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YingJanshi · « **Reply #1050 on:** 09 July 2015, 22:10:18 »

Well...

that put's the rumor about no Daleks this season to rest. Also, did anyone else see the Doctor rocking out on a guitar? I have to see that!!! Anyone else think it would be epic of Craig Ferguson guest starred?

ClarkeMarek · « **Reply #1051 on:** 09 July 2015, 23:13:02 »

Quote from: monbvol on 09 July 2015, 20:12:06

Well I'm inclined to say not his Daughter(from the machine) since they said she couldn't regenerate.

Unless Rule #1 is in effect. :P

GreenDragon · « **Reply #1052 on:** 10 July 2015, 00:53:06 »

Or something Timey-Wimey occurred.

monbvol · « **Reply #1053 on:** 10 July 2015, 09:01:46 »

Obviously my inclination could be wrong and I do grant it is only an inclination, not an absolute "not his daughter(from the machine)" notion.

gyedid · « **Reply #1054 on:** 10 July 2015, 12:40:11 »

And there's also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQouVe5ZBdM

cheers,

Gabe

Wrangler · « **Reply #1055 on:** 10 July 2015, 14:52:39 »

Quote from: gyedid on 10 July 2015, 12:40:11

And there's also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQouVe5ZBdM

cheers,

Gabe

I wish that was also a special video program too. :D

ClarkeMarek · « **Reply #1056 on:** 10 July 2015, 18:12:01 »

Quote from: ClarkeMarek on 09 July 2015, 23:13:02

Unless Rule #1 is in effect. :P

Actually, as I think about it, I forget that Susan's suppose to be his granddaughter, and we've never seen his first spouse/kid(s)/et al.

(Though I believe his mom was suppose to be on the council.)

monbvol · « **Reply #1057 on:** 10 July 2015, 18:15:04 »

*nod*

Tons of people it could be from the Doctor's past that we have plenty of loose threads for.

YingJanshi · « **Reply #1058 on:** 10 July 2015, 18:52:27 »

Quote from: ClarkeMarek on 10 July 2015, 18:12:01

Actually, as I think about it, I forget that Susan's suppose to be his granddaughter, and we've never seen his first spouse/kid(s)/et al.

(Though I believe his mom was suppose to be on the council.)

Well....depends...according to the New Adventure stories published in the 90s Susan wasn't technically the Doctor's granddaughter...but...well it's complicated...

Yeah, I do believe RTD did say that...then again he's also said it could have been the Doctor's wife...or even Susan once...so...

ClarkeMarek · « **Reply #1059 on:** 10 July 2015, 18:53:33 »

Quote from: monbvol on 10 July 2015, 18:15:04

*nod*

Tons of people it could be from the Doctor's past that we have plenty of loose threads for.

True that.

Quote from: YingJanshi on 10 July 2015, 18:52:27

Well....depends...according to the New Adventure stories published in the 90s Susan wasn't technically the Doctor's granddaughter...but...well it's complicated...

Yeah, I do believe RTD did say that...then again he's also said it could have been the Doctor's wife...or even Susan once...so...

We'll just have to see.

YingJanshi · « **Reply #1060 on:** 10 July 2015, 19:01:24 »

Quote from: ClarkeMarek on 10 July 2015, 18:53:33

We'll just have to see.

Honestly, I rather hope we don't. I really miss the Doctor being a mysterious character. From Tennant on it seems like they just keep tearing away more and more of the mystery of the Doctor. :/

Lazarus Jaguar · « **Reply #1061 on:** 10 July 2015, 19:53:00 »

Tennants Dicor still had mystery. Its been Smith's that seems to have the mist backstory filked out. Almost like Moffat is trying to force his vision onto everyone.

Jaim Magnus · « **Reply #1062 on:** 13 July 2015, 12:07:30 »

Quote from: YingJanshi on 10 July 2015, 18:52:27

Well....depends...according to the New Adventure stories published in the 90s Susan wasn't technically the Doctor's granddaughter...but...well it's complicated...

Yeah, I do believe RTD did say that...then again he's also said it could have been the Doctor's wife...or even Susan once...so...

The BBC made the new adventures stories non-canon.

YingJanshi · « **Reply #1063 on:** 13 July 2015, 14:06:11 »

Quote from: Jaim Magnus on 13 July 2015, 12:07:30

The BBC made the new adventures stories non-canon.

Well they were never really canon to begin with. But I still think on the whole they're better stories than the revived TV show. (And the Big Finish plays are even better still.)

Darth Nichos · « **Reply #1064 on:** 18 September 2015, 21:24:40 »

Anyone been watching the marathons? Also, they announced that Jenna Coleman (Clara Oswald) is leaving in Series 9 for her role as Queen Victoria in an upcoming BBC Series. Wonder who we will get next?

Ruger · « **Reply #1065 on:** 19 September 2015, 06:30:11 »

There have also been two prequel mini-episodes to season 9 released with the second airing on BBC America last night at 10 PM ET...

Ruger

Darth Nichos · « **Reply #1066 on:** 19 September 2015, 14:42:15 »

Well BBC did something stupid and released the promo to Episode 2 early; even before Episode 1 aired

Davros is back!

StCptMara · « **Reply #1067 on:** 20 September 2015, 03:35:22 »

So, an interesting perspective...
Assuming that Missy/The Master isn't lying about the Doctor being her best friend,
it raises an interesting bit of alien-ness to the Time Lords we had not seen before. I mean,
what sort of best friends try to kill each other? The kind where the society encourages
growth through conflict. And suddenly, with that, everything makes sense: His companiosn are
friends..so he makes sure they go through the crucible that shapes them into better people.
The same as he and the Master try to kill each other to make each other rise above themselves..

