Sea Devils And Die: GeroniMoffat's Doctor Who In The 2010s

I am super stoked to see ǝןoɔ ʎןıן and Karen Gillan lez up

lily cole has a face like a sullen pudding, so not so much interested in that, thanks

but also super stoked by trailer in general

I didn't see the lezzing up in the trailer. I too am super stoked by that (as much as non-porn lezzing up can ever be super-stoking) but yeh, the whole trailer looks fun. Sad clown sitting on the bed was a bit Shining, I'[ve got high hopes for this series.

most interesting wtf glimpse occurs at 37 seconds

The bloke from Outcasts? BBC SF mashup!

Also, was that a glimpse of the clown from the painting in the hall in the Corden episode?

A bit too stoked for this as well...

Wasn't the clown the Doctor?

Kids + "look behind you" sounds a bit tired-Moffat to me, but I will try to keep the faith.

i'll probably never get tired of that but am trying to keep the faith re Doctor saving himself paradoxes

Possible spoilery talk follows, please ignore if required ...

The back-of-the-DVD text for the first 7 eps mentions a bubble universe containing an old friend with a new face -- are we talking a certain person once played by Mrs Richard Dawkins here?

http://cdn2.knowyourmeme.com/i/000/080/640/original/the_angels_have_the_phone_box_by_tess_san-d2z001b.jpg%3F1288750898

http://cdn2.knowyourmeme.com/i/000/080/640/original/the_angels_have_the_phone_box_by_tess_san-d2z001b.jpg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12969897

"Children absolutely rank Doctor Who stories in order of frightening-ness - that's what it's about.

"You put the jokes in and the silly bits in for the adults and you put the scares in for the kids."

2-month break in the middle of the series sucks. I suppose it means they don't have to worry about running it in the school holidays/height of summer.

I am annoyed by this too -- a lot of the US cable series do this, and it is never not irritating.

There's no (well, very little) continuity across episodes, though, so I see it as a way of just drawing out the pleasure. It would suck if it were all over in three months.

http://www.denofgeek.com/television/837935/doctor_who_series_6_episodes_1_2_spoilerfree_review.html

^^^ exciting

Not reading that. For the first time since 2005 I'm going into this series without knowing anything about any of the episodes.

i think the 2 month break is an awesome plan. esp as it means who in autumn WHEN IT IS MEANT TO BE ON

Episode titles aren't spoilers, right?

1. The Impossible Astronaut (pt1, Steven Moffat)
2. Day of the Moon (pt2, Steven Moffat)
3. The Curse of the Black Spot (Steve Thompson)
4. The Doctor's Wife (Neil Gaiman)
5. The Rebel Flesh (pt1, Matthew Graham)
6. The Almost People (pt2, Matthew Graham)
7. A Good Man Goes To War (Steven Moffat)

No, they only are when I mention them. In fact, Dan and I got a NO SPOILERS for referring even obliquely to the title of the Gaiman ep. It's enough to make you think there's a conspiracy.

In fact, on 28th March.

The prequel to the first ep (which it's not clear if you need to watch) is on the website btw.

No, they only are when I mention them. In fact, Dan and I got a NO SPOILERS for referring even obliquely to the title of the Gaiman ep. It's enough to make you think there's a conspiracy.

― I said Omorotic, not homo-erotic (aldo), Friday, 8 April 2011 03:55

lol, because I was asleep at A QUARTER TO FOUR IN THE MORNING and not leaping onto the internet in case you took longer than nine minutes to reply? I accidentally read the last one of those titles while scrolling past, and I am indeed mildly annoyed about knowing it.

[and thus being able to draw inferences about characters and plots that might be in an episode TWO MONTHS AWAY, and which will have been built up to by SIX PREVIOUS EPISODES about which I know nothing. except that one's in puɐןɐɔıɹǝɯɐ]

a bunch of us ITT have said that we rly like avoiding reading anything about upcoming Who, and thus bringing a sense of fresh, childlike wonder to our viewing, because a) we are all sappy nostalgists about watching the show as kids and b) it is designed to reward that attitude so why not meet it halfway. it's about a way some people enjoy the show, that happens to not be the way others like and choose to enjoy the show - it's nothing personal about you!

you big nerdy mentalist you.

