It is worth remembering that this trailer and the branding of the new show is aimed at the kids. The adult fans will watch regardless, but the kids need to have a hook (and Tennent's very adult latter episodes were not all that kid friendly).
Obviously Stephen Moffat and his CV are not going to make TRACEY BEAKER WITH ROBOTS but this is a show that must gain newer audiences in order to thrive and survive...and that is the younger set. The earlier official trailer suggested as much too.
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Definitely a spoiler, yes.Possible spoiler: New addition to the cast.
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Definitely a spoiler, yes.Possible spoiler: New addition to the cast.
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Posted 24 February 2010 - 11:35 PM
I just can't stop watching that cover.
Also they were apparently filming in Skenfrith near the castle yesterday and today. So, yeah. That's about it I s'pose.
Also they were apparently filming in Skenfrith near the castle yesterday and today. So, yeah. That's about it I s'pose.
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I just can't stop watching that cover.
If you still have your Channel 4 3D week glasses then this should work for you
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http://www.dailymail...-thousands.html
Doctor Who auction exterminates the recession as show props sell for thousands
Some of them looked a little battle-scarred.
There was a Cyberman with its guts hanging out, some kind of alien monster with a foot blown off, and a couple of Daleks whose sink plungers looked like they'd seen one too many plugholes.
But yesterday, in the fantasy world of Doctor Who, this was apparently the moment to make a bit of a killing against the gloomy trend of recession.
For an auction of props from the long-running BBC TV series was being hailed as an opportunity not just to grab a slice of the past, but - in the finest traditions of time travel - to secure a nest-egg for the future.
Everything from early Daleks to actor David Tennant's shirt was offered for sale.
Canny investors were even getting into Kylie Minogue's bloomers, if you pardon the expression - offered as part of a waitress outfit she wore when she played the tenth doctor's glamorous assistant.
The outfit, of dress, boots and bloomers, was eventually sold for £3,120.
Nostalgia, of course, was largely the inspiration for bidders at yesterday's auction, most of whom grew up with the Good Doctor when the series first hit black-and-white TV screens in 1963.
But many would also be aware that a good condition Dalek sold recently for a staggering £36,000 - and that prices are steadily rising.
Likewise, a simple piece of merchandise that could be had for a shilling in pocket money nearly five decades ago could now be worth a small fortune.
Lifelong Dr Who fan Alan Jones, a 55-year-old joiner, paid £335 for a grotesque marsh-man 'Plasmaton' costume - and promptly walked the 6ft 6in figure across the street to a waiting taxi before embarking on what must have been a rather bizarre train journey home to North Wales.
'I've been hooked on Doctor Who since 1966,' he said.' 'I just wanted something relating to it and something as an investment.
'My 13-year-old grandson's a fan too, so maybe it'll be a family heirloom.'
The waitress outfit worn by Kylie Minogue in a Doctor Who Christmas special sold for £3,120.
However, pride of place at the Bonhams sale in Knightsbridge yesterday went, naturally, to the Daleks.
One was a cream coloured Mk II which sold for £15,600. Its sibling, a black painted Mk I, went for a remarkable £20,400.
For the uninitiated, Daleks are from another world, housed inside mechanical armour and constantly threatening to 'ex-ter-min-ate' enemies.
Even that was enough to terrify generations of youngsters as they took shelter behind sofas in homes across the land.
But the rarely seen creatures that occupied them were even more scary - multi-tentacled beasts, hateful and dangerous in the extreme. A kind of Peter Mandelson on wheels, as someone remarked yesterday.
Yet everyone who ever watched a Dr Who episode will know that part of the Daleks' enduring appeal was the low-budget nature of their construction.
Most were made by BBC craftsmen from wood and glass fibre, boasting 'ray guns' that looked suspiciously like something you might find in a kitchen.
Bits occasionally dropped off them; others moved in a series of comical jerks as operators struggled to operate three appendages while propelling the Dalek across a studio floor.
Several suffered 'locomotion malfunctions' otherwise known as a wheel falling off.
Those were the good old days before computer generated special effects took over.
But nothing prepared you yesterday for quite how basic the Daleks are in an up-close encounter of the auction kind.
One had clearly had a hard life, featuring missing body parts and a wonky gun-stick.
The paint on the other one was cracked and flaking and the carcass was too fragile now to allow me to pilot one around the auction floor, Bonhams insisted.
And what was that inter-galactic light on it's head? I swear I once had an indicator lens just like that on an old Morris Minor. (That's because it was a Morris Minor indicator lens, apparently - utilised in the days when the BBC spent our licence money with more prudence).
Against a backdrop of Cheetah-persons, cybermen and assembled aliens, Mohican-haired Martin Rowe looked a little like one of the exhibits before he moved, startling at least one onlooker. What was the attraction in buying any of this old tat?
