Its just fun scifi, as opposed to the more serious stuffy ones like star trek or whatever the kids are into nowadays.
A show thats at least self aware enough to know that techno-babble should sound cool, regardless if it even means anything to the character who said it.
Doctor: Must be a spatio-temporal hyperlink.
Mickey: What's that?
Doctor: No idea, I just made it up. Didn't want to say "Magic Door"
Although I didn't really like the last season, less fun, more trying to be serious, bad overall arc I think, and I really hate River Song (especially when she out-doctors the doctor) and I think the weeping angels should have been a one-off monster)
I check some D&D sub-forums from time to time, and someone was trying to figure out how to do the mechanics of the angels! And sadly, I tried to have a go at it too :)
and I really hate River Song (especially when she out-doctors the doctor)
and I really hate River Song (especially when she out-doctors the doctor)
Seriously! I hate her too! If you wanted the doctor to be a woman you should have regenerated him into one, instead of putting this cow into the story line.
Heresy! I love River Song, and Alex Kingston! :D
I'm interested to see where her character goes, and I've a sneaking suspicion that when we see what her eventual arc is, some people who hate her might look at her differently. Who knows!
Yeah, but I think River acts so annoying towards the Doctor exactly because he will have done that to her at first. The funny thing is River's relationship seems to run in reverse, odd bumps notwithstandings. So it is very possible that the Doctor's seen River at her best when they first met. I think there are many hints that the more the story goes on, the more she could actually be a pretty large villain. And that the only thing making her good is the fact the Doctor saw her as good from the start, and so beleives in her and tries to change her.
Just a theory.
And River's actions and the reactiosn to her are pretty logical. Rose Tyler was a massive Mary Sue from the word go that everyone seems fine with!
I wouldn't say Rose was really a Mary Sue insert. I think a lot of fans despise her because of romance angle that was presented during the first year of the 10th Doctor. I never minded it as much since I was introduced to the show during NuWho, but I can understand why some people did not like her. The companion whose story always aggravated me was Marthas. She could have done so much more as a companion, yet they wasted her by having her pine for The Doctor during her entire run.
One thing that kinda was weird to me about Martha was that the actress played a member of Torchwood during the dalek/cyberman thing, and then shows up again and now shes Martha.
One thing that kinda was weird to me about Martha was that the actress played a member of Torchwood during the dalek/cyberman thing, and then shows up again and now shes Martha.
If I'm not mistaken they retconned Freema Agyemans Torchwood character from Army of Ghosts/Doomsday as being Marthas cousin. As for Matt Smiths Doctor, he grew on me as the series progressed. I'm still not terribly happy about the way RTD wrote the 10th Doctors regeneration in The End of Time.
I just like everything, so it's all good :) It's just if you think about Rose's arc, the doctor basically grabs her as a companion for no real reason, shows her incredible things, and then falls in love with her. And she's so important, they have to cripple the next companion's character just to make the point of how important Rose is. As a UK person, I had every reason to get 'meh' at Rose since she was played by teen pop person Billy, but she was great in the roll so I was instantly ok with it, and Rose's arc. It's just when I've heard Rover or Amy being called Mary Sues, I look back and go 'why are they if...'
I really liked the end of the 10th doctor, even if the first part of that two parter was pretty weak. It's good to re-invest the regeneration with some cost. The Eccleston -> Tennant regernation looked like nothing, and the only reason it went a little wrong was because of the vortex stuff.
It's like 'meh, sure, he can save the world and get killed, no biggie'
It's nice to know that the doctor can feel like it's dying, especially since it would be a logical echo to those watching the series. I think the more he regenerates, probably the more experience he's had with exactly what he loses withit.
And I know there are obviously reasons for it show-wise, but I like to think the 11th doctor stopped flipping back in time at the start of his 11th regeneration in the season finale because it was still a painful thing to go back through that!
Beowuuf, question: Being from the UK, have you gotten a chance to play any of the Doctor Who Adventure games the BBC has been producing? I managed to play the first installment but have been unable to play the rest because of the regional IP checker the installer has. (Still working on a way to circumvent it).
http://www.hidemyass.com/proxy-list/search-8
http://www.hidemyass.com/proxy-list/search-8
This should work if they check before download, if they check during installation I would recommend booting up with you Network Cards disabled and see if maybe they will install, chance are they will give you an error message saying you must be connected to the internet to install, but it's worth a shot.
I'm signing up for nexflix in about two months, and at that point I will completely exhaust every Doctor Who anything they have in stock. It will be great.
I own a Wii (Did it for Zelda and Mario Kart, yes I'm a bad person)
Sponger!
