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Sounds a GREAT premise for a story.
Gareth Roberts is a superlative writer.
This series will be the best television ever made. Period.
The dude from Gavin & Stacey is in no way annoying.
The modern version of Doctor Who is FANTASTIC!

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lol brendan. :lol

I just got all of the McGann big finish audios (series 1 -3 and ep 1 of series 4). I have heard good things about and I am looking forward to getting to know McGann better. :)
 

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I'm serious, look at the font used in the new logo, it's EPIC!

Later this month Matt Smith and Karen Gillan are going to be touring a few places in outlying areas in a bus for some special preview showings of the first new episode.

( I nearly typed "special bus" then but that sends the wrong message. )

In a bit of even more awesome news that I got via our own WilliamShatnersToupee, everyone's favorite companion Matthew "Adric" Waterhouse is soon to be releasing his autobiography in which he apparently pulls no punches on what he thought of various people he worked with during his time on the show.
 
I just got all of the McGann big finish audios (series 1 -3 and ep 1 of series 4). I have heard good things about and I am looking forward to getting to know McGann better. :)

Post your thoughts after you have a listen. I've often thought of getting the McGann audios, but $10 for 60 minutes doesn't seem like a very good value when you compare it to the 2.5+ hour audiobooks narrated by David Tennant, which also sell for $10.
 
Later this month Matt Smith and Karen Gillan are going to be touring a few places in outlying areas in a bus for some special preview showings of the first new episode.

I wish Who was popular enough in the US to get promotions even half as good as this. I'm still not over the jealousy I felt when the props for the new show were on a museum tour in the UK.
 
I wish Who was popular enough in the US to get promotions even half as good as this. I'm still not over the jealousy I felt when the props for the new show were on a museum tour in the UK.

I wouldn't have minded seeing some of them myself as I like seeing the work that goes into the creature costumes and things like that.

A few years ago I went to the Art of Star Wars exhibition when it came to London and it was awesome seeing the original models,props and costumes from the OT.
 
Just recieved further info on the promotional tour from WST,

The bus will be stopping at the following places,

29th March = Belfast
30th March am = Inverness ( Karen Gillan's home town )
30th March pm = Sunderland
31st March am = Salford
31st March pm = Northampton ( Matt Smith's home town )

The events will feature exclusive footage of the new series, the chance to see the new trailer in 3D as well as the first episode "The 11th Hour".

In addition to prize giveaways fans will also be able to get their photo taken tumbling through the time vortex and with several monsters.

The nearest one to me is Northampton which is about 50-70 miles away and I'll possibly have the cash to get there.........I could get my pic taken throwing a Tennant figure into the time vortex or glaring at Smith :D

I think the unprecedented level of support the show has got in terms of promotion since it came back has clearly played a huge part in it's success. If Colin Baker or Sylvester McCoy had gotten the same backing from the BBC then the show would never have been cancelled in the first place.
 
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I think the unprecedented level of support the show has got in terms of promotion since it came back has clearly played a huge part in it's success. If Colin Baker or Sylvester McCoy had gotten the same backing from the BBC then the show would never have been cancelled in the first place.

I think the fans and the BBC are fighting for every breath to keep this show alive.

I was barely alive during the Colin and Sylvester eras, so I can only speculate that Doctor Who had been on for so long and was so embedded in British (pop) culture by that time, that the BBC just got complacent in thinking they could put any ol' story on the screen, and as long as it had a blue box, it would be a money maker.

That's just the vibes I get when I hear people talk of that era. It's all speculation on my part.
 
I think the fans and the BBC are fighting for every breath to keep this show alive.

I was barely alive during the Colin and Sylvester eras, so I can only speculate that Doctor Who had been on for so long and was so embedded in British (pop) culture by that time, that the BBC just got complacent in thinking they could put any ol' story on the screen, and as long as it had a blue box, it would be a money maker.

That's just the vibes I get when I hear people talk of that era. It's all speculation on my part.

I think an element of complacency was certainly a factor but from what I gather several higher ups at the BBC disliked Who and actively tried to kill it.

BBC top dog Michael Grade publically blasted it in comparison to imported sci-fi shows on other channels like Buck Rogers and the original BSG yet scheduled Who to air in direct competition without increasing the budget so the masses naturally went for the show that had the more modern look.

With such a lack of financial and promotional support from the powers that be and a slew of bad ideas from the producer the show was destined to fail but if it had got a comparable budget and the sort of promotion it gets now then it's quite possible that we'd be on something like the 20th Doctor instead of 11th.
 
I found some info about the new series in an article on the DailyTelegraph's website,


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The Atraxi from the first episode are "thuggish galactic policemen".

Amy Pond has no parents but may have an Aunt.

11's regeneration trauma will last most of the first episode.

The new TARDIS set is "roughly 3 times the size of the last one, on multiple levels with adjoining staircases. It's less grubby looking with a transparent floor on the main level and the walls are resplendent with polished copper. There are old car seats and a swing (!) on the lower level and in a nod to the McGann era the central column has a TV screen fitted to an extendable trellis. It also has an 80's style computer keyboard and a HMV style trumpet speaker.

Smith's Doctor is described as "Less prickly than Eccleston, without the slapstick of Tennant and has an air of muddled intensity that's somewhat reminiscent of Tom Baker".

My thoughts,

The new baddies sound like the Judoon = HMMM.

Amy Pond only having 1 relative should mean a reduction in the amount of time they're onscreen = YAY!

Regeneration stuff and the new TARDIS set = INTRESTING!

11 lacking the slapstick of 10 and possibly having a bit of Tom's character = YAY!

I think I need to lie down ;)
 
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3 more weeks!

The bit about 11's character sounds wayyy too good to be true so I'm not gonna get too excited but that article also said,

Matt Smith's favorite story is "Tomb of the Cybermen"
( Impressive. Most impressive. )

His costume was changed at his own request from something akin to Captain Jack Sparrow's attire to the Troughton influenced costume.
( The Force is strong with this one. )

So even if he doesn't channel Tom in elements of his performance he may end up putting a bit of Pat in there and as far as I'm concerned that's almost as awesome.
 
His costume was changed at his own request from something akin to Captain Jack Sparrow's attire to the Troughton influenced costume.
( The Force is strong with this one. )

Really? They were gonna dress him like a pirate?

I'm all for a visually interesting costume, but... yikes! :google
 
Really? They were gonna dress him like a pirate?

I'm all for a visually interesting costume, but... yikes! :google

I've read that info as being quoted directly from Steven Moffatt on a couple of different sites so it seems Smith should be applauded for putting his foot down.

Regarding the rest of the series I've read some intresting stuff about various episodes and if true the final story is called,

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Cyber War!!!!!!!!!
( Mondasian Cybermen Vs Cybusmen with the Doctor in the middle. )

Sounds like utter fanwank of course but providing Moffatt doesn't suffer from "crappy 2nd part" syndrome and resists the temptation to do a magical reset in the last 5 minutes it may turn out OK.

If nothing else it'll be intresting to see how the Mondasian Cybermen look, will they be a new hybrid of various Classic designs or a recreation of the "10th Planet" versions albeit with a bit of modern polish?
 
To answer your question: yes it is her.

I really enjoyed the clip. I am seriously getting a good vibe from Matt Smith that his Doctor is going to eclipse Eccleston and Tennant.
 
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