Dr Who episodes!

Bouncelot · Post by **Bouncelot** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:31 pm

Karl Lynch wrote:
Bouncelot wrote:
Karl Lynch wrote:
Except that

Possible Spoilers but probably not if you've seen the episode wrote: There was a BBC press release saying that she was leaving the series.

And the pre-credits sequence where she narrates her own death is a bit of a pointer that she doesn't die. Otherwise how could she narrate it?
Not sure where 'except that' comes from when you're making the same prediction I did re her life expectancy, albeit with the benefit of having seen the episode.

The only way I can see her leaving in a permanent sense is if they have somehow managed to renege on their contract with some big payoff, but if that were so it would probably have been reported. More likely she's leaving as a regular imo.

It's the conflict between the contract and the press release that's the except bit.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:41 pm

I almost cheered when Mickey appeared. His character's come a long way since he was first swallowed by a wheelie-bin, and the scene where Rose said she missed him was beautifully played.

The worst bit? Trisha doing I Married A Ghost. When Shaun of the Dead did it, it was new and exciting and a bit ironic. Two years later, and we've seen it all before. Not that I want to slag off RTD but he needs to rein in those pop culture references.

I don't know if I'm all that optimistic about the next one though. From the trailer, it looks a bit AvP/Destroy All Monsters.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:16 am

Metal Vendetta wrote:I almost cheered when Mickey appeared. His character's come a long way since he was first swallowed by a wheelie-bin, and the scene where Rose said she missed him was beautifully played.

yes, ever since BoomTown, there's been a marked, yet gradual, change in his character, culminating in his decision in Age of Steel. I liked his attitude to Rose in this one, before he wouldve been all huggy and 'i've missed you', but now he's treating her like she's been treating him for ages, fond but not gushing. nice one Mickey!

Metal Vendetta wrote:The worst bit? Trisha doing I Married A Ghost. When Shaun of the Dead did it, it was new and exciting and a bit ironic. Two years later, and we've seen it all before. Not that I want to slag off RTD but he needs to rein in those pop culture references.

i quite liked the Derek cameo tho... "No one needs me anymore!" quite poetic after the accusations of fakery apparently being upheld against him of late....

Metal Vendetta wrote:I don't know if I'm all that optimistic about the next one though. From the trailer, it looks a bit AvP/Destroy All Monsters.

Yes, that's my concern too. There's no way imho that the C can defeat the D, unless it's through sheer weight of numbers (which they do have in their favour in this instance). The C of old might have been able to come up with some plan to outsmart the D, but these C (unless radically different from what we've seen of them so far) really don't stand a chance. I sense much C-death coming up...

[edit]badly editted to try and prevent too much spoilers[/edit]

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:19 am

Legion wrote:yes, ever since BoomTown, there's been a marked, yet gradual, change in his character, culminating in his decision in Age of Steel. I liked his attitude to Rose in this one, before he wouldve been all huggy and 'i've missed you', but now he's treating her like she's been treating him for ages, fond but not gushing. nice one Mickey!

Watched it again, and the line where he says "It's not the first time the Doctor's been wrong" is an absolute classic

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:15 pm

snarl wrote:
KingMob wrote:there is another one running at the moment to win the opportunity to have Bryan Hitch drawing anything you want, as long as it'll fit onto a standard comics board. Perhaps more Doctor stuff will show up.
Anything?

He'll draw anything?

There are a lot of things I'd like Hitch to draw of me.

Mainly involving me and Sativa Rose.

If you win, can I have a scan please?

What's this I heard about Tennant's contract being up in the air or something? Nonsense or spin or summat?

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:53 pm

I'd be surprised if Tennant doesn't at least do 2 seasons (hopefully it'll be 3!)

Now, Daleks Vs Cybermen. Kept under wraps fairly well. I'm surprised they've done it actually, very fanboyish. Then again, its what 8 year olds wanna see happen too, so fair do's.

Post by **Best First** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 1:23 pm

sometimes fanboyish can be good can't it? Publishing Transformers comics 20 years after the initial craze is pretty fanboyish...

although one episode to tidy it all off seems far too little to me - i think a 3 parter (at least) would have been more appropriate.

Unless they are going to end it on a cliff hanger and warp it all up at Xmas or summit.

"Together we could...upgrade the universe!"

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:03 pm

Best First wrote:"Together we could...upgrade the universe!"

"Daleks conquer and destroy!"

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:43 pm

Anyone care to speculate on what a Genesis Ark is?*

*aside from being a plot device to bring back the Daleks in full force, of course.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:45 pm

Rebis wrote:Anyone care to speculate on what a Genesis Ark is?*

*aside from being a plot device to bring back the Daleks in full force, of course.

Davros in a box.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:51 pm

Metal Vendetta wrote:Davros in a box.

Starring Samuel L. Jackson.

Davros. In a Box!

Post by **Best First** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:53 pm

Get this mother****ing Davros out of my mother****ing box.

Post by **Kaylee** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:55 pm

Probably nothing, but on the new Ghostwatch game on the BBC website there is an interesting piece of graffiti turns up... something about an immoral lupine character

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:58 pm

Karl Lynch wrote:Probably nothing, but on the new Ghostwatch game on the BBC website there is an interesting piece of graffiti turns up... something about an immoral lupine character

Michael J Fox?

In a Box?

Fox in a box?

Javier Saviola?

On a plane?

Post by **Kaylee** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 3:15 pm

Brendocon wrote:
Karl Lynch wrote:Probably nothing, but on the new Ghostwatch game on the BBC website there is an interesting piece of graffiti turns up... something about an immoral lupine character
Michael J Fox?

In a Box?

Fox in a box?

Javier Saviola?

On a plane?

...you don't actually not what 'lupine' means, do you?

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 3:25 pm

Karl Lynch wrote:...you don't actually not what 'lupine' means, do you?

Sure, it's an air freshener for the lavatory that smells of...well, pine.

Post by **Kaylee** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 3:43 pm

gah my brain, it burns!

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 4:43 pm

Rebis wrote:Anyone care to speculate on what a Genesis Ark is?

Its a portable Dalek generator.
Just plug in, set to Dalek Factor 5 and in just 10 minutes you have a fully exterminating Dalek! Or your money back!

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:29 pm

Karl Lynch wrote:...you don't actually not what 'lupine' means, do you?

It's a wulluf! It's a wulluf!

Hence the Michael J Fox reference. Did you watch no movies in the 80s?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:59 pm

Brendocon wrote:
Karl Lynch wrote:...you don't actually not what 'lupine' means, do you?
It's a wulluf! It's a wulluf!

Hence the Michael J Fox reference. Did you watch no movies in the 80s?

Back To The Future, probably. Hence the Michael J Fox reference.

Anyone been watching the daily teasers? Interesting stuff. Hopefully, they'll be like last year's ones and not give away much of the episode as regards plot twists.

And what exactly would lupine character morality be for there to be an immoral lupine character?

spoilers my arse! the bbc wrote:Two words - Meet Martha

Post by **Kaylee** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 12:19 am

Rebis wrote:
And what exactly would lupine character morality be for there to be an immoral lupine character?

I must have read that seven times now and I still don't understand it

Must be due to it being 1:20am and my feeble brain.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:34 am

Karl Lynch wrote:
Rebis wrote:And what exactly would lupine character morality be for there to be an immoral lupine character?
I must have read that seven times now and I still don't understand it Must be due to it being 1:20am and my feeble brain.

^ this but an hour and a bit later

saysadie · Post by **saysadie** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:31 am

I read it as "we'd need a definition of what lupine character morality would be to define a lupine character's morality"...

This is the bit that got me, though:

Rebis wrote:
Brendocon wrote:
Karl Lynch wrote:...you don't actually not what 'lupine' means, do you?
It's a wulluf! It's a wulluf!

Hence the Michael J Fox reference. Did you watch no movies in the 80s?
Back To The Future, probably. Hence the Michael J Fox reference.

I was thinking Teen Wolf?...

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 8:52 am

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:03 am

Rebis wrote:
And what exactly would lupine character morality be for there to be an immoral lupine character?

There's nothing you can do to prevent the catharsis of spurious morality.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:47 am

New companion announced:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5146666.stm

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:19 am

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cul ... 3449.shtml

Was actually on their website last night, although then it was curiously dated 29 June not 4 July or even 5 July as it is now.

saysadie wrote:I read it as "we'd need a definition of what lupine character morality would be to define a lupine character's morality"...

Exactly. We'd need a baseline from which to draw a comparison.

saysadie wrote:This is the bit that got me, though:

Rebis wrote:
Brendocon wrote: It's a wulluf! It's a wulluf!

Hence the Michael J Fox reference. Did you watch no movies in the 80s?
Back To The Future, probably. Hence the Michael J Fox reference.
I was thinking Teen Wolf?...

So was I, but Karly apparently wasn't, hence the other big 80's film starring Fox...

Post by **Best First** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:35 am

spiderfrommars wrote:New companion announced:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5146666.stm

hmm.

surely the fcat that she clearly (as another charachter) dies is going to confuse some people?

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:43 am

Best First wrote:
spiderfrommars wrote:New companion announced:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5146666.stm
hmm.

surely the fcat that she clearly (as another charachter) dies is going to confuse some people?

Its a niggle yes, though guest stars have come back as companions before (Peter Purves, Lalla Ward).

I'm more concerned with the fact that I didn't find her particularly dishy, but maybe that will come in time.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:56 am

spiderfrommars wrote:Its a niggle yes, though guest stars have come back as companions before (Peter Purves, Lalla Ward).

Not to mention Colin Baker.

Ok, so he only played the Doctor and wasn't a compaion, but hey.