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Spoilers The Doctor Who Thread
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To be fair, if the BBC has received complaints they have to look into them, and – being a public spirited type – I'd be more than happy to help them investigate this matter.
Anyway, I didn't see The Lodger until this evening, and I enjoyed it. James Cordon wasn't as bad as I feared, and given that I've seen his World Cup show that's saying something.
I enjoyed The Lodger and didn't once feel the need to reach inside the TV to slap James Corden, which is a remarkable feat!
I also thoroughly enjoyed the Vincent Van Gogh episode, and I must admit that in spite of the godawful music the ending got me.
Ooh, and Mr. Cake, if you need assistance with your Amy Pond investigation...
I also thoroughly enjoyed the Vincent Van Gogh episode, and I must admit that in spite of the godawful music the ending got me.
Ooh, and Mr. Cake, if you need assistance with your Amy Pond investigation...
I enjoyed the lodger too and not just because I saw them playing football in the park.
Can't believe were already almost at the end of the series.
from the clips I've seen of the finale it looks like Moffat has found RTD's Kitchen sink and is preparing to throw it in.
Should be good though, looking forward to Saturday
Can't believe were already almost at the end of the series.
from the clips I've seen of the finale it looks like Moffat has found RTD's Kitchen sink and is preparing to throw it in.
Should be good though, looking forward to Saturday
Well, just finished watching the latest episode.
Wow!!!!!!
Very clever and not what I was expecting.
Wow!!!!!!
Very clever and not what I was expecting.
Well, if you want a cliffhanger how about concluding with the end of the universe!?
I've just watched the first episode again (thank you BBC iPlayer) since it seems that young Amelia Pond is the key to it all, yet I'm still none the wiser. Although when the Doctor was showing Amy the inside of the TARDIS the monitor screen has the crack that appeared in last nights episode. The Doctor makes a point of turning it off so that Amy doesn't see it. No idea what that means, though.
So many questions. Who is controlling the TARDIS? Who did the young Amy Pond smile at at the end of the first episode when the TARDIS arrived? Who is Amy's aunt and is she important? Was River Song complicit ("I'm sorry, my love.") in capturing the Doctor? What or who caused the burn marks outside Amy's house? Were there two Doctors in the Weeping Angels episode and not a continuity error? Is the Doctor 'Prisoner Zero'? Has the entire series been a figment of Amy's imagination?
The teaser from the BBC's Doctor Who website: "The Doctor is gone, the TARDIS has been destroyed, and the universe is collapsing. The only hope for all reality is a little girl who still believes in stars."
Roll on next Saturday!
I've just watched the first episode again (thank you BBC iPlayer) since it seems that young Amelia Pond is the key to it all, yet I'm still none the wiser. Although when the Doctor was showing Amy the inside of the TARDIS the monitor screen has the crack that appeared in last nights episode. The Doctor makes a point of turning it off so that Amy doesn't see it. No idea what that means, though.
So many questions. Who is controlling the TARDIS? Who did the young Amy Pond smile at at the end of the first episode when the TARDIS arrived? Who is Amy's aunt and is she important? Was River Song complicit ("I'm sorry, my love.") in capturing the Doctor? What or who caused the burn marks outside Amy's house? Were there two Doctors in the Weeping Angels episode and not a continuity error? Is the Doctor 'Prisoner Zero'? Has the entire series been a figment of Amy's imagination?
The teaser from the BBC's Doctor Who website: "The Doctor is gone, the TARDIS has been destroyed, and the universe is collapsing. The only hope for all reality is a little girl who still believes in stars."
Roll on next Saturday!
Didn't the Doctor say something to little Amy in that first episode about her having to never forget that he was a 'mad man in a box'? Maybe the 'box' in question wasn't the Tardis as we all assumed...
I dunno why everyone's objecting to James Cordon - I quite liked him.
Same.
That sounds awesome
I really like the "no clue wtf is happening" element of this finale.
I'm guessing we'll see what happened when the Doctor revisited Amy as a young girl.
Towards the end of The Eleventh Hour we saw Amy waiting in her backyard look up and smile as the noise from the tardis was heard. It cut immediately to her waking up in bed 14 years later.
She doesn't remember seeing him and he doesn't either because he hadn't done it yet.
Towards the end of The Eleventh Hour we saw Amy waiting in her backyard look up and smile as the noise from the tardis was heard. It cut immediately to her waking up in bed 14 years later.
She doesn't remember seeing him and he doesn't either because he hadn't done it yet.
I got where that was going when he said he meant to return the TARDIS after the new and ancient bit. Felt well smug when it came true.
And great catch to those that spotted the jacket in the Weeping Angel episode.
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Great end to the series too. Didn't fell like a cheat, which is always a plus.
Well, despite a couple of "meh" episodes, that was overall more like the sort of Doctor Who I was hoping for since its return, not that I'm one of the RTD haters. And the first completely "proper" Doctor since McGann, as far as I'm concerned. (Giving McGann the benefit of the doubt here, given how little we got to see of him, but it worked for me.)
"It's a fez, I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool." ::they blow the fez to bits::
I think the Doctor works best when he's eccentric (my favorite Doctors from the original series are the even-numbered ones without exception)--Eccleston probably gave the most consistently convincing performance of them all, but he didn't really try for eccentric. Tennant's attempts occasionally seemed forced, but Smith seems to pull it off naturally. Very nice, and as for his age, well, whatever--if the Doctor is Merlin, then there's your aging backwards thing.
"Vis-ion im-paired!"
Heh. Still, that's about as much of the Daleks in the last 5 years as the first 26 put together, isn't it? I appreciate that they nearly didn't return at all, but they've been overdone by now.
On a better note, no new Doctor or companion next year. Finally! The constant churn was also getting a little tiresome. Amy's not my favorite companion ever but she's not my least favorite either. And are we really getting two full-time companions? I hope so...that hasn't been done for ages, and I quite like Rory by now. (And married? That's a first.)
"There you go, drink up." ::gives Amelia her own time-swiped drink::
I wasn't sure if we were getting a Christmas episode, since they didn't do the "Doctor-lite" thing this series. That's good, then.
--Eric
"It's a fez, I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool." ::they blow the fez to bits::
I think the Doctor works best when he's eccentric (my favorite Doctors from the original series are the even-numbered ones without exception)--Eccleston probably gave the most consistently convincing performance of them all, but he didn't really try for eccentric. Tennant's attempts occasionally seemed forced, but Smith seems to pull it off naturally. Very nice, and as for his age, well, whatever--if the Doctor is Merlin, then there's your aging backwards thing.
"Vis-ion im-paired!"
Heh. Still, that's about as much of the Daleks in the last 5 years as the first 26 put together, isn't it? I appreciate that they nearly didn't return at all, but they've been overdone by now.
On a better note, no new Doctor or companion next year. Finally! The constant churn was also getting a little tiresome. Amy's not my favorite companion ever but she's not my least favorite either. And are we really getting two full-time companions? I hope so...that hasn't been done for ages, and I quite like Rory by now. (And married? That's a first.)
"There you go, drink up." ::gives Amelia her own time-swiped drink::
I wasn't sure if we were getting a Christmas episode, since they didn't do the "Doctor-lite" thing this series. That's good, then.
--Eric
I'm now wearing my fez. Fez's are indeed cool.
Yea, that was a fairly good ending. I can live with it. Had to cringe at the "Something Old..." bit! I mean it was nicely put together (just like the jacket from the Angels ep) but it was still a honking slice of parmesan!
Loved the concept of the Tardis acting as a sun for earth. T'was a very nice touch. And I hope they don't bring back Amy's family in the next series. Yea, it was good seeing her timeline normalise but we've had enough family drama silliness in the new series. I totally blame Jackie.
Yea, that was a fairly good ending. I can live with it. Had to cringe at the "Something Old..." bit! I mean it was nicely put together (just like the jacket from the Angels ep) but it was still a honking slice of parmesan!
Loved the concept of the Tardis acting as a sun for earth. T'was a very nice touch. And I hope they don't bring back Amy's family in the next series. Yea, it was good seeing her timeline normalise but we've had enough family drama silliness in the new series. I totally blame Jackie.
OK OK
I've watched it twice, really good etc etc
BUT
Q: How did the Doctor get out of the Pandorica ?
A: Rory let him out using the Doctor's Sonic
Q: where did Rory get the sonic ?
A: The Fez Doctor came back in time to give it to him.
Q: How could the Doctor come back in time if he's trapped in the Pandorica
A: Rory let him out using the Doctor's Sonic
Time paradox , Plot hole or just cheating?
If RTD had pulled something like that, people would have been on him like a tonne of bricks.
I've watched it twice, really good etc etc
BUT
Q: How did the Doctor get out of the Pandorica ?
A: Rory let him out using the Doctor's Sonic
Q: where did Rory get the sonic ?
A: The Fez Doctor came back in time to give it to him.
Q: How could the Doctor come back in time if he's trapped in the Pandorica
A: Rory let him out using the Doctor's Sonic
Time paradox , Plot hole or just cheating?
If RTD had pulled something like that, people would have been on him like a tonne of bricks.
Also
Matt Smith & Orbital - Glastonbury 2010
doing the Doctor Who Theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF_R5UJGt-g
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Matt Smith & Orbital - Glastonbury 2010
doing the Doctor Who Theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF_R5UJGt-g
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Sort of cheating, but considering they just rebooted the entire universe it gives them infinite scope to do so. The fez was to illustrate that the Doctor who gave the sonic to Rory wasn't exactly the same man as the one that was initially trapped in the Pandorica. He was an anomaly caused by the TARDIS explosion.
In a way the show is now in a parallel timeline to the one it has been following, which allows them to use the Parallel Universe Cheat and change everything that has gone before without requiring a parallel universe. What is going to be interesting is finding out which Doctor is the one that has returned from being outside the Big Bang. Is this going to lead to him having gaps in his knowledge of the universe as it is now, and are his expectations and memories of events going to be increasingly challenged as a result? Also, conveniently for the producers does he now have more remaining regenerations?
Time paradox: Moffat seems to be fond of those. Like in the Children in Need special, where he only knew what to do because he remembered, as the 5th Doctor, watching himself as the 10th Doctor fiddle with whatever controls needed to be fiddled with. So where did the knowledge actually come from?
--Eric