Television Doctor Who

Thanks for that Hal, but can you just open the f***ing pod bay doors instead!?

:p
 
surprised anyone was impressed by it, a very poor ending.

LAzy writing having the robot die, add into that the fact the robot began to regenerate FFS, how on earth would a robot regenerate in the same way as a time lord?

The question being asked will do all this damage, then why on earth has nothing happened the other 1000 times that the exact same question has been asked?

Ridiculous, add into that the universe itself would still know that the Doctor isn't dead, since he, ya know, isn't.

Incredibly lazy, Moffat has let himself down for once.
 
phelans shorts said:
surprised anyone was impressed by it, a very poor ending.

LAzy writing having the robot die, add into that the fact the robot began to regenerate FFS, how on earth would a robot regenerate in the same way as a time lord?

The question being asked will do all this damage, then why on earth has nothing happened the other 1000 times that the exact same question has been asked?

Ridiculous, add into that the universe itself would still know that the Doctor isn't dead, since he, ya know, isn't.

Incredibly lazy, Moffat has let himself down for once.
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Yeah kind of agree with this.

The silence will fall when the question is asked. Not answered. Now its kind of changed to the silence must fall when the question is answered.

As to who "The Doctor" is, which is what the question means after all, it's the old is the doctor "more than a time lord" again apparently.

I'd go so far to say that the previous series had the least amount of great episodes of any so far. Feels like we are just waiting and waiting and waiting for some climax, for the big fight.

Twice now the universe has been destroyed in two seasons, and twice the doctor fixed it with a bit of a cop out. I'm hoping the next seasons give us more climaxing boss fights.
 
phelans shorts said:
surprised anyone was impressed by it, a very poor ending.

LAzy writing having the robot die, add into that the fact the robot began to regenerate FFS, how on earth would a robot regenerate in the same way as a time lord?

The question being asked will do all this damage, then why on earth has nothing happened the other 1000 times that the exact same question has been asked?

Ridiculous, add into that the universe itself would still know that the Doctor isn't dead, since he, ya know, isn't.

Incredibly lazy, Moffat has let himself down for once.
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Yeah, the regeneration thing is what really annoyed me about it. The fact that he used a robot instead of himself generally though, that was fine with me, as presumably that's how it always happened, and that's what became the 'fixed point' that the Silence had wanted to create.
 
I didn't know Nani had been in Doctor Who in the 1980s :eek:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa1sx5_resurrection-of-the-daleks-part1_shortfilms#rel-page-4

around 7 minutes in
 
No Doctor Who until Christmas :(

Are Amy and Rory still going to be around or is this the end for them?
 
I think they could do without having so many twists and turns. There's been some great stuff since Moffat took over, but too much "The Doctor's dead! Wait, that's not him. Oh, he's dead again, Amelia will wish him back to life anyway," for my liking. I don't mind having surprises here and there, but at the moment it's like Moffat thinks he's some sort of mad professor, like "where are we going next? I don't know!"

Then again, I prefer this to Davies' progressively over the top finales. By the time he'd gotten to Davros wanting to destroy the whole of time and space whilst every single person The Doctor has ever met made an appearance, it had started to grate just a tad.
 
Yates to direct bigscreen 'Doctor Who'
'Potter' helmer, BBC working on pic of sci-fi TV series

"Harry Potter" director David Yates is teaming up with the BBC to turn its iconic sci-fi TV series "Doctor Who" into a bigscreen franchise.

Yates, who directed the last four Potter films, told Daily Variety that he is about to start work on developing a "Doctor Who" movie with Jane Tranter, head of L.A.-based BBC Worldwide Prods.

"We're looking at writers now. We're going to spend two to three years to get it right," he said. "It needs quite a radical transformation to take it into the bigger arena."

"Doctor Who" follows the adventures across space and time of a super-intelligent alien in human form, who battles a variety of cosmic bad guys aided by plucky human companions.

"The notion of the time-travelling Time Lord is such a strong one, because you can express story and drama in any dimension or time," Yates said.

