I thoroughly enjoyed it, but at times I was confused because I missed the first 10 minutes and I don't watch the show regularly. Some bits didn't need to be there at all IMO, like theSpoiler:they could've been replaced with so many different thinks, perhaps a member of torchwood? I really didn't see the point. 12-31-2009 11:36 AMDoctorDodgeMy guess is Mark that, withSpoiler:
Still, at least Wilf got that golden line! :D 12-31-2009 07:18 PMMarkSo he couldn't use Jack Harkness? Isn't he an alien? 12-31-2009 07:28 PMDoctorDodgeTrue, but with all the shit that happened in Torchwood: Children of Earth, with RTD himself having Captain Jack go through some pretty dark stuff and making one of the most terrible decisions for a hero to make, having him back in Doctor Who as his old, usual joking light hearted self would have been really out of place. By the end of that storySpoiler:. No, if it was a choice between annoying green aliens, and having Jack reset to "family entertainment" after the epic Children of Earth, i'd go with the annoying green aliens meself.
EDIT: and when I say Jack Harkness is an alien, I only mean he is not from planet Earth. I haven't seen anything in the new series, apart from his immortality, which was only caused by a freak accident, that makes him any different from any human on Earth, both externally and biologically.
Spoiler: 01-01-2010 12:26 PMDoctorDodgeFinished watching part two a half hour back, and i still don't know how to describe how i feel. Right now these are the only words i can think of:
whoa, bloody hell, and omg. Yep, that's pretty much it. 01-01-2010 12:52 PMMarkTHAT WAS SUCH A GOOD ENDING! My Mum was in tears! Just out of curiousity, what was it that The Doctor was talking about withSpoiler: 01-01-2010 01:22 PMDoctorDodgeIf you're talking about stuff likeSpoiler:
But yeah, it was an amazing episode. So much better than last week's! A fitting end for the tenth doctor, i think.
Spoiler: 01-01-2010 02:10 PMMarkAt the end whenSpoiler: 01-01-2010 03:25 PMDoctorDodgeIn a way. He was there whenSpoiler: 01-03-2010 02:26 AMcandyjust finished watching it. i shall have to watch both ones again, to really savour it.
just read through the spoilers, and you answered my questions about jack, so thats good. I have'nt seen children of earth yet but i can pretty much guess what happened (from the scene in the bar) which is a shame but hey ho.
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watching this series (or specials in this case) wind there way to the end it appeared that number 10 went incredibley selfish and quite dis-likable?Spoiler:
not sure how i feel about this new dr yet, from the few seconds that we had he seemed very much dr 10? which when you look at the switch of 9 and 10 he changed straight away. but we shall see
my mind just whirled last night and i have decided i am going to get all the box sets from the first dr. wish me luck in tracking them down 01-03-2010 07:40 AMBev VincentI thought it was a great finale for the Doctor. He got a better send off than most of his "predecessors." I thought it was brilliant how they turned around the 4-knocks thing at the end. I can't think of a better way for it to work out. I was thinking that with what happened inside the TARDIS at the end that they now have an excuse to revamp it, too, if they want. 01-03-2010 07:49 AMcandythe same thought went through my mind too bev!:thumbsup:
they really did want a new start and to draw a line didn't they 01-03-2010 09:15 AMDoctorDodgeQuote:
Apparently there just might be another series of Torchwood, there's still a lot of planning for it, but nothing really confirmed from RTD or the crew. However, they have said that although they've finished with Doctor Who, they're still happy to continue working with the spinoffs.
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I've gotta say I like the new Doctor, from what i've seen of him. Yes, there's bit of ten in there, clearly, but seeing as he's only just regenerated, that's understandable. However, there's certainly something different in his performance. I really can't wait for the new series.
Good choice, btw. There's not that many box sets, but I can give you a list of all the 1st Doctor stories in order available on dvd so far. Here they are:
Season OneSeason Two
- The Beginning: A set containing An Unearthly Child, The Daleks, and The Edge of Destruction. 13 eps, must buy, imo!
- The Keys of Marinus
- The Aztecs
- The Dalek Invasion of Earth (good one with optional CGI effects replacing terrible tin foil spaceships with Dalek saucers. Even better was that this dvd was released in 2003, so you can imagine my shock when i saw the updated ones in Bad Wolf!)
- The Rescue/The Romans (2 story set introducing new companion Vicki)
- The Web Planet
- The Time Meddler
Season Three
- The War Machines
Well, that's all they've released on dvd so far. No release of the final 1st Doctor story the Tenth Planet unfortunatly, as the last episode is missing. Speaking of missing stories, there's also the set Lost in Time, which features a selection of incomplete stories from both the William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton years. Well, hope this helped, and if it didn't, well, you're way too fussy even by my standards, and considering how long this post is, that's saying something! :P 01-03-2010 09:59 AMcandycheers doc; i'm looking forward to hunting the dvd's down. i couldn't sleep last night thinking of the old series, and how good they were. i really wanted to start at the beginning and work my way through, which is a bit of a bummer!
you're right about the MS performance being because of the new regeneration, hadn't thought of it like - i was a little apprehensive but went on line and looked at a preview of the new series and it looks damn good.
i will be sad about saying goodbye to everyone, its a little strange as in one way its ALL finished (DT / RTD / tardi etc) but i am also excited as i think moffit has written some of the best eps so far and i have persuaded a lot of people who weren't watching the series to now jump in as it will be like a whole new series.
Although i have seen a sneak of the new tardis and i was a little :unsure:?
roll on spring 2010
in regards to end of time pt 2 i a going to watch this again, as i found watching pt1 again cleared up a few things.
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I am also hoping BB3 shows the series from the start (9th dr) as they just keep showing the same eps. i can then tie it all together:cool::cool: 01-03-2010 10:30 AMDoctorDodgeI've just realised something else about how BIG all the changes are: namely, it's rare that Doctor Who should have this much change all in one go, even in the old series. Normally, when the Doctor regenerated, there was at least one companion from the previous Doctor ready to help out the new, to help ease out the transition. There are only two instances where a brand new series has begun with a new Doctor without a companion from before: there's Rose, obviously, but that's not surprising considering the series was starting from scratch, but much, much earlier than that was Spearhead from Space in 1970, which began with:
- a new Doctor
- no companions from before
- and, for the first time, Doctor Who could be seen in FULL COLOUR
Bigger than that though was the fact that, after six years of travelling, the Doctor had found himself exiled to Earth, which would remain so for a few years.
God, could you imagine what the internet message boards would've been like if they were around back then? It would've been chaos! 01-03-2010 10:52 AMMarkMy Mum said she felt sorry for The Doctor because of The Wilf situation, and she loved Wilf (I think it reminded her of her Grandad, who played a big part in her life), I for one loved Wilf and I knew that The Doctor would have to do what he did. Also, the Doctor had to transform all on his own, which upset my Mum, because she thought he deserved better. 01-03-2010 10:57 AMBev VincentI thought it was inspired writing that a very human character should be the one that brought about the Doctor's regeneration. He wasn't killed by a vile monster or diabolical nemesis, he chose to sacrifice himself for one of the people that he had grown to love.
Question: Do you think we were meant to believe that was the Doctor's mother, the one with her hands over her face for most of it? 01-03-2010 11:00 AMturtlexHey All - Wizard Magazine, issue 221 ( current issue ) has a feature on Doctor Who - a "review" of all the Doctors. It's about 3 pages long. 01-03-2010 11:54 AMcandyi too felt sorry for him re-generating on his own, thats why i keep going on (and on) about how i wanted him to have a companion.
very inspired and very very sad, especially when the dr realised who was knocking.
i do agree that we were supposed to think it was mum. 01-03-2010 12:30 PMDoctorDodgeI did hear in the commentary Bev that the woman was intended to be the Doctor's mother, according to Julie Gardner, anyway. Why she was only credited as "the Woman", I don't know, but that's as near a confirmation as we're going to get.
Looking forward to the new series, Bev? With the impressive entrance by Matt Smith - which was actually written by Steven Moffat, which explains the switch from tragedy to awesome cliffhanger - and the trailer i've seen for the new series, i've gotta say, i'm looking forward to it a lot! 01-03-2010 01:38 PMVes'Ka GanRE: Him becoming more selfish--I think it was obvious why and was a very natural place for him to go--he had believed that he ruined people's lives, after what happened to Rose, and what happened to Donna--and so he chose to travel alone, for fear of hurting anyone else--or himself.
Further, when he saved Rose without a second thought--think about it--He's the Doctor, the beautiful thing about The Doctor is you always know he WILL pull through, just not how--and DT's Doctor thrived on that bit of egotism--he always 'knew" he would be fine, and so it was easy to throw himself under the bus. In this case--he knew he would die. He had a moment's reprieve when he thought he had "made it" but when the realization hit that he would, in fact, really die--he reacted in a fit--not because he was honestly thinking of NOT saving him--but because the truth had hit him--he would die there. 01-03-2010 01:41 PMVes'Ka Gan& Bev--I do agree, I think it was supposed to be his mother.
The one thing I wish they had touched on, even just a little, before Tennant's departure, was the relationship with the woman from Silence In The Library. We know from that episode they were very close--perhaps closer than the Doctor even was with Rose--and one can only assume that this part of his life took place when he was 'traveling" alone, procrastinating on going to the Ood...I would have liked to have had even the smallest bit of explanation on who she was/what became of them... 01-03-2010 01:45 PMVes'Ka GanOh & let me spam the thread one more time.
The cactus people were PERFECT for the episode for many reasons--one of which being that they did not know, nor did they have any reason to help the Doctor--it showcased the effect he tends to have on others.
Secondly, that's what Doctor Who is all about--the crazy aliens and sometimes campy effects.
Lastly, as was mentioned, they could not be human or it wouldn't have worked. I suppose they could have brought in an alien from some other story arc back to fill that spot--but it would have seemed rather forced, IMO--and again--it would have taken away from that one last chance to see #10's charisma at work, getting complete strangers to place ultimate faith in him and help save the day, even knowing their lives are at stake and that they could be "safe" if they just walked away. 01-03-2010 02:02 PMDoctorDodgeRemember how she described the Doctor, Ves'Ka? That it wasn't her Doctor? Maybe she didn't know the Doctor from his Tenth incarnation's future, but rather from a future incarnation. Let's face it, since she knew about regeneration, she could spot the Doctor with a different face from a mile away: just look for the weirdo in the strange clothes!
And on a completely unrelated note, here's a trailer for the next series. I think you'll like what you see in this trailer in particular, Ves'Ka: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iN1Ent7uzQ"]YouTube- Doctor Who - Series 5 Trailer - Matt Smith[/ame] 01-03-2010 04:33 PMICry4OyThankee for that trailer!!! If Crispin Glover and Matthew Modine had a kid together that's what he'd look like. Me like!:thumbsup: