900 Going On 11th Incarnation - Doctor Who

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Just to add more suspense I guess...

The week wait between the Pandorica Opens and the Big Bang was torture, I'm not looking forward to Summer at all.

Also, this isn't a spoiler, but apparently on DW Confidential they said Amy has been a Ganger since the Impossible Astronaut.

[Reply #401 on:]

Also, this isn't a spoiler, but apparently on DW Confidential they said Amy has been a Ganger since the Impossible Astronaut.

Yeah they did


Sontarons, Silurians and cybermen next week and we get to find out who river song is

[Reply #402 on:]

Did anyone else realize that 

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Depending on how long the two's doctors had switched shoes for....it seems pretty likely that it was the "real" Doctor Amy was talking to when she mentions that he dies. Gah!

[Reply #403 on:]

Oh yeah!

[Reply #404 on:]

I'm sure it was. I'd need to watch the episode again but I'm pretty sure that he said something about himself dying

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Did anyone else realize that  

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Depending on how long the two's doctors had switched shoes for....it seems pretty likely that it was the "real" Doctor Amy was talking to when she mentions that he dies. Gah!

The real Doctor joked about it (if I recall correctly, he definitely said something about inviting people to see it) before the ganger was killed. He definitely was the one Amy was talking to.


Also, did anybody else notice:

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that the ganger Doctor noticed when Amy saw the woman again? I guess it goes along with that the Flesh seem to have one consciousness (if I understood what was being said correctly) and that the ganger Doctor would be able to see what the ganger Amy was seeing as well.

Just to add more suspense I guess...

The week wait between the Pandorica Opens and the Big Bang was torture, I'm not looking forward to Summer at all.

Also, this isn't a spoiler, but apparently on DW Confidential they said Amy has been a Ganger since the Impossible Astronaut.

I didn't need no DWC to figure that one out. The Amy we've been seeing has been one since the time we first saw the woman.

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So the entire Flesh and Ganger thing is gonna be more important then we first expected?

[Reply #407 on:]

Yes. It seems like The Curse of the Black Spot and The Doctor's Wife are the only episodes that aren't very important to the season's arc, although Curse features the woman and mentions of the Doctor's death and Amy's pregnancy, and TDW features a mention of Amy's pregnancy in the epilogue. However, the story of the Flesh is pretty inconsequential. It only sets up that Amy hasn't been there the entire time.

And, may I say that I loved the ganger Doctor's reaction to all of his regenerations? He says lines by the First and Third Doctors in the Eleventh's voice, followed by a line by the Fourth and then a line by the Tenth in their voices. Very cool stuff.

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I noticed the 1st, 3rd and 4th references, but no 10th?

Matt sounds very similar to David.

[Reply #409 on:]

Matt sounds very similar to David.

I know the very first scene with matt (the end of time part 2) He reminded me of David very much

[Reply #410 on:]

Yeah, there's a lot more similarity between Tennant and Smith than between Eccleston and Tennant.

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Eccleston didn't get to do much He only lasted 13 episodes :-/

[Reply #412 on:]

Yet you can't deny there's a very clear difference between Tennant's Doctor and Eccleston's.

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Eccleston was the best Doc IMO.

And yes tnuk, there was a clear difference.

[Reply #414 on:]

Eccleston was the best Doc IMO.

And yes tnuk, there was a clear difference.

Finally, something we can agree on.

* tnuk ruffles Danny's hair in a friendly manner.

[Reply #415 on:]

The eyepatched window lady scares me

[Reply #416 on:]

I watched a ton of Tom Baker as Dr. Who.  In fact, as a young, poor, newlywed couple, when Dr. Who was coming in very fuzzy across the air on my frequently self-repaired set, my wife demanded that we go out right then and get a new TV so that we could watch the show.

After the Baker era, I hadn't watched again until I saw "The Water of Mars" on late-night cable one night, which I really enjoyed.

Would it be worth putting the Eccleston DVDs on my with list?

[Reply #417 on:]

Yes. Yes it would.

[Reply #418 on:]

Yes, Tachyon. That would be fantastic.

[Reply #419 on:]

Nice reference Xanfor, and yes Tachyon for the love of God do it! Chris was amazing!

[Reply #420 on:]

I noticed the 1st, 3rd and 4th references, but no 10th?

Matt sounds very similar to David.

Rewatch right after the 4th's line. You'll hear a very distinctly different tone the next time that he says, "I'm the Doctor."

[Reply #421 on:]

TO BBC IPLAYER, AWWWAAAYYY!

Hm, can only just tell it's him.

*EDIT* HOLY MOTHER OF GOD. THE F**K?

http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-series-6-episode-8-title-21253.htm

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So I've finally caught up to the newest episode, and I've had two major predictions about this season since watching The Impossible Astronaut. Actually, one of them I've had since The Time Of Angels, it seemed fairly obvious then and it's started to seem even more obvious now. I'm sure someone if not many have already made this prediction but I haven't been paying attention to people talking about the season so far since I just watched the six episodes of it the past few days. Anyway, I'm fairly certain that (do not look if you don't want to take the chance that I'm right and I ruin the whole season for you, unless you've already figured it out yourself):

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River Song is the one who kills the Doctor. In The Time Of Angels (or perhaps it was Flesh And Stone...anyway), the Doctor asks River Song why she is in Stormcage, she responds that she killed somebody very important, and "the best man she ever knew". When he asks who, she doesn't answer. From that very moment I assumed she meant the Doctor...if the two of them were married (which we've known since Silence In The Library/Forest Of The Dead) then who else could she mean by "the best man she ever knew"? In The Impossible Astronaut, River is the one who strongly urges that they not tell the Doctor about his fate. She also mentions that she and the Doctor are moving in opposite directions, that everytime she sees him he's younger and younger. Why can't River simply be with the current Doctor, the Doctor who knows her? Why is she doomed to only be visited by earlier versions of the Doctor now? The answer seems pretty obvious...her Doctor is dead. Last thing, when we see the Doctor killed, right before he dies he says, acceptingly, "I know it's you" and the spaceman opens their helmet to be face to face with the Doctor before killing him. All of these things seem to leave little doubt to me that River is indeed the one we see in the astronaut suit killing the Doctor.

Which leads me to my second prediction. This one I'm not so sure about but I'll throw it out there anyway:

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Assuming the child we saw in The Impossible Astronaut and Day Of The Moon is Amy's daughter...River Song is Amy's daughter. Not really much evidence for this but considering the regeneration scene at the end of Day Of The Moon and considering the show is making a hubbub about who River Song really is, I don't think it's that farfetched a guess.

[Reply #423 on:]

One thing Josh, Blackstorm? You mean the Stormcage?

[Reply #424 on:]

...yes. Mistake has been edited. Blast you!

[Reply #425 on:]

Josh: I've been assuming the same thing since then too. I mean, there aren't a lot of other "best" men that we know.

[Reply #426 on:]

Rory is the best. Rory is the bestest of all the characters.

Oh, Rory.

[Reply #427 on:]

I agree, I've come to like Rory a lot more than Amy recently.

[Reply #428 on:]

Well of course. Rory's just so much more ... real.


Alternative: Well of course. I wasn't sure about Amy, but I don't think I like her now that I've seen her ... in the flesh.

[Reply #429 on:]

Rory has grown on me. Initially, I wanted him to die off. Then when he got killed for the first time, I was sad.

[Reply #430 on:]

I initially disliked him, because even though I do not appreciate the high ratio of female to male companions, he seemed at first to be nothing more than Mickey II. Then he spent nearly two thousand years voluntarily guarding the Pandorica, thus proving himself to be a total badass. (Oh, Rory!)

Amy doesn't know how lucky she is to have the Pretty One Lone Centurion.

