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In response to the travesty of omitting Doctor Who from the sci-fi fan ID chart, I hereby nominate this thread to be all about the awesomeness that is the Doctor, a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation Kasterberous. He is 903 years old, and he's going to rock your socks off, and those of the six billion on the planet below. You got a problem with that?






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I heard it got canceled and that this was the last season. I won't miss it because I never watch it, but whatever.

Here come the drums (Voodoo Child by Rogue Traders) was disappointing, kinda like trying to teach someone how to shift gears and they kept missing 4th to drop into 2nd. The part in the clip here was all that was really good about it.

Still my fave Dr. Song:

Dave said:

I heard it got canceled and that this was the last season. I won't miss it because I never watch it, but whatever.

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This was the last season with David Tennant as the Doctor.

The new series including a return to regular episodes, will begin in April with Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor, and will act as a pseudo-reboot in the same fashion as the previous series, i.e. same continuity but previous characters and events will not necessarily form a large part of the storyline beyond incidental guest spots.

EDIT: So April will actually be an excellent time to jump in, since you won't need to know much of anything beforehand.

even though i've seen the episodes with this theme many times, it never fails to send a chill up the spine. so awesome.

Seriously, though, I keep meaning to get back to watching more Doc Who.

Impure Vyxen said:

Long video is long, but definitely worth watching.

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I'll explain later...

New season, new characters, new showrunner, same Doctor feel. This is a good thing.

saw it last night, and it was awesome! i think i'm going to like this new doctor he definitely seems different enough from tennant. and i can already tell moffats direction is going to be awesome all the way through.

''you're scottish! fry something!'

waiting on my "tv" to finish "loading" the episode. the reviews have been good, so maybe this dude will be decent.. he's no Tennant though He'll never be as good as David...*sigh* I miss him already, he is The Doctor to me.

"Who is your lady friend?" :laugh:

Just awesome.

Loved the new intro!! So much so that I remixed it into a 3 minute form!! I hope you enjoy it, I had to stop playing it because I am addicted to it! http://www.wwaz.com/audio/drwho2010.mp3

I approve of the new episode. While Smith will never be Tennent, he was still pretty good as the doctor. So far. And his new companion sure beats the hell out of the last one.

Although, giant eyeball aliens? Really?

I don't know if anyone here is familiar with Paranoia, but...



FRIEND COMPUTER IS WATCHING YOU WATCH DOCTOR WHO CITIZEN.

twitchmoss said:

I don't know if anyone here is familiar with Paranoia, but...

FRIEND COMPUTER IS WATCHING YOU WATCH DOCTOR WHO CITIZEN.

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In Soviet Russia, television watches YOU!

twitchmoss said:

I don't know if anyone here is familiar with Paranoia, but...

FRIEND COMPUTER IS WATCHING YOU WATCH DOCTOR WHO CITIZEN.

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I'm glad I'm not the only person who was thinking that.

Saw it on the day it aired, and I wasn't disappointed.

That may sound like faint praise, but I like to give a series a few episodes before I reach an opinion on it, and this kept me engaged enough to keep me watching to see whether it'll be a good run or not. Since that's all it had to do, I am content.

Oh, and this may be just me and redheads, but the new assistant? Definitely hot, especially with her hair down.

Finished watching it. Not bad.

New Doctor is quite funny, I'll give him that. We'll have to see if he can bring the seriousness and emotion that Tennant brought but I'll give him more time.


New intro is nice, different but nice.

New T.a.r.d.i.s looks friggin sweet.


The only thing I didn't like


Oh and this was awesome in the previews;

http://www.redshirtarmy.com/diduseethis.jpg

Look at the person next to Amelia, remember that person? YES!

Did anyone else wonder if fish custard would actually be tasty? It seems like it might be, assuming custard over there is at least close to what I think it is. I wonder how many Doctor Who fans have already dunked fried fish into various custards and puddings?

That said, I'm thinking that Matt Smith wasn't actually munching on fried fish. It looked like it might be some sort of bread or cake, made up to look like fish.



I ponder the strangest stuff.

Impure Vyxen said:

I am pretty sure on this that

Spoiler

it has been said countless times that there will be no Daleks or Cybermen in this entire run. So no, it won't be that.

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WHAT IN THE HELL OF SHIT DID THEY DO TO THE MAIN THEME!?!?!

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!?!?


That being said... dayumn is the new companion pretty. Seriously... it was a privilege to get to stare at her big eyes for almost an hour. Pretty, pretty girl. Pretty.

And now... I just gotta wait for someone to slap it online in a form where I can watch it.

It's frickin' insane. Ex List is going on a re-run, Lipstick Jungle is on, Fringe came on a re-run barely a year after season 1 finished. And the bastards running the TV companies here haven't shown a single episode of the Tennant Doctor Who.

There's no frickin' justice in the world.

N_R, dude, if *I've* watched it, then it's online. I live in Mexico, remember? Not a big Doctor Who following down here.

Check your usual sources, if you don't find it let me know and I'll PM you a.. uh... "gift certificate".. so you can watch it.

Calleja said:

That being said... dayumn is the new companion pretty. Seriously... it was a privilege to get to stare at her big eyes for almost an hour. Pretty, pretty girl. Pretty.

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Yes. I agree. Very much so. Her expressions are priceless. I could sit and watch her emote for days.

Calleja said:

WHAT IN THE HELL OF SHIT DID THEY DO TO THE MAIN THEME!?!?!

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!?!?

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Just curious what you find distasteful of the new theme? As quoted above, I fell in love with it, though I agree it can be a bit highpitched at times..

I didn't really care for the new theme either. I thought it sounded a bit duller than the previous version. And it has an annoyingly cheap snare drum sound in there.

North_Ranger said:

And now... I just gotta wait for someone to slap it online in a form where I can watch it.

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If you have bandwidth, you can "watch" it online

Just watched the second episode.

decent episode

he's no David I want David back.. why..why did he have to leave

Also? David's gone, Mav. GET OVER IT. Like I did.

*Goes off to weep quietly in the corner.*

i thought it was damn good. the smilers were sufficiently creepy, though i was expecting a totally different story with them. nice change i supppose, than 'robot servants going loco and killing everyone' for the umpty umpth time.

favourite lines?


angry doctor was something of a surprise. this doesn't look like ten at all. i think we've got someone far less enamored with humans in general. i got a faint eccleston vibe when he got really pissed off. he definitely feels more... alien? is that the right word?


and next week looks fucking awesome.

also? terrence fucking hardiman! that guy scared me more than anything in the episode, seriously. i was terrified of him as a kid.

I think he's a clear evolution from where Ten was going, insofar as his views on humans. Ten started in a very admirative place as far as humans were concerned, but I feel like over time he more and more convinced that not only do humans ignore their potential, they often deliberately squander it for personal gain, and he's sick of cleaning up the mess.

While Eleven is a "different" person, he probably remembers at least some (if not all) his time as Ten, and what cleaning up after humans has cost him personally.

I like Eleven so far. He's less sociopathic than Ten, and less broody than Nine, which makes him a bit more of a balanced individual.

I would still really like to see a special dealing with the events of the Time War, the awful things which occurred, the spiritual "falling" of the Time Lords, and presumably, how Eight became Nine.

Are there any places online that have high res images and details on the 11ths Sonic Screwdriver? I want to expand my collection

TeKeo said:

While Eleven is a "different" person, he probably remembers at least some (if not all) his time as Ten, and what cleaning up after humans has cost him personally.

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He PROBABLY remembers? Dude, do you know how time lord regenerations work? He remembers EVERYTHING from ALL his incarnations. It's a different personality, but not a different memory.

I've been so busy with the move in the last week that I didn't realize the first new episode debuted last week. So, I was treated with TWO in a row. Some thoughts, unspoiled since anyone reading this thread should really expect spoilers:

-The change in production: still not sold on the new opening theme, but it's growing on me. I effing LOVE the TARDIS' new "desktop theme", which I believe could be called "steampunk". There's also sorts of oldschool moving parts and it has a retro feeling with a modern twist. Loved the addition of the typewriter and hope we see it again. On top of that, the 50's steampunk theme works great with The Doctor's wardrobe. It's so suiting (no pun intended). Speaking of Doctors...

-Smith is damn good as the Doctor. He hadn't sold me after the first episode, but I saw a lot of potential. I honestly think he has potential to go beyond Tennant, to be honest. Tennant was great but he was a little too...cartoony, sometimes? But the thing that cinched it for me was Smith's "angry Doctor" in this week's episode. It was similar to Tennant's line: "No second chances. I'm that sort of a man." It was the kind of performance that made me believe that he just "out-darked" Eccelston. And Smith's angry performance here was so much fucking better than Tennant's. That alone, like Tennant's "satasuma" moment, filled me with ridiculous amounts of hope.

-Amy Pond is, hands down, the most gorgeous companion to date. That's speaking as a huge Rose fan and, quite honestly in terms of looks alone, Martha, as well. Whether she'll be as great a companion as Donna is yet to be seen, but her hero work at the end of this second episode sold it. She's possibly more capable than the Doctor for seeing that which is unseen. Speaking of which...

-The one thing that I love about episodes by Moffat is that, taken to the core, there are some very basic rules: Don't blink, don't step in the shadows, etc. They're almost child-like warnings, which works great because Doctor Who is meant to be kid-accessible. With the running theme so far of "look closer", that basic rule idea continues.

-Everybody lives!! In both episodes, there was not a single scene where we saw someone die or get killed. Yes, there were previous people "fed" to the ship in this week's episode, but on the episode itself, no one died because of the monsters or the Doctor's actions. God, I love Moffat!

-Still a little iffy about having Dalek's and Cybermen back, but I'm okay with them being in a one or two-part episode rather than the finale. Again. I get the feeling they won't be. In fact, notice the common backround theme of "Magpie Electricals"? http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Magpie_Electricals I wouldn't be surprised if we saw a return of The Wire from "The Idiot's Lantern". It might be the one hinted at with the cracks in time and such.

So yeah, I'm totally geeking out for this new season/series, so far. Damn great stuff right out of the gate that's filled me with nothing but confidence for the rest.

Karen Gillan really does climb up my celebrity crush list more and more every time the camera catches her emoting. So fracking PRETTY. Yet also sexy. But SO GODDAMNED BEAUTIFUL.

The Mex said:

Karen Gillan really does climb up my celebrity crush list more and more every time the camera catches her emoting. So fracking PRETTY. Yet also sexy. But SO GODDAMNED BEAUTIFUL.

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and her accent. *sigh* So beautiful.

This week's Doctor Who Confidential is focused on her. I wish I could stay up and watch the rest of it tonight, but I have to go to bed.

I already watched it, the second Confidential, I mean. I'm like... in love with her.

ThatNickGuy said:

-Smith is damn good as the Doctor. He hadn't sold me after the first episode, but I saw a lot of potential. I honestly think he has potential to go beyond Tennant, to be honest. Tennant was great but he was a little too...cartoony, sometimes? But the thing that cinched it for me was Smith's "angry Doctor" in this week's episode. It was similar to Tennant's line: "No second chances. I'm that sort of a man." It was the kind of performance that made me believe that he just "out-darked" Eccelston. And Smith's angry performance here was so much fucking better than Tennant's. That alone, like Tennant's "satasuma" moment, filled me with ridiculous amounts of hope.

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I kinda cheered when he went Angry Doctor for a minute. I was a little shocked, I didn't think someone so "young" could portray the 900 years of anger and sadness locked inside.. That, was a great scene.

