Who is your favorite Doctor Who?

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

That's one thing that makes T. Davis' choices work. He knows these actors and works their strong points throughout the series. I had seen 28 DAYS LATER and GONE IN SIXTY SECONDS but paid Eccelston no heed whatsoever until I started watching Doctor Who on a whim and I've been hooked ever since.

After hearing about Quatermain, I'm actually looking forward to Tennant's take.

However Tennant plays him, it'll be no doubt fresh and interesting. Either way, Eccelston's Doctor will be running through this series despite the fact that he is no longer the Doctor.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

I've never seen 28 days later and I never noticed Eccelston in it when I watched it. I started watching Doctor Who on a Saturday morining over a year ago and I got hooked.

Quatermain? Do you mean Quatermass? :confused:

Yes it will be different. I don't know if it will be fresh and interesting until I actually see him in the role as the Doctor.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Yeah, my mistake. Thinking of LXG for some reason since Sean Connery was playing Allan Quatermain.

I actually think that's Davis' intent to keep things interesting, logica, and completely out there all at once.

I really need to get my hands on a copy of the Quatermass remake, but haven't had a chance to as of yet.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

No problem.

Yeah.

I deliberatley missed it when it was shown over here and I wished I hadn't. I didn't know about Tennent being the Doctor when it was on so I didn't watch it, it never interested me (The story) but Iwould have watched it for Tennent being the Doctor if I had known he was going to be him.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I was kind of surprised to hear about it being remade, but I have to say the approach has interested me.

Can't believe we still have to wait until Christmas for anything to happen.

Wonder if they're going to pick up immedately after the transition or treat it like real time?

[TMLS' BROTHER]

Yeah. I knew it was a remake but I have never seen the original either. I was surprised about ti being remade too.

I know. But its only just over 2 months now.

I think they will do it in realtime.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Then they'll have experience on their belts and we'll be catching with a well versed Rose who is connected to the new Doctor. Or maybe not depending.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

Yeah.

I'm surprised Billie was so good as Rose. All I remember of her is she tried to be a singer (who couldn't sing :p) and married Chris Evans (Radio DJ)

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Didn't know about the marriage, but I did recall our singing career. In fact, most of the photos from "The Aliens of London" are from that time period when she was singing. Had her famous brown hair and all. Couldn't help but notice that little detail.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

I remember the marrige because I hated both of them at the time. I still hate Chris but I can't hate Billie now not with her being a companion.

I haven't ever really looked at the photos from the episodes.

I can't belive its 2 months til the dvd comes out. I want the box set now! lol.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

The US is still sitting in the dark on the previous season, but it should be moving over here in due course. Hopefully sooner rather that later.

[NewAgeJesus]

Doctor Who won three awards last night at the "National Television Awards" in the UK.

Most Popular Actor : Christopher Eccleston
Most Popular Actress : Billie Piper
Most Popular Drama : Doctor Who

All awards were voted for by the british public.

Full List of Winners (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4376854.stm)

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

:D

[TMLS]

Not been mentioned here and no use to our stateside friends, but there's a Doctor Who special coming.

No, not just at Christmas - sooner!

On Friday 18th November on BBC1 to be exact - as part of Children in Need Russell T is penning a "Special Scene" for the fundraiser.

Should be good, but may have to sit through a lot of chaff to see it knowing what CiN's like, but it's a worthy cause all the same.

[NewAgeJesus]

Children in Need just bores me. Comic Relief used to be better, but even it was kinda crap this year.

Oh well.. I'll try and catch this bit, while flicking through everything else when the "lets remember why we're here tonight" bits come on.

[TMLS]

Just do what I do. Video it then watch it on fast forward through the crap bits.

Only takes about 10 minutes ;)

[NewAgeJesus]

No VCR. So.. Can't do that.

[TMLS]

Hmm. Well I expect it'd be an extra on the S2 DVD if anyone misses it.

Well, I assume.

[TMLS]

Details have emerged on what the CiN thing is:

Spoiler for those not seen the end of the last Season


Outpost Gallifrey has learned the specifics of the Children in Need Doctor Who special airing next week. The special mini-episode is actually 3 and 1/2 minutes long, and will begin at exactly 9:06pm during the telethon (though of course there is always room for slight variation in the timing). Additionally, we've learned that K9 will be in the studio joining the presenters for the evening. As always, this information is subject to change up to air time!
BBC Radio Jersey recently interviewed the director of the special, who said it's set immediately after the end of "The Parting of the Ways," is set in the TARDIS, and is "a real episode that links the last series to the new one and is part of Series Two." The interviewer on Radio Jersey said they filmed it only in the last two weeks in Cardiff: "So I don't know what’s in it, I don't know how long it is but I do know it's a scene between Billie Piper in the TARDIS and it's the moment David Tennant materialised at the end of the last series."

[NewAgeJesus]

Kinda disappointed about the time, but sounds like a good thing all the same.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Well, it'll be nice to at least have the link.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

Saw the Children in need thing, it was good, I'm still not sure about tennant as the doc.

In other news, if who fans didn't already know David Tennant is in the new Harry Potter film! & He's great in it! I recommend every who fan goes and sees it jsut for Tennant's acting.

[NewAgeJesus]

Forgot to comment on this, I thought it was a pretty good link to the new series (or at least the Christmas episode).

Im going to see Harry Potter this afternoon, I saw that Tennant was in it, but haven't actually seen anything about him being in it - if that makes sense.

[TMLS]

More Tennant news, he's in a show on ITV in a couple of weeks, where he plays a rapist. Hmm.

CiN scence was good stuff, brilliant to hear the Cloister bell again :)

[TMLS]

Happy Birthday to the Doctor, 32 years today since the first episode was broadcast :)

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Hard to believe it's been on the air 32 years...

Let the Doctor Live Forever!!!!

[TMLS' BROTHER]

Happy birthday! Yay! Does that mean it's 32 years to the day since JFK was shot?

Doc Who was cancelled in 89 LLM then only brought back last year, so technically it was off the air for 16 years and not been on for 32...

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

The books and audio shows still were around, right?

[TMLS' BROTHER]

Umm... yeah they were so I suppose yeah it was broadcast via radio those 16 years.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

So technically, he was just in different forms then until he returned recently. :)

"Fantastic!"

[TMLS' BROTHER]

Yeah "Fantastic!" I have some of the books but have never read any of them or listened to any of the audio shows lol.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I'm using Amazon.com to get my 9th Doctor novels to the most part.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

Yeah? I havew mainly books on the 8th. I woant the 9th docs one though.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

You know it's odd but I already want the 10th Doctor books and we haven't seen him in action except for the 9min special appearence.

Maybe a Rose stranded story.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

Anything to hold over a Doc Who fix.

A rose stranded story would be good.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I'm tempted to do an Adult Fic with Rose/The Doctor.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

Umm... okay.

Just looking on play.com and I see that the season 1 box set is out.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Lucky. Still waiting here.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

I can't get it yet, gotta wait til Christmas, I don't have a spare £40 handy.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Hasn't been released yet here.

[TMLS]

For anyone who couldn't see the Children in Need scene... it's available online!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/appealnight/doctor_who_special.shtml

Also includes some bits afterwards that I certainly didn't spot whilst fastforwarding through the night. Quite funny too.

Oh, and apologies. I must have mis-heard the radio, Doctor Who is 42, not 32!

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

42 years and counting! Shall It Continue Forever!

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

US Release date on DVDs:

Series One DVDs in US
DVD / Video
November 30, 2005

In a reversal from an earlier announcement that the Region 1 DVDs of series one of the new Doctor Who series would be available only in Canada, BBC Video announced today to the news service of the Sci-Fi Channel, Sci-Fi Wire, that on February 14, 2006, the series would also be made available in the US on DVD. This is in direct contrast to earlier reports that the series would only be available on DVD after a broadcaster had transmitted the series in America. Outpost Gallifrey has learned that, with the failure of the BBC to find a broadcaster in the US, this prior requirement was bypassed and the decision was made to release the series on DVD after all.

The North American release, in both Canada and the US, will be the exact same items as were on the UK discs, as BBC Video no longer allows the US/Canada releases to differ from their UK counterparts. As stated in the Sci-Fi Wire article, the DVD set will carry a suggested retail price of $99.98.
Also reported today at the official Doctor Who website as well as TV Shows on DVD.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

[the Doctor is feeling his body just after regenerating.]
The Doctor: Hair! I'm not bald! Ooh... big hair. Sideburns - I've got sideburns! Ooh, really bad skin. Little bit thinner; that's weird. Give me time, I'll get used to it. I... have got a mole. I can feel it. Between my shoulder blades, there's a mole. And it's all right! Love the mole. Go on, then. Tell me... What do you think?

Rose Tyler: Are we going home?
The Doctor: Up to you. Back to your Mum, still waiting. Fish 'n' Chips, sausage 'n' mash, beans on toast... No, Christmas, Turkey! Although having met your mother, Nutlove would be more appropriate.
[Rose smile's shyly at the new Doctor's quip]
The Doctor: Was that a smile?
Rose Tyler: No.
The Doctor: That was a smile!
Rose Tyler: No, it wasn't.
[playfully] The Doctor: You smiled!
Rose Tyler: No, I didn't.
The Doctor: Oh, c'mon, all I did was change... I didn't...
[cue the beginning the dramatic side effects of the Doctor's latest regeneration]

And some 9th Doctor quotes:

Rose Tyler: What have I done wrong? How come those plastic things keep coming after me?
The Doctor: Oh, suddenly the world revolves around you! You were just an accident. You got in the way, that's all.
Rose Tyler: It tried to kill me!
The Doctor: It was after me, not you. Last night in the shop, I was there, you blundered in, almost ruined the whole thing. This morning I was tracking it down, it was tracking me down. The only reason it fixed on you was because you met me.
Rose Tyler: So what you're saying is that the whole world revolves around you?
The Doctor: Sort of, yeah.
Rose Tyler: You're full of it.
The Doctor: Sort of, yeah.


Rose Tyler: You pulled his arm off!
The Doctor: Yep! Plastic
Rose Tyler: Very clever, nice trick. Who were they then, students? Is this a student thing or what?
The Doctor: Why would they be students?
Rose Tyler: I dunno.
The Doctor: Well you said it, why students?
Rose Tyler: Cos... to get that many people dressed up and being silly... they gotta be students.
The Doctor: That makes sense. Well done!
Rose Tyler: Thanks.
The Doctor: They're not students.

