The Newly Regenerated Doctor Who Thread

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  • edited May 2011
    Ribs wrote: »
    I would just like to say I stared for a minute at 'iMax' without having any idea what it was before realizing you meant 'Imax'. I AM A GENIUS

    And Cobwebs is pretty cool beans.

    Also, your correcting seen for heard is ruined by you saying you watched it earlier. ;)

    Well, I looked at a picture of Peter Davison with an animated speaker icon overlayed, if that counts? :p

    Oh yeah, I saw the complete Worzel Gummidge collection in a shop today, and was sorely tempted to buy it just to be morbidly disturbed by Jon Pertwee.
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    Now, onto cobwebs part two!
  • edited May 2011
    Dear lord... Look at the couple at the bottom right of these grabs from an early Second Doctor Serial:
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    THEYVE ACTUALLY TRAVELED IN TIME

    In other words, "I love humans. Always seeing patterns in things that aren't there."

    Also: The new season of Torchwood is apparently a reboot for US audiences, similar to the Office and such. Seeing as I despise Torchwood after seeing 'Captain Jack Harkness', I couldn't be happier. Double edit: But it's not. RTD SHOOTS DOWN RUMORS
  • edited May 2011
    I'm sorry, what am I looking for here? All I can see is a bad Timothy Dalton impersonator.

    ...oh wait, are they..? Ah, I get it. Well spotted.

    And I'd imagine the Torchwood 'reboot' is the same sort of reboot Doctor Who got when it came back in '05. Technically the same show, but it's fresh enough for newbies to jump in and not feel particularly left out.
  • edited May 2011
    Ribs wrote: »
    Dear lord... Look at the couple at the bottom right of these grabs from an early Second Doctor Serial:
    0rFOu.jpg
    THEYVE ACTUALLY TRAVELED IN TIME

    In other words, "I love humans. Always seeing patterns in things that aren't there."

    Also: The new season of Torchwood is apparently a reboot for US audiences, similar to the Office and such. Seeing as I despise Torchwood after seeing 'Captain Jack Harkness', I couldn't be happier. Double edit: But it's not. RTD SHOOTS DOWN RUMORS
    I remember there was a similair picture last year that featured a Billie Piper lookalike. Only it was an actual real life photo. Well, probably photoshopped, but still. Alas, I cannot find it now, so reading this post was a huge waste of time.
    :p
  • edited May 2011
    Obligatory next episode of Cobwebs link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01169bp/Doctor_Who_Doctor_Who_Cobwebs_Episode_3/

    So the second part fot he Lost Stories came out today, and I listened to the first bit of it. It's quite good! It also perfectly timed it so when I arrived where I was going that the credits started rolling which earns it bonus points.

    Also; we're only 20 days away from midseason finale. :(
  • edited May 2011
    Ribs wrote: »
    Obligatory next episode of Cobwebs link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01169bp/Doctor_Who_Doctor_Who_Cobwebs_Episode_3/

    So the second part fot he Lost Stories came out today, and I listened to the first bit of it. It's quite good! It also perfectly timed it so when I arrived where I was going that the credits started rolling which earns it bonus points.

    Also; we're only 20 days away from midseason finale. :(
    We're also only 20 days from finding out who River song is! :)






    Maybe.
  • edited May 2011
    Friar wrote: »
    We're also only 20 days from finding out who River song is! :)






    Maybe.

    Well, actually
    it's an affirmative
    as to if we find out who River is in Episode Seven. So I resent in the Big Finish bug with a more attractive subject (TREMENDOUS BUG - ENTIRE STORE FOR LESS THAN £1) then my prior one (Re: Regarding Doctor Who) to attract more attention with more information provided.
  • edited May 2011
    Ribs wrote: »
    Well, actually
    it's an affirmative
    as to if we find out who River is in Episode Seven. So I resent in the Big Finish bug with a more attractive subject (TREMENDOUS BUG - ENTIRE STORE FOR LESS THAN £1) then my prior one (Re: Regarding Doctor Who) to attract more attention with more information provided.
    Where did you send it? It might be worth sending it to both sales@bigfinish.com and enquiries@bigfinish.com (ignore the links. They're automatic. Double check the addresses on their site). Maybe possibly posting a thread alerting them about it (no details, just telling them to check their inbox). Maybe even PM some staff. But that's probably overkill. I need to send them an e-mail to ask them to change my forum name, as it's currently my real name. I might get cyberraped!
  • edited May 2011
    Friar wrote: »
    Where did you send it? It might be worth sending it to both sales@bigfinish.com and enquiries@bigfinish.com (ignore the links. They're automatic. Double check the addresses on their site). Maybe possibly posting a thread alerting them about it (no details, just telling them to check their inbox). Maybe even PM some staff. But that's probably overkill. I need to send them an e-mail to ask them to change my forum name, as it's currently my real name. I might get cyberraped!

