways.. After viewing the trailer for tonight's episode, was anyone else reminded of Red Dwarf's Gunmen of the Apocalypse?

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/09/35.jpg

I'm betting he's not half as funny as Kryten..

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Assume that was just a typo? It's Kryten, of course :)

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Of course, you're quite correct..

And thanks for pointing it out, you master of subtlety you :)

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Well I just thought that either it was a typo or you're not really a big enough fan of the show :D

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You forget the rest of his name :)

2X4B - 523P

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I'm not that much of a fan :p:

Anyway... back on-topic.

Another good ep tonight. Good but not brilliant. A little "talky" in the middle (some might say 'preachy') but still good.

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Nice to see Ben Browder on TV again.


Another episode examining the Doctor's morality, and what he is willing to do...

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Yes i noticed that ,i wonder if we are getting prepared for some big departure from the doctors usual spotless morals later in the series