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Doctor Who Series 2011 |OT| Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Stuff
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rudieboy77
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It took an entire series before I started to like Smith as the Doctor, but I think he is doing a fine job.
King of the Potato People
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Tennant Doctor allowed Ursula to live as a pavement slap. He loses by default.
xKilltheMx
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Spiffy_1st
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I'll be really disappointed if Amy doesn't die. They can't hype up the death of a character in promos and then not kill them two seasons in a row.
brucewaynegretzky
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Her dying is the only way I'll be ok with her sticking around for this long.
I've said it a bunch of times. I expect either the Doctor or companion to change around ever 1.5 seasons. 1 season is preferable. By the time Amy is gone she'll have overstayed her welcome by an entire season as far as I'm concerned. Her death would sort of make up for that in the sense that it "takes away" more. Otherwise she just never moved on like every other companion.
PhoncipleBone
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HOLY SHIT! Now THAT is how you sell Doctor Who returning. Not only do you get a bad ass picture, but you get lots of Daleks, and potentially the death of Amy Pond!? But where is my man, Rory? Do they kill him permanently, or is Rory the explosion in the background as he fucks up Daleks six ways from Sunday?
Companions and Doctor's can stay as long as the story works with them. Amy has run her course, long live Rory and Craig!
PhoncipleBone
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The only way Rory survives and Amy dies is if Rory just rampages across the universe kicking ass to avenge Amy's death. At least that is how I want it.
I will never understand this.
Maybe because Doctor Who is essentially the only UK show I watch on a regular basis, but I'm used to characters sticking around for multiple 20 plus episode seasons before they leave a show.
I cannot wrap my mind around the idea that people 20 episodes is too long for a character to stay on a show. I don't get it.
GameplayWhore
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They wouldn't advertise her death a whole series in advance.
I truly hope you and Moff are of one mind here. Ragemode Rory is something this universe needs. I think he'd made for an awesome fall-from-grace villain.
Tennant plays it like a sexy human. Smith plays it like an out-of-place alien. Interestingly, since the Doctor's human alter-ego is named Smith, this means that Tennant is more Smith than Smith.
Astrid?
I suspect if they were to kill off a major companion, they'd look to Earthshock as a model. As I understand it, the death in that wasn't known of in advance - indeed, the death doesn't even conclude the series! Indeed, that's the approximate model they used in modern Who for
Rory's
Silurian two-parter
PhoncipleBone
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He would, but I don't wanna see him go bad. If the Daleks are the ones that kill Amy, just have Rory marauding across space exterminating all Daleks. Make them afraid of The Centurion. The way to make him a fall from grace villain is just to have him go too far and essentially commit genocide in the name of vengeance, and The Doctor has to stop him.
GameplayWhore
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Don't you really have to have been in the TARDIS once to be considered a companion?
Oh, come on, "The Centurion" is the perfect name for a recurring Who villain!
EleventhDoctor
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PhoncipleBone
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Oh, come on, "The Centurion" is the perfect name for a recurring Who villain!
Oh, it is. The Doctor shows up on a planet. Wanton destruction and death. He finds a few survivors and asks what happened. All the person says is "Centurion...", and then dies.
Some people use the opening credits as the guide. If you do that, Astrid counts.
Also, I think he at some point offered to take her with him. Obviously she didn't get a chance, but that's another plausible justification.
Not that I think it's a good thing if she is, or even a bad thing. I think all of the 80s companions were roundly terrible (yes, even Ace, though to a lesser degree than the others) but I wouldn't say they aren't just because of that.
Future Foundation
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Astrid, and pretty much everyone from the 08-10 Specials. In fact, I was looking through Ten's Wiki (I know, I know), and they've got pretty much every relevant ally as a "Companion".
PhoncipleBone
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Seeing as how that was one of the most perfect send offs in the new series, I would be fine with that. It was fantastic.
Exterminieren
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Just an aside; Eccleston has been cast as the villain in the new Thor movie.
PhoncipleBone
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While fantastic (Ha!), I still would have preferred Mads Mikkelsen as the villain. Just because Mads is a badass.
Either way, excited for Thor: The Dark World.
The Giant
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Future Foundation
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Exterminieren
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My body wasn't ready.
Dat I Am The Doctor.
Dat I Am The Doctor.
piratepwnsninja
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I need it! Give it to me!
King of the Potato People
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Awesome, the budget looks like its gone up.
Exterminieren
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Noticeable: The new paradigm Daleks have been given a makeover.
Even more noticeable: They're buried under a metric fucktonne of Proper Daleks.
Even more noticeable: They're buried under a metric fucktonne of Proper Daleks.
PhoncipleBone
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Everything looks awesome, and Karen looks more gorgeous than ever.
BUT FALL!? WHY MUST WE WAIT UNTIL FALL!? Does late August count as fall? I need it now!
Also, baby Weeping Angels. CREEPY!
BUT FALL!? WHY MUST WE WAIT UNTIL FALL!? Does late August count as fall? I need it now!
Also, baby Weeping Angels. CREEPY!
Exterminieren
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Also, was that planet explosion a model shot?
IT'S BEEN TOO DAMN LONG SINCE WE'VE SEEN A MODEL SHOT.
IT'S BEEN TOO DAMN LONG SINCE WE'VE SEEN A MODEL SHOT.
Box of Bunnies
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Every day closer to the start of series seven is another day closer to the mid-series break. I'm so conflicted.
PhoncipleBone
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Short version of the show since Moffatt took over: he knows how to work well in a budget.
Exterminieren
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Considering that the budget has gone down compared to the RTD era... HELL yes.
The current production designers are damned geniuses.
PhoncipleBone
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Goodbye Captain America PhoneyBone avatar.
Welcome back Doctor PhoneyBone!
Welcome back Doctor PhoneyBone!
EleventhDoctor
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Good God thats amazing.
PhoncipleBone
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Now let's get Cumberbatch as The Master up in this hizzie to complete the Moffatt nerdgasm!
Please.
Please.
Should add some scratches on his face, and a few tears on the jacket for season 7.
EleventhDoctor
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How in the world could the budget have gone DOWN? Whats the reasoning behind that?
Also im noticing a distinct lack of Silence in that trailer.
Also im noticing a distinct lack of Silence in that trailer.
How in the world could the budget have gone DOWN? Whats the reasoning behind that?
Also im noticing a distinct lack of Silence in that trailer.
Understandable, they had a rather central role in S6.
Exterminieren
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Funds are a LOT tighter now at the BBC than they were in 2005.
PhoncipleBone
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How in the world could the budget have gone DOWN? Whats the reasoning behind that?
Also im noticing a distinct lack of Silence in that trailer.
They were there. You just weren't wearing your eye patch, so you forgot already.
EleventhDoctor
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But what does that mean? Why? Simply because of bad financial times? Isn't the show bringing in more revenue worldwide? I think I remember Moffet grumbling about that in the past-that the show always got the same slice of the pie, even when the merchandising and licensing money it was generating was increasing year after the year.
EleventhDoctor
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PhoncipleBone
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The fact that the budget is lower during the Moffatt era than during the RTD one shows that Moffatt and his team are better at using the money. And Moffatt might be one of those people that works much better under restrictions. I am a firm believer that restrictions (budget or staff, technology) actually enhance the final product. It forces you to be more creative. Sometimes a blank check and all the freedom in the world does not help. Just look at the Star Wars prequels.
PhoncipleBone
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Soon. I know someone already has one ready to go.
That reminds me, I need to get to work on the OTs for the next seasons of Supernatural and Fringe soon.
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