Doctor Who

[Feena]

Yeah, I’m still around, though I haven’t much to say on the Doctor Who front, since CBC still hasn’t announced an air date for the start of Series Four..

DW Information Network

Friday 19th September 9:00 pm

We can talk more now

[SithLordWiccan]

DW Information Network

Friday 19th September 9:00 pm

We can talk more now

Yeah, I heard about that an hour ago. Yay!

Also Yay!, we're going to be getting "The Invasion of Time" and "K-9 Tales" on September 2nd, the same day we also get the Live Action Transformers Movie in Blu-Ray!

And if we're getting "Invasion of Time", the Bred for War set can't be far behind. Can't think of any reason why that'll get dropped like the Davros set.

[WebWarlock]

RTD is a big Dalek fan

Then why has he frakked up their legacy even worse than during the lowest of the JNT era?

See I don't see that at all. What does bug me though is they were destroyed in the time war and yet they keep finding more and more of them.

Tim

[SithLordWiccan]

What does bug me though is they were destroyed in the time war and yet they keep finding more and more of them.

That's what I was talking about, yeah.

[WebWarlock]

Ok, yeah I get that.

The deal is with me I never was a big Dalek fan. I liked the Cybermen much more.

Course I can appreciate how scary and important the Daleks were/are they just kinda get on my nerves after a while.

I am hoping that under Moffat we see less of them in favor of some other aliens, old or new.

Tim

[SithLordWiccan]

Course I can appreciate how scary and important the Daleks were/are they just kinda get on my nerves after a while.

The problem is that the new series was built on the fact that the Daleks, like the Time Lords, were wiped out. Doing anything to go against that shows a lack of ideas, no matter how much RTD believes the Daleks need to be in the show.

Now, to be fair, "Dalek" was a classic, and not that bad of an episode. It's just that, as the Law of Diminishing Returns proves, subsequent uses never quite reached that level. Of course, that may have something to do with the fact that a "Get Out Of Jail Free" card was employed each and every time, simply to cart them off for their next appearance.

[Feena]

It's just that, as the Law of Diminishing Returns proves, subsequent uses never quite reached that level. Of course, that may have something to do with the fact that a "Get Out Of Jail Free" card was employed each and every time, simply to cart them off for their next appearance.

Not a fan of "Emergency Temporal Shift" then!


Someone has spent a lot of time and put this compilation on YouTube. Some of it may just be coincidental, but it's interesting nonetheless...

Doctor Who - A Brief History of the Darkness

[Feena]

*whimpers and tries to stay out of the shadows*

[WebWarlock]

That was something else really.

No of course I want to know more about the Doctor and the archeologist.
I have to admit at first I thought she end up being Bernice Summerfiled.

Tim

[Feena]

That was something else really.

No of course I want to know more about the Doctor and the archeologist.
I have to admit at first I thought she end up being Bernice Summerfiled.

Tim

'Something else' in a good way? I've never read any of the books so I never thought of her.

[WebWarlock]

Tottally in a good way!

It was great.

Tim

[Feena]

I have seen the new trailer, and I just have to say one thing: at what point does the BBC quit playing the whole The Fans Know Davros is the Series Four Big Bad, But We’re Not Going To Say So” game?

Answer: 47 seconds into said trailer.

They've no choice now...the official picture has leaked



Tomorrow's episode Midnight is supposed to be excellent, very scary and one of RTD's best!

[SithLordWiccan]

They've no choice now...the official picture has leaked

Wow. Ironic. The Season Finale of Battlestar Galactica sent me on such an emotional high, even this piece of frak can't bring me down.

I'll give them credit, thought. It looks like Davros. But then again, so did the Cybermen, and we all know how quickly they went from being a credible enemy to a throwaway plot.

[Feena]

Wow. Midnight. Steven Moffat might have a rival for this year's Hugo Award - and that's not something I ever thought I'd say about an RTD episode!

It was like an episode of The Twilight Zone, and I loved it.

[erith]

That was something else really.

Yep. I heard that Steven Moffat's considering changing the title of the show to

Spoiler:

The Family Who

Thanks for the Davros pic Feena. There had been rumours some time ago of a younger actor playing Davros so I was expecting a younger Davros with lot less make-up. I'm glad to see I was wrong though.

Wow. Midnight. Steven Moffat might have a rival for this year's Hugo Award - and that's not something I ever thought I'd say about an RTD episode!

It wasn't my cup of tea I'm afraid. It got too dark for me at the end. I would have preferred it as a Torchwood episode rather than Doctor Who.