Then again, the tv licencing people hounded me when I didn't need a licence so I told them to go screw themselves, i then got a licence later when I actually needed one without prompting thank you very much, and now they are hounding me again because apparently the hounding department and the issuing department don't actually talk to each other or something, and the hounding department hound people every few years because god forbid someone doesn't actually watch live tv - they must be some form of lying communist or something.
So I say go for it!
As long as you buy Doctor Who DVD boxed sets.
It is, indeed, alot.
Then again, the BBC has no adverts during shows, and no adverts in between shows except for advertising itself. So, you know, it all comes out in the wash really :D
It keeps the other heads of state in line at official functions, if nothing else :D Doesn't seem to work to keep Prince Philip from doing crazy things, but hey ho!
If your by chance looking for a new background, may I suggest this:
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I really liked it, the new monster was quite good as well, very much reminded me of the Angels though.
I still don't understand why people love Dr. Who.
WHO IN THE FUCK IS THAT LITTLE GIRL!
[SPOILER]YOU CAN'T JUST START THROWING IN PEOPLE WHO CAN REGENERATE AND NOT GIVE ME MORE INFO DAMMIT![/SPOILER]
[spoiler]I think it's a Silence/Time Lord Hyrbid. Maybe with some Pond thrown in for spice. I think it's purpose is sinister. I also think that the good man that River kills is: Rory. That's the only thing that feels grand enough in scope. And the only reason that River might stay in prison.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]I think it's a Silence/Time Lord Hyrbid. Maybe with some Pond thrown in for spice. I think it's purpose is sinister. I also think that the good man that River kills is: Rory. That's the only thing that feels grand enough in scope. And the only reason that River might stay in prison.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]well clearly it can't be the doctor since it would be poor story telling to go with such an obvious choice[/spoiler]
[spoiler]I think it's a Silence/Time Lord Hyrbid. Maybe with some Pond thrown in for spice. I think it's purpose is sinister. I also think that the good man that River kills is: Rory. That's the only thing that feels grand enough in scope. And the only reason that River might stay in prison.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]well clearly it can't be the doctor since it would be poor story telling to go with such an obvious choice[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Not to mention we've seen his death already. I mean I suppose they could go with some crazy time-travel/alternate reality theory, but that would be worse than having River kill the doctor in the first place...
In all honesty though, I'm not sure they would wrap up the River plot super soon, so Rory might not even be around when they do...[/spoiler]
Why is it getting so complicated? It's almost getting into Lost territory with the number of unanswered questions...
Just watched ep 7.
I hate River even more now.
I'm glad I know how that bitch dies.
Just watched ep 7.
I hate River even more now.
I'm glad I know how that bitch dies.
I didn't even think it was possible for me to hate her more, and yet, now I do. What was so compelling about her character that they felt the need to cram her in and exponentially elevate her importance with each appearance.
Although when she whispered to the doctor who she really is a small part of me had hoped she would be the master
Note: the following contains spoilers for Episode 12 of Series 5 and Episodes 1 and 2 of Series 6.
I don't think the Silence are done for. It's clear that at least one still exists and looks at Amy at the beginning of Episode 1 (immediately before the Doctor is shot), which occurs in modern times. Also, in Series 5 Episode 12 ("The Pandorica Opens") a strange voice to whom no actor has yet been attributed says "Silence will fall", cauing the TARDIS to explode. While the Silence have "fallen" from their previous status as humanity's puppet-masters, I'm under the impression that Moffat's not finished with their signifigance in the season or its plot-arc.
Note: the following contains spoilers for Episode 12 of Series 5 and Episodes 1 and 2 of Series 6.
I don't think the Silence are done for. It's clear that at least one still exists and looks at Amy at the beginning of Episode 1 (immediately before the Doctor is shot), which occurs in modern times. Also, in Series 5 Episode 12 ("The Pandorica Opens") a strange voice to whom no actor has yet been attributed says "Silence will fall", cauing the TARDIS to explode. While the Silence have "fallen" from their previous status as humanity's puppet-masters, I'm under the impression that Moffat's not finished with their signifigance in the season or its plot-arc.
Note: the following contains spoilers for Episode 12 of Series 5 and Episodes 1 and 2 of Series 6.
I don't think the Silence are done for. It's clear that at least one still exists and looks at Amy at the beginning of Episode 1 (immediately before the Doctor is shot), which occurs in modern times. Also, in Series 5 Episode 12 ("The Pandorica Opens") a strange voice to whom no actor has yet been attributed says "Silence will fall", cauing the TARDIS to explode. While the Silence have "fallen" from their previous status as humanity's puppet-masters, I'm under the impression that Moffat's not finished with their signifigance in the season or its plot-arc.
