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Title: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: dps on 05 Sep 2012, 19:30
So, there's already an Eleventh Doctor thread, but when I tried to post in it, I got a message that said to consider starting a new thread because the other one hadn't been posted in for over 180 days.  So I started this one.

So, I liked the season premeire.  How 'bout the rest of the Who fans here?

Also, should be spoiler discussion of plot points and the like?  I kind of think that we should, at least until the episode airs in Australia this Saturday.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: pwhodges on 06 Sep 2012, 05:49
We don't worry about reviving old threads like the previous management did; there are times that it's perfectly sensible.  I can't turn the message off, but I've already lengthened the period before it complains (it had been set at 60 days before I got at it).

But new threads are cool too.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Bachi-Atari on 06 Sep 2012, 06:18
I enjoyed it, I feel it's time Amy and Rory left the TARDIS, which they're in the process of doing.  I do have a friend who has a problem with the whole
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Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Abyssalin on 07 Sep 2012, 04:14
It's a share electrostatic memory,

And wiping the entire Parliament of the Daleks was implied to be unintentional, so she probably didn't even know she could do it.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Bachi-Atari on 07 Sep 2012, 07:46
All true, it will be interesting to see how the Daleks will continue without any memories about their "Predator" especially with "True" Daleks back into the mix.

Rumor has it the Sherlock star Benidict Cumberbatch has been seen with John Simms talking about The Master's regeneration,  Think it'll happen this season or too soon after he got caught in the time lock?
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: BeoPuppy on 13 Sep 2012, 13:31
Next season. 50th birthday bash, I suspect. Also: multiple doctors, please?
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Bachi-Atari on 10 Oct 2012, 08:13
Next season. 50th birthday bash, I suspect. Also: multiple doctors, please?

And Jack.  Can't do it without Cpt Harkness
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: BeoPuppy on 11 Oct 2012, 05:14
That is certainly what he said.

After thinking about it for a bit I sort of feel that the Ponds get ditched rather ... easily. Good episode, certainly but a bit ... short?
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Barmymoo on 13 Oct 2012, 12:21
The whole of this run was a bit short! I was disappointed, I was all set for at least eight episodes.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Blue Kitty on 13 Oct 2012, 21:26
Finally watched the Silent Invasion and Angels Take Manhatten
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: dps on 16 Oct 2012, 11:57

After thinking about it for a bit I sort of feel that the Ponds get ditched rather ... easily. Good episode, certainly but a bit ... short?

I was extremely disappointed in Amy and Rory's exit.  In some ways, the episode was better than I'd given it credit for.  I watched an on-line review of it by MrTardis, and he made the point that it handles the emotional content of their departure very well, but the logic of the episode is very bad.  I suppose that he's largely right, but I had the same reaction as the P.I. at the end of the intro--"You gotta be kiddin' me".  The thing with the Statue of Liberty was stupid, stupid, stupid.  Had it only been used once, later when we were already invested in the emotional context of what was happening, it might not have been so bad, but when it was used so early, with a character we know or care nothing about, it made it just too easy for me to keep thinking throughout the episode, "this is stupid" and be so distracted by that thought that I never really connected with the emotions.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Barmymoo on 17 Oct 2012, 14:49
I also don't get why the Doctor could never see them again. OK, so it wouldn't be safe to land the TARDIS in New York again. Why not land it somewhere else and catch a train like a normal person?! A normal person with time travel ability, granted, but still...
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: drmike on 17 Oct 2012, 17:54
Next season. 50th birthday bash, I suspect. Also: multiple doctors, please?

Christopher Eccleston has said he won't do it and well we've lost the first three plus the actor, Richard Hurndall, who also played the first Doctor in the Five Doctors is dead.

Pity actually.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Elysiana on 17 Oct 2012, 20:34
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb5c0eXsLT1r4kni1o1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: dps on 18 Oct 2012, 15:06
Next season. 50th birthday bash, I suspect. Also: multiple doctors, please?