[being approached by mutated hospital patients] The Doctor: GO TO YOUR ROOM!
[they stop, turn, and move away]
The Doctor: I'm really glad that worked. Those would have been terrible last words.


Captain Jack Harkness: Okay! This can function as a sonic blaster, a sonic cannon, and a circle-and-hold sonic disruptor. Doc, what've you got?
The Doctor: I've got a sonic
[fishes around in pockets, gets out his Sonic Screwdriver]
The Doctor: ... uh... oh, never mind.
Captain Jack Harkness: What?
The Doctor: It's sonic, okay, let's leave it at that.
Captain Jack Harkness: Disruptor, cannon, what?
The Doctor: It's sonic! Totally sonic! I'm soniced up!
[shouting] Captain Jack Harkness: A SONIC WHAT?
The Doctor: Screwdriver!
[monsters break through the walls]


Rose Tyler: Doesn't the universe implode or something if you dance?
The Doctor: Well, I've got the moves, but I don't want to boast.


The Doctor: Don't drop that banana!
Captain Jack Harkness: Why not?
The Doctor: Good source of potassium!

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

The Doctor: [being approached by mutated hospital patients] GO TO YOUR ROOM!
[they stop, turn, and move away]
The Doctor: I'm really glad that worked. Those would have been terrible last words.

The Doctor: Must've got the wrong signal... you're not plastic are you?
[taps Rose on the forehead]
The Doctor: No. Bonehead. Bye then!

Rose Tyler: So what you're saying is the entire world revolves around you?
The Doctor: Sort of, yeah.
Rose Tyler: You're full of it!
The Doctor: Sort of, yeah!

The Doctor: The assembled hoards of Genghis Khan couldn't get through that door, and believe me they've tried! Now shut up a minute!

Rose Tyler: If you are an alien how come you sound like you're from the North?
The Doctor: Lots of planets have a north!

Rose Tyler: What's a Police Public Call Box?
The Doctor: Its a telephone box from the 1950s. It's a disguise


Rose Tyler: Who are you then, Doctor? What you called? What sort of alien are you?
The Doctor: I'm just The Doctor.
Rose Tyler: From what planet?
The Doctor: Well its not as if you know where it is!
Rose Tyler: Where are you from?
The Doctor: What does it matter?
Rose Tyler: Tell me who you are!
The Doctor: This is who I am! Right here - right now! All right? All that counts is here and now - and this is me!

The Doctor: I'm gonna rescue her. I'm gonna save Rose Tyler from the middle of the Dalek Fleet. Then I'm gonna save the Earth. And then, just to finish off, I'm gonna wipe every single stinking Dalek out of the sky!

Rose Tyler: [referring to the TARDIS] The inside's bigger than the outside?
The Doctor: Yes.
Rose Tyler: It's alien?
The Doctor: Yeah.
Rose Tyler: Are you alien?
The Doctor: Yes.
[pause]
The Doctor: Is that all right?
Rose Tyler: [shocked] Yeah.
The Doctor: That's OK. Culture shock. It happens to the best of us.

The Doctor: 10,000 years in the future. Step outside and it's the year 12005, the New Roman Empire.
Rose Tyler: You think you're so impressive.
The Doctor: I *am* so impressive!

Rose Tyler: It's not very Spock, is it? Just asking.
The Doctor: [listening to a door] Voices, music, people. What d'you think?
Rose Tyler: I think you should do a scan for alien tech. Give me some Spock! Just once, would it kill you?

The Doctor: What about me? I saw the Fall of Troy. World War V, and now I'm gonna die in a dungeon. In Cardiff!
Rose Tyler: It's not just dying. You'll become one of them.
[the Gelth approach the locked gate]
Rose Tyler: We'll go down fighting, yeah?
The Doctor: Yeah.
[they link hands and smile at each other]
The Doctor: I'm so glad I met you.

The Doctor: If we're gonna find their weakness we need to know where they're from. So judging by their body shape that narrows it down to about 5,000 planets in travelling distance. Now what else do we know? Information!
Rose Tyler: They're green.
The Doctor: Narrows it down.
Rose Tyler: Good sense of smell.
The Doctor: Narrows it down.
Rose Tyler: They can smell adrenaline.
The Doctor: Narrows it down.
Rose Tyler: They hunt like it's a ritual.
The Doctor: Narrows it down.
Rose Tyler: The pig technology.
The Doctor: Narrows it down.
Rose Tyler: The spaceship in the Thames you said slipstream engine.
Harriet Jones: Wait! Did you notice when they fart, if you'll pardon the word, it doesn't just smell like a fart, if you'll pardon the word, it's something else. What is it?
Rose Tyler: Bad breath!
Harriet Jones: That's it.
The Doctor: Calcium decay! Nw that Narrows it down.
Rose Tyler: We're getting there, Mum!
The Doctor: What else... what else... Hyphenated surnames. Of course! That narrows it down to one planet! Raxacoricofallapatorius!
Mickey Smith: Oh, great. We could write them a letter.

Rose Tyler: The time war ends.
Emperor Dalek: I will not die! I cannot diieee!
[we see Rose's eyes light up, and the Dalek Emperor and his entire fleet disappear in an explosion of golden dust]
The Doctor: Rose, you've done it, now stop.
[Rose stares straight ahead]
The Doctor: Just let go.
Rose Tyler: How can I let go of this? I bring life.
[we see Jack start breathing again and open his eyes]
The Doctor: But this is wrong! You can't control life and death!
Rose Tyler: But I can. The sun and the moon, the day and night... but why do they hurt?
[she is crying]
The Doctor: The power's gonna kill you and it's my fault!
Rose Tyler: I can see everything... all that is... all that was... all that ever could be.
The Doctor: [stands up] But that's what *I* see. All the time. And doesn't it drive you mad?
Rose Tyler: [Rose nods, barely able to speak] My head...
The Doctor: Come here.
Rose Tyler: ...is killing me.
The Doctor: I think you need a Doctor.
[He leans down and kisses her, and the golden light transfers from her to him through their lips]

[TMLS]

Attack of the Graske

From 8pm on Christmas night, Digital Satellite and Freeview viewers can truly immerse themselves in the world of Doctor Who.

Attack of the Graske is a mini episode of Dr Who with a twist - it allows viewers to become the Doctor's companion.

Viewers will get the chance to track down an evil alien life form by flying the TARDIS and completing a series of challenges set by the Doctor himself.

The challenge will be available throughout the night and after the January 1 repeat of The Christmas Invasion on BBC Three.

From The BBC's Dr Who mini-site (http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2005/12/19/28331.shtml)

[TMLS]

Dr Who Christmas Invasion in an hour and a half :D

[king razer]

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[TMLS' BROTHER]

Yes and I loved the hitchikkers guide to the gaxaly reference

Did you play the interactive game? I did, it was a bit easy but still good fun.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Makes me want to see it desperately lol.

[NewAgeJesus]

Spoke to Craig already about it, but, I loved it. :)

[ZariusTwo]

Torchwood were more than referenced, they played a hand in destroying the Scyorax as they peacefully departed Earth

Loved The Doctors' "six words to collapse a goverment" line to Harriet, although making an enemy out of her may lead to future conflicts.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

Yeah it did.

I didn't like her in the christmas invasion, as the MP of flydale north I thought she was a great character but I thought she was kinda crappy as the PM.

I got season 1 of Dr Who on DVD yesterday (...Finally) :D

[NewAgeJesus]

She was kinda crappy as the PM, although it was kinda funny when everyone was like "yeah, I know who you are." - The end of the episode, or near it anyway, was pretty cool, the way they turned round her character. In a way, you can kind of see why she did it, but, at the same time you can see why she was wrong to have done it.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

True.

I kept finding Jackie (Rose's mum) even more annoying than usual and i'm sorry but that remote controlled chrsitmas tree was damn funny

[NewAgeJesus]

A commentary(sp?) has been posted on the BBC Website.

Doctor Who Site. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho)

[LionelLuthor]

I thought that the episode was ok.
I like the new doctor, and I tried to get into this show for the first time- sadly, I really don't like it.
I couldn't believe how poor some of the series was, like the first episode where the shop dummies came to life.
And that bloke got sucked into a wheelie bin, and there were gas monsters etc- I did try to watch it this time but I guess I won't be tuning in in the future.

[Torgo]

Loved the xmas episode, though I found it a bit hard to understand what David Tennant was saying at times. The teaser for the new series made it look utterly brilliant as well.

[NewAgeJesus]

Just bought the new TARDIS boxset. :)

[TMLS' BROTHER]

Originally posted by NewAgeJesus
Just bought the new TARDIS boxset. :)

Do you mean season 1?

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Originally posted by LionelLuthor
I thought that the episode was ok.
I like the new doctor, and I tried to get into this show for the first time- sadly, I really don't like it.
I couldn't believe how poor some of the series was, like the first episode where the shop dummies came to life.
And that bloke got sucked into a wheelie bin, and there were gas monsters etc- I did try to watch it this time but I guess I won't be tuning in in the future.

Sorry to hear that LL. The new first series actually gets better the further you go into it. In fact, I still recommend it but to each their own.

[NewAgeJesus]

Originally posted by TMLS' BROTHER
Do you mean season 1?

Yar, the 2005 series. I called it the "TARDIS boxset" 'cause, it comes in a TARDIS box.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Comes out next month over here in the exact same set-up. US is only a month behind now....before we know it'll be six months then eight lol.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

Originally posted by NewAgeJesus
Yar, the 2005 series. I called it the "TARDIS boxset" 'cause, it comes in a TARDIS box.

Yes I know, I already have it, I got it from christmas. I just call it the season 1 boxset because it is season 1

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I envy everyone that has it at the moment. I've got less than a few weeks here and I'll finally have it.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

Sorry LLM.

I've only watched the first 2 episodes so far. I didn't like the next episode that much (The Victorian one)

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I didn't mind the Victorian episode had a bunch of great moments in it and it really set the standard of "Oh yeah, we can die in the past."

Just set up the coming storm.

[NewAgeJesus]

I've watched the first two episodes, with commentary - and the special features on both discs - Haven't watched the Victorian episode yet.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Ah, the sound of commentary! Fantastic!

[TMLS' BROTHER]

I haven't watched any of the commentary yet, thats one thing I really enjoy on TV shows.


Originally posted by LexLuthorMetropolis
I didn't mind the Victorian episode had a bunch of great moments in it and it really set the standard of "Oh yeah, we can die in the past."

Just set up the coming storm.

yeah...

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I've got at least a few weeks to wait for the DVD set hits here.

[LionelLuthor]

Its weird, because I just watched 'Father's day' and 'Dalek' and I quite enjoyed them! I guess it's unfair to judge a series by the first and second episodes, and LexLuthorMetropolis, I hope that you're right that it gets better as it progresses, because I'm gonna try and watch them all starting with *laughs* episode 1 'Rose'.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I'm not going to spoil anything for you, but there's a bigger story going on underneath that first season, yet, occasionally Russell T. Davis and his crew drop some fun episodes in there.

I'll admit watching the first episode is awkward. I've seen it twice at last count and the follow-up episodes really make it stronger.

It's a show that I have in my high regards. Right there with Buffy and Angel.

The WW2 2-parter stands among my favorites. Father's Day is a favorite. Dalek is the same, but if I say anymore it will ruin the fun of the rest of the season.

I'll leave it at Bad Wolf.

[NewAgeJesus]

Yeah, I was going to say, Father's Day is probably one of my favourite episodes, it has a different kind of feel to it (or at least it did to me)... but, saying that, there were a lot of favourites for a 13 episode series.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

And it's so full of so many hidden details. Some that it took the magazine to bring to my attention.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

I'm watching Doctor Who right now and I think it's even better the second time around, I keep spotting things I've never seen and I think it's *Eccelstone Impression* Fantastic!

Sorry I had to put fantastic in there.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Hard not to.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

True.

Doctor: Go to your room... GO TO YOUR ROOM!
*The gasmask people turn around and walk off*
Doctor [To Rose & Cap. Jack]: Oh, I'm glad that worked they would have been terrible last words.

:lol:

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

LAMO. One of my all time favorite moments.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

Mine too, that episode has some great quotes, like the potassium line.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

"The Doctor Who?"
"Just the Doctor."

[wesley_wyndam_pryce]

I just read on Buffy-Boards that the US is getting Dr.Who.
And i have no idea what it is about? help please.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

The Sci-Fi Channel has picked it up in the US and will air all 13 episodes. Pushing the DVD release back to July 4.

[TARDIS Team]

There's no love for my boy, Patrick Troughton, on the KryptonSite? What a shame!

Pat if my favorite, closely followed, thus far, by David Tennant. He's only done the one story so far, but he's so instantly likeable that I just love him.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Oops missed the thread somehow, but thanks Alex :) Happy to see it again.

Can't wait for the new series either!

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Spring's here at last and still no announcements on when new episodes begin in the UK.

March 17 at 9pm on Sci-Fi Series One hits the states.

www.scifi.com/doctorwho

The page is registered to them but still nothing there yet.

[TMLS]

Originally posted by LexLuthorMetropolis
Spring's here at last and still no announcements on when new episodes begin in the UK.

Heard it's Easter weekend (so Saturday 15th April), but you're right - no official annoucement yet. Oh, and doesn't Spring start March 21st?

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

This is what they have up at Outpost Galifrey:

Transmission Details
UK: Series One encores weekly on UK Gold; Series Two debuts in the spring
US: Series One debuts March 17, 9.00pm on the Sci-Fi Channel
Canada: Series Two debuts in the autumn (or after UK transmission)
Australia, New Zealand: No word on Series Two transmission
For other countries see This Week in Doctor Who

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Sci-Fi's website is now up and fully functional. :)

[TARDIS Team]

I really hope the series does good here in the states. I love it so much, and the trailers on Sci Fi do a decent job of conveying that the series has a lot of different levels (comedy, tension, etc.)

Of course, being on Sci Fi, a couple of million viewers would be grand, but one can dream that it’s a smash hit here, just like it was in the UK.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Welcome aboard K-site, TARDIS Team. I think I've actually run into you before on the Friday the 13th Forums...go by TwilightPro101 on that site if my memory of my various aliases serves correct.

It's defintely time for a new generation to join in on the fun :)

[TARDIS Team]

It's a small small world, Lex. :D J. Thomas Jeans is my alias over at the F13th Forum ('course, with my real name in my profile here, anyone from the F13th board posting here would know that.)

I haven't seen you post in the Doctor Who thread at F13th lately, Lex. You should come on over and discuss, it's getting mightly lonely in there.

[BuZzArD 8012]

I was wondering if someone could tell me what the storyline is about in this show, im interested :D.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I'll defintely pop up in there. Haven't had much time for my usual horror film run as of late, but I'll be making my return to the site soon enough.

I'm on another Doctor Who board as well.

Still horror film fanatic and Doctor Whoivan either way :)

[TARDIS Team]

I'm posting over at Outpost Gallifrey, here and the F13th forum. These are basically the only sites I post on, but with Smallville on hiatus, I'm not around so much here. :)

BuZzArD 8012:

Without dropping too many spoilers, the new series is about the 9th Doctor and his new companion, Rose, fighting alien threats on Earth (in the past, present and future) and on space stations.

You know, your general adventure in time and space. There is an over-all arc, but I won't get into that. The series begins in just under two weeks, so no need to spoil the specifics. :D

The new series doesn't need for you to be highly familiar with the old one, which is part of the reason it's been so successful worldwide. I hope we in the States don't shun it -- British Sci-Fi doesn't have a history of being more popular than just reaching a nice cult status, but we need the new series to do better on Sci-Fi so they'll get season 2 and 3 (2 is in production, season 3 is confirmed.)

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I'm just now stumbling into the Baker years myself. I know the history of the show pretty well, I'm defintely due for a viewing of each of the Doctor's prior.

I like to think of as the pre-cursor to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.

Can't get on to Outpost Galifrey. I'm on another one, can't recall the name of the group off the top of my head.

[TARDIS Team]

How come you can't get onto Outpost Gallifrey, Lex?

I'm a huge fan of Patrick Troughton, he's the guy who got me hooked, despite the fact that I started watching in 1993 (age 11.) There was just something magical about him. I'm one of the rare cases of an American fan who isn't just bubbling when people talk about Tom Baker. ;)

I like to think of Doctor Who as kind of a pre-cursor to Buffy and Angel as well, it's what got me interested in that perticular kind of genre/storytelling.

It's a good thing, then, that Russell T Davies (the producer of the new series) is a huge fan of Joss Whedon and has kind of geared the new show toward those who like Buffy/Angel/Smallville.

The new series really is brilliant fun. It's a lot different from the old series, but those of you who can -- check it out on the 17th on Sci-Fi. You won't be sorry.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Defintely agree with you there. This series is superb!

I'm already rooting on Tennant's take. The Christmas Special was a superb event.

Of the Doctor's I've seen so far my favorites are: Baker, Eccelston and Tennant.

As for getting on their board, I have no idea as to why I can't log onto that particular board. I check the site for updates and spoilers constantly.

[Lexgirl33]

Im a fan :D

Definatly looking forward to it on Sci-Fi..and Tardis Team..you seem to know the show a lot!

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I actually stumbled into the series by chance. I heard about it and just gave it a shot and I've been hooked ever since.

Eccelston's run was my jumping on point to say the least.

[Lexgirl33]

I was referred ;) and now I am obsessed with it

[TMLS' BROTHER]

I just watched it on uktv gold (The ark space it was, tom baker's 2nd story as the doctor and what is now my favourite episdE) one day 2 years ago and got obsessed.


Originally posted by LexLuthorMetropolis
I'm already rooting on Tennant's take. The Christmas Special was a superb event.

Hell yeah it was, my favourite bit was the shout out to the hitchikkers guide to the galaxy.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I loved the shout out to the Lion King. Couldn't stop laughing.

"There is more to see, that can ever be seen...wait, that's the Lion King."

[TARDIS Team]

I actually stumbled into the series pretty much by chance as well. I was trying to watch Mr. Bean one night on PBS when it didn’t come on, and instead “Tomb of the Cybermen” aired. I had watched the very first episode (An Unearthly Child) weeks before, just because I couldn’t sleep on Saturday night and it was on, and the show intrigued me, but I promptly forgot about it.

When “Tomb of the Cybermen” aired, I was hooked. My favorite Doctors would have to be Patrick Troughton, Chris Eccleston and David Tennant. Tennant’s portrayal has so much of Patrick Troughton’s energy in just the one hour special that it’s uncanny. I expect great things from Tennant over the next two years.

Lexgirl33:

To say I know a lot about the show would probably be understatement of the year. ;)

Doctor Who encompasses my childhood, and when I think back to my time as a pre-teen through high school, Doctor Who was pretty much what kept me going through all my really lousy times. Maybe that’s a little sad, but it was certainly there for me in times when my no-good birth father was nowhere to be found. To say that Patrick Troughton was a father figure for me growing up would also be an understatement. :)

Needless to say, I’m a major advocate of the new series, and I’ve been championing the old series for years, albeit unsuccessfully, to the people in my life. Thankfully, the new series has captured the hearts of my mother, sister and best friends, so now I can actually sit around and discuss my all-time favorite show with the people I love. It’s quite nice. :D

Speaking of call-outs, I miss the Buffy the Vampire Slayer shout-out that got lost on the cutting room floor in season 1. I hear it's in the script book.

I liked the Lion King shout out as well, and my favorite ever is still the Arthur Dent nods. Classic stuff. :D

My only problem with the Christmas Invasion was how Russell handled Harriot Jones in the last fifteen minutes and the Doctor's reaction to her, but that's a spoiler-filled argument for a different day.

TMLS' BROTHER:

I saw the second episode of the Ark in Space back in 1990/1991, when Sci-Fi Channel was brand new in the states. It was on during a snow day and the schools were closed. I saw it, loved it, and then forgot about the show until 1993/1994, thanks to Sci-Fi never showing it during hours in which I could watch the show. I guess they figured kids wouldn't care about it.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Sci-Fi's neglect of the old series has been frightening. I'm putting out my share of money to get any of the R1 DVDs I can and I'm determined to get the ones that I can. I've still yet to see the Master in action or the Cybermen. Their reappearence will truly be a first for me in the new series.

I used to laugh at the concept of the Dalek, when I first saw what they looked like and after seeing one in action that was it. "Run," in the words of the Doctor.

[TMLS]

Just watched all of the eighth, ninth and tenth doctors over the last week or two (took that long as I watched all of the ninth's DVD special features too. And I mean ALL of them!). Have to say Tennant was the best of the lot, and thought McGann was better than Ecclestone too.

Have also seen some Pertwee, Davison, Troughton, Hartnell and Colin Baker recently, and have to say that Ecclestone really stands apart from the others - he just doesn't seem to be playing the same character Yes he's good, but it wasn't Dr Who. Just can't wait for a "real" Dr to come back now.

Have to admit that today's announcement that Peter Kay will be in the new series worries me. Then again, if we can have Ken Dodd and Nicholas Parsons (heck, even Bertie Basset!) in the McCoy era...

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Still have to wait until July before we see the DVD Box set over here. The special features are the MUST HAVES in my opinion.

The short time that I've been involved with the Doctor, I have to disagree with your statement. The Doctor, himself, is redefined every generation. Yes, Eccelston's take was entirely different but we only really briefly got a taste of what had altered him -- the Time War and its consequences. Making him really a war torn Doctor.

Yet, his eccentric sense of humor was there at the surface. Looking deeper, he didn't show much of the previous Doctor's within, which I really blame on both the war and the fact that Russell T. Davies was trying to bring in a new audience with this Doctor.

Was he different? Yes. Was he Doctor? I'd defintely say so. Was he infleunced by the previous Doctors? Yes and no.

Tennant is the nearest to the familiar attitude of the previous Doctor's but I trust Russel T. Davies fully with the series.

[TARDIS Team]

Agreed, Lex. The writing team didn't just alter the Doctor for the sake of altering him, there is a backstory that explains why he's a different man from before. In updating him for the new generation of TV viewers, they did a good job explaining away why he is the way he is [though some fans still can't stand that one moment in the final episode ... [I'm sure anyone whose seen series 1 knows the scene. It's preceeded by "I think you need a Doctor." ;)]

However, I do think there is more of past Doctors there than some people might realize, even Eccleston. There is most certainly a whole lot of Troughton's playfulness and Pertwee's up-standing attitude with Tom Baker's grinning madness. His similarities to Troughton are in fact the reason he's one of my favorite Doctors.

What sets him apart is the side we rarely see, used at it's best in the final fifteen minutes of 'The End of the World' and all through 'Dalek.' There are hints of this war-torn Doctor throughout, but it really shines at certain points.

Tennant has a lot of the same qualities. The playful quips are so very Troughton that it takes me right back to my childhood.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

The thing with "the Christmas Invasion" is we were allowed to see "both" sides of the Doctor - I really see the 9th Doctor being a part of the 10th Doctor. (Then again, that make sense since every Doctor is the same Doctor just with a regeneration.)

The immedate difference with Tennant is the fact that he's more care free than the previous Doctor, but that hardened edge is still there especially in those final moments with the Syroax leader.

"No second chances. I'm that kind of man."

Same with his threats to Harriet:

"I can bring down Parliment with just one word. You in six."

[TARDIS Team]

The "no second chances" bit bothers me a little, and I hope it doesn't go over the top. If the 9th Doctor had been a "no second chances" person, he'd have chucked Rose after "Father's Day", yet he doesn't give Adam a second chance and he doesn't give Cassandra a second chance.

His behavior with Harriet (Do you think she looks tired?) really rubbed me wrong. The Sycorax displayed how un-trustworthy they are, and so Harriet had Torchwood do what they do. The Doctor destroys her for it, and it just felt wrong.

It's very Eccleston, but Tennant seems as though his Doctor is going to go one step further with it, and I'm not sure how I feel about that.

I still love him, though. The fact that he gets in a big group hug with Mickey and Jackie really displays how different he is.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I just think we've only really touched the surface of this Doctor. He's moving towards something but we've only seen him interact with one alien species and besides, there's always something new to be found with every regeneration.

The fact that Harriet did what she did, just had to bring that "new" side of the Doctor into play and he had to bring his hand in. Just from his interaction alone, I think he's more alienated then the previous Doctor's yet at the same time I feel like he's more grounded than the 9th.

But when it comes down to it we've still got 2 more series or more of the current Doctor to feel him out and see who he really is.

[TARDIS Team]

Indeed. I do agree that “The Christmas Invasion” was only a sample, but the tone of the rest of the episode was just hindered for me after the “six words” conversation. As peppy and lovely as the montage with “Song For Ten” playing over it was, I had a bad taste in my mouth for the rest of the episode. I really hope that this isn’t the end of Harriet Jones’s storyline, that’s for sure.

I can’t wait for the second series, and I’m already hyped for the third. I’m hoping that we’ll see an arc develop with the Doctor that spans both series, something that was impossible with series 1 thanks to Chris leaving.

Still, I’m enjoying the idea of the motif “a wanderer without a home.” He was a war-torn survivor in series one, in series two he’s a wanderer, and I like that.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

If the Daleks survived. There are bound to be others out there, even if the Doctor did feel his entire planet dying.

As much as I know Russell T. isn't going to bring back the Master (could be proven wrong at any point considering the twists and turns he produces), I've got a hardcore feeling he'll be back in some form or another. I mean we're getting the Autons this year and of course, K-9.

As for the arc, just from the trailer alone, I think we're going to be re-exploring this Doctor and meeting up with K-9 and Sarah Jane should add another level to things.


I actually felt the situation with Harriet suited itself. She forced him to that point since I see him as the type not to condone killing of any kind. I know that's an awkward way to put when he just killed off the leader of the Sycroax, but the situation deems certain actions and he took to it. Harriet forced him into a similar situation just it wasn't his life at risk. It was the world and the species he told to go away.

It just opens up the door for their return as far as I can tell.

As for Harriet herself, I'm hoping she does return at some point. That arc is obivously going to have some effect on modern times and I can't see Russell missing the chance not to play it forward.

[TARDIS Team]

First off, I want to appologize to anyone who hasn't seen the series in the states yet -- Lex and I are getting quite spoiler heavy. If you don't want series 1 (and possible series 2) spoilers, move along.

From what I understand, Russell had to beg Penelope Wilton back to the role, and the character arc is what got her to come back, so if he wants her again, who knows what might happen?

By the way -- the Autons were back last series, Lex. This series we get the Cybermen and K-9. ;)

As for Harriet ... I feel the Doctor forced her, without realizing it, into the choice she made. She saw how untrustworthy the Sycorax could be, and then the Doctor goes on to tell her about all the other races, the other people the Sycorax could alert to the Earth. She was right when she said the Doctor isn't always around, the Earth will have to stand on it's own two feet from time to time. She performed a coup on the Sycorax, I think in the hopes of asserting the Earth's ability to stand up for itself. The Doctor gave them a good tongue lashing and sent them off, and I've no doubt they would have returned with the armada that the Sycorax leader mentioned earlier.

It was a difficult place to be morally, and the Doctor's reaction just felt so knee jerk, especially coming from a man who destroyed his own planet to wipe out the Dalek race.

Speaking of Daleks, I've heard rumors about Dalkes in series 2, involving an alternate dimension (as they are all dead in ours thanks to the Bad Wolf.) Take it with a grain of salt, of course.

Also, I know we probably wont see the Master in series 2, but Russell indicated his love for the character, and if he isn't back in series 3, I'll eat my hat. When Russell spoke about the Master in Doctor Who Confidential, he used very clever wording, something to the affect of "I won't be bringing the Master back, but I can't imagine we'll never see him again."

I took this to mean that another of the series writers might well be handling the Master's return in series 3. It just seems too good a thing to miss. With the Daleks back in series 1, the Cybermen back in series 2, it makes sense to bring the Master back in series 3.

Also, the Doctor Who 2006 Annual has an entry written by Russell where the Doctor sees a monument to the Time Lords depicting the Doctor as the last survivor of the Time War, and scratched onto it at the base is a message to the Doctor which reads - "You are not alone."

Even if the Master never comes back while Russell is producer, I'm sure he'll be back someday.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

Originally posted by LexLuthorMetropolis
"I can bring down Parliment with just one word. You in six."

Actually it went more like:

Doctor "I can bring you down with one word."

Harriet: "Doctor, you are the most amazing man I have ever seen, but I doubt you could even do that"

Doctor "You're right, I can't, it'd take 6 words."

*Doctor walks over to Harriets right-hand man* "Don't you think she looks tired?"

But who's padantic :) :p

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

D'oh, my mistake. I should know better...have no idea why I was thinking Autons after all they did open up Series 1. :)

The Master is just something that he can't not have and I agree once again with you.

I defintely think "The Christmas Invasion" will have consequences one way or another. It's inveitable.

The Daleks will never die either. I swear those things never stop. They're just as bad as the Doctor himself lol.

I can see the Master taking the upper hand thanks to the Doctor destroying their homeworld. It'll be a huge morality clash, when it comes down to it. After all, what kind of return would it be if he didn't give the Doctor hell for it.

I'm looking forward to Anthony Stewart Head's guest appearence on the series...I'll admit it came out of nowhere, but I'm glad to see him involved.

I'm also eagerly awaiting Cassandra's return from Series 1.

[TARDIS Team]

Originally posted by TMLS' BROTHER
But who's padantic :) :p

That would be me, actually. :D


The Doctor: Don’t challenge me, Harriet Jones, ‘cause I’m a completely new man! I could bring down your government with a single word.

Harriet: You’re the most remarkable man I’ve ever met, but I don’t think you’re quite capable of that.

The Doctor: No you’re right, not a single word. Just six.

Harriet: I don’t think so.

The Doctor: Six words.

Harriet: Stop it!

The Doctor: Six. (walks over to Alex.) Don’t you think she looks tired?

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Yeap, he's dead on, Alex. Just watched it again. Can't not watch it again until the new episodes air.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

Originally posted by TARDIS Team
That would be me, actually. :D

Damn, you really know Doctor who and I only watched the xmas invasion yesterday :lol:.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I mainly try to memorize the stand out quotes. First viewing I completely missed the six word threat for some reason. Second and third viewings, I got the details, just not the exact words.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

I've only seen the invasion twice same with the children in need special and all of season 1.

[TARDIS Team]

Did you really think Anthony Head’s casting was out of left field? I thought it was inevitable. He is well known in both the states and in the UK, and it’s also no secret that a few years back the BBC were trying to get a new series of Doctor Who stories off the ground, using Anthony Head as the Doctor and David Greenwalt as an executive consultant.

From what I understand about the Daleks, Russell intends for them to truly be dead... in our universe. The Cybermen story (episodes 5 and 6) are set in an alternate dimension, and the rumor is that in the season finale of series 2, a new breed of black Daleks are going to come through a dimensional rift (possibly using the rift in Cardiff) with an army of Cybermen to attack Earth.

All just rumor, of course, but it would be one hell of a season finale.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

Has anyone noticed who the guest star in the very last episode of s2 is? Sam Tyler from Life on mars :eek: that's just way to good to be true.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I'm enjoying these rumors to say the least. When I first started watching I was pretty much in the dark about the show. Still am to a certain degree.

The thing is with all these loopholes nothing is guranteed to stay dead, which is one great thing to sci-fi.

Yeah, I really didn't see ASH coming. I'm fairly new to the UK TV standard and shows. Whim jumped into this show by sheer chance.

[TARDIS Team]

Originally posted by TMLS' BROTHER
Damn, you really know Doctor who and I only watched the xmas invasion yesterday :lol:.

:D I’ve never been sure whether or not I pride myself on it, or if I’m a really sad git because of it. Having been laid up in bed for the past 7 or 8 months (back problems) I’ve not got much better to do, so I tend to memorize quotes. :lol:


Originally posted by LexLuthorMetropolis
I mainly try to memorize the stand out quotes. First viewing I completely missed the six word threat for some reason. Second and third viewings, I got the details, just not the exact words.

I’ve got a bad memory ... until you involve Doctor Who. I can quote a great number of dialog snippets from the new series, and I can quote almost the whole of “Tomb of the Cybermen: Episode 1” from memory. I just can’t seem to get it out of my head.

Oh, and anything Tony Selby’s character, Sabalom Glitz, ever said. I love that guy. :D


Originally posted by LexLuthorMetropolis
Yeah, I really didn't see ASH coming. I'm fairly new to the UK TV standard and shows. Whim jumped into this show by sheer chance.

Whim jumping is fun. I did that with Firefly and Smallville.

As for ASH, I think it's a shame they cast him as a one-off villain, mostly due to the fact that I think it killed any chances of him playing the Doctor down the line.

But then again I hated that they killed off Simon Pegg like they did (and think it's a shame he didn't end up playing the role they'd wanted him for, which was Pete Tyler.)

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I've got mainly the one liners of the 9th Doctor down. Just like Buffy and Angel quotes back in the day. I'll slide them into random conversation when ever I feel like it. I'm working on nailing Tennant's voice patterns just for the thrill (former actor of sorts).

Well, I wouldn't count ASH out just yet. Take a look at the lovely lady who appeared in Series 1, who's appearing on TORCHWOOD in her own role. There's still a possibility either way as far as I'm concerned but then again I'm not a producer of the show or at BBC.

Simon Pegg's appearence was great, but at least we've got him narrating Doctor Who Confidential.

[TARDIS Team]

I’ve got a thing about throwing in Cap’n Jack and 9th Doctor quotes when I talk to people, and most of all I’ve taken to using the term “swan off” when I talk about going somewhere or telling other people to leave me be.

I’ve gone out on a limb in other threads about Torchwood, because I think that the character Eve Myles is playing on Torchwood, named Gwen, is a descendant of Gwyneth, her character in Doctor Who, so it makes pretty good sense that she would play the part. The series is set in Cardiff, the city Gwyneth was from, and it just seems too much of a coincidence that Eve Myles has played Gwyneth in Doctor Who and now Gwen in Torchwood.

Of course I could be 100% wrong, but what I do know is that I wouldn’t complain too much if the rumors are true and Eve will be taking Billie Piper’s place as companion at the beginning of series 3. It could explain how the Doctor will be bumping back into Jack (John Barrowman is confirmed to be around for most of series 3) and it would give the Doctor a new companion, should the rumors of Billie leaving at the end of series 2 prove true (which I think they are.)

Do we know if Simon is doing DW: C series 2?

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I have no idea on Simon.

If Rose does go, it would be nothing new again. Bringing in Eve does have some serious potential to it and I'm eagerly looking forward to the return of Captain Jack in both TORCHWOOD and Series 3.

As for Eve, we'll see :)

[TMLS' BROTHER]

Didn't Simon like die in s1? How could he return? *if the answers a spoiler, don't answer, I'm trying to stay as spoiler-free as I can on Doctor Who*

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Simon was eaten by the Jagrafess on Sat. 5 in "The Long Game" and no he's not on the list to come back, sadly, according to the Outpost Galifrey.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Also of note in the Oscar issue of EW, Doctor Who recieved a whole page in the TV section :) It's not much but it touches the basics of the show.

Can't believe it. Less than a week until it airs on Sci-Fi. Seems like forever ago, we were hearing rumors of it coming to fruitation again.

[TARDIS Team]

There is a five page spread for the series in TV Guide, and there has been a ton of articles turning up online, as well as an article about it in last Sunday's New York Times. They've been saying a lot of nice things about the show, now let's hope the viewing public take to it so well.

As for Simon Pegg: the Jagrefess exploded and when it did, the Controller was in the room. We are lead to believe the explosion killed him but it is never confirmed one way or the other, leaving an opening for Simon to come back, I suppose.

What we were actually talking about, TMLS' BROTHER, was Simon Pegg hosting Doctor Who Confidential. I was curious if he was set up to host series 2, as he did series 1.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Okay, I'll admit it the Sat. 5 episode wasn't a favorite and once again my mistake. I really need to watch the series again, which really isn't an issue since I love, love, love it!

I haven't heard anything about Confidential officially. Have to check Outpost at least twice a day and nothing as of yet. Really hoping Simon does come back.

Hopefully, he'll be coming back in both forums.

Lately, I've been watching "The Christmas Invasion" and "Bad Wolf" and "The Parting of the Ways" more than anything lately trying to tide myself over until Series 2 begins.

I'm ready for more news on Torchwood but of course it doesn't start filming until this summer.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Looks like Billie is out for Series 3:

Will Billie Piper be remaining as Rose Tyler in the show?

Piper returned to the series for its second season, despite rumors that she would leave early on. However, the Mirror reported on November 11 that Piper informed producers that she will be leaving Doctor Who and has no intention of returning for a third series. The article stated that Piper "told producers she did not want to become typecast as they begged her to stay for a third run of the hit show. A source said last night: 'Her mind's made up. ... She wants to strike while the iron's hot and make a big name for herself while she's so popular. She feels her profile will go down if the series isn't as big the third time around. The BBC are auditioning other girls to take over. They want to have the next actress all lined up when they announce Billie's departure.'" BBC News then reported that the BBC has "declined to comment" on reports that Billie Piper will be leaving the series at the end of this forthcoming second season. Says a BBC spokesperson, "We are not commenting on the third series - we are still working on the second series. Rose has a whole new journey and a fantastic set of adventures to go on with the brand new Doctor, starting in the special on Christmas Day. Viewers will then see them return in a host of scary and exciting stories in a new series next year." There has been no official denial of the story, however. Time will tell as to whether she stays for the third season.

From:

http://www.gallifreyone.com/newseriesfaq.php

Still hope she stays on for at least one more year.

[TMLS]

If she's only in it for the fame then good riddance to her.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I find myself agreeing with you, but that's the way some people in the business are, but before I go into a rant.

I'm keeping my eyes out for the Doctor Who novels in the states. Finally got two of the 9th novels: Winner Takes All and The Monsters Inside.

[PATMAN]

Ive heard a lot about this show, and figured I'd start watching Friday, when it starts here.

I thought Tennant was awesome in the few movies Ive seen him in, so is he any good in this? When did he start?

Did the second season begin in the Uk, and if so when will it start in the US.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Tennant doesn't officially come into play until Series 2 (second season). The second series has kicked off with "The Christmas Invasion" but the new series hasn't started fully as of yet.

It starts in the US Friday March 17 at 9pm and we have two episodes back -to-back with a reairing immedately thereafter.

[PATMAN]

Oh, I knew that the 1st season starts Fri.

I was wondering if any news came up about the Christmas Invasion in the US. Probably to soon.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Way too soon. We have to get through the first 13 episodes and see if Sci-Fi will pick up the series again and run with Series 2 and The Christmas Invasion. If they pull them in, I would defintely count on it.

[TARDIS Team]

That news about Billie Piper is a bit old, and is still in question. While I do believe she’ll be leaving after series 2, it’s a little early to tell. Shaun (the guy who runs Outpost Gallifrey) has warned not to jump the gun, it could be she is there in series 3.

As for her reasons ... well, there’s no shame in leaving before she gets type cast, and I don’t blame her one bit. The rumour I’ve heard is she wants to pursue a film career, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

If the series pulls in big ratings, we can be sure series 2 will run. It would seem silly not to run the Christmas Invasion (which is technically part of series 1, not series 2, as it was in the first season production block) but they could decide to not go with it. It’s going to be weird anyhow if they don’t get the Children In Need special, because there will be a big gap between the end of series 1 and the Christmas Invasion that’ll make little sense, so I hope they get the CiN special as well.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Hope so, too on Sci-Fi.

My mistake on the news. Just had the urge to post it :)

[BuZzArD 8012]

Man, I missed it yesterday. How was it everyone?

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Doesn't air until Friday night :)

[BuZzArD 8012]

Really, I remembering you said March 15th?

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

This Friday on March 17th at 9pm and 10pm plus a reairing immedately thereafter.

[BuZzArD 8012]

Oh ok, thanks man :).

[TARDIS Team]

Indeed, it is March 17th. One of us may have mis-typed it as the 15th, though.

Anyhow, something to keep in mind is that the story this week is being called "Rose and the End of the World." Sci-Fi are showing hte first two episodes as one long story (The Book of Daniel recently did this) but the repeat airings will be seperate.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I like to think of the first three episodes as one big episode tied together. Stand alones no less but they all tie-in and really set Rose on her course.

I've been watching the Five Doctors like a religion lately. I've become hooked on Davidson's 5th Doctor. There's just something about his attitude that keeps me enjoying his take on the Doctor.

[PATMAN]

Can't wait

Today is the day that I'll get my first fix of the Doc

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

All I can think to say is welcome aboard and have fun. Enjoy your ride on the TARDIS and keep your hands and feet inside at all times or you'll get sucked out into the Time Vortex.

[BuZzArD 8012]

It's today at 9 pm right?

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Yup, "Rose" at 9pm and "End of the World" at 10pm. Two episodes for the price of one.

[BuZzArD 8012]

Cool! Thanks :). I guess you got the date from the member who mistyped and said March 15th Derek :D.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Nope, went to www.scifi.com/doctorwho

[BuZzArD 8012]

Hmm, I guess they were wrong lol.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

No, its clearly labeled March 17 at 9pm on the left hand of the main page. "Two Hour Premiere" headlining it. (Sorry, not playing into jokes well today for some reason :) )

Still in all less than 20 minutes until air time!

[SteveS]

Not much worth watching on Dr. Who. As a comedy it only drew one laugh from me, as a farce it wasn't much better.

7 months until more Battlestar Galactica.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Honestly the first two episodes are corner stones compared to the series in general, but to each their own.

I'd recommend still tuning in. Might be in for some surprises, which I can gurantee.

As for the humor, once again, to each their own.

[TARDIS Team]

The series only just got started, Steve. If we judged many shows on the first two episodes, I don’t think any of us would have stuck out Star Trek: The Next Generation, Smallville, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and many others. The show, like many other shows, does tend to get stronger as it goes (though I really do enjoy The End of the World, if for nothing more than the Doctor’s dramatic moments.)

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I love the first episodes as well, but after having the full season arc, it just makes the first two episodes stronger. It's defintely all about the journey of the series itself. :)

[Lexgirl33]

I agree with Derek and Tardis Team. The overall result of the show is great

[BuZzArD 8012]

I saw only the first episode. I missed the second. But I thought the first episode was ok. Not as good as I thought it would be. But it is only the first two episodes. The Doctor, was pretty funny though.

[TMLS]

Originally posted by SteveS
Not much worth watching on Dr. Who. As a comedy it only drew one laugh from me, as a farce it wasn't much better.

7 months until more Battlestar Galactica.

Fair enough, but what about as a drama? That's what it *actually* is, after all...

[Lexgirl33]

Originally posted by BuZzArD 8012
I saw only the first episode. I missed the second. But I thought the first episode was ok. Not as good as I thought it would be. But it is only the first two episodes. The Doctor, was pretty funny though.

They will reair them on sunday back to back I know that. I really like "The End of the World" but then again, I like them all.

TMLS I can defiantly see it as a drama..Sure it has its funny moments but over all its dramatic because of all of the emotions involved. I love the overall mood of the show.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I see it as a ultimate combo of a little of everything. You get some of comedy, some of action, but the emotions are defintely at the base of it. Something that I think "The End of the World" presented it very heavily, but compared to the entire season arc it's defintely a minor foot note towards the bigger picture.

[TARDIS Team]

A drama doesn't work unless you offset the tension with comedy. Doctor Who and Smallville both do this. The lack of comedy takes a drama and makes is something else, something too dire to deal with. It's one of the reasons I (respectfully) passed on Battlestar Galactica.

The first two episodes are good, in my opinion, and the next three are good ... from there on, it gets excellent. Episodes 6 through 13 are, hands down, some of my favorite Doctor Who stories ever.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Next up "The Unquiet Dead."

The Doctor and Rose find themselves in Cadriff on Christmas Eve and bump into what appears to be the dead coming to life.

Historical Guest: Charles Dickens

[TMLS]

Originally posted by TARDIS Team
A drama doesn't work unless you offset the tension with comedy. Doctor Who and Smallville both do this. The lack of comedy takes a drama and makes is something else, something too dire to deal with. It's one of the reasons I (respectfully) passed on Battlestar Galactica.

The first two episodes are good, in my opinion, and the next three are good ... from there on, it gets excellent. Episodes 6 through 13 are, hands down, some of my favorite Doctor Who stories ever.

Oh indeed, but it's always best to view it for what it is - a drama first and foremost. All the best dramas have comedy, I quite agree - but Steve seemed to be basing his dislike of the show on expecting it to deliver him an all-out comedy - which I'm sure we can agree Dr Who isn't.

[PATMAN]

WOW

Just got back from vacation, so I couldnt post sooner, but it was great. Eccleston did amazingly good, and his dramatic parts were great. I especially liked the part where she said he was a time lord, and everything slowed down.

Hey, LLM, are you in the UK? If not, how did you see the new shows?

Favorite lines:
"I'm in my dressing gown."
"Yes; you are"
"Theres a strange man in my room."
"Yes; there is"
"We could..."
"No; we couldn't."

"You're not that impressive"
"I am so impressive"

"The Doctor who?"
"Nope. Just the Doctor."
"The Doctor."
"hello."

"If you're an alien, how come you sound like you'r from the North."
"Lots of planets have a North."

And basically the whole part in the sewers with the Conscience or whatever its called.

[PATMAN]

Ok.

I was a bit confused at how you got them. Makes a lot more sense now.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Originally posted by LexLuthorMetropolis
Next up "The Unquiet Dead."

The Doctor and Rose find themselves in Cadriff on Christmas Eve and bump into what appears to be the dead coming to life.

Historical Guest: Charles Dickens

Reposting it since we're almost to Friday.

[Lexgirl33]

:) Great episode! I'll be watching

[PATMAN]

lol. only 3 days away.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I'll be watching it twice again :)

[TARDIS Team]

The Unquiet Dead is a weird episode in fandom -- either people really love it or really hate it (at least at OG, this seems to be the case.) I'm one of the rare few who really like it, but have only seen it once or twice (this having to do with the DV-R copies I got from a friend in the UK being slightly damaged, and the finale of the episode never wanting to play correctly, though I have seen it in whole) so I'm really jazzed for this Friday, though I'm horrified to think of what they may cut from the episode (Rose and the End of the World were both cut, TEOTW moreso than Rose.)

Still, I can't wait. :D

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I love the fact that it merges horror and sci-fi so well. There's just so much going on underneath it that just holds it together.

[TARDIS Team]

The Unquiet Dead is the closest the new series comes to the “glory days” of the original series, known as the Hinchcliffe era, or the Gothic Horror era. I just watched the immortal “Talons of Weng Chiang” and it really is an amazingly good story. It has a solid plot and the setting is creepy and disturbing.

The sci-fi and horror mix was always the most popular for Doctor Who, and the Unquiet Dead does a good job of embodying that, though I do believe that The Empty Child and the Doctor Dances manages to take the horror & sci-fi blend one step further.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I bought that particular arc about three weeks ago. Another one that I found to be utterly fantastic. My first real taste of Tom Baker as the Doctor.

Don't even get me started on how much I loved that two parter!

Doctor Who art: http://www.kryptonsite.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=1980023#post1980023
Created By Lexgirl33

[TARDIS Team]

The Doctor: *mumbles*

Officer: What was that, sir?

The Doctor: It was nothing complimentary, I assure you.

Moments like that define why I enjoy Tom Backer so much, even if I’ve hardly seen any of his stuff. Robot, Pyramids of Mars, City of Death, the Talons of Weng Chiang and Logopolis form my entire experience with him, and while Logopolis is a favorite story of mine, it hardly touches on what Baker was capable of in the role (at least in my estimation.)

Nice avatars, Lexgirl. Too bad I like to make my own (looks at his man-on-man Doctor Who kiss with pride.) :)

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I've only seen him in Talons and the Five Doctors sadly.

I'm just now seeing the McCoy stuff and I'm hooked on the Davison DVDs.

That's always been a patent of yours. Have a couple of yours saved from the Friday board :)

[TARDIS Team]

Wow, someone actually hangs on to the avatars I make. I’m flattered. :)

You should see my avatar collection – 288 avatars in it (some of them in the early Photoshop/Paintshop/Animation Shop format, I dare say.) I have everything from Buffy to Red Dwarf to Doctor Who to Chappelle Show to Resident Evil in there. It’s an 11MB collection of avatars!

Oh, I thought I’d point out – the footage of Tom Baker in the Five Doctors isn’t even original, it’s lifted from a past, never finished story, called Shada. The BBC went on strike before it was done filming, so what they had was canned. Tom Baker wound up deciding he didn’t want to do the Five Doctors, so Terrance Dicks had to write him out and they opted to use footage from Shada (oddly enough, the footage is different depending on which version of the Five Doctors you get. The VHS has alternate scenes from the special edition DVD.)

Of course you may know all of this. If so, I apologize for the needless history lesson (Doctor Who history overload, my friends.)

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

That explains the lack of Baker in the story. Everytime I watch it I question that particular reason. Thank, J for explaining it to me.

Terrence Dicks is among my favorite writers of Doctor Who novel wise.

Just wish that DVD had more to it.

Glad to know someone is highly knowledgable in all things Who :) Need someone to counter my errors since I've only been in the Whoverse a year now. Going on two :D

Seriously post your avis on K-site sometime in the Creative Endeavors section or the Smallville Art threads :) We'd be glad to see them.

[TARDIS Team]

No problem, man. Doctor Who is my all-time favorite show, ever. You want to know why McCoy’s first season was so weak, or what drove Jon Pertwee to leave the series, or maybe why Leela was only around for a very short time... just ask. :)

Terrance Dicks (Uncle Tewwance, as I affectionately refer to him) was great for the series, but I understand a lot of folks take issue with his novels (especially his barebones episode adaptations, of which I have a few, and the novel “The Eight Doctors.”)

The Five Doctors DVD is a bit slim in the special features department (and, as it happens, it was the first one I got on DVD, for $8.00 at a pawn shop. I should be so lucky to get them that cheap all the time) but it was a very early release, back before the Doctor Who Restoration Team had a whole lot of budget to beef up the disc (and in fact the new special FX were just laid onto the original print as opposed to the DVD offering a new-FX option as some of the newer discs do.) The Five Doctors and Spearhead from Space are among the least stellar in the special features department, but at least the transfer of the episodes are really good (though I wish Spearhead had an onboard subtitle track. The audio in that story is so echo-y when people are indoors. The upside, though, is that the whole thing is shot on film. There isn’t a single frame that was shot on videotape, unlike most of the series original run.)

As for my avatars... well, a lot of them are just single frame clips, nothing as nice and pretty as what Lexgirl does, but I might post up some of my animated avatars later (I’ll probably post some of the compressed versions, as most websites don’t allow a whole lot of space for uploading animated avatars... I have a lovely Cassandra exploding avatar I used to use that I'm sure someone here might love to steal. :D)

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I've paid at least 20 to 40 bucks for every DW DVD I've got thus far. My first was the Five Doctors as well. Paid 20 bucks at Borders for it.

Ironically, I wanna read the The Eight Doctors. I'm in the middle of the two of the 9th Doctor novels now. Never been so glad that they finally hit state side.

Might take you up on the Cassandra avi lol

Be on the look out for your stuff either way.

[TARDIS Team]

We, as Americans, really get shafted by BBC Worldwide when it comes to the DVD sales here. They realize the market isn’t huge, so we end up paying half of an entire DVD boxset for one Doctor Who story. Mind you, the special features tend to make it worth it, but still... the New Series 1 boxset is at an MSRP of $100.00. It’s on pre-order for $69.99 at Amazon, but I just can’t afford it.

The most I’ve paid is $35.95 and that was for The Curse of Fenric. The 2-disc sets are hideously priced, and Best Buy tends to price gouge.

Though in a master stroke, I got the Dalek Invasion Earth, Tomb of the Cybermen, Spearhead from Space, The Green Death, The Talons of Weng Chiang and The Caves of Androzani for one lump sum -- $16.99. The Columbia DVD Club entry package has never serviced a customer so well, me thinks. :D

Here’s the Cassandra avatar:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Penbrook/Cassandra.gif

It’s a bit of an awkward size because Outpost Gallifrey allowed 80x80 avatars. I might re-tool some of them tomorrow and post them up here, or work on some new ones. I’ve got nothing better to do. :)

I wound up having to stop using the above because of the spoiler-y nature of it (I started using it two or three days after the episode aired, naughty me.)

EDITED: I put the IMG tag on the link to the gif, but for some reason it refuses to show up in the message. Odd.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

The spoilery nature comes with the territory.

I make a trip into various Borders every couple weeks to get the DVDs. Honestly, I'm not happy about the price of Series 1 but the master stroke is it falls right around my birthday.

Thanks for the avi. I know the rules on K-site avis and banners is well awful. I'll admit it, I'm not a fan. Wish we could use so much more.

[Lexgirl33]

*pops in* I like the Cassandra avy

[TARDIS Team]

Okay, I now have a thread up in the Fan creativity forum... and not shockingly, thus far, almost everything is Doctor Who (none of my Smallville stuff is done yet.)

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Shocked lol

[Lexgirl33]

:lol: I look forward to more DW stuff and Smallville

[TARDIS Team]

So I’m watching the WHO repeats on Sci-Fi right now, and they still look terribly washed out. The colors are so much deeper and rich in the UK broadcast, as well as on the DVDs. Oh well.

They finally showed a new trailer for the Unquiet Dead, in which the Doctor talks to Charles Dickens about being his number one fan. I’m glad they started showing a trailer that isn’t the short, un-telling version that aired last Friday and has been running steady since.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I'm still not a fan of their Rose Tyler non-Billie Piper voice over. Just plain awful.

I'm not enjoying it being grained down either. Seems just as bad.

[TARDIS Team]

That Rose Tyler-non Billie voiceover trailer is pretty lousy, but I suppose it’ll do it’s job with the non-WHO fan base.

The show just doesn’t look very good on Sci-Fi. The Doctor and Jabe just left the main hall of Platform 1, and red light was flooding the room. The red bled very badly on my TV, and I rarely have color bleed on my TV. Yeesh.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Let's hope the darkness that is the Unquiet Dead holds up tommorow :)

[TARDIS Team]

The really disgusting thing is how the show looks in trailers -- the color looks pretty well as it should. The Unquiet Dead footage looks perfectly fine. If it’s so washed out tomorrow, I might be fairly cross... man, I can’t wait to get the DVD box set. I’ve only ever seen second gen DVD-R copies taken right from TV and the Sci-Fi broadcast up to this point.

Poor Jabe... we barely knew her. (It’s weird watching the show as I type this. I‘m not even looking at the keyboard or monitor.) Man, I love the Doctor’s theme. That female vocal track is ace.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Doing the same. Just nice to have it on for once :)

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

For those newbies just getting into DOCTOR WHO, the new episode tonight on Sci-Fi is EPISODE THREE "THE UNQUIET DEAD":

The Doctor and Rose travel back in time to Cadriff on Christmas Eve during the 1800s, but find themselves dealing with what appears to be the living dead.

Historical Figure: Charles Dickens

And for those of you in the US just tuning in it airs at 9pm on the Sci-Fi Channel.

[Lexgirl33]

Can't wait to see it, of course! :)

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Reairing of Episode 2: "End of the World" is on at the moment. Episode 3: "The Unquiet Dead" will be on immedately after. :D

[TARDIS Team]

I'm watching WWE Smackdown right now... the only problem I've got with New WHO's timeslot is that it's on during the second half of Smackdown, but I'm too big a WHO fan to skip out on it for any reason. :)

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I'm watching the second episode again for the 3rd time on Sci-Fi. I'm eagerly awaiting one of my favorite episodes :)

[TARDIS Team]

Thank goodness. The Unquiet Dead doesn't looked as washed out and ugly as Rose and The End of the World did.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

On my end, it's not really that much better. It seems to only be when we see the more well lite shots.

[TARDIS Team]

Flipping Sci-Fi. They cut the scene where Rose comes back from the wardrobe and the Doctor tells her she looks beautiful "for a human." *grumbles*

It makes the Doctor's "What's wrong with this jumper?" line totally useless.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Figures :(

[TARDIS Team]

I knew things would get cut, but cutting that scene effects the scene with the Doctor and Dickens in the theatre. Gah.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

With the show only running 45 minutes, seems like Sci-Fi would have kept it but then again they have to have their commericals. Rolls eyes.

[TARDIS Team]

Television shows these days can only run around 43 and 1/2 minutes. Most epiosdes of WHO run 45, which means they're going to be cut for commercials. "The Parting of the Ways" is 50 minutes, so unless Sci-Fi thinks they can lose some ad time, we're going to lose at least 5 minutes from TPOTW.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

That's defintely not bolding well considering the impact that every second of that episode has for Series 1, the Children in Need (9 minute special), and the Christmas Invasion.

Not that you don't already know this :)

[TARDIS Team]

Yeah, I'm not looking forward to what Sci-Fi might do to TPOTW, and what's worse is the idea that, chances are, we'll never see the Children in Need special on American TV. I hate the CIN special because it's a bridge between the finale of series 1 and the Christmas Invasion. Without it, all you see if the final moments of TPOTW and then, suddenly, the TARDIS crash landing at the beginning of TCI.

I really hope they work out some way to include the CIN special with the box sets/on America TV.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Maybe a Doctor Who Sci-Fi Channel Special using Confidential clips and the last half would the 9 minute CIN special. Just a possible tact.

[TARDIS Team]

You know, I noticed this last night during the repeats, and I noticed it just now during the new episode -- the sound gets quiet and then loud from time to time. Tonight, I only noticed it when the Doctor snapped his fingers, the audio suddenly nearly dropped out and then got loud again.

Weird.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Must be audio troubles. They seemed to have that worked out in the reairings of the first two episodes.

[TARDIS Team]

I didn't have the audio troubles last Friday, but I had them in the Thursday night repeat. It's weird.

It doesn't seem like much more got cut from The Unquiet Dead aside from the "You're beautiful for a human" conversation, though I'm sure I'm forgetting something.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I still don't like their take on the trailers. The UK trailers were more..entertaining if you will and hooking.

[TARDIS Team]

The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine has confirmed that the second series of Doctor Who Confidential will feature a new narrator, which means Simon Pegg is officially out. :( Shame, really.

I liked the Aliens of London trailer better than the Unquiet Dead trailer, but I still think the Sci-Fi trailers are better in that they don't spoil too much from the story, and don't even get me started on the "trailer directly after cliffhanger" fiasco from last year's first broadcast of Aliens of Londons.

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

I hated the "Bad Wolf" reveal trailer. Ruined one of the best reveals of the year in the arc.

No Simon Pegg. Bummer :(

[PATMAN]

i missed most of the epy :(

whats next week

[TARDIS Team]

http://images.gallifreyone.com/whophotos/photo032906wte.jpg

There’s a great big press release about the second series of Doctor Who at Outpost Gallifrey, which features some pictures from the series (most of which are from episode 1 of series 2.) One of the pictures confirms that Cassandra is back, and she’s still a bit of skin on a frame.

The Press Release does feature some minor spoilers, but it also confirms that Billie Piper has signed on for series 3, and that Tennant will be there at least until the end of series 3. I guess we can ditch all the Hollywood talk:


Asked if the pair wanted to make a bid for success in Hollywood, Piper said: 'I'm loving what's going on here at the moment', while Tennant said he had never had a 'five-year plan'. 'There's some great stuff on telly at the moment,' Piper added."

If you’d like to read the whole blooming thing, go here (http://www.gallifreyone.com/news.php#newsitemEEuFyZFkEVMFhQTTbt).

Man, I can’t wait. The new series begins April 15th on BBC1. The first trailer should be airing this Saturday.

Russell T Daives also mentions that a female Doctor isn't out of the cards, so look out, boy -- the Doctor could become a hottie. :eek:

[LexLuthorMetropolis]

Originally posted by PATMAN
i missed most of the epy :(

whats next week

"Aliens of London" Part 1 of 2

The Doctor and Rose return to London and discover that the Doctor has made a mistake. Just in time for an alien invasion.

[TARDIS Team]

Aliens of London doesn't look too washed out tonight, which is fantastic. I wonder how World War III will look next week?

I hate the cut they made to the episode. Oh well, at least it wasn't as bad as last week.

[TARDIS Team]

I just saw an extremely cool trailer for series 2 of the show, and it looks absolutely mind blowing. The trailer is a lot like the “Trip of a Lifetime” for series 1, but it features the Doctor and Rose, who both address the camera, and a lot more footage from the series than the Trip of a Lifetime trailer.

In this trailer, we see flying beasts, alien landscapes, a rather good (if very CGI) werewolf (which looks a lot like Gmork from the Neverending Story, at least in the facial region) and a scene with three or four guys is orange jumpsuits jumping into the air in slow-motion, going over some other guy’s heads. It looked very much like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in style.

The oddest thing is how the Doctor and Rose fade in and out of one another in the trailer. If you’ve seen it, you know what I mean. It was really eerie.

[HuffyTheCampfireSlayer]

I can't wait for the new series, kind of sad I now live in the US and will have to wait, though. :p

[Pal-El]

Aah just saw the trailer, and I have to say Im very excited! It looks bloody good and them 'Cat People' or whatever they are on 'new earth' reminded me of the last of the Sylvester McCoy season. "Survival" I think that one was called...

[Antithesis]

I started watching the show on Sci-Fi. It's my first experience with Doctor Who except for the movie since I don't think it was ever shown on a channel I got at the time. If the previous stuff is as goofy as this series has been, I'd probably like it. I do really like this one so far.

Out of Curiosity, I've already seen stuff online that the Doctor changes after only one year. Do we know why? I liked this Doctor quite a bit so far. it seems a shame to only have him on the show for a year.

Also with people talking about Rose's voice-over is that just for the trailers or actually in the show?

[Pal-El]

Originally posted by Antithesis

Out of Curiosity, I've already seen stuff online that the Doctor changes after only one year. Do we know why? I liked this Doctor quite a bit so far. it seems a shame to only have him on the show for a year.


