it's three words and one of those words is a planet (but not necess Earth)
Pff, Skaro then.
― JimD, Monday, 19 May 2008 18:05 (sixteen years ago) link
maybe BARCELONA
― blueski, Monday, 19 May 2008 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
London
― Herman G. Neuname, Monday, 19 May 2008 19:12 (sixteen years ago) link
the Doctor treats Davros to a slap up feed at Planet Hollywood
― blueski, Monday, 19 May 2008 19:31 (sixteen years ago) link
If Davros does show up, I'm kind of excited about the inevitable Daleks.
― chap, Monday, 19 May 2008 19:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Have they ever explained how the Time War and (virtually) destroying the Daleks throughout all of time is supposed to have worked?
― Matt DC, Monday, 19 May 2008 19:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Best of all possible options would be Gallifrey, but yeah of course it's Earth.
― Matt DC, Monday, 19 May 2008 19:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Time War and (virtually) destroying the Daleks throughout all of time is supposed to have worked?
Best to keep it mysterious I reckon, any detailed explanation is bound to be poppycock (unless they gave Moffat like five years to work on it).
― chap, Monday, 19 May 2008 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link
hurrah stolen planets again
― Alan, Monday, 19 May 2008 21:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Oooh, Davros could redeem it.
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, 19 May 2008 22:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Finally finished "Genesis of the Daleks." Peter Miles is still around and did quite a great job, why not have him pop up at some point?
― kingfish, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 01:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Stephen Hawking as Davros could redeem it.
I started watching Mawdryn Undead last night. Dual timelines! Stuff happening in the past affecting stuff happening now! It's great! Don't know why Who doesn't do more of that kind of thing really.
― JimD, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 08:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Blink did that very well, but yeah definitely need more of it.
Am I right in thinking subsequent old and new stories have trampled over the continuity for Genesis somewhat?
(Genesis is FAR AND AWAY the best thing in that series incidentally, unless Revenge of the Cybermen gets radically better in the second half).
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 08:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Not really.
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 08:58 (sixteen years ago) link
RTD has claimed the events of Genesis constitue the very first act of the time war.
― JimD, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 09:02 (sixteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_War_(Doctor_Who)
― JimD, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 09:23 (sixteen years ago) link
It's been ERASED FROM EXISTENCE!
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 09:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Hmm.
Time War
― JimD, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 09:59 (sixteen years ago) link
demand for their recent world tour is certainly fervent
― blueski, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 11:47 (sixteen years ago) link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7411177.stm
― treefell, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:47 (sixteen years ago) link
That is: Bafta-winning Writer Steven Moffat will succeed Davies as lead writer and executive producer of the fifth series of Doctor Who.
― treefell, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:50 (sixteen years ago) link
BIG SMILEY FACE
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:59 (sixteen years ago) link
FUCK YES!!
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 16:20 (sixteen years ago) link
VERY GOOD NEWS
― JimD, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 16:21 (sixteen years ago) link
does this mean it won't be shit anymore?
― DG, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 16:25 (sixteen years ago) link
SM must go!
― DavidM, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 16:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Watch Saturday's episode be k-lame now.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 16:41 (sixteen years ago) link
according to one blogger, Moffat will install Richard Coyle as the Doc and Gina Bellman as The Rani with the two pairing up at the end of s5 to the tune of 'Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps'
― blueski, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 16:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Which considering it was by the guy who wrote The Shakespeare Code is saying something.
Hahaha that's hilarious. The Christie episode was a lot of excitement and fun, and the whole time I was thinking "this is a million times better for a famous author romp than that Shakespeare & Martha flirtathon embarrassment."
― Abbott, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 17:09 (sixteen years ago) link
That wipe transition, though...kept getting Wayne's World flashbacks. I know it was for the laughs, though.
John told me on some other forum a bunch of Americans were like "dude why was this ep so fucking queer" etc etc, and...it wasn't? What is the deal with the problems and minor offences of some of my fellow humans?
― Abbott, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 17:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Bafta-winning Writer Steven Moffat will succeed Davies as lead writer and executive producer of the fifth series of Doctor Who.
News full of win!
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 19:31 (sixteen years ago) link
It seems a bit ridic that in an episode with both mild gay flirtation and A WOMAN FUCKING A SPACE WASP it's the gays that are getting the tongue-wagging.
So if RTD is stepping down, does that mean Tennant's leaving after the specials as well? I heard somewhere that Davies wasn't planning on leaving until he did.
― reddening, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 20:51 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm so worried how they'll deal with the # of timelord regenerations. Will they find a loophole? I don't want the show to stop bcz they had to recycle actors too often.
― Abbott, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 20:52 (sixteen years ago) link
If anyone can fanwank the regeneration problem convincingly, it would be Steven Moffat.
― Nicole, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 21:16 (sixteen years ago) link
YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES.
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 21:29 (sixteen years ago) link
(to the news)
because Davies has nothing more to give to the show. He's done brilliant things and now it's time to hand it on.
Tennant's obviously going soon too.
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 21:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah I think it'll be goodbye Rusty, goodbye Tennant, then a mini reboot. I will miss Tennant quite a bit now.
I thought we knew RTD was going from ages back, just didn't know who his replacement would be? Anyway, this'll be great, frankly Rusty can do whatever ludicrous bombastic shit he wants for the season finale now because we know it's in safe hands.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
DAVROS
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 21:40 (sixteen years ago) link
(I don't know anything, just hoping)
Davros but played by Alan Carr
― blueski, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 22:20 (sixteen years ago) link
DON'T GIVE FNP ANY IDEAS
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 22:27 (sixteen years ago) link
"I don't know anything, just hoping"
― aldo, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 23:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Well they're going to do Daleks because they ALWAYS do Daleks, so they might as well bring back Davros, the only character which made the Daleks enjoyable or even bearable.
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 23:45 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm sorry if I inadvertently hit on some season-end megasecret.
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 23:46 (sixteen years ago) link
(which btw I've been avoiding with considerable force)
Moffat said: "I applied before but I got knocked back 'cos the BBC wanted someone else. Also I was seven."
<3 this guy
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 00:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Unlikely. Original series Master ran out of regenerations at least once, and he kept on coming back. They'll probably just say, "Well, with all the other Time Lords dead, all the regeneration energy went into the Doctor, and he'll live forever!" or some such shenanigans.
― James Morrison, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 00:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I reckoned as much, but the idea still scared me! Also lol Master.
― Abbott, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 00:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Davies has been cantankerous all year so it doesn't surprise me that he's standing down.
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 02:30 (sixteen years ago) link