Christopher Eccleston has said he won't do it and well we've lost the first three plus the actor, Richard Hurndall, who also played the first Doctor in the Five Doctors is dead.

Pity actually.

McCoy, McGann, and both Bakers have said at times that they'd do it, but then said at other times that they're too old now.  So a multi-Doctor story might end up with just Davison, Tennant, and Smith.  And maybe cardboard cutouts of the others--which would still be better than floating, disembodied heads.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: drmike on 19 Oct 2012, 09:14
McCoy, McGann, and both Bakers have said at times that they'd do it, but then said at other times that they're too old now.  So a multi-Doctor story might end up with just Davison, Tennant, and Smith.  And maybe cardboard cutouts of the others--which would still be better than floating, disembodied heads.

On the other hand, all four of those are doing the Big Finish audio books currently.  That would probably be doable. 

Granted they probably already have something set up and at least scripted.  Not sure what the filming status is for the current season.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: dps on 20 Oct 2012, 07:37
Not sure exactly about the filming schedule, but the director hasn't been announced for the season finale, so I'm pretty sure it's not filming yet.

OTOH, I expect that the 50th anniversary stuff won't really kick off until the 8th (34th) season starts next fall.  And I would think that if they're doing a big, multi-Doctor story, it won't be just one 45 minute episode, and probably not even just a 2-parter.  I'd think likely something along the lines of a 4-parter, unless they do it like "The Five Doctors" and have what amounted to a TV movie instead on a regular-length episode.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: drmike on 02 Nov 2012, 15:36
Maybe they'll bring Carole Ann Ford as Susan with a "What do you mean you're the last of the Time Lords?!?!"

Of course I just did a lookup and discovered that she's 72.  Same problem as above.  i thought she was still acting.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: MajorBedhead on 11 Nov 2012, 15:15
So the Christmas episode won't be the 50th special?

I had issues with The Angels Take Manhattan. It wasn't as good as I'd hoped but this season was a definite improvement over last season, which I kind of hated.

If they don't bring Ten back for the 50th anniversary, I will cry. I do love him.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: dps on 16 Nov 2012, 20:33
So the Christmas episode won't be the 50th special?

I had issues with The Angels Take Manhattan. It wasn't as good as I'd hoped but this season was a definite improvement over last season, which I kind of hated.

If they don't bring Ten back for the 50th anniversary, I will cry. I do love him.

No, the 50th anniversary is next November. 

I wouldn't say that I hated last season, but it was, overall, disappointing.

Other than The Angels Take Manhattan, this season has been much better IMO.  First 2 episodes were great;  the next 2 were merely OK, but OK Who is better than most TV.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Abyssalin on 19 Nov 2012, 02:48
If i am to be hypercritical, (And i will, it's in my nature and i love it) Is the fanbase of Doctor Who is worse than any episode i'll watch of it, People here are great fans, they express what they don't like about it.

but recently i had the misfortune of being beget by a bunch of fans who hated Dr Who because "He regenerated" Yknow, the David Tennant fanboys/girls, I loved David Tennant, but i always knew that eventually he had to go, and he was replaced by someone who plays the Doctor just as well, what people fail to realise is that each incarnation of Dr Who is SUPPOSED to be different, people hate Matt Smith because he's not David Tennant, That's a fucking STUPID reason, Admittedly the episodes haven't been spectacular, but they are still good, But i am honest to god ashamed of this fanbase, It's like the Portal fanbase all over again who had a shitfit over Portal 2 not being identical, but would have complained if Portal 2 WAS identical...

 - Irate Dr Who Fan who hates people who can't just enjoy a program or if they don't enjoy it, then have a valid reason other than (He's not DT) Course he's not DT, He's not supposed to be, that's the whole concept of "Regeneration"
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Carl-E on 20 Nov 2012, 06:34
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/07/Third_Doctor.jpg/240px-Third_Doctor.jpg)

Who's this David Tennant? 
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: pwhodges on 20 Nov 2012, 06:41
Huh - that's merely the third Doctor.

The real thing:
(http://cassland.org/images/DrWho1.jpg)

Not afraid to get his waistcoat dirty, either:
(http://cassland.org/images/Hartnell.jpg)
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Carl-E on 20 Nov 2012, 06:49
I know, but he's the one I grew up with, courtesy of the CBC.  Which I guess is the point - the Doctor you first knew is the Doctor all others are held up to, and so these poor Tennant people are just expressing the same feeling we all get when something they love changes. 

Premature nostalgia. 


Although I have to admit, I really was a Tom Baker (4th) fan, too. 
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: BeoPuppy on 20 Nov 2012, 10:34
Welll ... I only have a shaky relationship with ... 1, 2, 3, 6, 8. The others I'm cool with. And it's not as if I grew up with Tom Baker.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Barmymoo on 15 Dec 2012, 06:50
My first doctor was Christopher Eccleston; I think I preferred David Tennant and I loved Matt Smith's Doctor. So it isn't always your first who you like best. CE was a bit odd to me, DT was funny and MS was fun.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: BeoPuppy on 15 Dec 2012, 15:40
CE was PTSD Dr. Hence weird.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: BeoPuppy on 18 Dec 2012, 02:42
Also:

Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Bev on 18 Dec 2012, 03:27
I think I will forever be put off David Tennant because of an ex girlfriend who had no interest in doctor who but owned EVERY episode with him in it. I got the impression a lot of other women I knew felt the same way, only watching the seasons with him in it and ignoring the others, kinda pissed me off. I wasn't a huge fan of Matt Smith at first but he's grown on me SO much! Eccelston never really had a chance to make much of an impression, but that comes with only doing on season.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Blue Kitty on 23 Dec 2012, 13:30
Here's the new inside of the Tardis
(http://static03.mediaite.com/themarysue/uploads/2012/12/tardis-580x386.jpg)
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Bev on 23 Dec 2012, 17:45
New? I don't remember there being a problem with the old one...
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Pilchard123 on 23 Dec 2012, 23:54
It didn't look tacky enough.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Barmymoo on 30 Dec 2012, 15:49
They change it every season.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Pilchard123 on 31 Dec 2012, 04:42
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: BeoPuppy on 02 Jan 2013, 00:25
They change it every season.
I thought it was pretty much the same throughout Tennant's run?
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Carl-E on 02 Jan 2013, 08:03
I think it changes every Doctor, not every season.  Though it didn't used to.  Pretty sure it was the same damn set through the first four or five doctors...
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: pwhodges on 02 Jan 2013, 08:09
Well, they had to paint the original black and white set in colours when colour TV arrived... :P
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: J on 02 Jan 2013, 14:12
I think it changes every Doctor, not every season.  Though it didn't used to.  Pretty sure it was the same damn set through the first four or five doctors...

ecelston & tennet both used the same tardis, it only changed when they brought in matt smith, in part because they were switching to HD.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Barmymoo on 05 Jan 2013, 13:36
Are you sure? I thought it changed subtly every season.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Carl-E on 05 Jan 2013, 14:04
For most of the third Doctor's run (Jon Pertwee), the Tardis was broken, he was completely stranded in one place and time.  Hell, I didn't even know he had such a thing until I'd been watching for nearly half a year...
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Bev on 06 Jan 2013, 20:21
The new design is really tacky and shitty looking, but I guess I hated Matt Smith at first too, now I love him...
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Boiled Dove on 22 Mar 2013, 07:39
As one who grew up watching the 4th Doctor first I have to say he is still my favorite and pretty much the standard I hold all others to. I have come to really enjoy 1, 2, and 3 over the years, still have some issues with those after TB perhaps because I did not like the change as a kid either.