Is he a bad Doctor? No. Do I think he'll be the next Tennant? Definitely no. Its still a great show but its lost a lot of that specialness that made it great in my eyes. I know, the character regenerates, we get a new lead actor to play him, the show continues. But..its Tennant.

*sigh*

Open your mind a bit, dude. I LOVED Tennant like nobody's business, I choked up with the whole "I don't wanna go!" bit and everything. He's MY doctor.... but I also hated him at first for taking over Eccleston's place, y'know? It took some time for him to grow on me as much as he did, so it's only fair to give smith the same chance. The series could very well surpass even Tennant's tenure.... remember, Moffat did give us the best episodes of the previous seasons, don't be too tennant-fanboyish to stop yourself from appreciating that. Give it a chance, is all I'm sayin'.

^This. Personally, of Tennant and Eccelston, I prefer Eccelston, mostly because he was my first Doctor. BUT, he only had one season to play with where Tennant had four and a half to grow on.

That said, everyone has their favourite Doctor and still to this day believe that Doctor to be the best one. There are a lot, for example, that still believe Tom Baker to be the best. And there's absolutely NOTHING wrong with Tennant being your favourite, because he was fantastic. But after two episodes, with a great companion and most especially a great writer, I have a lot of faith in Smith.

Eccleston was my first Doctor too, and I fracking LOVED him. Seriously. I still consider The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances as one of my favorite Who story lines of all time. I HATED it when he left and was replaced by that guy with the weird hair and the sneakers.

But then Tennant became MY doctor. He's the one that made me fall in love with the show, the character, the mythos, the whole thing. Seeing him go was heart breaking, seriously. But this new guy has promise.. and more than faith in him I have faith in Moffat, who quickly became my favorite who writer, by far. So I'm really looking forward to this season, even if it's not MY doctor anymore.

Hey, who knows, maybe Smith will replace Tennant in my heart as MY doctor. I doubt it, but I'll give him the chance just as Tennant had, y'know? The series can still be as good or even better than Tennant's without MY doctor being in it.

The Mex;369214][QUOTE=TeKeo said:

While Eleven is a "different" person, he probably remembers at least some (if not all) his time as Ten, and what cleaning up after humans has cost him personally.

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He PROBABLY remembers? Dude, do you know how time lord regenerations work? He remembers EVERYTHING from ALL his incarnations. It's a different personality, but not a different memory.[/QUOTE]

Yes, but it's only been like a day or two since his re-gen, and we know his memory is a little fuzzy for a bit afterwards; the pieces might not have been fully re-assembled yet.

I have been fairly disappointed so far. I've loved Tennant as well and have been very sad to see him go. I'm willing to give Smith a chance (thank GOD they made him get a haircut!) and I've been surprised by a couple of the Tardis changes... but mainly I've been disappointed by a lackluster premise. For the first time since Doctor Who came back I've considered waiting a few weeks to catch up with a bunch of episodes at once - the last (first) two, to me, haven't been worth really watching.. sure maybe a couple scenes worth catching, but overall, not worth my time. I don't have the time to explain my rationale for this (at work you see) .. just that I didn't care much for the episodes themselves.. That said, I AM looking forward to the Dalek episode coming up, and I REALLY hope the episodes get much better! I know it took Eccleston and Tennant a while to get going too.

Love the opening intro though, plus the music.

I'm digging the new season and Doctor so far. I was a little unimpressed at first, his little almost-mad outbursts were weak compared to his zany side (which is great!). But his NO HUMAN line was striking, as was the shot of the new companion staring into space towards the end of the episode. I think the twists and the writing in general has been good so far, and to me totally made up for the rather lackluster final episodes of Tennant.

Mav said:

Are there any places online that have high res images and details on the 11ths Sonic Screwdriver? I want to expand my collection

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ThinkGeek.com has replicas of the 11th Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver.