The "New" Doctor Who

[regwec]

That's because they spend a lot of time in Britain, where even mid July can be 12 C, and pissing down with rain.

[Lord Valumart]

uh? im confused, is it mcoy thats the perv who is a flasher or is it the confirmation that barrowman is?

about the coats, ecllestone wasnt that long, as far as i remeber....or is my memory that bad?

john barrowman has flashed everyone on the set of dr who and torchwood apart from liz sladen

[IronLion]

john barrowman has flashed everyone on the set of dr who and torchwood apart from liz sladen



oh yeah, i remember reading tht somewhere.


it doesnt rain in doctor who, only when some aliens get blown up, or the planet is towed along.....

[Specter313]

I guess I should clarify Spectre's post, since everyone here might not be familiar with Lying in the Gutters. LITG is a rumor column. Just because they say something, doesn't mean it's written in stone. I'd love to see Tom Baker back as much as the next guy, but as LITG have been wrong plenty of times before, I'll take the rumor of his participation with a grain of salt until I actually see set pictures or a BBC press release or, you know, the series he's said to appear in is less than two whole years away.

Meanwhile, I'll be watching the old fourth Doctor serials on Netflix. I could kiss whoever invented the Watch Instantly feature. :D

Yes, and the columnist classifies it as such, but that's why he uses the light feature. If he thought it was anything but a sure thing, it would have had a yellow or red light, and like you said, probably turned out wrong. However, I've been reading the article for quite some time, and almost all of his green lights that I've followed have turned out right, and he really seems to have been on a role in Dr. Who news as of late, so I'm perfectly inclined to say that this is happening.

[Captain_BluTac]

If a race of beings has the ability to regenerate then it would stand to reason that there would be no natural limit to how often they can do that, thus logically the 13 was imposed by the timelords and can thusly be forgotten about...i think...

The bit in bold was basically what I was saying, except I was saying it will probably be used to give The Doctor more than 13 Regenerations by saying that without the Timelords that limit is no longer imposed, so he could go on forever if he wanted to,

[ttotheusher]

Well, looks like you were lied too:

Tom Baker.

http://images.comicbookresources.com/litg/2008/0707/sm/969-tombaker.jpg (http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/preview2.php?image=litg/2008/0707/969-tombaker.jpg)

Whether he's playing the Doctor as everyone wants, the Master as he himself suggested, or something else... we'll have to wait and see.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17104

I like him even less now. :o

[Speedball]

john barrowman has flashed everyone on the set of dr who and torchwood apart from liz sladen
Wish he'd flash me...:csad:

[COMPO]

didn't he have a piss in Prince's Charles' garden?

[SpideyLad]

didn't he have a piss in Prince's Charles' garden?

Someone has been watching "Would I Lie To You".:oldrazz:

[ttotheusher]

Getting my haircut like David Tennants next week! :woot:

[TheCorpulent1]

Yes, and the columnist classifies it as such, but that's why he uses the light feature. If he thought it was anything but a sure thing, it would have had a yellow or red light, and like you said, probably turned out wrong. However, I've been reading the article for quite some time, and almost all of his green lights that I've followed have turned out right, and he really seems to have been on a role in Dr. Who news as of late, so I'm perfectly inclined to say that this is happening.
Okay, that's fine for you, then. It's still a rumor column, though, so that should be noted for everyone who may not be aware.

[Logan's Lady]

Oh man....... I watched "Daleks in Manhattan" yesterday.... and I'm watching "Evolution of the Daleks" right now.

This is just really dull and the human dalek is just stupid....... :dry:

[TheCorpulent1]

Yes, those were extremely bad episodes.

I'm watching "Spearhead from Space" right now. I like Pertwee. He's all smooth and cool. Huge contrast to Troughton's buffoonish Doctor (although I liked Troughton as well).

[ttotheusher]

Oh man....... I watched "Daleks in Manhattan" yesterday.... and I'm watching "Evolution of the Daleks" right now.

This is just really dull and the human dalek is just stupid....... :dry:

Those two episodes and "42" are what stopped Season Three from being unadulturated awesome for me...but replace the Dalek two-parter with the Sontaran two-parter from Season Four and then were talking. :woot:

[TheCorpulent1]

Season 3 was a pretty great season aside from that Dalek 2-parter.

[ttotheusher]

Season 3 was a pretty great season aside from that Dalek 2-parter.

And the last 10 mins of "Last of the Time Lords".

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah. The Master's gonna come back, though. He has to. He's my favorite Doctor Who villain. :(

[ttotheusher]

Yeah. The Master's gonna come back, though. He has to. He's my favorite Doctor Who villain. :(

Mine too. Well... him and the Sontarans. Well... and Davros.

[TheCorpulent1]

I'm pretty sick of the Daleks. Every time they show up they're so pathetic that I'm left wondering how the Time Lords had any problem against them in the Time War. The only really good episodes with them, as far as I'm concerned, were the series one ep where they first reappeared and the crossover with the Cybermen in the series two finale.

[Logan's Lady]

Well the end of that was even as boring as the rest....... through all of Evolution of the Daleks I kept wondering how much longer.

It seems they could have cut out a lot of crap and made that all into one episode instead of stretching it out over 2 episodes :dry:

[TheCorpulent1]

Turning the Daleks into headcrabs from Half-Life was just a bad idea to begin with.

[ttotheusher]

I'm pretty sick of the Daleks. Every time they show up they're so pathetic that I'm left wondering how the Time Lords had any problem against them in the Time War. The only really good episodes with them, as far as I'm concerned, were the series one ep where they first reappeared and the crossover with the Cybermen in the series two finale.

I think the Daleks have been loved to death, if you get my drift.

[Logan's Lady]

Turning the Daleks into headcrabs from Half-Life was just a bad idea to begin with.

Yeh....... well whomever wrote that story..... i hope they don't come back.

[TheCorpulent1]

I think the Daleks have been loved to death, if you get my drift.
I agree. I know everyone considers them the ultimate Doctor Who bad guys, but come on, give 'em a rest for a series. There are so many other villains that could use a redesign and a reintroduction. The Ice Warriors would be nice, for one. Those assassin things from "The Five Doctors" would be cool, too. So many others.

[ttotheusher]

Yeh....... well whomever wrote that story..... i hope they don't come back.

They already have. Helen Raynor later wrote the fraktastic Sontaran two-parter from Season Four.

[Bastila]

Any new news on the xmas special?

[Logan's Lady]

They already have. Helen Raynor later wrote the fraktastic Sontaran two-parter from Season Four.

LOL shows ya what I know............ well at least she redeemed herself with a good story :)

[Manic]

Those two episodes and "42" are what stopped Season Three from being unadulturated awesome for me...but replace the Dalek two-parter with the Sontaran two-parter from Season Four and then were talking. :woot:
The Dalek 2-parter was the episode that finally made me hate the Daleks, and "42" was the only episode where I really really didn't like Martha. The scene where she was in the escape pod and about to fly into the sun made me say "for god's sake, just DIE!"

And I'm one of this thread's few Martha fans, I think.

[TheCorpulent1]

I like Martha now that she's no longer traveling with the Doctor. If not for the stupid pining, I would've loved her in series 3 as well. I really liked her in the series 3 premiere.

[Manic]

She was good in the premier. She was pretty good in the Shakespeare episode, and the writers did a good job with her in the Lazarus episode. She was also pretty good in the finale. It's kinda strange that between Martha, Rose, and Donna, Martha was the only one who wasn't a deus ex machina. Rose became the Bad Wolf, Donna was the DoctorDonna, and Martha... helped turn the Doctor back to normal so the Doctor could save the day.

[Logan's Lady]

She was good in the premier. She was pretty good in the Shakespeare episode, and the writers did a good job with her in the Lazarus episode. She was also pretty good in the finale. It's kinda strange that between Martha, Rose, and Donna, Martha was the only one who wasn't a deus ex machina. Rose became the Bad Wolf, Donna was the DoctorDonna, and Martha... helped turn the Doctor back to normal so the Doctor could save the day.