CE is my favorite of the new seasons. Really wish we could have had another series with him bit now that he has given some interviews I understand why that did not happen. It would be nice if they would go into longer storylines like the old series. I understand that is is nice to have everything wrapped up in one episode but I think some stories would be better served if told over several episodes.

Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Boiled Dove on 22 Mar 2013, 07:41
Oh yeah, can't wait for next week to find out that all of my theories about dalek girl are wrong.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Kugai on 22 Mar 2013, 17:20
Here's the new inside of the Tardis
(http://static03.mediaite.com/themarysue/uploads/2012/12/tardis-580x386.jpg)

Cool.  That Console harks back to the original one from the early days. 
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Boiled Dove on 23 Mar 2013, 08:46



Yeah, I like it.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: BeoPuppy on 23 Mar 2013, 09:04
http://io9.com/the-doctor-gets-advice-on-the-playground-in-the-prequel-458502496?utm_source=gawker.com&utm_medium=recirculation&utm_campaign=recirculation
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Carl-E on 23 Mar 2013, 10:51
Right, that does it. 


Off to find a swingset. 
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: J on 24 Mar 2013, 04:42
i also rather like the new blue tardis, from what little i can see of it. the last one was always a bit overly whimsical for my taste.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Boiled Dove on 28 Mar 2013, 11:12
2 days!!
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Method of Madness on 31 Mar 2013, 12:19
"Did you not hear the word 'antigrav'?" :D

I started with Eccleston, but catching up on Netflix, so by the time I started watching for real, Matt Smith was into his run, this is the first series I'm watching as it airs. I've liked all three Doctors since, and I think Eccleston will always be THE Doctor to me, although I quite like Matt Smith. Although to be fair, Matt Smith is who I watch now, and the only ones I rewatch are early episodes with Eccleston when I show it to people and that's where one starts if they don't want to go back to Doctor One.

And I especially liked the midseason premiere. Clara's off to a good start.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Boiled Dove on 31 Mar 2013, 12:29
Yeah, that was a fun episode even though I was hoping for a few more answers.

We have found that "Blink" is a good introductory episode.

Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Method of Madness on 31 Mar 2013, 12:34
Really? I can't fathom not starting with "Rose". Then again, that's where I started. But isn't that generally considered when they show "began again"?
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: BeoPuppy on 01 Apr 2013, 04:16
That would suggest that it stopped. Which it never did.

Billie Piper and David Tennent confirmed for the 50th year special.

Also, that was an okay 'introducing the new companion' episode.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Method of Madness on 01 Apr 2013, 04:40
If a show doesn't have an episode (aside from a made-for-TV movie) for over 15 years, I think you can say it stopped. 50 years since it started, not 50 years of TV.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: dps on 05 Apr 2013, 14:53
Really? I can't fathom not starting with "Rose". Then again, that's where I started. But isn't that generally considered when they show "began again"?

There are basically 5 reasonable starting points for watching the show:  "An Unearthly Child", "Spearhead from Space", "Robot", "Rose", or "The Eleventh Hour".
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Pilchard123 on 06 Apr 2013, 13:04
But if you start with the last one on on that list, you'll be coming in very late...

:mrgreen:
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Method of Madness on 06 Apr 2013, 13:17
Relatively speaking, coming in from "Rose" is still very late, but I can't imagine starting earlier.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: TinPenguin on 07 Apr 2013, 13:21
I don't recall where I started with Dr Who, as my first encounters were at a young age and based on which episodes were available on VHS from the library... but some of the earliest I recall watching were William Hartnell's The Keys of Marinus, Jon Pertwee's The Green Death and Tom Baker's The Invasion of Time. These three remain my favourite doctors.

As to the reboot, I started at the start.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Boiled Dove on 09 Apr 2013, 09:04
By "introductory episode" I did not mean to start and move forward from there. Just that it is a good episode for those who know nothing of Doctor Who. I've seen people get really turned off by the ending of Rose with the references to The Shadow Proclamation and the talking puddle of goo.

