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Who else here can't get enough of the doctor? I haven't been enjoying the current series as much as others (aside from some moments like the end of The Angels Take Manhattan. I do however like the look of the next arc (after this year's Christmas special (Spoilers!)
What I'm really looking forward to is the contrast between the doctor's problem of "I can't stop killing my companions" and Oswin's "I keep dying, but I keep coming back". This looks like it will be really good. Oswin's character is also pretty good - playful with wit equal to the doctor's.
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I've seen every episode of Doctor Who, including all the old ones (except the destroyed episodes, but I've seen the reconstructions) so I'd say I probably can't get enough either. I haven't watched the Christmas episode yet, but I've been looking forward to it for months. (and not just because the new companion is epic hot :p) It's one of my favourite shows.
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Doctor who quickly became my favorite show. Ive been watching torchwood, but havent been able to get into it nearly as much. I really dont like the current doctor too much. The one right before this was my favorite doctor. I havent seen any of the really old ones though, so I cant really say anything about those. Ive just seen starting from rose tyler on.
I think one of the things I dont like is that from Rose tyler up until Amelia pond, they are seemed like they were 1 show, but running. With the current doctor, there is hardly any reference at all to before he became this doctor. I think in 1 episode it showed Rose Tyler for a moment, but that was all. Aside from that there has been next to no mention to before the Doctors current form.
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This thread should have been made a while ago. :P My favorite so far is Tenant, but I'm nonetheless excited for the new season after seeing the special last night. Although I've heard that it won't be as much of an arc plot (probably found it on wikipedia or something). And, I love all these paradoxes :)
Watching all the old ones is on my to-do list.
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I think one of the things I dont like is that from Rose tyler up until Amelia pond, they are seemed like they were 1 show, but running. With the current doctor, there is hardly any reference at all to before he became this doctor. I think in 1 episode it showed Rose Tyler for a moment, but that was all. Aside from that there has been next to no mention to before the Doctors current form.
One reason for this is that the head writer of the show changed when David Tennant left. Russell T. Davis was the head writer from the series relaunch in 2005 up until the tenth Doctors reincarnation and was also behind the spin-offs. Since then Steven Moffat has been the head writer and he has a different idea of what direction he wants the show to take. Personally, I really like the latest few series mainly because of Moffat. He's written most of my favourite episodes even from the tenth Doctor era such as 'The Girl in the Fireplace' and 'Blink'.
As to the Christmas Special, I enjoyed it but I'm not sure I'm much closer to understanding the Clara/Oswin situation. I have some ideas but I'm looking forward to them trying to explain that one. Also does anyone else think Steven Moffat has been reading 'Game of Thrones'? I think the phrase 'Winter is Coming' was used 3 or 4 times this episode.
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ECCLESTON
Man, he's good at what he does.
As for the current episodes, I think they're a bit all over the place.
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Anyone know when the air date are for the episodes? Ive tried googling them, but have had no luc. I only knew about the snowman one because of the previous episode mentioning it coming on christmas day
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Anyone know when the air date are for the episodes? Ive tried googling them, but have had no luc. I only knew about the snowman one because of the previous episode mentioning it coming on christmas day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_episodes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_(series_7)
Next episode is in april
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As to the Christmas Special, I enjoyed it but I'm not sure I'm much closer to understanding the Clara/Oswin situation. I have some ideas but I'm looking forward to them trying to explain that one. Also does anyone else think Steven Moffat has been reading 'Game of Thrones'? I think the phrase 'Winter is Coming' was used 3 or 4 times this episode.
'Winter is coming' made me so happy when he said it. xD
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My whole family watches it a bit. Fun episodes all the time. I loved the episodes of the creation of the latest doctor, absolutely hilarious.
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My favorite show of all time. Wish I would have had BBC or netflix prior to 2011.
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Trailer for the 50th, right here. (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=loGm3vT8EAQ&feature=youtu.be&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DloGm3vT8EAQ%26feature%3Dyoutu.be)
In case no one saw it earlier.
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That laser screwdriver always makes me wonder what would happen if Doctor Who ever met Macgyver :P
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That laser screwdriver always makes me wonder what would happen if Doctor Who ever met Macgyver :P
Macgyver doesn't want anything to do with 2nd's magic recorder.
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Fiftieth Anniversary is today! Check out the Google Doodle.
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I saw it as it was aired :D And one of the things I was happiest for? NO F'ING COMMERCIALS. T'was epic.
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I liked the Davis/Tennant style much more.
Not to say the current writer doesn't have some great highlights, but the general consensus is that the writing quality has dropped significantly. Then there's Matt Smith. [Insert vague long-winded actor hate.] Tennant a.k.a the tenth doctor was a exponentially better Dr. Who.
IMHO, Davis and Tennant created a Dr. with more character, feeling, and mystery.
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I liked the Davis/Tennant style much more.
Not to say the current writer doesn't have some great highlights, but the general consensus is that the writing quality has dropped significantly. Then there's Matt Smith. [Insert vague long-winded actor hate.] Tennant a.k.a the tenth doctor was a exponentially better Dr. Who.
