Oh, and all the series finales have a fair bit to enjoy, but they get progressively worse.
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Thursday, 7 January 2010 19:44 (fourteen years ago) link
"Turn Left" cheats a little bit by relying so heavily on continuity set up in other stories but the execution is so great that it doesn't matter.
"Midnight" is the one where they're trapped on the bus, right? That was fucking excellent.
― ah ah oh ooh ooh oh ah ah ah ah ah oh ah ah aha ooh (HI DERE), Thursday, 7 January 2010 19:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, that's the one. Best episode of S4.
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Thursday, 7 January 2010 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
i couldn't stand midnight it was so boring. nothing happened. no monsters no plot no special effects and a painted in background that a cybermat would have sneered at as cheap. no thank you. it was conceptually even more naff than 'fear her' though actually 'fear her' wasn't conceptually naff so much as poorly executed. in the hands of a better writer it would have been less schmaltzy and no olympics
but i didn't mind love & monsters and i liked turn left alot. cheaply done but effective what-if-ing & a good set up for a big she-bang double parter
mind you my fave of s4 was silence in the library. that's moffat at his creepy best
― Karen Tregaskin, Thursday, 7 January 2010 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Silence In The Library was great up until the super schmaltzy ending of part two. Love love love the opening 10 or somins of part 1, such a great bit of world building with a nice bit of WTF built in. Also some genuinely creepy moments ("Ice Cream"/ Miss Evangelista's face reveal). Bit of a shame how obvious the "saved" angle was though.
― unpredictable johnny rodz, Thursday, 7 January 2010 21:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I was kind of surprised by how much I liked "The Waters of Mars" after seeing some of the negative commentary here.
― ah ah oh ooh ooh oh ah ah ah ah ah oh ah ah aha ooh (HI DERE), Thursday, 7 January 2010 22:05 (fourteen years ago) link
The Parting Of The Ways is still my favourite RTD one - the Rose Time Vortex thing never bothered me. Other good RTD eps tend to be so because the character performances are particularly great e.g. Jacobi in Utopia and under-rated Corduri in under-rated Army Of Ghosts/Doomsday.
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 7 January 2010 22:32 (fourteen years ago) link
just re-watched time crash after the 'master outing' comments here and i had to watch it twice before i caught it
can't believe i missed that before so thanks for the lol
― Karen Tregaskin, Thursday, 7 January 2010 22:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah the two-parter at the end of S1 is great but I agree they get progressively worse. Midnight is really great (daaaaark) and it's always good to see Tennant's Doctor lose control but I think Turn Left is the best Rusty episode by some distance. He's a lot better when he's working on a smaller scale.
That said, Gridlock is rubbish. The Doctor and Martha get stuck in a traffic jam. Amazing.
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Thursday, 7 January 2010 23:06 (fourteen years ago) link
"Gridlock" was great! The Doctor and Martha carhopping over hungry Macra!
― ah ah oh ooh ooh oh ah ah ah ah ah oh ah ah aha ooh (HI DERE), Thursday, 7 January 2010 23:10 (fourteen years ago) link
I reckon the Gaiman script will turn up for S6. They always overcommission and Gaimans got form for being late with TV scripts, or so I've heard.
his last one he wrote and directed and it was delivered well in advance - before that it's been 15 years since he did one, and lateness wasn't any of the top nine problems with that production
Didn't AM nearly write for McCoy? Something like that anyway.
never heard anything like this, but Moore did write some strips for the T. Baker era DWM.
― Audrey Wetherspoons (sic), Thursday, 7 January 2010 23:49 (fourteen years ago) link
The Doctor and Martha get stuck in a traffic jam. Amazing.
But it's a traffic jam enveloping an entire world! That's a cool set-up for me, with shades of Ballard/early 2000AD.
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Friday, 8 January 2010 00:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Gridlock may well be my favourite RTD ep. Adore it.
― unpredictable johnny rodz, Friday, 8 January 2010 06:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I liked Gridlock. Had plenty of neat ideas in it, which is all I'm looking for in an hour-long bit of entertainment.
― kingfish, Friday, 8 January 2010 07:37 (fourteen years ago) link
A delayed Christmas present my friends gave me tonight:
http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/5528/iphone1267.jpg http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/iphone1267.jpg/1/w480.png
― kingfish, Friday, 8 January 2010 08:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Gridlock is so fucking corny. Better on rewatch tho.
― mdskltr (blueski), Friday, 8 January 2010 12:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Quickly going back to the Alan Moore thing: apparently it only got as far as the BBC asking him if he'd be interested in writing a 25th anniversary episode and Moore politely declining.
I forget where I read about this but it's probably in one of those birthday/tribute books that came out for Moore's 50th a few years back.
― Joe Tackleberry (Some guy from Goole), Friday, 8 January 2010 12:58 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/news/a194577/matt-smith-my-doctor-is-less-tolerant.html
― DavidM, Friday, 8 January 2010 13:47 (fourteen years ago) link
I wonder if he means he'll be a cranky Doctor or an angry vengeful Doctor?
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Friday, 8 January 2010 13:53 (fourteen years ago) link
racist doctor
― CATBEAST 7777 (ledge), Friday, 8 January 2010 13:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Homophobic agendar.
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Friday, 8 January 2010 14:01 (fourteen years ago) link
The would be really awful politically but kind of fascinating from a storytelling point of view; what happens when the person responsible for saving the world turns out to be a racist, homophobic dick? (most likely ans: ppl stop watching)
There are a few shades of Colin Baker there which, you know, could be a little dangerous.
― ah ah oh ooh ooh oh ah ah ah ah ah oh ah ah aha ooh (HI DERE), Friday, 8 January 2010 14:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Teabag party doctor
― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 8 January 2010 14:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Hopefully he just means less of a whiny hippy than Tennant's Doctor.
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Friday, 8 January 2010 14:06 (fourteen years ago) link
The episode where the Doctor romances Sarah Palin is supposed to be good.
― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 8 January 2010 14:23 (fourteen years ago) link
"you can put lipstick on a Sontaran..."
― mdskltr (blueski), Friday, 8 January 2010 14:37 (fourteen years ago) link
http://blogtorwho.blogspot.com/2010/01/writers-tale-final-chapter-preview.html
Matt Smith looks totally high in this picture. I approve.
― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Amy really looking like a young Donna here
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KTJWhtuRLac/S0cca1YvR5I/AAAAAAAAJlg/tOjxDzqiYKw/filming20.jpg
― mdskltr (blueski), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:12 (fourteen years ago) link
in other news, Sally Sparrow is up for a BAFTAhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/jan/08/an-education-leads-bafta-longlists
― mdskltr (blueski), Friday, 8 January 2010 16:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Would love it if this ends up with Tennant and RTD reuniting for Fox's Dr Who, US-style
― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 19 January 2010 20:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd be cool with Torchwood if it's within the existing canon - the Adventures of Captain Jack in America kind of thing. As for Doctor Who itself, hands off yanks.
― BTW, I'm frightfully middle-class (chap), Tuesday, 19 January 2010 20:11 (fourteen years ago) link
I would only support an American iteration of Doctor Who if they did it as "Fringe" crossed with "Chuck".
― Vajazzle My Nazzle (HI DERE), Tuesday, 19 January 2010 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Torchwood is goofy enough that I could see it working as a Fox show. But a US version of Doctor Who would make me stabby.
― ô_o (Nicole), Tuesday, 19 January 2010 20:32 (fourteen years ago) link
http://blog.pennlive.com/poprocks/2007/10/Tony_Almeida_Seen_In_New_Season_7_Trailer.jpg
"U.N.I.T's on the way, Jack"
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 19 January 2010 21:28 (fourteen years ago) link
haha wait
― Vajazzle My Nazzle (HI DERE), Tuesday, 19 January 2010 21:40 (fourteen years ago) link
I reckon the Gaiman script will turn up for S6.
^^^good call. EXCLUSIVE Neil Gaiman Confirms Doctor Who Episode
― Roz, Sunday, 7 February 2010 14:21 (fourteen years ago) link
THIS IS SO WRONG
http://www.tonnerdoll.com/doctorwho.htm
The DT doll looks like a lesbian cockatoo.
― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 12 February 2010 21:19 (fourteen years ago) link
The Martha doll looks like a man
― your extra awesome blossom (HI DERE), Friday, 12 February 2010 21:23 (fourteen years ago) link
The Torchwood dolls are lolarious as well.
― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 12 February 2010 21:30 (fourteen years ago) link
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article7026314.ece
February 14, 2010Doctor Who in war with Planet Maggie
Sylvester McCoy, the actor who played Doctor Who for two years in the 1980s, has revealed that left-wing scriptwriters hired by the BBC wrote propaganda into the plots in an attempt to undermine Margaret Thatcher’s premiership.
His revelation will reinforce suspicions about antipathy within the corporation to Thatcher’s government. Norman Tebbit, then the Tory party chairman, claimed at the time that the BBC was in the hands of a “Marxist mafia”...
They point to "The Happiness Patrol" as an explicit example
― Sex Sexual (kingfish), Sunday, 14 February 2010 05:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Think they confused Thatcher with Bertie Bassett tbh.
― James Mitchell, Sunday, 14 February 2010 08:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Always thought it was common knowledge that "The Happiness Patrol" contained digs at Thatcher, no?
― unpredictable johnny rodz, Sunday, 14 February 2010 16:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Nicole, that David Tennant doll looks like Jude Law.
― Dark Notion (Abbott), Sunday, 14 February 2010 20:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes, like a lesbian cockatoo.
― ô_o (Nicole), Monday, 15 February 2010 00:58 (fourteen years ago) link
"PEOPLE HAVE OPINIONS, EXPRESS THEM"
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 15 February 2010 10:14 (fourteen years ago) link
So... new promo pic...
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2856584/Doctor-Whos-new-series-picture-promo.html
It kind of reminds me of this..
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/2/awebofsound.jpg
― unpredictable johnny rodz, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 12:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Larger version...
http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/news/images/series5-promo-2.jpg
― unpredictable johnny rodz, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 12:49 (fourteen years ago) link
(New trailer to be released this Saturday, too - looking at an early-April start)
― unpredictable johnny rodz, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 12:58 (fourteen years ago) link
she's kind of gorgeous
― sheryl crow but with a very long butt (HI DERE), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 14:24 (fourteen years ago) link
That picture is insane.
― ô_o (Nicole), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 14:46 (fourteen years ago) link