Christopher Eccleston, while being an extremely good actor basically. has been a bit of a pr**k to the fans and decided he doesnt want to be typecast, so after the first episode of the new season aired, he announce he was leaving.

Now Im not sure but I was told he had signed on for 2 seasons, not just one.

Hence the pr**k.

I just HATE people that go back on their word.

hatehatehate:p

[TARDIS Team]

pal-el has it mostly right, but a few facts are off. Eccleston didn’t announce that he was leaving after “Rose” aired in the UK, the BBC made an announcement for him, and Eccleston claimed they breeched some agreement that was in place to keep his departure under the lid until the end of the series. There was a great big thing over it, and the real reason Eccleston left has never been spoken.

He’s absolutely refused to give a reason, but some people speculate that it was the long work schedule. Eccleston actually developed a skin condition while doing the job (watch Doctor Who Confidential, he is often scratching at the rash caused by the condition.) Others have speculated that a poor working relationship with Keith Boak (director of four episodes last series) had something to do with it, and others have said he was afraid of type casting. None of the reasons have ever been confirmed by Chris. One of his friend’s said it was type casting, and Eccleston spoke out saying his friend spoke out of turn.

Chris was never signed for series 2, but there was an option in the contract for him to return if he wanted. Tennant isn’t signed for more than one series as a time, either, but his contract does have a renewal option for series 3, should he decide he wants it (or so goes the rumor.)

Anyway, for whatever reason, yes Chris is not in the second series, but thus far I’ve really liked David Tennant. I can’t wait for series 2 to start on the 15th.

[Pal-El]

Yeah thats right, the BBC announced it after Rose and there was this big thing as to who was telling the truth and nobody really knows for sure.

'Cept him and the beeb.

Is Billy going the same way TARDIS Team?

What is the deal with her contract, because I heard she was leaving too, but she's still in season 2 so far:confused:

[TARDIS Team]

According to interviews with Billie Piper and David Tennant this week, both of them are back for series 3, and Billie said she wouldn't mind doing it for years to come, she's very happy with the show.

[Antithesis]

Interesting info. You know it would be kinda funny if it was fear of typecasting. Wouldn't he be typecasted by fans at least from the moment he first stepped on the set? At least that how it is for the Star Trek fandom.(well me anyway) the Dr Who fandom might be different.

[TARDIS Team]

Peter Davison (the Fifth Doctor) spoke out about Chris leaving the show and said he never should have done it if his plan had always been to leave (some people think Chris and Russell might have had it all worked out, and the regeneration was planned for the end of series 1 from the beginning) and that a fear of type casting was a silly reason to leave, because he would forever be Doctor Who after doing series 1, sort of like Paul McGann. He only did the TV Movie, but to fans he will always be Doctor Who.

Mind you, Paul went on to do Big Finish productions, which I can promise you will be unlikely with Chris.

Anyway, he will always be known as the Doctor in fandom, and I'll bet you that the papers will always call him Chris "Doctor Who" Eccleston when talking about him, or mention the show in some way, especially in the UK. He'll never get away from it, but that doesn't mean he can't do other things.

Anyway, I'm sure it'll be years before we ever know the real reason for Chris leaving. I chalk it up to personal reasons and leave it at that.

[Pal-El]

7 days to go woo!

[pal-el2]

4 days to go:D

[mrchrisieclass]

Eccleston never quit, he was contracted for 1 series thats all. the whole idea with the new series was to introduce elements of dr.who mythology to new audience, so thats why in every ep we learn something new bout the doc (ie.hes a alien, he 900 years old, he has 2 hearts etc) and it only makes sense that at the end we find out he can regenerate

[TARDIS Team]

mrchrisieclass, that's not a known fact. There really are no facts about why Eccleston left. I've heard just as many people say he had an "option out" for series 2 in his contract, and that's the route he took.

Regenerating him at the end of the first series didn't make sense, it was a craps shoot, and there were even sources at the BBC that supposedly "would have liked for him to stay on for a second series."

I think it'll be a long time before we really know why he left.

[Pal-El]

2 days to go until the new series starts! Cant wait because we didnt really get to see the new doctor properley in the Christmas Invasion

[Pal-El]

Only 7 hrs 45 minutes to go.....

*rubs hands together*

[Pal-El]

Well I really enjoyed the premiere of season 2 of the 10th doctor. It didnt top the finale with the Daleks but was better than the christmas invasion

[NewAgeJesus]

Some of the effects were a little off in tonights episode, but overall it was pretty good. The idea of bringing Cassandra back was weird, but it was nice that she learned a lesson of sorts.

Whenever I heard New-New York mentioned, I couldn't help but think of Futurama.

[Pal-El]

Originally posted by NewAgeJesus
Some of the effects were a little off in tonights episode, but overall it was pretty good. The idea of bringing Cassandra back was weird, but it was nice that she learned a lesson of sorts.

Whenever I heard New-New York mentioned, I couldn't help but think of Futurama.

Same here, even if it was new new new new new new new new new new new new new new new york

[Antithesis]

Originally posted by pal-el
Well I really enjoyed the premiere of season 2 of the 10th doctor. It didnt top the finale with the Daleks but was better than the christmas invasion

Ok. So does that mean that the episode Sci-Fi just aired(the one with the captured Dalek dying after learning emotion from Rose) is the season finale, or is ther another Dalek episode coming up?

[Pal-El]

No your only half way through the first season yet, more good stuff to come for you:p

[Lexgirl33]

Loved New Earth! Im so happy its back on! :D I think Tennant is great, though loved CE.

[Pal-El]

Originally posted by Lexgirl33
Loved New Earth! Im so happy its back on! :D I think Tennant is great, though loved CE.

Yeah me too.

Tomorrows epi has something to do with werewolves i believe:D

[TARDIS Team]

New Earth had problems, not just with the story but also with the filming. The BBC put up a commentary by Russell T Davies, David Tennant and Phil Collinson that was an interesting listen, and according to it, at least two key scenes were filmed, or so they thought. They got back to the editing suite and, low and behold, a fault with the camera had ruined 12 hours worth of shooting. Thy lost two entire scenes and some pick-up shots from the beginning of the episode, which is a shame, because one of the scenes they lost was the Doctor’s “no second chances” scene for this story, and it helped make a bit more sense out of Cassandra’s sudden decision to just die (though I read between the lines on that one anyway.)

The story was good, the special FX were really good when compared to some of the stuff from the previous season, and the acting was marvelous. David Tennant had me at “Did you miss me?” so I never worried about him, but Billie Piper really got to shine, though in the body-swap stuff it seemed like she had been taken over by Joanna Lummly, not Zoe Wanamaker.

I wish Russell hadn’t changed the resolution to the sub-humans (in the original script, the Doctor was forced to kill them all) because the way he cures them is beyond silly. Intravenous medicine can’t be absorbed through the skin, for one thing, and on the whole it was probably the worst resolution to a problem in the whole series, even worse than a couple of the dues ex machina endings last season. However, we did get a lovely speech from it, with a great “Ha!” moment for the Doctor.

I also wish he hadn’t decided not to kill the Face of Boe, who was always meant to die in this episode, in order to set up the arc for the season, which was the secret he was supposed to tell the Doctor (which I’m willing to bet is “You’re not alone.” If the Monsters and Villains book is anything to go by.) Upon finding out that they were going to get a third series as well, he moved the Face of Boe telling the Doctor his secret scene up, so it’ll either happen later in series 2, or in series 3.

Cassandra’s out of character decision to just die made very little sense to a lot of people, but it made perfect sense to me. It was obvious (and even spoken in dialog) that the person she jumps into remains in their own head while she’s there, and Cassandra does, in a way, feed from their emotions and thoughts. This is made crystal clear during the really nice scene that comes after Cassandra leaves one of the sub-humans.

My belief is that, upon entering Chip and realizing all the feelings he had toward her, and realizing that the only person who truly cared for her was dying, she decided it was time to let go. She’d been locked up, alone, in the basement of the hospital for lord knows how long. Chip was the only person who looked after her. She’d been alive for over a thousand years as well. It stands to reason that she would be just a bit warped in the mind, and so her deciding to finally die made perfect sense, and led to a lovely final scene. I really wish the scene between the final moments in the hospital and the party hadn’t been destroyed by the camera.

Oh, and I loved the kiss. The Doctor’s reaction to it (as seen in my avatar) and the line he has there is just solid gold. Totally brilliant stuff. I can’t wait for the next kiss, that he has in an upcoming episode with an attractive blonde that isn’t Rose... because he’s very obviously kissing back! (see the first episode of season 2 of Doctor Who Confidential.)

Anyway, a 4/5 story for me, docked a single point because of the silly resolution to the sub-humans. Over all, it was a good story with pretty high production values.

Tomorrow’s episode is titled Tooth and Claw, and is set during the reign of Queen Victoria. The Doctor and Rose arrive in Scotland in time to find a werewolf terrorizing the land, meanwhile a group of shady monks (who do some seriously cool wire-fu) are up to no good (or so it would seem from the trailers/Confidential clips.) I can’t wait. I’m seeing Silent Hill tomorrow, then trying to find Doctor Who to watch.

Next week has me really excited. The episode is called School Reunion and features the return of K-9 and Sarah Jane Smith (who is still magnificently beautiful.)

[NewAgeJesus]

I really liked this weeks episode, everything seemed to fit together so much better than the first episode of this season.

The ending really set things in motion.

[Pal-El]

Dead good, this one. I loved how confident Rose has got since she started travelling with the doctor. Its like she trusts him so completely that he wouldnt let any harm come to her, that she can let go and have a laugh, even in potentially dangerous situations.

"I bet your not amused are you ma'am?"

Well worth a tenner:p

Oh Oh and Anthony Stewart Head in the next one, very excited

[Randy G.]

I took the advice of one of my friends, & just watched the episode of Dr. Who last night on Sci Fi, where Rose saves her father.
It's actually my first episode, since the Tom Baker Doc. I used to watch it a few decades back, when I was growing up.
I have to say, it DID renew my interest in the show. I'll be watching it regularly now.

I've always loved that theme song, it kinda' sticks in your head. Lol! :lol:
I dug through a bunch of my old CD's, & found my copy of the mixes of "Doctorin' The Tardis" by KLF. Woo-hoo! :p

[Lexgirl33]

Ha awesome Randy! Glad you are tuning in now :)

Tooth and Claw was a great episode! It had excellent suspsense and some great humor. I love how they incorporated Torchwood into the episode. Looking forward to School Reunion :D