Topic: Doctor Who (Read 135331 times)

Lines · « **Reply #250 on:** 15 Mar 2014, 16:39 »

I think it's based more on appearance than nationality.

And quite accurate, I think!

Method of Madness · « **Reply #251 on:** 15 Mar 2014, 19:49 »

"Away tha fuck"? I get your objection, but your wording confuses me.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #252 on:** 26 Apr 2014, 05:21 »

Quote

Christopher Eccleston on the relationship between the Doctor and his companions

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #253 on:** 26 Apr 2014, 06:35 »

A thought:

A Time Lord's regeneration may have a limit of twelve cycles. The Doctor was given an extra one, and has regenerated 13 times. What happens next?

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #254 on:** 26 Apr 2014, 07:19 »

The implication is that he wasn't given another regeneration, but rather an entire new regeneration cycle. So, another 12 Doctors after Peter Capaldi.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #255 on:** 26 Apr 2014, 08:26 »

Another 50 years!

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #256 on:** 28 Apr 2014, 00:32 »

http://doctorwho.tumblr.com/post/82343796341/a-poem-from-the-doctor

Detachable Felix · « **Reply #257 on:** 28 Apr 2014, 00:59 »

Quote from: First Doctor

No.

bahahahah

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #258 on:** 28 Apr 2014, 10:32 »

You know that sinking feeling you get when you start to become a fan of something and realise there's too much history to easily catch up on? Yeah, that.

ev4n · « **Reply #259 on:** 28 Apr 2014, 11:40 »

Ignore old school DW for now? Every doctor is pretty much their own series, you really don't need to know previous doctors backstories to jump in...

Thrillho · « **Reply #260 on:** 28 Apr 2014, 11:43 »

I ignore anything pre-Ecclestone, because fuck it, there's loads, and a good portion of it is terrible.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #261 on:** 28 Apr 2014, 12:50 »

Loads of it is hi-la-ri-ous though.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #262 on:** 28 Apr 2014, 13:25 »

Quote from: ev4n on 28 Apr 2014, 11:40

Ignore old school DW for now? Every doctor is pretty much their own series, you really don't need to know previous doctors backstories to jump in...

I would, but I have a tendency to prefer - by a lot - watching all of a series from the beginning. Someone at college once bought me season 2 of The Big Bang Theory (Apparently, I'm Sheldon. Make of that what you will.) and wrote along the top "Can't we pretend it's the first?".

Detachable Felix · « **Reply #263 on:** 28 Apr 2014, 13:34 »

You could start at Eccleston as the beginning of the "modern era", but it would take you a *very* long time to get caught up on the older series. Watch a handful of each if you must. Ones that introduce recurring characters/enemies maybe.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #264 on:** 03 May 2014, 06:38 »

It's really two different series - the old and the new. The new makes use of the old, but the feel is entirely different.

dps · « **Reply #265 on:** 29 May 2014, 18:05 »

Quote from: Barmymoo on 03 May 2014, 06:38

It's really two different series - the old and the new. The new makes use of the old, but the feel is entirely different.

In some ways it's probably more that two. For example, the Pertwee years in many ways have quite a different "feel" than what came before and later. And heck, even beyond that, there are plenty of tonal shifts within seasons, in both Classic and New Who.

Thrillho · « **Reply #266 on:** 27 Jul 2014, 12:14 »

I'm rewatching some of the New Who because it's on Netflix, the first six seasons. I am increasingly reminded how much I loved Ecclestone's Doctor and didn't much care for Tennant's.

Also, the early series of this show are loaded with gay jokes. But then, Russel T. Davies wrote it, so that kinda figures.

Detachable Felix · « **Reply #267 on:** 27 Jul 2014, 14:50 »

I always loved Ecclestone's doctor more, it's such a pity he kinda snubbed the show after his regeneration. He brought the series back in such a big way.

Thrillho · « **Reply #268 on:** 27 Jul 2014, 14:57 »

He compared working on the show to eating a river of shit.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #269 on:** 27 Jul 2014, 14:59 »

Quote from: Gareth on 27 Jul 2014, 12:14

I'm rewatching some of the New Who because it's on Netflix, the first six seasons. I am increasingly reminded how much I loved Ecclestone's Doctor and didn't much care for Tennant's.