    I sent it to Enquiries last week, and this week sent them to both. It appears to not be too pressing an issue because I appear to be the first to find it but as an example I showed them how to use it to get a Subscription (of titles not released for a ways away anyway, so I won't exploit it) for the price thing. It'd be neat if they let me keep it though!

    Also; Ohai, I totally knew that name sounded familiar on the forums over there (your name is on your Steam Profile)
  • edited May 2011
    Ribs wrote: »
    I sent it to Enquiries last week, and this week sent them to both. It appears to not be too pressing an issue because I appear to be the first to find it but as an example I showed them how to use it to get a Subscription (of titles not released for a ways away anyway, so I won't exploit it) for the price thing. It'd be neat if they let me keep it though!

    Also; Ohai, I totally knew that name sounded familiar on the forums over there (your name is on your Steam Profile)
    I don't really post that much over there, which is why I haven't changed it already. (I was a little confused at first as to how you knew my name. I glanced over the steam part and just saw my profile, so spent a few minutes there being perplexed!)
    Also, I wouldn't expect a reply until tomorrow, it's 21:49 over here.

    Also Also: Doctor who and its actors are up for TV choice awards, which you can vote on... here.
  • edited May 2011
    Want to completely ruin the ending bit of The Doctor's Wife? http://imageshack.us/m/859/1527/boobsa.jpg

    Secondary edit: So I've made a list of titles to obtain using money I'm saving up for BF Day, leading to 17 titles from the Eighth Doctor Adventures (3,4,5), Monthly Series (For Colin, 6 and 9, and for Paul 29,30,31,32,33... also 50 even though I'll hate it), Lost Stories Season One (1,3,5,6,7,8), as I expect all of these to go on sale for 5 your currencies during the sale. $85 for $181 worth of things. BF has also confirmed in addition to BF Day and the build up week, there will be sales for each of the Summer months.

    If the Lost Stories Do not go on sale, then FFFFFFFFFFFFF.

    So BF finally responded, and apparently they're letting me keep my things. Perhaps even the subscription I added with the intent of showing how bad it can be. :)
  • edited May 2011
    That's pretty damn cool of them. Wish you'd shown me how to do it :p
  • edited May 2011
    Ribs wrote: »
    Want to completely ruin the ending bit of The Doctor's Wife? http://imageshack.us/m/859/1527/boobsa.jpg

    Secondary edit: So I've made a list of titles to obtain using money I'm saving up for BF Day, leading to 17 titles from the Eighth Doctor Adventures (3,4,5), Monthly Series (For Colin, 6 and 9, and for Paul 29,30,31,32,33... also 50 even though I'll hate it), Lost Stories Season One (1,3,5,6,7,8), as I expect all of these to go on sale for 5 your currencies during the sale. $85 for $181 worth of things. BF has also confirmed in addition to BF Day and the build up week, there will be sales for each of the Summer months.

    If the Lost Stories Do not go on sale, then FFFFFFFFFFFFF.

    So BF finally responded, and apparently they're letting me keep my things. Perhaps even the subscription I added with the intent of showing how bad it can be. :)

    Did they say whether they'd fixed it now?

    Also: Cobwebs part four.

    As for the Big Finish Sale, I don't think I'll be buying more than £30 or so. Unless a 12 month subscription is discounted to below £100, so I can pick up "the four doctors" as my freebie.
  • edited May 2011
    Friar wrote: »
    Did they say whether they'd fixed it now?

