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Doctor Who Series Seven |OT| The Question You've Been Running From All Your Life
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CharminUltra
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Ugh Rose 
APZonerunner
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The rumour (which seems increasingly likely after today) is that it'll be 1, 2, 8, 10 and 11. The person who said this was the only person who also called Rose, and has a track record of putting things out that have been correct in the past.
1 and 2 have been recast already as part of the Docudrama of Who's creation. Pertwee is 3! The rumour makes sense in a way - they can hardly recast living Doctors, it would be blasphemy, and 4-6 at least all are certainly too old to carry the role now, no matter how much technobabble hand-waving they do. It was fine for a charity special, not for a proper episode. 7 may also be too old. We never saw how old 8 looked before he regenerated, Tennant still looks like Tennant, and 1 and 2 have been recast as their actors have passed. Pertwee is gone too, of course.
The other thing -- The anniversary story is based around "Paintings" - Smith and Moffat said. That was their hint. The ongoing theory is it'll be a "Dorian Gray" style thing with paintings/portraits of past Doctors & Companions, and possibly those portraits coming to life.
Side note - actual portrait artwork has been commissioned for Blackpool Illuminations, where Who always has a big presence. 12 images have been paid for, each supposedly featuring a Doctor, a companion and the TARDIS. 12 - with the 12th being revealed after the anniversary special airs. Reported ages ago in this thread.
It's still my feeling that we'll see 12 in this episode, even if we don't know that it's actually the Doctor. With it looking increasingly likely Matt is gearing up to leave at Christmas, Moffat surely won't be able to resist a time-bending introduction of a new Doctor, will he?
whatsinaname
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peanutbutterlatte
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Why won't Eccleston do Who?
Disagreed with various management, doesn't like playing the same role for too long etc. He's seemed less negative about it lately, but clearly he has no interest otherwise they probably would have announced it today.
Very interesting. I still think recasting old Doctors is weird, but... better than living Doctors, I'll admit.
EDIT: WOW Moffatt, really killing the "Doctor Who?" thing dead aren't you?
APZonerunner
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Caroline Skinner has actually been erased from Doctor Who! No Executive Producer credit in the opening moments! Pretty funny.
Also -- I bet she doesn't die, but there's a fake out where for a moment it looks like she will.
Also -- I bet she doesn't die, but there's a fake out where for a moment it looks like she will.
User 100115
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Annnd I am out until later tonight! Boooooo. Enjoy Brit-Gaf.
I'm loving it as well, that quadricycle line slayed me. Also I'm liking all the changes that they've made to the doctor. Like his cloths, hair, and the new intro sequence.
peanutbutterlatte
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Silence/Omega/Rani/The Master/LOL THE DALEKS AGAIN.
APZonerunner
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Bit too much fake typing! It's very easy to tell when somebody can actually touch type.
Really cool story, though. Lovely soundtrack cues. Shame they were deafeningly loud! Great to see Richard E Grant actually appearing in person... it reminded me a bit of Games Master, hah.
Lovely first episode. Next week looks fun!
Really cool story, though. Lovely soundtrack cues. Shame they were deafeningly loud! Great to see Richard E Grant actually appearing in person... it reminded me a bit of Games Master, hah.
Lovely first episode. Next week looks fun!
The Elite
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In the preview at the end, when he screams, "YOU HAVE LOST."
Ah, I think you're overinterpreting that.
peanutbutterlatte
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I thought
Yeah that teaser was blatantly 10 shooting the energy into his disembodied hand tier.
Russell E. Grant was criminally underused in the Christmas special, so this is great.
Yeah that teaser was blatantly 10 shooting the energy into his disembodied hand tier.
The excessive hacking was silly but I liked the Evil Wi-Fi stuff much better than I thought I would.
Yeah I don't know what's up with that. Breaking the "Oh btw I can do this swirly energy thing and regenerate into a new person" thing to Clara already? Bit soon for that.
Yeah I don't know what's up with that. Breaking the "Oh btw I can do this swirly energy thing and regenerate into a new person" thing to Clara already? Bit soon for that.
The Elite
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Will re watch. Didn't notice it the first time.
Fun episode. Great concept.
Richard E. Grant! I wish they'd just link him as the mastermind behind the whole Silence Will Fall thing to give that some closure.
King of the Potato People
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That was silly fun but the Doctor was a buffoon for leaving his companion alone
that tends to get them kidnapped. I liked the silliness of the grav-bike.
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
I feel as if that if i keep watching...i will fall in love with jenna louise coleman..
When did he leave her alone?
peanutbutterlatte
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So does Paul McGann's career.
The Elite
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Don't care about ever seeing the Time War but McGann would be good to see again. Hopefully the 50th!
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
That was a pretty fun and silly episode. Clara still makes me feel bad for completely forgetting about Amy.
You'd think I'd be used to that, since I've had the same feeling since Asylum aired.
I've not stayed up to the early morning to watch the premiere live since Eleventh Hour, to bed!
You'd think I'd be used to that, since I've had the same feeling since Asylum aired.
I've not stayed up to the early morning to watch the premiere live since Eleventh Hour, to bed!
Hot Coldman
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That was a lot of fun.
He seems like a really cool guy and seems to REALLY badly want to be put onto the TV Who-verse.
Oh man. I just finished the episode and I'm already forgetting bits of the story. Shame on me.
Exterminieren
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Really rather enjoyed that. Heavy Black Mirror vibes at the beginning, and I loved the overall fate of Ms. Kizmet.
And The Great Intelligence being this series' Big Bad fills me with joy.
And The Great Intelligence being this series' Big Bad fills me with joy.
I might be, but it definitely looked like regeneration energy, although I highly doubt he really is regenerating.
Really promising season, especially with Unit seeming to play a big part as well after their role in The Power of Three.
The Elite
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Yeah, the Amelia Williams book was good to see. "Summer Falls" is an interesting title. The "lady in the shop" could be anyone. Hope they don't just go with River.
Yeah, the birthdays that were missing were also really interesting. Missing birthdays for her missing other selves? I have no idea but there are a lot of cool little things going on in this episode.
JonathanEx
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I liked the line about Chapter 11 being better than 10 and would make you cry.
King of the Potato People
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So we assume Amy Williams became an author in the past... or this is foreshadowing she is coming back.
Hot Coldman
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She wrote the book that they were reading through the whole of "The Angels Take Manhattan", remember?
But it was only for five minutes. Also, why are you spoilering haha
The Elite
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Well, she wrote the book they were reading in Angels Take Manhattan so she probably became an author.
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ZombieFred
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Great episode and it's cool to see the intelligence back. I did some looking back and find it fascinating how HP Lovecraft inspired this thing is on its origin. Definitely more interested in this foe now.
Hot Coldman
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wot if the lady in the shop iz Susan
This is probably going to be it. I can just imagine in the finale when the Doctor meets River that she's the one who set them both up in the first place. Then it will be revealed River has the hots for Clara. Mark my words.
The Elite
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Maybe it's the Rani.
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