I've got your back here, I'm pretty much sticking to the "only what's just been on the screen" rule ITT - I only mentioned the prequel because it's not clear whether it's necessary or not. Jim, who posted it, was firmly in the camp you describe in your last paragraph for previous seasons.

I wasn't annoyed when I wrote what you quoted, there probably should have been a winky or something after it.

Er yeah I'm 100% hardcore butthurt spoilerphobe but c'mon, episode titles? Those things appear ON SCREEN in BIG LETTERS at the start of the episodes. And even then, I added a line to say "hey, these are episode titles" so that people could still choose to skip over them if they wanted to. "I tried to skip it and read it by accident bah" is...I dunno, nuts.

Apart from anything else, it's been common practice in previous Who threads to make the episode list the top post for a new season's thread.

blueski actually embedded the trailer. i can't believe he's not banned tbqh.

If you don't want to know anything at all about the upcoming series you probably shouldn't be reading the thread about the upcoming series. Nothing wrong with posting titles at all.

Those things appear ON SCREEN in BIG LETTERS at the start of the episodes.

Yes, five minutes INTO the episode you are already watching, not two months before

And even then, I added a line to say "hey, these are episode titles" so that people could still choose to skip over them if they wanted to.

I know, appreciated - hence trying to scroll past!

"I tried to skip it and read it by accident bah" is...I dunno, nuts.

my (deliberately here) extreme position is also exacerbated by being unable to get useful information out of the b33b at work, like launch dates and TX durations and.... ep titles, so seeing them bandied about for pre-screening discussion in the ~outside world~ rankles especially

(but, y'know, "mildly")

Apart from anything else, it's been common practice in previous Who threads to make the episode list the top post for a new season's thread.

and fuck that imo

but sorry to everyone who doesn't want to read this thread-clogging nonsense!

Just trying to imagine a season preview thread that contained absolutely zero preview information though.

"ooh, Doctor Who's coming back soon"
"hooray!"
"i love doctor who"
"i wonder what will happen in the new episodes"
"i have no idea!"
"me neither!"
"matt smith is great"
"is he still going to be in it?"
"who knows!?"
etc

POLL: What constitues a "spoiler"? JimD and aldo disagree. Take sides here!

Ha, yeah, I know I'm pro-speculation there, but speculation still needs to be based on something. And episode titles are the right kind of something, really.

Just trying to imagine a season preview thread

if you scroll up I think you'll find 97% of this thread is actually talking about the episodes after they've TXed

(loled at 3than's post in that linked thread, then loled again at ken's)

Ok then

Just trying to imagine a season preview thread discussion

episode titles have always been posted on who ilx threads in advance tho right? on that basis i'd say mentions of upcoming guest stars are also ok, at least if widely publicised.

it's worth noting that none of the above titles mention actual 'monsters' anyway (assuming The Black Spot isn't really a thing - that one actually sounds fake :/)

maybe under Moffat the titles do feel more important now tho, being increasingly 'arc'd up'

you all know amy dies in episode 2 right

really tho no Doctor/Amy/Rory is dead cliffhangers ever again ffs

Real answer: the Doctor is a replicant, Amy is a cylon, and Rory is the island.

That would make River a Visitor, right?

River = the Dominion

River is the smoking man

Haha, there's something written by somebody else since my last post I would get lynched for saying because it was in DWM and there have been a flurry of production team tweets about it. So much controversy (in the Who world) I very nearly posted about it.

Anyway, have one of these and all be friends together waiting for the new episodes.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5221/5561066862_bd9f19b89d.jpg

Tell you what I hate: walking around town and seeing posters for forthcoming films that GIVE AWAY THEIR FUCKING TITLES.

Has anyone else seen the prequel, and are we (or are we not) talking about it since it's only on the website and is not available outside of Britain? (See also trailers, including the US-only one)

we talked about it upthread

? I see talk about UK trailer 2 only.