Author Topic: Unified Doctor Who thread (Read 147487 times)

Lore · « **Reply #270 on:** 12 December 2013, 22:05:48 »

Quote from: Wrangler on 12 December 2013, 18:58:29

The Christmas trailers for the special are rolling out now. Looks dramatic, I'm baffled why there all after him again. Not part of the fan club i guess. :D

I'm thinking they might be remnants of the Alliance that tried to take down the Doctor the first time during the whole Pandorica saga.

Wrangler · « **Reply #271 on:** 12 December 2013, 22:18:53 »

Personally, i wish they had made an offical animation of the Doctor Who. Someone made fan one that might well be real thing!

I can't wait til the offical christmas special does comes out!

monbvol · « **Reply #272 on:** 12 December 2013, 23:24:51 »

Okay that fan film was entirely too well done.

YingJanshi · « **Reply #273 on:** 13 December 2013, 00:26:54 »

Quote from: Wrangler on 12 December 2013, 22:18:53

Personally, i wish they had made an offical animation of the Doctor Who. Someone made fan one that might well be real thing!

I can't wait til the offical christmas special does comes out!

Um...actually there have been several animated Doctor Who stories:
Real Time (6th Doctor)
Shada (8th Doctor)
The Infinite Quest (10th Doctor)
Dreamland (10th Doctor)

As well as an unofficial Doctor (well, it was produced before the series returned to the air in 2005).
Scream of the Shalka
Its actually a really good story. The Doctor is voiced by Richard E. Grant. I rather like this Doctor actually. Sad he's been tossed into the void of unofficialdom. :'(

Lore · « **Reply #274 on:** 13 December 2013, 02:30:53 »

Quote from: YingJanshi on 13 December 2013, 00:26:54

As well as an unofficial Doctor (well, it was produced before the series returned to the air in 2005).
Scream of the Shalka
Its actually a really good story. The Doctor is voiced by Richard E. Grant. I rather like this Doctor actually. Sad he's been tossed into the void of unofficialdom. :'(

It is indeed sad. But it would also be difficult to explain, now, given that Dr. Walter Simeon bears his likeness.

Lorcan Nagle · « **Reply #275 on:** 13 December 2013, 02:44:03 »

Doctor Who has a long history of recycling actors though, including two Doctors now.

Lore · « **Reply #276 on:** 13 December 2013, 10:05:41 »

Quote from: Lorcan Nagle on 13 December 2013, 02:44:03

Doctor Who has a long history of recycling actors though, including two Doctors now.

True.

But I think Simeon's a special case in this regard -- since he seems to have such a prominent place in both the events of Trenzalore and the death of the Doctor.

YingJanshi · « **Reply #277 on:** 21 December 2013, 12:29:00 »

Mind totally, completely, fully blown...shattered... :o :o :o :o :o :o

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Lore · « **Reply #278 on:** 21 December 2013, 21:13:55 »

She really would've have made a great incarnation of the Doctor.

Regardless, Donna Noble was one of my all-time favourite companions.

Lorcan Nagle · « **Reply #279 on:** 22 December 2013, 05:28:04 »

Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised by Donna. Catherine Tate is best known for an awful (and inexplicably popular) comedy show, so Who fans over here were up in arms when she showed up at the end of series 2.

YingJanshi · « **Reply #280 on:** 22 December 2013, 10:09:22 »

IMHO she's the best companion of the new series. Certainly the most fun.

Lorcan Nagle · « **Reply #281 on:** 22 December 2013, 14:20:31 »

So, BBC America are showing a Matt Smith farewell special prior to The Time of the Doctor. It looks to be their own production rather than a central BBC thing, no word on whether it's going to air in the UK/Ireland yet.

Deadborder · « **Reply #282 on:** 22 December 2013, 17:00:54 »

I liked Donna; certainly she was my favourtie of the companions in the amount of New Who I watched before I gave up. She was a fun character and being ful of sass and the like made for a pleasant enough change form the more 'traditional' companion.

Unfortunately, Donna had one draw back. She wasn't Blessed St. Rose of Tyler, whom sunshine shon out of the arse of. As such, her entire run consisted of a) being unfavorably compared to Rose b) playing second fiddle to rose and c) being overlooked until right at the end of the season.

monbvol · « **Reply #283 on:** 22 December 2013, 18:22:34 »

Quote from: Lorcan Nagle on 22 December 2013, 14:20:31

So, BBC America are showing a Matt Smith farewell special prior to The Time of the Doctor. It looks to be their own production rather than a central BBC thing, no word on whether it's going to air in the UK/Ireland yet.

Which annoys me somewhat. None of the other Doctors got such a production for their farewells as far as I can find.

Lorcan Nagle · « **Reply #284 on:** 22 December 2013, 18:23:34 »

Well, it was during Matt Smith's run that the show really broke through in the US. I can understand why they'd do it.

ANS Kamas P81 · « **Reply #285 on:** 22 December 2013, 18:51:16 »

On the topic of the Doctors regenerating...did anyone else catch that little "I don't want to go" again from Tennant as he's leaving in the end of Day of the Doctor? Talk about a heartstring puller.

Can't wait for Christmas.

Stormlion1 · « **Reply #286 on:** 22 December 2013, 19:23:06 »

Quote from: Lorcan Nagle on 22 December 2013, 18:23:34

Well, it was during Matt Smith's run that the show really broke through in the US. I can understand why they'd do it.