"Blink" can pretty well stand on its own and you don't really miss anything if you haven't seen anything before it. It provides a good introduction to the pace of the show without overwhelming the viewer with details about the Who universe. Once people have seen it and the hook is set they are enthused to start at the (modern) beginning, Rose, and go from there. 


Now back to the current season.

It is really hard for Doctor Who to go so wrong that I would call it un-enjoyable  but this last episode with the star god/ soul sucker thingie just did not do it for me. Add that to the merely enjoyable but underwhelming (mid?) season opener I'm not really feeling it for this season. I like Matt Smith a lot more than I cared for David T but I think it is time for him to move on as well.

Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: TinPenguin on 09 Apr 2013, 10:30
By "introductory episode" I did not mean to start and move forward from there. Just that it is a good episode for those who know nothing of Doctor Who.

Looking at it that way, yeah, Blink is actually a perfect introduction.

It is really hard for Doctor Who to go so wrong that I would call it un-enjoyable  but this last episode with the star god/ soul sucker thingie just did not do it for me. Add that to the merely enjoyable but underwhelming (mid?) season opener I'm not really feeling it for this season.

I've also been very underwhelmed by the last couple of episodes. The whole 'save the world by destroying the centre of its orbit' thing didn't sit very well with me. Or the 'small asteroid having a breathable atmosphere' or 'hover-moped-thing capable of interplanetary-travel'. I remember when the Doctor would check the air and radiation before even opening the doors...
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Boiled Dove on 09 Apr 2013, 10:39
I remember when the Doctor would check the air and radiation before even opening the doors...


Yep, me to.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Method of Madness on 09 Apr 2013, 14:50
I can't see why people wouldn't be intrigued by the Shadow Proclamation, if anything I was disappointed that it didn't explain what it was for a while. As for the introductory episode not being "start and move on", I really dislike starting in the middle of a show, but I suppose that's just a quirk of mine. But that's why "Rose" was the only episode I could have started with without going back to the First Doctor.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: dps on 10 Apr 2013, 06:23
I can't see why people wouldn't be intrigued by the Shadow Proclamation, if anything I was disappointed that it didn't explain what it was for a while. As for the introductory episode not being "start and move on", I really dislike starting in the middle of a show, but I suppose that's just a quirk of mine. But that's why "Rose" was the only episode I could have started with without going back to the First Doctor.

Well, you can't start in the middle of a story arc.  I mean, you can, but if someone's first episode was, say, "Let's Kill Hitler", they'd be completely lost.  "Rose" and "The Eleventh Hour" are good starting points because the Doctor gets a new companion in them, and in explaining things to the new companion, they get explained to the audience.  But not every episode with a new companion fits this idea.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Method of Madness on 10 Apr 2013, 06:55
No, I don't think you understand. A new story arc isn't enough, it has to be the beginning of the show for me. The Ninth Doctor was technically continuing the existing series, but it's close enough to a reboot (and thus a new show) for me to start there.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Kugai on 10 Apr 2013, 18:53
Yes, but when you think about it, it's all relative really   :-D
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: dps on 11 Apr 2013, 18:25
No, I don't think you understand. A new story arc isn't enough, it has to be the beginning of the show for me. The Ninth Doctor was technically continuing the existing series, but it's close enough to a reboot (and thus a new show) for me to start there.

Well, as you say, that's a personal quirk of yours.  I was speeking in more general terms.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: J on 28 Apr 2013, 20:15
i must say, i'm really enjoying the revamped season. the doctor's new costume & the tardis both look good, the new companion is working out well, and they've seriously cut back on the child-like-whimsy.


but that said, are they ever going to get around to explaining why the tardis exploded at the end of season 5? i mean i don't even think it's been mentioned since then. or did i miss something?
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Boiled Dove on 29 Apr 2013, 08:14
I did not care for how the season started, but the last two episodes have been more enjoyable. I am enjoying the catfight between the TARDIS and Clara.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: BeoPuppy on 12 May 2013, 06:05
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Boiled Dove on 17 May 2013, 13:53
I think this season has really hi lighted what has been a growing frustration ever since they brought the show back and that is they pack everything into single episodes. I think most of the stories they have done this season would have been much better if they had fleshed them out over a couple of episodes. Even an hour and a half, like Sherlock, would be better.

