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[Exterminieren]

I LOVE The Sontaran Stratagem/ The Poison Sky. Makes no sense at all, but it's the sort of big, brash, camp nonsense I adore a bit of occasionally. It's Doctor Who comfort food of the highest order.

Also, I think that the Sontarans are the old monster best treated by the modern show.

Even with Strax.

Hell, especially with Strax.

 

[GillianSeed79]

I just actually watched the season premier last night and I loved it. The comic banter between Clara and the Doctor was legitimately funny. And I loved the ending.

 

[Maddocks]

a good man goes to war? the wedding of river song? those are not what i would class as good episodes.

the god complex and closing time, on the other hand...

I like a good man goes to war because it shows how far the doctor will go for his friends, and because Rory is a badass in it. I think it had a great payoff. Fun episode.

The wedding of river song is such a batshit insane episodes I can't help but like it. Another fun episode, when I watch the show if I'm having fun watching it, then I like the episode. I get why people dislike it, but its such an out of this world episode I can't help but smile while watching.

 

[bengraven]

Doctor Who is coming to Minecraft on 360. The 12th Doctor leads, plus 5 other Doctors, each with one of their most recognizable companions, plus some enemies - Daleks, Ice Warriors, Zygons. This is the first of two packs and the second pack will bring the remaining six Doctors. $3/£2 per pack. 360 exclusive at least for now. http://www.doctorwho.tv/whats-new/article/doctor-who-comes-to-minecraft-on-xbox

This probably has something to do with how Moffat's son is one of those Minecraft heads with a YouTube channel full of builds and stuff.

He's the dark spot in an otherwise fun episode, though.

Dammit, PS3 is so far behind on all the cool skins and themes - please don't be exclusive long. I want Daleks in Minecraft!

 

[Goldrush]

I hope the show didn't completely blow the budget on this episode. From visual effects to costume, everything looks outright amazing.

Also, I'm going to throw in a guess without any real supporting evidence at all regarding the likely season arc at the end.

Spoiler

One of Clara's clone gone rogue.

 

[Slowdive]

Two new clips from Into The Dalek: Am I A Good Man?
Doctor... will you help me?

Another pic:

 

[paradox121]

I LOVE The Sontaran Stratagem/ The Poison Sky. Makes no sense at all, but it's the sort of big, brash, camp nonsense I adore a bit of occasionally. It's Doctor Who comfort food of the highest order.

Also, I think that the Sontarans are the old monster best treated by the modern show.

Even with Strax.

Hell, especially with Strax.

I've never understood the notion that 'Strax ruined the Sontarans'. They were never scary. They've always been potato headed idiots that just shoot everything and yell a lot. Why not have a bit of fun at their expense?

If anything, when the Sontarans do return, the contrast against Strax might actually make them slightly more menacing. When Strax turned in Name of the Doctor it was legitimately unsettling. I'd dig an episode when he's torn between his race and the Paternoster Gang.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

If you didn't like Season 5-just stop watching now. The show is not for you.

I didn't like it either. Apart from a couple of episodes, I thought it was pretty weak. I also hate 11 most of the time, and especially S5 11.

Wow, you hated Series 5? You totally just blanked out during Vincent and the Doctor and The Lodger? Are you some kind of... alien? Can I get you checked out by a Sontaran?

Vincent was great, The Lodger was pretty darned lame. I'll agree that I dislike the companion.

People generally had high hopes for season 6 after the first two episodes. I'll tell you straight up: if you didn't like how season 5 handled its mysteries, you'll really hate how season 6 does it.

Yep. Started strong, nosedived quickly. My worst season. Still a number of good eps (always are in every season).

Oh, yeah, Girl Who Waited was pretty decent.

This is hands-down my favorite 11 episode. If only they all could have been even close to this.

Series 5 is so far and away Who's best year that may it as well be a completely different show.

The comic is right.

 

[SigmasonicX]

To once again prove the comic true, one of my first posts here was a long post about why I didn't think "A Good Man Goes to War" worked, and I always found "The Girl Who Waited" to be very dull.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

So the only thing Doctor Who fans have in common is that we have nothing in common. As of season 6, 4 episodes in, the Sontarrans are my favorite villains. I loved their two parter arc in season 4. They were fun and had personality. They were a nice change from Daleks and Cybermen.

That reminds me....I forgot to mention how much I loved the episode with the Dream Lord. The first truly great villain of the show. Then that ending shit on all of it....I was so sad, I supressed it from memory, I guess.

