infiniteloop
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Doctor Who Series 2011 |OT| Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Stuff
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Costume minus the bowtie
bengraven
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You can add me to the list. I'm not even going to try and stir up trouble with the Davies lovers, but I choose Moffat far far far before I do Davies.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Pandorica Opens and Impossible Astronaut I will give you, those are four of my favorite episodes of the new series, but Time of Angels just did not do anything for me.
I started watching Doctor Who about a month ago after seeing so much about it in various GAF threads along with other sites. Really enjoyed what I saw (started off with series 5, will likely go back to 2005 series) and after viewing the Van Gogh episode, I figured my wife would enjoy it as well.
So I got us Netflix streaming and started re-watching all the episodes with her again. And minus the weeping angels creeping her out, she's really loved the show as well. We're now about half way through series 6.
Trying not to spoiler myself, so I've only skimmed some of this page and felt safe. The River Song reveal blew our minds, but by and large, I see what people are saying about series 6 being convoluted.
Hopefully some more of our questions will be answered by the end. Unfortunately, my cable provider only offers BBC America as part of a 'variety package' and even if I subscribed to that, it's not even in HD. Will probably have to stick to Netflix viewing.
Love the show though, it's quite fun.
So I got us Netflix streaming and started re-watching all the episodes with her again. And minus the weeping angels creeping her out, she's really loved the show as well. We're now about half way through series 6.
Trying not to spoiler myself, so I've only skimmed some of this page and felt safe. The River Song reveal blew our minds, but by and large, I see what people are saying about series 6 being convoluted.
Hopefully some more of our questions will be answered by the end. Unfortunately, my cable provider only offers BBC America as part of a 'variety package' and even if I subscribed to that, it's not even in HD. Will probably have to stick to Netflix viewing.
Love the show though, it's quite fun.
Still cool.
The Elite
BOSS
Costume minus the bowtie
Another variation or just an outfit for a certain episode?
It's cool enough that I wished they'd save it for the next Doctor.
so true maharg, so true
PhoncipleBone
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grimshawish
Banned
I like that Eleven is getting a new costume, keeps things fresh - especially since there was a gimmicky run in reference to clothes across the Pond era.
I wonder if this will be him sort of 'growing up'? Not 'not silly' just a bit less so.
Clara having a bag with her is interesting. Not sure why, but still different/not seen before.
I wonder if this will be him sort of 'growing up'? Not 'not silly' just a bit less so.
Clara having a bag with her is interesting. Not sure why, but still different/not seen before.
mightynine
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ThatObviousUser
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First thing I thought of.
Let's hope she isn't as annoying in Who.
Let's hope she isn't as annoying in Who.
DrForester
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It would be cool if she was from the past though.
I don't suppose there's a chance we'll ever see Jenny again?
infiniteloop
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The episode currently filming includes guest star
Dougray Scott
Didn't Moffat ask RTD to have to regenerate at the end of that episode? If that's the case I would be surprised if we didn't see her in some form at some point before the end of his run.
DrForester
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I'm still shocked that New Who hasn't brought back Susan in some form yet.
EleventhDoctor
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What if Clara...IS JENNY....REGENERATED!!!
in all seriousness, Jenny was lame, horrible episode.
in all seriousness, Jenny was lame, horrible episode.
infiniteloop
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Yeah, I'm surprised they haven't brought back a character from 1964.
KuwabaraTheMan
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Susan is not exactly a hard character to describe, and they did bring back a character from 1975. I'm not surprised that they haven't brought back Susan, but I don't think it would be that hard to describe who she is for new viewers, and the episodes with Susan in them were among the most viewed in the history of the show, so it's not like she's an obscure character.
I think bringing Susan or Ian back for the 50th anniversary would make a lot of sense. It would be nice to have someone from the very beginning of the show involved in the anniversary.
infiniteloop
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Ian, yes. I'd love to see Ian back.
This fucking show... I just watched The dalek invasion of the earth... The doctors Speech to susan. Made me cry, thats not right. You just think about how many times hes had to say goodbye and then the fact that this is the first.
and then i watched this video
http://youtu.be/d941hp6VKgw
and cried again. a show should not make me this emotional.
and then i watched this video
http://youtu.be/d941hp6VKgw
and cried again. a show should not make me this emotional.
lunarworks
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So it's finally out today. My body is ASSIMILATED.