I'm watching The Lazarus Experiment now ;)

[Lord Valumart]

I'm watching The Lazarus Experiment now ;)

just look at the broken random jumping plot...just look at:wow::wow::csad:

[TheCorpulent1]

She was good in the premier. She was pretty good in the Shakespeare episode, and the writers did a good job with her in the Lazarus episode. She was also pretty good in the finale. It's kinda strange that between Martha, Rose, and Donna, Martha was the only one who wasn't a deus ex machina. Rose became the Bad Wolf, Donna was the DoctorDonna, and Martha... helped turn the Doctor back to normal so the Doctor could save the day.
Well, Martha became a bit of a legend herself, and she kicked off the deus ex machina that restored the Doctor. So she was kind on the edge of becoming one. I'm glad she didn't, though.

[SpideyLad]

They already have. Helen Raynor later wrote the fraktastic Sontaran two-parter from Season Four.

That woman shouldn't write again. EVER.:cmad:

[Logan's Lady]

lol SpideyLad............

[SpideyLad]

lol SpideyLad............

I'm serious. It should be considered a crime if that woman ever puts pen to paper, or goes within 27 feet of a keyboard...:cmad:

[Lord Valumart]

I'm serious. It should be considered a crime if that woman ever puts pen to paper, or goes within 27 feet of a keyboard...:cmad:

what if she only wants to draw pretty pictures or play warcraft:huh:

[Logan's Lady]

what if she only wants to draw pretty pictures or play warcraft:huh:

I guess in SpideyLad's world she's not even allowed that........
Just a set of color crayons and some construction paper?

[Lord Valumart]

I guess in SpideyLad's world she's not even allowed that........
Just a set of color crayons and some construction paper?

it wasn;t that bad...it just had random bit in places...

now the dalek 2 parter on the other hand made me sad...

VotD made me feel sorry for every dr who fan ever...and i thought "jon pertwee would never have gone along with this terrible rubbish..." and even if pertwee had gone along with it you can bet there wouldnt have been any romantic crap with kylie, and there would have been axons:cmad:

[COMPO]

it wasn;t that bad...it just had random bit in places...

now the dalek 2 parter on the other hand made me sad...

VotD made me feel sorry for every dr who fan ever...and i thought "jon pertwee would never have gone along with this terrible rubbish..." and even if pertwee had gone along with it you can bet there wouldnt have been any romantic crap with kylie, and there would have been axons:cmad:

Il iked Voyage on the Damned it a bit but it wasn't up there with Christmas Invasion was still good though and I liked the romance between Kylie and the Doctor they seemed more suited, both were travellers and had no families.

And could you show me what an Axon looks like cos iv tried looking but cant find a pic.

She was good in the premier. She was pretty good in the Shakespeare episode, and the writers did a good job with her in the Lazarus episode. She was also pretty good in the finale. It's kinda strange that between Martha, Rose, and Donna, Martha was the only one who wasn't a deus ex machina. Rose became the Bad Wolf, Donna was the DoctorDonna, and Martha... helped turn the Doctor back to normal so the Doctor could save the day.

I liked Martha she was a good assistant. I liked that she asked questions about time travel and stuff. But, I didn't like her in this finale she kind of annoyed me she tried to sound threatening but just failed.

[GhostPoet]

whoa...what was wrong with VoTD?

[Lord Valumart]

whoa...what was wrong with VoTD?

what was right with it:huh:

[GhostPoet]

I liked it. :(

[TheCorpulent1]

I did, too. It was a weird conceit, but the episode itself wasn't bad.

[ttotheusher]

I like Martha now that she's no longer traveling with the Doctor. If not for the stupid pining, I would've loved her in series 3 as well. I really liked her in the series 3 premiere.

I actually prefered her during her tenure in the TARDIS. Her stint in Torchwood affected her acting abilities. :csad:

[TheCorpulent1]

I mostly meant in relation to the pining. I guess saying I've liked her more since she got engaged would be more apt.

[ttotheusher]

Fair enough. I personally prefer puppy-love Martha, but hey, I respect your opinion.

[TheCorpulent1]

Really? I got sick of the "oh noes, the Doctor doesn't even know I'm alive even though my heart bleeds for him so!!!11" nonsense about the second time it came up.

[ttotheusher]

That woman shouldn't write again. EVER.:cmad:

I'm guessing you didnt like the Sontaran episodes?

[SpideyLad]

I'm guessing you didnt like the Sontaran episodes?

However did you guess?:o

[ttotheusher]

However did you guess?:o

I have a basic level of physic training. :whatever:

[COMPO]

Fair enough. I personally prefer puppy-love Martha, but hey, I respect your opinion.

I liked her that way too she didnt annoy me as much and was a better actress when he was playing taht.

[COMPO]

I have a basic level of physic training. :whatever:

All Torchwood employees have it :grin:

[ttotheusher]

I liked her that way too she didnt annoy me as much and was a better actress when he was playing taht.

Yea, what happened with that? She was spending way to much time with Owen at Torchwood, his bad acting skills must have rubbed off on her.

[SpideyLad]

I have a basic level of physic training. :whatever:

The Sontaran's were poorly done, and many more things were bad about the episode...

[ttotheusher]

The Sontaran's were poorly done, and many more things were bad about the episode...

I respect your opinion, but I respectfully disagree with you Sir.

[SpideyLad]

I respect your opinion, but I respectfully disagree with you Sir.

Very well. What did you like about it?

[ttotheusher]

Very well. What did you like about it?

Well for one, I actually quite liked the Sontarans portrayal. Atleast they were a threat, unlike the wimpy Cult of Skaro. Again, I liked the way UNIT were presented (aside from those two idiot guards who discoverd the tank) and any episode with Bernard Cribbins raises it up several notches. I'll admit though, that Martha was not introduced well, and that Rattigan kid should be found and beaten. Overall, I liked the episodes, but I can see why you might have a few problems with it.

[regwec]

I like Martha now that she's no longer traveling with the Doctor. If not for the stupid pining, I would've loved her in series 3 as well. I really liked her in the series 3 premiere.
I wish she'd pine for me. :csad:

[Bastila]

The Sontaran's were poorly done, and many more things were bad about the episode...

I'm still trying to remeber that episode......................oh wait the one with annoying american in it right lol.

[The Squirrel]

I wish she'd pine for me. :csad:

fo'sho :csad:

[COMPO]

I'm still trying to remeber that episode......................oh wait the one with annoying american in it right lol.

no, no, that was the dalek episode. girl deserves a smack!

[The Squirrel]

The Sontaran episode had an American in it as well..... hmmm, I'm noticing a theme with this writer.

[SpideyLad]

Well for one, I actually quite liked the Sontarans portrayal. Atleast they were a threat, unlike the wimpy Cult of Skaro. Again, I liked the way UNIT were presented (aside from those two idiot guards who discoverd the tank) and any episode with Bernard Cribbins raises it up several notches. I'll admit though, that Martha was not introduced well, and that Rattigan kid should be found and beaten. Overall, I liked the episodes, but I can see why you might have a few problems with it.

I didn't like the way that the Sontaran's were done. A race that essentially lives for war shouldn't be sneaking around, being very quiet about everything. Surely, they would have gone to Earth, blown everything up and then set up the gas thingies. And how the hell didn't people see the giant spaceship?!

Granted, UNIT were done well in the episode, however I don't see what all the fuss is about with a certain member of UNIT in that episode....(If you visit to the OG, you may understand)

Bernie Cribbins, I agree. He was amazing in the episode, as he was with the rest of the series.

Rattigan annoyed the hell out of me, so much so that I actually went "YAY!!!!!!!!!:woot:" when he blew himself up.

And, the resolution. Burning the entire Earth's atmosphere. Yes, I know, it's Doctor Who, very little of it makes sense...But, the Fanastic Four taught us that was bad. Yet, miraculously, the skyline of New York is perfectly intact, despite the fact that most of the buildings would have been torched...:huh:

[JustABill]

Too much thought into an episode. I don't put any thought into anything Doctor Who. I just sit back and let it be a fun 30 minute/1 hour ride. Otherwise you could pick apart and find a flaw in anything ever done on this show in it's long history.

[TheCorpulent1]

I didn't like the way that the Sontaran's were done. A race that essentially lives for war shouldn't be sneaking around, being very quiet about everything. Surely, they would have gone to Earth, blown everything up and then set up the gas thingies. And how the hell didn't people see the giant spaceship?!
You're upset that a race who live for war decided to use covert tactics, which are, in fact, an element of all modern war tactics? Granted, I don't know what the Sontarans were like before, but if all they did was engage in open warfare and bumble around shooting things, I would think it'd be good to see them up their game a bit.

The bit about the sky burning was pretty stupid, though. But then again, the deus ex machina is a cornerstone of Doctor Who and all sci fi television in general, so you've gotta expect that sort of thing.

[ttotheusher]

Any new news on the xmas special?

Here's an article for what we know so far, with pictures.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-561218/David-Morrissey-star-Doctor-Who-Christmas-special-featuring-deadly-Cybermen.html

[black_dust]

1.5 million to make him to stay for 2010 season! rather alot of money! better not be my licence fee cash

[Lord Valumart]

1.5 million to make him to stay for 2010 season! rather alot of money! better not be my licence fee cash

no....your licence fee is going to the radio 1 lot being on holiday for most of the next week...

[chamber-music]

no....your licence fee is going to the radio 1 lot being on holiday for most of the next week...

The thought of my money paying Chris Moyales makes me feel violently ill

[ttotheusher]

The thought of my money paying Chris Moyales makes me feel violently ill

...as well as Terry Wogan and Bruce Forsythe. :cmad:

[Lord Valumart]

The thought of my money paying Chris Moyales makes me feel violently ill

yeh...it's a terrible thing to know you're the one paying to have the fat bastard talk crap and play 3 songs per hour...

[SpideyLad]

You're upset that a race who live for war decided to use covert tactics, which are, in fact, an element of all modern war tactics? Granted, I don't know what the Sontarans were like before, but if all they did was engage in open warfare and bumble around shooting things, I would think it'd be good to see them up their game a bit.


Ok, so you do actually have a point there...

...as well as Terry Wogan and Bruce Forsythe. :cmad:

Terry Wogan is awesome....:cmad:

But Forsythe should be dead like, five times by now.:huh:

[union_jak]

yeh...it's a terrible thing to know you're the one paying to have the fat bastard talk crap and play 3 songs per hour...
3 songs? You're being generous. It's more like 2 songs and one mock up.

[Lord Valumart]

3 songs? You're being generous. It's more like 2 songs and one mock up.

welll i did like will mellor...ellor...ellor...ellor...

[black_dust]

The thought of my money paying Chris Moyales makes me feel violently ill

I dont know anyone who like him and yet he is still on air... they are even thinking of giving him a chat show on C4 wtf??? and hes on 8 out of 10 cats tonight so thats ****ed my night right up

[Lord Valumart]

I dont know anyone who like him and yet he is still on air... they are even thinking of giving him a chat show on C4 wtf??? and hes on 8 out of 10 cats tonight so thats ****ed my night right up

what about bonekickers? surely thats a good thing...

[SpideyLad]

Has anyone seen that Radio 1 advert that plays at the cinema now? It's really annoying...

[JustABill]

I thought the Sun was an infamous English tabloid? I really can't see them paying Tennant 1.5 million to stay as the Doctor. The cast of Friends didn't even get that until like their 800th season and that show had a broader fan base.

[Lord Valumart]

I thought the Sun was an infamous English tabloid? I really can't see them paying Tennant 1.5 million to stay as the Doctor. The cast of Friends didn't even get that until like their 800th season and that show had a broader fan base.

the 1.5 is for the series...

the cast of friends was geting like a million per episode by series 8 i think...

and dr who has a MUCH bigger fan base...

[SpideyLad]

I thought the Sun was an infamous English tabloid? I really can't see them paying Tennant 1.5 million to stay as the Doctor. The cast of Friends didn't even get that until like their 800th season and that show had a broader fan base.

The Sun is the infamous tabloid. And I must agree, 1.5 million is quite alot, but it may happen.

[JustABill]

No, sorry, a science fiction show is a niche genre. It's not everyone's cup of tea, where as a show like Friends sadly has more of a market to everyone.

And 1.5 for the series is still a steep price point. That's 1.5 million they could put towards specials effects. I mean Tennant's a popular Doctor and all, but isn't the point of this series that it can continue with a new fresh face in the role? Why pay so much money to keep someone when you can get a new fresh face and still keep the show on the air?

[TheCorpulent1]

I don't really know what actors get paid in England, but $1.5 million for 13 episodes is about $116,000 per episode, which is a pretty good paycheck for a major US TV star but not outlandishly huge or anything.

[black_dust]

what about bonekickers? surely thats a good thing...

Bonekickers is wank LV, should call it casumhunters seeing as they are in big freaking holes each week.


lol $1.5 million no no no 1.5 million pounds!!! which in your land is over 3 million dollars which is over 200,000 per episode in dollars

[SpideyLad]

No, sorry, a science fiction show is a niche genre. It's not everyone's cup of tea, where as a show like Friends sadly has more of a market to everyone.

And 1.5 for the series is still a steep price point. That's 1.5 million they could put towards specials effects. I mean Tennant's a popular Doctor and all, but isn't the point of this series that it can continue with a new fresh face in the role? Why pay so much money to keep someone when you can get a new fresh face and still keep the show on the air?

Doctor Who is huge over here, hence the Saturday night 6/7pm time slot that it has. If it wasn't everyone's cup of tea, it'd be put on Monday night at 8pm.

Tennant was voted the most popular Doctor recently, so it would make sense that the Beeb wants to keep him for as long as possible. Yes, the show does mean that the actors can change, but since The Doctor only has a few regenerations left. Granted, they'll do some magical hocus pocus to stop that from happening, but they won't want to constant change the actor every series to get there straight away.

[JustABill]

I get it's huge over there. And pretty big here as well, but generally scifi is very niche genre.

[SpideyLad]

I get it's huge over there. And pretty big here as well, but generally scifi is very niche genre.

Yes, Sci-Fi is, but Doctor Who breaks those boundries. When the series is on TV, it's in all the newspapers, the TV guides, occasionally even in the news. Merchandise is all over the place as well. To be fair, it's family show.

[black_dust]

Yes, Sci-Fi is, but Doctor Who breaks those boundries. When the series is on TV, it's in all the newspapers, the TV guides, occasionally even in the news. Merchandise is all over the place as well. To be fair, it's family show.

Yup from 3 to 93 everyone loves it

[Lord Valumart]

I get it's huge over there. And pretty big here as well, but generally scifi is very niche genre.

it's not just sci fi...one week it can be a historical drama another it can be whizzing about running from some reanimated coprse...

or atleast it was in 70's/80's...somehow it's suddenly all become about aliens and crap now...:huh:

[JustABill]

I'd still classify it as science fiction no matter what they are running from/trying to defeat this week. I think the reason being is because the primary character is an alien being.

[Lord Valumart]

yeh, but most sci fi is just spaceships and aliens...dr who is more than that...all i'm saying...

[Bastila]

no....your licence fee is going to the radio 1 lot being on holiday for most of the next week...

Oh man don't say that...I want someone to pay for my holidays lol


Spidey that advert at the cinema is annoying Im like I don't care what music you play as the mp3 in my car is better lol.


Randomly off topic there....


what the frak 1.5million for DW no way? thats not real.

[TheCorpulent1]

I get it's huge over there. And pretty big here as well, but generally scifi is very niche genre.
Generally, yes. But remember, Lost and Heroes are also technically sci fi shows and look at the sort of ratings those monsters pulled in. Viewership has fluctuated, but both of those shows transcend the usual genre limitations and garner tons more viewers than most other sci fi shows. There are some exceptions to the niche sci fi rule, and Doctor Who appears to be one of them (I can't say for certain, since I don't live in the UK).

[Bastila]

Doctor Who is Sci Fi, theres no way you couldn't call it sci fi lol its got aliens, other worlds, time travel etc duh of course its sci fi lol.

[SpideyLad]

Oh man don't say that...I want someone to pay for my holidays lol


Spidey that advert at the cinema is annoying Im like I don't care what music you play as the mp3 in my car is better lol.


Randomly off topic there....


what the frak 1.5million for DW no way? thats not real.

You have an MP3 player in your car?

And the advert is annoying. It's too long, and you can't help but laugh at Westwood when he's pretty much going "I'm amazing!!! I rock!!! WORSHIP ME!!!!!!!!". I mean, come on, how old is the man? 40? 50? He just screams mid-life crisis...

[The Englishman]

I don't really know what actors get paid in England, but $1.5 million for 13 episodes is about $116,000 per episode, which is a pretty good paycheck for a major US TV star but not outlandishly huge or anything.
No it's £1.5 million (Pound) not $1.5 million a series, so that would mean he would be getting around $3 million a series....

[black_dust]

No it's £1.5 million (Pound) not $1.5 million a series, so that would mean he would be getting around $3 million a series....

Echo echo echo!! :whatever::o

[COMPO]

You have an MP3 player in your car?

And the advert is annoying. It's too long, and you can't help but laugh at Westwood when he's pretty much going "I'm amazing!!! I rock!!! WORSHIP ME!!!!!!!!". I mean, come on, how old is the man? 40? 50? He just screams mid-life crisis...

awww i hatet he guy at the beginning were he's trying to say hi. And Westwood I agree mid-life crisis. Didn't amy winehouse say taht she heard he phones his wife five minutes before he comes home so she can put on his music for when he comes in... sad sad man :D

I dont know anyone who like him and yet he is still on air... they are even thinking of giving him a chat show on C4 wtf??? and hes on 8 out of 10 cats tonight so thats ****ed my night right up

come on, do we really need Chris Moyles to have a chat show I mean, if he does it'll be on saturday because all the **** is on that day... you can tell tv's down hill by the main tv show of the night "last choir standing"

[04nbod]

I got my davros boxset yesterday. Ive seen Genesis of the Daleks and Destiny of the daleks so far. Its a great collection but if I hear 'exterminate' one more time someone is in for a beating!

In other news DT.com is saying this is the last vanilla cover

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BhIukfkrL._SL500_.jpg

i'm disappointed with it.

[COMPO]

hey does Jackie really warrant a space on the dvd she didnt do much.

[SpideyLad]

awww i hatet he guy at the beginning were he's trying to say hi. And Westwood I agree mid-life crisis. Didn't amy winehouse say taht she heard he phones his wife five minutes before he comes home so she can put on his music for when he comes in... sad sad man :D


Apparently, he calls his wife five minutes before he arrives, so that she has time to put on some music, and he can barge in the door screaming "WESTWOOD IS IN DA HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!". How she puts up with it, I'll never know...

And after consulting my good friend Wikipedia, he's 50...:wow:

[union_jak]

hey does Jackie really warrant a space on the dvd she didnt do much.
It should just be Gita from EastEnders, she was the star of the show afterall :woot:

[SpideyLad]

It should just be Gita from EastEnders, she was the star of the show afterall :woot:

Who did she play?

[IronLion]

another asian that rtd killed. lol.

[Lord Valumart]

I got my davros boxset yesterday. Ive seen Genesis of the Daleks and Destiny of the daleks so far. Its a great collection but if I hear 'exterminate' one more time someone is in for a beating!

never have i seen then point in that boxset...and i never will

the fact it's in a foldy cardboard thing is the most annoying part...i wanna be able to put stories in order damnit:cmad: and if i'm bored and have enough time...i wanna be able to put them in order of when they take place...:cmad::huh:

[Logan's Lady]

the fact it's in a foldy cardboard thing is the most annoying part...i wanna be able to put stories in order damnit:cmad: and if i'm bored and have enough time...i wanna be able to put them in order of when they take place...:cmad::huh:

:eek: do you really take them out of order and put them in order of when they take place? :dry: :(

[Logan's Lady]

the fact it's in a foldy cardboard thing is the most annoying part...i wanna be able to put stories in order damnit:cmad: and if i'm bored and have enough time...i wanna be able to put them in order of when they take place...:cmad::huh:

:eek: do you really take them out of order and put them in order of when they take place? :dry: :(

[04nbod]

I just buy when they are cheap! Plus there is bonus audio dramas with THE MCGANN!!

[04nbod]

I just buy when they are cheap! Plus there is bonus audio dramas with THE MCGANN!!

[Lord Valumart]

:eek: do you really take them out of order and put them in order of when they take place? :dry: :(
if i had the time to waste and the mood took me then yes...i'd try...
I just buy when they are cheap! Plus there is bonus audio dramas with THE MCGANN!!

only one has mcgann...and you can get that on the ebays for like £5...

[COMPO]

Apparently, he calls his wife five minutes before he arrives, so that she has time to put on some music, and he can barge in the door screaming "WESTWOOD IS IN DA HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!". How she puts up with it, I'll never know...

And after consulting my good friend Wikipedia, he's 50...:wow:

yeah amy winehouse said that on Never Mind the Buzz*****. 2bh, wouldn't you be annoyed easily living with him.

[Speedball]

I was watching Shaun of the Dead today, and noticed something funny about a few of the lines.
When Shaun goes to get his mom, she says she called the Doctor, and Shaun says the Doctors not coming.
I just thought it was funny because both of them were in Doctor Who at some point...and Harriet Jones had to prepare for a day when the Doctor wouldn't be there.

[COMPO]

^and it was the day the dead rose. lol

[COMPO]

^and it was the day the dead rose. lol

[04nbod]

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[Lord Valumart]

well....thats annoying...

i have my dwm on order so i have no control of which one i get...:csad:

[chamber-music]

Steven Moffat to Steven Spielberg: Do Not Want
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The new man in charge of Doctor Who turned down a £500,000 movie deal with Steven Spielberg so he could take the job.

Bafta-winning scriptwriter Steven Moffat has quit a two-picture deal with the director and Lord Of The Rings film-maker Peter Jackson to fulfil a 'childhood dream' of working on the BBC sci-fi drama.

Moffat, who created hit BBC comedy series Coupling, had signed a £1million contract to write the first two scripts for Tintin, a £150million Spielberg trilogy based on the comic-strip hero.



But instead the Scottish writer will take over as the creative force of Doctor Who after Welsh writer Russell T. Davies, who revived the series in 2005, decided to step down.

While some Hollywood movie executives are baffled by Moffat's decision, he was given a sympathetic hearing by Spielberg, who is a fan of the long-running drama currently starring David Tennant.

Moffat said: 'I know a lot of people won't understand it but I've been dreaming about writing for Doctor Who since I was seven.

'There are no bad feelings between Spielberg and me, but Doctor Who has to come before Hollywood.

'The show has enjoyed a renaissance. I am working on scripts to be filmed next year. Russell T. Davies is doing four specials next and then my shows will begin. The show is all-consuming.'

One Hollywood insider said: 'No one walks away from Spielberg and all that money for a show no one has heard of. I mean, what is this doctor show about? It sounds a little silly.'

In fact, the programme has an estimated global audience of 250million thanks to overseas sales.

Among the best-received episodes this year was a two-parter written by Moffat and featuring Alex Kingston in a guest star role.

Moffat told The Mail on Sunday: 'I was under contract to do the first two of the three Tintin films. I completed the first one and then the Hollywood writers' strike happened and I couldn't work.

'I was offered the Doctor Who job and accepted immediately. I hope you won't make what happened sound too dramatic.

'I talked to Steven and he understood completely.

'I could not work on the second Tintin film and work on Doctor Who. So I chose Doctor Who.

'Steven is a fan and he understood my passion for the series completely.'

Asked to confirm that he had walked away from £500,000, he said: 'I honestly couldn't tell you the financial implications. That is all handled by my agent. I know I've made a good decision.'

Some experts estimate his pay packet for Doctor Who could be 'not more than £150,000' a year.

Tintin, about a boy reporter, his faithful dog Snowy and their friend Captain Haddock, is Spielberg's pet project. He is due to start filming in September, sharing directing duties with Peter Jackson.