 

[Android18a]

I'm hoping we get a story like Midnight in this series. I watched that again today and it was the Tennant era at its absolute best. An exploration into human behaviour, where you're never truly sure who the real monster is.

Such a chilling and well-written episode. I was never a big RTD fan, I found many of his episodes overly... eccentric?... but I think Midnight stands as one of the best episodes of Doctor Who full stop.

I'd *love* to see Capaldi in an episode with a similar tone. One where he doesn't have his companion to help him, where he struggles to keep the trust of the people he's trying to help. I think the twelfth doctor's apparent lack of people skills would make for some very interesting confrontations.

 

[APZonerunner]

I'm hoping we get a story like Midnight in this series. I watched that again today and it was the Tennant era at its absolute best. An exploration into human behaviour, where you're never truly sure who the real monster is.

Such a chilling and well-written episode. I was never a big RTD fan, I found many of his episodes overly... eccentric?... but I think Midnight stands as one of the best episodes of Doctor Who full stop.

I'd *love* to see Capaldi in an episode with a similar tone. One where he doesn't have his companion to help him, where he struggles to keep the trust of the people he's trying to help. I think the twelfth doctor's apparent lack of people skills would make for some very interesting confrontations.

From the sounds of it, Episode 4 is about as close as you'll get, though it's still not really like Midnight. It's more an exploration of the Doctor's psyche.

 

[A-V-B]

From the sounds of it, Episode 4 is about as close as you'll get, though it's still not really like Midnight. It's more an exploration of the Doctor's psyche.

Past episode 5, we really don't know what anything's going to be like (the episode tidbits don't really count.)

 

[ClivePwned]

Episode 4 sounds like that episode of One Foot in the Grave where it's just Victor in his house by himself for the whole episode. The one where he says "I don't believe it."

 

[APZonerunner]

Past episode 5, we really don't know what anything's going to be like (the episode tidbits don't really count.)

In fairness, there's more detailed descriptions out there, and Moffat's descriptions in DWM sort of make that plain as well. It sounds like 4 is the really introspective one this year, which is fair enough! We usually only get one of those a year... The only one that's a complete unknown is Episode 10. (And even then, from filming reports we know some of the overarching themes.)

Episode 4 sounds like that episode of One Foot in the Grave where it's just Victor in his house by himself for the whole episode. The one where he says "I don't believe it."

Got a huge urge to watch One Foot in the Grave now...

 

[21st century cowboy]

Has there been any talk of releasing series 1-4 on blu ray separately yet?

 

[Fuu]

I haven't read anything about the leaks, but from the non-spoiler impressions from previous pages episode 4 sounds like it's divisive. I'm curious about it the most.

 

[Boem]

My apologies if this has been posted already, but someone uploaded the cinema exclusive intro of the first episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML8-kQjTfAY

The video quality isn't great, but not a lot happens visually so it shouldn't matter too much. The sound is a bit worse - the guy filming laughs at every single joke (although it is definitely the funniest of all the Strax 'blogs') and the sound becomes muffled for a little bit early on. Still, you should be able to follow all of it. It's good stuff.

If you really want to wait on a high quality version, it's supposed to show up on one of the dvd's.

 

[mclem]

I think this is just a Moffat thing. Even Eleven had a habit of just taking off for no apparent reason.

"Gotta leave some gaps for Big Finish!"

 

[Quick]

Strax logs continue to amuse me.

I need that in hi-res.

 

[rezuth]

My apologies if this has been posted already, but someone uploaded the cinema exclusive intro of the first episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML8-kQjTfAY

The video quality isn't great, but not a lot happens visually so it shouldn't matter too much. The sound is a bit worse - the guy filming laughs at every single joke (although it is definitely the funniest of all the Strax 'blogs') and the sound becomes muffled for a little bit early on. Still, you should be able to follow all of it. It's good stuff.

If you really want to wait on a high quality version, it's supposed to show up on one of the dvd's.

That guy was so annoying I had to shut it off

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

Strax logs continue to amuse me.

I need that in hi-res.

Is it even going to be relased outside theaters?

 

[Fuu]

Just noticed this elevator model in Tiny Tower Vegas.

 

[Trike]

Is it even going to be relased outside theaters?

I would assume as a special feature on the Blu-ray. Wasnt that what happened with the Day of the Doctor?

 

[mclem]

Is it even going to be relased outside theaters?

