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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Monday, December 31, 2012 - 5:36 pm 
I don't like him as much as Matt Smith. !!!Dems fighting words!!! 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 31, 2012 - 11:45 pm
Ack, Ack, Dipo! I  David Tennant.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Saturday, January 19, 2013 - 11:09 pm
Just saw this advertised on BBCA, 11 brand new specials to celebrate 50 years of Dr Who: "Dr Who: The Doctor Revisited.
Starts SUNday 27th, 9-11pm (not the usual DW Saturday) with The First Doctor.
(My Doctor Who Season Pass didn't pick this up... had to set it to tape manually.)
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - 6:06 pm
Start date for second half of the season announced: Saturday March 30th!
Same date for the UK, US and Canada.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, January 27, 2013 - 10:35 pm
I thought the bit about the first Doctor Who was very interesting, but that episode must have been two hours long! I gave up after a little bit. Apparently the specials are one a MONTH, not one a week, so I guess it will be December before we get to Matt Smith.
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Sunday, January 27, 2013 - 10:51 pm
"but that episode must have been two hours long!"
That episode was THREE hours long!
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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Monday, January 28, 2013 - 12:32 am
In the old days..... they did little mini series stories. So this "episode" would have been 4 or so shows.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Monday, January 28, 2013 - 1:26 pm
Oh rats, I didn't know about this and missed it! Eleven specials...so does that mean each one will focus on a different Doctor?
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, January 28, 2013 - 1:29 pm
Ah that makes sense! I thought episodes were much shorter then, only about 20 minutes or so, but the mini seasons ring a bell.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 3:50 pm
BBCA is airing the First Doctor special right now (it repeats overnight), followed by the premiere of the Second Doctor special.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 6:31 pm
Thanks Calamity, I only noticed because it started recording itself! The new one is another 3 hour episode... not sure I will watch much of the episode itself, but the talk about the doctor before it is going to be interesting.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, March 24, 2013 - 10:33 am
Short video "for the “Prequel” to “The Bells of Saint John,” Doctor Who‘s Midseason premiere (Saturday, 8/7c on BBC America)" in the link. Cute, rather than important.
http://tvline.com/2013/03/24/doctor-who-season-7-bells-saint-john-prequel/
The Revisited episode with The Third Doctor (John Pertwee!) airs next Sunday (31st).
By the way there is a rumour/spoiler going round about Doctor Who for next year. I imagine it's going to be hard to avoid soon, but for now anyone who wants to try to remain spoiler-free probably should avoid googling anything Dr Who!
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Saturday, March 30, 2013 - 11:21 am
Today's the start of the second half season!
(The episode is followed by Orphan Black, a scifi show about clones, if anyone is interested.)
Third Doctor (John Pertwee) special is tomorrow.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Saturday, March 30, 2013 - 8:44 pm
I really enjoyed the first episode with Clara (version three). I miss this show when it's not on!
Torchwood Children of Men, the entire season, is showing overnight, if anyone is interested. And there's a special on the companions tomorrow evening as well.
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Trixie
Member
02-19-2013
| Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 5:29 am
I also enjoyed the first episode with Clara (version three!).
The Tardis looks awesome (bigger on the inside..lol)..and I think Clara and the Doctor have a good vibe together.
It's all good - The Doctor is back in the house..
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Trixie
Member
02-19-2013
| Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 5:31 am
oh KITT, thanks for that info on Torchwood. I've never seen it...it will be taping along happily today.
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Monday, April 08, 2013 - 2:38 pm
What did everyone think of episode 2? I didn't really care for it for some reason.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, April 08, 2013 - 6:56 pm
I'm not sure I like the new girl! I don't not like her it's just I'm not sure she adds anything to the Doctor, maybe I'm judging too soon.
Episode 2 didn't seem to have much in it, just a girl singing.
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Monday, April 08, 2013 - 7:49 pm
I found my attention wandering. I've never said that about an ep of Doctor Who that I can remember. I think there is great potential with Clara but I don't want to have to wait for the end of the season to find out how she came to be in that crashed spaceship.
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Pam2uall
Member
10-25-2006
| Monday, April 08, 2013 - 8:23 pm
I'm not sure I like the Clara/Doctor combo. So far, to me, it seems the fun is missing. With River, Amy, and Rory they would be involved in some serious situations, but there was also light-hearted, fun moments. The Doctor seemed like he had more fun with them than he is having with Clara. I don't see the spark. Maybe I just miss the prior three. I always wanted to watch whenever River "Hello, Sweetie" was on an episode.
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Hobbs
Member
08-05-2002
| Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - 7:00 am
Either Matt Smith isn't into it this season or he is a brilliant actor. There doesn't seem to be any spark from the Doctor this season. I'm hoping he has been told to play it that way because the Doctor is still miserable over the loss of Amy and Rory. And now he can't figure out who Clara is.
Did anyone else notice the look he gave Clara at the end of the show as she was leaving the Tardis? It was horrible so I think this is all an angry Doctor season.
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Hobbs
Member
08-05-2002
| Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - 7:14 am
I don't know if this has been posted already. It is a short youtube video showing the storyboard of a scene never shot closing out the whole Rory / Amy storyline. I really enjoyed it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XWU6XL9xI4k
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - 7:46 am
I guess it all depends on what you thought of the last companions. I couldn't stand them! Nothing against the actors but it was like the doctor was on cocaine the whole time, talked frantically, spun in circles constantly. Amy's character talked down to him, just didn't see the respect in the relationship, kinda bossed him around. I liked Rory the best of the three but they didn't always seem to know what to do with him. So, so far this season it has been refreshing. The hysteria is down a notch. Still not sold on Matt Smith as the doctor but much better than last couple seasons. I understand this next season will be his last year (according to rumours) and as much as I love each doctor, I am always excited to *meet* the next one. I just hope they don't drag the whole season down with this base story arch, Stephen Moffatt just doesn't seem to have the story telling ability that Russell T. Davis did.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - 10:08 am
I think it really is missing the heart and depth that Russell T. Davis brings to his shows. It'll be a real shame if it doesn't improve, I guess we need to give them time to gel. For me I think it's that Clara is too self-complete, she isn't needy at all, and the companion, I think, either needs to be needy of the Doctor in some way (in love with him, or fascinated by him or...) or the Doctor needs to be needy of the companion (she stabilises him or something). Right now with Clara it's like it's "who's this bloke? oh it might be fun, 'spose I'll have a ride." Early days though.
I wasn't sure about the look the Doctor gave Clara. I think he's trying to persuade himself not to think about the other Claras because he doesn't want to open up something that more than likely will just lead to trouble. If they do address it I hope they do it soon, like Jasper, I don't want to have to wait until the end of the season to find out!
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - 11:02 am
I loved Donna as a companion and her grandfather's interactions with The Doctor. I'd rank Rose and her mom and bf No 1., Donna and her grandpa 2, Martha 3 and Amy and Rory 4 of the recent companions. I liked Rory more than Amy. She always seemed very aggressive and mad at the Doctor. I still sigh wishing David Tennant could reappear. Perhaps a time paradox where he regenerates backwards is in order.
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