    Also: Cobwebs part four.

    As for the Big Finish Sale, I don't think I'll be buying more than £30 or so. Unless a 12 month subscription is discounted to below £100, so I can pick up "the four doctors" as my freebie.

    You do know you could just buy a 6 release download or physical that includes The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories, right?

    And they said they're looking into it as my other email with the exact details of how it is done was lost in the mailing so had to be re-fwded.

    Also: What about getting one of the discount subscriptions from 1-50? Assuming you don't own any for a stretch (from what you said, 34-45 would seem like the right fit, with (I believe) only Jubilee as something you already own). It'd entitle you to one free single cd release, which could be the Four Doctors and at a fraction of the price of a full release.

    Aand I'm actually somewhat confident they'll let me keep this subscription (October - September1 Next Year), which'd have me set for The Five Companions, at least. Also, no anthology releases, unless it's a McCoy anthology next year, which screws up subs when there are trilogies and you only get 2/3 of a trilogy that is suddenly interrupted by an anthology.

    So in other words, hooray! The only reason I want a subscription (seeing as you only save like 6 dollars or something like that) is that it includes a PDF of the Script, which is useful for people like me who have a bad habit of wandering on the internet and losing track of what's happening because there's nothing you can stare at (I overthink this). Also, the Five Companions is nice but not that integral to purchasing something.

    And my Big Finish folder is now over 1.5 gigabytes. Gulp.

    Double also:
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  • edited May 2011
    Ribs wrote: »
    You do know you could just buy a 6 release download or physical that includes The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories, right?

    And they said they're looking into it as my other email with the exact details of how it is done was lost in the mailing so had to be re-fwded.

    Also: What about getting one of the discount subscriptions from 1-50? Assuming you don't own any for a stretch (from what you said, 34-45 would seem like the right fit, with (I believe) only Jubilee as something you already own). It'd entitle you to one free single cd release, which could be the Four Doctors and at a fraction of the price of a full release.

    Aand I'm actually somewhat confident they'll let me keep this subscription (October - September1 Next Year), which'd have me set for The Five Companions, at least. Also, no anthology releases, unless it's a McCoy anthology next year, which screws up subs when there are trilogies and you only get 2/3 of a trilogy that is suddenly interrupted by an anthology.

    So in other words, hooray! The only reason I want a subscription (seeing as you only save like 6 dollars or something like that) is that it includes a PDF of the Script, which is useful for people like me who have a bad habit of wandering on the internet and losing track of what's happening because there's nothing you can stare at (I overthink this). Also, the Five Companions is nice but not that integral to purchasing something.

    And my Big Finish folder is now over 1.5 gigabytes. Gulp.

    Double also:
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    It's a thought, but at the moment, I'm mainly after the McGann audios. There's a 12 stretch that almost covers two seasons (if added to the audio I have on the davros DVD, i'd be one short), plus a few extra ones. Whilst I have nothing against the other audios (they are pretty awesome), I think it's best if I try and complete my DVD collection for those doctors, picking up a few here and there. I also did think about doing the subscription for the newer releases, but then I figure i would have missed out on a bunch, so I'm working my way through the collection slowly. If it comes to it, I may just buy the four doctors audio from eBay at some point. Oh well.

    Also, I filled up my 8GB iPod touch with Big finish audios. Now I have to choose what I put on it. :p
    And then my computer broke, so I lost my collection (which was all organised nicely, with the tracks collated into 4 tracks (one track per part rather than 16 or so tracks to a part). Oh well. I currently have 5 re-downloaded and on my iPod.

    Thanks for the advice anyway. (I also have ...ish in the range you mentioned. That, Spare parts and the maltese penguin (a freebie) were the additional ones on the end of my six month subscription which covered McGanns second main range season.) I'll probably just see what happens during the sale. And what my Finances can take.
  • edited May 2011
    Episode One of 'The Whispering Forest' on iPlayer!

    Edit to include now somewhat regular gag of still have not seen 6x03.

