Doctor Who Appreciation Thread/Discussion [Archive]

PaulF

04-14-2006, 08:00 PM

I caught the series last year when it originally aired in the BBC. I somehow *cough cough* found them on my computer. They really updated it well. There was a crappy movie a few years ago with Eric Roberts as the villian that I caught on cable on night. It had some name that gave no indication of being Doctor Who.The new episodes I think start airing this weekend in England. Maybe I'll find them on my computer somewhere.BTW - Billie Piper is the hottest Doctor Who girl ever.

FUNKMAN

04-14-2006, 08:16 PM

Dr Who?

furie

04-14-2006, 08:38 PM

FUNKMAN wrote: Dr Who?

had to be done

I'm rather sad we won't be seeing the Daleks anymore. i liked them as an enemy.

kdubya

04-14-2006, 10:03 PM

"BTW - Billie Piper is the hottest Doctor Who girl ever."You got that right brother!!!!!

Coach

04-14-2006, 10:19 PM

Showing my geekness:I am torn between Tala? from the Tom Baker years (she was a jungle girl who ran around in a deer-skin bikini, handy with a knife, and rarely changed out of it) and Rose. The original "Neice" of the Doctor  from 1967 was kinda hot (didn't the mom of Rose play her?) The series predates my birth by a few years but thanks to channel 44 in Northeast PA. I saw quite a few of the older ones in the 80's.

This message was edited by Coach on 4-15-06 @ 2:21 AM

Sheeplovr

04-15-2006, 04:03 AM

I like the new one I have memoires of the original but have no clue what happend in them I
like how the latest season isnt like a whole new dr who its a
contunionation of the series so its season 26 or something like thatalso
thought our tech has made effect imrpore the show still is on lowbudet
soeven with computer effects and stuff they still are on the cheap i
dont know if its in the spirt of the old show or that they are just
cheapI dont like the chick on it shes so pouty and here eyebrows are so dark to her hair it is not matching and distracting

OGC

04-15-2006, 05:03 AM

furie wrote: FUNKMAN wrote: Dr Who?  had to be done I'm rather sad we won't be seeing the Daleks anymore. i liked them as an enemy. whatever gave you the idea that the Daleks won't be seen anymore.

EliSnow

04-15-2006, 05:32 AM

furie wrote:  had to be done I'm rather sad we won't be seeing the Daleks anymore. i liked them as an enemy. I'll believe it when I see it.Or rather when I don't see them using the Daleks anymore.

ChimneyFish

04-15-2006, 06:26 AM

Sheeplovr wrote: I dont like the chick on it shes so pouty and here eyebrows are so dark to her hair it is not matching and distracting  Whaaaa????<img src="http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3586/billie7zl.jpg" border="0" />

FezPaul

04-15-2006, 06:37 AM

FUNKMAN wrote: Dr Who? Did you mean, Dr. Whom?

Sheeplovr

04-15-2006, 07:04 AM

Whaaaa????dude the pic you chose she orange and looks like Becky from Full house and you say whaaat?

FUNKMAN

04-15-2006, 07:17 AM

FezPaul wrote: FUNKMAN wrote: Dr Who? Did you mean, Dr. Whom?no, whom's on second can i have my avatar back now,,,,please?

FezPaul

04-15-2006, 07:21 AM

<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/tongue.gif" border="0" /> FUNKMAN wrote: FezPaul wrote: FUNKMAN wrote: Dr Who? Did you mean, Dr. Whom?no, whom's on second can i have my avatar back now,,,,please?There ya go li'l fella

FUNKMAN

04-15-2006, 07:27 AM

FezPaul wrote: <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/tongue.gif" border="0" /> FUNKMAN wrote: FezPaul wrote: FUNKMAN wrote: Dr Who? Did you mean, Dr. Whom?no, whom's on second can i have my avatar back now,,,,please?There ya go li'l fella<img height="192" src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a221/fotonique/thanks.jpg" width="152" border="0" />Thanks!

INFOSTUD

04-15-2006, 01:54 PM

Fear not--I hardly think we've seen the last of the Daleks. The Dr. Who TV series historically dates back to 1963. The introduction of the Daleks made Dr. Who's popularity skyrocket. Somehow there will always be Daleks.Leela was the jungle woman/huntress. Nicola Brynat who played Peri and Elizabeth Sladen who played Sarah Jane are my favorites. Billie Pipper is HOT too.Visit this link:http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/9501/liz.html 

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JustJon

04-17-2006, 10:03 AM

I've never been a big Dr. Who fan.  I've caught a couple of season 27 on scifi in the last few weeks and it's enjoyable. And thee one with Eric Roberts was originally broadcast on Fox 10 years ago.  I recall it airing as my roommate in college and I were packing up, since he was a Who fan.

Bill From Yorktown

04-17-2006, 10:09 AM

cough cough - torrent'd the season.  The 2 parter "empy child/the doctor dances" and "father's day" were pretty good...

JustJon

04-17-2006, 11:40 AM

hmmm... Forgot to mention...  fire up your torrents.  season 28 has already started in the uk

Bill From Yorktown

04-17-2006, 11:45 AM

oh and I hear Chris Eccleston is out, as they "neglected to sign him in time".  That's b.s. as he made a pretty good Doctor.

ShelleBink

04-17-2006, 11:45 AM

My sister turned the show on ((I think it was Friday night)).  I just wanted to knock over the r2d2 lookin thing.

EliSnow

04-17-2006, 12:06 PM

Bill From Yorktown wrote: oh and I hear Chris Eccleston is out, as they "neglected to sign him in time".  That's b.s. as he made a pretty good Doctor. That's not really news, and they didn't neglect to sign him in time.  All reports suggest that he didn't want to come back because he didn't want to get typecast.

INFOSTUD

04-17-2006, 06:08 PM

Most of the actors who have played Dr.Who have lasted an average of three years in the role for the very reason they don't want to be typecast.  Tom Baker, the 4th Doctor, lasted the longest--seven years.  The Daleks appear again in the season they are currently showing on Sci-Fi.  They are in the last two episodes fo the 2005 Season, which Sci-Fi has not aired yet.  There's tons of episodes guides for this season with COMPLETE write-ups of the episodes.

Bill From Yorktown

04-17-2006, 06:21 PM

EliSnow wrote: Bill From Yorktown wrote: oh and I hear Chris Eccleston is out, as they "neglected to sign him in time".  That's b.s. as he made a pretty good Doctor. That's not really news, and they didn't neglect to sign him in time.  All reports suggest that he didn't want to come back because he didn't want to get typecast.  define "not really news" - most people not familiar with the show didnt know that he wasnt coming back.Anyway - he was a good doctor - almost as good as Tom Baker in my opinion (and yes I've seen all the Doctors from Colin Baker back, even if not all the episodes)

This message was edited by Bill From Yorktown on 4-17-06 @ 10:35 PM

Garcia525

04-17-2006, 06:52 PM

I think everyone is going to be pleasantly surprised with David Tennant, who is playing the 10th Doctor.  Caught episode 1 of the new season this weekend and it was very enjoyable.

INFOSTUD

04-18-2006, 06:38 AM

I'm partial to Tom Baker, but I do like the job Christopher Eccleston is doing.  He's kinda nutty.  The previous Doctors usually carried over some characteristic from their previous incarnation/generation.  The 4th Doctor's long scarf replaced the 3rd Doctor's long opera jacket.  Christopher Eccleston's wardrobe is kinda disappointing.I like in the episode the Unquiet Dead how he had Rose dress in clothes for that time period, but he still wore the leather jacket.Here's my question: how are people in the USA seeing the next/current season already?   If you know how, please share the knowledge. <h1> </h1>

EliSnow

04-18-2006, 06:46 AM

Bill From Yorktown wrote: define "not really news" - most people not familiar with the show didnt know that he wasnt coming back.Anyway - he was a good doctor - almost as good as Tom Baker in my opinion (and yes I've seen all the Doctors from Colin Baker back, even if not all the episodes)"Not really news" - There have been reports online and in normal media in the UK and here in the US about him only being on for one season for almost a year, especially since the season airing on Sci Fi now was aired in the UK a year ago.  I agree he was a really good doctor.  He had the free spirit, but also had a deeper level of anger and sorrow, etc. as a result of the Time War.

INFOSTUD

04-18-2006, 08:18 AM

Season 2005's episode "Dalek" is what I believe to be the first episode ever where the story happens in the United States. From Wikipedia: The term Time War can be applied to at least two types of time-spanning conflicts in the Doctor Who
universe. The first type of time war is where the two sides are
fighting the war across different points in history, separated by
centuries or millennia. The second type of time war is where Time
itself is used as a weapon, with pre-emptive strikes, time loops,
temporal paradoxes and the reversal of historical events. The Time War
of the 2005 series appears to be of the latter variety. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_War_(Doctor_Who)The Time War may have started as early as with the 4th Doctor in the episode "Genesis of the Daleks." In this episode the Time Lord launch a "reversal of historical event" tactic they send the Doctor back in time to prevent, stop, hinder or otherwise interfere with the Genesis of the Daleks. 

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kdubya

04-18-2006, 08:57 AM

"Season 2005's episode "Dalek" is what I believe to be the first episode ever where the story happens in the United States." I also think it was the first time we have seen a Dr. with his shirt off.I liked the episode, an interesting twist on the Daleks. I don't like the Dalek flying around though, it was a bit too much.

Bill From Yorktown

04-18-2006, 09:23 AM

INFOSTUD wrote: I'm partial to Tom Baker, but I do like the job Christopher Eccleston is doing.  He's kinda nutty.  The previous Doctors usually carried over some characteristic from their previous incarnation/generation.  The 4th Doctor's long scarf replaced the 3rd Doctor's long opera jacket.  Christopher Eccleston's wardrobe is kinda disappointing.I like in the episode the Unquiet Dead how he had Rose dress in clothes for that time period, but he still wore the leather jacket.Here's my question: how are people in the USA seeing the next/current season already?   If you know how, please share the knowledge. <h1> </h1>torrent torrent torrent

kdubya

04-18-2006, 09:33 AM

"Christopher Eccleston's wardrobe is kinda disappointing." I agree, the Dr needs to dress more eccentric, black on black just doesn't do it. I do like his scowl into a huge smile he does, very Dr-essque

EliSnow

04-18-2006, 10:06 AM

INFOSTUD wrote: Season 2005's episode "Dalek" is what I believe to be the first episode ever where the story happens in the United States.  I think you're right in that it's the first time it's discussed, but there are hints from the very first episode that some war has gone on, and that the Doctor suffered as a result.   In fact in the second ep, we find out he's the last Time Lord.

EliSnow

04-18-2006, 10:09 AM

kdubya wrote: "Christopher Eccleston's wardrobe is kinda disappointing." I agree, the Dr needs to dress more eccentric, black on black just doesn't do it. I do like his scowl into a huge smile he does, very Dr-essqueI disagree.  Given the storyline that the Doctor is the last survivor of a war, and the need to modernize the Doctor a bit, I thought it was perfect.  When the Doctor regenerated, and moved on from the war a bit, they went back to the eccentricities, but for Eccleston the starkness and blackness of his outfit was perfect.

kdubya

04-18-2006, 10:13 AM

*>EliSnow, I see your point, but maybe just a little flash of something, ya know some vegtables pinned to his coat maybe.

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INFOSTUD

04-18-2006, 11:02 AM

Somehow, I wasn't excited about "Dalek" being the first episode where the Doctor had his shirt off. The scenes of Billie Pipper/Rose running down the corridors were awesome. On an UK-based Dr. Who messageboard, there's a thread where they discuss how good the cleveage shots are of Billie Pipper in each episode.You don't like how the Daleks fly and I didn't like seeing the Doctor with his shirt.  Here's an excellent solution.  How about an episode where Rose's shirt flies off. 

This message was edited by INFOSTUD on 4-18-06 @ 3:06 PM

kdubya

04-18-2006, 11:49 AM

I am all in favor of Rose's shirt coming off. Not to sound like a stalker, but I also liked her new hair-do in the Daleks episode.I do really like the relationship between Rose and the Dr, his promise to her mother that she would be safe.