The blurb for the cinema showing included:

As well as the exclusive Q&A session, this one-off event will also feature a never-before-seen 5' video from an upcoming Doctor Who DVD release

... which I think refers to the Strax segment.

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

I would assume as a special feature on the Blu-ray. Wasnt that what happened with the Day of the Doctor?

We didnt get the extra theater short (3d doctors and strax with theater rules) on the Day of the doctor bluray no?

The blurb for the cinema showing included:



... which I think refers to the Strax segment.

Let's see if its true, the segment was hilarious.

 

[Trike]

We didnt get the extra theater short (3d doctors and strax with theater rules) on the Day of the doctor bluray no?



Let's see if its true, the segment was hilarious.

I believe it is listed as a feature for the special edition that comes out next month.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Just noticed this elevator model in Tiny Tower Vegas.

isn't the police box a copyrighted image by the BBC nowadays

HMMMM

 

[Chitown B]

I didn't like it either. Apart from a couple of episodes, I thought it was pretty weak. I also hate 11 most of the time, and especially S5 11.

I started out thinking Matt Smith just seemed really fake after the emotional Tennant. And he pretty much was the whole run. Occasionally getting more serious, but in general just whimsical. Which is fine sometimes but I felt like it made it so Amy had to be the serious one all of the time and that just got tiring near the end.

 

[Dalek]

I like a good man goes to war because it shows how far the doctor will go for his friends, and because Rory is a badass in it. I think it had a great payoff. Fun episode.

The wedding of river song is such a batshit insane episodes I can't help but like it. Another fun episode, when I watch the show if I'm having fun watching it, then I like the episode. I get why people dislike it, but its such an out of this world episode I can't help but smile while watching.

My feelings exactly. I really like these two often-maligned episodes.

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

I like a good man goes to war because it shows how far the doctor will go for his friends, and because Rory is a badass in it. I think it had a great payoff. Fun episode.

The wedding of river song is such a batshit insane episodes I can't help but like it. Another fun episode, when I watch the show if I'm having fun watching it, then I like the episode. I get why people dislike it, but its such an out of this world episode I can't help but smile while watching.

This exactly, I only hate episodes that are utterly boring.

 

[Htown]

I like a good man goes to war because it shows how far the doctor will go for his friends, and because Rory is a badass in it. I think it had a great payoff. Fun episode.

The wedding of river song is such a batshit insane episodes I can't help but like it. Another fun episode, when I watch the show if I'm having fun watching it, then I like the episode. I get why people dislike it, but its such an out of this world episode I can't help but smile while watching.

I legitimately like A Good Man Goes to War.

Wedding of River Song was a little too crazy for me. It just didn't work overall, though it had some decent moments.

 

[davidcotton]

"Gotta leave some gaps for Big Finish!"

Apparantly Moffat has said to Nick Briggs he's done that on purpose for them, so if they ever get the license they've got plenty of choice on where to set them.

 

[WadiumArcadium]

Series 5 is the only I actually have on Blu-Ray so I must have enjoyed it. Probably Matt's best series. I can't remember much of 6 apart from the Doctor's Wife. We need more Gaiman episodes.

 

[acheron_xl]

I legitimately like A Good Man Goes to War..

Me too. Some great dark Matt moments in that episode. And it has the timey-wimey introduction of the Paternoster gang, and that's one Moffat trope I can't get enough of. The best thing about their continued reappearance in the show is that every one lends more weight to AGMGTW.

 

[APZonerunner]

Me too. Some great dark Matt moments in that episode. And it has the timey-wimey introduction of the Paternoster gang, and that's one Moffat trope I can't get enough of. The best thing about their continued reappearance in the show is that every one lends more weight to AGMGTW.

Is it time-bending? I mean... their story seems linear to me, Strax's revival aside. Jenny doesn't recognize the TARDIS in Good Man, but knows it in subsequent appearances. In The Snowmen they seem to know the significance of the word 'Pond' to the Doctor, also indicating it's after Good Man. When we see them next, they're aware of the death of Victorian Clara, so that's after The Snowmen, etc etc.

 

[Blader]

Yeah, I feel like the implication was that the Doctor had met/recruited them off-screen and Good Man was just the first time we get to see them, not that we're getting their stories in reverse a la River.

 

[acheron_xl]

Is it time-bending? I mean... their story seems linear to me, Strax's revival aside. Jenny doesn't recognize the TARDIS in Good Man, but knows it in subsequent appearances. In The Snowmen they seem to know the significance of the word 'Pond' to the Doctor, also indicating it's after Good Man. When we see them next, they're aware of the death of Victorian Clara, so that's after The Snowmen, etc etc.

