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Title: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Nucka on January 08, 2010, 03:54:37 am
I've been watching it since I was a little kid, back when Peter Davison was the Doctor (who still happens to be my favorite).
It tends to flow in and out of my obsessive mind over the years. Right now I'm on a big Doctor Who kick because I recently discovered that I get BBC America on my cable and they have been running marathons of the latest episodes. Now I've been scouring through YouTube, Veoh, and Dailymotion for as many of the old shows I can find.
I've seen all of the 5th, 9th and (probably) all of the 4th Doctor's (Tom Baker, who I met as a kid and got his autograph) episodes, some of the 6th's and 7th's and almost none of the 1st through 3rd's.
The Ninth Doctor was great and it was a shame he only lasted for 1 season. He's the guy that played Destro in the new GI Joe movie. I only missed a handful David Tennant's episodes but I thought he did a great job. The new guy is really young and its' a bit of a put off. He's also a little retarded looking, but I had the similar feelings about Tennant so I should have no trouble giving this guy a chance.
Anyway, am I the only one here that likes the show?
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Basara Dandy on October 29, 2013, 03:38:28 pm
Hi, I want to revive this thread instead to make a new one to reunite Doctor Who fans out there in the forum :)
Yes, I become a whovian (Doctor Who fan) few time ago. I've seen good part of Ninth Doctor and various chapters from the Tenth, also, I'm seeing the very first season with the First Doctor (the 1963 series) via online. And well, since The Day of the Doctor is upcoming, I think it's a good time to make (or in this case, revive) a thread to talk about the Doctor, the TARDIS, the enemies like Daleks, Zygons, Cybermen and Autons, and so on.
So, let's start with this :D
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: 1Ultima on October 29, 2013, 07:51:27 pm
What's a Anton? Don't you mean Auton?
Also hi. Whovian since 2005. I've watched all of the Doctors except 1st and second. I am very hyped for Day of the Doctor, mostly because it combines my 2 favourite Doctors and we might finally get to see the Time War.
Out of interest, who's your lots favourite Doctor?
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Basara Dandy on October 29, 2013, 11:56:48 pm
Yeah, Auton, my bad :P
My favourite is Ninth Doctor, I started to see the new series first and later I was interested on classic series. My other favourites are the First, the Fourth and the Tenth
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on October 30, 2013, 12:14:56 am
[avatar]http://derpicdn.net/img/2013/1/19/216939/large.jpeg[/avatar]Yo, what's up? I've been a Doctor Who fan for about two years now. Oddly enough it was the Doctor Whooves character from MLP that got me curious in the first place, and now it's evolved into yet another weird nerdy obsession of mine. I've watched the entire rebooted series, from 2005 onward, and then went back and started the classic series from the beginning. I've finished the 1st Doctor's entire run (including the slide-show reconstructions of the lost episodes) and I'm about halfway through the 2nd Doctor.
Also, Patrick Troughton is the best Doctor. It is a downright tragedy that so much of his tenure on the show has been lost to the ages.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: 1Ultima on October 30, 2013, 02:39:23 am
Are you guys going to watch Day of the Doctor in cinema or at home? I'm not sure yet as my girlfriend's supposed to be coming down from America and I want to watch it with her so I dunno
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on October 30, 2013, 03:47:12 am
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordintrigued.png[/avatar]I'm going to see it in the theater. I'm going to have to drive all the way up to Montreal for it, but I'm going.
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Post by: Jexsam on October 30, 2013, 09:50:16 am
I work part time three days a week so I'm 99% sure no one will bat an eyelash if I request off for one day. I am going to be there. I missed RiffTrax's live riff of Night of the Living Dead but I refuse to miss this.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Basara Dandy on October 30, 2013, 09:31:37 pm
I'm going to see it in theatres, too. Also, there's a DW event here in Santiago for the anniversary, I think I'll going to cosplay as one of the doctors, probably the First one... or the Ninth one if I shaved my hair :P Posted: October 30, 2013, 09:33:44 pm Also, I found this, so I leave you here: http://www.seriesyonkis.com/serie/doctor-who-serie-original It's the complete First Doctor series online, mostly with spanish subtitles, but also has the option of no subtitles ;)
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on October 30, 2013, 09:42:15 pm
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordorly.png[/avatar]On another note, who's looking forward to Peter Capaldi?
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: DKDC on October 30, 2013, 09:53:06 pm
Convincing and cool. Too bad that's not happening. I don't know the guy beside all those quick summary videos, so I wonder how much he'll hold back or let loose.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on October 30, 2013, 10:05:43 pm
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordthisguy2_zpsa2329dd9.png[/avatar]Well, if you want to see him as something other than Malcolm Tucker he actually was in Doctor Who once before, in The Fires of Pompeii.
http://youtu.be/QyaP6mWVSjE?t=50s
He seems like he'll be able to to the job. Besides that, I'm glad to see the Doctor going back to being an older guy. Matt Smith did a fine job, but when he leaves I can only pray he takes all of those shrieking fangirls with him.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: 1Ultima on October 30, 2013, 10:27:54 pm
Did they say whether they're having a new writer or is it still Moffat? Also im glad that this Doctor is going to be played by a older actor as well. No offence to Matt or David, but honestly, the "old man in a young body" thing is getting old. Maybe with Capaldi, we'll get to finally see the effects of travelling around time and space for 1200 years.
Also, I found this, so I leave you here: http://www.seriesyonkis.com/serie/doctor-who-serie-original It's the complete First Doctor series online, mostly with spanish subtitles, but also has the option of no subtitles ;)
:bison: Well I know what I'm doing tomorrow.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: DKDC on October 30, 2013, 10:39:32 pm
Well, if you want to see him as something other than Malcolm Tucker he actually was in Doctor Who once before, in The Fires of Pompeii.
Yeah, I remember that episode, but it's no hint about how he'll be as the Doctor :P I don't doubt he's a good actor with a good range on the scale of verbal decency. I'm curious if he'll be more proactive and aggressive (but less emo than some of Tennant's episodes).
Also im glad that this Doctor is going to be played by a older actor as well. No offence to Matt or David, but honestly, the "old man in a young body" thing is getting old. Maybe with Capaldi, we'll get to finally see the effects of travelling around time and space for 1200 years.
Seconded. But it's not 1200, is it ? It was 900 with Tennant (904 IIRC), Smith passed 1000 but then mailed his previous self back in that one episode, and I don't remember a point where 300 more years passed, was there something like that ?
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: 1Ultima on October 30, 2013, 10:43:36 pm
I think the latest series put it to 1200. I know that it's over 1000.
Also apparently, they're going to explain why Capaldi was in Fires of Pompeii. I dunno why they're bothering though. Karen Gillen was In Fires of Pompeii and they didn't explain that so...
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on October 30, 2013, 10:49:29 pm
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordbutterfly.png[/avatar]That bit was pretty wonky, timeline-wise. IIRC, Eleven was 1200 in the scene at the beach with the astronaut, and then sent for the Ponds, River, and his own younger self to arrive there. The 900-year-old one was the one that was followed throughout that season, and then towards the end he spends about 300 years travelling alone attempting to avoid meeting his 'fate' back at the beach.
Then later he goes and tells Clara he's only 1000 years old and throws big-ass wrench into everything else.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: 1Ultima on October 31, 2013, 12:05:32 am
To be fair, the Doctor has always changed his age throughout his regenerations
Re: astronaut storyline, what did you think of it?
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Basara Dandy on November 04, 2013, 01:59:10 am
I like Capaldi, looks like the first 3 Doctors which are all old guys and badasses. Also, Capaldi is the oldest Doctor apart of William Hartnell, the First Doctor, I'll be expecting about the change in the Xmas event
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on November 07, 2013, 01:33:41 am
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordava.png[/avatar]Handful of new screenshots from The Day of The Doctor:
WHO IS THAT WOMAN AND WHY IS SHE WEARING TOM BAKER'S SCARF.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: 1Ultima on November 09, 2013, 04:50:16 pm
Day of the Doctor trailer. Looks alright.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on November 09, 2013, 11:20:39 pm
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordintrigued.png[/avatar]And another one.
Dat Three Doctors callback. ^_^
I wonder what's up with Rose, though. The trailers sort of make it seem like she's not travelling with 10, which in turn begs the question what she's even doing there. This looks like it could be really good.
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Post by: DKDC on November 09, 2013, 11:28:34 pm
Say, did we get confirmation that this is the meta-crisis Tenth ? With the time travels and the presence of Hurt, it's not impossible that they just picked up Tenth when he was still full Time Lord along with Rose, rather than picking up the human Tenth with one heart and Rose in the parallel world. And especially, I'm curious to know if there's any chance that we'll see more of Tennant in that role (even just in one-time specials). That question just dawned on me because I can't remember if the meta-crisis copy kept a sonic screwdriver, and he has one in this trailer. All this time I've been assuming it was meta-crisis Tenth. Also, since we're clearly getting the Time War, I wonder if we'll get some of Timothy Dalton's Rassilon. Was he namedropped at some point ?
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on November 09, 2013, 11:55:40 pm
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordsir_zps7774d05c.png[/avatar]It's hard to pin down exactly where in 10's timeline this takes place, but I don't think it's the Meta-Crisis doctor. If I had to guess, I'd say it's post-Martha but pre-Donna. They've already said that Queen Elizabeth I is going to figure prominently in it, so right now the popular speculation is that whatever happens here will become the reason she wanted him beheaded back when he and Martha visited Shakespeare. They never did clarify what that was about, this could be it.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: DKDC on November 10, 2013, 12:01:39 am
Hum... I remember seeing an episode on TV not long ago, and the Doctor made a passing comment that he was coming back from seeing Queen Elizabeth, and "let's just say she lost her nickname", her nickname being the Virgin Queen (very subtle). I think it was an episode of Eleventh. It didn't specify if that was related to what you mention though. If Elizabeth I was said to feature, it's likely going to be about the creation of Torchwood 1, right ? Yours make sense too.
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Post by: Person Man on November 10, 2013, 12:20:19 am
The Doctor's relationship to Elizabeth I has become something of a running gag in the series. The first time he met her from his perspective was the Shakespeare episode, where she orders her guards to kill him on site. Martha asks him what he did, and he responds by saying he doesn't know because he hasn't done it yet. Then it kept getting mentioned as a sort of recurring joke here and there, but never anything definitive. So if she's going to be in this special, that would mean it's some time after 10 met her with Martha. At least, that's my theory anyway.
And I think Torchwood was started by Queen Victoria, not Elizabeth. I may be remembering that wrong, though.
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Post by: 1Ultima on November 10, 2013, 12:22:17 am
10 mentioned Elizabeth 1st to the Ood in End of Time. That's why he took so long to get there. So the time period he's from might be after Waters of Mars/Before End of Time.
Also I am going to see this in the cinema. Bit sad about my girlfriend not being able to see it with me though :(
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Post by: DKDC on November 10, 2013, 12:31:43 am
And I think Torchwood was started by Queen Victoria, not Elizabeth. I may be remembering that wrong, though.
Apparently that's correct. I thought I remembered the episode with Shakespeare with them running away from her including a passing glance at Torchwood 1. Okay, so it has nothing to do with that then.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on November 14, 2013, 03:10:28 pm
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordgoody2_zps5f20c8a8.png[/avatar]Holy shit, look who it is.
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Post by: DKDC on November 14, 2013, 03:15:44 pm
Can't watch Youtube at work, someone spoil me please ?
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on November 14, 2013, 03:20:34 pm
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordchocolatemilk.png[/avatar]If you insist:
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It's a web short starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor. It shows how he died and regenerated into John Hurt's Doctor.
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Post by: DKDC on November 14, 2013, 03:27:44 pm
Hah ! Nice.
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That completely went out of everyone's mind, that we didn't know about that regeneration after all. ... I took a look at some random frames, and at the end you see the "Hurt Doctor" through his reflection, that's what is supposed to be going on ? But he's much younger than John Hurt (they managed to find someone who looks like a young John Hurt, nice). So considering that the Matt Smith Doctor didn't change a bit in over 200 years, how much time passed between that regeneration and the Time War after all... ? More wood for the "how old is the Doctor" fire. Well, in that episode where the Tardis is put in a living body, it says he's been travelling in it for 700 years, so maybe he just stopped travelling at some point and resumed later.
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Post by: Basara Dandy on November 15, 2013, 02:10:54 pm
Wow, that prequel is awesome :D and now I want to see the DW movie with the Eight Doctor to know more
Also, I don't think I could see the movie in cinemas here, in Chile was available in very few cinemas and all whovians here are already bought all tickets for The Day of the Doctor :sadgoi:
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Post by: Person Man on November 20, 2013, 03:15:45 am
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordgoody2_zps5f20c8a8.png[/avatar]Once again I have to say: Holy shit, look who it is.
