Dr. Who

[Reg]

Oh I liked it too. But I don't take Doctor Who as seriously as some and don't object strongly to sentimental twaddle. 

[apocrypha]

I don't take it seriously, I don't object to sentimentality. I just appreciate quality production, and I think it's a shame that they miss that mark so often when they hit it in many areas at the same time.

Typical BBC - they could be making something very, very good, but the best they ever manage is mediocre.

[Ratman_tf]

Typical BBC - they could be making something very, very good, but the best they ever manage is mediocre.

I think nuWho, especially the Matt Smith stuff is the Voyager of Dr Who. They're too wound up in the franchise.

[Fraeg]

Tailgunner got a raw deal, but I liked it.  A nice simple standalone episode with no kitchen sinks.

[Surlyboi]

Don't the tail gunners always get a raw deal? 

[apocrypha]

Filming has started on series 7. The hyperbole in that PR is a bit... hyperbolic, be warned.

Also, "familiar foes as you've never seen them before".. so, Daleks in new colours with new bit on them so the BBC can sell more toys?

[Surlyboi]

Ronald D, Moore reimagines the cybermen.


...And they have a Plan...

[palmer_eldritch]

Fourteen big, blockbuster-movie episodes - each a brand new epic adventure featuring new monsters and some familiar foes as you've never seen them before.

Does that mean a change of format, ie every episode is a standalone episode? Or it could just be a press officer's way of saying it's going to be great.

[apocrypha]

Hard to tell, however I wouldn't be completely surprised if they tried going for 90 minute episodes after their success with Sherlock.

Personally I hated the length of the Sherlock episodes - they simply spread 40-60 mins of content out by padding it with pointless takes.

[Triforcer]

They need to take this series in another direction.  The Monty Python inflation of the big bads has been ridiculous- to top themselves they'd need to have him fight Satan on his throne next...oh right, they even did that (one of the shittiest episodes of the Tennant era).

A season of mostly standalone, silly British monster episodes would be fine.  Lets leave the tortured philosophizing about what the doctor is alone a little while.  Maybe drop some hints that he'll be fighting himself soon (some future incarnation gone really, really bad). 

[Ironwood]

Who are you and what have you done with the Triforcer who never said I word I agreed with ?

 

[Surlyboi]

A season of mostly standalone, silly British monster episodes would be fine.  Lets leave the tortured philosophizing about what the doctor is alone a little while.  Maybe drop some hints that he'll be fighting himself soon (some future incarnation gone really, really bad). 

Well, the Valeyard is still a possibility...

[Ironwood]

God, people still talk about that like it wouldn't be the lamest fucking thing ever.

Hey, what if Spider Mans suit was sentient and teamed up with someone else to kill him

[Surlyboi]

God, people still talk about that like it wouldn't be the lamest fucking thing ever.

Hey, what if Spider Mans suit was sentient and teamed up with someone else to kill him

That worked for a while, until they went apeshit with the concept.

[palmer_eldritch]

Hello Jenna-Louise!



"Former Emmerdale actor Jenna-Louise Coleman is to join Doctor Who as Matt Smith's new companion – but viewers will have to wait until the show's Christmas special to meet her.

"Coleman will take over from Karen Gillan, who has played Amy Pond in the show for the past two series, in what showrunner Steven Moffat described as "a very, very different way for the Doctor to meet his new friend"."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/mar/21/jenna-louise-coleman-doctor-who

[HaemishM]

I still haven't even watched the 2011 Christmas special. Doctor WHO? may have just broke me.

[Fraeg]

well.. we shall see


I still haven't gotten around to watching River Song's wedding or whatever it was called.  Hope this season.... ahh fuck it, it is what it is.

[Tebonas]

I'll miss Centurion Rory. That her favourite Doctor and Companion were "Piper and Tennant" doesn't bode well.

I just can't work up the emotions to care all that much, though. Doctor Who is something I watch out of pure inertia by now, because I did since the first episode of the New Doctor.

[Khaldun]

If Jesus were a show-runner for a series that geeks like(d), he'd probably regard it as a relief when it came time to get crucified. We are a very demanding lot.

[Ubvman]

Did the Doctor always have hot babes around as companions or is it a new 2005 series phenomena?
Not that I mind it. 

[Ironwood]

Always.

However, you need to be aware that 'hot' has changed as society as changed.  I, for one, would still fuck Zoe, but not Bonnie Langford.

YMMV.

[Triforcer]

I disagree with the new companion.  DW companions should be British pretty, not pretty (although Torchwood taught me I'm not quite ready for Welsh pretty).  Modeling agency companions ruin the cultural ambience. 

[Ironwood]

To be fair, that picture may be model pretty, but she's really not all that great.

[DraconianOne]

(although Torchwood taught me I'm not quite ready for Welsh pretty).   

Eve Myles is not representative of Welsh pretty, that I can guarantee.

[HaemishM]

All you fuckers that don't think Eve Myles is pretty need your heads examined, gap toothed or not.

[Surlyboi]

Yeah, but you're from Mississippi. 

[apocrypha]

British pretty, not pretty

Did you just manage to get in a racist comment in the Doctor Who thread? 

[HaemishM]

Yeah, but you're from Mississippi. 

Tits. Nuff said.

[Johny Cee]

Saw the promo for next season....  will have a Wild West episode with Ben Browder as a guest star.


Now I can't get out of my head how awesome (in a bizarro-insane way) a Farscape/Dr Who crossover would be.

[Khaldun]

I do not get not finding Eve Myles sexy. I think she's totally sexy, Welsh or not.

[Evildrider]

DOCTOR Who will turn into a woman when the show marks its 50th anniversary next year, Day & Night has been informed.
The show’s bosses are planning to change the character’s gender after half a century, with Sherlock star Lara Pulver,
31, pictured, being tipped among the front runners for the role.

Insiders say a dramatic twist will see current Time Lord Matt Smith, 29, regenerate into a new female character when next year’s series reaches its dramatic climax.

[apocrypha]

You might want to check the date of that announcment.

[Der Helm]

So... I am catching up a bit... are all Christmas Specials as depressing as the Titanic one.

[Surlyboi]

No, some are worse. 

[Der Helm]

No, some are worse. 

Gonne skip those then.