You go Moffat

[TheCorpulent1]

It's a shame Moffat couldn't do Tintin, but I'm glad he's got such enthusiasm for Doctor Who.

That quote from a "Hollywood insider" reeks of douchebagginess, though. Seriously, a show no one's heard of? Despite the fact that it's practically a British institution and it's been popularized for many, many people here in America by PBS for decades? Bleh.

[Speedball]

They should reveal this "Hollywood Insiders" name so us American fans can eliminate him.
How about trying to get Spielberg involved...now THERE'S an idea!

[Captain_BluTac]

What a twazzock, Doctor Who is all very well and good, but you would have to be a complete **** to turn down that kind of money.

[DX]

well....thats annoying...

i have my dwm on order so i have no control of which one i get...:csad:
Does it even matter at the end of the day? :huh:

[Lord Valumart]

Does it even matter at the end of the day? :huh:

...i swear to god it's like some people around here don;t even know me...

[DX]

...i swear to god it's like some people around here don;t even know me...
Well...what's the problem?

[TheCorpulent1]

What a twazzock, Doctor Who is all very well and good, but you would have to be a complete **** to turn down that kind of money.
I doubt he'll be living on scraps working on Doctor Who, dude. If it's the difference between getting paid reasonably for fulfilling a lifelong dream and getting paid a ridiculous amount for a project you're not as enthusiastic about, I'd go with the former as well.

[Lord Valumart]

Well...what's the problem?

i don;t wanna end up with the rose one:csad:

[DX]

i don;t wanna end up with the rose one:csad:
...It'll still be the same magazine...

[Captain_BluTac]

I doubt he'll be living on scraps working on Doctor Who, dude. If it's the difference between getting paid reasonably for fulfilling a lifelong dream and getting paid a ridiculous amount for a project you're not as enthusiastic about, I'd go with the former as well.

Still seems pretty stupid to me.:o

[Lord Valumart]

...It'll still be the same magazine...

is that really what you think? it'll be FAR from the same magazine...:csad:

[TheCorpulent1]

Still seems pretty stupid to me.:o
That's probably because you're dead inside and all your dreams have turned to dust. :o

[DX]

is that really what you think? it'll be FAR from the same magazine...:csad:
"ZOMGZ TEH ROSE IS ON TEH COVERZ!!!!!!!!! TEH MAGAZINEZ IS RUINED!!11!!!!"




:whatever::o

[TheCorpulent1]

Interesting fact: that's actually how LV talks in real life.

[Captain_BluTac]

That's probably because you're dead inside and all your dreams have turned to dust. :o

They haven't actually, but I would always put them on a back burner, for that kind money

[Lord Valumart]

"ZOMGZ TEH ROSE IS ON TEH COVERZ!!!!!!!!! TEH MAGAZINEZ IS RUINED!!11!!!!"




:whatever::o
no...it's just i'd rather have one of the better ones...
Interesting fact: that's actually how LV talks in real life.

less interesting fact: it's not

[SpideyLad]

less interesting fact: it's not

I can vouch for this....Sadly...:csad:

[chamber-music]

I doubt he'll be living on scraps working on Doctor Who, dude. If it's the difference between getting paid reasonably for fulfilling a lifelong dream and getting paid a ridiculous amount for a project you're not as enthusiastic about, I'd go with the former as well.

Exactly his still getting £150,000' a year which is pretty damn good in my opinion (double that figure to convert it into dollars for Americans)

[COMPO]

hey does nayone know where I can watch the old series on the interent without havin to download? or is that against forum rules?

[TheCorpulent1]

Are you a Netflix subscriber? They've got a bunch of old serials on their Watch Now streaming thing.

[COMPO]

no im not. what's I'll sign up thanks mate.

[TheCorpulent1]

Oh, it's an online DVD rental service. I don't think it's available outside the US, though. Sorry, I didn't take location into consideration.

[vindrow]

hey does nayone know where I can watch the old series on the interent without havin to download? or is that against forum rules?



Try Surfthechannel.com....they have 700 episodes starting in 1963 and going up from there, up to season 27. No downloading just streaming.

[TheCorpulent1]

Holy crap, thanks for that. I hadn't been able to find "An Unearthly Child" before. Finally, I can watch the very first episode of Doctor Who. :D

[danb26]

Isn't the internet a beautiful thing!

[Lord Valumart]

Holy crap, thanks for that. I hadn't been able to find "An Unearthly Child" before. Finally, I can watch the very first episode of Doctor Who. :D

i wouldn't be too happy about that...it's bloody awful

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, I've watched three parts so far. The initial discovery of the TARDIS by Ian and Barbara was cool. The caveman stuff... not so much. :o

[Lord Valumart]

it does go down hill pretty quickly...

i bought the boxset with the first 2 stories in and i watched unearthly child because i felt i had to, and i watched some of the daleks but never finished it...i don;t even know what the 3rd one was called...edge of destruction i think...:huh:

[TheCorpulent1]

Really, even the Daleks' very first appearance is lame? That sucks. I was looking forward to that one next.

[Lord Valumart]

the daleks first apperance is hella sucky...

dalek invasion of earth on the other hand is much better, if you ignore the dr throwing susan out of the tardis going "go away and do good in the world i'm bored of you now...TO THE LABORITARIAM!!! weee..."

[TheCorpulent1]

Well, the more I see of Hartnell's Doctor, the more I realize that he's kind of a dick overall.

[Lord Valumart]

yeh...

i was thinking last night that the classic dr's(1-7, not counting mcgann cause he wasn;t actually in the origonal run) can be put into three groups

1. the grandfather (doc 1)
2. the uncle (doc 2-4)
3. the brother (doc 5-7)

the 2nd and 3rd groups can then be split further to describe each dr....

[TheCorpulent1]

Ha, yeah, I could see that. I've only had a lot of exposure to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 9th, and 10th, but I can see what you mean as it pertains to those. Troughton's totally the weird but lovable uncle, Pertwee's the super-cool uncle who shows up to every family gathering with a new woman who's half his age, and Hartnell is the crotchety old grandfather who just wants those damn kids off his lawn.

[Lord Valumart]

yeh, thats the sort of thing

hartnell's the grandfather who'll force you to gotothe bank with him to get his money uot even though he hates you
troughtan's the uncle who's going a bit mental but is tonnes of fun
pertwee's the uncle who'll say no in public but when everyone's backis turned will pass you his can of beer
t. baker is the uncle that isn;t really an uncle and leaves knifes out when he knows the kids are coming round
davison is the older brother who trys to help you out all the time but only ever makes things worse
c. baker is the annoying younger brother who demands stuff then forgets why he demanded the stuff in thefirst place and makes some back joke
mccoy is the strange twin who's always ploting to annoy the other twin but never really goes through with it

i guess mcgann would be the unfomfortably older brother, by like 10 years difference who's a hit with all the women for a reason no one understands...:huh:

[TheCorpulent1]

It's the hair, dude.

How about the current series' Doctors? The 9th and 10th both strike me as brothers. Eccleston is like the older brother who's goofy most of the time but will still kick his little brother when his back is turned. Tennant is like the super-ADD, hyperactive kid brother who's fascinated by everything.

[Lord Valumart]

i thnik 9th would be the cousin that no one really has any connection tobut he always apears just for the womens...

10th is probably the guy you don;t notice until he sys something really stupid , overly intellegent and mood killing then you somehow know he's the guy you wanna be next to when the drunks are moving to the exit...

[Bastila]

i don;t wanna end up with the rose one:csad:

hahaha for my sake I hope you do....so I can laugh....

:p

Nothing wrong with Rose I like her character was watching some 9th Doctor today I love eccles.

[vindrow]

Holy crap, thanks for that. I hadn't been able to find "An Unearthly Child" before. Finally, I can watch the very first episode of Doctor Who. :D



No problem...I stumbled upon the site while looking for a site where I could wacth episodes of Dexter, Criminal Minds, Torchwood and Primeval and saw all those Doctor Who episodes...It was like hitting the motherload.:woot:

[TheCorpulent1]

Seriously. 700 episodes!

[The Squirrel]

Try Surfthechannel.com....they have 700 episodes starting in 1963 and going up from there, up to season 27. No downloading just streaming.