I'm guessing you weren't here for the early run back in the 80's? Plenty of us did watch that you know, even if it was before Cable. I still enjoy the Tom Baker Years and consider him the best Doctor of them all.

Lorcan Nagle · « **Reply #287 on:** 22 December 2013, 19:32:49 »

I live in Ireland, but I'm fully aware of the popularity of Doctor Who on PBS in the 70s and 80s. From what I understand, the show's gone from cult hit to minor phenomenon in the last couple of years though.

monbvol · « **Reply #288 on:** 22 December 2013, 20:21:12 »

Quite possible but I know I watched Doctor Who on Sci Fi with Eccleston and Tennant before Smith came along.

Stormlion1 · « **Reply #289 on:** 22 December 2013, 20:40:15 »

Someone once told me that a persons first Doctor is usually there favorite Doctor.

Wrangler · « **Reply #290 on:** 22 December 2013, 21:04:42 »

Quote from: Stormlion1 on 22 December 2013, 20:40:15

Someone once told me that a persons first Doctor is usually there favorite Doctor.

He was certainly unique, the actor certainly put his energy into the scripts they came up for him. Its too bad his health didn't last. I wish the bio pic they did about him would had inspired have those actors possibly make lost episodes were missing. I know they tried, but it wasn't in the cards.

Lore · « **Reply #291 on:** 22 December 2013, 21:11:30 »

Quote from: ANS Kamas P81 on 22 December 2013, 18:51:16

On the topic of the Doctors regenerating...did anyone else catch that little "I don't want to go" again from Tennant as he's leaving in the end of Day of the Doctor? Talk about a heartstring puller.

Yes. And Matt Smith's "He always says that" reply. O0

ANS Kamas P81 · « **Reply #292 on:** 23 December 2013, 00:29:09 »

Quote from: Stormlion1 on 22 December 2013, 20:40:15

Someone once told me that a persons first Doctor is usually there favorite Doctor.

Tom Baker. Reruns on the Sci Fi Channel, waaaaaay the hell back in the day. Back when there were only seven Doctors...

DoctorMonkey · « **Reply #293 on:** 23 December 2013, 01:54:58 »

Quote from: Stormlion1 on 22 December 2013, 20:40:15

Someone once told me that a persons first Doctor is usually there favorite Doctor.

My first was, I suppose, Sylvester McCoy but my favourite is David Tennant (even if I can't stand Donna)

That my Mum got asked out by another (and said no) before either he was The Doctor or I was around is a different story...

StCptMara · « **Reply #294 on:** 23 December 2013, 04:24:05 »

I am really hoping that Capaldi a) is a great Doctor and b) lasts more then just one season. I have heard it mentioned
that he is only signed up for one season now, and I hope that is just that Moffat is handing it off to another person,
and the contracts for more have not been signed. I just don't like the Doctor being a short run...It makes the Regenerations
seem trivial, you know?

Then again, I kind of feel like Smith's run is too short. However, I am looking forward to seeing what Capaldi's Doctor is
going to be like.

Lorcan Nagle · « **Reply #295 on:** 23 December 2013, 04:33:59 »

It's likely Capaldi's signed for one year to test the waters, and will be offered a longer contract (and pay negotiations) depending on how well his first one does.

Øystein · « **Reply #296 on:** 23 December 2013, 05:19:52 »

The problem with Capaldi is that he is relatively well known, and as such it will be limited how long he'll stick with Dr Who I think.

I would love to have a new 7 year run as a doctor, but I think that is a thing of the past unfortunately.

Lazarus Jaguar · « **Reply #297 on:** 23 December 2013, 06:26:49 »

Quote from: Lorcan Nagle on 22 December 2013, 18:23:34

Well, it was during Matt Smith's run that the show really broke through in the US. I can understand why they'd do it.

Nah, show hit cult status here back in the Tennant era. Matt Smaith basically picked up where David left off.

Heck, ask someone to picture Doctor who anymor, they'll either pjcture spikey haired guy in suit (the Tennant look) or guy in long coat, wide hat and long multicolored scarf ( Tom Baker look).

GreenDragon · « **Reply #298 on:** 23 December 2013, 08:03:54 »

Quote from: Stormlion1 on 22 December 2013, 20:40:15

Someone once told me that a persons first Doctor is usually there favorite Doctor.

I don't recall which Doctor I started with, but shortly after I started watching PBS started running all the episodes they had starting from Unearthly Child. A couple months of Hartnell, a few weeks of Troughton, and a lot of Pertwee. I loved Pertwee. More so than Tom and Davison. Hated Colin, and while I liked McCoy, I hated everything else about his era of the show - starting with JNT.
I particularly loved how the earlier shows would have to work to make up for the lack of budget. I made for better stories in many cases. Cheap CGI has spoiled the new show. I enjoy it, and its frequently good. But actors running from green screens don't emote like actors running from the Shakey's Chicken Man.

StCptMara · « **Reply #299 on:** 23 December 2013, 08:37:27 »

You know..thanks to the lead-up to the 50th, I finally got to see Hartnell. Though it was only
the Aztec Storyline, I came away....wishing for more Doctors like him, and less of the running,
etc we see in the modern era. Too bad Moffat wouldn't be able to write that :(