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Ok, not getting into the whole spoiler/teaser thing started again, but these teasers tell you to stay away from Spoilers, so they can't be Spoilers!

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1 It is amazing – a true five-star episode

2 There are lots of spaceships – and that’s just in the teaser

3 There is a very Star Wars feel (The Empire Strikes Back especially) even down to the shape of the windows and the music

4 It’s action-packed and feels so much more epic than a usual single parter

5 There are lots of suprise guests stars (and some will be a surprise) but unlike in “The Pandorica Opens” none of them feels wasted – they all have a chance to shine…

6 …Apart from one maybe

7 It cracks along at a hell of a pace

8 There are some revelations that really will make your jaw drop

9 There is a terrific battle scene at the end (which more than makes up for a slightly underwhelming and confusingly directed one in the first half)

10 Although there’s lots of time travelling, it’s not a timey-whimey-reliant plot.

11 The Doctor produces something very revealing from the TARDIS

12 Rory says something very funny to an old enemy that you can’t believe has never been said before

13 It’s a great episode for both Rory and Amy (and Matt Smith is as brilliant as ever, especially in a sudden, unexpected emotional moment)


14 A throwaway line from last season becomes a major plot device

15 Somebody is asked to make a donation

16 Somebody very unexpected is playing doctors and nurses

17 We get to see somebody’s muff

18 Rory is definitely cool

19 Look carefully at the monitor screens…

20 …And the corridors

21 And please, please, please, if anyone has leaked the title for the next episode onto the internet, avoid the temptation to check it out. When the caption comes up at the end, “The Doctor Will Be Back In…” it was so unexpected and made us grin so much, we’d hate you to miss having the same experience…

Also, regarding Teaser 7, the

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cracks

part of the teaser may be a reference to the

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crack

...

ALSO, HOLY CRAP, LOOK AT TEASER 17! THE F**K?!

[Reply #432 on:]

Something most Doctor Who nerds have never seen before!

Are those for the episode coming this week, or the one after the summer hiatus?

[Reply #433 on:]

Sats, Xanny...

What? Xanny doesn't sound good?

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Ok, not getting into the whole spoiler/teaser thing started again, but these teasers tell you to stay away from Spoilers, so they can't be Spoilers!

You can't say you're not getting into it again and then post an extremely polemic recap of your position as though it invalidates the other side's. That's a very quick way to make sure a particular debate flares up again instantly.

We've been over this. Information pertaining to an unaired episode is a fucking spoiler. It's no matter if it's called a teaser or a promo or a sneak peek, it's a fucking spoiler, and it belongs in a fucking spoiler tag. Congratulations on doing that last part by the way. The addition of the spoiler tag is a cromulent step, and whether or not you feel it was warranted, it bloody well was.

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As for "teaser" #17, I have a feeling that it's being used to refer obliquely to a woman's fur-lined handwarmer - a popular Victorian fashion accessory that has fallen out of favour in recent decades. Nowadays people wear gloves.

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Like I said, most Doctor Who nerds have probably never seen one of those.

[Reply #436 on:]

Here's a handy cut-out-and-keep guide to Spoiler policy:

Q: When did the episode containing the information and/or scenes air?

A:

The Past             The Present           The Future
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NOT A SPOILER                       A FUCKING SPOILER

[Reply #437 on:]

What about the Present?

[Reply #438 on:]

 By the time it gets here its already in the past.

[Reply #439 on:]

MOAR.

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•Remember not to interact with the headless monks (without divine permission)
 •“Oh turn it off. I’m breaking in, not out!”
 •The Doctor calls on favours from a number of familiar faces
 •“They don’t put up a balloon or anything!”
 •A line from a previous episode takes on a new significance.
 •“****** ******** is a geography teacher, ****** **** is a superhero”
 •Sontarans can produce a tasty drink.
 •Rory: “That’s probably enough ******* now”
 •River Song’s true identity is revealed in the episode’s final moments.
 •The (frankly brilliant) title to episode eight is revealed before the end credits roll.