Doctor Who News - (and other stuff)

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]First off, the first episode of [i:post_uid0]Scream of the Shalka[/i:post_uid0] is up on the BBC Cult site (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/shalka/).

Second, I found a very funny fan site (http://nitro9.earth.uni.edu/doctor/cdguide/index.html) run by a fella called Charles Daniels. You don't really have to be a DW geek to find it funny either.[/color:post_uid0]

[Scooter]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]For those who don't know, news about the new series of Doctor Who can be found at http://gallifreyone.[/color:post_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Where can I get some Gallifreon? (It's the coolant they use in time-stasis pods).[/color:post_uid0]

[Scooter]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I think they carry it at Whom Depot (sorry, sorry)[/color:post_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]ARRRRGH!

*Unleashes the Zapping Cane of Pun-ishing*


*B5 Comes The Inquisitor reference*[/color:post_uid0]

[taya17]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Gallifrey. That's freaky.

See, just now during my boring-ass bioinformatics lecture I was trying to come up with a good first name for one of the characters in the novel I'm working on. His last name was Morton, so I was sitting in lecture spinning my pen and going, "Morton... Morton... what kind of first name goes well with Morton?"

Yep, you guessed it. Gallifrey Morton.

Now you're telling me that Gallifrey, a name I just pulled out from some dark obscure corner of my mind, is some kind of Doctor Who reference? I think I've already mentioned before on the forum that I've never even been within five miles of a Doctor Who episode, so there's abso-fragging-lutely no way I would have known.

So, this is the [i:post_uid0]second[/i:post_uid0] time a startling coincidence involving me, Doctor Who and this forum has occurred.

Should I be freaked out?[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]Unable to determine IP address from host name for gallifreyone.vanhorne.nl[/quote:post_uid0]
What the frell? :O[/color:post_uid0]

[Scooter]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Well, the link should be http://gallifreyone.com o' course.

So, let's see, you picked the name of the Doctor's home planet (for so Gallifrey is) out of thin air after having successfully avoided Doctor Who your entire life. I think that means that you must be a lost regeneration of a famous Time Lady, tragically suffering from amnesia (much like Agatha Christie). Don't worry, your past libves will all come back to you eventually.

Word in your ear. If you see something that looks like a trash can with a plunger sticking out... run.[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Oh, right, there was no .com at the end. It still doesn't work, but at least now it doesn't refer to my school anymore.

PS. Try editing out the comma.[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Crikey. Usually to resurrect a thread this dead you need a lightning rod and a hunchbacked assitant.

Anyway, I think the link that Scooter means is this one (http://www.gallifreyone.org/). BBCi's [i:post_uid0]Doctor Who[/i:post_uid0] site (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho) is also a good place for news. According to it, a producer for the new series has been chosen, which is good.

Oh, and just in case anyone is at all in any way interested, I read on the BBCi Who site that another ebook is on it's way.[/color:post_uid0]

[taya17]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0="Scooter"]Word in your ear. If you see something that looks like a trash can with a plunger sticking out... run.[/quote:post_uid0]

Come to think of it, I think I [i:post_uid0]have[/i:post_uid0] seen something of that description in the laboratory I work in. :O

NOOOO I can't run from the lab! It's an experimental module! I'd fail it if I refuse to step into a lab! ::dies::[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]You'll fail if you die, too, so get back up on your feet already! ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[Scooter]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Actually she'd probably get an "incomplete"...

So dying is an option.[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]"Permission to die, sir"[/color:post_uid0]

[Scooter]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Very well. The ink, the twine, and the tee-shirts are over there. Remember the general likes 'em psychedelic. Now move, soldier![/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I did once encounter the Nestene Conciousness, but it turned out that it was my sisters' Sea Monkeys tank after she'd forgotten about it for two months. Not pretty, I can tell you.[/color:post_uid0]

[Scooter]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I always thought Nestenes were cool and refreshing with just a little lemon.[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I've only just this minute noticed my new title. I'm ashamed to admit that I had to go look the name up before I got it.

