[TV] The Doctor Who Thread

ThatNickGuy · Apr 24, 2011

Holy crap, that premiere was flipping awesome.

That said, how many of you folk figure that...

The kid in the space suit was a very young River Song? Maybe not, though, since The Doctor doesn't know EVERYTHING about River Song yet.

Also, did you anyone else notice the end credits that credited "The Silent"?

SpecialKO · Apr 24, 2011

re: Dr. Song, I thought so as well. Ballsy move, killing him for real in the premiere. Looking forward to this season very much!

ThatNickGuy · Apr 24, 2011

This about sums up my feelings on the latest episode:

evilmike · Apr 25, 2011

The BBC tribute to Elisabeth Sladen

Thread Necromancer · Apr 26, 2011

I only have one problem with being a Doctor Who fan and that's waiting a week for the next episode.

... well, that and the end of the season....

Green_Lantern · Apr 26, 2011

for some reason, I wasn't thrilled with this episode, but it was... good.

@Li3n · Apr 30, 2011

She's a time lord!? WTH?

Or is that supposed to be some sort of side effect of the TARDIS?

Covar · Apr 30, 2011

The Rani maybe? Or better yet, Romana.

ThatNickGuy · May 1, 2011

Guessing it's a side effect from the TARDIS, like Amy said (a Time Head!).

Me and Nourah flippin' loved this episode. So much nerding out. And The Silents were really creepy, especially in the X-Filesy haunted house. And so much frigging wibbly wobbly.

Green_Lantern · May 1, 2011

Reactions: Interesting, creepy and WTFuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu......

@Li3n · May 2, 2011

Covar said:
The Rani maybe? Or better yet, Romana.

If they really want to surprise us then Susan (of course the actress is still alive, so i'd actually prefer an episode with her with a regen at the end).

HCGLNS · May 4, 2011

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/gutcheck/2011/04/doctor_who_desserts_cakes_cook.php

Well ok, its just some really awesome baking, but they could be Amy eating cakes.

figmentPez · May 7, 2011

I enjoyed the latest episode, it was a lot of fun, but the explanation at the end had me feeling like something like this had happened before:

A spaceship's medical systems run amok and coming across as some sort of freaky haunting? Didn't that happen already in "The Empty Child" / "The Doctor Dances"?

Norris · May 8, 2011

My sister and I are loving the new season.

Does anyone else want to see that pirate crew come back some time? I mean, it is a crew of old English pirates flying about space in an extra-dimensional starship. That's too bad ass to leave hanging.

Green_Lantern · May 10, 2011

The woman with the eyepatch...

...I don't I just really like it.

Covar · May 11, 2011

Ok are they cutting the version on BBC America? Because a crewmember just disappeared from the powder room they were in. It really seems like to big of a mistake for the show.

twitchmoss · May 14, 2011

that right there? that was awesome.

its like they gave gaiman permission to fit whatever insane fanfic ideas he had in his brain on paper. and it was awesome.

goodbye squash court seven!

more thoughts when i re-watch it

Ravenpoe · May 14, 2011

That was fucking AWESOME.

AAAAWWWWEEEESOOOOMMEEEEE

figmentPez · May 14, 2011

Yes, an amazing episode.

Too bad we'll never get a scene in the Tardis swimming pool, now.

ThatNickGuy · May 15, 2011

Favourite. Episode. EVER.

So many frigging one-liners.
Added at: 11:27

twitchmoss said:
that right there? that was awesome.
its like they gave gaiman permission to fit whatever insane fanfic ideas he had in his brain on paper. and it was awesome.

Fun fact: this episode was originally going to be in last season. But it was deemed, according to Gaiman, "a very expensive episode".

Ravenpoe · May 15, 2011

ThatNickGuy said:
Favourite. Episode. EVER.

So many frigging one-liners.
Added at: 11:27

Fun fact: this episode was originally going to be in last season. But it was deemed, according to Gaiman, "a very expensive episode".

This episode is tied as my favorite episode, right next to Don't Blink.

I feel like Gaiman not only created a wonderful doctor who episode, but he also managed to expand the whoniverse. We now know what happened to any outlying time lords, as well as have an idea that things may exist outside the universe.

figmentPez · May 15, 2011

My current theory regarding the events at the end of "Day of the Moon"

Right now I'm thinking that the little girl wasn't a Time Lord, but a TARDIS. The energy wasn't a regeneration, but Tardis energy.

Green_Lantern · May 15, 2011

My great lord Neil Gaiman did it again.

*Thinks in the Tardis-woman vanishing*

*now I have something in my eye*

evilmike · May 19, 2011

I think I've found the impossible astronaut.

ThatNickGuy · May 20, 2011

Green_Lantern · May 21, 2011

Fun fact: each time the Tardis suffered a re-design the sign "Pull to open" got bigger, I guess she was trying to get his attention.

@Li3n · May 22, 2011

So, anyone else think the plastic goo is left over from the plastic alien from the 1st episode of the new series?

Green_Lantern · May 22, 2011

@Li3n said:
So, anyone else think the plastic goo is left over from the plastic alien from the 1st episode of the new series?

I was thinking the same, but somehow I think they might be a more *new* reference.

Either way, I liked Rory in this episode. It is good see him being more indepedent.

figmentPez · May 22, 2011

Why is the next episode going to be delayed in the US? I thought we were supposed to be getting this season/series on the same day as the UK.

ThatNickGuy · May 22, 2011

Kind of a so-so episode. Nothing really BAD about it. It was just okay. Hard to follow up Gaiman's episode, though.

And yeah, as soon as they introduced The Skin, I immediately thought the Nestene Consciousness, as well. That threat's actually been around longer than that first episode in Eccelston's run.

evilmike · May 22, 2011

@lien: Interesting idea. That would also give Rory a unique perspective on them.

GL: Rory has pretty much become the anti-Mickey.

fig: It's because of Memorial Day.

Green_Lantern · May 22, 2011

evilmike said:
GL: Rory has pretty much become the anti-Mickey.

I wouldn't say "anti-Mickey" but only because Mickey was that bad, still he is going to all kinds of awesome.

figmentPez · May 22, 2011

I'm glad that Amy doesn't seem to be the focus as much this season. As much as I love redheads, and Karen Gillan in particular, I think that unbalanced the show a bit previously.

ThatNickGuy · May 23, 2011

Am I the only one who thinks the actor playing Rory is like the most unobvious MVP of the show? Just seems like he's really been fantastic this season. Which is funny, since in the previous season, I thought he was dull as all hell and really only defined via Amy.

figmentPez · May 23, 2011

ThatNickGuy said:
Am I the only one who thinks the actor playing Rory is like the most unobvious MVP of the show? Just seems like he's really been fantastic this season. Which is funny, since in the previous season, I thought he was dull as all hell and really only defined via Amy.

I agree, he's quite surprising. Last season he was almost bland, yet I still liked him for some reason. I think the actor made him likeable, despite the role being written as just a prop for Amy to interact with. Another actor and I could easily see my reaction being "why is Amy with this cardboard cutout?" but this season I think I'm seeing why I liked Rory anyway.