'In its own way it's art,' the 31-year-old software developer told me. 'You can associate with Doctor Who because he's kind of in the real world.
'Some of the locations are real streets and council estates. He was someone who could walk into your life in a way that Luke Skywalker never could.'
Nearby, Jason Joiner was just about to spend more than £10,000 on a selection of items, including a panel from the Tardis (the Dr's time travel machine) and a pair of Billie Piper's pyjamas.
Don't worry though. He's been collecting such props for 20 years and runs exhibitions for Doctor Who fans.
'It's also a great investment,' he said. 'Nothing I've bought over the years has ever gone down in price.'
Other items causing a stir at the auction included a pale blue shirt worn by former Doctor David Tennant, which sold for £1,260, a section of Tardis steel measuring 71in by 176in, selling for £3,840, and a 6ft 3in silver Cyberman from 1988, which sold for a staggering £4,080."
If only I had the money I would have seriously splashed out for a Dalek
(and Kylie's and Billie's outfits 
and how cool would the Cyberman outfit be? I'd scare the living crap out of my a-hole jumped up priced dry cleaners with that. )
Doctor Who auction exterminates the recession as show props sell for thousands
Some of them looked a little battle-scarred.
There was a Cyberman with its guts hanging out, some kind of alien monster with a foot blown off, and a couple of Daleks whose sink plungers looked like they'd seen one too many plugholes.
But yesterday, in the fantasy world of Doctor Who, this was apparently the moment to make a bit of a killing against the gloomy trend of recession.
For an auction of props from the long-running BBC TV series was being hailed as an opportunity not just to grab a slice of the past, but - in the finest traditions of time travel - to secure a nest-egg for the future.
Everything from early Daleks to actor David Tennant's shirt was offered for sale.
Canny investors were even getting into Kylie Minogue's bloomers, if you pardon the expression - offered as part of a waitress outfit she wore when she played the tenth doctor's glamorous assistant.
The outfit, of dress, boots and bloomers, was eventually sold for £3,120.
Nostalgia, of course, was largely the inspiration for bidders at yesterday's auction, most of whom grew up with the Good Doctor when the series first hit black-and-white TV screens in 1963.
But many would also be aware that a good condition Dalek sold recently for a staggering £36,000 - and that prices are steadily rising.
Likewise, a simple piece of merchandise that could be had for a shilling in pocket money nearly five decades ago could now be worth a small fortune.
Lifelong Dr Who fan Alan Jones, a 55-year-old joiner, paid £335 for a grotesque marsh-man 'Plasmaton' costume - and promptly walked the 6ft 6in figure across the street to a waiting taxi before embarking on what must have been a rather bizarre train journey home to North Wales.
'I've been hooked on Doctor Who since 1966,' he said.' 'I just wanted something relating to it and something as an investment.
'My 13-year-old grandson's a fan too, so maybe it'll be a family heirloom.'
The waitress outfit worn by Kylie Minogue in a Doctor Who Christmas special sold for £3,120.
However, pride of place at the Bonhams sale in Knightsbridge yesterday went, naturally, to the Daleks.
One was a cream coloured Mk II which sold for £15,600. Its sibling, a black painted Mk I, went for a remarkable £20,400.
For the uninitiated, Daleks are from another world, housed inside mechanical armour and constantly threatening to 'ex-ter-min-ate' enemies.
Even that was enough to terrify generations of youngsters as they took shelter behind sofas in homes across the land.
But the rarely seen creatures that occupied them were even more scary - multi-tentacled beasts, hateful and dangerous in the extreme. A kind of Peter Mandelson on wheels, as someone remarked yesterday.
Yet everyone who ever watched a Dr Who episode will know that part of the Daleks' enduring appeal was the low-budget nature of their construction.
Most were made by BBC craftsmen from wood and glass fibre, boasting 'ray guns' that looked suspiciously like something you might find in a kitchen.
Bits occasionally dropped off them; others moved in a series of comical jerks as operators struggled to operate three appendages while propelling the Dalek across a studio floor.
Several suffered 'locomotion malfunctions' otherwise known as a wheel falling off.
Those were the good old days before computer generated special effects took over.
But nothing prepared you yesterday for quite how basic the Daleks are in an up-close encounter of the auction kind.
One had clearly had a hard life, featuring missing body parts and a wonky gun-stick.
The paint on the other one was cracked and flaking and the carcass was too fragile now to allow me to pilot one around the auction floor, Bonhams insisted.
And what was that inter-galactic light on it's head? I swear I once had an indicator lens just like that on an old Morris Minor. (That's because it was a Morris Minor indicator lens, apparently - utilised in the days when the BBC spent our licence money with more prudence).
Against a backdrop of Cheetah-persons, cybermen and assembled aliens, Mohican-haired Martin Rowe looked a little like one of the exhibits before he moved, startling at least one onlooker. What was the attraction in buying any of this old tat?