So is that canon or not?
I don't know anymore. It's rather difficult to declare what's canon and what's not. From what I can understand, non-canon = dumb shit 96% of the fanbase hates. Such as the half-human Eighth Doctor, or Dimensions in Time.
DeathbyVolcano
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Great fan video!
Let's all rank all the Doctors we've watched.
I've only watched the Bakers and the modern era, so:
Tennant > Smith > Tom Baker > Eccleston > 2nd Baker
I know I'm probably alone haha
Generally speaking for all televised works of geek-dom (sci-fi, fantasy, horror, etc), nothing is canon unless it has been filmed and broadcast. That means video games, short stories, novels, and comic books are not canon except in the rare instance that the original work's authors or producers specifically say that it is canon.
As an example, all the Star Wars novels and comics and games do not qualify as canon (except for a couple rare instances). And even then there's a couple filmed projects that have been expunged from the canon (Star Wars Christmas Special and probably the Ewok movies).
The Doctor Who timeline has been completely re-written so many times that it doesn't really matter what is and isn't canon. Though I'd hardly expect Matt Smith to show up next season talking about the rollicking good times he had with Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise.
For me its Eccleston > Tenannt > Hartnell > Smith
Not to say i dislike Smith, i just love everyone of the others more.
Box of Bunnies
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By no means a definitive listing, but off the top of my head it'd probably be something like:
Baker
Smith
Ten-Inch
Pimpwee
Baker II
Hartnell
McCoy
Eccles
The Trout
McGann
Davison
I haven't really seen enough Two and Five to properly judge though, which is why they're down the bottom with Eight (who I also need to check out some more via the audio dramas).
Nope (as border explained), but the end of issue 1 made me geek out a little.
Choppasmith
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So my sister made quite the discovery today. She saw one of our local Antique/Gold Buyer stores. She saw a sign for baseball cards and thought maybe there'd be Marvel/Comic Book cards (a few months ago she found a binder full of Marvel trading cards at another local Antique Store)
And well apparently this place is a treasure trove of old comics. She actually found a vintage X-Men 21 (from June 1966!)
She also made out with these (and another, newer X-Men comic) all for $10
and before you ask, no these didn't have any kind of protective sheets, these were as is.
And well apparently this place is a treasure trove of old comics. She actually found a vintage X-Men 21 (from June 1966!)
She also made out with these (and another, newer X-Men comic) all for $10
and before you ask, no these didn't have any kind of protective sheets, these were as is.
Somewhere I've got a oneshot comic (think it might have been a promotional thing?) in which Seven tangles with Death's Head from the Marvel universe. Make of that what you will!
Star Trek is a TV series in Doctor Who (for example Rose mentioned Spock in the first season, Craig talking about Star Trek transporters in the last season). Of course it's not canon.
It sounds kind of silly, but technically the existence of The Land of Fiction introduced in 'The Mind Robber' has the potential to make anything like this canon.
Exterminieren
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Troughton
Smith
T. Baker
Eccleston
Hartnell
Tennant
McCoy
Davison
McGann
C. Baker
Pertwee
Troughton is bafflingly underrated, and Pertwee is terribly overrated.
acheron_xl
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Troughton in only underrated by people who haven't seen him. I know he's both Smith and Davison's favorite Doctor.
grimshawish
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The Trought (not so underrated then 
)
McCoy
Smith
McGann
Tennant
Tom Baker
Eccleston
Colin Baker
Davidson
Hartnell
Pertwee
Smith I think would come number 1 if this were 'best eras' sort of thing as he by far has my favourite TARDIS team; thought McCoy/Ace are very close.
Pertwee I just really dislike as The Doctor.
)McCoy
Smith
McGann
Tennant
Tom Baker
Eccleston
Colin Baker
Davidson
Hartnell
Pertwee
Smith I think would come number 1 if this were 'best eras' sort of thing as he by far has my favourite TARDIS team; thought McCoy/Ace are very close.