I prostrate myself before you, Zeke (and not just because I tripped over my own shoelaces either).[/color:post_uid0]

[taya17]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Hey, Cat has got a new member title too! Neat-o![/color:post_uid0]

[Zeke]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Almost [i:post_uid0]everybody[/i:post_uid0] has a new member title. I was having fun yesterday. :D[/color:post_uid0]

[Standback]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Ooooo. I want [i:post_uid0]"not as annoying as he seems"[/i:post_uid0]. :D[/color:post_uid0]

[Zeke]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]But you [i:post_uid0]are[/i:post_uid0] as annoying as you seem. ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[Standback]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I know, but I don't want anybody to find out.[/color:post_uid0]

[Nic Corelli]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Oooh... I`ve become a car salesman, :D


(or a starship salesman - that`s more profitable, right?)


On that note, I discovered the 47th Rule of Acquisition yesterday! :p The one who guesses it gets a can of peanut butter![/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0](or a starship salesman - that`s more profitable, right?)[/quote:post_uid0]
It depends. First who you sell them to, and second, how many can they afford?

Never trust a man wearing a better suit than your own.

That's according to DS9, so it's gotta be right.[/color:post_uid0]

[Nic Corelli]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I`ll need a written assurance that you haven`t cheated - checked that on some DS9 website - and then we can discuss the shipping methods for the peanut butter, :D[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Well, it depends. What do you mean by cheating? I haven't used any sites, none at all. I just happen to, eh, have been obsessed.

About the peanut butter... I didn't see that was the prize... Oh well, I could always sell it. :D[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]What is with all this peanut butter all of a sudden?[/color:post_uid0]

[Zeke]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Peanut butter of TIME.[/color:post_uid0]

[Standback]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]Peanut butter of DOOM![/quote:post_uid0]
Fixed.[/color:post_uid0]

[taya17]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]It seems the forum has found a new obsession.

[b:post_uid0][i:post_uid0]A peanut sat on a railway track
His insides were all a-flutter.
Along came the eleven 'o clock
Toot toot! Peanut butter.[/b:post_uid0][/i:post_uid0][/color:post_uid0]

[NAHTMMM]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]:lol:


[quote:post_uid0="Standback"][quote:post_uid0]Peanut butter of DOOM![/quote:post_uid0]
Fixed.[/quote:post_uid0]
Nope. (http://3sygma.com/fiveminute/andromeda/ouroboros.html)[/color:post_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]A peanut sat on a railway track
His insides were all a-flutter.
Along came the eleven 'o clock
Toot toot! Peanut butter.[/quote:post_uid0]

It ain't gonna rain no more, no more,
It ain't gonna rain no more.
How in the heck will I wash my neck
if it ain't gonna rain no more?

Golf ball sailin' through the air
whizzed by a man a-hummin',
He heard a caddy holler "FOOOOOOOUUUUUR!"
And he thought three more were comin'.[/color:post_uid0]

[taya17]

[quote:post_uid0="Sa'ar Chasm"][color=#000000:post_uid0]Golf ball sailin' through the air
whizzed by a man a-hummin',
He heard a caddy holler "FOOOOOOOUUUUUR!"
And he thought three more were comin'.[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]::cracks up::[/color:post_uid0]

[Standback]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0][b:post_uid0]Harper:[/b:post_uid0] I have a plan!
[b:post_uid0]Beka:[/b:post_uid0] Wow, me too! Does yours have peanut butter in it?
[b:post_uid0]Harper:[/b:post_uid0] Peanut butter of DOOM!, yes.
[b:post_uid0]Dylan:[/b:post_uid0] Eek. Time travel? Isn't that dangerous?
[b:post_uid0]Harper:[/b:post_uid0] Dangerous of DOOM!, yes. [/quote:post_uid0]
Fixed.[/color:post_uid0]

[Zeke]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]"Fixed."

[i:post_uid0]"Fixed."[/i:post_uid0]

Right then. How hard, exactly, do you want me to kick your @$$?[/color:post_uid0]

[Naki]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]well for me it depends how hard do you want to get whacked in the head with my samurii sword hmm?[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Now what the FRELL are you two doing?