Good thing I ordered a big bag of jelly babies for the premier.
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Post by: Jexsam on November 20, 2013, 04:19:59 am
I can't even handle this right now oh my god
First Paul McGann shows up and out-Doctor's in seven minutes the Doctor-ness of the last three in any one series.
Now Tom Baker, who has been terminally allergic to any role regarding the Doctor since his departure, is confirmed to make an appearance.
I must go and prepare my body. And also print out my ticket. Get hype.
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Post by: Person Man on November 20, 2013, 04:30:00 am
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordava.png[/avatar]It's definitely a surprise. Last I heard was that he was refusing to play the part anymore because he felt he'd gotten too old and he no longer looked like he did when he was the Doctor.
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Post by: DKDC on November 20, 2013, 09:50:05 am
Uh, Paul McGann is in the movie too ? I knew he was sighted near the studio once, but he denied he'd be in the movie, and when the web short came up I figured that was all for him. Well, I haven't seen his one and only appearance before that as the Doctor, but I liked him a lot in that web short. Haven't seen Tom Baker either for that matter (save for one series with Davros) but I know he was popular. So now it's not unreasonable to expect Christopher Eccleston or, more importantly, John Barrowman despite their denial earlier this year.
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Post by: 1Ultima on November 20, 2013, 03:16:30 pm
So we're up to 5 Doctors? (Was McGann confirmed to be in Day of the Doctor or only Night of?) AWESOME! Saturday can't come sooner
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Post by: Person Man on November 20, 2013, 10:43:42 pm
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordshrug.png[/avatar]^^ I still wouldn't count on Eccleston. It kind of seems like he hates Doctor Who. He wouldn't do more than a single season, he never attends any of the cons or panels he's invited to, he even refuses to talk about it in interviews. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if he refused to take part in the 50th. It's too bad though, because he really was fantastic. :-\
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Post by: Romeotantan on November 20, 2013, 10:52:35 pm
To me David Tennant was the best of them, i remember i actually cried with him when he was turning to Matt Smith and stopped watching the show cause i couldn't believe he was gone until a month ago that i started watching what i missed.
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Post by: DKDC on November 21, 2013, 12:52:11 am
I just watched that '96 movie and wow, Paul McGann gave his Doctor more personality in the 7 minutes of Night of the Doctor than he did in that movie (which is a bit understandable because he only got to have a personality for maybe 15 minutes in that movie, what with not being there for the first third, being amnesiac for one more third, and running from the Master for the rest...)
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Post by: Person Man on November 21, 2013, 01:59:32 am
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordwhatever.png[/avatar]Yeah, that movie's kind of a mixed bag. Then again, it is an American-produced, mid-budget, mid-'90s TV movie. You get what you pay for, you know? Supposedly he did some great work in the audio dramas, but I haven't listened to any of those.
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Post by: Jexsam on November 21, 2013, 02:37:32 am
Yeah the movie was his first time playing the Doctor IIRC and he's had nothing but practice since what with the audio dramas. It's not all that surprising that for the brief moment he gets to reprise the role in front of cameras he'd be fantastic at it. He already had his Doctor nailed down.
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Post by: Basara Dandy on November 21, 2013, 05:52:15 pm
I agree with various reviews out there, the movie was bad, but McGann as the Doctor is good, as well he's the incarnation that has more appearances in audios and novels than the other 10 Doctors. And well, thanks to The Night of the Doctor a lot of people views again the 1996 movie... and wants him back as the Eight Doctor in a spin-off series (like Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood) http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/11/17/a-petition-to-moffat-and-mcgann-to-make-an-eighth-doctor-series/
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Post by: Basara Dandy on November 22, 2013, 02:35:48 pm
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oZDGXZKUkeo/UQbyDbY_AtI/AAAAAAAAAHs/Jc6k5BVe8mg/s1600/THE+EIGHTH+DOCTOR.jpg) Finally I saw the movie of the Eight Doctor... and I say I like it!! I mean, it's not a masterpiece but it's fun anyway and I confirm that McGann it's great as the Doctor. For those ones who doesn't know about Doctor Who, this movie can introduce you well to the series, since there explains various things about DW (like what's the TARDIS, Gallifrey and some other things).
But for those ones who already know about DW, this movie has a lot of references to past Doctors. I'll tell you on the spoiler just in case you don't see the movie:
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-The suit the Doctor uses is a costume for New Year's celebrations (the Doctor lands in December 30, 1999) was found when he recently regenerates in the hospital, that suit resembles the First Doctor, also the hair is similar to him but without white hair and with a younger appearance -There're a lot of references to the Fourth Doctor, like he found the scarf when he was looking for clothes, and in various ocasions he has jelly babies in his pocket and even uses the same words than Fourth "Would you like a jelly baby?" in a couple of times -The symbol used for The Night of the Doctor and the army will appear in The Day of the Doctor already appeared in the Seventh/Eighth Doctor's TARDIS, the 8 thing -Daleks are mentioned in the movie, first in the beginning when they "exterminate" the Master (the story begins when during the Time War, the Master was captured and executioned by the Daleks, but he wants as last wish that his rests should be carried to Gallifrey by the Doctor) where they don't shown but their classic lines are just heared, and later when he was trying to explain about the Master and mentions Daleks and the Time War
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Post by: Saikoro on November 23, 2013, 06:07:04 pm
While I've never heard of Dr. Who until three months ago, let me say that I have become a fan quickly.
I saw merch at my local FYE in the mall. I also caught a few scenes thanks to BBC America. I then started talking to my friends about it, who are equally nerdy as I am. I then started viewing more. And I love it. I'm also not one to watch a lot of television.
I just watched the Waters of Mars and the final episode with the 10th doctor just a few days ago (Thanks to the Dr. Who marathon this past week) and I really like it. The 10th Dr. is my favorite, and I love the Cybermen, the Daleks and those Rhinoceros looking things (I saw part of the episode where that vampire woman was in the hospital on a moon and those creatures were tagging everyone with futuristic sharpie markers).
The show is great. I intend to see a lot more. I'm also on the fence about going to see the 50th anniversary special at my local theatre. I'll getback to you guys on that,
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Post by: DKDC on November 23, 2013, 10:09:43 pm
The airing of the movie just ended right now here.
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Some time in the middle I thought they'd change the future and Hurt would regenerate into Cappaldi. Well, they changed what happened to Gallifrey, but no Cappaldi... Except for that one split second close-up of the eyes with all 13 Tardises. That was cool. And the last image with all 12 Doctors was nice. Aaaanyway. I thought this was supposed to be the last appearance of Matt Smith ? So if Hurt didn't regenerate into Cappaldi, will we see Smith do it, and when ? :???: Even though Hurt started regenerating when he left, it didn't look to me like it'll go this way, so it should still come from Smith...
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Post by: Person Man on November 23, 2013, 10:15:39 pm
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordgoody2_zps5f20c8a8.png[/avatar]Matt Smith checks out in the Christmas special. This was his penultimate appearance.
But still. Ho. Lee. Shit. O_O
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I can't believe Christopher Eccleston actually came back. Even if it was just for a second. And then Peter Capaldi! God, that was great. Bit disappointed that Billie Piper wasn't actually Rose, though. I was looking forward to seeing her and Clara go at it.
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Post by: DKDC on November 23, 2013, 10:20:43 pm
Ah, the Christmas special, okay.
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I didn't really care for Rose's character anyway, so even if that was a big fat red herring cocktease, I didn't mind. I was expecting to not like them forcing her back in the story anyway. Wasn't Eccleston's line a footage from the 2005 series ? When discussing returning actors they referred to William Hartnell in the Name of the Doctor, and it was a reused footage with changed context so when we saw Eccleston I thought it was that. In fact, if you think about it, his line sounds weird in the middle of the other Doctors, it totally sounds like a context change.
Also, about the movie itself, I like the fact that it also fits with Tennant's last episode, Gallifrey being time locked, yet until before the movie everyone was talking about destroying everything, Gallifrey burning, but it wasn't actually that. ... Well I'll stop here because there's really so much to say about this movie that was good. Elizabeth and 10, the jokes, Bad Wolf, the 400 years of calculation... It's all great.
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Post by: Person Man on November 23, 2013, 10:52:02 pm
The footage looked like it was new, though. I'll have to watch it again, it was totally a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment.
:EDIT: On further inspection, it seems it was just recycled footage. Oh well.
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Post by: Basara Dandy on November 25, 2013, 07:12:56 pm
Well, I couldn't see The Day of the Doctor (all tickets were sold quickly)... but I saw the documentary movie "An Adventure in Space and Time", the movie that shows you how Doctor Who was born. And with David Bradley (Argus Filch in Harry Potter series) as William Hartnell, the First Doctor. As a fan of the First Doctor, I say I learned a lot of this movie and even this got me off a couple of tears. Totally recommendable, here's the trailer:
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Post by: 1Ultima on November 26, 2013, 03:17:23 pm
^That was amazing. I legitimately cried during it.
Also, Day of the Doctor was FUCKING AMAZING OH MY GOD
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Post by: DKDC on November 26, 2013, 03:43:38 pm
I'm reading reviews here and there about the Day movie complaining that
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it was underwhelming because of the lack of iconic villains, like they expected a massive showdown like the Pandorica or the Demons Run events. I dunno, from the beginning I was expecting this to be about what happened at the end of the Time War, even without a big villain gallery. While it did prove lacking in showing us how exactly the Time Lords were basically the same as the Daleks in that war (we only have the Nigh of the Doctor to hear about that, and the Moment telling us it would judge the Time Lords all the same as the Daleks and it wouldn't be good), of course it totally delivered on how it ended. It looks like Moffat has been getting criticized from the start for playing way too much into fanservice, but it doesn't stop it from being good on what it does, being clever and funny and blowing our minds.
By the way, the "Five-ish Doctors" mockumentary is cool and nice for those who wanted the classic Doctors to show up (beside Tom Baker). It makes it very clear it would have been dumb to throw them in just for fanservice, while still actually giving us a nice run with them.
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Post by: Person Man on November 26, 2013, 10:18:25 pm
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordpopcorn-1.png[/avatar]And just in case you thought you could relax now that Day of the Doctor is out:
First teaser for the Christmas special, and Matt Smith's final episode, The Time of The Doctor.
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Post by: Ricepigeon on November 26, 2013, 10:40:16 pm
Aaaanyway. I thought this was supposed to be the last appearance of Matt Smith ? So if Hurt didn't regenerate into Cappaldi, will we see Smith do it, and when ? :???: Even though Hurt started regenerating when he left, it didn't look to me like it'll go this way, so it should still come from Smith...
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If you saw Night of the Doctor, the Eighth Doctor returns to Gallifrey and regenerates into Hurt's War Doctor. With that in mind, its then assumed that he then regenerates into the Ninth Doctor at the end of Day of the Doctor. So yes, we will be seeing Smith regenerate into Capaldi's Twelfth Doctor.
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Post by: DKDC on November 27, 2013, 03:10:21 am
Yeah, I know, I was saying I expected a big twist to fit with the extra regeneration (the 13th Doctors). I thought that the solution to that enigma was to change history with the result of changing the Doctor. But that didn't happen, so yeah, of course it'll be Smith.
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Post by: Basara Dandy on December 10, 2013, 04:52:21 pm
I found some recent news about Doctor Who: 1. Peter Jackson wants to direct some episode in a future (http://metro.co.uk/2013/12/09/peter-jackson-im-serious-about-directing-doctor-who-4224226/), so expect a 5-hours 12th Doctor Special made in New Zealand :llama: (even the same Jackson joked about NZ in the interview) 2. Matt Smith is really the 13th and last Doctor? (http://metro.co.uk/2013/12/09/steven-moffat-matt-smiths-doctor-who-is-the-13th-and-last-4223994/) WTF Moffat?? 3. There're some spoilers about The Time of the Doctor (http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/11/doctor-who-christmas-special-spoilers-the-time-of-the-doctor-is-going-to-be-intense.html), so beware of this link if you don't want to know :s
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Post by: Person Man on December 10, 2013, 09:08:53 pm
"13th Doctor" is more of a sticky bit of semantics, I think. With the introduction of the War Doctor, that makes him the 12th distinct incarnation of the same timelord. Of those twelve, he's the eleventh who used the name Doctor, which makes him the 11th 'Doctor.' And now assuming that 10's aborted regeneration in Journey's End actually did use one full regeneration (which I had honestly completely forgotten about until now) that means that the Doctor has been through 12 full regenerations and has none left. So it's the 11th Doctor, his 12th incarnation, who's on his 13th and final life.
Or rather, final until we figure out how he circumvents the whole damn thing to regenerate into Capaldi.
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Post by: Basara Dandy on December 10, 2013, 09:27:39 pm
I think it won't be his "final life" as all could think. I mean, the Master already broke that rule: in 1996 movie (about the Eight Doctor) he was in his last regeneration and finally died when he falled to the Eye of Harmony (the heart of the TARDIS as it revealed in the movie). And then he's back in the 2005 reboot in an episode of Tenth Doctor, and later regenerated in the form of Harold Saxon.
So... if the Master could pass over the "regeneration rule", why not the Doctor??
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Post by: DKDC on December 10, 2013, 10:13:56 pm
They're just claiming the Master didn't die, whatever happened (which we don't understand because Time Lords science) only got him stranded at the end of time where he locked his memory in that watch thing for some reason. So he just has one regeneration in Utopia that isn't explained. And the way I see it, wasn't the movie just glossing over the Master's regenerations ? Just to say "this is the very last you'll see of him, the end of the big bad, so let's just say it's his last life and roll with it" without explaining anything, or even without giving us proof that it was his last regeneration in the first place. And he was trying to steal those of the Doctor too, so there's shenanigans involved. I'm saying retcon deception on this, the Master didn't break the rule, they just decided to change what the movie claimed and it simply wasn't his last life.
Oh, and yeah of course it's not the Doctor's final life, we've had it coming for a while, we knew they wanted to break past the 12 regenerations limit, so they did (and they're calling it his last life to build it up). Let's just wait to see how.
Oh, by the way, the Night of the Doctor short showed us the express regeneration potion, but we don't know what that would do if the final regeneration of someone tried to drink one. No idea if they'll explore that or if they'll just forget it as the tool they used to introduce the War Doctor and then left in a corner.
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Post by: Person Man on December 10, 2013, 10:28:09 pm
They've always pretty much just made up the rules as they went along. It wasn't even called regeneration until the end of the 3rd doctor's run, and the 'only 12' rule didn't show up until most of the way through the 5th's. Then there's the 8 trillion ways they've had the Master skirt the rules over the years. It's not really that surprising that they'd come up with some kind of loophole for the Doctor to get away with it once they reached his limit.
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Post by: Ricepigeon on December 10, 2013, 10:32:23 pm
Then there's always that thing that happened with River, where she used up the last of her regenerations to resurrect the 11th. Maybe another Time Lord becomes involved somehow in the regeneration into the 12th, that is, if the 11th actually is number 13 and there's another hidden doctor incarnation in there somewhere. Capaldi's perhaps?
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Post by: DKDC on December 10, 2013, 10:50:24 pm
There's no hidden Doctor beside the War Doctor, they're just counting Tennant's aborted regeneration into his severed hand as one regeneration among the 12. Oh, by the way, apparently there was one episode of I don't remember which Doctor that showed him playing a "mind war" against some robot thing that showed his previous faces up to Hartnell - and then some more, like Hartnell wasn't his first face (I think when I saw it on Youtube I counted 8 different faces including the known ones). Maybe that'll play a role, or maybe it was forgotten and ignored.
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Post by: Person Man on December 11, 2013, 05:43:53 pm
It's getting kind of hard to see what exactly makes this a 'Christmas' episode. But frankly I'm not complaining.
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Post by: Basara Dandy on December 12, 2013, 02:01:20 am
That chick in the trailer... is she The Rani?? o_O
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Post by: Basara Dandy on December 23, 2013, 03:48:24 pm
Not relative to last DW news, but anyway it fits for this thread. I couldn't do it for the 50th Anniversary events in my country (The Day of the Doctor movie and the DW thematic event next day), but now finally I made my ultimate tribute to Doctor Who for the past XFan event of this weekend.
Guild Timelords, here I am as William Hartnell, The First Doctor (pics on spoiler)
I hope you like it, it's probably the oldest character I cosplayed ever ;)
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Post by: DKDC on December 26, 2013, 02:13:25 am
Spoiler: Time of the Doctor(click to see content)
It started good, but it got slow on the second half, especially the goodbye. Capaldi looks like a fucking psycho though (in the few seconds he's up), man, that look, anyone would be scared shitless in Clara's place. And I was disappointed that old!Smith didn't get a William Hartnell haircut, it almost looked like it was supposed to be that without trying but it wasn't. Also disappointed by the years of build-up still ending without a name (we never did know when River learned it in the end, did we ??) and with a handwaved non-explanation for that "fall of the eleventh" shock line.
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Post by: Person Man on December 27, 2013, 09:35:42 pm
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I actually quite liked it, except for that bit with the Weeping Angels. They just randomly showed up for no reason, looked scary for 30 seconds, and then fucked off for no reason. They could have done without that part. I'm glad they gave us a decent explanation for that whole 'first question' thing. I never quite bought the idea that the entire universe revolved around the Doctor's real name for no discernible reason.
I'm liking the looks of Twelve already. I got an almost Sixth Doctor vibe from his brief appearance at the end; very intense and quite possibly insane. I'm looking forward to seeing him in action.
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Post by: Bastard Wolf on January 02, 2014, 12:11:20 am
ok, one of my new year resolutions was to finally start watching doctor who and i'm going to do it right now starting with the 9th doctor
what should i expect? and how long until i get to the fez(s) and bowties?
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Post by: Person Man on January 02, 2014, 12:39:00 am
1 season of Nine, and then 3 seasons of Ten, plus a handful of specials in between. So it'll be a while yet before you reach the Smith era, but you'll like what you get in the meantime. Eccleston played a great Doctor and gets far less credit for it than he deserves, and Tennant's work is nothing short of phenomenal. Especially once you start running into stories like Human Nature/Family of Blood and Blink.
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Post by: Bastard Wolf on January 02, 2014, 02:02:48 am
Fantastic!
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Post by: Basara Dandy on January 02, 2014, 03:21:57 pm
See the seventh chapter of Ninth Doctor, the one called "Dalek", one of the best episodes of that season, IMO ;)
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Post by: Bastard Wolf on January 03, 2014, 06:49:04 am
as a matter of fact i just did a couple of minutes ago and it was fantastic!
EX-TER-MI-NA-TE EX-TER-MI-NA-TE
Spoiler: oh hi, i upgraded your 4th doctor(click to see content)
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Post by: Bastard Wolf on January 06, 2014, 06:40:34 am
just finished season 1 and watched the christmas special
goodbye christopher eccleston we had a fantastic ride together. goodbye and thanks for all the... bananas?
and speaking of bananas please tell me jack is coming back!
and david tennant enters the game with a swordfight to the death for the fate of the earth... while wearing pajamas. well this is going to be a fun ride now, isn't?
ALLONS-Y!
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Post by: WatsonGrim69 on January 06, 2014, 07:04:46 am
You want the truth? I thought Dr.Who was Dr.Strange from MVC3..
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Post by: DKDC on January 06, 2014, 02:06:17 pm
Jack gets a whole spin-off series for himself, Torchwood (the 4th season was taken over by the US and there's been no news of a 5th since). At the end of the first Torchwood season, he comes back in Who, and then a couple more times. Torchwood gets a couple of episodes with characters crossing over, but not the Doctor.
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Post by: Person Man on January 07, 2014, 02:43:58 pm
Yessssssss.
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Post by: Bastard Wolf on January 09, 2014, 07:56:43 am
well, while we are on the subject of doctor who theme remixes
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Post by: Person Man on January 14, 2014, 09:40:04 pm
Peter Capaldi talks about what his Doctor will be like. (http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/01/doctor-whos-day-roundup-the-new-doctor-will-be-madder/)
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He has revealed that there’s a big shift on the way, and that the Doctor will no longer be considered to be boyfriend material, partly because of the clear, physical age difference between him and Clara, and partly because his Doctor will be no one’s idea of a nice, safe romantic traveling companion.
He explained: ”The last two Doctors have been ‘your boyfriend’ Doctors. It was time for the show to flip around. The new version of the show is quite old now.
“We’re going to give Clara a Doctor who is a much older, fiercer, madder, less reliable Doctor who leads her a merry dance.”
Older, more severe, less stable. Sounds like they're aiming for somewhere between Jon Pertwee and Colin Baker with number Twelve. Sounds good to me.
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Post by: DKDC on January 14, 2014, 09:49:03 pm
his Doctor will be no one’s idea of a nice, safe romantic traveling companion. “We’re going to give Clara a Doctor who is a much older, fiercer, madder, less reliable Doctor who leads her a merry dance.”
Yay. Eleven was good but his weak points as a character was that he was sometimes boring, too clean, knowing everything, and the writing kind of made him seem too perfect always ; Smith's antics made him good. Randomness and craziness will be a good break. Eleven's randomness was mostly a facade, it was Smith's acting, but it always fit nicely in the plot. I liked how what little we saw of Twelve showed a complete reversal from Eleven. Eleven was described as "an old scientist in the body of a young man", Twelve looked the exact opposite of that, old man, doesn't even know how to fly the TARDIS, might be prone to tantrums (complaining about the color of his kidneys). Posted: January 14, 2014, 10:12:08 pm
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An interview with Steven Moffat in which he says (about the potential return of River Song): “I’m slightly tempted, because I imagine Peter Capaldi and Alex Kingston would be absolutely hilarious together.”
I hate the character and portrayal of River Song, I think her romance is too forced and too often the center of attention, but now that would be some serious firework if Twelve is more focused on all-around insanity. I might bear with more Alex Kingston for that.
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Post by: Person Man on January 14, 2014, 10:54:12 pm
I never minded River Song all that much. I like the concept that there could be someone out there who pops in and out of the Doctor's timeline as asynchronously as he does to everyone else.
That being said, I don't love the idea of bringing her back again. I think they've done pretty much all they can do with her at this point, and it'd feel really cheap to just pop her back into the show after giving her a second dramatic death scene.
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Post by: DKDC on January 14, 2014, 11:04:03 pm
Don't we still need to hear when she learned the Doctors name ?
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Post by: Person Man on January 15, 2014, 01:41:55 am
They never said where she learned it, but honestly I'd rather they never did. I'd much rather they just explain it away by saying he told her on one of those off-screen meetings the two of them had than have them try and shoehorn her back in after her story arc has been completely wrapped up.
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Post by: Person Man on January 27, 2014, 07:58:59 pm
They never said where she learned it, but honestly I'd rather they never did. I'd much rather they just explain it away by saying he told her on one of those off-screen meetings the two of them had than have them try and shoehorn her back in after her story arc has been completely wrapped up.
I was seeing the season 7 on BBC and there's a chapter where she knows about his real name, in "Journey into the Heart of the TARDIS" where the Doctor and some other guys that appears in the chapter go in the search of Clara, and she went to a big library inside the TARDIS and she read some of the Great Time War Book, and there she knows the real name of the Doctor
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Post by: DKDC on January 28, 2014, 09:50:09 am
That's Clara, I don't think River is in this episode. Beside, the whole point of her very first episode with Ten when she tells him she knows is that he figures there's only one reason he would ever tell her - not that she must've read it in some history book.
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Post by: Bastard Wolf on January 30, 2014, 06:20:39 am
so after wasting so much time watching chinese cartoons i finally said fuck it and started watching doctor who again
i finished season 2 last week (rose.... ! ;_;) and just started season 3. and you know what i realized? i hate watching doctor who! yes i bloody hate the man because i say i'm only going to watch one episode and go to bed but then i need to watch the next one and now i can't go to bed because the motherfuckng daleks are taking over manathan... IN THE 1930'S!
so, martha! lovely gal hasn't really done anyting besides getting captured (so she is doing her job as the doctor's assistant perfectly fine so far). hasn't done anything to make me like her yet (might had preffered the hysterical bride....)
ANYWAY, DALEKS!
just got 20% cooler... and deadlier thanks to second-hand smoke
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Post by: 1Ultima on January 30, 2014, 12:17:25 pm
Soon the corruption will be complete. You will be like us. You will become us.
In all seriousness, good on you for getting into this show. It's had its ups and downs but it's still the same timey wimey show I started watching in 2005.
Re:Capaldi's costume. I think its fine. But I much prefer the scarf/coat combo he was wearing in one of the promo pics.
Btw, does anyone watch The Musketeers? Capaldi's in that too if you want a good look of his acting skills that doesn't involve 'fuck' in every other sentence
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Post by: Snakebyte on January 30, 2014, 12:38:49 pm
just finished season 1 and watched the christmas special
goodbye christopher eccleston we had a fantastic ride together. goodbye and thanks for all the... bananas?
and speaking of bananas please tell me jack is coming back!
and david tennant enters the game with a swordfight to the death for the fate of the earth... while wearing pajamas. well this is going to be a fun ride now, isn't?
ALLONS-Y!
Oh god, you're coming up on...
I literally can't watch The Girl in the Fireplace without crying.
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Post by: Person Man on January 30, 2014, 05:56:31 pm
Martha's nice, but out of Ten's major companions her overall story arc is probably the weakest of the bunch. Which is strange, because her series contains what are probably the best stories out of Tennant's entire era (Blink, Human Nature/Family of Blood).
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Post by: Bastard Wolf on January 31, 2014, 07:13:43 am
i was going to marathon those 3 epsiodes but everything conspired to prevent it
tomorrow hopefuly...
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Post by: Basara Dandy on January 31, 2014, 07:21:17 pm
I'm actually seeing the series 3 in BBC's DW repetitions, and I've to say I loved Martha as companion. She's very energetic and there's some kind of sexual tension between her and the Doctor, IMO. Also I finished to see series 1 online (the Ninth Doctor one), the double chapter Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways is so intense to see them together and a good finale for Eccleston, I would like he didn't abandoned DW so soon, a second season of him would be Fantastic!
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Also, part of the DW art from Japan is from Ninth and Rose (http://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=doctor_who), I can say he's very famous amongst japanese fandom
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Post by: Bastard Wolf on February 01, 2014, 12:27:24 am
oh basara! nobody visits gelbooru for "regular" pictures! i would believe danbooru maybe but gelbooru is mostly for hentai. which means you were looking for docotr who hentai you sick pervert! (sorry, no jack hentai for you)... also NSFW link!
but yes, you are right the 9th doctor seems to be quite popular in japan although most fanart seems to come from the same artist: http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=DoctorWho
something that might have helped ninth's popularity is the fact that in the japanese dub he is voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi (http://myanimelist.net/people/20/Katsuyuki_Konishi)
and let's not forget that the ninth doctor was just plain awesome FANTASTIC!
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Post by: DKDC on February 01, 2014, 12:32:04 am
If you like that scene, wait until you get to Matt Smith and the Pandorica Opens episode.
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Post by: Jexsam on February 07, 2014, 07:00:48 am
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Post by: Bastard Wolf on February 09, 2014, 06:36:26 am
just watched first two epsiodes of season 4. am i the only one who preffered the theme for 2005-2007?
i personally preffer donna over whatever her name w- MARTHA JONES! yeah...
so i just watched 2nd of episode of the 4th season featuring... peter capaldi! as a guest star (caecilius). who would have guessed that 5 years later that guest star would become the 12th doctor (well, it happened to tennant so why not?)
also:
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OMG ROSE!!! :flipout:
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Post by: Person Man on February 09, 2014, 03:30:02 pm
It's actually happened quite a few times before. Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) was in the Fires of Pompeii episode as well, and Freema Agyeman had a role in the Series 2 finale before she was cast as Martha in the following season. Colin Baker even had a part in a Fifth Doctor story before he became the Sixth. Even going as far back as the original series with the First Doctor, Peter Purves had a minor speaking role earlier in the same episode that his regular character, Steven Taylor, debuted.
Reusing actors is practically a Doctor Who tradition.
Title: Good night sweet prince...
Post by: Bastard Wolf on February 17, 2014, 05:01:57 am
"I don't want to go." [avatar]http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb404/Bastard-Wolf/avatars/doctorBIG2_zps1710a660.png[/avatar] :'(
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Post by: Person Man on February 25, 2014, 12:59:39 am
So they're teasing a new recurring character coming up in the next season. (http://www.doctorwho.tv/whats-new/article/samuel-anderson-joins-doctor-who-for-peter-capaldi-s-first-series)
His name's Danny Pink, played by Samuel Anderson. Apparently he's also a teacher at Coal Hill School, just like the First Doctor's first companions Ian and Barbara, and the latest Doctor's latest companion Clara. But they way they're talking about him makes me think he's not just going to be a new companion. Maybe he's going to be one of those on-again-off-again characters like River or Captain Jack.
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Post by: Basara Dandy on February 25, 2014, 03:31:04 am
PETER CAPALDI SURPRISES GUESTS AT BBC WORLDWIDE SHOWCASE EVENT (http://www.doctorwho.tv/whats-new/article/peter-capaldi-surprises-guests-at-bbc-worldwide-showcase-event)
F*ck yeah, Twelfth :beatnik:
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Post by: Bastard Wolf on March 03, 2014, 05:01:19 am
If you like that scene, wait until you get to Matt Smith and the Pandorica Opens episode.
... it was alright but lost impact since it was al part of the villians (over) elaborate plan
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i also knew the pandorica was meant for the doctor the moment they said the most dangerous person in the universe was locked in there except that i expected for them to find a doctor from another time to be locked in there
just watched seaosn 5 and i am liking matt smith so far next week i'll start season 6... damn! at this rate i'll catch up soon!
and finally since i'm sure not all of you here follow MLP:
Keeley Hawes is to play a major role in the next series of Doctor Who.
Hawes - currently starring in BBC Two's hit drama Line of Duty - will play Ms Delphox on the BBC sci-fi drama.
Described as a "powerful out of this world character with a dark secret", Delphox will encounter the new Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and companion Clara (Jenna Coleman) when they arrive on a strange and puzzling planet.
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Post by: Basara Dandy on March 28, 2014, 05:17:36 am
"Do you want to come with me?"
BBC is celebrating 9 years since Ninth Doctor came to revive DW franchise uploading this (awesome) TV trailer to promote Series 1 in 2005 and with some other things: -Wallpapers from Ninth, Rose Tyler and Captain Jack Harkness from the artist behind Series 7 covers and art (The Day of the Doctor included) as well classic DVD covers (http://www.doctorwho.tv/downloads) -A password to unlock Ninth in Doctor Who Legends' smathphone game, available until Saturday 29 March (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=845585988788763&set=a.182096918471010.52777.127031120644257&type=1&relevant_count=1) -A new playlist in official DW's YouTube channel with the best moments of Ninth + this trailer, fantastic!! (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKEzuOOEQvYNpUEdEJkhRmUwhfKT6LWUB)
Also:
Spoiler: About Series 8(click to see content)
A lot of spoilers of (http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who/29792/classic-monster-returning-to-doctor-who) new series are upcoming (http://www.kasterborous.com/2014/03/a-different-time-ring/), see them by your own risk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoGvgWAmGhg#t=46)
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Post by: TheShinHado on March 28, 2014, 01:12:27 pm
My first Doctor. I liked his character. Fav 9th story would be between Dalek or Bad Wolf.
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Post by: Person Man on March 28, 2014, 02:12:18 pm
A lot of spoilers of (http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who/29792/classic-monster-returning-to-doctor-who) new series are upcoming (http://www.kasterborous.com/2014/03/a-different-time-ring/), see them by your own risk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoGvgWAmGhg#t=46)
In regards to that bit about the speculation on the costume, the First Doctor also notably wore a jeweled ring. It was basically his sonic screwdriver before they invented the sonic screwdriver, having vaguely defined abilities that would be introduced as the story required them. Could be a callback to that.
Spoiler: Even more bigger series 8 spoilers(click to see content)
The Master is coming back with a new actor, Sylvester McCoy knows who's playing him now, says he's "very scary." (http://www.kasterborous.com/2014/03/sylvester-mccoy-knows-next-master/)
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Post by: Basara Dandy on April 01, 2014, 10:14:03 pm
2 sad news about Doctor Who which aren't part of this day, but past week's obituaries (http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/obituaries-kate-omara-derek-martinus-62108.htm):
Derek Martinus: he passed away 27 March at 82. He's most known as the director of various Classic Who stories, like "The Tenth Planet" (last appearance of First Doctor and the first of Cybermen) and "Spearhead from Space" (first appearance of Third Doctor and Autons)
Kate O'Mara: she passed away 30 March at 74yo, she's a great actress with famous roles in series like Dynasty (Joan Collins' sister), but she's most known as The Rani, the villanous Time Lord who went for Sixth and Seventh Doctor and who allied with The Master in several times
RIP to Derek and Kate :'(
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Post by: Basara Dandy on April 29, 2014, 10:11:38 pm
Reviving the thread with some interesting news, all of this is about possible new contents for Series 8 and spinoffs, but in the end all depends of Moffat (ugh). Let the speculation feast begins!!
-After the success of The Night of the Doctor there're rumours about a spinoff for Eighth Doctor to tell more between 1996 movie and TNOTD (audios and comics becoming a series??), and Paul McGann is also agree to be Eighth if this becomes true, as he stated in Doctor Who Magazine #472 (http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/dwm-472-paul-mcgann-62133.htm) -Another strong rumour is a spinoff between Rose Tyler and Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor, and as McGann, Billie Piper is agree to be in it (and as we saw in The Day of the Doctor, David Tennant probably is agree, too) (http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/piper-up-for-rosemeta-crisis-ten-spin-off-62736.htm) -And something very recent: Suranne Jones, most know as Idris/TARDIS Girl/Doctor's Wife wants to be in upcoming series to meet the Doctor once again, in his Twelfth incarnation (http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/suranne-jones-on-bringing-idris-back-62698.htm) -And also Janet Fielding is interested, most known as Tegan Jovanka, the Fifth Doctor's companion, which appears with... Peter Capaldi?? (https://twitter.com/jfmouthonlegs/statuses/445618956007505920)
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Post by: DKDC on April 29, 2014, 10:46:51 pm
Why would Idris come back ? It was a dying human body in which the consciousness of the TARDIS was stored, if the TARDIS comes back in a body, there's no particular reason for it to be the same body. Unless they pull a Bad Wolf like in the movie with Piper, of course. I'd love to see McGann, but I dunno about running a parallel spin-off, having two series with the Doctor running at the same time. Maybe it'd have to be a spin-off like Torchwood, centered around a different plot line, but with Eighth being a major character in it, just not the main one. It'd also help give him stories, since I'm not too sure about an entire series based around nothing but the Time War, just war stories. Not that I know anything about the audio stuff and the comics that came out before the revival, what it was filled with, but assuming it was just stuff before the Time War (obviously), it would feel too much like more of the same thing we're already seeing in the main series, it'd be redundant. So, not Time War because boring war stories, and not pre-Time War because redundant => I'm thinking make him a secondary but important character in a different series. Hell, they could have injected him in Torchwood if they hadn't sold that to the US (and the US hadn't killed it off).
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on April 29, 2014, 11:15:37 pm
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordintrigued.png[/avatar]If McGann gets an Eight Doctor spin-off they damn well better get India Fisher on board to go with him. Maybe Conrad Westmaas too. There's enough wiggle room with the timeline in a series like this for some more adventures with Charley and C'rizz.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Basara Dandy on April 30, 2014, 05:58:05 am
I also bet for Mary Shelley and, of course, the comeback of Grace Holloway :D Yes, I would totally look Eight Doctor Adventures if a spinoff is made in a future. And I would like to see the other one with Rose and Meta-Tenth, too :P
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Jexsam on April 30, 2014, 06:15:47 am
The world needs less Rose.
But holy damn do I want me some 8th Doctor spinoff action. :D
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on April 30, 2014, 12:18:50 pm
I also bet for Mary Shelley and, of course, the comeback of Grace Holloway
Grace is in this weird legal limbo where the BBC and Big Finish don't have the rights to use her in any Doctor Who media, because both she and Chang Lee technically belong to Universal Studios.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Basara Dandy on April 30, 2014, 11:08:30 pm
Well, that's not so true. Grace appeared in various comics after the movie (DWM's The Fallen and IDW's Prisoners in Time as companion and character, and DWM's The Glorious Dead and The Flood as cameos) and in one of the pics of "wall of companions" from The Day of the Doctor. But yeah, bring her as a new companion would be difficult :-\
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Bastard Wolf on May 08, 2014, 12:14:48 am
so matt smith will be on the terminator reboot: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27262178
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Paramount Pictures has announced Matt Smith is to star opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in the reboot of the Terminator franchise.