Granted I started watching with the "Classic Series" where it was very unusual for a story to be completed in less than 4 installments. Now the episodes were shorter then but 4 would still be equivalent to two episodes of the new format. This would allow for much more fulfilling story development, at least in my opinion. Sometimes I think they try to do too much in an episode and it really doesn't work.


Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: BeoPuppy on 17 May 2013, 13:57
On the other hand, the speed of the old serials is, at times, coma-inducing.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 17 May 2013, 14:10
Paul McGann will always be my Doctor!
Well, him or Sylvester McCoy...
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Boiled Dove on 17 May 2013, 14:38
On the other hand, the speed of the old serials is, at times, coma-inducing.



True, but blend the story development of the clasic with the pacing of the modern and it would be amazing.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: henri bemis on 17 May 2013, 15:19
And I think that speaks to your point about Sherlock, which (at least to me, don't know know how others feel about it) is not coma-inducing at all.  And I think you're right that a lot of episodes could do a lot more with some more time (which is something I think the producers and writers at least sort of realize, with all the two-parters and extended specials).

I really don't want to know the doctor's name.  I'll watch, but I'm disappointed they're doing this at all, so it better be brilliant.  His charm, for me, has always been in mystery and imagination, and secrets, and questions I want, but don't really want, answers to.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Kugai on 17 May 2013, 17:37
Two things

Since certain clues got dropped during Sylvester McCoys Tenure, I had thought the name The Doctor carried was Rassilon

Clara.  I wonder - is this the return of The Doctors Grandaughter?

Or Romana?
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: J on 17 May 2013, 22:08
I really don't want to know the doctor's name.  I'll watch, but I'm disappointed they're doing this at all, so it better be brilliant.  His charm, for me, has always been in mystery and imagination, and secrets, and questions I want, but don't really want, answers to.

i rather agree. i was also kind of disappointed when they had him start saying how old he is. it's a really minor thing, but i do think knowing these little details takes away from the mysteriousness of the character.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: BeoPuppy on 18 May 2013, 05:04
The Doctor always lies. He's always a madman in a blue box.

There are so many ways this can play out and still be mysterious and stuff ... we'll see. Not long now.

One thing though ... if you watch the trailer for today's episode you can see a glimpse of Bessie, the third doctor's car ... which is just weird.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: J on 18 May 2013, 05:28
personally, i think it'd be cool to see little trinkets from old incarnations just laying around here and there in the tardis.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: BeoPuppy on 18 May 2013, 06:03
True that. But it seems this is actually going to be a point during this episode.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Parkour Lewis on 18 May 2013, 08:43
Two things

Since certain clues got dropped during Sylvester McCoys Tenure, I had thought the name The Doctor carried was Rassilon

Clara.  I wonder - is this the return of The Doctors Grandaughter?

Or Romana?

I've been wondering if maybe she's that "clone daughter" from that one episode of the Tennant Doctor and Catherine Tate.  The one with the fish people and the war.  It's never said what happened to her, and she's at least part timelord.

I've never watched any of the classic Dr Who series.  I didn't come along until the new series, and even then not until the second season, but I'm a fan now and I've been seriously thinking of hitting up netflix to watch some of the older ones.  This season seems kind of weak to me, but I'm willing to wait it out and see if there's a good payoff.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: BeoPuppy on 18 May 2013, 09:48
Some of the older doctors are excellent with most people rallying behind doctors 4, 5 or 7, it seems at least, to me. Worthwhile, though, to investigate.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Parkour Lewis on 18 May 2013, 15:32
RE: this latest episode.