What do people think on that speculation?

YingJanshi · « **Reply #1068 on:** 20 September 2015, 03:35:38 »

BBC America dropped "The Magician's Apprentice" for free on Facebook.

All I can say is...wow...

Khymerion · « **Reply #1069 on:** 20 September 2015, 03:49:02 »

Quote from: StCptMara on 20 September 2015, 03:35:22

What do people think on that speculation?

I like that speculation. Really something to mull over honestly. Lets see how this pays off!

YingJanshi · « **Reply #1070 on:** 20 September 2015, 08:50:26 »

Quote from: StCptMara on 20 September 2015, 03:35:22

So, an interesting perspective...
Assuming that Missy/The Master isn't lying about the Doctor being her best friend,
it raises an interesting bit of alien-ness to the Time Lords we had not seen before. I mean,
what sort of best friends try to kill each other? The kind where the society encourages
growth through conflict. And suddenly, with that, everything makes sense: His companiosn are
friends..so he makes sure they go through the crucible that shapes them into better people.
The same as he and the Master try to kill each other to make each other rise above themselves..

What do people think on that speculation?

Hm, while I would agree about his companions...I'd have to disagree about the Doctor/Master relationship.
It's been pretty clear from even early in their onscreen relationship that they were very good friends once. They've always been dropping hints on the show even since the Classic series.
The Doctor and Master did belong to the same College after all.

ClarkeMarek · « **Reply #1071 on:** 20 September 2015, 10:27:15 »

Quote from: StCptMara on 20 September 2015, 03:35:22

So, an interesting perspective...
Assuming that Missy/The Master isn't lying about the Doctor being her best friend,
it raises an interesting bit of alien-ness to the Time Lords we had not seen before. I mean,
what sort of best friends try to kill each other? The kind where the society encourages
growth through conflict. And suddenly, with that, everything makes sense: His companiosn are
friends..so he makes sure they go through the crucible that shapes them into better people.
The same as he and the Master try to kill each other to make each other rise above themselves..

What do people think on that speculation?

To quote something I saw on an old bottle of soap:

"The surest way to defeat your worst enemy is by becoming his most sincere friend."

monbvol · « **Reply #1072 on:** 20 September 2015, 18:07:33 »

It makes sense.

Overall despite growing tired of seeing the same old enemies time and time again I think this story rather worked well, especially for what it seems to be setting up for what seems to be the season long theme.

Wrangler · « **Reply #1073 on:** 22 September 2015, 06:13:41 »

I wonder if they'll shake up things by adding new villians this seasons or new threats that will be around.

Since Peter joined, i don't know. Its not the same as when Tennent and Smith were on.

gyedid · « **Reply #1074 on:** 22 September 2015, 10:12:11 »

How did the Doctor initially fail to realize that he was on Skaro in the middle of the Kaled/Thal war? He'd been there before, he knew what conditions were like and should've been familiar with the mix of high/low tech the combatants had been reduced to using by that point.

Now those hand mines...anybody else think of the cover of Stephen King's Night Shift? Especially the story "I Am The Doorway" ?

And who do you think is more deserving of the title of Doctor's Archenemy... Davros, or the Master/Missy ?

cheers,

Gabe

StCptMara · « **Reply #1075 on:** 22 September 2015, 13:51:00 »

Quote from: gyedid on 22 September 2015, 10:12:11

How did the Doctor initially fail to realize that he was on Skaro in the middle of the Kaled/Thal war? He'd been there before, he knew what conditions were like and should've been familiar with the mix of high/low tech the combatants had been reduced to using by that point.

I think that was explained by the Doctor rather well.. He did ask which war was it, because he had seen so many. There could easily have been others with similar mixes of high/low tech on other world.

gyedid · « **Reply #1076 on:** 22 September 2015, 22:50:08 »

Quote from: StCptMara on 22 September 2015, 13:51:00

I think that was explained by the Doctor rather well.. He did ask which war was it, because he had seen so many. There could easily have been others with similar mixes of high/low tech on other world.

Point taken, but couldn't the TARDIS have given him some indication as to where he was? AFAIK, that planet has not been repeatedly relocated in space...

What do you all think about the yet-again re-jigged presentation of Clara here? We don't know how much time elapsed between this story and "Last Christmas", but it seems like she and the Doctor have been apart again for a while. And yet, she now seems to be acting as the Doctor's proxy on Earth when he's not around. She seems much more mature, more hard-edged, and has insight into the the Doctor's way of thinking and doing things that very few, if any, other companions have ever had. At first I thought this was just another step in the continuing Mary Sue-ification of the character, but then I considered who the episode's villain was, and remembered his previous monologue about how the Doctor molds his companions into a proxy army. In Clara's case, it certainly seems to have worked. Though that theme would've been more in keeping with last season.

cheers,

Gabe

Ruger · « **Reply #1077 on:** 26 September 2015, 21:19:55 »

NEW SONIC!!!!

Ruger

Wrangler · « **Reply #1078 on:** 26 September 2015, 23:36:46 »

I've not seen 9th season yet aside the preview. i'm trying get my wife watch. i've gotten see 3 episodes of the 8th season, up to episode 8. Curious see what going on with Missy joining forces with the Doctor. Preview for season 9 has doctor rocking out. funny and weird.

ClarkeMarek · « **Reply #1079 on:** 27 September 2015, 09:31:46 »

After watching the episode, I had to wonder, Has the Doctor ever heard a Dalek cry for mercy? I mean, IIRC, Rose showed one mercy, one begged River Song for mercy, albeit in vain.

Oh, and I wonder what plans Scary Poppins is going to come up with.