I thought s06e01 was in 1969
http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Season_6
I think that was a joke to the fact that Season 6 of the original series was filmed in 1969
The BBC website has brief synopses of Series 6 Part 2, alongside a reasonably interesting long trailer.
They also released a teaser trailer of a skeleton (presumably the Doctor's) holding a dying sonic screwdriver.
You know, from the BBC's S6P2 trailer, I now have a fledgling theory that Madame Kovarian is somehow River Song. Even knowing how River dies (or rather, lives), there's any number of plot devices Moffat could pull to achieve this, although I doubt it'll be the eventual case.
The BBC website has brief synopses of Series 6 Part 2, alongside a reasonably interesting long trailer.
They also released a teaser trailer of a skeleton (presumably the Doctor's) holding a dying sonic screwdriver.
You know, from the BBC's S6P2 trailer, I now have a fledgling theory that Madame Kovarian is somehow River Song. Even knowing how River dies (or rather, lives), there's any number of plot devices Moffat could pull to achieve this, although I doubt it'll be the eventual case.
If River can regenerate, then there is no reason she couldn't grow up to be Kovarian and evil first, and then regret her life and become the nicer River Song later.
However, [spoiler]the British trailer actually has River in that outfit. Though it could be a Moffat double bluff, that would be a huge spoiler. I can't imagine he'd let that one through unless it's true and revealed almost instantly in episode 8.[/spoiler]
If River can regenerate, then there is no reason she couldn't grow up to be Kovarian and evil first, and then regret her life and become the nicer River Song later.
However, [spoiler]the British trailer actually has River in that outfit. Though it could be a Moffat double bluff, that would be a huge spoiler. I can't imagine he'd let that one through unless it's true and revealed almost instantly in episode 8.[/spoiler]
Yeah, Moffat likes to keep his audience guessing so I don't think we'll have an answer right away. Though I'm still pretty convinced that the 'good man' River kills will turn out to be [spoiler]Rory.[/spoiler]
If River can regenerate, then there is no reason she couldn't grow up to be Kovarian and evil first, and then regret her life and become the nicer River Song later.
However, [spoiler]the British trailer actually has River in that outfit. Though it could be a Moffat double bluff, that would be a huge spoiler. I can't imagine he'd let that one through unless it's true and revealed almost instantly in episode 8.[/spoiler]
Yeah, Moffat likes to keep his audience guessing so I don't think we'll have an answer right away. Though I'm still pretty convinced that the 'good man' River kills will turn out to be [spoiler]Rory.[/spoiler]
well river is little girl and little girl was astronaut right? so doesn't river kill the doctor?
Regardless of whatever the plan is, I'm just hoping it is presented cleanly and well. I want questions answered, or at least given enough information that one can make a reasonable assumption. I don't want to think too much about it (this is not one of my "think about it" shows), though I would prefer if it was not overly heavy-handed...
Regardless of whatever the plan is, I'm just hoping it is presented cleanly and well. I want questions answered, or at least given enough information that one can make a reasonable assumption. I don't want to think too much about it (this is not one of my "think about it" shows), though I would prefer if it was not overly heavy-handed...
they called me the face of boe
also the doctor has been mucking around in his own timestream or whatever so there's that
and has anyone ever actually considered the sheer amount of people who have died on the Doctor's excursions? It's a lot of people. Every single goddamn episode you can count on at least 2-3 people dying on average. Sometimes it's a lot more and sometimes it's none at all, but generally, the Doctor fails to save most people's lives. Just ranting over here.
i would like to see an episode where the doc is totally ptsd and just fucked up. For the most part he glosses over people's deaths and is fine the next episode.
Although I found the whole save him via remaing regenerations thing to be a horribly cotrived bull shit excuse for her not regenerating back after she saved the 10th Doctor.
Just getting in to Doctor Who, started with the 5th, then skipped to the 10th doctor, and a smattering of the 1st season of the 11th. Currently I'm on the second part of Daleks in Manhattan.
It's a pretty exciting show I guess. I mainly watch it while playing Minecraft.
I'm going to attempt to go as the 11th doctor for Halloweenier. Just thought I should let you all know that I too like the doctor.
Doctor costumes are as cheap as they are unrecognizable, as they are just clothes (unless you have show-specific props). A couple years ago I went to a Halloween party as the 10th Doctor. A lot of people thought I was just dressed up really nice.
I have become one of you.Yes, good, good. Mwhahahahahahahahahahhahahah
I can't spoiler tag this image, so I'm just going to direct link to it. Don't click if you haven't seen the latest season!
http://i.imgur.com/dpXEG