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Discuss how fucking fantastic this series is.

As a note: The two-part starter for series 6 is SO FUCKING GOOD YOU HAVE NO IDEA

Doctor who?

Is it that episode where he's running and trapped inside a building? in that season where he saves the universe at the end?

The new aliens, whatever they were called, rival the weeping angels in terms of creepiness. Especially in the scene from the second episode where Amy is briefly trapped in that room and the stuff on the ceiling. I really hope we get to see more of those aliens, the little girl, the space suit, and interracial gay sex. I really appreciate that the level of scary remarkable in season 4 (Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead, Midnight, Planet of the Dead, Waters of Mars, and almost everything else) has been combined with the humor of season 5.

I liked the angels one.

And the one where he goes back to the '40s.

Other than that it's pretty boring.

the correct pronucitation is 'doctor whom

*grammar nazi lol :lol:*

No giant scarf = No Doctor.

Fezzes are cool.

The Moff>>>>>Rusty (at least as show runner. I actually quite like Davies writing sometimes)

So what are people's theories on the regenerating little girl?

Im not too fussed for Doctor Who, but the episode a couple of years back with the Vashta Nerada creeped me out. Shadows turning people to skeletons but you could still hear their spirits talking through the intercom system like they were still there  :'(

Silence In The Library was the first Doctor Who Episode I ever saw.
After that was the one where whatshername goes back in time and sees history differently.

So anyway, I will likely be getting into this show very soon whether I want to or not

If people are interested in jumping in, then start with the last series (series 5 of NuWho), which was more or less a complete cut off from what came before. British series are also a lot shorter than American seasons, so all in all there's only 15 episodes needed to catch up.

Also, you might want to watch the Silence on the Library/ Forest of the Dead two-parter (series 4), since it introduces a key character for the current arc.

Exterminate!
EXTERMINAAAAATE!

Unless she's the Master's daughter (which is hardly plausible) she has to be the Doctor's daughter. Judging from the photograph of Amy with a baby, and the "you only get to live once" bit at the end, I think that some alternate-reality junk is going to get involved as a result of the Doctor indirectly warning his past self, where Amy and the Doctor had an offspring. Honestly, though, I'm more interested in the carnivorous space suit, and why it's intent on murdering the Doctor.

Its very possible that she's susan, the daughters granddaughter from the first series, or possibly a regenerated romana or something. Alternatively, some sort of tardis impregnation or something... However, as regards to the susan thing, its most likely amys daughter, given the picture in the room where she's taken from, and the tardis's scan and all. Alternatively, its river song, who is in fact amy's daughter or something (given the backwards in time thing...)

Speaking of british time travel I prefer Primeval

Dr who?
Dr Ivo "eggman" Robotnik of course!

I don't think it'll be a previously seen time-lady. I think I trust Moffat too much to pull something essentially out of his arse like that. A lot more people currently watch Doctor Who than know who Rani or Susan or even Jenny are, and Moffat has consistently made the case that it's a kids show. I Don't expect him to do something the kids wouldn't understand.

Then again, I have absolutely no idea who she's going to turn out to be. Any guess is better than no guess... I guess.

Also, a bit annoyed that I'll have to wait a few weeks before the series gets back on track. When the Doctor was like: 'let's go have adventures!', I was like: 'Noooooooo, I want to know who that girl waasss!'.

yeah, that's my problem with dr who, it seems like only 1 in 3 episodes advance the plot in a meaningful way, and before that there's only little sneak peaks at what's happening, like the bad wolf thing.

Still, I'm hoping moffett will pull up something nice, and something from the older series, I dont really like the fact that russell t davis essentially killed off the master, but he did bring back sarah jane, which most people wouldn't have known about. Given the track record for bringing stuff back I hope that moffett will at least bring SOMETHING back.

And to people saying that the younger viewers wont understand, It's pretty easy to explain that it's the doctors granddaughter... however, given other stuff from the episodes, I dont think that's the explanation any more.

Anyways, fun trivia (About me), my grandad only bought a tv so him and his family could watch the first episode of dr who.

Also:

RIP Elizibeth Sladen.

I want to know why Amy 'Pond' and 'River' Song.

moff has already brought a few things back, namely the silurians and the classic cybermen.
anyway, season 6 is off to a fantastic start, the silence are damn terrifying.
as for the girl
i doubt they will make it so the doctor got amy pregnant or some shit like that. for one, he's a different species and the writers know that, plus it would be way too soap opera-ey. i think they are trying to make it as clear as possible that she's with rory. also, it seems pretty clear that there's still quite a few mysteries about amy. that said, when the episode ended i was flipping the fuck out.