    Also: I somehow skipped the majority of your 'finishing the DVD collections' argument. As to that, Colin's era is full of notoriously bad episodes, of which I really only want one more and I'm fine as I already have seen the Two Doctors and Vengeance on Varos is getting a rerelease so it'd be silly to watch it now. I have a similar pickle with McCoy, I only actually want like two of his stories right now. The three yet to be released are the ones I want the most, and of course those aren't out for another year or so. Davison is slowly becoming my least favorite Doctor as he's the one I've seen the most of in the classic series, and by logic I've seen the most bad ones. (I didn't care for Earthshock or Resurrection of the Daleks, and Terminus is still my least favorite story period), so he's not really of my interest right now. Therefore, if I want quality Who from my favorite eras (or at least representative of them), I'll need to rely on these audios. Then again, things are different over here in the states as opposed to you(s) as you can get like 2 DVDs for one audio, whereas here you can get one audio for a DVD because BF realizes that's the only way they can sell well over here.

    Also also: You could up the reccomended subscription from 36-47 :P
  • edited May 2011
    The Doctor's gonna be busy tomorrow saving the earth in the show and in real life from the rapture.
  • edited May 2011
    coolsome wrote: »
    The Doctor's gonna be busy tomorrow saving the earth in the show and in real life from the rapture.

    Nonsense, we all know the Dalek Invasion of Earth won't happen until next century!
  • edited May 2011
    Ribs wrote: »
    Nonsense, we all know the Dalek Invasion of Earth won't happen until next century!

    As I recal he didn't save us from the invasion rather he just booted them off after.
  • edited May 2011
    coolsome wrote: »
    As I recal he didn't save us from the invasion rather he just booted them off after.

    Exactly. The Dalek Invasion of Earth is the Rapture, obviously, and that won't happen for nearly 150 years.
  • edited May 2011
    Well, the annoying thing is the rapture is supposed to happen before doctor who is on, so I think it's best to kill a puppy, to ensure you get left behind to see it. :p
  • edited May 2011
    Friar wrote: »
    Well, the annoying thing is the rapture is supposed to happen before doctor who is on, so I think it's best to kill a puppy, to ensure you get left behind to see it. :p

    I tried but unfortunately it was scrappy doo and now I have a wing reserved for me in Heaven.
  • edited May 2011
    Friar wrote: »
    Well, the annoying thing is the rapture is supposed to happen before doctor who is on, so I think it's best to kill a puppy, to ensure you get left behind to see it. :p

    Well considering how strict the rules are to get into Heaven are according to the Bible if you take it literally, I don't think anyone has to worry about that.
  • edited May 2011
    Eat some shellfish, that's probably the easiest way.
  • edited May 2011
    Well, Just incase the world does end today, I completed the DS game. Actually, the real reason is that I've injured my leg, so am stuck in bed. Boo.

    It's around 5 hours long according to the 3DS stat tracker (I spent 4hrs37mins on it to be precise). It's worth picking up for a tenner, but it's not exactly stellar. It's incredibly easy for the most part, and the harder puzzles are generally optional. It also suffers from some poor QA testing. Like the fact you can do a puzzle which mentions fixing damage
    the silurians did to the ship before you actually find out that they are there, and what they did!
    . Or misleading typos in some of the tasks ("remove the broken battery whilst leaving the functional batteries in the circuit" being one that sticks in my mind. There's one working battery and 3 broken ones, yet the brief would have you believe that the broken ones must be the working ones). Apart from that, the script is pretty decent. Apart from the ending.
  • edited May 2011
    BBC America won't be airing 6x06 next week, so we'll be one week behind.:(
  • edited May 2011
    What!? Why not?
  • edited May 2011
    ShaggE wrote: »
    What!? Why not?
    Duh. Because the world will have ended! :p

    Seriously, that sucks. Although this two parter doesn't look all that great. Maybe it's all Ribs fault for not watching "The Curse of the Black Pearl Spot. :p

    In semi-related news, My Neil Gaiman book arrived today. And I promptly spilt a bit of Cider on it ¬_¬
  • edited May 2011
    Friar wrote: »
    In semi-related news, My Neil Gaiman book arrived today. And I promptly spilt a bit of Cider on it ¬_¬

    American gods? Stardust? Good Omens? ect?
  • edited May 2011
    coolsome wrote: »
    American gods? Stardust? Good Omens? ect?