EliSnow

04-18-2006, 12:14 PM

kdubya wrote: *>EliSnow, I see your point, but maybe just a little flash of something, ya know some vegtables pinned to his coat maybe. This message was edited by kdubya on 4-18-06 @ 2:13 PM See, I think the flash would ultimately undercut the point.  A flash would be a sign of happieness, and I think the Doctor in this season, is not happy deep down.  He's got survivor's guilt galore.  He's feeling alone and is incredibly sad.  Yes, he smiles and cracks jokes, but I think it's a bit of a facade, and given that, he wouldn't have a flash of anything.

kdubya

04-18-2006, 12:25 PM

You guys are right about the flash, it does make sense considering what he has been through.

INFOSTUD

04-21-2006, 07:52 PM

I'm very getting more hooked on the show. Today, I drove around with the theme song from Doctor Who playing. And I've begun subscribing to "Doctor Who Magazine." My brother and I are building a TARDIS prop replica.Here's a cool site where you can mix your own verison of the Doctor Who Theme;http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/news/radiophonatron.shtml 

This message was edited by INFOSTUD on 4-22-06 @ 12:10 AM

OGC

04-22-2006, 04:36 AM

kdubya wrote: I am all in favor of Rose's shirt coming off...... <a href="http://www.freenudecelebs.dk/nude-celebs-pictures/b/billie-piper-nude/billie-piper-nude-8.jpg" target="_blank">Ask and you shall receive</a> <a href="http://www.millioncelebs.com/fcm/billie-piper/billie-piper-nude-09.jpg" target="_blank">and receive</a><a href="http://hem.passagen.se/littlelinus/piper.jpg" target="_blank">and receive</a>

This message was edited by richg0404 on 4-22-06 @ 8:43 AM

kdubya

04-22-2006, 09:21 AM

richg0404 wrote: kdubya wrote: I am all in favor of Rose's shirt coming off...... <a href="http://www.freenudecelebs.dk/nude-celebs-pictures/b/billie-piper-nude/billie-piper-nude-8.jpg" target="_blank">Ask and you shall receive</a> <a href="http://www.millioncelebs.com/fcm/billie-piper/billie-piper-nude-09.jpg" target="_blank">and receive</a><a href="http://hem.passagen.se/littlelinus/piper.jpg" target="_blank">and receive</a>This message was edited by richg0404 on 4-22-06 @ 8:43 AM Thanks dude

INFOSTUD

04-22-2006, 01:54 PM

Hopefully, we can find some better pics yet--and get back to the general discussion at hand--aka the TV show.  I saw the trailer for Season 2 with the 10th Doctor; it looks even cooler.

kdubya

04-22-2006, 09:26 PM

Did anyone else notice Simon Pegg from Shaun of the Dead on last nights episode

EliSnow

04-23-2006, 06:51 AM

kdubya wrote: Did anyone else notice Simon Pegg from Shaun of the Dead on last nights episode Yep.  This season did a pretty good job of getting some recognizable faces as guest stars.  For instance, the actor playing Charles Dickens was one of the friends on Four Weddings and a Funeral.  The actor playing a British general during the alien invasion episode was also on Four Weddings and Funeral, I believe.

This message was edited by EliSnow on 4-23-06 @ 4:06 PM

OGC

04-23-2006, 07:08 AM

kdubya wrote: Did anyone else notice Simon Pegg from Shaun of the Dead on last nights episode I knew he looked familiar but I guess the white makeup threw me off.

kdubya

04-23-2006, 01:10 PM

There seems to be more, for lack or a better term, sexual tension between the Dr and Rose than I remember with past side kicks. Has anyone else noticed?

OGC

04-23-2006, 01:29 PM

kdubya wrote: There seems to be more, for lack or a better term, sexual tension between the Dr and Rose than I remember with past side kicks. Has anyone else noticed? I have noticed that too. I think it is because it is next to impossible to get any kind of main stream audience without at least a hint of sex or sexual tension.While my wife (who had never seen Dr Who until this series) and I were watching this past week's episode, she asked me during one of the commercials, "How long do you think it'll be until the Dr and Rose fuck ?"

PaulF

04-23-2006, 06:58 PM

richg0404 wrote: kdubya wrote: There seems to be more, for lack or a better term, sexual tension between the Dr and Rose than I remember with past side kicks. Has anyone else noticed? I have noticed that too. I think it is because it is next to impossible to get any kind of main stream audience without at least a hint of sex or sexual tension.While my wife (who had never seen Dr Who until this series) and I were watching this past week's episode, she asked me during one of the commercials, "How long do you think it'll be until the Dr and Rose fuck ?"The new season (in England) started last week. Much to my surprise, I did find the last weeks and this weeks episodes on my computer ;). The writers are definitely playing up the tension between Rose and the Doctor (now played by David Tennent). I watched the first episode, and they did manage to work in a kiss, but of course it was with a twist.BTW, David Tennent is more "Doctor-like" than Christopher Eccleston. Not quite as dark, and has more of "wow - look at that" attitude, though he does show flashes of that dark side. Plus, he also dresses more "Doctor-like" as well, with a suit and overcoat. People must have commented on this, because they have a scene in the "Christmas Invasion" movie they did this past December in which he picks out his clothes after regenerating. That movie also shows that he'll be able to bring the dark edge as well when needed, though it seems more surprising those times when it happens.

kdubya

04-23-2006, 07:14 PM

PaulF wrote: richg0404 wrote: kdubya wrote: There seems to be more, for lack or a better term, sexual tension between the Dr and Rose than I remember with past side kicks. Has anyone else noticed? I have noticed that too. I think it is because it is next to impossible to get any kind of main stream audience without at least a hint of sex or sexual tension.While my wife (who had never seen Dr Who until this series) and I were watching this past week's episode, she asked me during one of the commercials, "How long do you think it'll be until the Dr and Rose fuck ?"The new season (in England) started last week. Much to my surprise, I did find the last weeks and this weeks episodes on my computer <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/images/smilewink.gif" border="0" /> . The writers are definitely playing up the tension between Rose and the Doctor (now played by David Tennent). I watched the first episode, and they did manage to work in a kiss, but of course it was with a twist.BTW, David Tennent is more "Doctor-like" than Christopher Eccleston. Not quite as dark, and has more of "wow - look at that" attitude, though he does show flashes of that dark side. Plus, he also dresses more "Doctor-like" as well, with a suit and overcoat. People must have commented on this, because they have a scene in the "Christmas Invasion" movie they did this past December in which he picks out his clothes after regenerating. That movie also shows that he'll be able to bring the dark edge as well when needed, though it seems more surprising those times when it happens.Any indea when season 2 hits the good old US of A

FUNKMAN

04-23-2006, 07:20 PM

Any indea when season 2 hits the good old US of Ayou must be Dr When... i got nuthin'

kdubya

04-23-2006, 07:27 PM

With Christopher Eccleston I just keep seeing the creepy Army officer from 28 Days later

INFOSTUD

04-26-2006, 06:08 PM

Saturday's episode on the BBC of Doctor Who Season 2 will have Sarah Jane Smith and K-9 in it.  That's good homage to the Tom Baker years.

kdubya

04-28-2006, 06:29 PM

I think tonights episode was the best of the season thus far.The new series is very different form the original, but still very good.

OGC

04-29-2006, 03:26 AM

kdubya wrote: I think tonights episode was the best of the season thus far.The new series is very different form the original, but still very good.I agree, by far the best episode so far. But anything with a time paradox is cool as far as I am concerned

INFOSTUD

04-30-2006, 11:10 AM

The new
series gets better and better with each episode.  The writing is very good.  

Dr. Who
Season 2005 in many ways is the same show as the original series, but in many
ways it's very different.  The charm of
the original series was that it was shot in videotape and was sorta campy.  The new series obviously is shot on film and
the BBC has a much bigger budget for the production of the show.  The new series has fully branched into sci-fi
for grown-ups.  The original was a sci-fi
show for kids.

Therefore,
it's not entirely fair to compare the original against the new series or vice
versa.  Rosa (Bille Piper) is an
excellent complement to the Doctor versus just a dim-witted companion/side
kick.  And yes, she's easy on the eyes.

EliSnow

04-30-2006, 01:58 PM

INFOSTUD wrote: The new series gets better and better with each episode.  The writing is very good.  Dr. Who Season 2005 in many ways is the same show as the original series, but in many ways it's very different.  The charm of the original series was that it was shot in videotape and was sorta campy.  The new series obviously is shot on film and the BBC has a much bigger budget for the production of the show.  The new series has fully branched into sci-fi for grown-ups.  The original was a sci-fi show for kids.  I don't think the original was sci-fi for kids.  It was kid-friendly, but given the talent of many of the writers involved in writing the original, and the types of stories they told, it was definitely for adults.  I think the difference is the difference between television now and television twenty or thirty years ago.   Many of the same differences can be seen by comparing the new Battlestar Galactica versus the old Galactica.   The old Galactica was campier and less "adult," but that wasn't because it was geared specifically at kids.  It was because television was different then.

INFOSTUD

04-30-2006, 03:24 PM

EliSnow:I agree with your comments especially: "I think the difference is the difference between television now and television twenty or thirty years ago."Like myself, you probably remember the Tom Baker years and on-ward. At least accordingly to the the BBC, it's during the Tom Baker years that the stories were intentionally shifted more towards adults.In short, I loved the show then and I love the new series. Billie Piper as Rose is an excellent companion for the Doctor; she and the Doctor are excellent together. I hope Billie Pipper stays with the show beyond Season 3/2007; she's supposed to be under contract until then. I've seen several episodes of Season 2/2006 with David Tennent as the Doctor. I'm hoping he stays with the role as long as Tom Baker did (which was the longest--seven years.)I still have my "Doctor Who Fan Club of America" t-shirt and membership card from the Eighties!!! 

This message was edited by INFOSTUD on 5-1-06 @ 3:52 PM

MadMatt

04-30-2006, 03:44 PM

Damn it!  I am kind of pissed Christopher Eccleston only did one season - I like him a lot.  Hopefully David Tennant will catch my fancy as well.By the way, Do we know how many regenerations the new Dr. Who has been through?  Also, is there a maximum number of regenerations for the new Dr. (I thought the old number was 9 - but I may be wrong).Something has always bugged me about the regeneration aspect - Dr. Who is over 900 years old but had only been through a few of his lives when the show started.  Then, within the span of about 25 years (the original show) he tore through a half dozen of them!  If I were Dr. Who I would be pissed!  Several hundred years of lifespan for the first few lives, then a max of 7 years for the next 6!  I think I'd let the sidekick lead the way for a while to get those numbers up.

kdubya

05-01-2006, 05:11 AM

INFOSTUD wrote: I still have my "Doctor Who Fan Club of America" t-shirt and membership card from the Eighties!!! I have a Dr Who album, with the theme song, with pictures of all the doctors from the original on the actual album. It is so gloriously lame. My mom got it for me when I was a kid during a PBS pledge drive. Thanks mom

EliSnow

05-01-2006, 05:21 AM

MadMatt wrote: By the way, Do we know how many regenerations the new Dr. Who has been through?  Using the following assumptions:1)  They have shown all regenerations of the Doctor (i.e., there wasn't a regeneration between Paul McGann and Christopher Eccleston, and 2) Only the television versions countThen the answer is 10:  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who</a>Also, the maximum times a Time Lord can regenerate is 12.  However, as the article notes, there have been some suggestions that the Doctor is different from other  Time Lords.  Also, (semi-spoiler coming up) .......    given the power he absorbed at the end of the last season (the one currently running on Sci Fi), I wouldn't be suprised if that power has "re-set" his regenerations  so that the show can keep running past two more actors playing the Doctor.

INFOSTUD

05-01-2006, 07:08 AM

Agreed.  The power the Doctor absorbed from the Vortex in the episode "Parting of the Ways" will probably trigger an entirely new regeneration cycle; thereby, giving him a fresh set of 12 regenerations.They already used this idea with the Master when he had run out of regenerations. In Season 14 in the episode "The Deadly Assassin," the Master draws power from the Eye of Harmony to jump start another set of regenerations. The regenerations are part of the storyline because it "explains" why there's a new actor playing the Doctor every 2-3 years.  Most actors have stayed only 3 years to avoid type-casting.

kdubya

05-01-2006, 12:57 PM

EliSnow

05-01-2006, 01:06 PM

kdubya wrote: How have you guys already seen all this stuff?The season that is airing now on Sci Fi aired last year on the BBC.  The episodes for that season have been on the internet for the same length of time.

INFOSTUD

05-03-2006, 11:34 AM

I just finished watching School Reunion--which reunites the Doctor with Sarah Jane Smith.  Old-school fans will remember that the 4th Doctor seemed to suddenly just return Sarah Jane to her own time in the episode The Hand of Fear.  After watching School Reunion, I got the feel that he returned her to her own time because he had fallen in love with her and realized that he would live much, much longer than she would.  It was sad to see them part ways again.

EliSnow

05-03-2006, 11:38 AM

INFOSTUD wrote: After watching School Reunion, I got the feel that he returned her to her own time because he had fallen in love with her and realized that he would live much, much longer than she would.  It was sad to see them part ways again. I wonder if that point is a foreshadowing of his future with Rose, and lay the groundwork however far in the future for her leaving the show.

Radioguy

05-03-2006, 12:14 PM

EliSnow wrote: Also, the maximum times a Time Lord can regenerate is 12.  However, as the article notes, there have been some suggestions that the Doctor is different from other  Time Lords.  Also, (semi-spoiler coming up) .......    given the power he absorbed at the end of the last season (the one currently running on Sci Fi), I wouldn't be suprised if that power has "re-set" his regenerations  so that the show can keep running past two more actors playing the Doctor.The Brain Of Morbius would indicate that already happened. (Then again Robert Holmes didn't give a flying fuck for continuity)Also, during the last seasons of the McCoy era, there were allusions to The Doctor being far older than we would have expected. ("The Other") If the series had continued with Andrew Cartmel (script editor at the time) we might have had that expounded upon further on screen, although it was picked up on slightly in the novels.

INFOSTUD

05-03-2006, 12:34 PM

Eli:The storylines make it obvious that Rose has a serious case of the "hots" for the Doctor.  I got a feeling that they will introduce obvious romantic overtones.  In "School Reunion" Mickey asks to come alone and Rose rolled her eyes in disgust.  The Mickey character is disposable. 

This message was edited by INFOSTUD on 5-3-06 @ 4:38 PM

Radioguy

05-03-2006, 12:43 PM

INFOSTUD wrote: I got a feeling that they will introduce obvious romantic overtones.  God forbid. That was one of the things that killed the McGann telefilm.

EliSnow

05-03-2006, 01:47 PM

INFOSTUD wrote: Eli:The storylines make it obvious that Rose has a serious case of the "hots" for the Doctor.  I got a feeling that they will introduce obvious romantic overtones.  Well, the key to making a parallel to the Sarah Jane storyline is if the Doctor has feelings for Rose, but I think there has been a suggestion of that.  The only question is if those feelings are romantic feelings.

OGC

05-05-2006, 05:51 PM

What a freaking creepy episode tonight.<img src="http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/2050/mask28xv.jpg" border="0" />

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PaulF

05-06-2006, 03:35 PM

richg0404 wrote: What a freaking creepy episode tonight.<img src="http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/2050/mask28xv.jpg" border="0" />This message was edited by richg0404 on 5-5-06 @ 9:58 PM Yeah, a lot of these new episodes seem to have much of a horror/suspense vibe, though they get wrapped up in a sci-fi way.

PaulF

05-06-2006, 03:42 PM

INFOSTUD wrote: Eli:The storylines make it obvious that Rose has a serious case of the "hots" for the Doctor.  I got a feeling that they will introduce obvious romantic overtones.  In "School Reunion" Mickey asks to come alone and Rose rolled her eyes in disgust.  The Mickey character is disposable. This message was edited by INFOSTUD on 5-3-06 @ 4:38 PM I agree, but at the same time, Rose was willing to have Sarah Jane come along. Maybe Mickey will get killed, having Rose angry at the Doctor just as he desides to maybe give into some feelings for her.Right now, its like the set up to a joke: A blond, a black guy and an alien walk into a bar....

kdubya

05-06-2006, 04:03 PM

PaulF wrote: richg0404 wrote: What a freaking creepy episode tonight.<img src="http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/2050/mask28xv.jpg" border="0" />This message was edited by richg0404 on 5-5-06 @ 9:58 PM Yeah, a lot of these new episodes seem to have much of a horror/suspense vibe, though they get wrapped up in a sci-fi way.I agree, the little kid in the mask looking for his mommy, freaky shit. The new series just keeps throwing new stuff at us.I also liked the props to the British during WWII during the little speech the doctor gives.

INFOSTUD

05-06-2006, 05:15 PM

The Ninth Doctor has a new gig: "Former Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston will star as Number Six in a television remake of the cult favorite series, "The Prisoner". "The 1967 series, starring Patrick McGoohan as a former secret agent who was kidnapped and imprisoned in a mystery village, baffled millions of viewers around the world," says the Times."Visit this site for more: http://www.gallifreyone.com/news.php I got a feeling he'll be an excellent Number Six.For a great look at Dr. Who throught the decades visit this site; it has video clips set to the music of the appropriate decade. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2005/07/06/20443.shtml

OGC

05-06-2006, 06:01 PM

INFOSTUD wrote: The Ninth Doctor has a new gig: "Former Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston will star as Number Six ....I am really going to miss him as The Doctor, he has quickly put his own slant on him.I also agree that he will make a great Number Six. Of course it'll probably be 4 years before we see it here in the states.

INFOSTUD

05-06-2006, 07:57 PM

Thanks to the Sci-Fi Channel, we might see it sooner. The Prisoner is another of my favorite old British TV Shows I've managed to see three episodes of Season 2006 and all of Season 2005.  It's a completely different show from the Doctor Who that we watched as kids.  The writing is unbelievably excellent!!!  The stories are well-crafted and easy to follow.  During the old days, the stories at times could be confusing. David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor is the best Doctor since Tom Baker.  Tennant's portrayal of the Doctor is brilliant.  He's eccentric, witty, bold and brave.  They did a little more with his wardrobe too.  Any Time Lord that wears white Converse All-Star sneakers with a brown pin-striped suit is OK with me.Next week on Season 2006, the episode is "Rise of the Cybermen."  No doubt we might see Sontarans soon.  AND YES, there's gotta be a way for The Master to return and of course Davros.

MadMatt

05-07-2006, 03:20 PM

OK, not to be a spaz, but I need a point of clarification.Is this series a continuation of the old series?  I was under the impression that it was a reset of the series.  Did I misunderstand reset? Is it a complete restart with sideways references to the old series, or just an updating and retooling?    <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/help.gif" border="0" />

INFOSTUD

05-07-2006, 05:40 PM

It's sorta both.  It's a continuation because the Doctor is in his 10th regeneration and because in the episode School Reunion he was reunitied with Sarah Jane Smith who was his companion when he was in his 3rd and 4th regenerations.  It's a reset because stories thus far are spanning no more than two episodes.  In the original, a story could span six half-hour episodes.  And in one case a story spanned an entire season.  The BBC itself refers to the new series as Season 2005 and Season 2006 or sometimes as Series 1 and Series 2 I guess it's a remake of the old series.  I know this--it's very good.  It reflects the changes in TV from then to now.  It's slicker and the writing is excellent.  The BBC did the original on a very low budget and it was shot to videotape.

OGC

05-09-2006, 02:57 PM

Sort of interesting <a href="http://www.dailysnack.com/celebrity_news_article.html?fSKU=3196" target="_blank">article</a> about how Billie Piper would like to play the roll of the Dr in the future.Does anyone think this might happen ?

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EliSnow

05-09-2006, 05:13 PM

MadMatt wrote: OK, not to be a spaz, but I need a point of clarification.Is this series a continuation of the old series?  I was under the impression that it was a reset of the series.  Did I misunderstand reset? Is it a complete restart with sideways references to the old series, or just an updating and retooling?    <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/help.gif" border="0" />Story-wise, it's a continuation.  Everything that happened in the old series is the continuity for the current series, but in many ways, it is an updating in terms of style, etc.

INFOSTUD

05-09-2006, 07:02 PM

From the truly excellent Doctor Who website: www.gallifreyone.com:See this link specifically: http://www.gallifreyone.com/newseriesfaq.php <hr width="100%" size="2" />Is this a continuation of the original series, or a completely new series? That depends on your definition of "a new series". This is not a "reboot" or "reimagining" of Doctor Who in the sense of, say, the new Battlestar Galactica or the Tim Burton Planet of the Apes movie. This new Doctor Who is more like what the old one would have been like had it just kept running from 1990-2004. The Doctor is still a Time Lord, and all his history and continuity is intact. However, from a production standpoint this is a new series. Hardly anyone from the original series is involved in the new one. The show's format is very different: instead of a number of 25-minute episodes comprising a story, the episodes are 45 minutes long (except "The Christmas Invasion," which was 60), with 7 stand-alone stories and 3 2-part stories in the 2005 season. The 2006 season is using the same balance of episodes and stories, though in a different order.

INFOSTUD

05-13-2006, 08:20 PM

"The Girl in the Fireplace" is yet another episode!!!  In this episode, the Doctor mind-melds with Reinette.  She in turn can  see into the Doctor's  mind and learns that even as a  young boy  he has always been alone.We know very little about the Doctor's early years and life on Gallifrey. I'm convinced we're see the Master again. I'm also convince that the Doctor will find a "time-pocket"  that takes him back to Gallifrey.What we really need next is Tom Baker in an episode!!!

kdubya

05-15-2006, 06:56 PM

richg0404 wrote: Sort of interesting <a href="http://www.dailysnack.com/celebrity_news_article.html?fSKU=3196" target="_blank">article</a> about how Billie Piper would like to play the roll of the Dr in the future.Does anyone think this might happen ?This message was edited by richg0404 on 5-9-06 @ 7:52 PM I am sure it is a surprise to no one that I would be up for anything that involves more Billie Piper. The best exchange of this last episode,Rose: “Show me whatcha got.” Dr: "Rose, I am trying to resonate concrete."

INFOSTUD

05-16-2006, 07:15 AM

How the hell do you resonate concrete?  Season 2006 is even better!!!! David Tennet and Billie Piper make a great pair!!!  David Tennet is the best Doctor since Tom Baker.  They gotta lock David Tennet up forever as the Tenth Doctor.

MilkmanDann

05-16-2006, 07:27 AM

Disagreeing on Tennant, Eccleston did a really insane tortured spin on the Doctor role, following him up is gonna be a letdown to anyone. Alot was riding on this season (last season really but for the states, BBC-Canada aired it also during its creation) and Eccleston nailed it. He reminded me a little of his char from 28 Days Later (The Army leader). I'll give Tennant a chance, but the 9th was the Best doctor or maybe even the equivalent of Tom Baker.

EliSnow

05-16-2006, 07:48 AM

Burblefrump wrote: Disagreeing on Tennant, Eccleston did a really insane tortured spin on the Doctor role, following him up is gonna be a letdown to anyone. Alot was riding on this season (last season really but for the states, BBC-Canada aired it also during its creation) and Eccleston nailed it. He reminded me a little of his char from 28 Days Later (The Army leader). I'll give Tennant a chance, but the 9th was the Best doctor or maybe even the equivalent of Tom Baker. I loved Eccleston as well and think that he could have been one of my favorites, but at the same time, I'm  liking Tennant a lot as well.  The last two eps I've seen, School Reunion and The Girl In The Fireplace were both really good, and continued in the theme analyzing the Doctor's continued existence.These eps demonstrates the things we talked about earlier about how the new series reflects the changes in television.  The old series really wouldn't tap into how lonely the Doctor could be and the effect of his lifestyle on his assistants.  In the end, I'm not going to say Eccleston is better than Tennant or vice versa.  I think that Eccleston leaving may have been the best way to end last season.  He's angry and devastated for being the last Time Lord, and after saving the universe, and maintaining his soul, he gets a (sorta) new fresh start.

INFOSTUD

05-16-2006, 11:05 AM

School Reunion and The Girl in the Fireplace were EXCELLENT episodes!!!  It was great to see Sarah Jane again!  I was sad to see her and the Doctor hug and then part ways again.The stories and the acting are briliant in both Season 2005 and 2006.

kdubya

05-16-2006, 08:06 PM

The latest issue of wizard picked the cast for a Watchmen movie (not holding my breath) they listed Mr. Eccleston as their pick for Dr. Manhattan. That would be pretty sweet

INFOSTUD

05-19-2006, 08:17 PM

Tonight, I watched the final three episodes of Season 2005--Boom Town, Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways.  Good God Almighty!!!  They were EXCELLENT.  Dr. Who fans have waited a long, long time for the return of this series.The wait was certainly worth it!!!

OGC

05-26-2006, 05:01 PM

Does anyone know why Dr Who isn't on SciFi tonight ?Although I see that the show will be back next week.

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furie

05-26-2006, 05:08 PM

richg0404 wrote: Does anyone know why Dr Who isn't on SciFi tonight ?

i was wondering that myself

Garcia525

05-26-2006, 05:59 PM

I read somewhere it wasn't going to be on because Sci-Fi runs an Annual Memorial Day Weekend Movie Marathon.I don't understand why, but that's the reason.

INFOSTUD

05-26-2006, 06:28 PM

Worst bad is that the movies in this Movie Marathon SUCK!!!!  Sci-Fi should have done a classic Twlight Zone Marathon Weekend.

klaus_kinski_Jr

05-29-2006, 02:37 PM

look the Cyberman epsiodes they showed were just so great blew away that first dalek episode from Series 1 or whatever ytou want to call it. Plus the cyberman come back at the end of this series again. They look so much better then ever all steel looking.

I'm with you about Tennett being like Tom Baker reincarnet since he seems ot have so much fun in the role.

the one coming up this week will be the first alien world episode. Also seeing Sarah Jane and K9 back in a episode was so great for all the old fans. Her face when she sees the Tardis after all these years is priceless.

INFOSTUD

06-01-2006, 06:13 AM

The Cybermen episodes were excellent!!!  In short, the BBC has really re-invested in Doctor Who.  The stories are brilliantly written and they are doing nothing cheap and cheesy.  I hope Tennet stays in the role forever.  Tennet was a huge fan of Doctor Who as a child; therefore, our chances of him staying with the role are good.  He and Billie Piper are perfect together.It was great to see Sarah Jane again!!! It was sad when they parted ways again and the Doctor finally said "goodbye."I was disappointed with the Idiot's Lantern episode; the story didn't seem as well crafted as the others. What we really need is an episode where he meets the 4th Doctor--Tom Baker.   I'm certain that we'll see Gallifrey again and the Master.

EliSnow

06-01-2006, 06:24 AM

INFOSTUD wrote:  What we really need is an episode where he meets the 4th Doctor--Tom Baker.    I don't see that happening.  Baker is very reclusive, and refused to take part in the "Five Doctors" show that occurred back in 1983.  Plus, he's 72 years old.

INFOSTUD

06-01-2006, 08:53 AM

EliSnow:I don't see it happening either--but there's always wishful thinking.

EliSnow

06-07-2006, 11:19 AM

Anyone see 2x08 "The Impossible Planet" yet?  It was pretty good.  Had a nice horror feel to it, plus the Doctor is faced with his greatest fear:  settling down.

Dirtybird12

06-07-2006, 11:42 AM

Doctor! whos on first?

Garcia525

06-07-2006, 11:42 AM

Saw it and thought it was a great episode also.  Annoyed with it being a two-parter but I guess that just means that they are doing their jobs well and writing good stories to keep people interested.  Anxious to see the resolution of the story on Saturday.

INFOSTUD

06-07-2006, 07:18 PM

The Impossible Planet was pretty good. (I thought the Idiot's Lantern sorta sucked; the writing wasn't as good).  It was cool when the voice of the "Beast" was rambling off all the names in different cultures and mythologies that it is known as.    I have no concept of how I'm going to survive after the last episode of Season 2006 airs on July 8.

Garcia525

06-09-2006, 11:08 AM

Yep same for me.....can't believe how fast the season has gone by.  Then we'll have to wait till Christmas for a new episode.  I can't believe I'm talking about Christmas in June already. On another note......... Season Finale Tonight on Sci-Fi 9pm EST"Parting of the Ways"  Don't Miss It

klaus_kinski_Jr

06-11-2006, 06:25 AM

Well after watching The Satan Pit last night then the confidential this morning with Russel T Davies saying all hells about to break loose. I got one perdiction about a certain person on the show I don't think she will survive. Especially with what was said in The Satan Pit.

For all you fans of the old show that was the same voice that did Sutek in Pyramid Of Mars that did the voice of the Beast/Devil/?.

MilkmanDann

06-11-2006, 06:55 AM

Garcia525 wrote: Yep same for me.....can't believe how fast the season has gone by.  Then we'll have to wait till Christmas for a new episode.  I can't believe I'm talking about Christmas in June already. On another note......... Season Finale Tonight on Sci-Fi 9pm EST"Parting of the Ways"  Don't Miss It Probably my favorite episode ever (besides the 5 doctors), Eccleston was irreplacable but worried about being typecast. Tennant is pulling off the pretty boy thing, but I have no reason to watch a bad followup doctor other then Billie Piper. Glad the show is back though, just dont like the current Dr.

INFOSTUD

06-11-2006, 09:36 AM

Klaus:What was the name of that edition of the Doctor Who Confidential.  I'd like to watch it.  I image you are talking about Billie Piper.  For what I've read she'd signed up for at least another season after Season 2006 (Series 2) is over.  To hell with typecasting, when you have a winning acting role/character stay with it.And when is either the Doctor or Rose going to flat out say: "I love you" to each other.  I was watching the Satan's Pit and when the Doctor was saying: "Tell Rose That I..."   I kept screaming; "Say it...say it."  And he said: "She already knows."My reason for living ends on July 8 with the final episode of Season 2006--"Doomsday."  It was cool that they got the same guy that did Sutek's voice to do The Beast.  I remember in the Pyramids of Mars that Sutek says: "I bring you the gift of death."I hope before season's end that we see The Master.  Assorted spoilers on the internet point to us seeing Mickey and the Cybermen again.We waited a time for the return of Doctor Who.  The wait has been well worth it!!!!!

klaus_kinski_Jr

06-11-2006, 01:43 PM

It was the current Confidential that aired after the Satan Pit "Religion & Myth". Well knowing Billie is back for another season blows away my theory of her getting killed by the cyberman in the final two parter.
Actually it is widley known that the Cyberman come back along with an unamed enemy from the Dr past. I'm guessing Daleks most likely.

So now that they brought back the Daleks in thew first series, and the Cybermen in the second. I can only hope for the biggie of them all in the third The Master but who could they get its got to be jaw dropping.

Thank god for those certain sites where I d/l these treasures. Along with all the other Brit TV I d/l (New Tricks, Terry Jones Docs, the new Steve Coogan show once it starts, and countless others)

INFOSTUD

06-11-2006, 04:01 PM

Klaus:Thanks for the title. Two great sites for Dr. Who news are http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/ and www.gallifreyone.com.It's great to see this thread getting so much buzz. I was talking to a guy at the gym about the show and he's a newbie to it--but thinks it's absolutely great. He's right!!!It's almost a given that the Master will be back. It would follow suit--since the Daleks and the Cybermen came back--AND IN VERY GRAND STYLE.I absolutely loved School Reunion!!! 

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klaus_kinski_Jr

06-11-2006, 04:37 PM

I go to Outpost Galifrey all thetime but you might want to check out this blog: http://tachyontv.typepad.com/waiting_for_christopher/

kdubya

06-11-2006, 08:44 PM

CircusFreak wrote: Doctor! whos on first? I must admit that made me laugh out loud, simple, but damn funny.

EliSnow

06-15-2006, 11:55 AM

Here's some spoiler news for Doctor Who fans for the next season on the BBC.  I'll use white text to obscure the news but you can click on the link as well:Billy Piper, aka Rose, won't be on the next season or series as the limeys call it of Doctor Who:<a href="http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=23607">http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=23607</a>

INFOSTUD

06-15-2006, 12:43 PM

I guess we'll have to wait until "Doomsday" airs for it to be official. Spoilers and rumors are just that--spoilers and rumors--they might be true; they might not be. The rumor of Billie Piper leaving the show has been floating around for a while now. I've also read that they had her locked up contractually through Series 3/Season 3. "Doomsday" airs in the UK on July 8--we'll see what happens. If they cliffhang me until next season, I'll kill them!!! Rose and the Doctor are a totally winning chemistry. Plus, she's extremely easy on the eyes. 

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OGC

06-16-2006, 04:59 PM

FYI - As I type this (Friday night), The SciFi channel is showing the whole first season in a marathon. I'm not sure when it started, but it continues until 3am.

INFOSTUD

06-17-2006, 07:51 PM

Tonight's episode on the BBC: "Love and Monsters" was lame--TOTALLY LAME!!!! It is very disappointing.  Especially after "The Impossible Planet"  and "The Satan's Pit" were so EXCELLENT.  There's only three episodes left is Season 2006/Series 2.  They gotta be building up to a big season finale.

klaus_kinski_Jr

06-18-2006, 07:51 AM

<hr color="cococo" align="left">INFOSTUD wrote: Tonight's episode on the BBC: "Love and Monsters" was lame--TOTALLY LAME!!!! It is very disappointing.ÿ Especially after "The Impossible Planet"ÿ and "The Satan's Pit" were so EXCELLENT.ÿ There's only three episodes left is Season 2006/Series 2.ÿ They gotta be building up to a big season finale. <hr color="cococo" align="left">
I've got to disagree Info, I found the epsiode to have been a luagh riot take the piss out of the fans. Come on the Scooby Doo type chase, that song from Animal house, ELO, and the guy who kinda resembled Douglas Adams (Former writer for the show folks). Take it in stride its like The Spy Who Loved Me (The Book), in which its told from a girls point of view nad Bond is only a secondary character to what else was going on.

The idea of onlooker at all the preivous London adventures trying to find the Dr was an original idea. Dont worry the only realy thing I'm dissapointed about is that Stpehen Fry's script. It would have been next one but was pushed back till Series 3 and then just announced he wont finish it since he does not have the time.

The best way to view the episode is look back to the SNL where Shatner did that once sketch at the Sci Fi convention. Take a joke

Also I think the last two episodes ar egoing to probably be hte berst two episodes they way Davies has talked about it. I dont think its going to end to nicley for Rose or her Mom.

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INFOSTUD

06-18-2006, 10:02 AM

Klaus:I gotta agree with you a bit.  I did like the Scooby-Do chase style scene with all the doors.  I told my brother who was watching it with me: "Dude they're going to do the Scooby thing where everyone chases everyone and then everyone comes out of a different door."  A watched a few episodes of Season 1--aka: 1963; the show with its stories moved  very slow back then.  I watched "The Mutants (Daleks)"; it was cool to see their first ever appearance.  Get a copy of Doctor Who Magazine #370/June 2006 comes with a great two-sided poster. One side is the Doctor, Rose & the TARDIS; the other, a Cyberman.  Unfortunately, not too many comic shops in the USA carry the magazine.

INFOSTUD

06-19-2006, 05:45 AM

Looks like Billie Piper will be gone.  Three actresses are rumored to be in the running for the role;Freema Agyeman Nikki Sanderson Michelle Ryan  A google image search reveals that either Nikki or Michelle would be VERY EASY on the eyes.  The hottest images on the google search are for Nikki.

INFOSTUD

06-24-2006, 06:10 PM

Tonight's episode on the BBC: "Fear Her" was ok.  However, the trailer for next week's episode: "Army of Ghosts" gave her shivers. You hear Rose's voice say: "This is the last story I'll ever tell."  Plus she makes reference to what the Beast said in Impossible Planet/The Satan's Pit; he said "she will die in battle."  It looks like the parallel Earth they vistied in "Rise of the Cybermen" collides with this Earth and the Cyberman cross over.  I can't wait to see the final two episodes.Hopefully, Rose will cross over to the parallel Earth.  I'd hate to see her character die.

EliSnow

06-24-2006, 06:26 PM

INFOSTUD wrote: Klaus:I gotta agree with you a bit.  I did like the Scooby-Do chase style scene with all the doors.  I told my brother who was watching it with me: "Dude they're going to do the Scooby thing where everyone chases everyone and then everyone comes out of a different door."  Just to give credit where credit is due.  The whole chase bit that Scooby Doo did was created long before Scooby Doo.  I know I've seen it in Marx Bros. movies.  I can't say they started it, but they did a great job of it.I haven't seen this ep yet.  I've been on vacation for over a week, and have been only able to steal some small time on computers from here to there.

klaus_kinski_Jr

06-25-2006, 03:08 AM

Well Fear Her will go down as one epsiode I wont be watching multiple times.

There were some nice refrences to the orginal series be them very brief.

Well next week is going to be it and it looks like Jackie has a run in with the metal men also. Will have to rewatch the trailer again. Since so much is going on like all of TORCHWOOD.

i get the feeling Capt Jack turns up in like the last minute of the first part.

INFOSTUD

06-25-2006, 07:23 AM

In "Fear Her" the Doctor said "I was a dad once."  I think that was the first time I ever heard a Doctor mention that.  The 1st Doctor had a grand-daughter: Susan.  But we never hear tell of the Doctor's wife/companion/mate and their children.In the trailer for "Army of Ghosts" you see Dalek-style laser blasts, but you don't see the Daleks in the trailer.  :Let's hope they're in the final two episodes also.

klaus_kinski_Jr

06-25-2006, 11:12 AM

<hr color="cococo" align="left">INFOSTUD wrote: In the trailer for "Army of Ghosts" you see Dalek-style laser blasts, but you don't see the Daleks in the trailer.ÿ :Let's hope they're in the final two episodes also. <hr color="cococo" align="left">

That's been the rumor for a long time that they team up with the metal men. Personally I was hoping for something like the Master making a suprise apperance since they kept the lid on the whole Rose will she live or wont she so far.

Ok my perdictions lets see if Infostud agrees:

Rose or Jackie will die, Capt Jack will appear in probably the last minute or so of the first part. Mickey will make an apperance.

It's going to kick so much ass will forget all the Daleks from last season ender.

INFOSTUD

06-25-2006, 04:53 PM

Klaus:

I think
we'll see both Mickey and Captain Jack.
It only makes sense. The Cybermen
are from the parallel Earth where Mickey stayed behind. He's fighting them there and will probably
follow them through the crack in time/space to our Earth. Captain Jack is going to be in the Doctor Who
spin-off: Torchwood. Torchwood is the
focal point of the last two episodes.
Hence, we should see him.

The
Doctor promised Jackie that he would protect her. Therefore, I see Jackie dying; Rose will realize
she has no long-time future with the Doctor.
With Jackie dead and Rose realizing she can't be with the Doctor
forever, I believe she will follow Mickey back to the parallel Earth where at
least her dad is still alive. And damn
it!!! The Doctor and Rose better tell each other that they love each other
before they part. Myself, I don't want
to see Rose die; just write her out.

Here's my
prediction--such as it is--for a cliffhanger.
The Doctor loses Rose to either dead or she goes to the parallel Earth,
he defeats his two greatest enemies the Daleks and the Cybermen. And then...the Master appears in the final
scene of this season to say something like: "Doctor how good to see you
again. I've missed you [Or have you missed me]." And then we wait until Season 2007/Series 3
starts.  These last two episodes should kick total ass!!!!   They're going for a BIG FINISH with a HUGE CLIFFHANGER!!! 

It's a
given that the Master will eventually have to show up. He's the last of the
Doctor's greatest enemies that have yet to appear. (The Sontarians were an just OK enemy). There's alot of spoilers floating on assorted
sites. Some say we'll see of all people:
Rassilon. 

Next
season, we will probably see more Time Lords that survived the Time War.

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klaus_kinski_Jr

06-25-2006, 06:30 PM

I joke around with a british pal of mine about the Master coming back. Like who would play him now since Anthony Head would have been great but he already did the evil schoolmaster.

My joke is that it would be Bil Baily as the master and Dylan Moran as Davros with a liitle drink cart behind him. Hell they had Tamsin Grieg already in the show why not the two others from Black Books.

According to IMDB Rose's dad does come back so you might be right that she goes to the other universe which is nice.

But come on if they do bring back the master they will have to really get someone big to do it. Gee maybe they can bring back to life Rodger Delgado or Anthony Ainley

INFOSTUD

06-25-2006, 07:35 PM

You know what would be even better---but sappy.  Rose and Jackie both cross over to the parallel Earth.  Pete gets back his dead wife, Jackie.  Jackie gets back her dead husband, Pete.  Rose gets a reunited family: her mom and dad. Very sappy--but a classy want to write Rose out of the Series.Anthony Head might have made an excellent Master.  He kicked ass as the Headmaster, Mr. Finch.  I dig bad guys who have very calming. soothing voices, but whose every word is carefully calculated and sinister.Even Darvos could re-appear.  Consider this: the Master, Darvos and the Cyber-Controller [head Cyberman] and their creations--the Daleks and Cybermen--team up with Rassilon to defeat the Doctor.  Craft the story correctly and the story would be perfect for "The Ten Doctors." Easily a four-part story.  But some very clever writing would have to be done.Back to "Fear Her."  The premise of the story had potential. That concept has been used before in sci-fi literature and fantasy stoties.  It kinda remember me of the Twlight Zone episode: "It's a Good Life"  I wanted Chloe to drew me in a harlem surrounded by Vargas Girls. Hell, I'll even supply the markers and paper.

klaus_kinski_Jr

06-26-2006, 03:40 AM

<hr color="cococo" align="left">INFOSTUD wrote: Back to "Fear Her."ÿ The premise of the story had potential. That concept has been used before in sci-fi literature and fantasy stoties.ÿ It kinda remember me of the Twlight Zone episode: "It's a Good Life" <hr color="cococo" align="left">

That's exactly what I said ot a pal of mine while he was waiting for his d/l to finish. Except Chloe was not as evil as Anthony.

Yeah your ten doctors story cant work for lets see: 3 of the orginal Docs are dead, Tom Baker is a about the size of a Tardis, McCoy looks really really really old now.

Them doing two parters is probably the smart idea to stick with. Think about some of the padding that used to go on. The five doctors could have easily been trimmed by 20 minutes.

There is one thing for sure if the master does appear that would be probably the best kept secret ever. Since the regeneration was supposed to be a suprise till Eccelston shot of his mouth about not coming back.

Yes folks knowing how to do bittorent is a joy for your tv watching.

INFOSTUD

06-26-2006, 07:08 AM

Agreed--no Ten Doctors episode for all of the reasons above.

EliSnow

07-05-2006, 09:13 AM

SPOILER ALERT FOR SEASON 3!!!!The BBC has announced the actress who will be replacing Billie Piper and the "Rose" character:<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5146666.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5146666.stm</a>

INFOSTUD

07-06-2006, 06:49 AM

Eli:Klaus, Jr.  beat you on the official announcement; he posted on July4.  (See the Doctor Who Series 2 Season Finale Thread).  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/07_july/05/agyeman2.shtmlFreema was the rumored front-runner all along.  However, the character name for her is going to be "Martha Jones,"  sounds like a name for an old librarian!  But, Freema has beautiful eyes and an equally beautiful face.  Image searches for her don't really show her body. Nikki Sanderson was rumored to be in the running too; she's TOTALLY SMOKING HOT.  Nikki is featured in this month's FHM-UK Edition.

klaus_kinski_Jr

07-06-2006, 10:01 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/gallery/s2_12-13gallery/

Check the bottom row for two pics

INFOSTUD

07-06-2006, 11:18 AM

Klaus:Thanks...i've seen those already.  I re-watched the trailer for Doomsday again.  The Genesis Ark has white smoke/vapor coming from it.  This leads me to believe that it contains someone/thing that is in a state of cyro-stasis.  The design of the ark is Dalek in style but slightly different.  I'm leaning very heavily on it being Darvos.   Arks traditionally transport things that are already alive to safety.  The Daleks say the "Genesis Ark" is primed.  This could mean they've primed it to revive whatever is inside in cyro-statis

INFOSTUD

07-09-2006, 04:45 PM

The season finale kicked TOTAL ASS and then some!!!!!!  The last two episodes made up for the three episodes that were weak in my opinion: The Idiot's Lantern, Love & Monsters, and Fear Her. I'm counting the next 116 days until the Christmas Special that launhs Season 2007

EliSnow

07-10-2006, 12:19 PM

I agree.  The finale was fabulous.  I figured that Rose's introduction wouldn't be literally true, but I like how they worked it out so that it wasn't completely false.   Really, really great episode.  The purpose of the Genesis Ark was definitely something I wasn't expecting, but it made a load of sense.Interesting to see the Black Dalek do a temporal shift to escape the pull however.  I guess we'll see more of it in the third season.

torker

07-16-2006, 06:35 AM

<a href="http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/24923" target="_blank">Actor Who Voiced Daleks Dies</a><img height="152" src="http://www.telegoons.org/rubovia/Images/Peter_Hawkins_CP.jpg" width="200" border="0" />

kellermcgee21

07-16-2006, 12:33 PM

on a side note...the who is going on tour in two months<a href="http://www.jambase.com/headsup.asp?storyID=8800">http://www.jambase.com/headsup.asp?storyID=8800</a>

INFOSTUD

07-16-2006, 05:10 PM

I'm feeling a vast emptiness without Dr. Who to watch!!!  My brother and I made it into a weekly ritual.  We would get sushi and watch Dr. Who--we called it Who-shi night.During Doomsday, my brother damn near passed out when he learned that the Genesis Ark was a prison ship.  Especially, after the Doctor said: "Bigger on the inside than the outside."  The classic line used to describe the TARDIS.  The Genesis Ark was a Prison TARDIS.

INFOSTUD

07-17-2006, 08:48 AM

Dr. Who soundtrack for Series 1 and Series 2 has been announced.http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/07/17/33953.shtml

Coach

07-17-2006, 09:23 AM

Question about Jack...it has been said that he is not who he appears to be...is it possible that he is another lost time lord???

EliSnow

07-17-2006, 09:29 AM

Coach wrote: Question about Jack...it has been said that he is not who he appears to be...is it possible that he is another lost time lord??? Virtually anything is possible in a science fiction show about time travel.  However, didn't he say that in his ship knew how to heal humans (which is how they healed Rose)?  That suggests he's human.

Coach

07-17-2006, 09:52 AM

EliSnow wrote: Coach wrote: Question about Jack...it has been said that he is not who he appears to be...is it possible that he is another lost time lord??? Virtually anything is possible in a science fiction show about time travel.  However, didn't he say that in his ship knew how to heal humans (which is how they healed Rose)?  That suggests he's human.Yes, true, but he didn't say what other lifeforms it could heal.....

This message was edited by Coach on 7-17-06 @ 1:53 PM

EliSnow

07-17-2006, 09:56 AM

Coach wrote: EliSnow wrote: Coach wrote: Question about Jack...it has been said that he is not who he appears to be...is it possible that he is another lost time lord??? Virtually anything is possible in a science fiction show about time travel.  However, didn't he say that in his ship knew how to heal humans (which is how they healed Rose)?  That suggests he's human.Yes, true, but he didn't say what other lifeforms it could heal.....This message was edited by Coach on 7-17-06 @ 1:53 PM Very true.  I was trying to think if there was anything else that said definitely said he was human, but I think that any of the statements actually made (some by the Doctor himself) could be easily explained away if they wanted to.My thought is they won't go that way because I think they like that the Doctor is the last Time Lord (sort of like Superman being the last Kryptonian for a long time).

Coach

07-17-2006, 10:09 AM

Not intentionally trying to be a conspiracy theorist...but as all the people are speculating about the return of The Master, it could be possible that Jack turns out to be him?I dunno...there is something about his character that is really sketchy and I think there is something the writers are hiding....it just disturbs me....also does BBC america show the new DR Who..or just SCI FI???...just wondering cause it is being added to my cable and see no other reason to watch it.

EliSnow

07-17-2006, 10:14 AM

Coach wrote: Not intentionally trying to be a conspiracy theorist...but as all the people are speculating about the return of The Master, it could be possible that Jack turns out to be him?I dunno...there is something about his character that is really sketchy and I think there is something the writers are hiding....it just disturbs me....also does BBC america show the new DR Who..or just SCI FI???...just wondering cause it is being added to my cable and see no other reason to watch it.Isn't Jack going to be on Torchwood?  If he was the Master or a lost Time Lord,  I would think he would stick with being on Doctor Who, rather than Torchwood.  The story possibilities if he was the Master or Time Lord would be better taken advantage of on Doctor Who than Torchwood.Also, I don't believe that it is on BBC America, only Sci Fi.

klaus_kinski_Jr

07-17-2006, 05:56 PM

Capt Jack is the lead on Torchwood, and no he is not a Timelord. He is a human from the way way distant future.

Here is an old article about Torchwood with the female lead who played the maid in THe Unquiet Dead episode series 1

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4744942.stm

JustJon

08-11-2006, 09:32 AM

For those of us who didn't download any episodes, season 28 starts September 29 on the SciFi network here in the states.

OGC

08-11-2006, 09:34 AM

JustJon wrote: For those of us who didn't download any episodes, season 28 starts September 29 on the SciFi network here in the states. Wahooooo !!!!!

Coach

08-13-2006, 08:02 PM

I am looking Forward to the Sept. 29th return. I miss seeing the show and miffed that sci Fi has not replayed the episodes at all.There are episodes I have missed and want to see them!!!!

JustJon

08-14-2006, 06:06 AM

Coach wrote: I am looking Forward to the Sept. 29th return. I miss seeing the show and miffed that sci Fi has not replayed the episodes at all.There are episodes I have missed and want to see them!!!!   Then why does my TiVo keep recording the replays for me, even though I've already seen them?

rumplestiltskin

08-14-2006, 07:11 PM

Kickin' it old, old school William HartnellAnd Carole Ann Ford

This message was edited by rumplestiltskin on 8-18-06 @ 9:35 PM

MadMatt

08-14-2006, 07:15 PM

Sorry, I know this is a little out of left field but I thought real fans would be the best people to ask: Anybody know where I can get a domestic Tardis model?  I have been searching online, but not having much luck.If a domestic model isn't available, any of you guys have connections that could get a reasonably priced GB version?

This message was edited by MadMatt on 8-15-06 @ 11:52 AM

Coach

08-14-2006, 09:43 PM

JustJon wrote:  Then why does my TiVo keep recording the replays for me, even though I've already seen them? Find out when they show them please...I can't find them..

JustJon

08-15-2006, 07:08 AM

Coach wrote: JustJon wrote: Then why does my TiVo keep recording the replays for me, even though I've already seen them? Find out when they show them please...I can't find them..  go <a href="http://www.scifi.com/schedulebot/index.php3" target="_blank">here </a>Put Doctor Who in the search box at the bottomRight now, the only replays on the schedule are a marathon on 9/29.  I know my TiVo tried to tape two eps this past sunday night when I was trying to watch a movie.

OGC

09-25-2006, 04:23 PM

Good News folks. The new (2nd) season of Dr Who will be starting up this Friday on the SciFi channel.8am to 4pm is a marathon replay of the 1st season and then at 8pm to 10:30 are the first 2 episodes of the new season "Christmas Invasion" and "New Earth"Warm up those DVRs.Wahoo. 

This message was edited by richg0404 on 9-25-06 @ 8:29 PM

OGC

09-29-2006, 03:56 PM

bump.The new season starts in 5 minutes.And repeats at 10:30

INFOSTUD

12-17-2006, 03:54 PM

It's almost finally here--the brandy, new season of Dr. Who!!!  Eight days til' the Christmas Episode: "The Runaway Bride."  It's been a long wait since last season's final episode on July 8th.Hell...this is the first time I've looked forward to December 25th in almost 10 years

OGC

12-17-2006, 04:04 PM

And here we are in the USA still watching the first David Tennant series. In fact I just got done watching the "Love & Monsters" episode. That was a different  type of episode.I am assuming that David Tennant is back. What about Rose ? Would it spoil anything that is coming up if you told me if she is returning ?

INFOSTUD

12-18-2006, 06:47 AM

Good news first. David is back for next season. Love & Monsters was the worst episode of Season 2. The remaining episodes are extremely good.

Back news--Rose is gone (but doesn't die). When she and the Doctor are separated from each other in the final episode: "Doomsday" it's very sad. That scene makes me get very teary.

Sheeplovr

12-22-2006, 07:07 PM

i totally got all weapy at the end of dr who tonight i guess wiht bbc teaming up wiht bitorrent i can get Dr who as as soon as it is on bbc same wiht alot of there other shows but i do like watching the shows wiht my dad so i dunno maybe ill wait out

INFOSTUD

12-23-2006, 04:47 PM

Sheeplovr wrote: i totally got all weapy at the end of dr who tonight i guess wiht bbc teaming up wiht bitorrent i can get Dr who as as soon as it is on bbc same wiht alot of there other shows but i do like watching the shows wiht my dad so i dunno maybe ill wait outSheeplovr:Sounds like you saw the Episode titled Doomsday when the Doctor and Rose are separated forever between parallel universes that even a Time Lord can not travel between.  The scene where each of them leans against the wall at the Torchwood Institute (in each universe) is extremely sad and powerful.  A brilliantly written and directed episode.  It was cool that Rose's dad from the parallel universe saved her.  I just got the Soundtrack from Dr. Who.  It has the sad music that they played as the Doctor walked away from the wall knowing he had lost Rose.The Sci-Fi Channel announced that it will start showing Series/Season 3 sometime this summer.  Series/Season 3 started on Christmas Night at 7 pm in the UK.

jetdog

12-23-2006, 04:56 PM

my brother made me watch the season fianle with him the other night...man I really want to get into it because I oved the original series, but shit I just couldn't get past the campieness of those fuckin robots.  I mean they must be using those old-school bots for a reason, but, holy-shit they look like they made them out of cardboard.Not trying to crap on the show or anything, those were the first two episodes I saw.  I'll keep trying when I get a chance.

OGC

12-23-2006, 04:56 PM

Infostud, Please be careful about posting possible spoilers. I usually record the episodes and watch them a few days later with my kids. If I hadn't watched that episode as it aired last night, I wouldn't be too happy with your summary of the Doomsday episode.

This message was edited by richg0404 on 12-23-06 @ 8:58 PM

OGC

12-23-2006, 05:01 PM

jetdog wrote: my brother made me watch the season fianle with him the other night...man I really want to get into it because I loved the original series, but shit I just couldn't get past the campieness of those fuckin robots.  I mean they must be using those old-school bots for a reason, but, holy-shit they look like they made them out of cardboard.Not trying to crap on the show or anything, those were the first two episodes I saw.  I'll keep trying when I get a chance. You are used to watching the old episodes and you find the NEW ones to be campy. I agree, they aren't as hi tech as Star Wars or similar more recent movies, but NOTHING comes close to the campiness of those old episodes. I loved them.

jetdog

12-23-2006, 05:06 PM

richg0404 wrote: jetdog wrote: my brother made me watch the season fianle with him the other night...man I really want to get into it because I loved the original series, but shit I just couldn't get past the campieness of those fuckin robots. I mean they must be using those old-school bots for a reason, but, holy-shit they look like they made them out of cardboard.Not trying to crap on the show or anything, those were the first two episodes I saw. I'll keep trying when I get a chance. You are used to watching the old episodes and you find the NEW ones to be campy. I agree, they aren't as hi tech as Star Wars or similar more recent movies, but NOTHING comes close to the campiness of those old episodes. I loved them.I know what you're sayin, but everything has to fit together, ya know? With all the rest of the show's appearance being substantially different, ie. modern, it just made me unable to suspend my disbeleif as easily when those bots showed up.I'm not "used" to watching the old ones, I haven't seen an episode in probably a decade, I just really loved them when I was a kid.  

This message was edited by jetdog on 12-23-06 @ 9:13 PM

INFOSTUD

12-23-2006, 07:02 PM

richg0404 wrote: Infostud, Please be careful about posting possible spoilers. I usually record the episodes and watch them a few days later with my kids. If I hadn't watched that episode as it aired last night, I wouldn't be too happy with your summary of the Doomsday episode.   richg0404:Sorry about that. But since you did see it, wasn't it brilliant!!!  

This message was edited by INFOSTUD on 12-23-06 @ 11:11 PM

hotshot70

12-25-2006, 03:51 PM

Glad to see Dr. Who fans here. Yes, I am a fellow Whovian! I have almost every show recorded from 1963 to present. I have heard some spoilers about the next season, but I won't say anything. I saw pic of the new companion Martha Jones, who will be the first black female companion ever (not counting Roz from the fiction novels). <img src="http://i12.tinypic.com/2i7tgk3.jpg" border="0" alt="Martha Jones" title="Martha Jones" width="180" height="295" />

klaus_kinski_Jr

12-26-2006, 07:09 AM

Watched the new Christmas Episode: Runaway Bride. It was a bit of fun with some nice little action. then of course the Doctor deals with the loss of Rose through out. great stuff go down load it if you can.

Also the trailer for series 3 looks good, a minor spoiler a certain enemy will make another apperance for a third time. It ends with a shot of that certain alien. Heres a hint Temporal Shift

Sheeplovr

12-26-2006, 08:46 AM

i bittoreented the new dr who form last night im goign to watch it wiht my dad tonight i cant wait!

Wallower

12-26-2006, 09:15 AM

hotshot70 wrote: Glad to see Dr. Who fans here. Yes, I am a fellow Whovian! I have almost every show recorded from 1963 to present. I have heard some spoilers about the next season, but I won't say anything. I saw pic of the new companion Martha Jones, who will be the first black female companion ever (not counting Roz from the fiction novels). <img src="http://i12.tinypic.com/2i7tgk3.jpg" border="0" alt="Martha Jones" title="Martha Jones" width="180" height="295" />At least they kept Billie Piper's eyebrows. :(

INFOSTUD

12-26-2006, 06:14 PM

I think the episode properly handled the Doctor's loss of Rose.  Especially, the final scene.  He was just about to cry when he said her name, Rose.  He's devasted by the loss; it's better than having him just shrugg it off.  I think we're in for some good episodes in Series/Season 3.

Wallower

12-27-2006, 08:54 PM

I'm not an expert on all of the doctors, but to my recollection they were all either grandfatherly, juvenile, or emotionally inaccessable enough to prevent the type of love that was developing with the 10th Dr. and Rose. I'm not saying they can't shake things up, all of the doctors are different in their own ways. I'm just worry about the character falling in love when he's immortal and she isn't.

EliSnow

12-28-2006, 05:49 AM

Wallower wrote: I'm not an expert on all of the doctors, but to my recollection they were all either grandfatherly, juvenile, or emotionally inaccessable enough to prevent the type of love that was developing with the 10th Dr. and Rose. I'm not saying they can't shake things up, all of the doctors are different in their own ways. I'm just worry about the character falling in love when he's immortal and she isn't.You should watch the episode in the past seaon with Sarah Jane.  They address this issue in that ep.

klaus_kinski_Jr

12-28-2006, 06:17 AM

Seaking of Sarah Jane she has a special airing on New years day. So another thing to d/l that along with the season finale of torchwood.

Elizabeth Sladen let it drop that K9 will probably be popping up in the tardis at some point in series 3

JustJon

12-28-2006, 09:42 AM

I'd been waiting for the sci fi showings, but since they replayed last years in the US, I dled and watched this year's.  It was a good ep.  Really showed how the Doctor felt about Rose.

PaulF

12-31-2006, 10:56 AM

Watched "The Runaway Bride" as well. The first couple of "Torchwood" episodes as well.The way they play off last years "Christmas Invasion" and the season finale by everyone thinking it was some mass delusion is kinda of funny. BUT, weren't a lot of people killed by the Daleks/Cybermen? I can understand ignoring spaceships, but how do you explain missing people?

INFOSTUD

12-31-2006, 04:52 PM

In theory, the battle between the Daleks and Cybermen was waged throughout the world with the human race stuck in the middle. I don't think The Bride/Donna is clever enough to notice anything.  She said she was hungover during the Christmas Invasion and she was in Spain during the Army of Ghosts.  She's just dumb.This season's Dalek story is a two-parter set in 1930s Manhattan.

OGC

12-31-2006, 06:27 PM

PaulF wrote: Watched "The Runaway Bride" as well. The first couple of "Torchwood" episodes as well.Do you mean that there is a spinoff series called Torchwood ?

INFOSTUD

01-01-2007, 01:00 PM

richg0404 wrote: PaulF wrote: Watched "The Runaway Bride" as well. The first couple of "Torchwood" episodes as well.Do you mean that there is a spinoff series called Torchwood ?Richg0404:Yes.  Torchwood's main character is Capt. Jack Harkness. Tonight is a two-part finale.  In my opinion, Torchwood is not nearly as good as Dr. Who.  As a TV series, Torchwood seems to still be finding its niche.  A handful of episodes were very good; the others were just OK.  It was renewed for a second season.

EffMeBoobs

01-01-2007, 01:09 PM

All I gots to say about it is "Oh Doctor..."

PaulF

01-01-2007, 06:02 PM

So far Torchwood reminds me somewhat of the old Friday the 13th tv series (late 80's). It also seems to be more like a CSI type show than Doctor Who.

INFOSTUD

01-01-2007, 06:24 PM

PaulF wrote: So far Torchwood reminds me somewhat of the old Friday the 13th tv series (late 80's). It also seems to be more like a CSI type show than Doctor Who.PaulF: You are the second person who's remarked to me that it reminds them of the Friday the 13th show.  Torchwood is definitely NOT Doctor Who or even like Doctor Who.

prothunderball

06-09-2007, 07:11 PM

Anybody else been downloading season 3 of the BBC's Doctor Who? I've really dug this season. I thought I was gonna miss Rose, but Martha is a good replacement, and I thought "The Family of Blood" episodes were some of the best of the whole series. I hope I'm not the only nerd on here this into this show.

MadMatt

06-09-2007, 07:49 PM

prothunderball

06-09-2007, 08:01 PM

I couldn't wait and have been downloading them too. Great season! :thumbup:

I was used to the "loss of sidekicks" from watching the original series for so long. However, I wasn't sure how they would handle it in the new series. So far it has been brilliant.

And for the sake of others, make sure you warn about spoilers (or use the "spoiler text" feature). Most people aren't going to watch until season 3 airs sometime this summer.

my bad, I can't go back and edit now, but I'm pretty sure season to has been aired in it's entirety on SciFi now anyways. I won't give anything else away. but I just finnished episode 10 and that one was brilliant as well.

and oh yeah I can't wait for Captain Jack to come back in next episode! Plus the guy from Life on Mars is gonna be playing the bad guy in last couple episodes!

furie

06-10-2007, 04:45 PM

i'll wait till they come out on sci-fi

Death Metal Moe

06-10-2007, 04:45 PM

Just the Doctor Who.

The backwards Swasticker.

Just the Doctor Who.

Repent 13.

klaus_kinski_Jr

06-10-2007, 05:47 PM

The last three episdoes have been the best of the series 3. With Human Nature/Family of Blood being the best of the whole new Dr Who and a huge amount of the old ones.

Next week we get Claudius guest starring I mean Derek Jacobi.

Sadly only three more episodes to go for series 3

MadMatt

06-10-2007, 05:54 PM

"Blink" was an outstanding episode IMO. What a quick freaking hour. Top notch!

I think Series 3 shows on Sci-Fi Channel in the US this July. I was going to wait for it, but my fiance is impatient and talked me into downloading the first episode. After that I couldn't wait either.

Anybody know when Torchwood Series 2 starts?

klaus_kinski_Jr

06-10-2007, 06:19 PM

Matt that was is going ot be awhile from all reports. And to be really honest I thought Torchwood was a sad dissapointment. A whole lot of wasted ideas

docgoblin

06-10-2007, 06:39 PM

Just the Doctor Who.

The backwards Swasticker.

Just the Doctor Who.

Repent 13.

Monkey Hooouuussse!!!

prothunderball

06-10-2007, 07:28 PM

Matt that was is going ot be awhile from all reports. And to be really honest I thought Torchwood was a sad dissapointment. A whole lot of wasted ideas

I wasn't too hot on Torchwood either, I just thought a lot more could have been done with the Captain Jack charachter than what amounted to basicaly a X-Files ripoff.

I do think the last 3 episodes of dr who have been the best yet though, they've been on a killer streak, they've changed up what was turning into a pretty regular formula and I think that's what made them better.

JustJon

06-11-2007, 09:42 AM

I was going to wait until July and watch Doctor Who on SciFi, but I may just end up downloading them and marathoning the whole season in a couple days once the season ends in the uk

MadMatt

06-11-2007, 10:22 AM

I was going to wait until July and watch Doctor Who on SciFi, but I may just end up downloading them and marathoning the whole season in a couple days once the season ends in the uk

Once you start watching you will be hooked. It's a really strong season, especially episodes 8, 9, & 10. I think 10 ("Blink") has become one of my all-time favorites (already).

klaus_kinski_Jr

06-11-2007, 11:41 AM

Blink is great, but it was also origianlly a short story written by Steve Moffat during the first sereis. THe main character actually being 12 year old girl. Let me point out that Human Nature/Family of Blood were originally a book featuring the 7th doctor. With some plot points changed but still kept a lot of the book in it.

You can d/l the ebook of it off the BBC site.

Human Nature Ebook (http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/ebooks/human_nature/)

prothunderball

06-11-2007, 11:46 AM

I was going to wait until July and watch Doctor Who on SciFi, but I may just end up downloading them and marathoning the whole season in a couple days once the season ends in the uk

I've had to curtail my download because I'm sharing a internet connection with my landlord and I don't want her to get in trouble, but I had to make an exception for Dr. Who. I can't stand to wait, when I know it's out there and I could be watching it now.

El Mudo

06-11-2007, 12:30 PM

This should provide adequate sustinence for the Dr. Who Marathon

http://z.about.com/d/animatedtv/1/0/l/cbg.jpg

EliSnow

07-09-2007, 05:24 AM

I didn't dl the Series 3 eps previously, so my first exposure was the two eps that aired on Sci Fi on friday. I liked both of them a lot, and I especially like Martha.

I also liked how they explained the actress' appearance on the previous series' finale by stating that Martha had a cousin who worked on Canary Wharf.

Bill From Yorktown

07-09-2007, 11:28 PM

1 - torchwood - check it out on torrent
2 - Capt Jack Harkness - wait until ypou FACE what's up - didnt see it coming

MadMatt

09-16-2007, 03:12 PM

Anybody watching Doctor Who this season on Sci-Fi?

I will admit, I couldn't wait and downloaded the shows shortly after they were run in the UK. It is a great season!

My favorite episode (possibly of all time) was on in the US last night - "Blink."

Anybody else still have the fever? The show was picked up for 2 more series and several specials, so we can enjoy new adventures with the Doctor through 2010!

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~trekker/TARDIS%20Library/images/generic/Animation1.gif

EliSnow

11-18-2007, 05:29 AM

Just found this. A little addition to the end of last season/beginning of the next:

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EliSnow

12-22-2007, 06:45 AM

Wow.

<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AOCNjhvDqf4&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AOCNjhvDqf4&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>

OGC

02-18-2008, 04:32 AM

Kylie Minogue is set to join Doctor Who in this years Christmas special which starts filming this summer. (http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Kylie-Minogue-Set-To-Seduce-Dr-Who-3932.html)

EliSnow

02-18-2008, 04:56 AM

MadMatt

02-18-2008, 05:23 AM

Kylie Minogue is set to join Doctor Who in this years Christmas special which starts filming this summer. (http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Kylie-Minogue-Set-To-Seduce-Dr-Who-3932.html)

Old news. The christmas special with Kylie aired last christmas.

Yep - it was called "Voyage of the Damned" and it aired Christmas Day 2007. It was pretty good.

You should still be able to find it on download sites like Stage6, Veoh, etc. :bye:

C_T

02-18-2008, 05:46 AM

"Blink" was an outstanding episode IMO. What a quick freaking hour. Top notch!

Anybody know when Torchwood Series 2 starts?

"Blink" is by far MY favorite episode of the rejuvinated series (and favorete of the whole Doctor Who/Torchwood universe).

I think it's reasonable to say Blink could be made into a movie and work with some slight tinkering (you'd have to explain who the Doctor type character was in a way that would make sense).

I've been downloading Torchwood season 2. 6 or 7 epsidoes in already. I think it's more consistent thant season 1 by a long-shot. Only 1 episode had me kind of embarassed the way a handful did in season 1.

And im a little terrified for the upcoming season of Doctor Who with Catherine Tate as the companion. She was painful in last year's X-mas special.

MadMatt

02-18-2008, 06:02 AM

"Blink" is by far MY favorite episode of the rejuvinated series (and favorete of the whole Doctor Who/Torchwood universe).

I think it's reasonable to say Blink could be made into a movie and work with some slight tinkering (you'd have to explain who the Doctor type character was in a way that would make sense).

I've been downloading Torchwood season 2. 6 or 7 epsidoes in already. I think it's more consistent thant season 1 by a long-shot. Only 1 episode had me kind of embarassed the way a handful did in season 1.

And im a little terrified for the upcoming season of Doctor Who with Catherine Tate as the companion. She was painful in last year's X-mas special.

Dude, you rule! We may be the only 2 on the board right now watching Torchwood. :clap:

And I agree, Torchwood is a lot better this season than last. The episodes have a better flow and the stories are more solid. It's hard to believe the season is half over already. Talk about a WTF moment in episode 6!

How many Doctor Who episodes is Catherine Tate supposed to be in next season? I had heard that she wouldn't be the companion for the entire season, but don't have anything to back that up. It may have just been messageboard chatter or wishful thinking.

Anyway, I don't think she will be as annoying on the series as she was in the special. I think the writers know better than to to have an annoying B tethered to the Doctor's side constantly. It's OK if she is a little forceful and opinionated, but she simply CAN'T be completely annoying all the time.

I hope...

Northside Dan

04-13-2008, 10:18 AM

ido u like this season so far?

JustJon

04-13-2008, 03:29 PM

Haven't watched Doctor Who season 4 yet, but the X-Mas special on the Titanic was really mediocre at best.

Just watched Torchwood Season 1 for the first time last week. Downloading season 2 right now.

On Friday, I watched the first ep of Sarah Jane Adventures and thought it was a fun show. Downloaded the entire season so I can just marathon it too.

Devo37

04-13-2008, 04:36 PM

i miss rose.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/Devo37/Billie_Piper.jpg

JustJon

04-13-2008, 04:37 PM

i miss rose.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/Devo37/Billie_Piper.jpg

She appears in Season 4.

Devo37

04-13-2008, 04:45 PM

She appears in Season 4.

joy! :smile:

Northside Dan

04-14-2008, 04:23 AM

i agree the xmas special this year was not good but i swooned antway due to the amount of time spent btw shows. as far as season 4 without any spoilers rose looks 100% better IMO and it seems like the season finale they are building towards is going to be epic.

torchwood season 1=meh

season 2=much better as they calmed all that lets have them all screw each other buisness

JustJon

04-16-2008, 09:39 AM

Ran the Sarah Jane Adventures Sunday and Monday nights. Fun little series, but more kid oriented. I like how they took the Doctor Who structure and applied it in a different way, and I didn't see the Big Bad coming.

And as for Rose, miss the Bad Wolf.

EliSnow

04-16-2008, 10:13 AM

i miss rose.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/Devo37/Billie_Piper.jpg

I hear she's appearing in a Showtime series about a high class prostitute or madam.

No idea if she will be showing skin on the new show.

Northside Dan

04-16-2008, 10:49 AM

I hear she's appearing in a Showtime series about a high class prostitute or madam.

No idea if she will be showing skin on the new show.

its called diary of a call girl she is nice in it but lo on skin

the 4th season is good so far without spoiling it but the lead up to the season finale is huge like Reboot huge

JustJon

04-16-2008, 05:23 PM

its called diary of a call girl she is nice in it but lo on skin

the 4th season is good so far without spoiling it but the lead up to the season finale is huge like Reboot huge

Well, it helps that the producers of Seasons 1-4 plan to leave after this season, and Tennant may go with them.

Radioguy

04-17-2008, 02:48 AM

I hear she's appearing in a Showtime series about a high class prostitute or madam.

No idea if she will be showing skin on the new show.

They might pick it up in the US, but it's been airing since last year on ITV. It's got some skin, but I thought the threeway scene she did was kinda tame.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Diary_of_a_Call_Girl

Northside Dan

04-17-2008, 04:25 AM

Well, it helps that the producers of Seasons 1-4 plan to leave after this season, and Tennant may go with them.yes davies sux he is the same dude who made queer as folk he has turned the doctor who universe into a gay rights platform and sappy soap where the doctor is a brooding emo and all companions male or female fall in love with him

JustJon

04-17-2008, 09:27 AM

yes davies sux he is the same dude who made queer as folk he has turned the doctor who universe into a gay rights platform and sappy soap where the doctor is a brooding emo and all companions male or female fall in love with him

The only male to really have a thing for the Doctor was Captain Jack, who was omnisexual in Doctor Who, but more gay in Torchwood. Any of the other guys who traveled with them were more interested in Rose.

Northside Dan

04-17-2008, 10:08 AM

The only male to really have a thing for the Doctor was Captain Jack, who was omnisexual in Doctor Who, but more gay in Torchwood. Any of the other guys who traveled with them were more interested in Rose.yea i guess but
marth jones>rose IMO

JustJon

04-17-2008, 05:40 PM

yea i guess but
marth jones>rose IMO

Martha is Hot, but I'm still about Rose

Coach

04-17-2008, 06:49 PM

What I don't get is the whole ghey/bi/try schtick they have with Jack..(yes I know they explained the whole pheremones thing) Yanto, who was straight and in love with a woman is now a boy toy for Jack..I don't get it.

thepaulo

04-17-2008, 07:18 PM

Mel's a fan and claims I don't watch it..... but that's bullshit....it was on all the time on bbc america....the Torchwood bisexual free for all gets confusing...

Coach

04-17-2008, 08:15 PM

Mel's a fan and claims I don't watch it..... but that's bullshit....it was on all the time on bbc america....the Torchwood bisexual free for all gets confusing...no shit...little over the top for me..didn't catch the Sarah Jane show...new episode tomorrow night or replay..I will try to see it..but from the commercials it looks a little too "Girl Power!"-ish for me.

Northside Dan

04-18-2008, 04:35 AM

JustJon

04-18-2008, 09:32 AM

no shit...little over the top for me..didn't catch the Sarah Jane show...new episode tomorrow night or replay..I will try to see it..but from the commercials it looks a little too "Girl Power!"-ish for me.

Sarah Jane is more kid oriented, one of the eps I dled had like a kids show type host over the closing credits. It's still an entertaining lil show, and only a half hour each episode.

And if you have a prob with the sexuality, what about the episode in the first season of Torchwood where the asian girl hooked up with the blonde?

Radioguy

04-18-2008, 10:46 AM

People forget that Doctor Who began as a children's program, not an adult drama. I think Sarah Jane Adventures is a way to shift that responsibility away from Doctor Who in the UK, but Davies has still said in Doctor Who Confidential that he has to limit himself from pursuing certain storylines or having to edit scenes because of the "kids".

Torchwood is for the adults, Sarah Jane is for the kids and Doctor Who is in the middle going both ways. I'm sure Davies sees it that way, anyhow.

Coach

04-18-2008, 08:43 PM

Sarah Jane is more kid oriented, one of the eps I dled had like a kids show type host over the closing credits. It's still an entertaining lil show, and only a half hour each episode.

And if you have a prob with the sexuality, what about the episode in the first season of Torchwood where the asian girl hooked up with the blonde?
I will be lying if I said it wasn't hot, but for gods sake, the guy on guy stuff is just rampant..if it adds to the story, ok..but it is all about Jack getting some happy time with Ianto, it seems recently. I mean really, first season..Ianto was nutso over a Cyber woman for an episode..then he's happy party guy for Jack for the next few episodes.
While I am venting..holy shit! Could Gwen get some less whiny storylines?..Fuck Man, the woman does nothing but bitch and bleeding heart crap.

thepaulo

04-18-2008, 08:48 PM

It was fun when Spike from Buffy showed up in the season opener of Torchwood

Northside Dan

04-19-2008, 08:03 AM

I will be lying if I said it wasn't hot, but for gods sake, the guy on guy stuff is just rampant..if it adds to the story, ok..but it is all about Jack getting some happy time with Ianto, it seems recently. I mean really, first season..Ianto was nutso over a Cyber woman for an episode..then he's happy party guy for Jack for the next few episodes.
While I am venting..holy shit! Could Gwen get some less whiny storylines?..Fuck Man, the woman does nothing but bitch and bleeding heart crap.
i am super attracted to her but i agree 100% she is the whiny human POV charectar theat alwasy fucks up sci fi

JustJon

04-19-2008, 07:55 PM

i am super attracted to her but i agree 100% she is the whiny human POV charectar theat alwasy fucks up sci fi

QFT.

And I'm watching the ep right now where Martha Jones visits Torchwood...

Coach

04-19-2008, 09:49 PM

QFT.

And I'm watching the ep right now where Martha Jones visits Torchwood...
I would have liked the pterodactyl continue as an aspect of the show..(I have not seen all of them but I believe it was killed in Episode 2 or 3 of season 1, and have not seen it since.) I may be wrong..but in the season ender, they used chocolate to catch it..but I thought it was barbecue sauce that was it's favorite in the 1st season.

JustJon

04-20-2008, 06:07 AM

I would have liked the pterodactyl continue as an aspect of the show..(I have not seen all of them but I believe it was killed in Episode 2 or 3 of season 1, and have not seen it since.) I may be wrong..but in the season ender, they used chocolate to catch it..but I thought it was barbecue sauce that was it's favorite in the 1st season.

As far as I've seen, the pterodactyl really only appeared in that one episode.

furie

04-20-2008, 07:02 AM

i just can't get into torchwood. I don't like Capt Jack.

I do like the doctor though...

hydee

04-20-2008, 09:13 AM

It's nice to see a show that doesn't turn being gay into a punchline or comedy relief.

About Ianto, he was attracted to Jack the first time he saw him, ( watch all of season 2 and you will see that).

I like that Jack is completely open to all comers when it comes to sex. I think that if more shows were like these and QAF being gay or being experimental would be more mainstream. Maybe for gay kids and teens seeing positive role models on tv, would be good for them.

Rose is much better then Martha, with Rose you got Micky/Ricky :), Jackie and Pete. With Martha you get a bitter ugly mother that is only out for herself and along with that you have to deal with her very dysfunctional other family members.

Also Freema Agyeman is a hunk of wood when she acts. I couldn't stand her or any of the actors that player her family, and I hated her on Torchwood.

Northside Dan

04-20-2008, 11:39 AM

QFT.

And I'm watching the ep right now where Martha Jones visits Torchwood...she would do good on that show. i liked her as a companion of the doctor doue to her being able to work shit out on her own as opposed to being a damsel in distress also she has that ghetto booty that my blackness loves

Northside Dan

04-20-2008, 11:42 AM

Coach

04-20-2008, 06:31 PM

if u see rose as a package that included her family and friends i can see your point but as her alone. i disliked that she was only there in a romantic capicity and could care less where they went or what they did. I like this new companion with the exeption that she is doing that whiny human thing i hate(save this and save that and you cant do this)

I love Tennant as the doctor and I like the fact that he is willing to spoof the show (there is a skit from a British comedy show where he dresses up in drag and plays Rose) He was great on Graham Norton this week as well..
I HATE the Whiney Human thing..I wanted to punch Mickey for being a puss, then he manned up..I liked the recent Torchwood (anagram of Doctor Who) episodes..although I think there are story/continuity gaps between Jack's and the Doctor's first meeting from the season ender..

Northside Dan

04-21-2008, 04:13 AM

I love Tennant as the doctor and I like the fact that he is willing to spoof the show (there is a skit from a British comedy show where he dresses up in drag and plays Rose) He was great on Graham Norton this week as well..
I HATE the Whiney Human thing..I wanted to punch Mickey for being a puss, then he manned up..I liked the recent Torchwood (anagram of Doctor Who) episodes..although I think there are story/continuity gaps between Jack's and the Doctor's first meeting from the season ender..
yea and the love angle on dr who makes for bad watching. i hope when rose comes back she like martha has moved on from the romantic story i am dreading and more of a platonic thing.

JustJon

04-21-2008, 09:51 AM

JustJon

04-21-2008, 06:31 PM

Gotta say one other thing I have loved thru Torchwood is the tension between Jack and Gwen. They have such a great dynamic, even in the face of their respective bfs.

EliSnow

05-20-2008, 11:55 AM

Queer As Folk guy out, Jekyll guy in. (http://www.aintitcool.com/node/36828)

Aqualad

05-20-2008, 01:04 PM

Queer As Folk guy out, Jekyll guy in. (http://www.aintitcool.com/node/36828)

That's good news. Moffat wrote the best episode ever, Blink.

hydee

05-20-2008, 01:29 PM

That's good news. Moffat wrote the best episode ever, Blink.

I have watched Blink at least 10 times. I love that episode.

JustJon

05-21-2008, 10:06 AM

Blink is totally my fave ep. And Jeckyll was great too.

EliSnow

05-21-2008, 10:18 AM

I've never seen Jekyll, although the promos for it on the last group of Doctor Who DVDs looked pretty damn good.

Blink was awesome as well. This guy do any more eps of Who?

Aqualad

05-21-2008, 12:46 PM

Wikipedia sez:

Girl in the Fireplace; The Empty Child; The Doctor Dances; Blink; Time Crash; Silence In the Library; Forest of the Dead

lleeder

05-21-2008, 01:00 PM

I watched like the last 6 episodes of Torchwood on BBC America are those the most recent episodes or are there more currently goin on.

EliSnow

05-21-2008, 01:13 PM

EliSnow

05-28-2008, 11:50 AM

Neil Gaiman to write an ep of Doctor Who? (http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16559)

I'd love to see Gaiman write an ep or two (or three) of Doctor Who.

MadMatt

05-28-2008, 12:06 PM

Wikipedia sez:

Girl in the Fireplace; The Empty Child; The Doctor Dances; Blink; Time Crash; Silence In the Library; Forest of the Dead

Time Crash was just a little five minute thing between Tennant and Davidson (the fifth Doctor), and the last two are later this year.

I think the others are really good eps.

Moffat has written some really good stuff - and the Doctor Who episodes he has done are among my favorites (esp. "Blink"). I really enjoyed "Jekyll" and wish they would make a second season/series, but it doesn't look like it is going to happen. [Eli - I think you would like Jekyll]

I was really worried about who they were going to choose to "take over" the franchise, but I feel A LOT better now. Good choice BBC!