The Doctor Who star will play "a new character with a strong connection to John Connor".
matt smith will feel right at home since both franchises have: - time traveling - killer robots - male nudity
also: - "your bowtie. give it to me" and: - ARE YOU SARAH CONNOR? - y-yes - EXTERMINATE! EX-TER-MI-NATE!!! terrible jokes aside. i have a question
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in "the impossible astronaut" the doctor is killed after being shot during his regeneration which killed him for good. then on "let's kill hitler" he is poisoned and it's said that regeneration would not work and he will die anyway. later one he dies but is brought back by river using her regeneration power on him. and THEN on "the angels take manhatten" he uses some regeneration power to heal river's hand.
now, in "the time of the doctor" we are told he has no more regenerations left thanks to captain grumpy and 10th using a regeneration w/o changing. BUT if that was the case then he should have died either way by getting shot by the astronaut and regeneration shouldn't even have been an option when he was poisoned. and well the deal with him using regeneration on river might have been some leftover but not enough to revive him.
so, did i missed something or did moffat fucked up there?
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: DKDC on May 08, 2014, 12:35:05 am
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The botched regeneration on Lake Silencio was a fake anyway, it was the duplicate robot, the Doctor never did get shot, before or after the time travel (beginning or end of the season). The Doctor wouldn't have regenerated at all, it's just that no one knew it so everyone expected a regeneration and the Silence prepared for River to shoot him again mid-regeneration. In "Let's kill Hitler", saying "regeneration wouldn't work anyway" is a trick that ended up useful to avoid saying he can't regenerate anymore. It doesn't actually mean he could have regenerated. Beside, the number of regenerations left was a subject of inquiry for a long time, at least since 10th cheated his own, so as long as they decided to go the route of "unnumbered Doctor", they must have known this was the last one.
That being said, I'm not sure when they took a decision on the War Doctor, 9th made references to watching Gallifrey burn along with the Daleks, and 10th contradicted that by talking about the Time Lords being trapped back in the episode with Timothy Dalton (which is the truth, but is also something he shouldn't remember according to the movie). But at the very least, they definitely were careful about not risking contradicting themselves - all the references to 11th next regeneration were faked or discarded ("poison is too strong"), they definitely did that on purpose.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on May 08, 2014, 12:37:01 pm
That's not necessarily true. I mean retroactively it all shakes out, but it wasn't necessarily on purpose when they did it. At the time of writing for the episodes in question, the War Doctor hadn't been conceived of yet. IIRC the War Doctor was originally supposed to be the Ninth Doctor, but when Eccleston turned the part down they reworked it into a new mystery Doctor in between Eight and Nine. So stuff like giving his regenerative energy to River can sort of be explained out-of-universe by the fact that at the time the writers were working under the premise that he had at least one more regeneration in the bag.
Also it's been established that it's possible for a Time Lord to permanently die before regeneration has a chance to take effect. Remember that episode with Donna and the alternate universe where she didn't save Ten and he drowned himself defeating the Racnoss? So even if Eleven did have any regenerations left, the poison could still theoretically have killed him.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: DKDC on May 08, 2014, 02:27:15 pm
I mean they did it on purpose to avoid talking about it and really showing it, not necessarily that they planned it to play out exactly like that.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on May 17, 2014, 01:02:31 pm
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordthrone.png[/avatar]The new Humble Bundle is offering up IDW's library of Doctor Who comics. (https://www.humblebundle.com/books)
Pay what you want for the first two series, beat the average donation for the third. It also comes with the Doctor Who mobile game with a bunch of paid content already unlocked. $15 or more also gets you the Prisoners in Time special series, which is actually pretty good other than one or two issues with really dodgy art.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Nucka on May 20, 2014, 03:45:49 pm
It was 4 years ago when I started this thread?
Wow, I think I deserve some sort of Legend status, some kinda honorary display and/or bestowment for my contributions to the MFG.
It was ME that helped bring down the other forum. It was ME that won the first annual MFG stage creation award, with my 80s TARDIS Console room stage. And it was ME that started and lead the nWo here at the Guild, and it is still one of the most viewed and replied-to threads in the history of All That's Left. You know what....I don't even want that thread in the Hall of Fame. The HoF doesn't deserve it's presence.
And where is my award picture for the MFG Stage of the Year, it's supposed to be in my signature?
ANYWAY!!! I'm ready and excited for Peter Capaldi. It's time for another older Doctor, even though I felt Matt Smith did a fulfilling job of conveying advanced age. Moffat better not drop the ball on this one cause that last season was not so hot.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Basara Dandy on May 20, 2014, 04:38:29 pm
THE ONLY THING YOU DESERVE IS BEING EXTERMINATED!! (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1lxhxw_exterminate-dalek-for-mugen_videogames)
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Nucka on May 20, 2014, 05:06:37 pm
Look at you and your shameless self promotion. Disgusting!
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Basara Dandy on May 21, 2014, 04:56:39 am
I totally forgot that project, in that time I didn't know DW well yet :P
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Basara Dandy on May 23, 2014, 10:50:31 pm
The first Series 8 trailer... dat destroyed TARDIS!!
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on May 26, 2014, 07:47:25 pm
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordgoody2_zps5f20c8a8.png[/avatar]So this isn't real but it's super awesome and it's just making August seem that much farther away.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Nucka on May 28, 2014, 09:57:58 am
Reviving the thread with some interesting news, all of this is about possible new contents for Series 8 and spinoffs, but in the end all depends of Moffat (ugh). Let the speculation feast begins!!
-After the success of The Night of the Doctor there're rumours about a spinoff for Eighth Doctor to tell more between 1996 movie and TNOTD (audios and comics becoming a series??), and Paul McGann is also agree to be Eighth if this becomes true, as he stated in Doctor Who Magazine #472 (http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/dwm-472-paul-mcgann-62133.htm)
Years ago right after Zombieland came out I thought, man wouldn't it be perfect if there was a weekly zombie TV series....a few months later they announced the Walking Dead. Right after watching Night of the Doctor I had the same feeling as I did with Zombieland. It's that "perfect idea" feeling.
They better do it because it would enrich the core essence of the show (imagine watching two timelines developing in tandem) and I can imagine it being done right, especially after seeing how NOTD played out. And then when it comes time for a multi-Doctor episode we can see how both timelines converge properly, instead of imagining (or shoehorning) what part of the timeline could this have happened for the previous Doctor(s). I mean it's nit-picky shit, but this is a nit-picky show....and a great man (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Vince_McMahon_2.jpg/398px-Vince_McMahon_2.jpg) once said, "...the difference between good and great, is in the details".
Anyway, I wouldn't expect a full series, I wouldn't think they'd be able to do even half a series. It should be something like one 15 min webisode bi-weekly. Have it run a month or so after the main series season wraps and start a month after the main series starts. I have no idea how much this shit costs and I know they have more financial backing now more than ever...so who knows.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Basara Dandy on May 28, 2014, 05:57:25 pm
I would like to see it too, but since Moffat managed DW, all the spinoffs ended for various reasons (Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, K-9), so I hope this time he would make something new spinoff... unless he just focus Sherlock and DW as it now
Also, somebody saw this awesome crossover with Rocky Horror Picture Show?? :D
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: DKDC on May 28, 2014, 07:00:01 pm
but since Moffat managed DW, all the spinoffs ended for various reasons (Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, K-9)
Well, to be fair, one ended because the main actress died of cancer, and another was sold to the US (who then left it in the drawer) because monies... It doesn't have much to do with Moffat.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Just No Point on May 28, 2014, 07:22:02 pm
I just finished watching Season 1 of the new Dr Who series. Had never watched the old series. I really enjoyed it. Needless to say I won't be able to read most of this thread since I'm so far behind =p
How intricate is Torchwood and other spin offs tied to Dr Who? Should I try to watch them like I did with Buffy and Angel? Having to find an online episode order guide to keep up with the crossing storylines?
I'll really have to watch Torchwood. Jack was a really cool character in S1
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: 1Ultima on May 28, 2014, 07:27:30 pm
Torchwood hasn't got that much of an impact in Doctor Who. You'll be fine with just looking over the plot.
Sarah Jane Adventures had 2 crossover episodes with Who but they also aren't important to the Who plot. I do recommend them though.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: DKDC on May 28, 2014, 07:29:18 pm
They're directly tied, there are crossovers even. Both Tennant and Smith crossed into SJA, and there's at least one character from DW (beside the main character of course) crossing into Torchwood, but I don't remember if there's more, I don't think there is. Same universe, but completely different views. Torchwood are the guys who shoot first and talk later, and though I've only watched a few episodes of SJA (those where the Doctor crossed over), I think it's more the "kid-like" aspect of the universe - lots of talking, lots of gadgets. Never touched K-9.
Torchwood's seasons 1 and 2 were great even without seeing them as a spin-off of Doctor Who, season 3 was a bit weird, season 4 was AMERICA, in itself it was decent, it had some nice ideas, but it was just getting further and further away from Doctor Who. If you do burn through Torchwood before Doctor Who, when you get back to DW, you'll see some stuff that make you see where they are in the middle of Torchwood, but you can watch Torchwood without bothering about where in DW it is (it doesn't spoil DW).
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Basara Dandy on May 28, 2014, 08:58:48 pm
JNP, Torchwood appears in Series 2 in the beginning of David Tennant/Tenth Doctor and it's an important part of this season as the main theme (as "Bad Wolf" was for Series 1)
I'm still in mourning for Sarah Jane :'( also I'm watching the Fourth Doctor aventures on Dailymotion (I found an user who added spanish subtitles to chapters but I'm still looking for the latin spanish dub made in the 70s)
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on May 29, 2014, 03:18:35 am
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordwhatever.png[/avatar]Torchwood was 'Doctor Who for Grownups' while Sarah Jane Adventures was 'Doctor Who for Kids.' There is some cross continuity, and either the series 3 or 4 finale winds up in a big crossover with characters from all 3 of them, but you don't really need to watch the spin-offs to know what's going on in the main series.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Nucka on May 29, 2014, 03:24:31 pm
To Iced (aka Just No Point), If you liked season 1 you're gonna love the show. Also, unless you're into camp, try to ease into the classic episodes. They're super low budget an might be a turn off, without getting to know the (new) show better first. I've seen a couple episodes of all the spin-offs. I should watch Torchwood.
Spoiler: Semi off topic(click to see content)
This was an attempt to make a start-up animation for my Android phone. Trying to sync up the sound was too tedious w/o the proper programs so I abandoned it. (http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l529/Rominucka/TardisBootAnimDraft.gif)
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Just No Point on May 29, 2014, 03:41:50 pm
aka? Me and Iced are not the same person. I mean, Iced is pretty unstable though. I suppose The Dreamslayer could have simply never returned and Iced hijacked his account and set up an alternate persona that he could argue and discuss things with. Hmmm, the whole staff could be alternate Iced personas and he's just talking to himself in the staff board. A lot makes sense now!
I don't think I'd be able to get into the old series. I'm a huge Star Trek fan but don't really care much for the original series of that either. Not to mention I have like 8 or 9 seasons of this Dr Who to catch up on and I won't be able to watch it very often because I'm always busy with something.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: DKDC on May 29, 2014, 03:43:36 pm
He's talking about Basara calling you Iced a couple posts above.
I've tried watching the original series, I stopped in the middle of the First Doctor. I do know that the First had its own objective (trying to be some sort of edutainment) and they changed it in the middle, but... I dunno, I didn't really get into it.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Just No Point on May 29, 2014, 03:45:59 pm
Ah, I actually assumed Iced had posted on a previous page and Basara was actually talking to him. And this is a new day so I totally forgot about that post.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Basara Dandy on May 31, 2014, 04:26:09 pm
Sorry man, I was refered to you, but I was mistaken by Iced since I posted that rushing in my job and I'd no time to fix it later, so sorry :( But yeah, the first appearance of Torchwood was in Season 2, after that season they made Torchwood spin-off,I guess you should see that complete to understand better about Torchwood ;)
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on June 04, 2014, 01:12:05 am
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordava.png[/avatar]Paul McGann delivers the ending monologue from Day of the Doctor as the Eighth Doctor.
I've just recently finished all of the Eighth Doctor audio stories, and Paul McGann has really become one of my absolute favorite Doctors. He brings such incredible passion into the role. If you haven't yet, do yourself a favor and check out his work with the Big Finish DW audio dramas. He's incredible.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Basara Dandy on June 04, 2014, 08:42:42 pm
I would like to hear any audios from DW, but I don't know where to start and how to understand well that (UK english is still a trouble to me without subtitles). McGann is awesome, totally awesome, I just read some of his comic book adventures only (from RadioTimes basically) and I want to search more ;)
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: 1Ultima on June 27, 2014, 09:50:48 pm
First episode's called Deep Breath and airs worldwide on 23rd August.