[Ben Varkentine]

Profile of RTD in this weekend's New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/arts/ ... 0&emc=eta1

Opening paragraph:

RUSSELL T DAVIES, perhaps the most admired writer and producer working in British television drama, was once confronted at a wedding by a fellow guest bristling with indignation about a scene in Mr. Davies’s hugely successful, family-friendly science fiction series, “Doctor Who.” In the scene Capt. Jack Harkness, a swaggering intergalactic hero who exuberantly lusts after both men and women, plants quick kisses on the mouths of both the title character and the title character’s female sidekick as they face imminent death.

[Feena]

Davros speaks!

[SithLordWiccan]

Davros speaks!

Must...not...allow...self...to...feel...excited. Will...only...be...disappointed....

In other news, I was searching Wikipedia, and came across this in the Cult of Skaro entry:

According to the Doctor Who Files book on the Cult Of Skaro, Dalek Sec was the Commander of the Seventh Incursion Squad and led the attack on the Mechanoids on Magella before being promoted by the Dalek Emperor.

In other words, it would appear that Sec was the Dalek Supreme seen in "The Chase." How's that for a retcon?

[WebWarlock]

A little retcon never hurt anyone.

THe finale looks HUGE. Capt. Jack, Gwen, Ianto, Sarah Jane, Martha, Rose. Everyone in RTD's family album really.

I have been trying to get my wife to watch Genesis of the Daleks before this all happens. I might have to withhold new Whos from her till we do.

Tim

[SithLordWiccan]

A little retcon never hurt anyone.

You're telling this to a guy who, as a Star Wars fan, has seen some pretty big whoppers over the years.

[Feena]

Another clip....this thing is going to be MASSIVE

The Stolen Earth

[SithLordWiccan]

Another clip....this thing is going to be MASSIVE

The Stolen Earth

If that's what I think it is (the clip from BBC), then I have to do the most amazing thing I've ever done.

Agree with you.

In other news, looks like CBC won't be airing Torchwood Series 2. That honor appears to be going to the SPACE channel. (News care of John "Captain Jack" Barrowman's website.)

It starts August 8th. Which is amusing, as we'll be getting Series 2 on DVD September 16th. So unless they air it on weekdays or do two episodes a week, it won't be done by the time of the DVD release.

[Feena]

Another clip....this thing is going to be MASSIVE

The Stolen Earth

If that's what I think it is (the clip from BBC), then I have to do the most amazing thing I've ever done.

Agree with you.

I'm in shock!!

It's actually a clip from a Channel Four programme so it may be a different one. Michael Brandon is in it as a UNIT officer in New York, declaring that "we are at war". Cue lots of daleks!

[SithLordWiccan]

I'm in shock!!

Yeah, I'm surprised, too. But between the BBC clip and the two trailers, I'm starting to think think this might not be the overblown, gimmicky fan-fic riddled plotline RTD's finales have become known for.

Course, I could end up being wrong. We'll known for sure this time tomorrow...at least partially. Next week's the real test.

It's actually a clip from a Channel Four programme so it may be a different one. Michael Brandon is in it as a UNIT officer in New York, declaring that "we are at war". Cue lots of daleks!

Someone point me in the direction of a YouTube link. Me wanna see.

[Feena]

The link above should work for you, I think.

If not, this is Youtube but the quality's not so good.

[SithLordWiccan]

The link above should work for you, I think.

Well, I don't know that website, and I'd prefer not to risk my computer on an unknown website.

That having been said, thanks for the 'Tube link. Quality of the clip isn't that questionable, though my doubts have returned again (the Dalek attack is kinda overblown, don't you think?)

That aside, awesome clip. And isn't it funny how the new Dalek Supreme sounds just like the Emperor from "Parting of the Ways?"

[Feena]

my doubts have returned again (the Dalek attack is kinda overblown, don't you think?)

That aside, awesome clip. And isn't it funny how the new Dalek Supreme sounds just like the Emperor from "Parting of the Ways?"

I guess there is a limit to the number of voices Nick Briggs can do

The Daleks have stolen planets from across the universe and are starting to destroy Earth - it has to be big!

The episode itself....well I'm still breathless, and I need to watch it again to catch the bits I missed between squeeing and cheering. If you're spoiler-free it's a definite WTF, WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED, I DON'T BELIEVE IT...kind of ending,

And there's no "Next Time" trailer...

[erith]

I was mostly unspoiled and when the episode ended all I could think was 'now just wait a minute, you can't do that!' and 'how on earth can they get out of that?' It really deserved the big stonking

Spoiler:

TO...BE...CONTINUED

Great stuff!

[SithLordWiccan]

OK, I'm halfway through the episode (somebody's posted it on YouTube, though I don't expect it to stay long), and all I'll say is that I officially take back every negative thing I've ever said about it.

This ep is awesome.

[Feena]

*waits for SLW to finish watching the episode*