And why don't we have a :confused: smiley?[/color:post_uid0]

[NAHTMMM]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Because we have a :S smiley instead :)[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Oh, right. :think:[/color:post_uid0]

[Standback]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]Now what the FRELL are you two doing?[/quote:post_uid0]

Well, [i:post_uid0]I'm[/i:post_uid0] attempting to demonstrate above statement that I am indeed quite as annoying as I seem if not more so, [i:post_uid0]apropos[/i:post_uid0] some bizarre nonsensical humor, defined in this case as "Humor that mainly I think is funny."

Whereas [i:post_uid0]Zeke[/i:post_uid0] is either good-naturedly threatening to kick my @$$, or else actually annoyed to the point of desiring to kick my @$$. And therefore [i:post_uid0]I[/i:post_uid0] am resolving to find out which one before deciding on a further course of action.[/color:post_uid0]

[NAHTMMM]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]A link (http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/entertainment/stories.nsf/Entertainment/TV+%26+Radio/4C5FFFD94D07956586256E44000ECA7D?OpenDocument&Headline=DVD+reviews%3A+Thinking+inside+the+box+&highlight=2%2CDaleks) to the text of a story I saw in today's paper. There's a short list near the end of the article of several Doctor Who episodes that will be released on DVD on June 1st:

[quote:post_uid0]The Two Doctors

Curse of the Fenric

Seeds of Death

The Three Doctors[/quote:post_uid0][/color:post_uid0]

[Scooter]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]New series news: Apparently the new Doctor Who will be going into production in a few months for broadcast early in 2005, which means we'll hear a casting announcement. One recent odds on favorite is David Warner, who's appeared in the Trek movies and recently played Captain Sawyer in [i:post_uid0]Hornblower[/i:post_uid0]. The writers have been named and have already started work based on outlines by Russell Davies ([i:post_uid0]Queer As Folk[/i:post_uid0]). Can't wait ... need cookies to endure ...

Latest updates: Gallifrey One New Series Page (http://www.gallifreyone.net/newstv.php)[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Installment two of the latest Who ebook, [i:post_uid0]The Scales of Injustice[/i:post_uid0], is up on the BBC Cult (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/) site. Apparently Liz Shaw gets a proper send off in this - it possibly be any worse then [i:post_uid0]Inferno[/i:post_uid0] anyway.[/color:post_uid0]

[Scooter]

[quote:post_uid0="PointyHairedJedi"][color=#000000:post_uid0]Installment two of the latest Who ebook, [i:post_uid0]The Scales of Injustice[/i:post_uid0], is up on the BBC Cult (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/) site. Apparently Liz Shaw gets a proper send off in this - it possbily be any worse then [i:post_uid0]Inferno[/i:post_uid0] anyway.[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]I thought her send off was "STOOOPPPP HIIIIIMMM!" :)

(sniff) but when will Dodo get her proper goodbye? ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[Scooter]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]The new Doctor has been cast, and the BBC managed to snow everyone by hiring powerful young actor Christopher Eccleston, who had no buzz at all (at least until a few days ago).

[img:post_uid0]http://www.gallifreyone.com/graphics/faces-eccleston.gif[/img:post_uid0]

Some links for more info:
Latest News from Outpost Gallifrey (http://www.gallifreyone.com/newstv.php)
IMDB page (http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm0001172/)

So far there's been no announcement about foreign distribution. Might be only you lucky blokes with access to BBC1 will get to see him when the new show debuts next year.[/color:post_uid0]

[mudshark]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]^ Saw something about that this morning, but he's not someone with whom I'm at all familiar. Some of the UK folks at TBBS seemed to think it was good news.[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Oh, it is. I was rooting for Bill Nighy myself, but I'm sure Mr. Eccleston will make a cracking Doctor.[/color:post_uid0]

[Scooter]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]The other major role has been cast: The companion, Rose, will be played by Billie Piper. Fan reaction seems mixed. This woman is unknown to me, but I'm informed she's a pop singer whose only other TV work was an adaptation of one of "The Canterbury Tales" last year.

[img:post_uid0]http://www.gallifreyone.com/newsgraphics/piper.jpg[/img:post_uid0]

As always much more info at Outpost Gallifrey (http://gallifreyone.com/newstv.php).[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]It could be worse, but I'm hardly hopping with excitement. I guess it'll come down to how she actually does in the role.[/color:post_uid0]

[Anonymous]

I know this thread is pretty dead, but I thought I'd just say that if you're not trembling with horror at the new series of DW, your not a proper fan :P
Hear that crazy rhythm,
Driving me insane
Strike your partner on the bonce,
*BOP* Ooh, I felt no pain!

[Zeke]

Welcome to the forum, Valium!

..."Valium"?

[PointyHairedJedi]

Well, naturally I'm excited, but I can't be exceited all at once you see, otherwise there would be no more left once the series actually arrived. It's all about pacing yourself, you know. :D

[Anonymous]

Umm, hi. Yes, I am chancellor valium.I meant trembling with absolute horror at the changes made for the new series. btw, zeke, I sent u a fiver....u need any changes made to it? I contacted you to get permission a while ago.....its for Doctor Who fivers thing....

[PointyHairedJedi]

Oh, horror, right. I get that an excitement confused all the time. Odd, that.

Anyway, you can be horrified if you like - that's your perrogative - but I'll stick with excitement myself. At least, I'm pretty sure it's excitement...

[Anonymous]

Read all the news on the series. Look at all the good stuff in the old series/vital continuity stuff - see it all going WHEEEE out the window. Also, this new series is going to be purely for getting viewing figures - they admitted that.

[Zeke]

btw, zeke, I sent u a fiver....

Ahhh, you're "Subbie Idiot." I'll let you know about the fiver when I have time to look at it.

[Anonymous]

Cheers.

[Scooter]

Quite apart from the rest of the news, I'm excited to hear that they've cast Simon Callow. That will forgive a multitude of sins.

[Scooter]

Read all the news on the series. Look at all the good stuff in the old series/vital continuity stuff - see it all going WHEEEE out the window. Also, this new series is going to be purely for getting viewing figures - they admitted that.

*imitates Gollum* not listening... :)

[Anonymous]

*Imitates Anthony Ainley* I am the Master and you Will listen to me!

[Scooter]

*Imitates Anthony Ainley* I am the Master and you Will listen to me!

*imitates Nicola Bryant* Oh yeah? Well my name's Perpugilliam Brown, and I can shout just as loud as you can!

:)

Anyway when it comes out lots of people will hate it. I personally think it's pointless to hate before seeing it. I'm just looking forward to seeing it.

[Chancellor Valium]

I have heard it said on the grapvine, the gravy train, and, just this morning, the butter mountain that the new series will air in the UK on either the 17th or the 19th of March. But this is just a rumour.....

[PointyHairedJedi]

It's kinda strange, knowing that it's so close now. New Doctor Who - pretty much the best birthday present I could have wished for. :D

[Chancellor Valium]

REally? where did I put those postponement orders?

[Chancellor Valium]

It's confirmed - Doctor Who will be back on the 26th of March. Anyone who doesn't believe me- go to Outpost Gallifrey!

[Chancellor Valium]

Two things to update on - first of all, the bbc website has trailers and interview up - www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho, and second, a bunch of videos being shipped to Canada have caused a leak of one of the first episodes on the internet. Great at keeping things secret, our Beeb :D

[PointyHairedJedi]

Well, I've heard that it wasn't their fault but the fault of the production parter. But anyway, I'm damn excited all the same - it's just a little over a fortnight now. I can hardly wait!

[Chancellor Valium]

The Culture show will be running a feature on it next week......

[PointyHairedJedi]

There's also going to be a two part show on BBC Radio 2 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/doctorwho/showinfo.shtml) that looks like it will be worth tuning in for.

[Chancellor Valium]

Hmm.....sounds interesting.....

[PointyHairedJedi]

"Hello Rose, I'm the Doctor. Now run for your life!"

You know, that wasn't half bad. It wasn't perfect by a long shot, but it still most definitely Doctor Who. From the teaser trailers and whatnot that I'd seen prior to this first episode (entitled "Rose" for those that don't know) left me a little doubtful that Chris Eccleston would make a good Doctor, but you know, he really does.

