Topic: New Doctor Who (Read 59249 times)

Thad · « **Reply #440 on:** November 06, 2010, 01:01:52 PM »

Yeah, it actually aired the day after the first part.

Anyhow, yeah, I think he's bullshitting on the number of regenerations, but I still don't think we've heard the last of it.

The Jo scene was a highlight; I love the indication that he visited all his old companions, not just the ones we saw. Also loved Sarah's ending list of what happened to all the rest who are still on Earth.

The reunion eps have been pretty fun so far. I'd love to see Brig come back, though of course he's 80 and not in consistently good health (which is why they subbed Yates in for him on the new Fourth Doctor radio series last year). And of course I maintain hope for a big 50th anniversary teamup with all the surviving Doctors, but can't say I actually expect it to happen.

Bal · « **Reply #441 on:** November 06, 2010, 01:08:47 PM »

I probably should have known it had aired awhile ago, but every aspect of the show that isn't The Doctor is tragically The Sarah Jane Smith Adventures, which is unremittingly dull, so I kind of forgot for awhile that there was a second part that I should probably watch because it was guaranteed to have much more Doctor.

Bal · « **Reply #442 on:** December 01, 2010, 05:21:14 PM »

So I've been seeing ads for The Doctor Who Christmas Carol on BBC America recently. Rather confusing glimpses of various things, including what appeared to be Rory in his Legionnaire garb. They seem to be indicating that they're not going to give us the chance to get it off the internet before it airs here, which would be nice, but I suspect the internet won't let me down.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #443 on:** December 01, 2010, 05:36:05 PM »

Not sure how possible that will be, since it's going to air on the same day.

Craig Ferguson - The lost "Dr. Who" cold open.

Bal · « **Reply #444 on:** December 01, 2010, 06:11:10 PM »

Yeah, about eight hours earlier.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #445 on:** December 01, 2010, 06:23:16 PM »

Can't wait eight hours?

I can do that in my sleep.

Thad · « **Reply #446 on:** December 01, 2010, 09:24:17 PM »

Quote from: Bal on December 01, 2010, 06:11:10 PM

Yeah, about eight hours earlier.

Because if it were simulcast then BBC America would be showing the premier of its most popular show at NOON ON CHRISTMAS.

I would just like to note that the Sci-Fi Channel once premiered a Christmas episode THE FOLLOWING JULY. I'm willing to cut the Beeb some slack for waiting until prime time.

Bal · « **Reply #447 on:** December 01, 2010, 10:15:27 PM »

I'm just saying, I have the internet right here, and if I can find a good torrent earlier in the day, especially considering I'm likely to download a copy just to have anyway, I'm going to grab it.

Thad · « **Reply #448 on:** December 02, 2010, 08:46:20 AM »

Dude, I don't even have cable TV; I'm going to torrent the fucker too. I'm just saying that the BBC really should be lauded for reducing the gap between airtimes from seven months to seven hours.

As I understand it, they're going to offer iPlayer videos to foreigners, too; it'll cost money, but if they make the fees reasonable then that'll be a great move for them.

Point being, where American media networks are fighting new methods of viewing tooth-and-nail (to the point of fucking blocking Google TV from their streaming sites -- which is a great strategy because no programmer could ever figure out a way to make a browser pretend to be a different browser), the Beeb has been doing a pretty decent job of trying to provide attractive alternatives to piracy.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #449 on:** December 02, 2010, 10:26:05 AM »

And really, it's not like it makes sense to air it several months, weeks or days down the line. This is supposed to be The Future, surely we can get Doctor Who to air anywhere in the world at anytime we like.

Bal · « **Reply #450 on:** December 25, 2010, 05:59:11 PM »

Greatest Christmas Carol ever.

"It's either this or go into a room and invent a new kind of screwdriver. Don't make my mistakes."

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #451 on:** December 25, 2010, 06:28:31 PM »

Face spiders!

Misha · « **Reply #452 on:** December 25, 2010, 10:30:07 PM »

Mothra · « **Reply #453 on:** December 26, 2010, 12:09:40 AM »

This was perfect

When I'm old and infirm and the grandkids are stuck at my place for the holiday weekend and the heat is just cranked way too high all the time and all my furniture feels like a sitting on a sack of yams, they will be finding a dusty DVD copy of this episode sandwiched amongst a sparse scattering of home movies and unwatchable copies of the Mr. Bill Show

Thad · « **Reply #454 on:** December 26, 2010, 08:49:26 AM »

Yes, really quite lovely. Not as strong a time-travel plot as I'm used to from Moff, but it made up for it with pure joy and whimsy with just a dash of melancholy. [spoiler]Flying shark sleigh[/spoiler] pretty much captures his approach to Doctor Who in a nutshell: something scary turns into something awesome by the end of the act. And of course I don't even need to add that Gambon really acted the hell out of his parts.

Looking forward to the season -- doesn't appear to have a date attached to it yet, does it?

And I'm sure I'm not the only one to notice that all the songs everybody kept singing in this one were about silence.

Bal · « **Reply #455 on:** December 26, 2010, 09:13:49 AM »

And loneliness, Moffat's main Doctor motif

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #456 on:** December 26, 2010, 10:48:04 AM »

Was that Dumbledore?

Bal · « **Reply #457 on:** December 26, 2010, 11:33:49 AM »

No, it was Michael Gambon, who is a marvelous actor who happens to play Dumbledore from time to time.

Thad · « **Reply #458 on:** December 26, 2010, 01:08:17 PM »

Quote from: Bal on December 26, 2010, 09:13:49 AM

And loneliness, Moffat's main Doctor motif

Hm. I wouldn't say his main motif is loneliness so much as the closely-associated theme of love and loss. Every one of his scripts involves at least a threat of somebody losing someone they love -- be that love between mother and child, two best friends, a little girl and her imaginary friend, or, if I'm to stretch it a bit, the love of the Doctor for a giant alien whale. But most often it's a story of two people who meet, fall instantly in love, and then just as instantly lose each other, or almost do -- Rose and Jack, the Doctor and Madame de Pompadour, Sally and Billy, the Doctor and River, Donna and her husband, Amy and Rory, and of course this episode.

It's the old juxtaposition of an old man with all the time in the world being used to show that life and time are very short.

Bal · « **Reply #459 on:** December 26, 2010, 05:10:30 PM »

Yes, but as a motif for the character it generally serves to highlight his own loneliness. Who is he to spend the eons sharing the wonders of the universe with other than these transient beings that both connect to and isolate him from mortal existence. As he said to Rose "You can spend your whole life with my, but I can't spend mine with you". Also, in the pseudo-season of tv movies it's shown that when he's truly alone it gets the better of him quite rapidly. So he needs his companions, but each one wounds him in a way as well. The main thing though, is that he's all alone in his uniqueness. That's why he was always so desperate to bring The Master around, because he's one of the few people who could really understand.

The only thing worse than being alone by yourself is being alone in a crowd, but nevertheless he craves and some might say requires the company.

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