Doctor Who - Spoilers!

[pixletwin]

Did mother never tell you to not listen to internet rumours?

Just heard an interesting rumor......I think it's a garbage rumor. But I googled the actor and he would be an interesting choice in very stark contrast to Matt Smith.

Kay thanks!

 

[N2k-swb]

I don't think Moffat has started the Christmas episode yet, he used to announce on twitter when he had started which was closer to summer.

I want to refuse any belief Matt Smith will ever leave...

 

[pixletwin]

I believe after Matt Smith finishes filming for the Anniversay special he is coming to America to film stuff for a different production. Then filming on the Christmas special will begin in Fall.

I still want at least 1 or 2 more series from Matt. We'll see.

 

[Kamandi]

He hasn't had a big role in a Hollywood film (which is what he wants).

Even Tennant had done several before he left.

Bad timing if Smith leaves now. Impatience didn't work out so great for Eccleston.

 

[JonWes]

Smith has said he'll be involved in the 2014 series, so unless he's just outright lying, we have him for another year, thank goodness.

 

[pixletwin]

Smith has said he'll be involved in the 2014 series, so unless he's just outright lying, we have him for another year, thank goodness.

Where has he stated that?

 

[N2k-swb]

He hasn't had a big role in a Hollywood film (which is what he wants).

Even Tennant had done several before he left.

Bad timing if Smith leaves now. Impatience didn't work out so great for Eccleston.

Matt does have that project in Ryan Goslings movie, that will be a major stepping stone for him since Gosling seems to be everywhere right now.

Hope that doesn't give him an appetite to move away quicker.

 

[JonWes]

Where has he stated that?

Original interview was in Radio Times, though a few sites ran stories:
https://www.combom.co.uk/2013/03/matt-smith-confirms-staring-in-doctor.html

 

[pixletwin]

That article doesn't even contain the actual quote from Matt. Combom paraphrases his own opinion into what a very vague Matt Smith said. Here is the actual quote:

The question, as always, is how long can he go on as the Doctor? “For ever! I came back and put the costume on for the photoshoot today. At the risk of sounding self-indulgent and cheesy, it really does make you want to go back and start shooting. I’m attached to the show for the next year and I take it year by year. I think that’s the only way you can take it.”

You can read this several ways. I read it as him saying that he is attached to the show for the remainder of the year and after that, the future is a big giant "?" . If he meant he is attached to the show through the end of 2014, that is a very strange way of putting it, don't you think?

 

[JonWes]

I guess. I think Tennant and Smith both pretty much said "I take it year by year" every year they were asked, which is pretty much right after they sign on. LOL.

I suppose it could be read either way. Whatever, I don't concern myself too much about it. It'll happen when it happens.

 

[Kamandi]

IF we get another year with Smith it seems likely to be his last. They had some good talent to choose from last time they recast.

What would be cool is if they have the next actor choosen and he appears in the 50th special but we don't realize it.

 

[JonWes]

I'm never really opposed to Doctors changing. I'd love for Smith to keep going because he's so great. But it's a lot of fun when they get a new Doctor in. I do kind of like the thought of a new show runner coming in with a new Doctor, though, too. I think that helps it keep fresh as well. Obviously, it was different between 9 and 10 because 9's time was (sadly) so short. But I actually think if they can get a show runner and Doctor to stick around 3-5 years and then switch them out... that could be an okay model.

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

I like Matt Smith, he's had some awesome moments and he's a talented actor, but I am kind of feeling ready for a new Doctor that is a bit less homage-y (that's a word, right?) to a previous Doctor and has more of a unique take.

 

[Kamandi]

Spoilers. I'm serious.

Spoiler

Sources: https://doctorwhotv.co.uk/the-name-of-the-doctor-spoilery-details-48574.htm and https://doctorwhotv.co.uk/50th-filming-a-blast-from-the-past-48627.htm

The Name of the Doctor Spoilery Details
PUBLISHED MAY 1, 2013

The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine reveals some tantalising details for the Series 7 finale, The Name of the Doctor. Here’s some highlights.

Every journey taken by a time-traveller tears a wound in the fabric of reality, and the Doctor has time-travelled more than anyone. But the trail runs cold in Trenzalore, the one place in all of time and space that he should never go. The most dangerous place in the universe… Who is kidnapping the Doctor’s friends, leading him to Trenzalore? Could the Fall of the Eleventh be nigh? Or does an impossible girl hold the key? The Doctor’s past, present, and future lives are in grave danger… and his greatest secret is about to be revealed.

