The Doctor Who Thread

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**Corpsesarefun**

Is it just me or did he wear the suit from series 2?

**Kilkrazy**

It's a space suit.

The Tardis has a lot of room inside to keep spare clothes and useful stuff.

The ultimate garden shed, if you will...

**Skinnereal**

It did look like the Demon Pit space suit.
Every time there's a shot of the Tardis's changing room, we see how many old costumes we can spot....

As for the episode, how did the 'ghost' get 'Help Me' to flash onto a stairway wall?

**Kilkrazy**

Psychic projection, probably, with the help of the lady psychic and maybe the Tardis.

**hotsauceman1**

Im sorry, But the interdimensional mosnter was just trying to get back to its lover? LAME!!!

**Corpsesarefun**

hotsauceman1 wrote:
Im sorry, But the interdimensional mosnter was just trying to get back to its lover? LAME!!!

This...

I was quite enjoying the episode until the whole "IT WAS JUST A TIME TRAVELLER AND A MONSTER IN LOVE" crap.

**captain collius**

Corpsesarefun wrote:
hotsauceman1 wrote:
Im sorry, But the interdimensional mosnter was just trying to get back to its lover? LAME!!!

This...

I was quite enjoying the episode until the whole "IT WAS JUST A TIME TRAVELLER AND A MONSTER IN LOVE" crap.

Yeah thirded Also the fact that the TARDIS popped in and out of the pocket universe repeatedly.

**Corpsesarefun**

The last good bit was when he travelled through the entire history of the earth, after that is just fizzled out really.

**notprop**

Yeah there was some good tension being built up in the early "horror" bits, I could easily seen the 10 year old notprop kacking it a bit. Then it went scifi interdimensional lite and it slowed down a bit.

Then the attempt at adding logic by having them as great x10 grandparents was a bit, well...meh, then the alien lovers bit was just the usual modern cutesy wrap up I suppose, but in my book badguys are there for a good kicking.

An enjoyable episode nonetheless.

**Kilkrazy**

I thought it was a nice "Elephant Man" homage, the monsters in love bit.

**hotsauceman1**

notprop wrote:
Yeah there was some good tension being built up in the early "horror" bits, I could easily seen the 10 year old notprop kacking it a bit. Then it went scifi interdimensional lite and it slowed down a bit.

Then the attempt at adding logic by having them as great x10 grandparents was a bit, well...meh, then the alien lovers bit was just the usual modern cutesy wrap up I suppose, but in my book badguys are there for a good kicking.

An enjoyable episode nonetheless.

Thing is, the monsters in love could have been good, If the went the route of "It will do anything to get back to its mate, stop at nothing, evn harming you" and have the doctor bring the monster in the house to it.

**Bullockist**

notprop wrote:
Yeah there was some good tension being built up in the early "horror" bits, I could easily seen the 10 year old notprop kacking it a bit. Then it went scifi interdimensional lite and it slowed down a bit.

Then the attempt at adding logic by having them as great x10 grandparents was a bit, well...meh, then the alien lovers bit was just the usual modern cutesy wrap up I suppose, but in my book badguys are there for a good kicking.

An enjoyable episode nonetheless.

I thought it was a really good episode. Hasn't dr who always been scifi lite? Like when they fall out of the tardis into space with no suits and survive ect. I have also thought that dr who has a very high number of bad guys who are sympathetic/don't get a kicking (i thought it was one of the hallmarks of the show).

It's the first episode I've actually begun to warm, to the "new" doctor, i still wish the angry manic doctor from series 1 of the new dr who era was back :(

**pretre**

Wow. People are picky nowadays. I thought it was a pretty good episode. I will second (third?) the 'people expect too much from Doctor Who' sentiment. Watch some old Who and then complain about bad special effects or weird stories.

**Anung Un Rama**

I know there are a lot of people here who don't like Doctor Who anymore. Or at least stick around hoping that it will become a lot better than they currently think it is. The last few episodes were the first time for me, where I felt it's kinda losing steam. I loved how absolutly bad-ass the Doctor was in Bells (even though it wasn't really him

)but the 3 episodes after that were all me. I'm not sure why though. Something about the director's style maybe?

I'm not familiar with classic Who (just started the first season, but it's very slow) so I had no connection to the Ice Warriors. What bothered me about that episode was that nobody had a russian accent. I know, translation matrix and all that, but it would've made the episode a little bit better imo,

Hide startet of very interesting, but it was kinda weird how the skipped the horror angle so soon. It could've been much scariere. But Smith was great in that one.

The last one was pretty cool because we finally got to see more of the Tardis. We had two episodes last season which focused more on the inside of the Tardis and we never got to see that much. Lovely details here and there, live the voices of previous Doctors explaining what the Tardis is, when that one guy opened the hatch.

All in all, it doesn't have quite the same... pull it used to have. I loved the previous Smith seasons but something about this one feels off. After the explanation about the "zombies" in this episode though, I can't wait to see what they'll do with Clara.

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Ovion wrote:
reds8n wrote:
http://lawhammer.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/doctor-who-adventures-and-free-daleks.html?spref=fb
might be of interest for those of you with an interest in mini wargaming.
I might have to go pick some more up after the last ones... though packs of 8 (and looks like just new paradigm) isn't quite as good as packs of 11 with 5 NP and 6 classic...

Not sure if I need more though tbh.
*coughs*

Spoiler:

I need this miniatures in my life ASAP.

**Kilkrazy**

I enjoyed this week's effort. Clara looked particularly appealing in a rather retro style dress. My daughter thinks the various retro stylings foreshadow something about Clara that will get revealed as part of the big secret.