HOLY GRAIL BATMAN!!!!:brucebat:

[COMPO]

ok I maybe bringing an old subject back but, I'm not sure and I'm just wondering so please nobody report me or have a go.

Once Tennants gone who would you like to be the Doctor?

AAANNND

What would you what the Doctor to be like?

[Kahoot]

the daleks first apperance is hella sucky...

dalek invasion of earth on the other hand is much better, if you ignore the dr throwing susan out of the tardis going "go away and do good in the world i'm bored of you now...TO THE LABORITARIAM!!! weee..."
He gets bored of his grand daughter and throws her away? :wow: Please tell me that's a joke.

[TheCorpulent1]

She chooses to stay in a dystopic future because she falls in love with some dude, as far as I know. But I haven't actually seen the serial.

[JustABill]

Too many of his companions leave him because they fall in love with a man from what I can tell. Susan, Jo, Peri, all right off the top of my head. Hell, even Rose to a certain degree. :confused:

[TheCorpulent1]

Don't forget Martha left him because she fell in love with him but knew she couldn't have him.

It makes sense, though. The Doctor's emotionally unavailable when people are handling him properly (i.e. not having him fall in love with some random shopgirl, Davies, or some random scientist or the Madame de Pompadour, Moffat :cmad: ). Probably the only companion he might've been able to have feelings for is Romana, but I don't think anything happened there. And now she's dead and stuff.

[JustABill]

With the track record of prominent Time Lords so far. I'd say ''dead" in quotation marks, Corp. The Master came back, probably will come back again. Jenny was introduced, died, came back. Hints by Davies The Rani might be out there with the Master's Ring.

[Kahoot]

Too many of his companions leave him because they fall in love with a man from what I can tell. Susan, Jo, Peri, all right off the top of my head. Hell, even Rose to a certain degree. :confused:
I don't remember any of his male companions leaving coz they fell in love with a man.


Don't forget Martha left him because she fell in love with him but knew she couldn't have him.

It makes sense, though. The Doctor's emotionally unavailable when people are handling him properly (i.e. not having him fall in love with some random shopgirl, Davies, or some random scientist or the Madame de Pompadour, Moffat :cmad: ). Probably the only companion he might've been able to have feelings for is Romana, but I don't think anything happened there. And now she's dead and stuff.
Madame de Pompadour was cool, hot and part of a mystery at the time. Plus she could reverse the Vulcan Mind Meld, it's always handy to have someone that can do that with you.

[Logan's Lady]

Madame de Pompadour was cool, hot and part of a mystery at the time. Plus she could reverse the Vulcan Mind Meld, it's always handy to have someone that can do that with you.

Ugh, I hated him falling for Madame de Pompadour...... he hardly knew her. Like for 1 day and he fell in love with her? It was so annoying :cmad:

But hey.. Kahoot.. haven't seen ya around in ages. It's nice to see ya :)

[JustABill]

Let's not forget he practically was swooning all over the tree lady after he only knew her for probably at most 3 hours in just the second episode of the new series.

[Logan's Lady]

Let's not forget he practically was swooning all over the tree lady after he only knew her for probably at most 3 hours in just the second episode of the new series.

I don't believe I've seen that one yet...........

still catching up on all the episodes ;)

[Kahoot]

Ugh, I hated him falling for Madame de Pompadour...... he hardly knew her. Like for 1 day and he fell in love with her? It was so annoying :cmad:

But hey.. Kahoot.. haven't seen ya around in ages. It's nice to see ya :)
But Madame de Pompadour was a weird mystory, she had robots from the future going after her for no reason. He'd have taken her on one trip and droped her off coz she wasn't all that.

Oh yeah, I got a girl friend and I've not been on line much so CS and SHH had to take a back seat for a while.


Let's not forget he practically was swooning all over the tree lady after he only knew her for probably at most 3 hours in just the second episode of the new series.
That did kinda bug me but I let them off coz Russel T. Davies hadn't been writing Dr Who for long.


I don't believe I've seen that one yet...........

still catching up on all the episodes ;)
You don't own them yet!

[TheCorpulent1]

With the track record of prominent Time Lords so far. I'd say ''dead" in quotation marks, Corp. The Master came back, probably will come back again. Jenny was introduced, died, came back. Hints by Davies The Rani might be out there with the Master's Ring.
I wonder if Susan's still out there.

[JustABill]

Was Susan's parents ever shown? I know from the little I know of her time with the Doctor, it was always very vague if she was even really his ''granddaughter" or a ''Time Lord" for that matter.

[TheCorpulent1]

Well, she was about as knowledgeable as a Time Lord, since she knew science and history well beyond the standard for Earth in 1963. Granted, that could easily just be due to the Doctor raising her even if she's not physically a Time Lord. I don't think we ever learned much about her parentage, although the Doctor confirmed to Donna in the last series that he'd been a father. So the implication is naturally that Susan was indeed his biological granddaughter.

Then again, weren't all Time Lords supposed to be sterile? I thought that's what the Loom was for--procreation through cloning.

[SpideyLad]

I don't believe I've seen that one yet...........

still catching up on all the episodes ;)

It was Eccelston's second episode...Surely you've seen that...

Was Susan's parents ever shown? I know from the little I know of her time with the Doctor, it was always very vague if she was even really his ''granddaughter" or a ''Time Lord" for that matter.

Her parents were never shown.

[JustABill]

I wouldn't mind Susan not being his true biological grand-daughter. I would prefer her to be just someone the Doctor raised as his own grand-daughter, but then that probably wouldn't make some fans happy.

But what if Jenny turns out by some weird timey-wimey stuff to be Susan's mother? o_O

[TheCorpulent1]

I imagine the Doctor would've recognized her when she stepped out of the cloning device if that were the case.

[JustABill]

True. Not all of time is solidified though. Some things are in flux. It's a bad idea, but then alot of bad ideas have been made on good shows.

[ttotheusher]

I still believe that Jenny can regenerate, her revival at the end of "The Doctors Daughter" was just the atmosphere converter reviving her, Spock-style.

[TheCorpulent1]

But she didn't regenerate. She just got better. Same body.

Plus, didn't the Doctor say in series three that he would recognize the Master no matter what body he was in, so long as he was a Time Lord again?

[JustABill]

Yeah, but that's The Doctor's practically gay lover, of course he's gonna recognize him. :rolleyes:

[TheCorpulent1]

Don't give Davies any ideas for the specials. :o

[ttotheusher]

I was just reading up on the Mirror Universe in Star Trek, and it got me thinking: Is there a parallel Doctor in another dimension? Same goes for Time Lords and the Master. I'd love to see a more aggresive, judgemental Doctor.

[TheCorpulent1]

Could be. Or, since they've mastered time and dimensional travel, maybe they're the only versions of themselves in the entire multiverse or omniverse or whatever.

[ttotheusher]

Whoops, carried on reading, and saw that the Third Doctor serial "Inferno" kinda covers the ground I was thinking of.

[Logan's Lady]

It was Eccelston's second episode...Surely you've seen that...

No... that's one I missed. I have to go back and watch all those because the episodes I saw of Eccleston were on Sci-Fi channel and were not in order :(

After I finish with season 3 I'm gonna go back to Season 1 and make sure I've seen them all...

Hey SL, you on your PS3 again?

[SpideyLad]

But she didn't regenerate. She just got better. Same body.

Plus, didn't the Doctor say in series three that he would recognize the Master no matter what body he was in, so long as he was a Time Lord again?
Yeah, but he couldn't detect him cause the ArchAngel Network was hiding him.
No... that's one I missed. I have to go back and watch all those because the episodes I saw of Eccleston were on Sci-Fi channel and were not in order :(

After I finish with season 3 I'm gonna go back to Season 1 and make sure I've seen them all...

Hey SL, you on your PS3 again?

Stop giving away my secrets!!!!:oldrazz:

[Logan's Lady]

Stop giving away my secrets!!!!:oldrazz:

I wasn't trying to give your secrets away...... i'm sorry :(

I was just wanting to chat with you on MSN , but you weren't answering. So I was trying to figure where you were.

[SpideyLad]

I wasn't trying to give your secrets away...... i'm sorry :(

I was just wanting to chat with you on MSN , but you weren't answering. So I was trying to figure where you were.

Oh, sorry. :csad:

I may be on later though.

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, but he couldn't detect him cause the ArchAngel Network was hiding him.
Right. Hey, come to think of it, he said that he would know if any other Time Lords were even alive after the Time War. Shouldn't he be able to sense that Jenny's still alive?

[Logan's Lady]

Oh, sorry. :csad:
I may be on later though.
I might be gone to work by then........... oh well.
*Hugs*
Right. Hey, come to think of it, he said that he would know if any other Time Lords were even alive after the Time War. Shouldn't he be able to sense that Jenny's still alive?
Oohh, that's a good point.
I wonder when he's gonna figure out that Jenny IS still alive.

[TheCorpulent1]

Probably whenever the showrunners can wrangle Georgia Moffett into appearing again. Although, I think she and Tennant were dating and then broke up, so that may make things difficult...

[JustABill]

Maybe the Doctor was just trying to be all emo and said it because he wanted to impress Martha. (I believe he said that to her.)

I can see her now. ''WOW! GEE GOLY WILKERS! YOU CAN DO THAT?!"

[JustABill]

Probably whenever the showrunners can wrangle Georgia Moffett into appearing again. Although, I think she and Tennant were dating and then broke up, so that may make things difficult...
Tennant and Moffett broke up? That sucks. They were a sexy couple. :(

Hopefully Moffett hasn't changed her mind about returning to the role now.

[TheCorpulent1]

Oh, I don't know for sure. I thought I heard they had, but I could easily be wrong. You Brits are likelier to have more reliable celebrity gossip about Tennant than I am.
Maybe the Doctor was just trying to be all emo and said it because he wanted to impress Martha. (I believe he said that to her.)

I can see her now. ''WOW! GEE GOLY WILKERS! YOU CAN DO THAT?!"
Yeah, I don't think that's true. Of course, a lot of things seem to be different after the Time War, so maybe the Doctor's magic Time-Lord-sense no longer tingles properly...

On a completely separate note, I just had a random thought: The Doctor's been traveling through time with human companions for over 40 years now, right? Wouldn't it be cool if one of his new companions were actually the child of one of his old companions? Say Ben and Polly wound up getting married after leaving the Doctor and had a kid, and that kid grew up hearing tales of the Doctor their whole life, and then they actually meet the Doctor in the present and become a companion. That could be kind of cool, especially with the Tenth Doctor's love of so much stuff having to do with his past adventures.

[Kahoot]

Probably whenever the showrunners can wrangle Georgia Moffett into appearing again. Although, I think she and Tennant were dating and then broke up, so that may make things difficult...
Tennant and Moffett broke up? But I only just heard they were going out yesterday... Damn, that was fast.

[TheCorpulent1]

Okay, I'm probably wrong, then. Like I said, I wasn't sure, and if two of you UK'ers say they're still together, I'm inclined to believe you.

[JustABill]

I'm not from the UK. From the States here. :o

And yeah, I've always liked the idea of a relative or offspring of one of The Doctor's companions becoming a companion themselves. In fact, I'm planning a series 5/series 6 fan fic of Doctor Who, and had already thought about the possiblity of Jo and her hubby's kid, or even The Doctor bumping into Tony Tyler.

[Kahoot]

Okay, I'm probably wrong, then. Like I said, I wasn't sure, and if two of you UK'ers say they're still together, I'm inclined to believe you.
I might be from the UK but I'm not really up to date these days.



I'm not from the UK. From the States here. :o

And yeah, I've always liked the idea of a relative or offspring of one of The Doctor's companions becoming a companion themselves. In fact, I'm planning a series 5/series 6 fan fic of Doctor Who, and had already thought about the possiblity of Jo and her hubby's kid, or even The Doctor bumping into Tony Tyler.
I think it best that the Doctor not really know it's a past companions kid till near the end of the story. I don't think he'd wanna indanger a past companions kid.

[TheCorpulent1]

Oh, sorry about the location mix-up.

[Kahoot]

Okay, I'm probably wrong, then. Like I said, I wasn't sure, and if two of you UK'ers say they're still together, I'm inclined to believe you.
I might be from the UK but I'm not really up to date these days.



I'm not from the UK. From the States here. :o

And yeah, I've always liked the idea of a relative or offspring of one of The Doctor's companions becoming a companion themselves. In fact, I'm planning a series 5/series 6 fan fic of Doctor Who, and had already thought about the possiblity of Jo and her hubby's kid, or even The Doctor bumping into Tony Tyler.
I think it best that the Doctor not really know it's a past companions kid till near the end of the story. I don't think he'd wanna indanger a past companions kid.

[TheCorpulent1]

I was thinking what if the Brigadier had a kid who's a totally anti-soldier humanitarian like the Tenth Doctor? That could be fun.

[JustABill]

The Brigadier having an anti-soldier kid? That would be damn near impossible. He/She would come of her mother's womb carrying a bowie knife and a assault rifle. :D

[TheCorpulent1]

Haha, it could happen. Every kid wants to rebel at some point. Plus, it would make for some really fun Brigadier guest appearances. :up:

[Lord Valumart]

The Brigadier having an anti-soldier kid? That would be damn near impossible. He/She would come of her mother's womb carrying a bowie knife and a assault rifle. :D

that would never happen...it'd come out with the moustache and a cane pointing to it's mother saying "woman with the bleeding there...3 pain killers rapid"

i admit that joke was funnier in my head

[TheCorpulent1]

I don't think I've seen enough of the Brigadier to get it. :( I've only really seen one or two serials with him.

[Lord Valumart]

you need to watch more UNIT serials...

watch Silurians:up:

[TheCorpulent1]

I am watching more UNIT serials. I just started watching Third Doctor stuff late last week. I took a break from it these past couple of days to watch "An Unearthly Child" 'cause it's the very first serial and I felt I should see it at least once. (You were right, by the way, it totally wasn't worth watching.)

[Lord Valumart]

pertwee's the man when it comes to adventure who:up:

and yeh...i've found that a fair bit of the stuff you feel you need to watch is pretty bad...(yes, even genisis)

[TheCorpulent1]

I always think they're important milestones! :(

Has any other Doctor displayed any sort of physical prowess besides Pertwee's? My jaw almost dropped when I saw him physically fight Omega in "The Three Doctors." I mean, yeah, they were basically just dancing and flopping each other around, but that's still a much more physical confrontation than I've seen any other Doctor engage in.

Oh, wait, I just remembered Tennant's Doctor can fence, at least. But were there any others?

[Lord Valumart]

well that fight with omgea was in the mind wasn;t it...but yeh...he's really the only one to fully actualyl attack people and fight back...

colin baker once killed a man...but lets be honest, we try and forget he existed...

[TheCorpulent1]

Haha, I'll have to keep that in mind when I get up to his episodes. His outfit is pretty awful right off the bat, though.

I wonder if McGann physically fought anyone in the Time War.

But, really, it'd be cool if the Doctor had to resort to physical violence at some point. Like, he comes up against some alien that's even smarter than he is but physically weak, so he realizes the most effective way of dealing with it is to simply punch it in the face. That'd be funny.

[04nbod]

Eight's a lover not a fighter. Mcgann though. He's scouse so would really do you in down a dark alley.

[COMPO]

i liked when Pertwee flipped people wasn't Baker a little physical as well at times throwing people?

[psychocheeseman]

As much as I would love Rose to have a happy ending. The idea of the Doctor splitting in two and one being human sounds utterly retarded as does the idea that Rose would settle for a Doctor clone.

Yep, it was an utterly retarded idea. Growing a new doctor from a hand was stupid. Us sci-fi nerds can even come up with adequate pseudo science to explain it away...

I think that the Donna is The Master theories are ridiculous.

