Doctor Who 2008: Sontarans cometh, RTD Ood 'ave 'im etc.

No I have one other complaint: I thought the bug-people were pretty hard done by.

My favorite line was Lee Evans' explanation of how he had figured something out: "I set the device to register what it CAN'T DETECT! And then reversed the signal!" The Doctor: "Brilliant!"

I agree somewhat with Hand!

especially about the people who can see the future!

Only somewhat? :(

I agree very much with Hand

the only things I disagree with are

a) I'm not sure I thought the scientist was irritating
b) I didn't think the chick was irritating either

I also liked the line with the scientist that you liked, Hand

I should clarify that I thought the chick was irritating in exactly the way the scriptwriters intended - i.e. cocky and entitled. There is a strand of TV criticism - especially regarding Doctor Who - that takes in another level of irritation, that is, people will say a character is irritating because they don't behave the way a character like that Ought to Behave (in the Who universe, in that particular situation), as if the critic is a co-creator of the production and is making a point about directing or acting or scriptwriting technique. I do this too. But in this case I didn't mean to imply that she was irritating because she detracted from the story or the Who gestalt or anything like that - just that her character was the sort of person who would annoy the hell out of me in real life. Which was probably intentional. Though why Who would fall for someone like that is a mystery. If I were the Doctor, I would have left her behind on Earth simply because she's a stuck-up, over-clever pain in the ass rather than because I think so highly of her that I wouldn't want her to get killed in a galactic space battle. And frankly prison's what she deserves. In the story she comes from an aristocratic family that, more likely than not, acquired its power long ago via blood and the sword. After centuries of slow and uneven progress, the treasures amassed by these elites have, some of them, filtered into the public domain and are freely available for all in museums. And now she wants to take them back! Into the clink with her.

blood and the sword!

into the clink!

marvellous

slow and uneven progress!

but tho I agree about prison, Hand
I still don't really agree about the chick in general
cos
you are missing out
the fact that she is very attractive
which means she can't be that irritating

I think fatherhood has made you too responsible and sensible to appreciate these things.

Until that last sentence it was almost like pf and me had switched styles!

How do the anti-gravity clamp things allow the bus to, like, move forward/accelerate etc.?

This RUINED the whole thing for me.

Wizard.

watching 'Creature from the Pit' after bouncing around the seasons. The previous story was 'Time & the Rani'. CHRIST what a contrast. Obviously, the older story is at the same time both cheekier and funnier, whereas the newer one is really disappointing, and you seriously get a Douglas Adams vibe from the interplay of the barbarian thieves. It's like, christ, we all know they had no money, just get some decent writing and you'd be surprised what could happen.

Also, Mel was bleah as a companion.

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/2601/doctorcats.th.jpg

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8073734.stm

Matt Smith's first companion announced. I think I already love her.

Also I'm really pleased they went for an unknown actress.

I dunno about that, I was hoping for someone a bit older. I on't know if I fancy Doctor Who-lyoaks.

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/9833/karengillan1ge0.jpg

She looks a bit like a young Donna. Maybe the timelord-y part of Donna causes her to regenerate?

she was the daughter in the Pompeii one? looks different

Was she? Hmm.

She wasn't the daughter, she had a bit part in it.

thank god it's not Michelle Ryan like the rumors were saying. The two of them certainly skew young though, don't they.

Fetuses in shoes.

To be fair, Billie Piper was only 22 or 23. Matt Smith's age does concern me too, but I'm placing my trust in Moffat for now...

I think I already love her.

― Tits Bramble (Matt DC), Friday, May 29, 2009 12:24 PM (10 hours ago) Bookmark

Let's see what she can do.

BTW, David Tennant's going to be in series 3 of Sarah Jane, I saw, in a proper Doctor/Sarah story (rather than as a vision or a flashback or something).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3vx_oQg448

The total absence of music in that clip made it even more freaky.

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The guy appears to be turning into an Ice Warrior about the mouth - or is that just wishful thinking?

Whoops"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/medialibrary/s0/images/episode-promo/s0_07.jpg

Is this Moffatt? Looks that way.

I thought they were all Rusty for the rest of the year?

Yes, no Moffatt until 2010.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/entertainment_enl_1248072857/img/1.jpg

Tweedy. I approve. Hopefully this will put an end to the 'OMG it's going to be like Hollyoaks' handwringing.

Also the girl is so cute.

http://romantic-intentions.com/images/BuffyGiles01s.jpg

That clip is terrifying. Good work!

Tweedy. I approve. Hopefully this will put an end to the 'OMG it's going to be like Hollyoaks' handwringing.

^ this. I've been a bit worried about the youngness of it all, but if Smith's different slant is actually going to be old-man-with-young-man's-features (yes yes, I know that's the point, but it's not really been played that way due to Love Interest bollocks), then yay.

It is a bit like the Giles outfit, isn't it? I'm not complaining though, since there were all sorts of outlandish rumors about him dressing like Eminem or some other equally ridiculous getup.

Still a bit miffed that the Tennant-in-a-kilt thing was just a rumour :-(

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/20/article-1200883-05C6E1B8000005DC-445_468x698.jpg

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1200883/Matt-Smith-begins-filming-new-Doctor-Who.html

seems kinda dull. the companion must counter this by leathering up.

also wtf shirt tucked in and no belt? old man in young body indeed

those clothes look too big for him, which provokes the question of where the doctor does his post-regen clothes shopping

I'm intrigued by the dowdiness of the look, it suggests rather a different personality to Ten.

I think that's pretty much a given - Moffatt will want to stamp his identity on the show very quickly.

Really hoping that one episode sees someone confusing the Dr for an Open University professor.

ugh. that looks far too much like how i dressed in sixth form :/