Doctor Who - Spoilers!

[pixletwin]

That sucks man. Sorry to hear it.

 

[bcm77]

I'm trying to go into the new series as open minded as possible but the more I hear stuff like exactly who River Song is in relation to the Doctor the more put off I am about the whole thing

 

[William Shatners Toupee]

I'm trying to go into the new series as open minded as possible

Do or do not. There is no try...

It's a new regime. Watch them all to celebrate RTD being gone! :chew:chew :chew

"The BBC is astounded to announce the highest ratings EVER for Doctor Who now that RTD is gone" Be part of that, amigo!

 

[Kabukiman]

Doctor Who + Neil Gaiman = SQUEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

https://www.sfx.co.uk/page/sfx?entry=exclusive_neil_gaiman_confirms_doctor

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

Very cool.

I can't wait for the new series to start. Not that I didn't enjoy the Tennant era, but I'm ready for a new Doc.

 

[pixletwin]

This is VERY good news. I wonder if it will be for the Xmas special or series 6?

Doctor Who + Neil Gaiman = SQUEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

https://www.sfx.co.uk/page/sfx?entry=exclusive_neil_gaiman_confirms_doctor

 

[C1eaN]

....... I wonder if it will be for the Xmas special or series 6?

1) Dunno.

2) Don't care.

Have a nice day.

 

[ProgMatinee]

watched Arc in Space and Sontoran Experiment last few days. I can kinda see why people like Tom Baker...but man he is such a horrid physical actor. he couldn't even use a yo-yo without looking like a complete putz. him dueling with the sontoran was just a joke. he simply stands still while the sontoran purposely swings and misses him or swings into the stick Baker was holding, because Baker couldn't even pretend to sword fight.

 

[pixletwin]

1) Dunno.

2) Don't care.

Have a nice day.

Now you're speaking my language!

 

[bcm77]

Do or do not. There is no try...

It's a new regime. Watch them all to celebrate RTD being gone! :chew:chew :chew

"The BBC is astounded to announce the highest ratings EVER for Doctor Who now that RTD is gone" Be part of that, amigo!

Based on what I've read so far it seems all the new regime will serve up is more of the same crap that I wasted my time with over the last 4 years.

I think any celebration of the new era will for me be marked by watching something from before the revival ever happened as even the worst of Doctors 6 & 7 is more appealing to me than what is certain to be "RTD era version 2.0".

 

[pixletwin]

I think your opinion is a little to strong and vitriolic for something that has yet to be seen by anyone.

 

[bcm77]

I think your opinion is a little to strong and vitriolic for something that has yet to be seen by anyone.

It probably is but I think the basic style is unlikely to differ much, if indeed at all from the RTD era because the BBC will ( rightly ) adopt a "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" approach which I hope will eventually bite them in the ass when general audience tastes change.

I don't know how true it is but I read a post on another site from someone claiming that in the current DWM there's a quote from Moffatt saying a little girl came up to him and asked "What would happen if an alien disguised itself as the TARDIS and the Doctor got in it?"

If that's true then I reckon they should sign the kid up for life as that's an awesome idea!

 

[William Shatners Toupee]

watched Arc in Space and Sontoran Experiment last few days. I can kinda see why people like Tom Baker...but man he is such a horrid physical actor. he couldn't even use a yo-yo without looking like a complete putz. him dueling with the sontoran was just a joke. he simply stands still while the sontoran purposely swings and misses him or swings into the stick Baker was holding, because Baker couldn't even pretend to sword fight.

The whole story behind the scenes of the fight that is kinda goofy, actually. Tom broke his collarbone while filming Sontaran Experiment and the actor playing the Sontaran had a heart condition, so both had doubles used in the fights, mixed with a few scenes of actual Tom in between, and they were trying to film around it. Other scenes of Tom were doubled as well in it. If you re-watch the Sontaran Experiment now it'll be a heckuva lot trippier, man.

If you watch the "making of" on the DVD they go into it more.

 

[William Shatners Toupee]

even the worst of Doctors 6 & 7 is more appealing to me than what is certain to be "RTD era version 2.0".

Ha! Spoken by a man who has no idea what pain he truly has in store for him because you've only seen like one episode of each of those Doctors! Oh, your tears of suffering as you watch the rest of the Colins and McCoys will be like nectar to me, my friend---NECTAR--- because you so glibly throw off their horridness that I assure you will break even the most optimistic Classic Who fan.
:emperor:emperor:emperor BWA-HA-HA!

You know what this is like? A college friend daring his buddy to make a fish milkshake and drink it, and after the friend does it, the guy drinking it claims it wasn't that bad, so the first buddy says "fine then, drink another one", and then that guy has to to save face.

Rent the Colins and the Slys. In order, with no other Doctors between them. See the terribleness as it was made to be seen, season by season. Drink another fish milkshake, my friend. We'll see who'd prefer them than a brand new season of Doctor Who under a new producer where the show can go in any new direction. (I know the episodes you've seen and they aren't the horrible ones yet). BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

I think any celebration of the new era will for me be marked by watching something from before the revival ever happened as even the worst of Doctors 6 & 7 is more appealing to me than what is certain to be "RTD era version 2.0".

You obviously haven't seen Delta and the Bannermen.

 

[bcm77]

WST,
If I can sit through the worst of the 80's without becoming,

A) So bored I stop paying attention.

B) Embarrassed to be wasting time watching such drivel.

C) So irritated by a certain Doctor or companion that I end up refusing to be in the same room if they are onscreen.

I think I'll have done OK.

Have a supply of those milkshakes ready if I'm wrong though

TheObsoleteMan,
I've seen a trailer for it on another DVD and the only thing that really struck me about it was the title as it sounded like a Motown act or something.

 

[barbelith]

We'll see who'd prefer them than a brand new season of Doctor Who under a new producer where the show can go in any new direction.

The final two McCoy seasons are among the series' best (and the final year is a template for the new series, right down to council estates and family inspired depth for the companion). Before that we had sputtering grabs at "any new direction" which were often wildly imaginative: Revelation of the Daleks is superb; Delta and the Bannermen is the new series in a nutshell and Paradise Towers is an incredible script let down in the actual production (quite similar to Dragonfire and Battlefield in that respect).

 

[bcm77]

The final year was a template for Nu-Who?
Hopefully ratings will take a similar turn to the late 80's in the next couple of years

 

[ProgMatinee]

hopefully this new guy stinks and they figure out a way to bring Tennant back so he can be the doctor for another 15 years.

 

[Blackhole]

I wouldn't mind more David Tennant, but I'm glad to see the back of RTD...

I'm still hoping for a multi Doctor episode, maybe with 8, 9, 10 and 11...