Quote:

THE DOCTOR: “The path I carved through time and space, from Gallifrey to Trenzalore. My own personal time tunnel, leading back to every moment I ever lived. Every step, every tear, every kiss. Even the days I haven’t lived yet. Which is why I shouldn’t be here. The paradoxes… very bad…”

Other stuff:

Richard E Grant is back as Dr Simeon (“Hello again,” says the Doctor. “How’s the Intelligence – still Great?”)

Post-Library River Song returns (“Oh, I do like to watch a man think; it’s like watching a whale knit!”).

On the Doctor’s feelings for River, Moffat says: “You never quite know what the Doctor feels. I don’t think you ever should.”

There’s more snogging

Moffat says there hasn’t been a “proper doom-fraught episode” in a while. If this episode is about anything, it’s about death. There is a funereal atmosphere, literally.

Will everyone make it to the end of the episode alive? Spoiler: no

Will we, at last, learn the true identity of Clara Oswald, the impossible girl? Spoiler: yes!

Will the Doctor’s greatest secret be revealed? Spoiler: possibly
DWM doesn’t know how the episode ends, it’s that secret
After this episode, nothing will ever be the same again

 

[JGouse0498]

Spoilers. I'm serious.

Spoiler

Sources: https://doctorwhotv.co.uk/the-name-of-the-doctor-spoilery-details-48574.htm and https://doctorwhotv.co.uk/50th-filming-a-blast-from-the-past-48627.htm

The Name of the Doctor Spoilery Details
PUBLISHED MAY 1, 2013

The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine reveals some tantalising details for the Series 7 finale, The Name of the Doctor. Here’s some highlights.

Every journey taken by a time-traveller tears a wound in the fabric of reality, and the Doctor has time-travelled more than anyone. But the trail runs cold in Trenzalore, the one place in all of time and space that he should never go. The most dangerous place in the universe… Who is kidnapping the Doctor’s friends, leading him to Trenzalore? Could the Fall of the Eleventh be nigh? Or does an impossible girl hold the key? The Doctor’s past, present, and future lives are in grave danger… and his greatest secret is about to be revealed.

Quote:

THE DOCTOR: “The path I carved through time and space, from Gallifrey to Trenzalore. My own personal time tunnel, leading back to every moment I ever lived. Every step, every tear, every kiss. Even the days I haven’t lived yet. Which is why I shouldn’t be here. The paradoxes… very bad…”

Other stuff:

Richard E Grant is back as Dr Simeon (“Hello again,” says the Doctor. “How’s the Intelligence – still Great?”)

Post-Library River Song returns (“Oh, I do like to watch a man think; it’s like watching a whale knit!”).

On the Doctor’s feelings for River, Moffat says: “You never quite know what the Doctor feels. I don’t think you ever should.”

There’s more snogging

Moffat says there hasn’t been a “proper doom-fraught episode” in a while. If this episode is about anything, it’s about death. There is a funereal atmosphere, literally.

Will everyone make it to the end of the episode alive? Spoiler: no

Will we, at last, learn the true identity of Clara Oswald, the impossible girl? Spoiler: yes!

Will the Doctor’s greatest secret be revealed? Spoiler: possibly
DWM doesn’t know how the episode ends, it’s that secret
After this episode, nothing will ever be the same again

Sounds interesting, but it also sounds like way too much to fit in a single 45 minute episode (excluding the commercials). Unless it ends up being a cliffhanger into the 50th Anniversary special coming in November.

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[pixletwin]

I believe all signs point to a cliff hanger ending leading into the 50th anniversary special.

 

[Kamandi]

Agreed. sounds like a cliffhanger

 

[TheObsoleteMan]

The Crimson Horror was soooo good. That line about the gobby Austarlian was sublime. Vastra, Jenny and Strax once again prove to be infinitely entertaining.

Oh, and nice cameo by Galvatron.

 

[ProgMatinee]

Top 5 episode for me. Truly fantastic all around. Loved the cinematic flashback scenes.

Tom Tom reference was hilarious.

 

[JonWes]

Great episode, agreed. Loved the tone, the setting, the "gang"... great stuff.