Also, the early series of this show are loaded with gay jokes. But then, Russel T. Davies wrote it, so that kinda figures.

"Does he still have that rubbish beard?

No, well, a wife."

Kugai · « **Reply #270 on:** 27 Jul 2014, 15:07 »

Quote from: Gareth on 27 Jul 2014, 14:57

He compared working on the show to eating a river of shit.

Which only goes to show what a twat he can be occasionally.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #271 on:** 27 Jul 2014, 15:19 »

Tennant remains the Doctor who got me into this whole mess... looking forward to the new season's premier.

Detachable Felix · « **Reply #272 on:** 27 Jul 2014, 16:08 »

I'm concerned that I won't be able to see Capaldi's Doctor as anything other than Malcolm Tucker. ( though if he acted like that in Who, it would certainly liven things up)

Lines · « **Reply #273 on:** 27 Jul 2014, 19:45 »

Quote from: Kugai on 27 Jul 2014, 15:07

Quote from: Gareth on 27 Jul 2014, 14:57
He compared working on the show to eating a river of shit.

Which only goes to show what a twat he can be occasionally.

I thought it wasn't because of his attitude, but it was because of how he was treated. I keep hearing different things, but I don't think he left the show in the best manner and I don't think it was entirely his fault, which is why he chose not to be in the special.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #274 on:** 05 Aug 2014, 17:32 »

Brian Blessed was almost the 2nd Doctor

Grognard · « **Reply #275 on:** 05 Aug 2014, 20:13 »

that..
would have been interesting.

hedgie · « **Reply #276 on:** 05 Aug 2014, 21:34 »

Quote from: Blue Kitty on 05 Aug 2014, 17:32

Brian Blessed was almost the 2nd Doctor

Isn't it supposed to be BRIAN BLESSED?

Method of Madness · « **Reply #277 on:** 05 Aug 2014, 22:29 »

That fucking headline.

Thrillho · « **Reply #278 on:** 06 Aug 2014, 01:23 »

I've now reached the back end of season 3 of New Who during my accidental rewatching campaign, and I forgot how much better it gets at the end. The episode 42 is properly unnerving, the Family of Blood two-parter has some... issues but is extremely emotional, Blink is flat out one of the best episodes of any TV show I've ever seen and the three parter with The Master... Jon Simm is the fucking man.

Martha's still boring and annoying though!

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #279 on:** 06 Aug 2014, 02:14 »

... hot, though.

But, yeah, after Rose, she gets the short end of the story stick.

Thrillho · « **Reply #280 on:** 06 Aug 2014, 02:32 »

I wholeheartedly agree on both counts.

ev4n · « **Reply #281 on:** 06 Aug 2014, 03:51 »

Agree. Blink is stellar, and Martha was underutilized.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #282 on:** 06 Aug 2014, 14:48 »

I still liked her as a character.

Kugai · « **Reply #283 on:** 06 Aug 2014, 16:10 »

Quote from: hedgie on 05 Aug 2014, 21:34

Quote from: Blue Kitty on 05 Aug 2014, 17:32
Brian Blessed was almost the 2nd Doctor
Isn't it supposed to be BRIAN BLESSED?

He'dve probably punched out a Cyberman.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #284 on:** 06 Aug 2014, 21:03 »

Just one?

hedgie · « **Reply #285 on:** 06 Aug 2014, 21:21 »

I must say, if he had taken the role, he'd probably have been able to overtake Tom Baker as my personal favourite doctor. And no, I'm not being a hipster here, preferring the old Who to the new one, but I really think that RTD's shitty writing helped hurt the new series in my mind. I know he's long gone, and there were some good eps during his run, but even now, it seems rather hit and miss for me, especially since each series is trying to out-do the one before it in over-the-topness (sic). I think the serial format suited the show a lot better, since there was enough screen time to tell the story, and didn't have to end with something potentially earth-shattering (perhaps literally) nasty that had been building up over the previous twelve episodes.

And yeah, I'm sure the whole Who 2.0 thing got off on the wrong foot a bit when my first thought when seeing Rose is "what a chav".

