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Glenn Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Yes, that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 (edited) So who's looking forward to the next Series. I am especially looking forward to the Utah Desert episodes. I heard quite a few Who fans didn't like the last series, some found the ending underwelming. Personally I thought the ending made a change from RTD's Michael Bay style epic endings which were getting a bit predictable in my opinion. But I am really enjoying Matt Smith so far, looking forward to it. LOL, the wibbly lever! Edited March 23, 2011 by BW199148 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patticus Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 I don't get how you could prefer the old RTD episodes to the new ones. Sure, there were undoubtedly some absolutely outstanding episodes in there, but most were just trash. Moffat's rise to power has in my view improved the quality on the whole but there is still some trash and I hope the god-awful super-happy series end scenes don't return. Teaser Trailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I don't get how you could prefer the old RTD episodes to the new ones. Sure, there were undoubtedly some absolutely outstanding episodes in there, but most were just trash. Moffat's rise to power has in my view improved the quality on the whole but there is still some trash and I hope the god-awful super-happy series end scenes don't return. Teaser Trailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badnik Mechanic Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 At 1 min past midnight tonight... there is to be an announcement/image shown on the Doctor Who website. BBC announces... and announcment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/videos/p00fxf06 A Little Prequel to the first Episode of the new series. SPOILERS! Looks like its set in the late 60's as Tricky Dickie (Richard Nixon) is in the oval office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badnik Mechanic Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Remember that image we were going to see at exactly 1 min past midnight? Well here it is! So thats what an iconic image looks like! Right? Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patticus Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 New trailer! Looks like it's going to be a cracking season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGerkuman Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Eee bye, by gum! I don't think he's quite gotten the yorkshire accent yet. I'm looking forward to this. Easter's about 3 weeks away though-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velotix von Skruviktorrius Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Must watch every week. Must watch every week. Must watch every week. *SQUEE* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JezMM Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I think I'll avoid trailers this series, just to have a total surprise every week. 8D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patticus Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 New Torchwood trailer and Poster: Den of Geek have posted a SPOILER FREE review of Dr. Who episodes 1 and 2: The first two episodes of Doctor Who series 6 - The Impossible Astronaut and Day Of The Moon - were screened at the press launch of the show in London. And here's what we thought... Published on Apr 4, 2011 Firstly, a bit of business. This review of the opening two episodes of Doctor Who series 6 is spoiler-free. That, having just sat through said two episodes, is no easy task, so you’ll have to forgive me for erring on the side of caution. Hence, I’m going to be deliberately sketchy on whatever story points I talk about. Nor will there be any hidden, subtle clues I'm tucking away. For trust me on this one: this is one series opener that you don’t want spoiled for you. And I’ve no intention of doing that. What I can tell you is this. In 90 minutes, Steven Moffat has not only laid down a fascinating, intriguing path for the show to follow over the coming months (dying to tell you more there, but can’t), he’s also put together an opening adventure that’s quite brilliantly funny, narratively intricate, contains genuine jumps (it's exceptionally creepy at times), and sets a very, very high bar for what’s to follow. I do appreciate that few come out of an early preview of Doctor Who saying it's rubbish. But this is the real deal: if you want proof that Britain can produce world-class science-fiction television, it’s right here. And it goes out to a family audience at Saturday teatime. Enough superlatives for the minute, though. The Impossible Astronaut and Day Of The Moon mark the first time that Doctor Who has opened a series with a multi-part episode since it was revived back in 2005. Both episodes are penned by Steven Moffat, both share the heavy lifting between four main characters (the Doctor, River Song, Amy Pond and Rory), and both are set to have you screaming at your TV sets when the credits roll (both boast excellent cliffhangers, certainly). Moffat has tremendous fun here setting everything up, too. When we first meet Matt Smith’s Doctor, it would be fair to say that he’s not in his usual outfit, and he’s not in his usual place. And before five minutes has been clocked up, we’ve had a bit of Laurel & Hardy, an escape movie pastiche, and a series of invitations being passed around. As the episodes progress, too, the humour doesn’t let up. There’s an inspired use of a swimming pool, plenty of playing on the American location for most of the adventure, some clever lines based around real world events, and Moffat even sneaks in a “Is that a Star Trek thing?” line, and gets away with it. But there’s very much sinister business at work, too, and here’s where the story backs into one or two of the unresolved threads from the last run of the show. It's an uneasy Doctor we meet, and what follows takes the story to some quite dark places. That means that Matt Smith’s ability to switch between light and dark at the flick of a switch is very much required. Smith, as you might expect, is more than up to the job. Yet the story hinges on four key performances, from Smith, Arthur Darvill, Karen Gillan and Alex Kingston, and not one of them lets the side down. Credit, too, to director Toby Haynes, who is on equally strong form. I did think at the mid-way point of the story that this was the kind of adventure that could have sat later in the run in years gone past. Yet as things moved on, and more and more new and old plot threads were brought in (and one of the new plot threads at least might just melt the Internet), its positioning became clear: The Impossible Astronaut and Day Of The Moon are joining two series together, and with considerable skill. It does mean you need to pay more attention than you might be used to for such early episodes, but that's hardly a bad thing. For let’s make no bones about this: this is a dense, tremendously ambitious and elegantly constructed way to open a series. It pushes those four core characters in very different ways, and establishes moments that I wouldn’t be surprised if we were flashing back to come the winter, when this run of Who comes to an end. In fact, I'd pretty much guarantee it. I should also point out that amidst the packed 90 minutes, there are some brilliant monsters, very much schooled in the Moffat way. And there are some excellent devices brought in to make the most of them. You can read as much into the words above as you like, by the way, but they’ve been kept very, very vague, even if they don't appear so. Honestly. It’s probably fair to say, by way of counter-balance, that The Impossible Astronaut and Day Of The Moon won’t win many fans amongst those who haven’t liked how Steven Moffat went about Doctor Who last year. But then we’ve not met too many people who fall into that category, quite honestly. For everyone else, I can only endorse what you already know: Doctor Who is in exceptionally safe hands, and if you had doubts over whether the new series could live up to the last, then I’d wager they won’t be around come the end of the month. The last word is saved, though, for the people at the BBC in charge of giving Steven Moffat future commissions and lots of money. They are the people who would be wise to follow the words of the Doctor early on in The Impossible Astronaut, when he says “Whatever happens now, you do not interfere”. For behind Doctor Who is very clearly a genius at work. And on the basis of these two opening episodes, the show itself is in exceptional, confident form. The rest of the series certainly has an awful lot to live up to. I've a feeling it might. Episode 3 is called "The Curse of the Black Spot" by Steve Thompson Episode 4 is called "The Doctor's Wife" by Neil Gaiman, also features the Ood Episode 5/6 are called "The Rebel Flesh" and "The Almost People" by Matthew Graham Episode 7 is called "A Good Man Goes to War" by Steven Moffat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunodi Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) Two new clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guhx7ssYFuo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz_sMJHO9VI The second clip in particular is quite awesome - I like how dark this dynamic of mistrust appears to be. Only a week to go now! Edited April 16, 2011 by spunodi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 (edited) According to the BBC News Elisabeth Sladen has died, she played Sarah Jane Smith! Edited April 19, 2011 by BW199148 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Sοnic Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 (edited) According to the BBC News Elisabeth Sladen has died, she played Sarah Jane Smith! Have just discovered this in the last few minutes. I wasn't sure if this was true at first, a reaction shared by many others, but it seems it is. Very sad news and totally unexpected. http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/04/dwn190411204508-elisabeth-sladen-1948.html RIP Elisabeth Edited April 19, 2011 by Doctor Sοnic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Have just discovered this in the last few minutes. I wasn't sure if this was true at first, a reaction shared by many others, but it seems it is. Very sad news and totally unexpected. http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/04/dwn190411204508-elisabeth-sladen-1948.html RIP Elisabeth I have watch quite a few Sarah Jane Smith Adventures and of course I have seen in episodes with the Tenth Doctor. Though I admit that I haven't watched many of episodes of her with the Third and Fourth Doctors, but for what I have seen I can see why she is considered one of best and Memorable Doctor Who companions. Rest In Peace, Elisabeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Conductor Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 So horrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badnik Mechanic Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 In case there was still any doubt. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13137674 What can you say to that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor MK Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 R.I.P. Elisabeth Sladen This news caught me totally off-guard, I still can't quite believe it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Sοnic Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 R.I.P. Elisabeth Sladen This news caught me totally off-guard, I still can't quite believe it I think thats how everyone feels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyboy Fox Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Wow, the same age as my mum... so young ): This is very sad (and sudden!) news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sion-Ta Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Nooooooooooo... Noooooooooo... Baaaaaaaaaaaaaad... Gaaaah, rest in peace Elisabeth Sladen. Thank you for entertaining not only me, but my parents that watched you back when they were my age. You'll be missed dearly. D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velotix von Skruviktorrius Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 RIP Something had to make today less awesome. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Can't believe it. Didn't believe it, when I saw a friend's status update on Facebook. Such a tragedy. Everybody has nothing but nice things to say about her (and not in the usual "blimey, somebody famous died, let's all say nice things"... I mean genuinely nice things) and I truly thought she'd be around in the continuing franchise for a long while yet. Regardless of Doctor Who, however, the world has lost a talented, gorgeous and caring individual. Sad news indeed. May she rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 According to the BBC News Elisabeth Sladen has died, she played Sarah Jane Smith! I read about that earlier today. It was a complete shocker! Of all the times she passes away, it's right before the next Dr. Who series starts too. RIP, Elisabeth Sladen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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