New Series of Dr Who

[nicksonic]

Didn't he get destroyed at the end of Enlightenment?

they left it open IIRC. i jolly well hope i do recall correctly since i watched this recently.

 

[fogbat]

Being totally and utterly destroyed is hardly an excuse not to return in Who, is it?

 

[strung out]

wasn't it fairly clearly explained that the dream lord was just another aspect of the doctor's personality?

(notice the line about 'only one person hates me as much as you do')

 

[Limejuice]

I was irritated by the lame set-dressing crap.

It was snowing in the playground. The trees were bare.

The Tardis landed in summer flowers. Roses falling from the cottage porch roof.

Geese were obviously paid for by the day.

 

[DotCommunist]

Yeah it was a 'monster from the ID'

 

[Lord Camomile]

I was irritated by the lame set-dressing crap.

It was snowing in the playground. The trees were bare.

The Tardis landed in summer flowers. Roses falling from the cottage porch roof.

Geese were obviously paid for by the day.

Not to be all excusey, but it was a dream!

The continuity officer probably took the week off - if anything was wrong they could just fall back on "it's a dream!"

 

[nicksonic]

wasn't it fairly clearly explained that the dream lord was just another aspect of the doctor's personality?

(notice the line about 'only one person hates me as much as you do')

the valeyard is more likely then.

 

[Maurice Picarda]

It's not going to be retconned as the Valeyard, Valentine Dyall or anything else. Self-contained story. While the story unfolded, these were plausible explanations, but psychic pollen does for them all.

 

[nicksonic]

It's not going to be retconned as the Valeyard, Valentine Dyall or anything else. Self-contained story. While the story unfolded, these were plausible explanations, but psychic pollen does for them all.

yes, after i posted i thought i should've said it may have had no connection to anything that'd gone before.

 

[Stigmata]

Not to be all excusey, but it was a dream!

The continuity officer probably took the week off - if anything was wrong they could just fall back on "it's a dream!"

I liked the snow- it was probably a fluke that they happened to be filming in that weather but it added to the unreal feeling of the episode. And tied in with the cold star, as well.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Aye, I thought similar to be honest. Fluke or not, it was nice.

 

[CNT36]

It's not going to be retconned as the Valeyard, Valentine Dyall or anything else. Self-contained story. While the story unfolded, these were plausible explanations, but psychic pollen does for them all.

It showed that the doctor had a darkside. I don't think its the valeyard yet but the potential is there.

 

[The Master]

It showed that the doctor had a darkside. I don't think its the valeyard yet but the potential is there.

yea i agree and its good that were reminded the doctor does have a darkside as we saw glimpses in the previous two doctors and Matt Smith doesnt look like he would hurt a fly so the "dark side" has be shown another way

 

[belboid]

doesn't he? He gets proper tetchy, far more than the last two at least.

 

[DotCommunist]

He certainly kicked off at the end of starship UK

 

[nicksonic]

he does, i'm really enjoying matt smith's incarnation.

 

[The Octagon]

All good points, but outwieghed by this:

Spoiler: stuff

Anyone else tilt their head to the extreme right?

You will cover my physio bills DotCom

 

[belboid]

Anyone else tilt their head to the extreme right?

why did you do that? did you think you'd be able to see down her knickers?? That's not how photographs work!!

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Now its narrated from the point of view of the earthlings and how the Dr comes and changes their lives, whilst saving the day.

Its a better way of telling the story as you get to imagine you are the ordinary person whose life he makes exciting instead of imagining you are the Dr (which you couldn't possibly ever be).

i don't buy that...

the show always had companions and back then they were much more human

by making the companions special your reducing the amount you can emphasise with them ...


and besides people want to be the thing they can't be

who ever dreamt of being adric everyone wants to be the doctor ... back then and now too

 

[Santino]

i don't buy that...

the show always had companions and back then they were much more human

by making the companions special your reducing the amount you can emphasise with them ...


and besides people want to be the thing they can't be

who ever dreamt of being adric everyone wants to be the doctor ... back then and now too

DotCommunist dreams of being Amy so he can spend all day wanking in front of a mirror. Much like he does now.

 

[DexterTCN]

why did you do that? did you think you'd be able to see down her knickers?? That's not how photographs work!!

Because it looks like you can see her fanny if you do.

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-%26-entertainment/doctor-who-fans-to-leave-their-houses-201005182741/

Moffat also confirmed that new assistant Amy Pond, played by Karen Gillan, will not appear in the show because the budget would not cover the the construction of a 200ft wide, perspex anti-ejaculation screen.

He added: "We spoke to Karen about this and she pointed out that while her life plan included playing Doctor Who's assistant and having a successful career as a respected actress, it did not include being gawped at by misfits for two hours and ending up with a face like a plasterer's radio."

 

[ginger_syn]

I was irritated by the lame set-dressing crap.

It was snowing in the playground. The trees were bare.

The Tardis landed in summer flowers. Roses falling from the cottage porch roof.

Geese were obviously paid for by the day.

It looked more convincing than the christmas specials with the green leaved trees in the backround,always annoys me.

 

[The Master]

yea but they could come back and say it was global warming, lol
its just things that they cannot control for when they are filming, if it was a blatant thingthen its understandable

 

[gosub]

yea but they could come back and say it was global warming, lol
its just things that they cannot control for when they are filming, if it was a blatant thingthen its understandable

1) aren't you dead?
2) why are you defending Dr Who?

 

[DotCommunist]

No, he is trapped in the time lock with Rassilon. BUT the whole business with the crack is about a crack in the time lock I reckon.

 

[fogbat]

Which ties, wordwise, at least, into that closeup on the tardis's lock a couple of episodes back.

 

[DexterTCN]

Interesting review of Amy's Choice on the Guardian site.

Where most episodes stand up to repeated viewing, rewatching this week's instalment would be absolutely necessary. For the most part, it feels like a fun Shaun Of The Dead-style romp, all murderous pensioners and lashings of jolly innuendo. Then you get the sting in the tail and the more accurate reference is Fight Club – the revelation that the Dreamlord is actually the Doctor's own self-loathing seems obvious once it's revealed, but also creates the kind of "whoosh" moment that gives a story new gravitas. And the Dreamlord really is deliciously mean, calling him out on his every character flaw; his love of showing off, his clothes, the way he turns people into weapons (to quote Davros), the way he leaves people behind. It's pretty heavy stuff and, at the mid-season point, gives us the first instance of the character opening up and beginning to unravel. Then there's the merciless teasing of Rory … well, that says a lot for this increasingly tangled set of relationships.

 

[The Master]

i enjoyed it better than i though, i prob need to see it again t see these 'Red Herrings'

 

[matt m]

I'm not sure I like the onset of angst and self-flagellation creeping into Dr Who though.

They did that with Christopher Ecclestone and it didn't really work.

I don't think Dr Who needs to be quite so self-obsessed and I've also never understood why they've often made him out to be so messianic – giving the supporting cast so many lines about how wonderful he is and how fanciable he is etc etc. They never did that in the old days.

Come to think of it, the David Tennant Dr Who was a bit like Tony Blair, back in the Things Can Only Get Better days, right at the start of his Presidency, I mean Prime Ministership.

I wonder if that makes Matt Smith the equivalent of Nick Clegg (with his evil Dream Lord coalition twin of Cameron staring back at him from the Tardis console).

 

[Lazy Llama]

Three things for Doctor Who fans:

• 
  Doctor Who Live: The Monsters Are Coming - http://www.doctorwholive.com/ - "Actors from the TV series will not be appearing live on stage."

And a couple of things for kids (or families with kids) at the BFI Southbank:

• Preview of "Vincent and the Doctor" - 2nd June - written by Richard Curtis
• Doctor Who workshop - also 2nd June - Showcasing artwork, costumes and objects from previous episodes plus members of the Doctor Who team to demonstrate how the show is created