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Also I've heard people shit-talking this ep but I kinda liked it.  I'm pretty forgiving, though.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: BeoPuppy on 19 May 2013, 01:47
Holy shit, indeed.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Method of Madness on 19 May 2013, 07:44
I liked it a lot. Kind of bummed the season's over, though.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Danni on 21 May 2013, 12:51
I LOVED THIS EPISODE

I was literally freaking out during the pre-credits introduction, literally I was like hand waving in tears like an 11 year old with a new Hello Kitty toy.  or like a massive geek girl watching generations of a beloved tv program weave back in upon itself in glorious fashion.

Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: BeoPuppy on 21 May 2013, 13:11
Not a valid youtube URL
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Valdís on 21 May 2013, 13:58
And then they kissed. :3
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Parkour Lewis on 21 May 2013, 18:44
One thing someone pointed out to me that's awesome in this last-season ep:

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Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Boiled Dove on 22 May 2013, 10:08
Some of the older doctors are excellent with most people rallying behind doctors 4, 5 or 7, it seems at least, to me. Worthwhile, though, to investigate.

I personally like 3 quite a bit as well.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: BeoPuppy on 22 May 2013, 22:28
How come?
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Danni on 23 May 2013, 16:10
I seriously nearly cried during the

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Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Blue Kitty on 23 May 2013, 17:52
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Boiled Dove on 24 May 2013, 08:14
How come?

I just find him very entertaining. "You will find I'm very spry for my age" It is like the tried to embed a bit of 007 into the doctor while he was exiled on Earth. Not to mention the joy of the Whomobile.

Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: BeoPuppy on 02 Jun 2013, 11:56
http://io9.com/farewell-eleven-matt-smith-is-leaving-doctor-who-510860053
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Method of Madness on 02 Jun 2013, 12:09
I saw :(
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: J on 02 Jun 2013, 13:37
i can respect that. he's had a good run.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: dps on 10 Jul 2013, 21:01
No, I don't think you understand. A new story arc isn't enough, it has to be the beginning of the show for me. The Ninth Doctor was technically continuing the existing series, but it's close enough to a reboot (and thus a new show) for me to start there.

Ah, see, though my post was in response to yours, I didn't mean it to apply specifically to you.  Rather I meant that in general, no one should start in the middle of an on-going story arc.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: ev4n on 26 Jul 2013, 08:37
Another reasonable intro espisode, imo, is The Girl in the Fireplace.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Blue Kitty on 14 Oct 2013, 10:26
(http://31.media.tumblr.com/383522fd25199755123294a7f10ff33f/tumblr_mumvb0B0JT1qcwhkeo1_250.gif)

(http://31.media.tumblr.com/5ad7e80193c469cd6b61e4772667b28b/tumblr_mumvb0B0JT1qcwhkeo2_250.gif)

(http://25.media.tumblr.com/8962540129ee44ba7b8c4d86e09daebe/tumblr_mumvb0B0JT1qcwhkeo3_250.gif)

(http://25.media.tumblr.com/70fbc63ce2fd9aa708f7e5c948e37d0a/tumblr_mumvb0B0JT1qcwhkeo4_250.gif)


Brian Hodgson of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, on creating the iconic TARDIS (de)materialisation noise.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: LookingIn on 19 Oct 2013, 12:24
personally, i think it'd be cool to see little trinkets from old incarnations just laying around here and there in the tardis.

This has been something they have done since the reboot....little pictures, trinkets, offhand references that unless you rewind you would miss. Davies and Moffat knew to pay respects to the old when needed, but also keep things going forward without looking at the past too much.
Title: Re: Doctor Who Season 7 (or 33)
Post by: Method of Madness on 19 Oct 2013, 22:18
without looking at the past too much.
Somewhat off topic, but this shit right here? This is why I hated Skyfall.