    Does it matter? They're all brilliant. Though, with Good Omens, you get bonus Terry Pratchett. :D
  • edited May 2011
    It was/is American gods.

    Also, My thoughts on todays episode: Meh.The premise is interesting but it's been stretched considerably to fit into two episodes. The majority of the episode was spent repeating explanations or repeatedly running through corridors (moreso than usual). And a very predictable cliffhanger.

    Positive points: I HAVE RORY's SHIRT IN MY WARDROBE. Also, I recognised the spot where the TARDIS was parked from a university open day I went to a couple of years ago. It's the park just outside Cardiff Castle. That was nice.
  • edited May 2011
    Ending the first half of a two-parter before a week on hiatus is just cruel. At least they went all out with the big reveal, rather than just letting us know what was going on with the
    obscured figure saying "You can trust me".
    I simply can't wait to see
    the two Doctors interacting
    , and I'm curious to see how the
    Doctorganger
    behaves, what his motives are, and of course what his final fate will be.
  • puzzleboxpuzzlebox Telltale Alumni
    edited May 2011
    I simply can't wait to see
    the two Doctors interacting
    , and I'm curious to see how the
    Doctorganger
    behaves, what his motives are, and of course what his final fate will be.

    I thought it was interesting that
    the older woman was the one to antagonise the Flesh versions in the first place, but it's formerly meek Jennifer leading the 'ganger revolution.
    I'm guessing the
    Doctorganger will sacrifice himself for the betterment of the world or something, thus proving that the creatures are not monsters, but living beings with the same capacities as their human (or Time Lord) counterparts.
  • edited May 2011
    puzzlebox wrote: »
    I thought it was interesting that
    the older woman was the one to antagonise the Flesh versions in the first place, but it's formerly meek Jennifer leading the 'ganger revolution.
    I'm guessing the
    Doctorganger will sacrifice himself for the betterment of the world or something, thus proving that the creatures are not monsters, but living beings with the same capacities as their human (or Time Lord) counterparts.

    Or maybe even this.

    Also @ Rather Dashing: If you think the weeklong hiatus is cruel, there's a 3 month one coming up in two weeks. After the first part of a two parter, which ends in an apparently "game changing cliffhanger".

    Oh yeah, Matt Smith is up for a BAFTA tonight.
  • edited May 2011
    Also, I just noticed that the weeklong hiatus is exclusive to the US network. Obviously, it's time for me to utilize other means to keep up with the UK fanbase. No way I can wait a week after so many fans have seen it and NOT get the plot spoiled.
  • edited May 2011
    Also, I just noticed that the weeklong hiatus is exclusive to the US network. Obviously, it's time for me to utilize other means to keep up with the UK fanbase. No way I can wait a week after so many fans have seen it and NOT get the plot spoiled.

    you could try a streaming webpage that might have it.
  • edited May 2011
    Friar wrote: »
    Also @ Rather Dashing: If you think the weeklong hiatus is cruel, there's a 3 month one coming up in two weeks. After the first part of a two parter, which ends in an apparently "game changing cliffhanger".

    WHAT.

    Oh HELL no.
  • edited May 2011
    ShaggE wrote: »
    WHAT.

    Oh HELL no.

    Indeed.

    Less than two weeks of doctor who left. :(
  • edited May 2011
    OK, here's a question. I haven't see 6x05 yet. Is it worth watching right now or should I wait until next week and watch both parts of the story at roughly the same time?
  • edited May 2011
    OK, here's a question. I haven't see 6x05 yet. Is it worth watching right now or should I wait until next week and watch both parts of the story at roughly the same time?
    The story is good, but not as excellent as the past two. It seems to me like it was made specifically to set up the "big reveal" of the episode, pretty much. The story is without much surprise for a Who story, and the episode contains what is easily the hokiest CGI in this whole series. Still, take all this as relative to the other episodes of this series, which are absolutely BRILLIANT(that is to say, no, I don't think the episode was bad at all).
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