[Chancellor Valium]

The acting was very good. The SFX, again, very good, and so was the dialogue. But the actual plot was, I felt, abysmal, and much too fast. there wasn't enough to sink your teeth into it, Russel T Davies' outrageous silliness with the wheely-bin, the london eye, etc - eugh. Still a promising start - let's hope the spin out the next few stories, and, despite all this, Eccleston comes over well as the Doctor, despite all my doubts......

[Scooter]

I agree from what I've seen that it's not perfect but definitely has a Doctor Who feel about it. Much, much better than Timelash... ;)

Favorite bit so far has to be the cheeky nod to the Doctor being an alien who's nonetheless British (handled much more clunkily in the movie): "Lots of planets have a north!"

Definitely still excited and desperate to get it actually broadcast here in the US.

Also, downloaded Dr Who Confidential and enjoyed that very much as well--good of them to integrate the old and new series, complete with interviews with Doctors 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 (where's Paul?), plus Billie--and Katy Manning! Good nostalgia plus good tidbits from the new series.

[Chancellor Valium]

The reason there is no Mcgann interview is becasue the beeb seems desperate to wipe out the memory of the TVM..........embarassed, perhaps?

[PointyHairedJedi]

Well, I woulnd't quite say that, Valium. If they were embarassed why would they have published over a hundred eighth Doctor novels? Not to mention the comics and the Big Finish audios. Everything I've seen suggests that rather than just throw all this continuity at people and have them be confused (becuase it is new viewers the Beeb is after, not just the existing fans), they're going to work up to it gradually. I rather suspect that when the next series rolls around (and I'd be surprised if there wasn't a next series), and the new viewers are more knowledgeable about Time Lords and all that, then we will see something pertaining to McGann's regeneration into CE. I can't see Russell T Davies not taking the chance to do that when the new series has gotten itself a bit more established.

[Scooter]

Info about the cast changes in Dr Who in the "Breaking News" thread...

[PointyHairedJedi]

Hah, well, that's most of my last post blown out of the water then. :D

[PointyHairedJedi]

It's official! David Tennant will be the tenth Doctor. Personally I'm looking forward to it, though for some bizarre reason some seem to feel that he's "too young". Mind you, they probably said the same thing about Davison back in '82, and Tennant, though he looks young, is actually six years older than Davison when he took up the role.

Hopefully we're going to get more than just one season out of this guy. :D

[Chancellor Valium]

^ In total agreement :D

[Scooter]

I'm looking forward to seeing the second series, even though I haven't seen Tennant in action. Russell Davies says he's excited about doing a regeneration, and since Eccleston only signed on for a year to start with it seems he's been planning how to handle it in the back of his head since the planning stages (which explains why the end of Ep. 13 is custom made for killing off the Doctor).

So far, and particularly after seeing "Unquiet Dead," I'm very happy with the way things are going and have confidence that how Davies will plan the future will yield a good ride.

[Chancellor Valium]

Do you think? It's a bit...kiddy-orientated for me. There's just no scariness, it's like the phantom of the opera in sock puppets.....

[PointyHairedJedi]

^ Except with neck-snappings and strangulation. :D

I think maybe they're trying a little hard to make sure the show has some child-friendly elements (wheelie-bins that swallow people, farting, etc.), but DW has always had a little of that kind of thing anyway.

It does seem to me that many want this show to be totally perfect, for every single episode to be flawless, which is rather silly when you look back over the history of the show and consider that while Who can be truly fantastic at times, it can also be utterly dreadful. It would be nice if some would remember that.

[Zeke]

Do you think? It's a bit...kiddy-orientated for me.

Are they at least unearthly kiddies?

[PointyHairedJedi]

^ Don't make me start calling you Zekeybuns...

[Scooter]

Do you think? It's a bit...kiddy-orientated for me.

Are they at least unearthly kiddies?

Hee hee, Zeke made a Doctor Who joke -- there's hope for him yet ;)

This will surprise no one but I disagree emphatically with the idea that the new series is "kiddy" oriented. The Ninth Doctor's exuberant demeanor is only the deliberately misleading surface of a dark and complicated interplay between more and less positive views of human nature, responsibility, and capacity.