At least someone knows what the word worldwide means noimstillnotbitteraboutpokemon
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Bastard Wolf on June 29, 2014, 02:50:57 am
well, might as well post this here but i found some funny "dalek" ringtones: http://www.kasterborous.com/2012/10/dalek-ringtones-and-sounds-for-your-smartphone/ [avatar]http://i.imgur.com/kAqhDjq.png[/avatar] not the most convincing dalek voice but it gets credit for saying things like: - "Inferior species attempting to communicate. I will exterminate" - "Respond to incoming call. Obey Obey Obey" - "You have received a tweet. I will exterminate the sender" - ... etc
i also wanted to share this really good doctor who/my little pony crossover comic (feauturing my favorite background pony: der... lyra!): http://edowaado.deviantart.com/art/This-is-where-it-gets-complicated-294768080
there's also a prequel (and just like most prequels it will spoil the revelations made in the comic... or not, i haven't read it yet. i'm too lazy: http://edowaado.deviantart.com/art/Foresight-I-m-Not-Your-Hero-Part-1-393037645
it's really good and both doctor who and MLP fans will enjoy it it might even get you interested in the other franchise you were not interested in. the only person in this thread i know who also likes MLP besides me is discord man (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhb33u-XZLY)
heck, i got into doctor who because of MLP (not this comic, but all the other fanworks out there plus the doctor's ponyfication (http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Doctor_Whooves) in the show itself).eitehr way, give it a read, it's good and the artwork improves as the comic goes on (that said i do hope you like surpised expressions :o)
there's also a christmas special if you want to just take a sneak peak: http://edowaado.deviantart.com/art/Doctor-Whooves-Christmas-Special-pt-1-344235060
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on July 04, 2014, 08:25:59 pm
So that's Davros, right? It has to be Davros. The only other character I can think that talks like that is the Dalek Time Controller, and they've never used him outside of audio stories.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: 1Ultima on July 04, 2014, 08:50:12 pm
Gee, I wonder if The TARDIS is going to blow up this season. The trailers have left so many subtle hints about it.
So that's Davros, right? It has to be Davros. The only other character I can think that talks like that is the Dalek Time Controller, and they've never used him outside of audio stories.
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Since Big Finish is canon now due to Night of the Doctor, it could be the Dalek Time Controller. It's probably Davros though. Russell T Davies said that he survived Journey's End so...
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: DKDC on July 04, 2014, 08:56:09 pm
Well, in the last special, just after regenerating, he asked Clara "by the way, do you know how to fly [the TARDIS] ?" so yeah, it's going to crash and burn, we could already guess that easily before those trailers. Not to mention they like to revamp the decoration every time now, anyway.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on July 08, 2014, 03:52:30 am
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordnom_zps6fa2e1ee.png[/avatar]So half of the series 8 scripts just got leaked, in full, online. (http://www.nerdist.com/2014/07/doctor-who-series-8-script-leak-dont-spoil-yourself/)
The BBC's reaction seems to be a pretty rational one, though. Basically they're saying go ahead and read them if you must, but don't be that asshole that goes and spoils everything for everyone else. Me, I'm staying well clear of any spoilers.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Basara Dandy on July 10, 2014, 08:54:56 pm
Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald now have a preview look in first episode "Deep Breath" (http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/07/10/doctor-who-peter-capaldi-first-look/) Also, they announced the detective trio (Madame Vastra, Jenny and Strax) will be back in this episode set on Victorian England
So that's Davros, right? It has to be Davros. The only other character I can think that talks like that is the Dalek Time Controller, and they've never used him outside of audio stories.
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Since Big Finish is canon now due to Night of the Doctor, it could be the Dalek Time Controller. It's probably Davros though. Russell T Davies said that he survived Journey's End so...
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
I agree, that's totally Davros, I knew it when I see for first time that teaser. I'm so excited for this new season, I can't wait for August 23!!
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Nucka on July 13, 2014, 05:35:52 am
If anyone has an audio program like Pro Tools, Logic etc....there's a Waves plug in called the J37 (an old tape machine the Beatles used) and it has a preset called Darlek. It's perfect.
Wait....Aug 23rd? That's just around the corner. Oh happy day.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on July 13, 2014, 10:21:28 pm
I'd make a comment about wanting August to get here faster, but that'd just open the door for a bunch of pithy TARDIS jokes.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: DKDC on July 13, 2014, 11:38:41 pm
FTR, the first couple of episodes hasve been leaked (in B&W, big watermarks, and unfinished CGs), you can go down stream and drop your anchor at the bay if you want that.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Nucka on July 14, 2014, 08:40:04 am
I would actually love to see what that looks like, but I'll wait till I see the finished product first.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on July 21, 2014, 12:29:00 pm
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordava.png[/avatar]So this new Doctor is looking pretty good so far.
This Tom Baker guy is definitely going to make a name for himself.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on August 09, 2014, 02:55:11 am
A much, much darker Doctor than we've grown accustomed to. I'm really interested to see where Capaldi takes him.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Basara Dandy on August 12, 2014, 07:23:10 pm
First it was just rumoured, now it's official: Doctor Who Series 8 Episode 1 to be screened globally in cinemas (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldwide/2014/doctor-who-episode-1)
Here're more info: Look at your location for the movie (http://www.doctorwho.tv/watch/cinema) :D
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: 1Ultima on August 13, 2014, 01:43:23 am
Ok I understand why they did it for Day of the Doctor but this is literally just another normal episode. May as well check the price.
My local cinema said:
£30
Fuck. That.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Nucka on August 16, 2014, 11:19:53 am
If I don't have to work, I'm gonna go see it. It's playing on 3 separate days at various theaters here in Los Angeles...and for normal price with the exception of the midnight 23rd showing, that's $15.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on August 16, 2014, 10:35:12 pm
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordgoody2_zps5f20c8a8.png[/avatar]Have another trailer why not.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on August 24, 2014, 04:20:23 am
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordjoy_zps3e7f2325.png[/avatar]So that was pretty terrific.
Spoiler: Spoily-Woily(click to see content)
- That new opening sequence is terrific. I love the new visuals. The music is a little screechier than I'd expect, but it kind of works with the new aesthetic they're going for.
- That dinosaur was pretty pointless though. An admittedly cool special effect that could easily have been anything else and done the same job. Meh.
-Vastra, Jenny, and Strax were awesome. As they usually are. Strax especially.
- I'm liking how Clara's being handled with this new series. With Eleven, she was always played like she feels like she has the Doctor wrapped around her finger, almost to the point of arrogance, which could get kind of grating. This new Doctor is clearly not one who puts up with that kind of nonsense, and I think she can definitely sense that. Things are really going to be different this time around. I like it.
- New Bad Guy Girl Character seems interesting. Wonder if she'll turn out to be someone we know? It'd be nice if it turned out they brought back The Rani for the new series, but I'm not holding my breath
- Still not quite sure what to make of the new Doctor yet. Kind of like Ten and Eleven before him Twelve spent most of his inaugural episode is a post-regenerative haze, so we didn't really get to see much of what his fully formed personality is like until right up to the end. That being said, I like where it seems to be heading and Capaldi's performance was wonderful. I think I'm going to enjoy this new series.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Nucka on August 24, 2014, 11:02:39 am
Spoiler: Liked it, Didn't Love it(click to see content)
I don't think I like the new opening sequence. The previous one was great. This one seems too cliche, cluttered and a little too kid-friendly.
The episode was a little too jokey. If they would've cut all the obvious gags (ie Jenny thinking she was posing for a painting) and left the one when Strax hit Clara in the face with the paper, that would been hysterical instead of just getting a chuckle out of me.
The overall look seemed cheap and inconsistent.
Moffat is a genius at creating monsters. Perfectly creepy. I loved the way the lead android left his hand stuck to the coat. That was brilliant...BRILLIANT!!
Bringing back Matt Smith was a pretty cheap move at helping the audience accept Peter but it was effective, I'm a mark, I liked it. It does feel a little sacrilegious though.
Peter's not working for me right now. He was great at the end and had moments throughout but I'm just not "seeing" the Doctor yet. Get it? I'm just like Clara....which is who Moffat used as a metaphor for the audience. Another cheap grab, but executed very well.
It got kind of dark too. "I'm gonna have to kill you"? Assisted suicide? That was a pretty aggressive approach to solving the problem. And the impalement was a little crazy too.
I don't know what Peter's gonna become, but I really felt the Doctor the most right after Clara hugged him at the end. When they were walking off and he was talking about not having money and whatnot, he had a childlike apprehensiveness too him. I would've liked to have seen more of that. His quirkiness wasn't believable enough, but he's new. At first I didn't like Matt Smith or David Tennant.
I really liked the way they began to explain why he chose that face. That helps clean up why we saw Peter Capaldi with David Tennant in Pompeii and why we saw Colin Baker with Peter Davison on Galifrey. WHAT? Who do you think you're messing with? I'm going DEEP with this review tonight.
I like how Clara was all upset about him changing and not wanting to know him anymore.
It was also pretty sexual too, with the kissing and the flirting and Jenny's little pushed up titties.
As for the woman at the end. At first, when she said the Doctor was her boyfriend, I thought she was the TARDIS and the Doctor somehow saved him and loaded him into a "promise land" simulation. Moffat said that the Rani probably wouldn't return and that he'd rather stick to the most popular old villains and focus on creating new ones. http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a401680/doctor-who-steven-moffat-rules-out-return-for-villain-the-rani.html#~oNQrsiRJ90INhk That was from 2012, though. I doubt it's River. I guess we'll find out at the end of the season.
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Post by: Bastard Wolf on September 05, 2014, 07:10:19 am
so i just rewatched the 1st episode... ON THE BIG SCREEN!
i didn't expected much but it was still fun to watch it on teh big screen in HD and this time i catched lots of little things i missed the 1st time thanks to the subtitles because sometimes i can't really understand a bloody word these people are saying!
besides obviously the episode there was a hilarious intro with strax doing an entry on his blog about the different incarnations of the doctor and also a behind the scenes special of the 1st episode.
i also bought some 10th-doctor-like-shoes (http://mugenguild.com/forum/msg.2017240) and there was this guy cosplaying as the 11th doctor (http://mugenguild.com/forum/msg.2017242).... and then i had some doughnuts
the room wasn't even half full but it was fun and it was the 1st doctor who related thing i've seen in my country (as far as i know)
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Post by: Person Man on September 07, 2014, 04:28:41 am
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordava9.png[/avatar]So did anyone else catch the Patrick Troughton cameo in this episode? I love little touches like that. ;D
This was a really good episode. I've always preferred the historical stories to the pure sci-fi ones, but that's just me. Besides, after so long with Matt Smtih it's kind of fun to see the Doctor being the one brought to wit's end by a giggling smart aleck for a change.
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Although that bit at the very end about the golden arrow being exactly the right amount of gold to power the ship's engine was some major deus ex machina bullcrap.
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Post by: Nucka on September 08, 2014, 04:40:13 am
I missed the Patrick Troughton cameo and I fell asleep in the middle so I'll look out for it when I watch it again.
It still feels weird. Peter C. is too stiff overall even though I like his darker, less compassionate personality...that's holding me. Also there's a new Hollywood thing going, with the cinematography and such, that feels a little out of tune with what Dr Who is. I'm not against a Hollywood vibe, but take what's already there and beef it up....don't change it. And there's still weird production quality inconsistencies.
What I do really like is the way they make everything all innocent and kid friendly in the beginning and then pull some heavy dark shit to get the show going.
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Post by: Flowrellik on September 08, 2014, 04:44:23 am
I actually like this new doctor. He's got a twist to him which I can get used to PLUS Ive seen all the episodes so far. I personally enjoy the episode with the daleks and How he got inside of one to "fix" him. Good old Rusty: He saw beauty in the universe and hatred for his own species.
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Post by: Bastard Wolf on September 08, 2014, 05:51:51 am
well this looks better than the original
also great episode this week. only 3 episodes and cappaldi might become my 2nd favorite doctor. there was also no missy this week :-\
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HA HA HA! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8ID1KJQxB8)
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Post by: Person Man on September 08, 2014, 03:13:58 pm
I missed the Patrick Troughton cameo and I fell asleep in the middle so I'll look out for it when I watch it again.
It was during the part where that screen in the ship was flashing through all of the different cultural representations of Robin Hood. Patrick Troughton was the first actor to portray Robin Hood on television, and one of the pictures they used was of him in that role. This one, in fact:
Which, now that I think on it, brings up the slightly confusing notion that Patrick Troughton also exists within the Doctor Who universe.
