Doctor Who (The one that started in 2005)

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:52 pm

Well, it was interesting seeing Timothy Dalton.... that was a real HOLY SHIT turn of events.

"Still not ginger, good..."

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 1:09 am

So what is the consensus on this current Doctor... do we like him as much as Tennant? I assume he didn't regenerate again at the end of this season.

I am only 2 episodes in to the season, so far. Not feeling him, yet.

Post by **TPRJones** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:19 am

I like him a lot. He's got plenty of "holy shit that was cool" moments in him. Plus he works really well with Amy Pond, and I think she's just awesome.

I will agree that he's so far much less nuanced than the last two doctors. The show has been through some heavy shit the past few years, though, and it's nice to move to a more lighthearted adventurous pace for a while.

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 7:59 pm

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:13 pm

Finished season 5, all caught up.

1. Still very excellent.
2. Matt Smith took a while to grow on me... I really only got comfortable with him in the last third of the season.
3. Very cool how they obviously wrote the entire season ahead of time.
4. "It's a fez. I wear a fez, now. Fez's are cool."

Post by **TPRJones** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:22 pm

Heh. I liked the fez.

Very cool on the last episode, wasn't it? I mean, like I said before, it didn't make a damn bit of sense. But it was mighty cool.

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 12:07 am

I was predicting...

He told her "Your parents will be back."

I thought maybe he and River were her parents, and he'd be back for that reason.

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 8:49 am

Christmas special has been filmed, and they've started shooting the 6th season.

http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010....es.html

Post by **GORDON** » Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:48 pm

Rewatched Season 1 Ep 1 "Rose" with Eccleston again, with some people. Lots I didn't notice the first time around.

In Rose's flat he looks in the mirror and checks himself out, says something to the effect of 'not bad, what's with these ears?' which sort of alludes to... he just regenerated, and didn't know what he looked like, yet.

Do we know why he recently regenerated?

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 12:10 am

Depends if you ignore that god-awful made-for-TV "Doctor Who" movie.

Post by **GORDON** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:07 pm

GORDON wrote:Oh, and, "EXTERMINALEN!"

I guess it is "exterminieren."

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I still love Daleks shouting in German. It sounds like their natural language, heh.

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:46 pm

I was looking for the trailer for this year's Christmas special online (it is airing Christmas, 9pm eastern on BBC America) to show my kid, and found this one.... I was really excited for how stylistically different it seemed from the previous episodes.

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Then I found out it was a fan trailer. Damn, and wow. Well done.

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:05 pm

Oh, by the way, here's the real one:

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Post by **GORDON** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 9:05 am

TWO WEEKS UNTIL THE CHRISTMAS EPISODE!!!

Post by **GORDON** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 12:32 am

Christmas special: Well, I really liked it. I've been reading a lot of bad reviews. These people are dead inside.

Post by **TPRJones** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:19 pm

I thought it was really good.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:55 pm

GORDON wrote:Christmas special: Well, I really liked it. I've been reading a lot of bad reviews. These people are dead inside.

I think the reason everyone has to make an extra effort to feel good around the holidays is that it usually forces you to interact with people you don't see the rest of the year. And then you start to remember WHY you avoid those folk and then wonder why the fuck these arbitrarily chosen days on the year require you to call a ceasefire to such things.

I find myself with a bit of a negative bias towards any TV show or flick that uses Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, or other "family" holiday as a backdrop. I think the last Christmas movie I remember liking was "Bad Santa," precisely because it seemed anti-Christmas in every way.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:17 pm

I read somewhere that the point of having a Doctor Who xmas special is that very reason... you are exhausted from the holiday and all the family, so at 9 pm, kick back and have some new Doctor Who to make you happy again.

I know it worked for me.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:35 pm

Were the episode non-Christmas, I'd be down for it. Around Christmas time, the last thing I want to think about is Christmas or any other major holiday.

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:44 pm

New season satrts Easter, "The Impossible Astronaut."

And, here's a little Who sketch that was filmed for some British thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51JtuEa_OPc

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

I could definitely find a use for 2 Amy Ponds.