Of course, that's just my opinion. Those who do not see merit in the new series are missing out, but they're free to do so. This often turns out to be the case with exceptional sf/f TV (Farscape, Firefly, etc.)--the depths and innovations seem to prove elusive beyond the base of fans who discover them and own them. And then they get canceled. Meanwhile the public watches terribly blatant stuff like Taken and thinks it's subtle.

[Chancellor Valium]

Do you think? It's a bit...kiddy-orientated for me.

Are they at least unearthly kiddies?

Hee hee, Zeke made a Doctor Who joke -- there's hope for him yet ;)

This will surprise no one but I disagree emphatically with the idea that the new series is "kiddy" oriented. The Ninth Doctor's exuberant demeanor is only the deliberately misleading surface of a dark and complicated interplay between more and less positive views of human nature, responsibility, and capacity.

Of course, that's just my opinion. Those who do not see merit in the new series are missing out, but they're free to do so. This often turns out to be the case with exceptional sf/f TV (Farscape, Firefly, etc.)--the depths and innovations seem to prove elusive beyond the base of fans who discover them and own them. And then they get canceled. Meanwhile the public watches terribly blatant stuff like Taken and thinks it's subtle.
Actually, I was referring more to the rather silly embellishments which have ruined many good scripts so far (the Slitheen being just one of these :wink:)
Edith: IMO, of course :wink:

[PointyHairedJedi]

Well, "Dalek" looks like it will be teh aw3some (I promise I will never, ever do that again). It rather looks like that instead of one overall theme for this season we're getting a mix - some darker stories and some more light-hearted ones, of which "Aliens of London"/"World War Three" was definitely the latter. I thought it was a nice conclusion anyway; certainly made a change of pace from aliens trying to take over the Earth, you know, just because, which Who has certainly been guilty of in the past. It rather poked fun at it I suppose too, which I like. Doctor Who would be a disaster if it turned into one of those shows that took itself too seriously.

[Scooter]

Well, "Dalek" looks like it will be teh aw3some (I promise I will never, ever do that again). It rather looks like that instead of one overall theme for this season we're getting a mix - some darker stories and some more light-hearted ones, of which "Aliens of London"/"World War Three" was definitely the latter. I thought it was a nice conclusion anyway; certainly made a change of pace from aliens trying to take over the Earth, you know, just because, which Who has certainly been guilty of in the past. It rather poked fun at it I suppose too, which I like. Doctor Who would be a disaster if it turned into one of those shows that took itself too seriously.

*pines* can't wait can't wait

[Anonymous]

Okay, that was better than aw3some. A damn good story in of itself, not just a "let's have a Dalek" episode (which to be fair to RTD I never thought it would be). Part of it I expected, and indeed welcomed, as it seems to confirm my suspicions of where the season is going to end up. Heck, I even felt sympathetic for the Dalek in question, though that's no good indicator of anything - I often manage to find sympathy for even the most hard-hearted of bastards. And, despite this being a serious episode, there was still time for a few referential in-jokes about the Daleks, though perhaps the stairs scene was overplayed just a bit. RTD has done a superb job so far, but sometimes it has strayed a little far into ridiculousness. Despite that though, I see good things in DW's future, and I actually find myself looking forward in a way to Eccleston's departure, because I know it's going to be magnificent.

[Scooter]

Okay, that was better than aw3some. A damn good story in of itself, not just a "let's have a Dalek" episode (which to be fair to RTD I never thought it would be). Part of it I expected, and indeed welcomed, as it seems to confirm my suspicions of where the season is going to end up. Heck, I even felt sympathetic for the Dalek in question, though that's no good indicator of anything - I often manage to find sympathy for even the most hard-hearted of bastards. And, despite this being a serious episode, there was still time for a few referential in-jokes about the Daleks, though perhaps the stairs scene was overplayed just a bit. RTD has done a superb job so far, but sometimes it has strayed a little far into ridiculousness. Despite that though, I see good things in DW's future, and I actually find myself looking forward in a way to Eccleston's departure, because I know it's going to be magnificent.


Everyone seems amazed by this episode. I'm swamped with papers and haven't seen it yet -- but I am on tenterhooks now...

[Scooter]

Just saw "Dalek" and was hugely entertained, from the moment when they showed a Cyberman helmet and instead of it just being a fanwank the Doctor had an emotional reaction and said something interesting. Totally awesome start to finish, and the by far the best realizion of a Dalek ever (the suckers finally work the way they were supposed to in 1964!). I'm looking forward to the end of the season too.

[MaverickZer0]

Are we still on the same last episode? With those Slitheen trying to blow up the Earth and sell the pieces? Because I don't know what a Dalek is...was I just not paying attention?

[Draknek]

No, that was the episode before "Dalek". You'll know a Dalek when you see one.

[PointyHairedJedi]

Oooh! Oooh! The penultimate episode, "Bad Wolf", is on tonight, which has gotten me so excited that I'm making random posts about nothing in particular and starting them with "Oooh! Oooh!". :D

[Draknek]

Really?

Personally, last week's preview had me slightly worried, despite the Bad-Wolf-ness.

Still, I'm sure that's an overreaction.

[Chancellor Valium]

Are we still on the same last episode? With those Slitheen trying to blow up the Earth and sell the pieces? Because I don't know what a Dalek is...was I just not paying attention?
OMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOM FG
Look them up. Really. Now. Wikipedia, google, the lot. If you have time, write your own description for yourself.


Bad Wolf- OMG, RTD actually wrote something which impressed me. This one even managed to scare me vaguely, in a way that I haven't been in a loooong time, and certainly not by RTD, lol..........Not complex, and once again, RTD displays a complete inability, IMAO, to handle suspense properly........but nonetheless this was good.....or better.......the D***** were as sc****** as ever, and came across well (edited to avoid spoilers)

Having said that, nxt week looks....interesting......, but the trailer of the TARDIS in space........ho-hum......

[PointyHairedJedi]

I thought that was pretty darn good myself, even if they moved the preview back to before the end credits instead of afterwards (grrr....). Next week's finale promises to be a proper scorcher! :D

[Chancellor Valium]

lol, true!

[MaverickZer0]

I'm kidding. I actually did know what a Dalek was. I got a description from my parents that included the word 'salt shaker' many times.

....I actually just didn't know how to spell it until the episode.

[Scooter]

I am really looking forward to the finale -- and yet, then what am I going to do? No Doctor Who until the "Christmas Special." And then more waiting for Season 2. We need 24/7 Doctor Who. Maybe a Doctor Who channel. (sigh) Meanwhile, here in the US they can't even get Doctor Who on one of the regular channels...

[Chancellor Valium]

Ha! now you know the fun we have trying to get things like Star Trek.....

[PointyHairedJedi]

Or pretty much anything from the US, actually. Lost doesn't arrive here until August (and it's already showing on the continent in places, not to mention as far off as Singapore), and we're only now going to get to see Wonderfalls at the beginning of next month. Of course, the problem then is that it's almost always that bastard Murdoch (or more accurately Sky) that snap up the broadcast rights, which means if you don't have cable or digital or whatever you've got to wait even longer before it appears on terrestrial.

[Chancellor Valium]

Or pretty much anything from the US, actually. Lost doesn't arrive here until August (and it's already showing on the continent in places, not to mention as far off as Singapore), and we're only now going to get to see Wonderfalls at the beginning of next month. Of course, the problem then is that it's almost always that bastard Murdoch (or more accurately Sky) that snap up the broadcast rights, which means if you don't have cable or digital or whatever you've got to wait even longer before it appears on terrestrial.

Exactly! :evil: :evil: :x :x

[Scooter]

Yeah, but most American TV is crap, so 9 times out of 10 you're missing nothing. And a lot of times great American stuff gets lost or ignored over here, like "Firefly." Meanwhile, it's painfully easy to catch stupid reality shows like "The Real Gilligan's Island"...

But I'm glad you mentioned it. Chatting with Nic Corelli I knew that he was way behind us on "Smallville," but I didn't realize we were doing such a poor job of exporting what good TV we have.

Meanwhile I just discovered the original "Coupling," believe it or not. I've seen three episodes and died laughing, and now I have to figure out how to get that, too.

I feel like a transsexual, but instead of being a woman in a man's body I'm a Brit in a Yank's body.

[Chancellor Valium]

You must be very confused when it comes to spelling then :P

[PointyHairedJedi]

I never really liked Coupling myself, but I've heard it's far superior to the US remake, as is usually the case with such remakes (although the US version of The Office is apparently pretty good). You do have a point of course Scooter, in that most of the crap tends to get filtered out by the time it gets across to our side of the Pond, but it's still annoying to have to wait six months or a year to see just what it is that everyone is raving on about (with the very rare exception like BSG, of course). I suppose it can goe both ways though of course - none of the US networks as far as I know have yet decided they want to pick up Who. You could always move to Canada of course; I hear they've got plenty of spare room. ;)

[Scooter]

What's funny about all this is that I did manage to see "Bad Wolf," and I was only able to appreciate the jokes because all of the game shows featured in the episode did come over here in American versions. I was a big fan of the American "Weakest Link" while it was on (Me shouting at the set: "Bank! Bank, you idiot!"), before of course they ruined it by doing too many all-celeb episodes. But thanks to American importing I was able to recognize the "Weakest Link" set, Anne Robinson's hair, and so on just as quickly as a Brit. So I was a very, very happy Yank.

And how many people have had exactly that feeling--that Anne was two seconds away from vaporizing you! Hilarious.

[Scooter]

Very interesting DW series news:
Doctor Who has been renewed for a third season!;
Billie Piper will be in all episodes of the second season;
John Barrowman will be returning for a few episodes of the second season;
Daleks will not feature in the second season, but Cybermen will.
Very, very cool.

[Chancellor Valium]

Yes. Not so cool is that RTD thinks he's done everything he can do with the Daleks - i.e. they are utterly and completely destroyed by this coming episode........

[Scooter]

Yes. Not so cool is that RTD thinks he's done everything he can do with the Daleks - i.e. they are utterly and completely destroyed by this coming episode........
Yes, well, the Daleks have been "completely destroyed" before (including in this Time War that also nuked Gallifrey)--so I doubt that even RTD thinks we've seen the last of them.

[Chancellor Valium]

Yes. Not so cool is that RTD thinks he's done everything he can do with the Daleks - i.e. they are utterly and completely destroyed by this coming episode........
Yes, well, the Daleks have been "completely destroyed" before (including in this Time War that also nuked Gallifrey)--so I doubt that even RTD thinks we've seen the last of them.

*shrugs* That's what he said in an interview, anyhow........

[PointyHairedJedi]

Very interesting DW series news:
Daleks will not feature in the second season, but Cybermen will.[/list]
Very, very cool.
Fantastic! The third season is cool too, though it's hardly a huge shock given how successful Who has been in terms of audience share (with pretty damn decent viewing figures too).

[Chancellor Valium]

Yes, but how much of that is due to RTDs writing, and how much is due to there being bugger all on on a saturday evening....

[MaverickZer0]

It's on Saturday there? Funny, Tuesday here...ah, that's why you see them before me.

[Scooter]

It's on Saturday there? Funny, Tuesday here...ah, that's why you see them before me.

Transmission times vary from country to country, and the UK started before the others.

According to Outpost Gallifrey, transmission times are:
BBC1 (UK) 7pm Saturdays
CBC Television (Canada) 8pm Tuesdays
ABC (Australia), 7:30pm Saturdays
PrimeTV (New Zealand), July 2005
KBS (South Korea), 11:15pm Saturdays
No US Broadcaster Announced :(

[Scooter]

Yes, but how much of that is due to RTDs writing, and how much is due to there being bugger all on on a saturday evening....
And how much to major hype, which will gear up again in toime for the Christmas Special...

Though it did beat Ant & Dec usually, and that was very popular. If it hadn't beat celebrity wrestling though, that would have been humiliating.

[Chancellor Valium]

Yes, but how much of that is due to RTDs writing, and how much is due to there being bugger all on on a saturday evening....
And how much to major hype, which will gear up again in toime for the Christmas Special...

Though it did beat Ant & Dec usually, and that was very popular. If it hadn't beat celebrity wrestling though, that would have been humiliating.

Beating Ant & Dec though should be easy - it's a pile of dingo's kidneys....

[Chancellor Valium]

That was t3h aw3some! and I never thought I'd say that!

[PointyHairedJedi]

One of uss....