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Old 04-17-2007, 08:55 PM
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No not the band. Everyone's favourite Doctor (If he's not your favourite, then you may be on the wrong website) is back!
Series three is here. Just wondering who has seen it so far? Do you guys over the pond get it yet?
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What did you think of episode 1? I kinda liked it...but was kinda put off by the acting of Martha....I supposed she'll grow into the role. I did like the fact that this 'gap' (Between the last episode and the this one) means the doctor could now go off and have other adventures. I mean, the each Doctor is supposed to be a few hundred years old... yet this one has been on screen since his start with no alone time... But now...for all we know years could have passed since the last episde.

Episode 2.... I thought is was a little dull.... but thats just me...

Episode 3.... I though was great!! Nice idea...slightly realistic (Anyone who's ever been on the M25 will know what I mean. 25 years stuck in a traffic jam? Pffft! They've never been into London in the daytime then.) Plus nice new plot secrets! (Even if they have been all over the net for ages!)
Looking forward to the next one too!

What does everyone else think?
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Old 04-17-2007, 10:45 PM
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As long as the thread is relatively fresh, could someone explain this whole "every Doctor is a different aspect of the same person" thing to me?
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As long as the thread is relatively fresh, could someone explain this whole "every Doctor is a different aspect of the same person" thing to me?
It's pretty simple, actually. As a Time Lord, the Doctor has the ability to regenerate into a new body when his current one is irreparably injured. (It's not like transferring into a clone or something -- his old body turns into the new one.) Each body is different, including the subtle biological interactions that affect personality, so while the Doctor is the same guy, his personality is a little different each time.

The writers came up with this as a way to continue the character with a new actor, and it's served them well. Maybe a little too well -- the Doctor has only three regenerations left now. He'd better start eating his Wheaties.

(If I'm wrong about anything here, I'm sure a more hardcore Whovian will correct me.)
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Some Time Lords also have the ability to change their appearance at will, but that was basically shoehorned in so that Mary Tamm could replace Lalla Ward without the need for a full blown regeneration (though why exactly they did it this way I could not say).

The first two episodes so far have been okay, but the thrid I missed almost half of. From what I did see though it's easily the worst of this series so far (not saying much, I know) - while the Macra made for a really cool red herring, and the idea in general was pretty neat, there was some stuff that didn't make so much sense.
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Whovian? Is that the real term?

Okay, thanks. I guess in the long run I'd rather have actor replacements actually replace the characters themselves as alternate versions than have the new guys have essentially identical personalities. Not that I don't like current Stargate, I love it, but I sometimes wonder how the Mitchell and Sheppard actors could fare if they didn't have to be O'Neill clones, but could use their own interpretations.
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No not the band. Everyone's favourite Doctor (If he's not your favourite, then you may be on the wrong website) is back!
Series three is here. Just wondering who has seen it so far? Do you guys over the pond get it yet?
Those with cable in the US are seeing Series Three. Those of us without just began seeing Series One over the last few weeks; I've seen some -- "Dalek" was the most recent of them.
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I have taken the tupping liberty of renaming this thread to make it the official DW talk thread. Seems more sensible than starting a fresh one. More comments in a bit.
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Ok.

Blink.

I'm LOVED it.
When I head about another Doctor-lite episode, I though...how crap. But it was fantastic! Clever story. REALLY REALLY clever monsters. Real funny bits. And some real jump moments!

Counter points anyone?
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I've just watched Blink for a second time.
I love it even more now. I'm like a babbling idiot. It makes even more sense the second time round.
On to the Final Three!
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Umm, no. Actually, I thought it was fairly good.

Other than "timey-wimey" (passy-the-ee-sicky-buckety) and the somewhat redundant nude scene, thought it was pretty good. The control disc was a bit...We've-got-five-minutes-of-screen-time-to-finish-the-story-in-quick-how-do-we-do-this-AAAAAAH-invent-a-new-particle/wave/etc-maybe Star Trek at its worst, but it's infinitely better than Moffat's last proferring.
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You're god damned right it was good. What a terrific little story. Between this one and the "Human Nature" two-parter, this season has taken a major upturn (not that I didn't enjoy the first half).

I hope they can keep it up. Next week looks odd, but the previews have fooled me before. And I'm definitely looking forward to Captain Jack's return.
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