Dunno if anyone has seen this or indeed missed this, but a particularly whistle whetting whovian rumour pic has surfaced, showing DT, John Simms, and Timothy 'he was a better Bond than many think' Dalton altogether.
And Dalton is almost certainly wearing Gallifreyan Robes. Well, he is definitely wearing Robes of some kind, but I'm pretty sure that the design is Gallifreyan.
Could it be Russell T Davies has finally seen what a crap idea killing all the other Timelords was? Was their 'disappearance' part of some elaborate punishment on the Doctor for starting the Time War? Who (literally, Who) knows!
As an aside I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who thinks that Dalton was very underrated as Bond. Certainly he was (at the time) closer to the Flemming character than any of the actors who preceded him.
I like this idea.
My theory is that when Dalek Caan rescued Davros from the time war, he permanently broke down the gate.
meaning that all the people that were stcuk within the time war can now get out. Davies did after all say in an interview with Radio Times tha "the gate is open"
And perhaps it was more the Doctor was timelocked out of those events? Wibblywobblytimeywimey would make that feasible, as events critical to your own timeline cannot be changed by yourself, but it is possible for others to change them.
Actually MDG the doctor was the one that locked the time war away in the first place,
as he ran away and hid, which is why Davros mocked him,
It is also why he was so surprised when Davros turned up
..well......what did people think about "Water of Mars" then ?
Overall...I'll give it 6..maybe 6 and a half out of 10..mainly due to the cool "twist" at the end on Earth. Very average otherwise and I didn't find or think it was scary at all. The "monster" idea was alright..nothing we' haven't seen before though..but the execution was a bit "meh" as well.
reds8n wrote:..well......what did people think about "Water of Mars" then ?
Overall...I'll give it 6..maybe 6 and a half out of 10..mainly due to the cool "twist" at the end on Earth. Very average otherwise and I didn't find or think it was scary at all. The "monster" idea was alright..nothing we' haven't seen before though..but the execution was a bit "meh" as well.
Xmas special does look good though.
I liked it. I rate it higher than 6.5.
Doctor Who can never be as scary for a 47 year old as it was when I was 7 and had to hide behind the sofa at teatime.
I thought the storyline about The Doctor becoming too big for his Timelord boots and getting an unpleasant comeuppance was clever and mature.
"Famed fantasy and science fiction author Michael Moorcock announced that he will be writing a Doctor Who novel on his Website. It will be a new novel, not an adaptation, and is expected to appear by the holiday season of 2010.
Sounds like it’s not quite inked yet; Moorcock says he expects to be “signing shortly.”
..this could be either the best or the worst story ever.
The Dreadnote wrote:The show itself was pretty average I felt, but the stuff with the Doctor's psychology was great.
Blink was terrifying.
Very much agreed on all points.
The acting was pretty good all over I felt, and I did enjoy the Doctors Dalliance with Darkness, showing a rather bullish attitude.
I hope to hell The Master is less crap in the next episodes.
Speaking of which, I predict a mish-mash of Trial of a Time Lord (which I might just stick on tonight) and The Deadly Assassin (given the trailer in which
Spoiler:
The Master returns, but has that odd 'X-Ray' flash moment, suggesting he might not be corporeal
The Oed at the end was weird. I think the Oed have some kind of special ablitly or something.
The end of time trailer was good. From what I can see it seems that the Doctor went too far and its now his time to die. The master is back (He looks younger and his head went all like x-ray for a second in the trailer) Maybe he's back to finish the Doctor?
I seriously think that the Oed have some kind of weird power. You see some ancient Oed in the trailer and one apeared at the end of Water on Mars.
I may be misremembering, but wasn't it an Ood that told the doctor he was gonna die? If that is the case, the one at the end of Waters of Mars was probably a figment of the doctor's imagination.
Another episode I liked a lot was the one where a little black girl was being 'haunted' by her abusive father's ghost (kind of.) It ended with the Doctor carrying the torch for the 2012 Olympics.
Agreed, though I think I enjoyed it more, because it's Trailer didn't give me much hope of it being any cop.
Doesn't always hold true for Doctor Who thankfully, which is normally every bit as good as the Trailers make out. I think the overall acclaim for the new Series is testament to just how good it is. Only very rarely can you ressurect an old, much loved (to the point of obsession for many) TV or Film Series to a tiny minority of whinges!
Only other example which springs to mind for me would be Star Trek The Next Generation (and subsequent Spin Offs) which in common with Dr Who, did nothing to the old series, and instead moved things on, with the occasional plot driven reference. Most such attempts at ressurection tend to veer way off track by taking the piss out the original, camping it up too much, being too serious etc.
Oh, and Battlestar Galactica, which worked not because it was a remake, but a reimagining. Not a particularly enthusiastic term, but it worked well in this case, as it didn't damage the reputation of the original, nor rely on it.
i thought the waters of mars wasn't one of the best specials but it was a really good watch,
at the end i thought that the Doctor may have to be absorbed into Rassilon's tomb (if it still existed), cos he was on the verge of meglomania.
the next special looks ace but i'm a bit worried at Tennet's rapidly approaching departure, he is my favourite after Tom Baker
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:There are always jitters with a change of Doctors.
Just as long as we don't get another Colin Baker, we should be about nice.
I was considering this a few weeks back and I think my favourite, over all, was Sylvester McCoy.
He was cursed with a very poor budget and some shocking bad luck (the dying days of Who, the Langford creature as an assistant at one stage) but he was a very interesting and dark Doctor, bringing back the Troughton style of a slightly sinister and elder power. There was a sometimes dangerous air about him (the allusion to the Doctor as Merlin was brilliant) and I think it's a great shame he inherited it in time for the series to sail into the abyss.
They say that the Doctor you grew up with is always your favourite, but that would be Peter Davison for me and I never rated him at all (although I was in love with Tegan for some time), nor that terrible curly-haired goon that followed him on.
I'd love to see McCoy in a cameo role as a bad guy or something, he deserved far better than he got.
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:There are always jitters with a change of Doctors.
Just as long as we don't get another Colin Baker, we should be about nice.
He didn't quite pull it off, but I though Colin Baker's Doctor was a brave stab at making him a bit more arrogant. Anyway, I'm not really a massive fan of the new Doctor Who. The writing is not that great and they tend to get out of situations by just making stuff up. The best one was The Weeping Angels episode, an idea so cool it would have made an excellent film (with a decent writer anyway). Aside from that I don't really bother with it.
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:There are always jitters with a change of Doctors.
Just as long as we don't get another Colin Baker, we should be about nice.
I was considering this a few weeks back and I think my favourite, over all, was Sylvester McCoy. He was cursed with a very poor budget and some shocking bad luck (the dying days of Who, the Langford creature as an assistant at one stage) but he was a very interesting and dark Doctor, bringing back the Troughton style of a slightly sinister and elder power. There was a sometimes dangerous air about him (the allusion to the Doctor as Merlin was brilliant) and I think it's a great shame he inherited it in time for the series to sail into the abyss. They say that the Doctor you grew up with is always your favourite, but that would be Peter Davison for me and I never rated him at all (although I was in love with Tegan for some time), nor that terrible curly-haired goon that followed him on.
I'd love to see McCoy in a cameo role as a bad guy or something, he deserved far better than he got.
I agree about McCoy. Next to Tom Baker, very much my favourite. He maintained the playful edge, but was clearly a man in posession of extremely dangerous knowledge, and also showed a lot more low cunning etc than his predecessors. His stories are also amongst the best. Ghostlight in particular was truly awesome, and I really like Curse of Fenric. Langford was very much his achilles heel. gak actress who made otherwise decent enough stories deeply deeply gak (Paradise Towers was a great story, but didn't translate that well, thanks to her being utterly unconvincing)
And Flashman. The 'Last of the Timelords' was an RTD special move, and only came in with the new series. I would really like to see this reversed, especially as
Spoiler:
The Doctor pretty much admitted, and Dalek Sec pretty much proved, that the whole 'fixed point' in time thing is a matter of perspective and opinion, thus there is now seemingly little preventing the Doctor from changing the Time War's ending
Flashman wrote:There is probably some made up rule about not being able to go back. You are asking the wrong person really. Mad Dok?
EDIT @ Mad Dok - I happily bow to your superior knowledge. I'm now going to start my own thread on Seaquest DSV
I do have like, 86 of the old stories on official VHS!
You can pick them up really cheap!
P.S. on the matter of hottest assistant (it's bound to come up sooner or later!) I've always found it's a three way toss up (oooooer!) between Peri, Ace and Nyssa. Peri has the best tits by a country mile, but also the most annoying fake US accent. Nyssa is a bit of posh totty, and Ace is just plain saucy.
Kilkrazy wrote:Except for The Master and some female Time Lord and the times he goes to Gallifrey, the Time Lords' planet and meets a load of other Time Lords.
The idea that all the Time Lords except Dr Who were killed in the Great Time War was introduced when the series was brought back in 2005.
In some of the earlier series (particularly when Jon Pertwee was the Doctor) the ruling Time Lords exiled him on Earth for having been very naughty.
I liked all the venusian karate..less keen on the car.
Like an elderly Jason King/Austin Powers in that stupid car. Mind you, the seadevils were mighty awesome, I do like the interesting juxtaposition presented by the fact that they DO have a prior claim to the planet and see us a squatters.
Kilkrazy wrote:Except for The Master and some female Time Lord and the times he goes to Gallifrey, the Time Lords' planet and meets a load of other Time Lords.
The idea that all the Time Lords except Dr Who were killed in the Great Time War was introduced when the series was brought back in 2005.
In some of the earlier series (particularly when Jon Pertwee was the Doctor) the ruling Time Lords exiled him on Earth for having been very naughty.
Ok, Im curious now, what he do?
When did the Time War start?
Nobody really knows for sure.He's as much a renegade as The Master and the The Rani (and to kick it old school, the Meddling Monk) but exactly what finally lead to his exile is left to mystery. It is often suggested it's largely self imposed however. He was President of Gallifrey for a while!
The Time War is a bit of a grey area. Arguably, the opening shot would have been the destruction of Skaro (Daleks homeworld) in 'Rememberance Of The Daleks' when he tricks Davros into using The Hand of Omega, which sends Skaro's sun into Supernova. Interestingly, this does mean the Doctor is very much guilty of genocide. Though apparently, according to the books it wasn't Skaro's sun, just a planet made to look like Skaro (yep, that's the books for your!)
It's also worth noting that The Doctor's remaining number of Regenerations might be higher than we think. Certainly, it was never referred to as Regeneration until Pertwee's Doctor carked it, and became Tom Bakers incarnation. The Troughton (2nd Doctor) to Pertwee (3rd Doctor) change was inflicted by the Timelords as a punishment. Whether or not this was a full regeneration, or just an enforced change of appearance was never really clarified to my knowledge.
In the Pertwee era I was always fond of the whole U.N.I.T concept and the Brigadier. It made a nice change to have a regular supporting cast other than the companion(s). I used to have a load of the old Target Dr. Who novels, some of them - Claws of Axos" and so on -- were ace and did a lot to keep the franchise going during the bad years.
Rassilon was the founder of timelord society and knew that every so often one of them would think they were a god so he would trap them with him in his tome of ever
Lord-Loss wrote:
In some of the earlier series (particularly when Jon Pertwee was the Doctor) the ruling Time Lords exiled him on Earth for having been very naughty.
Ok, Im curious now, what he do?
before the time war the time lords had a strictly no messing with other species, only watching, the doctor was always an annoyance, he bend a few rules to far so had a forces regeneration and was grounded on earth as punishment, since then he has been used as the timelords agent in things they don't want to be involved in. there are quite a few episodes with other timelords in them, colin baker first played a minor timelord before being cast as the doctor (i hated him), i just found out my uni libraryhas a few of the old episodes on the new dvd editions so i will be reliving my childhood this weekend
reds8n wrote:In the Pertwee era I was always fond of the whole U.N.I.T concept and the Brigadier. It made a nice change to have a regular supporting cast other than the companion(s). I used to have a load of the old Target Dr. Who novels, some of them - Claws of Axos" and so on -- were ace and did a lot to keep the franchise going during the bad years.