Because the internet

(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lklcdncbZU1qiogvmo1_500.png)

The lower leftmost one reminds me of David Tennant and the one to the lower right of that one reminds me of Chris Eccleston. I'm assuming the eleventh doctor isn't portrayed? (there are only ten cats)

btw

(http://images.hollywood.com/site/David-Tennant.jpg)
= god

The only episode I remember was some newer one involving the Daleks. Come come now, no need to spoiler the second most famous trademark of the series.
What a coincidence.

I've been watching it but I don't see why everyone is up in arms about it.

Sonic CD had the time stone and sonic generation bring back the time travel as a plot (was also there in 2k6)

My girl and I were arguing about this. I'm thinking that  the Doctor is not banging Amy, and the child is future-Amy's that absorbed tardis energy - but it didn't quite grow a time-head. She thinks Amy did end up sleeping with the Doctor, because "even though he's not Tennant, he's still better than Rory". Logical.

Also,
This.

(http://www.kasterborus.com/tardis/fourth-doctor-tom-baker/tbaker4.jpg)

The best.

Amy? sleeping bang with by the doctor? is that a kind of bad sonic fanfiction?

I cannot wait to see Series 6 when it hits the download.

I wish it was on Hulu or Netflix or something.

Every time I try to watch Doctor Who I puke and then I turn off the TV.

What a coincidence that's what happens every time I look at YOUR FACE

I saw Christopher Eccleston at Reading Festival last year. I wanted to go up to him and gush about how I loved him in Doctor Who, but I remembered he is the only Doctor who won't associate himself with the program any more. I thought it'd just annoy him so I didn't approach him.

I loved the Ninth Doctor :concerned:more than Ten <_<

So do I, or at least, I love his writing and his delivery more. He seemed more down to earth, and serious, as befits a great warrior from a magnificent empire.

I think the ninth doctor was, as you describe, more serious. He was confident and faced few real challenges in the first season. But the tenth doctor was the sympathetic, as he was discovering that he couldn't save everyone. The eleventh doctor seems to be a transition to a doctor who has realized this and is motivated by adventure, where preserving cultures comes second. (The tenth doctor would have never had the entire Silence eradicated with hardly a second thought) Of the three, I actually liked Chris the least. Not that I disliked him, but he lacked the charm of the two who've followed him.

Doctor what?

Knock-knock!

the tenth doctor was seriously the worst pacifist ever. he killed people all the time, but it didn't count because he didn't use guns and he didn't bring up his pacifism so nobody would notice.

Ten killed things, but he cried about it so I guess it's okay.

I thought Tennant was okay when he was in the role but Matt Smith just completely blows him out of the water. He has a far greater range of emotion, and every moment he's on screen, even if the episode is so-so or he's not doing anything particularly interesting, he's still entertaining to watch. 'The Lodger' from last series is one of my favourite episodes even though it's just scene after scene of The Doctor doing domestic stuff, and the alien threat is mostly forgettable. I don't think Tennant could have carried an episode like that basically on his own (I'm aware it was a Tenth Doctor comic strip before it was an episode but they are almost completely different stories).[/rant I guess]

Also I am watching City of Death at the moment. It's brill.

I like seeing the three most recent doctors as his reaction to the time war;

9 is straight out of it, emotionally fucked, he's just spent a long time without anybody else to try and come to terms with it. That's why he more or less abandons rose at the beginning of the first episode, he doesn't want company. Rose sets him on the path to recovery. He's still bitter, so he's more closed in than other doctors in the past, and the future. Because of the war, he's a pacifist, but a strange one. He seeks to prevent war by any means, but is not unwilling to fight. As mentioned in the empty child series, he's actively sought to destroy weapons (see the thing about the banana factory). Despite his hate for war, he's still got a special loathing for the daleks. He's willing to kill a defenceless one in "dalek", as well as being willing to wipe out most of humanity to kill a single fleet (and the emperor, but that's not so important).

As I said, rose sets him on the path to recovery. When he regenerates, he comes back as a much more open person, more willing to talk about his life. In a way he's more of a pacifist than he was before. He's even less willing to outright kill things, even when it's the best course of action. In many ways, he's gone in the opposite direction to the 9th doctor, and is more in line with the time lords original aim to simply observe other cultures.

His current generation (11th) is a midway point. He's come to better terms with the time war, having seen the time lords again, as well as the daleks, and is more at peace with himself. He's now looking for adventure, and simply having a good time, as opposed to trying to eliminate conflict (9th) or find someone to share his anguish with (10th).

I fucking hate Doctor Cheekbones, but it's probably the increasingly lazy writing that's put me off the programme, probably for good.

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nothing about this post is bad

Who's there?


Doctor!


Doctor who?


Bigger on the inside than it is on the outside!

Knock Knock Knock Knock

Who's there?

Wilf.

I'm sorry, that was a bad joke, but I don't want it to kill this topic.

What did everyone think of pirates?

I liked it, but somehow I saw the twist where the thing turns out to be benevolent coming from a mile away.

And did the siren's singing remind anyone else of the girl who was singing in the Christmas special?

Also, with all the buildup for the Silence in season 5 I was surprised we didn't see them again in this episode, even if just as a minor reference.

You did, madk. You just don't remember.

Remember what?

Why is my palm flashing?

Pirates 2 was better, bigger names and better scenes.

Godwin's law

The title is just  :facepalm:

Who predicted River's identity at the end of the season opener AND WAS RIGHT?
 :handshakeL: ;D  :handpointL: ME ME ME

Moffat has a bold sense of theater but that was a really annoying place to leave it until autumn.

Mixed on this season so far. The last one was fantastic, this is splitting opinions. Ludicrously epic Moffat episodes but Doctor Smith is getting a little too cocky perhaps. Silence are great, more plz.

It's dry spells like this that make me rewatch series one and realize just how fun Eccleston was.

Yeah, same here. It's still an awesome twist.

Absolutely. I was very pleased that it was correct, I think it's a fabulous extra layer of tragi-happiness.

I just watched the latest episode. God this show is so flat.

Well it is a kids show...

I haven't seen Doctor Who for a long time. I remember when I saw the episode with the gasmask people when I was little, damn, I was so scared.

Now it's my fetish addiction.

I will never get why people actually spend their free time on things they don't enjoy when there are so many alternatives out there. (And why they then actually talk about it, instead of just moving on.)

So, on other note, latest episode was pretty nice. And I'm not one of the people who predicted the twist - I was like :epileptic:

[MASSIVE MASSIVE SPOILERS]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYQAv_-txhM

I liked the ecclestone season as well as most of the tennant ones. That episode was just reveal after reveal. I didn't really feel the buildup to it at all. It was as if all of a sudden the doctor is supposedly doing the "most epic thing he's ever done" and then it's just more and more people entering a room, and then leaving.

It almost seems like that episode should have been spread across half of the series with the doctor traveling about recruiting a team and then ending with something of substance.

I strongly agree

new episode was boring.. jumped around too much. similar to pandorica episodes

tho very exciting! - i predicted the twist back in that ship with the Angels :3

now if they can just return to normal episodes..

Bit off topic, but who else is excited FOR THE FOURTH SEASON OF TORCHWOOOOOOD!?!??!?!?!?!

4th season? didn't the guy go into space after killing his son or sthg

Yes except for the fact that they killed off ALL the good characters.

Should probably censor that.

But yeah, that last episode (of the second season) was a whammer. Tosh and Owen.... :(

I think it's long enough ago for people to already know about it  :shrug2:

But still, as good as that last episode was, it was so sad and frustrating.

I'm not exited about the fourth season. It's been adapted to the american market which most likely means it'll be yet another forensics smartass cast, with added amounts of "teh mystery stuff" to justify that idiotic rocket launcher they had sitting around on the CSI Set.

Sorry, just my reaction to the Torchwood trailer. Maybe it'll turn out interesting and the american way of doing TV Series is just the ingredient Torchwood needs. Alas, I'm not expecting much.

i agree that the twist was really reaaaallly predictable (although i do like the way they worked in the time lord dna, even if it hasn't been fully explained yet) and that it really lacked the scale it feels like it was meant to have. the doctor taking out a small, albeit prepared, military base is hardly his greatest achievement. he's done more monumental things regularly, resetting the fucking universe being a good point of reference. its hard to really hate for me though, mostly because it did have solid writing and some of the new characters were really great (the fuck was up with dorium's death though? he was one of the more savvy characters up to that point)