Pertwee I just really dislike as The Doctor.
infiniteloop
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God tier:
T.Baker
Smith
Troughton: definitely underrated, i think people over look his era because of the black and white, and so much is missing. Some of his best is the best Who ever.
Eccleston: only one series, but a great one. great actor, best regeneration story.
Good:
Tennant: fell off over the years for me due to some awful RTD episodes, re-gen was awful.
Pertwee: Not a big fan of his era.
Davison
Hartnell: hampered by some bad early episodes and scripts.
Meh:
McCoy
McGann
Carrot Juice:
Colin Baker
T.Baker
Smith
Troughton: definitely underrated, i think people over look his era because of the black and white, and so much is missing. Some of his best is the best Who ever.
Eccleston: only one series, but a great one. great actor, best regeneration story.
Good:
Tennant: fell off over the years for me due to some awful RTD episodes, re-gen was awful.
Pertwee: Not a big fan of his era.
Davison
Hartnell: hampered by some bad early episodes and scripts.
Meh:
McCoy
McGann
Carrot Juice:
Colin Baker
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
God Tier:
Hartnell
Pertwee
Tom Baker
Colin Baker
Eccleston
Demigod Tier:
Davison
Amazing Tier:
Troughton
McCoy
McGann
Tennant:
Meh Tier:
Smith
If I had to pick just one favorite, it would be Tom. I can rearrange the orders of the Doctors within my tiers on a regular basis, though.
Hartnell
Pertwee
Tom Baker
Colin Baker
Eccleston
Demigod Tier:
Davison
Amazing Tier:
Troughton
McCoy
McGann
Tennant:
Meh Tier:
Smith
If I had to pick just one favorite, it would be Tom. I can rearrange the orders of the Doctors within my tiers on a regular basis, though.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Hmm...
Tennant
Baker
Eccleston
Smith
Troughton
Davison
Haven't seen enough of the others to judge. I still think Davison was good, he's got a special place in my nostalgia, the others are just better.
Tennant
Baker
Eccleston
Smith
Troughton
Davison
Haven't seen enough of the others to judge. I still think Davison was good, he's got a special place in my nostalgia, the others are just better.
Dragoon En Regalia
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For me to definitively rank each Doctor in significance and other criteria would take ages to decide, so much that my brains would be racked beyond all hope. Instead: let me say that bringing back a jaded Susan, unlikely to reconsider her feelings for a Doctor who abandoned her, would be one of the coolest possible things Moffat could possibly do for the show.
I just wish Ian Marter was still alive to play Harry again.
I just wish Ian Marter was still alive to play Harry again.
EleventhDoctor
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You know I said this before-but for a while, my thought was that The Doctor and River were going to knock boots and produce an offspring-which would in turn be Susan (Or Susan's Mother) and we would see The Eleventh Doctor put her in the care of The First Doctor...
-edit- Wibbly wobbly is hurting my head trying to wrap itself around how that would work.
The Elite
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I've been saying much the same thing for a long time. There are a lot of problems to work around though.
xKilltheMx
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Whoa this is the 10,000th post. This thread is amazing. Im rewatching the latest season on Netflix right now and a Good Man goes to war is still one of my favorites.
I've wondered the same thing as well. Not sure if River will be involved, but I do think that if they were to re-visit Susan, there's a possibility she'd be related to a relationship we actually see play out.
With the Doctor being a Time Lord, Susan just popping into his life when he was the First Doctor, explaining who she is, and traveling with him isn't all that far-fetched a scenario.
Have to admit though, I'd nerd out if they broke tradition and actually gave us a Zeroth Doctor for a few years...but I doubt that'd ever happen.
With the Doctor being a Time Lord, Susan just popping into his life when he was the First Doctor, explaining who she is, and traveling with him isn't all that far-fetched a scenario.
Have to admit though, I'd nerd out if they broke tradition and actually gave us a Zeroth Doctor for a few years...but I doubt that'd ever happen.
I'd rather Susan's origin remain somewhat a mystery, much like the Doctor. Carole Ann Ford is still alive though, so an older Susan could make an appearance (assuming someone wants to create an explanation for her being alive, post-Time War) if he wanted to take a trip down memory lane.
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