Veery much agreed about U.N.I.T. It almost made Doctor Who in itself, as it provided a real world anchoring for an otherwise fantastical setting. After all, how many Earth set adventures could the Doctor have without some kind of organisation not showing an interest? Sadly, am yet to see U.N.I.T.s debut story (Cyberman one) but I have pretty much all the others.
Hmm. Might go stick a VHS up the spout. Decided to take the week off, so I suspect today to Friday will be spent a) Painting Skaven b) Watching Doctor Who c) Nattering on Dakka.
Sadly we in the UK can't enjoy the classic goodness, because of the BBC's strict no-advertising rule (it is instead publicly funded via TV License fees)
2) What do people think of this "Im the last of the Time Lords" thing?
3) What did people think the episode "Midnight" where that weird things takes of the lady and she copies there speach?
I think Doctor Who needs a new big enemy, like the Daleks or the Cybermen, its getting boring now they keep bringing back the same old enemys over and over.
I like the Daleks and find them interesting and all, but they need a new BIG enemy.
The episode midnight where there stuck on a planet in a weird space car thing, they cant go outside caouse there get burnt to death, the planet is made of diamands and its like a tourist resort thing.
They crash and some thing takes over a lady, she sharts repeating everything everyone says.
Ring any bells?
I would like to see some more old enemys back, not just daleks and cybermen.
The very first adventure I remember seeing of the doctor was when he and his companions were captured by cavemen. That was back in the old black and white days and it was a total weekly "hide behind the sofa while peeking over the top" event for the brother, sisters and myself.
I've gotten my daughter hooked on the doctor now and I think I'll make a doll sized Tardis for her for Christmas or her upcoming birthday.
As a side note, after watching several episodes, my 3 and five year old now pronounce doctor without using the "r" at the end because they think that's the way the word is said.
4 hours and 15 minutes until it the end begins! GET IN!
And I would like to point out, that other than Dr Who, there is precisely sod all on the Terrestrial Channels this year. No film premieres, no original programming, apart from Justin Lee Cockface's insipid, overhyped tripe.
Oh arr, and Relapse, the first adventure you remember seeing was indeed the first adventure ever 'An Unearthly Child'. The early ones really are rather good, just a shame about the picture quality in them.
Automatically Appended Next Post: That was well worth the wait! No spoilers just yet though.
The Christmas episode was amazing, i will truelly miss David Tennent, he has been one of the best doctors and is definetly in the top three.
the ending of the firts half is looking like its gonna be good.
on the midnight episode question, i think its one of the best episodes of that season, the enclosed space episodes are usually good as long as they are not that often.
I agree with BluntmanDC, but I expected more from the christmas special, it didnt seem as epic as it could be. But the next episode looks awesome, the time lords are back!
I didn't overly care for it. I've thought ever since the davros episode that they are just rehashing all the time.
It's all been so full of tenuous plot strand link-ups and tie-ins. Trying to be too clever for it's own good when all I really want is a bit of an adventure. Whilst Cribbens is a great old fella, the SAGA holiday mob of pensioners was overly shmultzy and still having donna in it sucks ass. I loathed her.
Martha Jones was the best of the bunch and she got very little in return, being the rebound girl after Rose and then dumped for the awful 'AM I BOVVERED' Donna character.
Martha was short changed. She's like the Deep Space 9 of Doctor Who Companions.
The new doctor looks kinda of emo. Im also wondering how they can make up a reason for the return of the Time Lords. Also who is the main Time Lord guy you see in the trailer?
Lord-Loss wrote:The new doctor looks kinda of emo. Im also wondering how they can make up a reason for the return of the Time Lords. Also who is the main Time Lord guy you see in the trailer?
Is it just me or did they really stretch the material for the Christmas special. The whole episode felt padded out. Looking forward to 'the end' though.
The Christmas special for me was a horrendous affair and the Timelords coming back has ruined the ENTIRE thing for me now it was drawn out badly acted rubbish from start to finish...
