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"I'm gonna need...a pot of coffee, 12 Jammy Dodgers, and a fez!" [Doctor Who]
Mike Danger
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(parts of OP stolen mercilessly from Bethryn's)
"They could not have been more offended, confused, enraged and startled. . . . There was a moment of stunned silence . . . and then an eruption of angry voices from all over the fifteen-hundred-person audience. The kids in their Luke Skywalker pajamas (cobbled up from older brother's castoff karate gi) and the retarded adults spot-welded into their Darth Vader fright-masks howled with fury. But I stood my ground, there on the lecture platform of the World Science Fiction Convention, and I repeated the words that had sent them into animal hysterics:
'Star Wars is adolescent nonsense; Close Encounters is obscurantist drivel; 'Star Trek' can turn your brains to purée of bat guano; and the greatest science fiction series of all time is 'Doctor Who!' And I'll take you all on, one-by-one or in a bunch to back it up!'" --Harlan Ellison
Okay! Right, first, general background!
The current TARDIS crew:
The Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) is definitely an old soul in a young body. He's considerably more alien than predecessor David Tennant, and rocks a mean bowtie [strike]and fez[/strike]. He's also got the best dance moves ever.
Amy [strike]Williams[/strike] Pond (Karen Gillan) first met the Doctor at age seven, was promised travels in the TARDIS--and then had to wait 14 years, and then two more on top of that. After helping the Doctor save the universe, she's said "goodbye" to her old life to travel with "her boys" in the TARDIS.
Rory [strike]Williams[/strike] Pond (Arthur Darvill) met the Doctor at 21 as well, and started off on an awkward footing with him once he discovered the kind of danger Amy had been in traveling with the Doctor. He's now a valued member of the team, even if he doesn't always see eye-to-eye with the Doctor.
How do I watch this incredible series?
A Christmas Carol, the Christmas 2010 special, has aired in the US and the UK (and doesn't need spoiler boxes).
Series 6 will air sometime around Easter next year. Word of Moffat has promised that the "big plot arc" for series 6 will be the identity of the person or persons who destroyed the TARDIS in series 5, as well as recurring character River Song. As of August 29, it's been announced that series 6 is going to be split in half, with seven episodes in the spring and six in the fall.
We now have a trailer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZtpT4_77HY
"They could not have been more offended, confused, enraged and startled. . . . There was a moment of stunned silence . . . and then an eruption of angry voices from all over the fifteen-hundred-person audience. The kids in their Luke Skywalker pajamas (cobbled up from older brother's castoff karate gi) and the retarded adults spot-welded into their Darth Vader fright-masks howled with fury. But I stood my ground, there on the lecture platform of the World Science Fiction Convention, and I repeated the words that had sent them into animal hysterics:
'Star Wars is adolescent nonsense; Close Encounters is obscurantist drivel; 'Star Trek' can turn your brains to purée of bat guano; and the greatest science fiction series of all time is 'Doctor Who!' And I'll take you all on, one-by-one or in a bunch to back it up!'" --Harlan Ellison
Okay! Right, first, general background!
Wikipedia wrote:Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller known as "the Doctor" who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box. With his companions, he explores time and space, solving problems, facing monsters and righting wrongs.
The current TARDIS crew:
The Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) is definitely an old soul in a young body. He's considerably more alien than predecessor David Tennant, and rocks a mean bowtie [strike]and fez[/strike]. He's also got the best dance moves ever.
Amy [strike]Williams[/strike] Pond (Karen Gillan) first met the Doctor at age seven, was promised travels in the TARDIS--and then had to wait 14 years, and then two more on top of that. After helping the Doctor save the universe, she's said "goodbye" to her old life to travel with "her boys" in the TARDIS.
Rory [strike]Williams[/strike] Pond (Arthur Darvill) met the Doctor at 21 as well, and started off on an awkward footing with him once he discovered the kind of danger Amy had been in traveling with the Doctor. He's now a valued member of the team, even if he doesn't always see eye-to-eye with the Doctor.
How do I watch this incredible series?
A Christmas Carol, the Christmas 2010 special, has aired in the US and the UK (and doesn't need spoiler boxes).
Series 6 will air sometime around Easter next year. Word of Moffat has promised that the "big plot arc" for series 6 will be the identity of the person or persons who destroyed the TARDIS in series 5, as well as recurring character River Song. As of August 29, it's been announced that series 6 is going to be split in half, with seven episodes in the spring and six in the fall.
We now have a trailer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZtpT4_77HY
Rules!
It's no longer required to spoiler tag stuff related to series 5. Please spoiler tag anything related to the plot of the Christmas special or series 6.
Who was the old guy on the Doctor's library card?
Courtesy of Bad-Beat: Classic Doctor Who on BlinkBox
It's no longer required to spoiler tag stuff related to series 5. Please spoiler tag anything related to the plot of the Christmas special or series 6.
Who was the old guy on the Doctor's library card?
Courtesy of Bad-Beat: Classic Doctor Who on BlinkBox
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I disagree. That was my least favourite part in an otherwise enjoyable episode.
what, because madmen like to careen enormous safety vehicles around town like they don't even give a toss
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DUCK!!
, Pond.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsUXAEzaC3Q
Which of course means it's The Doctor.
Eleven has football.
It's good, though.
Ohshi....It does, doesn't it though?
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People headbutting
I won't forget a single day believe me.
I won't forget a single day believe me.
I won't forget a single day believe me.
When the best praise anyone can muster is that he is 'bearable' in Gavin and Stacey it's pretty damning.
If the complaint is over-exposure, though, I'll just note that I've never heard of him before, so perhaps that particular problem is localized to the UK?
OTOH, the only new TV I watch is Dr Who and Chuck so...
Who was the girl BTW? She seems familiar for some reason.
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No it's Corden. In Gavin and Stacey he was okay, as the part was well-written. When he had the opportunity to star in his show and movie (and have much more control over content) it showed that he has no personal comic talent.
Which leaves you with a performer whose USP is 'performs averagely at best'. You might as well hire someone else who'll do just as well without people who've been burned by his other material reacting viscerally to their appearance.
Essentially he adds nothing.
I think the pandorica is a time window leading to the most dangerous thing in the galaxy. The Doctor sans his *first* life. If that is killed or destroyed somehow, practically the entire universes timeline would be rewritten, hence the giant 'cracks', wiping out planets that either directly or indirectly have been saved by the doctor. I think this is encouraged by the repeated shots of the first doctors face this season, so the new audience will recognize whats going on when they open the pandorica and see an old man.