But could it be possible that she's The Rani?
That is exactly what i was hoping, Admitedly you would have expected her to have a few evil sociopathic moments through out the season (even if she was in human form with no memory of being the Rani) BUt the Rani could have saved the day in much the way Donna did (but in a far less annoying way)


I have grown to like Tennant a great deal, and I don't want to lose him at this stage. He was gunned down by a Dalek's energy beam, however, and his regeneration had begun. It would cheapen both those elements of the mythology if they were reversed or betrayed, unless the reasons were absolutely compelling.

You're right, it cheapened it. I mean, remember what the p.davidson to C.Baker regeneration was like. Now it just seems the doctor can regenerate whenever he likes, or heal himself whenever he likes, he needs to be at least alittle vulnerable.

[TheCorpulent1]

Ew, Donna as the Rani would've sucked. I like Donna.

[The Squirrel]

pertwee's the man when it comes to adventure who:up:

and yeh...i've found that a fair bit of the stuff you feel you need to watch is pretty bad...(yes, even genisis)

Genisis of the Daleks was good.

[JustABill]

Yeah. Donna being the Rani would have pissed me off. I hated Donna's ending, but that would have been worse than what we got.

[Lord Valumart]

Genisis of the Daleks was good.

genisis was watchable but not exactly worhty of all the praise it gets

[04nbod]

genesis exudes goodness and important but isn't that enertaining. Sort of like 'The Pianist' Oscar worthy but you wouldn't watch it to be entertained. the same is true of genesis of the daleks. I rather watch The Visitation or City of death.

[TheCorpulent1]

I'm watching Doctor Who and the Silurians now. Pretty cool so far. I really like Pertwee.

[04nbod]

Doctor who is on Itunes in the US now- cheaper than the box sets

[Lord Valumart]

genesis exudes goodness and important but isn't that enertaining. Sort of like 'The Pianist' Oscar worthy but you wouldn't watch it to be entertained. the same is true of genesis of the daleks. I rather watch The Visitation or City of death.
personally if i wanted to be entertained i'd watch the two doctors or earthshock...gotta laugh when adric dies...
I'm watching Doctor Who and the Silurians now. Pretty cool so far. I really like Pertwee.

go pertwee....go pertwee...

it's perhaps one part too long but it really is one of the best dr who has to offer:up:

[Logan's Lady]

I'm watching Last of the Timelords.....

only about 1/3 of the way through it. Not quite sure what to make of it right now.

[TheCorpulent1]

That was one of the better episodes of series three. :up:

[Lord Valumart]

I'm watching Last of the Timelords.....

only about 1/3 of the way through it. Not quite sure what to make of it right now.

run...run while you still can:csad::csad:

[TheCorpulent1]

She's got another good episode before she needs to start running.

[Lord Valumart]

She's got another good episode before she needs to start running.

no...she left that behind with sound of drums...

mind you on 2nd veiwing of the end "trilogy" it wans;t as pish as i thought...probably cause i knew what to expect and had no hopes what so ever...

[TheCorpulent1]

Oh, wow, I totally got the episode titles confused. I thought "Last of the Time Lords" was the first episode of the finale, which is in fact "Utopia." She could at least watch, like, the first half hour safely. But after that, it's time to "love the running," as they say. :)

[Lord Valumart]

when you take this episode and the series 4 ending regeneration is being treated as a joke...

[TheCorpulent1]

The fact that the Master aged the Doctor into some freaky alien midget has bugged me ever since I learned that the first Doctor regenerated into the second after essentially dying of old age. If his first body was so old that it just keeled over and died and he just looked like any other old man at the time, how can his tenth somehow age to the point that it barely looked human? :huh:

[Lord Valumart]

well the first dr was whizzing around fighting cybermen at the time... the 10th was pretty much kept as a pet...

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, but even if you keep someone in perfect comfort, I doubt they're going to live to the point that their entire physiology just magically shrinks. I guess I'll just chalk it up to some weird property of the laser screwdriver/Lazarus machine technology.

[The Squirrel]

The mini-doctor was weird/stupid.

[Logan's Lady]

I didn't like that midget doctor ..... he was scary and just kinda dumb lookin.

What really shocked me and made me mad was the whole Jack comment abou the Face of Boe. I really liked the mysteriousness behind the Face of Boe........ but now that's all gone :(

[Manic]

About the Mini-Doctor: I like to pretend that didn't happen, and the Doctor was just a regular old man throughout the episode.

Face of Boe: I like to think of it as a joke, like the people in Jack's hometown were calling him the Face of Boe as a joke. My last name is Webb, and some people called me Webster when I was younger. Doesn't mean I'm really Emmanuel Lewis, right?

[chamber-music]

mini old doctor looked like a house elf from harry potter and yes thats probabley the geekiest thing I have said all year

[TheCorpulent1]

The Face of Boe could still be someone different. Maybe it was some kid who grew up with Jack and was always jealous of him or something.

[The Squirrel]

I think that set up Jack as the face of boe... with his whole immortal thing going on. It's him.

[TheCorpulent1]

There's still plenty of time for events to take a different turn. For all we know, the Face of Boe could be the Doctor himself, and he just took the name as a way of honoring Jack.

[The Squirrel]

If another writer changes it... I can see something else happening. But has far as RTD goes... Jack = Face of Boe.

[Bastila]

Still Jack being the face of boe, I would want to know how his face gets so big, and in a jar, and how he can telepathicly talk to people? actually.....could he talk??

[TheCorpulent1]

Mostly, I want to know why he gets dreadlocks.

[Manic]

The interesting part is that we know the Face of Boe exists in the year 200,100 (he was one of the answers on The Weakest Link in "Bad Wolf"). That means it'll take (at most) 198,100 years for Jack to turn into the Face of Boe.
And he'll look the exact same in the year 3,000,000,000 (When the Doctor and Rose first meet Boe).
So... he rapidly changes into the Face of Boe, then stays that way for billions of years on end?

In New Earth, Boe said he was the last of the Boekind. So... I doubt he's Jack.

[TheCorpulent1]

Well, there's always the possibility that Jack is mutated by external forces. That's a pretty common thing in science fiction, and I don't recall one of the rules of Jack's immortality being that his body can't change.

[regwec]

Does The Doctor's penis regenerate to different sizes? Could this explain why some incarantions are jolly and carefree and some are cranky and tetchy?

[Captain_BluTac]

The fact that the Master aged the Doctor into some freaky alien midget has bugged me ever since I learned that the first Doctor regenerated into the second after essentially dying of old age. If his first body was so old that it just keeled over and died and he just looked like any other old man at the time, how can his tenth somehow age to the point that it barely looked human? :huh:

I think RTD is having a major mid life crisis and as such is viewing the aging process as some in some mental over the top RTD way, I mean you wonder how they turned The Doctor into some freaking Dobby looking thing, at least The Doctor has an alien body, Captain Jack is human and somehow ends up as the Face of Boe!

[Captain_BluTac]

Oh and RTD confirmed Jack = Face Of Boe and I don't think any new writer would want to keep in with continuity.:o

[Speedball]

The interesting part is that we know the Face of Boe exists in the year 200,100 (he was one of the answers on The Weakest Link in "Bad Wolf"). That means it'll take (at most) 198,100 years for Jack to turn into the Face of Boe.
And he'll look the exact same in the year 3,000,000,000 (When the Doctor and Rose first meet Boe).
So... he rapidly changes into the Face of Boe, then stays that way for billions of years on end?

In New Earth, Boe said he was the last of the Boekind. So... I doubt he's Jack.
Last of the Boekind...
He would be the last surviving resident of the Boeshank Peninsula, thus making him the last of the Boekind...

[Manic]

Look, if the rest of you can ignore the Doctor having a human mother, I can ignore Jack being the Face of Boe.

[Obsidian]

Random OT news:

John Simm (The Master), Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones), and Noel Clarke (Mickey) were at the European premiere for "The Dark Knight".

[SpideyLad]

Oh and RTD confirmed Jack = Face Of Boe and I don't think any new writer would want to keep in with continuity.:o

He then apparently backed out saying "Actually...The audience can decide for themselves. It's just a theory", which then caused the Executive Producer to kick off at him.:woot:

[TheCorpulent1]

Look, if the rest of you can ignore the Doctor having a human mother, I can ignore Jack being the Face of Boe.
The Doctor has a human mother?