If this is where Who is going I for one am going to jump ship before it goes down in flames rather embrassingly I may watch the next part of The End Of Time on new years day but I hope to god my stubborn side doesnt let me.
it'll be the same way the darleks kept coming back, the one problem with the new stories is the constant 'this is what is set in stone..........oh well, we might as well go back on our premise.' mentality the writers have got, the stories are well written and entertaining but if you are gonna go with the whole time war think be consistant
Up to now, I've quite liked the series, apart from the Doc's wussiness (saving the world by getting everyone to say "Doctor" at the same time...(facepalm)). I watched the first episode of "The End of Time" yesterday and it was absolute...well saying what I thought would get me banned from here. Even my friend/ex who's a massive Doc Who freak thought it was crap.
Lord-Loss wrote:So, how can the 'Daleks be locked in the timewar', when they are exinct?
Are the Daleks, the Doctors fault?!?!
Who Is Wilf?
Most of the darleks are supposedly locked in the timewar, the ones that have appeared in the tv series were, the random darlek that fell to Earth (killed itself, thinking it was the last one, the ones that attacked the space station were made from human genetic materialwith only one true darlek (the emperor) among them, then at the attack on canary wharf they were trapped in a dimensional prision made by timelords, which were freed by darleks that survived in a trans-dimensional ship. then in the episode of the stolen planets, the darleks were saved from the timelock by darlek sek falling through time and saving davros, who was used to make more darleks, so in the series there hasn't been that many true darleks.
the doctor, in the 4th doctor tom baker era, was ordered to destroy the darlek project and stop davros at the beginning, the doctor couldn't bring himself to destroy a race that although were completely evil, had actually done so much good, bringing a multitude of races together against a common threat. he didn't kill them, only trapping them slowing their progress.
Wilf is donna noble's grandad, the actor who plays him was also an assistant of the doctor in the film darlek invasion of Earth 2150, this isn't part of the offical bbc canon (only the tv episodes and the 7th doctor tv film are canon, this excludes all of the books and radio plays made about the doctor) but is still a good watch.
.. you remember how both the Dr and the Master "hid" inside normal human bodies.. i wonder if he might be, in some way, soemthing like this for the TimeLords which is why he is at the centre of so much.
I wonder if Donna might actually shoot Tennant.. remember how infamous she was/is as a companion previously...
I wonder if the old lady who spoke to Wilf through the TV might be the Dr.s' Mother... and if she is the other kneeling figure covering her face.
Whilst I loved the Chrimbo Special, I do have to admit it's pace was kind of iffy. However, do remember peeps it's the first of two halves, and seemingly had a lot of stuff to establish for it's 2nd act.
Oh, and the two people kneeling, covering the their faces?
I reckon it's Matt Smith as the Doctor, and whoever that woman popping up in front of Wilf is (that I originally thought was the former Prime Minister bint, but in fact isn't. That and she got knacked off a Dalek, I think. Wasn't actually shown on screen IIRC)
The women in white could be the white guardian, he/she/it featured in the 5th doctor storyline as an opposite to the black guardian, super intelligent begins who like to play with beings in this universe
Though IIRC, you don't actually meet the White Guardian until the Black Guardian Trilogy (with Turlough), as the one Tom Baker encounters is just the Black Guardian masquerading as his opposite.
Though IIRC, you don't actually meet the White Guardian until the Black Guardian Trilogy (with Turlough), as the one Tom Baker encounters is just the Black Guardian masquerading as his opposite.
yer thats what i said, the 5th doctor was played by peter davison and the black guardian ark is an amazing watch, mawdryn undean is my favorite. she could also be one of many beings that exist outside the universe and can only through 'avatars' like wilf or turlough
In the clip that Reds8n posted, that women said 'millions are dieing over and over, and getting brought back to life' well she said something like that. Does that mean the Time Lords are keeping the war going?
Did the Doctor know this was happening?
And the women said the Doctor 'had the moment' which could destroy the Time Lords.
There leader looks like a huge arsehole now. I think The Time Lords, have been keeping The Time War going on. Also there leader, had that Glove Of Whats His Name.