IMHO, Davis and Tennant created a Dr. with more character, feeling, and mystery.
davies? also, I have loved every doctor I have seen so far (btw, downloading itunes purchase of 50th aniversary tomorrow) for various reasons.
focusing only on the newer ones to keep this short and common for all whovians, each one brings something new to their doctor's character, even if it is subtle.
Matt Smith brought the goofy back from 10 while introducing the dark side of the doctor and expression of pain even rivaling 10 post-rose, and 9 post-war, while making him more "human" in quality, also as a big whovian, smith brought back portions of personality from nearly every single previous version of the doctor (the real reason he seems poor is because A - he had to follow Tennant, and B - his favorite doctor and most emulated was the 2nd.
Tennant was the geeks' secret love in personality, one the best portrayals of the doctor because HE IS POSSIBLY THE BIGGEST FAN OF DOCTOR WHO IN THE HISTORY OF THE SHOW (just look at his bio and how he treats real life, he was the first Human to embody the Doctor in real life), while being helped by his love for Rose and the following tragedy.
Eccleston was by far the biggest revolutionary of the doctor (after all, 9 was the reincarnation just after the Time War tragedy) by bringing a doctor who shut himself out of any emotional feelings for those he poured all of his life to, humans. Also, he went from a mask to a man who loved one person so much he would destroy everything in his path. If he had not had a poor experience with the executives of Doctor Who, he would have had another season and been just as loved doctor as Tennant (after all, he was chosen to be 9 OVER tennant).
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Did anyone else catch the 50th anniversary special?
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Did anyone else catch the 50th anniversary special?
I'm gonna see it as soon as it's on internet, spanish subbed :P
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WARNING: CONTAINS 50th ANNIVERSARY SPOILERS!!!
I watched it and was left feeling a tad disappointed. There's no doubt that it was a good episode but given all the excitement and build-up, I don't think it met expectations. Aside from the fact that it had extra doctors and they were "saving" galifrey, it could have just been a normal episode.
Another thing that annoyed me was the side storyline (the nuking London thing) that was just abandoned halfway through. We had the scene with the inhaler which kind of promised more things to happen but then never went back to it. It felt like it was going somewhere but then never followed it up so that kind of annoyed me.
I think I can sum up what was wrong with the episode in 3 words: David Tennant's Fringe. Seriously, I just wanted to attack him with hair gel and fix it.
I'm not saying it was a bad episode, it was good. But I feel they over-hyped it.
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Lemme tell you something, Whofandom; that episode was good. I really want to see what kind of new things come out of Gallifrey being back.
Fiftieth Anniversary is today! Check out the Google Doodle.
DANGIT I DIDN'T SEE IT Is there somewhere I could see it late?
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Where were all of you when the Doctor needed votes here? :(
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Fantastic!
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DANGIT I DIDN'T SEE IT Is there somewhere I could see it late?
You can always see past doodles here:
http://www.google.com/doodles/finder/2013/All%20doodles
November 23rd was the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who
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DANGIT I DIDN'T SEE IT Is there somewhere I could see it late?
You can always see past doodles here:
http://www.google.com/doodles/finder/2013/All%20doodles
November 23rd was the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who
Technically, so is the 24th, as it re-premiered the day following JFK's funeral due to the funeral.
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Technically, so is the 24th, as it re-premiered the day following JFK's funeral due to the funeral.
We're talking Google Doodles here
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Technically, so is the 24th, as it re-premiered the day following JFK's funeral due to the funeral.
We're talking Google Doodles here
Doctor Who FunFacts take RELEVANCE TO EVERYTHING.
I'll throw a wall of info at you all to start:
(http://www.coolinfographics.com/storage/post-images/doctor-who-timeline-infographic.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1325599631352)
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DANGIT I DIDN'T SEE IT Is there somewhere I could see it late?
You can always see past doodles here:
http://www.google.com/doodles/finder/2013/All%20doodles
November 23rd was the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who
Technically, so is the 24th, as it re-premiered the day following JFK's funeral due to the funeral.
Google Doodle done in 9: 28. Only had to regenerate 3 times. Wahaha.
And Gee Griefer, xyan, that's a lot of info. Good to know and all, but wow.
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(http://i.imgur.com/2PBzY0l.gif)
lolol, also here is some more
david tennant's favorite doctor is 5th, they meet in a Red Nose Day special.
tennant is married to the actress who played "the doctor's daughter"
she is the actor of 5th's daughter IRL.
looking at the 50th ani. episode opening: Ian Chesterton is the Chairman of Governors of the school Clara teaches at, and Susan Foreman is mentioned on the tardis blue wood of the scrap merchant sign (thinking of the area where the first episode setting was :P). However Barbara was not mentioned (although I would think she runs the scrap merchant business). Barbara and Ian were teachers of Susan, and Clara is now a teacher :P.
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Hmmmmm.... what is everyone's guess to as who the (50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL SPOILERS BELOW)
curator of the black archive is? the issue is the twist, the curator was the face of the 4th doctor.
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Hmmmmm.... what is everyone's guess to as who the (50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL SPOILERS BELOW)
curator of the black archive is? the issue is the twist, the curator was the face of the 4th doctor.
Isn't the curator supposed to be the future doctor when he's retired? That's the impression I got. But then how did the doctor die in the episode with tronzalor (can't spell) or was it not mentioned? And isn't there a technicality that says the doctor can only regenerate 12 times or something like that? This hasn't really helped much at all.
And on the topic of Georgia Moffett (Tennant's wife), I will say this: The Doctor's daughter, who played the Doctor's daughter in the episode called "The Doctor's Daughter", married the Doctor and gave birth to the Doctor's daughter.
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About the whole 'number of regenerations' thing, I remember Eleven (now Twelve, with Hart, incidentally) saying that while Gallifrey usually limited the number of regenerations to thirteen or so, it's physically possible for a Time Lord to regenerate five hundred times or more.
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About the whole 'number of regenerations' thing, I remember Eleven (now Twelve, with Hart, incidentally) saying that while Gallifrey usually limited the number of regenerations to thirteen or so, it's physically possible for a Time Lord to regenerate five hundred times or more.
yes, but the high council of time lords lifted the barrier they put on limiting regenerations during the time war (mentioned when they said they used it to allow the Master to fight in it). this is how the time war went on for a very very long time through hundreds and hundreds of battles. after all "we have used every forbidden device except one" - obviously they had the technology. this limit being lifted was never put back in place, so there should still be no limit as long as a "riversong" (using all regeneration energy) is not used.
other possibilities: river's energy had 9 or 10 more regenerations to give to the doctor, so he could have those to use. something else could happen to change the rule of regenerations. bad wolf could happen.
other notes: the doctor states a really random 3 digit number in torchwood in the same exact manner an earlier doctor says "12 times" which was a reference to the possibility 12 was a joke as 12 would seem like too many at the time.
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http://imgur.com/a/EnApS (http://imgur.com/a/EnApS)
enjoy
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http://imgur.com/a/EnApS (http://imgur.com/a/EnApS)
enjoy
That thing is freaking huge.
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Well is it really humanly (or time lordly in some cases) to get emough of doctor who i mean it is soooo freaking awesome
;D :o :rainbow
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http://imgur.com/a/EnApS (http://imgur.com/a/EnApS)
enjoy
That thing is freaking huge.
That's a dang lot of Tennant. Some nice reaction gifs in there, too.
About the whole 'number of regenerations' thing, I remember Eleven (now Twelve, with Hart, incidentally) saying that while Gallifrey usually limited the number of regenerations to thirteen or so, it's physically possible for a Time Lord to regenerate five hundred times or more.
yes, but the high council of time lords lifted the barrier they put on limiting regenerations during the time war (mentioned when they said they used it to allow the Master to fight in it). this is how the time war went on for a very very long time through hundreds and hundreds of battles. after all "we have used every forbidden device except one" - obviously they had the technology. this limit being lifted was never put back in place, so there should still be no limit as long as a "riversong" (using all regeneration energy) is not used.
other possibilities: river's energy had 9 or 10 more regenerations to give to the doctor, so he could have those to use. something else could happen to change the rule of regenerations. bad wolf could happen.
other notes: the doctor states a really random 3 digit number in torchwood in the same exact manner an earlier doctor says "12 times" which was a reference to the possibility 12 was a joke as 12 would seem like too many at the time.
All right, I hadn't remembered that. I guess in any case, that means we'll almost always have a Doctor around when we need one.
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(http://i.imgur.com/H2wAiKc.jpg)
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'nuff said
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really? no one posted on christmas special yet?
doctor got high as balls at the end there. but the real question: what is the color of his kidneys?
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really? no one posted on christmas special yet?
Heh, I just forgot about this thread, it was great :P
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Loving that Christmas special. And the wooden Cyberman, too.
It'll be fun to see what kind of tricks the Time Lords can pull off through that little crack now. Should make for some interesting storylines.
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this belongs here.
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necro much, but necro needed
how do i watch old episodes? D: im unable top find them, i was trying to go from 12th season ( 4th doctor ) but i have failed
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They're probably available via torrents. I admit to nothing (except being a doctor who fan) but I know that back in the day that they were available on Limewire, although that software is now defunct. (uTorrent is probably the best now) Some of the extremely old episodes (1st-2nd doctors) have been lost, but all of the 4th doctor episodes are still around. Occasionally I've seen dvds for sale that will contain a season or half a season's episodes or something like that. (many of the old seasons had a LOT of episodes)
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I know I'm necroing it a bit here, but season 8 is about to premiere!
"Peter Capaldi's first full episode as the Doctor, which goes out on Saturday 23rd August, will air from 7.50pm. It is in a slot finishing at 9.10pm, according to the BBC Media Centre, and will also be broadcast on BBC One HD. The episode has been written by Steven Moffat and directed by Ben Wheatley." - Doctor Who news
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Just realized this was a thing. With nickname like mine it's probably not that surprising that I'm DW fan. I even have a sonic screwdriver.
Anyway, hi to all of the whovians here <3