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #286 on:** 07 Aug 2014, 00:01 »

That joke even got made in the series, so you are not alone.

hedgie · « **Reply #287 on:** 07 Aug 2014, 00:34 »

Oh, I know. And I know that Billie Piper can act, so it's not a slam on her. Aside from Martha, (and I haven't seen the current companion(s), it seems as though with Rose and Amy, The Doctor has been travelling with rather immature, selfish, people. It's rather annoying (and, it seems to me, somewhat sexist) how both Mickey and Rory were the dutiful boyfriends when their SOs are off travelling the universe for some unknown amount of time (gah, they could have at the very least called), and facing whatever, for women who seem to rather prefer being around a strange man in a police box. No matter how wonderful someone else is in other respects, I'd show someone the door if they treated me like that.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #288 on:** 07 Aug 2014, 08:19 »

Mickey, oh, certainly. He strated out as a bit of wet rag. Tried to spruce him up later on and the last time we see him he's married to Martha and shooting at ... soemthing or other ... but overall he's a big ol' softie. I feel that Rory was turned into quite the hero by the end of their stay in the Tardis. The whole roman thing, you know. Rory was far more badass than Mickey ever got close to being.

ev4n · « **Reply #289 on:** 07 Aug 2014, 11:01 »

Rory Grew.

Also, which RTD wrote a ton of cheese, including the truly dreadful Love & Monsters, he also co-wrote the Waters of Mars, so I give him some credit.

But yeah, it's a serial with a huge array of writers. It's never going to be anything other than hit and miss in this format. And nobody should ever argue that the weaker episodes are in some way superior to most of what's on television these days.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #290 on:** 07 Aug 2014, 11:29 »

There is no episode of doctor who called Love & Monsters. Nor will there ever be, ever.

Thrillho · « **Reply #291 on:** 07 Aug 2014, 11:35 »

Certainly not one that ends with a dick joke.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #292 on:** 07 Aug 2014, 11:51 »

No. It. Does. Not. Exist.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #293 on:** 07 Aug 2014, 16:13 »

Quote from: BeoPuppy on 07 Aug 2014, 08:19

he's married to Martha

Wait, what? I don't remember this.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #294 on:** 07 Aug 2014, 16:45 »

http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Martha_Jones

First line.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #295 on:** 07 Aug 2014, 16:54 »

Weird, I really don't remember them ever mentioning that. Also...WHY? Like, it's not that I don't think the two characters would work as a couple (I don't, but that's not the issue), but why would they just take two characters who were completely separate and then just go "oh, they're married now"?

ev4n · « **Reply #296 on:** 07 Aug 2014, 17:20 »

There's a long sequence just before Tennant regenerates where he visits people from his past. Mickey is with Martha, but imho he was almost unrecognizable.

Detachable Felix · « **Reply #297 on:** 07 Aug 2014, 18:18 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 07 Aug 2014, 16:54

Weird, I really don't remember them ever mentioning that. Also...WHY? Like, it's not that I don't think the two characters would work as a couple (I don't, but that's not the issue), but why would they just take two characters who were completely separate and then just go "oh, they're married now"?

Basically, I think they were just trying to wrap up both Martha and Mickey's stories. Both of them really got the short end of the stick as companions, and having them go off together as married "freelance alien fighters" or whatever seemed like a fitting future for them both. Keeps the option for them to theoretically appear in future episodes, but also wraps it up in a way that we're supposed to be okay with if they aren't.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #298 on:** 07 Aug 2014, 18:32 »

judemorrigan · « **Reply #299 on:** 08 Aug 2014, 06:41 »

Quote from: BeoPuppy on 07 Aug 2014, 08:19

Mickey, oh, certainly. He strated out as a bit of wet rag. Tried to spruce him up later on and the last time we see him he's married to Martha and shooting at ... soemthing or other ... but overall he's a big ol' softie. I feel that Rory was turned into quite the hero by the end of their stay in the Tardis. The whole roman thing, you know. Rory was far more badass than Mickey ever got close to being.

Yup. When Rory was first introduced, my reaction was "oh, goody. A Mickey redux." But by the end of his run, he may have become my very favorite new Who companion.

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