The series ran from 1963 to 1989, and then was successfully rebooted in 2005 by writer Russell T. Davies and subsequently by Steven Moffat ("The Adventures of Tintin"). Tranter oversaw the revival when she was the BBC's drama topper in London.

"Doctor Who," starring Matt Smith as the 11th incarnation of the Doctor, is now one of the pubcaster's most lucrative global TV franchises.

The series airs Stateside on BBC America.

Yates made clear that his movie adaptation would not follow on from the current TV series, but would take a completely fresh approach to the material.

"Russell T. Davies and then Steven Moffat have done their own transformations, which were fantastic, but we have to put that aside and start from scratch," he said.

Yates and Tranter are looking for writers on both sides of the Atlantic.

"We want a British sensibility, but having said that, Steve Kloves wrote the Potter films and captured that British sensibility perfectly, so we are looking at American writers too," he explained.

There are two previous films, based on the TV series: "Doctor Who and the Daleks" (1965) and "Doctor Who: Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D." (1966), both starring Peter Cushing.

The BBC has since made a few unsuccessful attempts to develop a "Doctor Who" feature, and shot a one-off telepic in 1996 at a time when the TV series was dormant.

But the combination of Yates and Tranter means this is the most high-powered effort to date to launch "Doctor Who" onto the bigscreen.

Before directing "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and both parts of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," Yates worked with Tranter on several BBC TV series, including "The Way We Live Now" and "State of Play."
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so a few years away yet.
 
There's a severe lack of Amy in that trailer. Therefore, I shall be watching International Cribbage instead.
 
Is it sad that this is the thing I'm forward to most this week?

I mean, Bill fecking Bailey! He was only in the trailer for a split second and it has me frothing at the mouth!
 
I hope its good, but I do worry. What was the best Special so far for you? I think mine might have been the titanic one. I didn't like the faux Doctor/hot air balloon one that much
 
I thought last years was the best one so far. It was grand enough and festive enough and it was done very well. It was like watching a film rather than just another episode of Doctor Who.
 
Ya'know i don't think iv'e actually seen it advertised once? Granted i don't watch much of BBC stuff, but usually it's every where and plasted on the website as well.
 
It's been advertised for ages, and I seem to be the only one who doesn't like the advert.
 
Why has Rory taken Amy's last name? I thought that was OK but no better than last year's special to be honest... and I'll be happy to see the back of Amy & Rory after next series.
 
That'sHernandez said:
Why has Rory taken Amy's last name? I thought that was OK but no better than last year's special to be honest... and I'll be happy to see the back of Amy & Rory after next series.
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They've already confirmed that Karen is leaving, I'd assume that means they're both off. And Amy is written as the dominant character with Rory just happy to be there really.
 
Too little Bill Bailey, and too many scenes not involving Bill Bailey for my liking.
 
Silva said:
They've already confirmed that Karen is leaving, I'd assume that means they're both off. And Amy is written as the dominant character with Rory just happy to be there really.
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Yeah I know, I just find her specifically very annoying because it seems as though she's only there to do exactly the opposite of what the Doctor tells her in order to forward the story of each episode. As well as practically every episode just being explained as a paradox since she joined, Donna Noble was a far better character if you ask me.
 
A nice Christmas story but little more. Was alright.
 
Considering how the finale of the last season ended what the feck was Moffat supposed to do? Companions were always off limits for this one and that's basically half of what Doctor Who episodes tend to be about. Its obvious he was always going to run with the lion, the witch and the wardrobe thing, there would have had to be a happy ending (it is a Christmas special after all). He couldn't just use one of the big monsters (i.e Daleks or Cibermen) willy nilly because if he did that it would de-value their worth and impact in the show during an actual season for Doctor Who. I thought on the whole it was quite a nice little story for a one off episode which will be watched by millions of people who normally wouldn't be watching.
 
pauldyson1uk said:
Worst ever Christmas Special.
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It thought it was okay. Better than some of the episodes from last series, not as good last year's xmas special. Quite amusing at times. The story and characters lacked a bit of substance though.
 
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