**notprop**

Yeah much better again.

The reset button was a bit of a McGuffin (actually a massive one) but enjoyable nonetheless.

**Darkvoidof40k**

The episode was a decent one I have to say. It was also nice to see more of the Tardis.

A small spoiler if you haven't seen the episode...

Clara found out the Doctor's name and yet her reaction was incredibly underwhelming as if it almost didn't make a difference which makes me think that the finale where supposedly there will be a big reveal about his name won't even be interesting.

**pretre**

Darkvoidof40k wrote:
Clara found out the Doctor's name and yet her reaction was incredibly underwhelming as if it almost didn't make a difference which makes me think that the finale where supposedly there will be a big reveal about his name won't even be interesting.

Way to think positive. A name itself doesn't hold power without context. A few people have seen his name, iirc. If it says the 'The Doctor's name is Other' that will mean butt-all to most of the people who have seen it in universe, including Clara. If you say that on screen, however, it will mean quite a bit to everyone who watches Doctor Who.

edit: And that's only one example of in universe names that could be attributed to the Doctor and would be a pretty big deal.

edit2: It is also a hugely big deal since, at least according to some in-universe sources, his name should really not be spoken unless you want some reality shaking cataclysm going on. (that was the whole point of the Silence arc, after all).

**reds8n**

few odds and sods with regards to the 50th special.

http://io9.com/doctor-whos-50th-anniversary-special-returns-to-where-488363597

e latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine reveals the returning guest stars for the season finale, "The Name of the Doctor," will include Madame Vastra, Strax, Jenny, Richard E. Grant's Dr. Simeon in a "posthumous" capacity, and River Song, who will apparently come from a time after the Library in her timeline, so all bets are off. Here's the magazine's description of the episode:

"Every journey taken by a time-traveller tears a wound in the fabric of reality, and the Doctor has time-travelled more than anyone. But the trail runs cold in Trenzalore, the one place in all of time and space that he should never go. The most dangerous place in the universe... Who is kidnapping the Doctor's friends, leading him to Trenzalore? Could the Fall of the Eleventh be nigh? Or does an impossible girl hold the key? The Doctor's past, present, and future lives are in grave danger... and his greatest secret is about to be revealed."
And here's a quote from the episode that you really have to assume comes from the Doctor:

"The path I carved through time and space, from Gallifrey to Trenzalore. My own personal time tunnel, leading back to every moment I ever lived. Every step, every tear, every kiss. Even the days I haven't lived yet. Which is why I shouldn't be here. The paradoxes... very bad..."
[Blogtor Who]

Moving onto the currently filming 50th Anniversary special, here's a set video that reveals a very familiar, very awesome sign: 76 Totter's Lane, the home of I.M. Foreman, Scrap Merchant, which is where the series began way back in 1963. Indeed, the police officer walking past the sign appears to be a visual shout-out to the constable who appeared in the very first shot of "An Unearthly Child." So, for those worried about the lack of past Doctors — and yeah, it's pretty much confirmed now that only Matt Smith and David Tennant will appear — this is still one hell of a beautiful nod to the show's past.

whilst Bleeding Cool have another little spoiler...

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/05/02/interesting-and-spoilery-reports-from-todays-doctor-who-anniversary-special-filming/

**Kilkrazy**

I liked tonight's episode a lot.

Strax is always fun. I wish we could get a bit of the back story of him and the lizard lady.

**Compel**

Wasn't pretty much all of Strax's backstory info-dumped in the Devils Run episode?

I may be completely wrong, but I think a lot of the lizard lady (Madam Silvestra?) backstory is shown in some webisodes or something?

**reds8n**

Pretty much.

IIRC he went off with the pair of them after Demon's Run, there's a bit either above in the thread or on the DR Who blog on the BBC site.

Nice episode, some nice/awful puns which I'm always fond of in Who, and a proper evil villain too.

.. Mr. Gaiman's one next week looks cracking !

... Did you note the toy that was on the side ? The one she picked up and fiddled with when she came into the kitchen ?

Spoiler:

**AduroT**

And Clara in yet another retro dress as someone mentioned above.

**Kanluwen**

"Chairs are such useful things" made me chuckle.

**AduroT**

I might have to make an rpg character based on the potato. He's awesome.

**thenoobbomb**

Yeah, potatoman is always awesome.
'I can make the casualty rsye only 80%!'

**AduroT**

I wonder how badly it would piss off my group when I shoot our cart's horse the first time we get lost.

**Compel**

Nah, you need to wait for the second time... "You have failed me for the last time..."

**reds8n**

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a478628/doctor-who-finale-to-get-prequel-on-bbc-red-button.html

Doctor Who is to debut a special prequel to its finale episode via the BBC's red button service.

A prelude to 'The Name of the Doctor' will be available to watch following Neil Gaiman's 'Nightmare in Silver' on Saturday, May 11, according to the Radio Times.

The three-minute episode will see the Doctor (Matt Smith) and Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman) speak directly to camera, as each considers how little they know about the other.

'The Name of the Doctor' promises to resolve the ongoing mystery surrounding Clara, while showrunner Steven Moffat has also claimed that the episode will "change the course of Who forever".

"It's full of surprises and questions that have never been answered in the history of Who, including the Doctor's greatest secret," said the sci-fi drama's head writer.

The finale prequel will be available to users of the red button service from 7.40pm to midnight, every evening up until 'The Name of the Doctor' airs on Saturday, May 18.

**thenoobbomb**

Too bad I'm here in the Netherlands and don't have the magic BBC red button