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Post by: DKDC on September 08, 2014, 03:43:42 pm
But that ties back to the question of the first episode and the movie : the faces he chooses are not unique, he actually picks them from something he remembers and makes it his own (well, that's where it looks like they're going). So it's possible that first First Doctor saw Patrick Troughton as Robin Hood and took his face when he regenerated into the Second Doctor ! :P
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Post by: Bastard Wolf on September 09, 2014, 02:01:24 am
if that's the case then think about this:
we know that the doctor is a harry potter fan (at least the books) but if he also saw the movies then remember david tennant (barty crouch jr) and john hurt (mr. ollivander) were in those movies :o
and if harry potter exists in the whoverse then the lord of the rings must exist too and silvester mccoy played radagast in the hobbit. and and... i don't remmber if there have been star wars refferences in doctor who but remember peter cushing was also "dr who"
GALAXIAN IMPLOSION!! :x
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Post by: DKDC on September 09, 2014, 02:05:59 am
So then... Did he see Malcolm Tucker and thought it would be brilliant ? ... No wait, he got that one from Pompeii.
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Post by: Bastard Wolf on September 09, 2014, 02:24:27 am
so pretty much this:
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Post by: Person Man on September 09, 2014, 05:12:34 am
we know that the doctor is a harry potter fan (at least the books) but if he also saw the movies then remember david tennant (barty crouch jr) and john hurt (mr. ollivander) were in those movies :o
and if harry potter exists in the whoverse then the lord of the rings must exist too and silvester mccoy played radagast in the hobbit. and and... i don't remmber if there have been star wars refferences in doctor who but remember peter cushing was also "dr who"
GALAXIAN IMPLOSION!! :x
You're getting into some dangerous Westphall Universe territory there. Best not to think too hard about it.
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Post by: Bastard Wolf on September 12, 2014, 04:59:41 am
so i was on youtube watching some malcolm tucker videos and reading the comments... :
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"People fucking say that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but if they took their heads out of their fucking arses, they would see that it's more like a big ball of Wibbly-Wobbly... Fickity-Fuckity... stuff"
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"Fuck off Clara, you fucking cunt, please just try to do your own fucking thing and not get into my fucking business, because I'm dealing with these goddamn alien metal Cyberdicks who keep deleting the fuck out of everyone! Go back inside the goddamn blue box and do whatever the fuck you want because I don't fucking care about your goddamn business!" (Clara runs back into TARDIS) "Great, fucking great, now I have to deal with these retarded tinmen all by myself, with no fucking help from anyone who will help me fucking kill all these stupid aliens!" (Clara peeks out of TARDIS) "I thought you didn't want me to help you, Doctor!" "FUCKING PISS OFF!"
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Sontaran: Sontar-ha!! Doctor: You Fuck off!! Get back to the Fucking Flinstones!!
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"What exactly are Daleks, Doctor?" "These fucking tosspots? Little fucking golden dildos with a fucking attitude problem who like to knob their way through the galaxy fucking everyone over, hence why they're big fucking dildos! And their creator, Bobby Fucking Davros makes Gillian McKeith look like Scarlett Fucking Johanssen! Wee shrivelled wanker that he is!"
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"If you dont fucking exterminate me then i will fucking exterminate you ya fuckin metal cunts"
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EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!!
Enough, E-FUCKING-NOUGH!
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Fantastic!, Allons-y!, Geronimo~!, FACK!
OH GOD MY KIDNEYS!! [avatar]http://i.imgur.com/UD4LOJE.png[/avatar] BTW peolpe i want to get a 12th doctor avatar so if you ever see him make a face that says "I'll rip your bollocks off, draw eyeballs on them and stitch them onto a fucking sock!" take a screenshot for me, hmmkay?
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Post by: Basara Dandy on September 12, 2014, 05:36:21 am
Classic Doctor Who with the standards of new series. That's basically how I resume this new Doctor. I loved Capaldi as the Doctor, he has a lot of old ones, especially from First and Third. Also, the references to Classic Who are a lot in every chapter, I've enjoyed every of them and as was said before, I also loved the new paper Clara has with Twelfth now. I'm more than satisfied with the Series 8
And I read some theories about who Missy is, and I fully support them:
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-Missy -> Mistress -> Master regenerated/bodysnatched as a woman -Maybe it's just a nickname... for the new regenerated Rani. And the "Promised Land" maybe is her TARDIS -Another survivor Time Lord who made a pocket universe where she transports the dead by the Doctor
However, whoever she is, I like the way how the things are developing until now, I'm expectating about the finale
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Post by: DKDC on September 14, 2014, 09:06:30 pm
This week was so insane I'm worried it's trying too hard. I can't tell if this is going somewhere.
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Post by: Person Man on September 14, 2014, 09:08:24 pm
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordbutterfly.png[/avatar]They're really making a big deal out of Danny, that's for sure. What worries me is that they're tying him so closely to Clara, and if Coleman is really leaving the show this Christmas all of that buildup will be for nothing.
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Post by: DKDC on September 14, 2014, 09:23:53 pm
Eh, they're making her relevant (and they manage to build a good relationship between her and the Doctor), so as long as that whole build-up - transition is well written, I don't mind.
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Post by: Nucka on September 21, 2014, 12:52:39 am
Also, he's too old and it would be creepy for the Doctor and Clara to have something going on or even hinted at....so in the continuation of the romantic aspect of the modern show, we have Danny. Wait didn't we have Micky and Rory? Oh so Danny's the new Micky and Rory, and is also there to help Clara not fall for the Doctor.
Missy / Mistress = Master math makes sense. But Gallifrey was saved so this could be any TimeLord....if it's a TimeLord at all. This would be a cool way to introduce the story-line of the Doctor trying to rescue Gallifrey from where ever it is.
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Post by: Nucka on October 07, 2014, 07:56:54 pm
Anyone else notice how much "Doctor Who" is on American network TV now?
Karen Gillan has ABC's Selfie. David Tennant is in Fox's Gracepoint. And Sean Pertwee (3rd Doctor's son) is Alfred in Fox's Gotham.
When I was a kid the only time I remember seeing anyone outside of the show was Patrick Troughton getting impaled in the Oman.
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Post by: DKDC on October 07, 2014, 08:07:17 pm
Well, Karen Gillan has been pushing her career up ever since Doctor Who, and Tennant is here for the US remake of Broadchurch, plus he's been around before Who - he was in Harry Potter.
Kill the Moon was cool, it felt crazy and classic. I'm not too big on the horror side of the first part, but the twist and the end ? Oh god.
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Post by: Person Man on October 08, 2014, 03:21:35 am
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordava.png[/avatar]I really appreciate all the nods to the classic series they're dropping into this season. You can really tell they're trying to pull away from the Doctor as a romantic fantasy that really swelled up during Tennant and Smith's years, and harken back to the days of Hartnell, Toughton, and Pertwee. The "When I say run, run" line Capaldi delivers was pretty much the Second Doctor's catchphrase. I love it.
Also, major kudos to the actress playing Courtney for her astoundingly realistic portrayal of a modern-day shitty teenager. She gets a once in a lifetime chance by getting to travel to the freaking moon in the freaking future and how does she spend it? Dicking around on social media for a while before complaining that she's bored.
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Post by: Just No Point on October 08, 2014, 04:43:42 am
I just finished David Tennant's stint as the Dr. Holy hell that was an awesom series finale. (I call it that because I know nearly everything changes with Matt and they tied up all major story threads they'd made)
These 4 seasons were the best sci fi show I'd ever seen. Can't wait to get going with the new dr. I hope his run can be even half as fun!
Also really need to watch torchwood. Every time Jack is on screen is gold!
Did Martha jones get her own series for a bit too? I saw her and Micky together when Tennant was saying bye. Once I catch up with dr who I'll probably try to watch all the spin offs.
Tennant's last ep was a tear jerker for sure!
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Post by: Flowrellik on October 08, 2014, 04:52:42 am
afaik I believe martha shows up in torchwood once. The only other companion the Doctor has that had her own show was Sarah Jane Smith, and she had her run until the death of the actor that played as her. Tbh Im surprised they didn't have a special episode on Sarah. Sad really.
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Post by: DKDC on October 12, 2014, 02:04:06 am
WOO HOO holy shit best Who episode ever. Seriously loving that Doctor. There was the "nobody dies today" fad that was starting to annoy people in the 9th and 10th Doctors (until they gave Tennant a full emo phase), this one was starting to get way too far in the "not caring for those who are already doomed" direction (I do prefer seeing him at least try to save people with a couple of miracles every now and then), but this whole episode rocked. The Smith run kind of felt too centered on the Doctor, like a hero worship and nobody cares about all the other characters (unless they're called River Song), but this episode found the right balance : he starts being cold so the other characters can step up or we can learn about them (the captain is cool), and then at the last second he pulls a big Doctor moment and shows he's not just fucking around. The Clara back-and-forth is slightly rubbing me the wrong way, but we'll see how they do end it.
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Post by: Jexsam on October 12, 2014, 10:25:41 am
10 and 11 were always sorry, so sorry.
12 could not possibly be less sorry.
I still can't quite put to words how I feel about Capaldi's run so far. I can say I really appreciate how he's such a drastic shift from the last couple, but... somehow, every time the Doctor tries to do something nice, it winds up feeling out of character. He's so mean to Clara and pretty much everyone else that it seems odd he'd bother to try and save anyone, let alone whisk Clara off to see neat things across space and time. Maybe his character will click with the season finale or something but that seems like an awful long time to leave your character a muddled mess, so I suppose I'm probably just not "getting" this Doctor.
Though thinking about how mean this Doctor is, suddenly I kinda hope this whole Promised Land thing involves standing all these people there up in front of him and saying "These are all the people you couldn't save" hoping to elicit a response only to have the Doctor respond "So fucking what?"
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Post by: Person Man on October 13, 2014, 02:24:59 am
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Post by: Just No Point on October 16, 2014, 04:59:05 am
Just finished S5. All around I wasn't much impressed with the season as a whole ep by ep. But as usual the finale was really great and tied so much of the season together! I LOVE season finalies on this show!
Watched 2 eps of S6 and Matt Smith is finally starting to grow on me in these 2 eps. This season looks like it'll be much improved from S5. And I'm very excited to see Crowley from Super Natural fame getting roles in this show. I love that actor in SN and he's done fabulous work on Dr Who for the 2 eps I saw him in.
Now I want a SuperNatural/Dr Who cross over!
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Post by: Person Man on October 19, 2014, 04:09:28 am
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordstatue.png[/avatar]Attack of the killer Mr. Game & Watch! ;D
The creatures in that episode were pretty unsettling, I have to say. The Doctor's big speech at the end has me feeling like they're going to be setting those things up as the next recurring baddies à la the Weeping Angels, and honestly I think I'd be okay with that. Hostile beings from a 2-dimensional universe attempting to breach and invade our 3 dimensional one is a pretty solid concept, with a lot of room for exploration.
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Post by: DKDC on October 19, 2014, 04:31:03 am
Dunno, there wouldn't be much to do, the Doctor already knows how to handle them, and even through this episode, the only difficulty was that the TARDIS got caught (as usual), but as soon as he came out he banished them with a pimp slap. Recurrent baddies like the Weeping Angels are a constant threat and there's rarely any specific way to send them off. I like how we're getting brand new bad guys, it's a real change of pace from the previous few seasons, where you would always go "oh no, not these guys again" (I hated the Weeping Angels myself). But at the same time, it often ends up with a "oh, okay, those guys were new and they did some very weird stuff, is that over and done now, then ?", it relies very strongly on the quality of the twist and the way the Doctor resolves the case. Still better than some of the attempts of the 11th Doctor at hyping something new ("dinosaurs in space ! Alien-hunting robot in the wild west !") but ending up with something super common and boring.
... BTW I found it pretty odd that 12th tried to redo the Eleventh Hour "this planet is protected" speech. It felt cheap and obviously repeated, it doesn't work as well the second time (even though the first time was awesome).
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Post by: Just No Point on October 26, 2014, 02:07:02 am
I finally just finished Time of the Doctor! I'm almost caught up!
As such I went back and read in this thread more that I couldn't read earlier. Why do some of you seem to dislike Moffat? Any time I see his name in the credits I get really excited! Someone mentioned that there was a complaint about too much fanservice in Day of the Doctor... What better reason to give fanservice than the 50th special. Which was fabulous!
All in all Matt Smith was a very good Dr. I still prefer Tennant though. Smith just never really felt fleshed out. Now to jump on the Capaldi train!
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Post by: DKDC on October 26, 2014, 02:25:47 am
"... I hope I'm right. It'd be slightly awkward if the world was destroyed at this point ! (chuckle)" and lots of the Doctor's other lines. Oh god, this Doctor, so dark and harsh, so good. I didn't understand who the girl at the end was.
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Post by: Bastard Wolf on October 27, 2014, 04:38:32 am
which girl? annabel? she was maebh's lost sister they were saying she dissapeared one day and when they were giving the world wide phone message she asked her to come back home and she was back home later that day (gues she wasn't that far away)
or are you talking about someone else?
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Post by: DKDC on October 27, 2014, 12:50:47 pm
The one who appeared in the bush, yeah. Must be her.
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Post by: DKDC on November 02, 2014, 12:08:43 am
Well ! One thing a lot of people suspected, and one thing no one saw coming (well, two). Not too great, but the setup was awesome.
I myself don't dislike him, but I didn't really like a lot of the things he did with 11th, and sometimes it wasn't really going anywhere, some stuff were repetitive, and some of the new stuff was dragging. It was a bit too "safe" yet trying to appear new and daring to build hype. Also, self-important. Contrast with 12th which is going all over the goddamn place and it's great.
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Post by: Person Man on November 02, 2014, 05:56:11 pm
So Missy turned out to be The Master. Well fuck me, I did not see that coming. I honestly thought they were setting her up to be a regenerated Rani.
The thing with the Cybermen was a neat reveal, but it kind of gets mucked up when you look at the setup from earlier in the season. The idea is that all the dead people are being held in this hive mind computer in modern day london, right? But that woman from 'Into the Dalek' died on an asteroid base thousands of years in the future. How did she get there then? Same question for the Half-Face Man from the first episode. He died, such as it was, in Victorian times. Also, he was only a robot, without a real body to upgrade or a real mind to upload. What would the Cybermen even want with him?
I don't know. It's not making a lot of sense to me right now.
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Post by: Bastard Wolf on November 03, 2014, 05:19:23 am
so the master mistress somehow is harvesting the mind & body of all dead people around all of time and space to convert them into cybermen. now, this is supposed to be science fiction not pull-it-out-of-your-ass fiction
and the whole thing with clara going as far as betraying the doctor to save danny might have had more impact except that pretty much her entire relation with danny took place off-screen but on the other hand i wouldn't have wanted to see it because i don't care about it
>get's killed once by being run over by a car rory williams pond: pfft... rookie!
also:
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- Sort out your security protocols, they're a disgrace. - Another government inspection? - So soon? - Why is there all this swearing? - Oh, I've got a lot of internalised anger.
"the thick of it" callback?
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Post by: Jexsam on November 04, 2014, 01:03:16 am
I'm confused and disappointed.
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Saw the Master coming a mile away. Missy, Mistress, Master. I was thinking it was going to be the Rani, or perhaps Romana somehow. Master is just too easy, and makes not a damn lick of a sense otherwise. What's this shit about being left to die or whatever? 10 literally begged you to regenerate, to travel with him, the last of the Time Lords wrecking every bad guy's shit! You chose not to! Why are you doing this you fuckwit!? UGH. Then there's the different people across space and time and this is making me very very angry.
If it were me I would have made it the Tardis itself doing this. Missy is the Tardis girl from that one 11 episode and starting just after the Doctor regenerated has been plucking people, or at least their consciousness, into another section of the Tardis the Doctor may not be aware of or just doesn't think about much. This darker Doctor is later confronted with all the people he's killed or let die in an effort by the Tardis to drive him back to a kinder, gentler way of doing things, to which the Doctor responds "I'm not gonna be made to feel guilty for saving a lot more people than you're parading around in front of me!" Tardis is having none of that and starts threatening Clara so the Doctor has to "kill" the Tardis girl but there's consequences and Clara sacrifices herself (I'd keep Danny's sudden death and use him in this two-parter too to sort of drive Clara towards this) and takes the Tardis consciousness' place, resulting in a shift in the Tardis' behavior in the future but otherwise not meaning much except for a tearful farewell for the Impossible Girl who will always be there for him like she always has been.
But that's just me.
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Post by: DKDC on November 04, 2014, 01:09:23 am
I really don't care about Clara enough to push her into a role like the one you imagine. It was bad enough when they insisted very hard that Amy Pond was so wonderful (I hate her), it'd really piss me off if they did that again with Clara. Agreed on the Missy nonsense, the twist was fun but they really have a lot of explaining to do.
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Post by: Bastard Wolf on November 04, 2014, 01:52:22 am
all i can say is that those tennant x simm shippers must have the weirdest boner right now
also, does this increase the possibility of a female doctor in the future (but most likely still not ginger)?
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Post by: Person Man on November 04, 2014, 02:08:37 am
Saw the Master coming a mile away. Missy, Mistress, Master. I was thinking it was going to be the Rani, or perhaps Romana somehow. Master is just too easy, and makes not a damn lick of a sense otherwise. What's this shit about being left to die or whatever? 10 literally begged you to regenerate, to travel with him, the last of the Time Lords wrecking every bad guy's shit! You chose not to! Why are you doing this you fuckwit!?
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Dude, that's what The Master does. Cheating death, immeasurable evil and megalomania, taking the most intricate, painstaking steps to utterly crush and defeat The Doctor whenever they cross paths. His (or rather 'her' now, I guess) unrelenting hatred of The Doctor and desire to make him suffer is one of his (her?) defining character traits. Even if that whole "left for dead" thing isn't technically true, it's totally within the character of The Master to say it like that just to make it hurt The Doctor more.
Also, it could refer to how The Doctor let him be sucked back into the Time War with the rest of Gallifrey in his last appearance, not that part you were referring to.
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Post by: DKDC on November 04, 2014, 02:23:02 am
also, does this increase the possibility of a female doctor in the future (but most likely still not ginger)?
I'd say it strengthens it as a viable option for a Time Lord, but actually making the Doctor a woman would be a big step. They've taken risks before (starting with forfeiting the "young hottie for panty-magnet" for an old grumpy asshole), but it'd have to be very special. If it's still on board to last a decade or so, I could see it happen halfway there. Making the Master one was also pretty daring, it might even be them testing the water.
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Post by: Bastard Wolf on November 04, 2014, 04:56:17 am
Also, it could refer to how The Doctor let him be sucked back into the Time War with the rest of Gallifrey in his last appearance, not that part you were referring to.
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but the master was the one who jumped into the time war thingy to kill timothy dalton... right after saving the doctor. there was nothing the doctor could have done to stop him or save him afterwards
they'll probalby just say that in the master's head it was all the doctor's fault becaus he is crazy and shit (sociopath-ex-machina)
say, what would be the doctor who equivalent of the expression: "a wizard did it"?
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Post by: Jexsam on November 04, 2014, 06:11:20 am
I really don't care about Clara enough to push her into a role like the one you imagine. It was bad enough when they insisted very hard that Amy Pond was so wonderful (I hate her), it'd really piss me off if they did that again with Clara.
It just seems like it'd be a fitting conclusion for Clara. I'm not saying I want the Doctor to start referring to the Tardis as Clara or for the Tardis to start talking to the Doctor in her voice or anything like that, it'd really just be an excuse to play with the Tardis' behavior and a convenient opening for Clara to make an appearance in anniversary or seasonal specials as needed.
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Post by: Person Man on November 04, 2014, 12:44:19 pm
but the master was the one who jumped into the time war thingy to kill timothy dalton... right after saving the doctor. there was nothing the doctor could have done to stop him or save him afterwards
they'll probalby just say that in the master's head it was all the doctor's fault becaus he is crazy and shit (sociopath-ex-machina)
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And again, that could also just be the Master straight-up lying to make the Doctor feel worse about it.
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say, what would be the doctor who equivalent of the expression: "a wizard did it"?
Temporal disruption?
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Post by: DKDC on November 09, 2014, 12:55:42 am
.... Oh Danny. This was... all over the place from "that's bullshit" to "that's awesome". Lots of nonsense, and lots of awesome stuff. Missy is great one moment, and very weird the next. That finale ? Something great, then something super strange.
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Did they seriously just kill off Missy/the Master ?? Is it for good ? Just like that with a shitty death ?? The killing of the scientist girl (and the shitty bait on the gullible girl leading to it), UNIT showing up out of fucking nowhere, the skydiving into the TARDIS, Danny's "it can only do one trip, so I'm saving someone else", the... But then, the great stuff like the "army of the dead" actually saving the living in the name of love, the Doctor's revelation (after another terrible "we're not so different" speech from Missy), Clara's Doctor fakeout at the very beginning, Danny coming to save Clara from the other Cybermen, the Brigadier popping up as a Cyberman...
Ah man, this was so fucked up, with all the ups and the downs. The resolution of the Doctor's "identity crisis" was great, though, loved it.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on November 09, 2014, 04:36:33 am
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordhurk_zps281f84b9.png[/avatar]I honestly am not sure out how to react to that.
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"Missy" might be dead, but there's no way the Master is gone for good. It's kind of his deal. It'd be a shame if 'she' is really gone though. Michelle Gomez fucking killed it as the Master.
Fucking Danny, man. Way to go out like a true hero. That was such an amazing end to his arc. He was the immovable object to the Doctor's unstoppable force, and he played that part perfectly to the bitter end.
Why the FUCK would they kill off Osgood?! She was such a fun character!
That whole army of the dead thing would have been a lot cooler if they hadn't framed the big reveal moment like a low-budget zombie movie with the zombies replaced by robots.
I was this close to flipping my shit over Kate. I thought there was going to be some big time-reversal thing like the last two or three times the Master popped up, but then there wasn't and for a second I was really pissed that they had just offed the Brigadier's daughter so pointlessly. But then the thing happened.
Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge Goddamn Stewart. I'm not sure if I loved that part or hated it. On the one hand I can't help but feel like it's a disservice to such an iconic and important character to bring him back from the dead and have him flying around as a self-aware Cyberman. But on the other hand, the Doctor said it himself: "Earth's darkest hour... where else would you be?"
I think you hit the nail on the head, Byakko. The finale was equal parts really great and really confusing.
Spoiler: Oh, and also:(click to see content)
NICK FROST IS PLAYING SANTA IN THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL. WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING. :flipout:
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Basara Dandy on November 12, 2014, 07:20:25 am
Damn, I wasn't up to date to this season and I was spoiled about who's Missy really is. but well, I just can say I wasn't wrong at all (http://mugenguild.com/forum/msg.2021105). Also, I thought in one of these, the DW official website would have some of the new monsters of this season and just expecting I won't be spoiled again, but then I saw this (http://www.doctorwho.tv/50-years/monsters/the-master)... damn again :sad3:
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Bastard Wolf on November 14, 2014, 02:42:22 pm
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if danny is dead then how is he going to have a descendant who becomes the first time traveler?
inb4 santa claus ex machina
remember when doctor who used to be FANTASTIC?
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: DKDC on November 14, 2014, 02:50:52 pm
They've already pointed out, specifically on that subject, that time could change, so it wouldn't be odd that this future was replaced. That being said, of course this replacement is going to be reversed in the Christmas special. Not to mention that Jenna Coleman was already expected to be in that special as her last appearance, so yeah, it's pretty obvious.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Person Man on November 15, 2014, 01:51:45 am
[avatar]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e315/Tiger_Stripe/discordpopcorn-1.png[/avatar]Ho ho ho.
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: Bastard Wolf on December 30, 2014, 03:33:33 am
- santa claus ex machina - THE doctor (the man who seems to know more about pop culture than.... that guy you know who knows alot of shit) had never heard of a little franchise called "alien(s)" - my little pony refference in doctor who. now the circle is complete - clara is STIL in the show! >:( - .... the fact that i cant remember any other memorable moment from this episode [avatar]http://i.imgur.com/UD4LOJE.png[/avatar] hey, remember when doctor who was about the wacky adventures of a dual-hearted time traveling alien inside a box and his companions. saving the universe in a sci-fi-macgyver-like way. and not a fucking soap opera about the love life of some lying manipulative cranky bitch and some dull plot device nobody gives a bleeding fuck about?
you know, they might just use that clara opening sequence form episode ep9 and put jenna coleman's name on top of everything because the doctor is not even the main character anymore
Title: Re: Does anybody like Doctor Who????
Post by: DKDC on December 30, 2014, 02:28:53 pm
The concept was fine. It was a cheap mix of Alien and Inception, but it was okay for a Who episode, even if it wasn't great ; I actually liked the Santa Claus twist, as far as Christmas episodes go (for any series, I mean, not just Doctor Who). The only gripe I have is that it was still only instrumental to Clara's character. At least I can stand her better than the likes of Rose, Amy or River, but yeah, we're still back to "the adventures of a nice girl with space monsters. Oh, and a mad man in a box. Maybe." You know how guys describe Doctor Who as "a mad alien scientist who picks up a human girl and goes on adventures in space and time" and girls describe it as "a British girl who meets an alien and goes on adventures in space and time" ? Yeah, that's how it feels.