Doctor Who Thread

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

So, to those who watched the newest episode, one question to pose -

Who's kid is that?

Amy was talking about thinking she was pregnant and was worried what traveling in the TARDIS would do to a fetus. Then the Doctor scanned Amy and it turns out she *is* pregnant. Then we see a mysterious child who can regenerate. This is either blatant foreshadowing or a blatant misdirection.

Season 6 is already better than season 5. I don't hate Matt Smith so much, and I really think River Song needs her own spinoff series.

Don't you mean is/is not pregnant?

[JohnnyLongtorso]

So, to those who watched the newest episode, one question to pose -

Who's kid is that?

Amy was talking about thinking she was pregnant and was worried what traveling in the TARDIS would do to a fetus. Then the Doctor scanned Amy and it turns out she *is* pregnant. Then we see a mysterious child who can regenerate. This is either blatant foreshadowing or a blatant misdirection.

Season 6 is already better than season 5. I don't hate Matt Smith so much, and I really think River Song needs her own spinoff series.

Don't you mean is/is not pregnant?

She said she wasn't but she thought she was at one point.

[J. J.]

Yeah, Steven pulled out a really solid two-parter, managed to pack the charm, the laughter and the drama all into it.  Matt's acting was brilliant, especially in the questioning scene - he would do well as both the goofy kid and the shadow-y manipulator the Doctor has been.

Dr. Song is youthing. 

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

So, to those who watched the newest episode, one question to pose -

Who's kid is that?

Amy was talking about thinking she was pregnant and was worried what traveling in the TARDIS would do to a fetus. Then the Doctor scanned Amy and it turns out she *is* pregnant. Then we see a mysterious child who can regenerate. This is either blatant foreshadowing or a blatant misdirection.

Season 6 is already better than season 5. I don't hate Matt Smith so much, and I really think River Song needs her own spinoff series.

Don't you mean is/is not pregnant?

She said she wasn't but she thought she was at one point.

Oh, I was referring to the scanner saying positive and negative at the same time.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

So, to those who watched the newest episode, one question to pose -

Who's kid is that?

Amy was talking about thinking she was pregnant and was worried what traveling in the TARDIS would do to a fetus. Then the Doctor scanned Amy and it turns out she *is* pregnant. Then we see a mysterious child who can regenerate. This is either blatant foreshadowing or a blatant misdirection.

Season 6 is already better than season 5. I don't hate Matt Smith so much, and I really think River Song needs her own spinoff series.

Don't you mean is/is not pregnant?

She said she wasn't but she thought she was at one point.

Oh, I was referring to the scanner saying positive and negative at the same time.

I didn't see that, I just saw it say positive.

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

So, to those who watched the newest episode, one question to pose -

Who's kid is that?

Amy was talking about thinking she was pregnant and was worried what traveling in the TARDIS would do to a fetus. Then the Doctor scanned Amy and it turns out she *is* pregnant. Then we see a mysterious child who can regenerate. This is either blatant foreshadowing or a blatant misdirection.

Season 6 is already better than season 5. I don't hate Matt Smith so much, and I really think River Song needs her own spinoff series.

Don't you mean is/is not pregnant?

She said she wasn't but she thought she was at one point.

Oh, I was referring to the scanner saying positive and negative at the same time.

I didn't see that, I just saw it say positive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwQTBTAKiyg

Right after it stops on "Positive", it fluctuates.

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

Wow.  Just wow.

Also, my mind is blown from the trailer for next week:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_NLjHUKEro&feature=feedu

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Why is Matthew Graham allowed to write for television without someone holding his hand?

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

Why is Matthew Graham allowed to write for television without someone holding his hand?

Because Life On Mars kept up on viewer ratings.

[Holmes]

The tenth and eleventh doctors appear to be quite the hotties. I've never seen any of the episodes, but I'm intrigued. Considering there's a sh**tload and most of the earlier ones don't even exist anymore, series 1 is a good place to start? Or are there any particular parts in the earlier series that I should start at, or just read summaries of important events?

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

The tenth and eleventh doctors appear to be quite the hotties. I've never seen any of the episodes, but I'm intrigued. Considering there's a sh**tload and most of the earlier ones don't even exist anymore, series 1 is a good place to start? Or are there any particular parts in the earlier series that I should start at, or just read summaries of important events?

The old series would give you a grasp at the basic mythology of the show.  In any case, starting at Series 1 is a good idea for anyone who is starting to watch the show.  Well, at least the modern version of it.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Why is Matthew Graham allowed to write for television without someone holding his hand?

Because Life On Mars kept up on viewer ratings.

Yes it did. It was good as well, though the first series was better than the second. But I think that we can safely conclude - especially when we remember Bonekickers (one of the most egregious wastes of license fee money I can think of) - that that may have been something of a fluke.

It's not that the episode I'm complaining about was terrible or anything, just that there was so much utterly unnecessary button pressing, lazy writing and bad (by which I always mean clichéd; I'm not one of those morons who demands 'realism' in all things) dialogue. It's such a shame as the first half of this two-parter wasn't bad; very much a standard-issue sci-fi scenario, but not without some promise.

[Platypus]

Raquel Cassidy is amazing.

That is all.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Yeah, people are calling it: she'll probably be the next companion.

Otherwise, that last episode was awful. Made no sense and was just a mish-mash of bad ideas.

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

Yeah, people are calling it: she'll probably be the next companion.

Otherwise, that last episode was awful. Made no sense and was just a mish-mash of bad ideas.

I don't see how it was so confusing.  She lied - a lot, she said she does that.  And she died in FOTD because she told the Doctor that saving the library would burn out both hearts.  So it all falls in place.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Doctor Who isn't supposed to make sense, silly. Anyway, I liked it; better written than most concluding episodes have been by some margin. It wasn't great televisual art (unlike, say, this), but it was good telly. The twist wasn't surprising, was actually the most logical of the possibilities and was heavily signposted near the start of the episode, which makes it alright.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

You in the UK are an episode ahead of us Americans. I was referring to the second part of the acid factory/living flesh people thing.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

You in the UK are an episode ahead of us Americans. I was referring to the second part of the acid factory/living flesh people thing.

Oh, right. In which case I agree with you absolutely. See my bitching about the writer a few posts up!

[Silent Hunter]

It wasn't great televisual art (unlike, say, this), but it was good telly.

Going to have to disagree that The Shadow Line is great televisual art - I'm finding it very slow.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

It wasn't great televisual art (unlike, say, this), but it was good telly.

Going to have to disagree that The Shadow Line is great televisual art - I'm finding it very slow.

It is slow, but then the best television drama has always tended to be fairly slow; I'd argue that The Singing Detective was the greatest thing ever shown on television, and it moved at a snails pace.

But then these things are entirely subjective

[Platypus]

Yeah, people are calling it: she'll probably be the next companion.

Raquel Cassidy? Seriously?

Awesomesauce.

Otherwise, that last episode was awful. Made no sense and was just a mish-mash of bad ideas.
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I tend to agree, but I still think it was a 3 star episode, with one star because it feels like it is a crucial set-up episode for the rest of the season.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Wait, season 6 has already begun in the UK ?

[Silent Hunter]

It wasn't great televisual art (unlike, say, this), but it was good telly.

Going to have to disagree that The Shadow Line is great televisual art - I'm finding it very slow.

It is slow, but then the best television drama has always tended to be fairly slow; I'd argue that The Singing Detective was the greatest thing ever shown on television, and it moved at a snails pace.

But then these things are entirely subjective

Sorry, I'll clarify: The Shadow Line is slow and boring. Nowt wrong with slow. Plenty wrong with boring.

[Silent Hunter]

Wait, season 6 has already begun in the UK ?

Yes, it already has; we've just finished the first half and are now on a roughly three month break.

[Free Palestine]

I recently started watching the show.  While not all the time, sometimes I tune in.  It's funny how stupid the Daleks are.