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New Series of Dr Who

From an Amazon review:

Filled with journeys across dimensions, space pirates in Phantom of the opera masks flying the jolly roger, Judoon playing the doctor at the sport of nutcracking, the mysterious disappearance of a hat, romance between the best friend of Robin of Loxley and the daughter of a terraforming businessman, an invisible thief, centaurs,and archery.
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Might be worth a look.
 
I'd heard they might be getting Stephen Baxter to do a Who novel if the Moorcock one sells well. They seem to be aiming to do these "prestige" Who novels from big-name writers once a year, aimed at a slightly more mature audience than the kid-friendly regular range of novels. Fingers crossed they get Neil Gaiman to do one eventually (yes, I know he's doing an episode for the TV series, but imagine a Gaiman Who novel...).

ETA: Or - ooh - a Stephen Fry Who novel. He's done time travel before, with Making History. Hell, he could just adapt his unfilmed Who script for the screen, ISTR them saying it was axed because it was too expensive to film...
 
Given his ability to tap tap at the root of englishy fantasy I reckon Gaiman would be fantastic at penning a Who novel- get Stross to do an episode and Gaiman to do a book. Win-win.
 
elevendayempire said:
ETA: Or - ooh - a Stephen Fry Who novel. He's done time travel before, with Making History. Hell, he could just adapt his unfilmed Who script for the screen, ISTR them saying it was axed because it was too expensive to film...
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I heard that it actually wasn't very good. Gaiman would be good though. As would Pratchett if he's still up to the task. Joss Whedon's a fan of the show but said he was incapable of writing for Who and that he'd just ruin it. Which is probably true.
 
xmas special looks as though it could either be brilliant, or spectacularly bad. a flying shark? WHAT?

in the meantime, some pics of karen gillan. http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/gallery/615/karen-gillan-wants-a-word#item-10

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Who saw the christmas special then? I thought it was fucking brilliant, the perfect blend of weirdness, humour, suspense and unashamed cheesiness. Mrs Frank was in tears by the end. And all this despite seeing very little of the lovely Amy Pond in her tiny tiny skirt...
 
SpookyFrank said:
Who saw the christmas special then? I thought it was fucking brilliant, the perfect blend of weirdness, humour, suspense and unashamed cheesiness. Mrs Frank was in tears by the end. And all this despite seeing very little of the lovely Amy Pond in her tiny tiny skirt...
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This. And some great lines. I had a bit of a well up a couple of times. Magic.
 
Steel☼Icarus said:
This. And some great lines. I had a bit of a well up a couple of times. Magic.
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It did have some excellent lines and I especially liked the idea that Xmas is important because we are halfway through the darkness or whatever it was and it's a universal celebration not a christian one. Winterval for the win! I also laughed out loud at the bit about not kissing girls because there is a screwdriver to design and one other one I really liked.
 
I liked the gag about [obvious anagram of Charles dickens] Being twelve and so leaving the underside of his bed - implying a porn stash.


I also usually hate katherine thingy, but didn't think she was so bad.

So, at the end, how were the clouds going to be controlled from then on. Machine wouldn't obey him and distinct lack of tragically wan opera singers in the freezer.
 
Best Who Christmas special by a considerable margin. Wasn't entirely convinced by the first Moffat series of Who but this was a real return to the form of Blink and Girl In The Fireplace.
 
oh, it's the best xmas special by some distance, but that doesn't make it comparable with blink, which is probably the best episode ever. it was still a lightweight festive romp.
 
killer b said:
oh, it's the best xmas special by some distance, but that doesn't make it comparable with blink, which is probably the best episode ever. it was still a lightweight festive romp.
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It doesn't compare with Blink, no - nothing does, for an all-round mixture of scary, time-bending, and sob-your-daft-eyes-out ("it's the same rain"), but it was better than at least a couple of the last series. And for a Christmas Special, that's good.
 
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