I guess it's not strictly timey-wimey in the River sense, but you get the impression that the Doctor and the Gang are good buddies by this time, which has only borne out in their subsequent appearances. Maybe Moffat is going to have Big Finish tell the story of 10 and the Gang meeting or something.

Yeah, I feel like the implication was that the Doctor had met/recruited them off-screen and Good Man was just the first time we get to see them, not that we're getting their stories in reverse a la River.

Pretty much. But who knows what order the Doctor is playing things out sometimes.

 

[CloudyTuba]

Anybody know the actual name for the spiral clockface effect? I know it has a legitimate label but I can't remember it and all I can find are spiral/infinite/etc.

Wouldnt you know it, I spent 15 minutes trying to find it and 30 seconds after I post here, I finally get it. The Droste Effect. Droste Clock.

 

[Adam Scott Aukerman]

So there I was earlier this afternoon stood in St Pancras station in London, on the phone, waiting for a train.

What was the name of that guy that played Dr Who in that TV movie?

...I asked the person on the other end of the phone.

I'm not sure. Why?

It was Paul something, wasn't it? He was in Luther as well

McGann

Yeah, that's him. Paul McGann.

So why do you ask?

He's stood a few metres away from me.

Fair enough, I'm sure that happens to someone every day. In fact, if it didn't, it would imply that Paul McGann is some sort of cloud man, materialising into corporeal form only when it suits him. Either that or he's a recluse.

But then I continued...

...next to Sylvester McCoy.

Now the person I was on the phone to at the time couldn't give two hoots, but I figured you guys might enjoy the story on some level. I imagine they were travelling together either to or from some sort of convention.

I'm not the most ardent of Who fans, but I must say that even I am slightly happier with the world having seen the image of them both travelling together.

 

[ClivePwned]

Cool. You'd have gotten extra points if they were also in costume.

I once saw Peter Davison as a kid when he was flown out to Australia by a Department Store to sign autographs dressed as the Doctor in 1983. I was too shy to get an autograph but my brother got Davison to sign a copy of the Tomb of the Cybermen novelisation. Which is funny, because I've since learned, Davison is intensely personal and greatly dislikes interacting with fans (or at least did for a loooong time).

 

[Adam Scott Aukerman]

You'd have gotten extra points if they were also in costume.

Sylvester wasn't far off it actually (although he was wearing dark clothes).

McGann however was clearly in his travelling clothes (i.e. fuck how I'm dressed, I'm comfy as fuck!).

 

[A-V-B]

Wonder if they're doing the sequel to that Peter Davison sketch?

 

[Slowdive]

Wonder if they're doing the sequel to that Peter Davison sketch?

That's what I thought at first, since a sequel has been confirmed, but it looks like they were going to the Sheffield film and comic con which starts tomorrow.

 

[Adam Scott Aukerman]

That's what I thought at first, since a sequel has been confirmed, but it looks like they were going to the Sheffield film and comic con which starts tomorrow.

In that case, I can confirm they were boarding a train bound eventually for Sheffield, so I'd say you're on the money there.

 

[CloudyTuba]

So there I was earlier this afternoon stood in St Pancras station in London, on the phone, waiting for a train.



...I asked the person on the other end of the phone.


Fair enough, I'm sure that happens to someone every day. In fact, if it didn't, it would imply that Paul McGann is some sort of cloud man, materialising into corporeal form only when it suits him. Either that or he's a recluse.

But then I continued...

Now the person I was on the phone to at the time couldn't give two hoots, but I figured you guys might enjoy the story on some level. I imagine they were travelling together either to or from some sort of convention.

I'm not the most ardent of Who fans, but I must say that even I am slightly happier with the world having seen the image of them both travelling together.

Any Doctor would make me excited, but Paul McGann would make me have a fan meltdown. And next to Sylvester? RIP my heart.

That's super cool, dude.

 

[OneEyedKing]

New poster

 

[Vibranium]

New poster

Now that is a good poster! The person who did this did a great job.

 

[Wilbur]

Rewatching all the new episodes, up to Father's Day. Forgot how good this episode is. And how good Piper is. And how fucking good Ecclestone is.

 

[Slowdive]

Really good poster.

Now that is a good poster! The person who did this should have done the one for Deep Breath.

He did, they're Radio Times exclusives.