Lord-Loss wrote:There leader looks like a huge arsehole now. I think The Time Lords, have been keeping The Time War going on. Also there leader, had that Glove Of Whats His Name.
are you talking about the hand of Omega?
if so, that was actually a really big device that made stars go supernova.
No the torchwood hand, makes people come back from the dead.
I think the glove is the founders of the Time Lords. I cant remeber his name.
Automatically Appended Next Post: It seems the Time Lords havn't really returned, but there is a huge group of survivors from the Time War, there lead by the 'narrator'. I've been reading about the Time War, on Doctor Who Wiki. Link to the page on the 'Narrator' below:
Overall I was happy enough. A few... odd..... parts of the story, which didn't quite click for me.... but in fairness any explanation of them further would have been more technobabble so it saved time really.
Loved the whole bit where Tennant was listing all the new weapons and armies the Time Lords fielded " Nightmare Child, The Scar of Degredations, The Horde of Travesties "... I could listen to that gak all day long and be happy.
Superb acting from the main cast : Tennant's wink at the Master was sublime, and he if doesn't get nominated for something for his rant against the "dying of the light" ... so to speak, when Wilf was trapped, then there is no justice. Beatifully shot as well : the way the camera tracked round when tennant is surpised to find himself alive. and then we got the 4 knocks was inspired and carried out to perfection.
Nice little wrap up and tidy up with the supporting cast of characters, still think he should have actually spoke to Sarah Jane but I'll let them off.. not least for RTD's little rant about traffic in the confidential show afterwards.
Too early to judge the new guy IMO.. he's got some intersting times ahead of him at least, and he has some big shoes to fill
I, on the other hand, am rather more scathing in my consideration.
This bit was great:
"You weren't there in the final days of the War. You never saw what was born. But if the time lock's broken, then everything's coming through. Not just the Daleks but the Skaro Degradations, the Horde of Travesties, the Nightmare Child, The Could-Have-Been King and his army of Meanwhiles and Never Weres. The War turned into Hell and that's what you opened, right above the Earth. Hell is descending!"
But RTD had to do all those things I've come to be really irritated about, the Messiah-like bit, the Gay-agenda bit etc etc, this is something dakkite 'da boss' linked, I think it sums up my peevishness about everything in the 2 part special.
I just think it was highly twee, the death bit just went on and on like the ending of Return of the King. Cribbens actually annoyed me with the overblown saluting and was I tripping or did he blow David Tenancy Agreement a kiss?!? The cactus aliens were utter toss.
If the timelords had become 'baddies' why wasn't this explained in more detail, again with RTD, he just takes a piece of canon and uses a mallet to make it convenient for an episode, without considering how that affects the greater lore for Dr Who.
I shall miss Tenancy, I REALLY won't miss RTD gakky scripts.
The reason that the TimeLords had become baddies was explained, because they were going to bring about the end of time and destroy all of creation, surely that isn't a good thing?
Lord-Loss wrote:I think the The End Of Time did everything on the poster that MGS posted.
I mean, it was just silly how the Time Lords returned, and didnt The Doctor, destroy Galfray?
Also, any ideas on the Lady In White?
Im 80% that the people with their face covered behind the Lord President, are the Doctor parents.
The Doctor didn't derstoy Galifray, he removed it from time, trapping it in a 'bubble'. I think you know a race has gone dark side when they go and reserect one of the craziest and power hungry timelord ever (rassilon). the lady in white/covered face could be romana if she came back from E-space to fight in the war, but if it was the doctor's mum that would be good.
You know when I saw the title for the thread I thought it was about Dr. Suess novels, so I avoided reading it. Then I saw it kept growing and decided to give it a look. Now I'm dissapointed I didn't get curious before.
I think I'm going to start buying the new Dr.who series and work my way back.
From Digital Spy ( what ?! ) with regards to last weeks premiere
We come to you tired, hungry and somewhat disoriented after an exhausting/exhilarating day getting immersed in all things Doctor Who in Cardiff. As followers of our Twitter will attest, the patented Tube Talk scoops have been out in force - and there's much more gossip to come in the next few days!
The culmination of today's activities was a screening of Matt Smith's first full episode, 'The Eleventh Hour', which will be shown properly on BBC One over Easter. Reviews aren't normally our thing here at Tube Talk, but we'll give you the skinny: Matt Smith is awesome as The Doctor. He's funny, he's charming, he's clever, he is The Doctor. The episode is the perfect launch vehicle for him - daft alien threat aside - and it's both dark and comedic. Murray Gold's score is awesome.
Anyway, teasers. Teasers. Spoilers. Well, in order to keep in The Moff's River Song's good books, we're not really going to say too much about the episode in detail - but here are ten slightly more enigmatic teasers to get you thinking:
1. The Doctor apparently loves apples. But maybe he's a bit confused.
2. The episode spans at least fourteen years.
3. The new Doctor uses the phrase "wibbly wobbly timey wimey" at one point. But that's not the only hark back to the past.
4. Guest stars/cameos include Annette Crosbie, Sir Patrick Moore, Nina Wadia and David Tennant.
5. You get the first glimpse of the new TARDIS right at the end of the episode.
6. Question: When is a crack in a wall more than just a crack in a wall?
7. "I'm The Doctor - I'm worse than *********'* ****."
8. Amy will have a rather pressing engagement.
9. The "outfit" that Amy is wearing at the end of episode one will be her outfit for episode two, too.
Indeed. The interior of the Tardis has been changed, not the exterior. Which they couldn't anyway. The Chameleon Circuit is knackered, so he's stuck with the iconic Police Box!
So looking forward to this. Heard nothing but positive reviews about Matt Smith's Doctor, and I think I'd like Amy Pond anyways, given that she's a robobabe with Red hair! WOOF!
I think he has just enough quirkiness to pull it off. Even though he lacks eyebrows...
Anyway, I'm quite excited myself. The new series begins on Easter Sunday here as well(well, when I say new series, I do mean the one with the tenth doctor, which is new to me).
Starts with voyage of the Damned, which I am a little worried about, simply because miss Kylie Minogue is in it.
Deff Dread red Edition wrote:I think he has just enough quirkiness to pull it off. Even though he lacks eyebrows...
Anyway, I'm quite excited myself. The new series begins on Easter Sunday here as well(well, when I say new series, I do mean the one with the tenth doctor, which is new to me).
Starts with voyage of the Damned, which I am a little worried about, simply because miss Kylie Minogue is in it.
Don't worry about it too much.
At least her acting isn't as bad as it was in "the delinquents" or Neighbours (Wife's ex is a huge kylie fanboy.)
Think of it as a christmas pantomime (He's behind you! No, I'm not!) and you won't be far wrong. If you are unused to them, think of very hammy acting and a cardboard set (kinda like Blake's 7, actually).
Deff Dread red Edition wrote:I think he has just enough quirkiness to pull it off. Even though he lacks eyebrows...
Anyway, I'm quite excited myself. The new series begins on Easter Sunday here as well(well, when I say new series, I do mean the one with the tenth doctor, which is new to me).
Starts with voyage of the Damned, which I am a little worried about, simply because miss Kylie Minogue is in it.
Don't worry about it too much.
At least her acting isn't as bad as it was in "the delinquents" or Neighbours (Wife's ex is a huge kylie fanboy.)
Think of it as a christmas pantomime (He's behind you! No, I'm not!) and you won't be far wrong. If you are unused to them, think of very hammy acting and a cardboard set (kinda like Blake's 7, actually).
Oh Heavens....well I guess I'll just have to stomach it.
As for Smith, he does indeed seem quite good. Especially in that small clip in the link Red posted. He comes across rather whimsically bemused by it all.
Still remember the old serie, the crew (and doctor) walking down endless corridors (all look the same), and even the doctor getting lost, or stumbling over a room he'd completely forgotten about.
..scary is always relative I know but they'd gone on and on about how creepy it was...Blink was much scarier 
) !! Gwaaargh, help me, Darth Vader!
) with regards to last weeks premiere