'In its own way it's art,' the 31-year-old software developer told me. 'You can associate with Doctor Who because he's kind of in the real world.
'Some of the locations are real streets and council estates. He was someone who could walk into your life in a way that Luke Skywalker never could.'
Nearby, Jason Joiner was just about to spend more than £10,000 on a selection of items, including a panel from the Tardis (the Dr's time travel machine) and a pair of Billie Piper's pyjamas.
Don't worry though. He's been collecting such props for 20 years and runs exhibitions for Doctor Who fans.
'It's also a great investment,' he said. 'Nothing I've bought over the years has ever gone down in price.'
Other items causing a stir at the auction included a pale blue shirt worn by former Doctor David Tennant, which sold for £1,260, a section of Tardis steel measuring 71in by 176in, selling for £3,840, and a 6ft 3in silver Cyberman from 1988, which sold for a staggering £4,080."
If only I had the money I would have seriously splashed out for a Dalek
(and Kylie's and Billie's outfits and how cool would the Cyberman outfit be? I'd scare the living crap out of my a-hole jumped up priced dry cleaners with that. )
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Posted 28 February 2010 - 02:00 AM
http://www.newsofthe...ties-style.html
SO Who's this looking all Dalek-table? It's the new Doctor Matt Smith travelling back in time with a super-suave Sixties style.
For his Time Lord role, the 27-year-old actor has chosen the geography teacher look - bow tie, braces, big boots and, of course, tweed jacket with elbow patches.
But in a fashion shoot for Esquire mag, Matt was much more chic than geek.
Matt, whose first Dr Who series kicks off on BBC1 over Easter, said: "He's an inter-galactic genius, a superhero-ish, mad, fumbling, bumbling, science geek."
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SO Who's this looking all Dalek-table? It's the new Doctor Matt Smith travelling back in time with a super-suave Sixties style.
For his Time Lord role, the 27-year-old actor has chosen the geography teacher look - bow tie, braces, big boots and, of course, tweed jacket with elbow patches.
But in a fashion shoot for Esquire mag, Matt was much more chic than geek.
Matt, whose first Dr Who series kicks off on BBC1 over Easter, said: "He's an inter-galactic genius, a superhero-ish, mad, fumbling, bumbling, science geek."
-thought you all couldn't live with out this info.
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Posted 03 March 2010 - 12:16 PM
wikipedia's giving the title's of the next 3 episodes (4,5&6) as
Time of Angels
Flesh and Stone
(and we already knew this one)
Vampires in Venice
It's in the latest DW mag, I believe (Aust is 4 months behind, our current one's the Nov TWOM issue)
Time of Angels
Flesh and Stone
(and we already knew this one)
Vampires in Venice
It's in the latest DW mag, I believe (Aust is 4 months behind, our current one's the Nov TWOM issue)
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Posted 05 March 2010 - 01:48 AM
http://www.dailymail...ing-series.html
She's the flame-haired new sidekick to Doctor Who and what better way to stamp your authority on a new role than with a glamorous photoshoot?
Karen Gillan will assist another newcomer, Matt Smith, on his adventures in the new series of the BBC1 sci-fi series, and she recently took part in a shoot for InStyle magazine.
The 22-year-old actress spoke to the magazine ahead of the start of the latest series and revealed that she was daunted by the new role and she once imitated R'n'B diva Beyonce by dyeing her hair pink.
The actress, who was born in Inverness, Scotland, admitted that she finds her new role terrifying - following in the footsteps of so many other great actresses.
She said: 'It's a pretty terrifying role, but a huge privilege to be part of an iconic show. I'm following a long line of great actresses who have played the companion, so it's quite daunting. I'd love to sit down with them and have a good chat about it.'
Recent actresses who have filled the role of Doctor Who's sidekick include Freema Agyeman, Billie Piper, Catherine Tate and even Kylie Minogue.
She also revealed that her mother didn't even know she'd got the part: 'My boyfriend knew, but I didn't tell anyone else, including my mum - she's a huge Doctor Who fan and I didn't want to lumber her with the secret. I only told her an hour before the public found out.'
Earlier this year producers on the show ran into trouble with fans after some viewers misinterpreted the regenerated Doctor's line 'I'm still not ginger'.
In January parents of red-headed children were said to be particularly upset by what they perceived to be an insult.
They claimed the programme, which was the second part of a Christmas special and was seen by 11 million viewers, would encourage victimisation.
The BBC received 143 complaints and one mother said: ‘I think it is totally inappropriate for the Doctor to make fun of people with ginger hair. It is a programme children watch and I think it will encourage bullying'
But the BBC fought back in the row insisting that Dr Who had made the comment as a matter of regret - rather than relief.
The Corporation said: ‘We’ve received complaints from viewers who believed a line in Doctor Who: The End of Time was insulting to people with ginger hair.
'We would like to reassure viewers that Doctor Who doesn’t have an anti-ginger agenda whatsoever.
‘This was a reprise of the line in the Christmas Invasion episode in 2005, when David Tennant discovers that he’s not ginger, and here he is, missing out again — disappointed he’s still not ginger.’
She's the flame-haired new sidekick to Doctor Who and what better way to stamp your authority on a new role than with a glamorous photoshoot?
Karen Gillan will assist another newcomer, Matt Smith, on his adventures in the new series of the BBC1 sci-fi series, and she recently took part in a shoot for InStyle magazine.
The 22-year-old actress spoke to the magazine ahead of the start of the latest series and revealed that she was daunted by the new role and she once imitated R'n'B diva Beyonce by dyeing her hair pink.
The actress, who was born in Inverness, Scotland, admitted that she finds her new role terrifying - following in the footsteps of so many other great actresses.
She said: 'It's a pretty terrifying role, but a huge privilege to be part of an iconic show. I'm following a long line of great actresses who have played the companion, so it's quite daunting. I'd love to sit down with them and have a good chat about it.'
Recent actresses who have filled the role of Doctor Who's sidekick include Freema Agyeman, Billie Piper, Catherine Tate and even Kylie Minogue.
She also revealed that her mother didn't even know she'd got the part: 'My boyfriend knew, but I didn't tell anyone else, including my mum - she's a huge Doctor Who fan and I didn't want to lumber her with the secret. I only told her an hour before the public found out.'
Earlier this year producers on the show ran into trouble with fans after some viewers misinterpreted the regenerated Doctor's line 'I'm still not ginger'.
In January parents of red-headed children were said to be particularly upset by what they perceived to be an insult.
They claimed the programme, which was the second part of a Christmas special and was seen by 11 million viewers, would encourage victimisation.
The BBC received 143 complaints and one mother said: ‘I think it is totally inappropriate for the Doctor to make fun of people with ginger hair. It is a programme children watch and I think it will encourage bullying'
But the BBC fought back in the row insisting that Dr Who had made the comment as a matter of regret - rather than relief.
The Corporation said: ‘We’ve received complaints from viewers who believed a line in Doctor Who: The End of Time was insulting to people with ginger hair.
'We would like to reassure viewers that Doctor Who doesn’t have an anti-ginger agenda whatsoever.
‘This was a reprise of the line in the Christmas Invasion episode in 2005, when David Tennant discovers that he’s not ginger, and here he is, missing out again — disappointed he’s still not ginger.’
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Whilst I think and know that Matt Smith is superb in the role, I am not so sure the producers statements and teaser trailers suggesting a TWILIGHT / HARRY POTTER fairytale vibe sounds the way forward for me. Yes, go down the fairytale route by all means but be careful.
This is the first time I have thought this, but the phrase "misfire" keeps circling this new series for me. I am most willing to be proved wrong come Easter Saturday.
This is the first time I have thought this, but the phrase "misfire" keeps circling this new series for me. I am most willing to be proved wrong come Easter Saturday.
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Posted 05 March 2010 - 06:08 PM
New filming pictures and small video. Possible spoilers. 
Some other news about Tennant and Billie Piper.
http://www.dailymail...scar-Party.html
Billie Piper and David Tennant are being reunited on the big screen.
The Doctor Who stars are in discussions to appear in a big-screen thriller that will be directed by Piper's husband, the actor Laurence Fox.
The movie, Love On The Murder Mile, will also star Mackenzie Crook and Matthew Rhys, the Welsh-born, LA-based actor.
Rhys, who portrayed Dylan Thomas in Edge Of Love opposite Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller, is one of the main cast members on U.S. television drama Brothers & Sisters.
The plan is for him to shoot his scenes in Love On The Murder Mile during the summer break from his TV show.
Piper and Tennant were a mammoth success as the good doctor and his assistant Rose.
The script, by Johnny Glynn, is set in London and the story is described as an urban thriller.
Double act: Dr Who David Tennant and assistant Billie Piper pose in Glasgow in April 2006.
Robin Fox, the film's producer (and brother of Laurence), said negotiations were still ongoing and that not all the cast were officially contracted.
He said his brother had 'always had this ambition to direct'. Meanwhile, Laurence has withdrawn from the play Eigengrau, which opens at the Bush Theatre in West London next Wednesday.
He did ten days of rehearsals but withdrew 'gracefully', after deciding that his part had changed. He has been replaced by Geoffrey Streatfield.
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Some other news about Tennant and Billie Piper.
http://www.dailymail...scar-Party.html
Billie Piper and David Tennant are being reunited on the big screen.
The Doctor Who stars are in discussions to appear in a big-screen thriller that will be directed by Piper's husband, the actor Laurence Fox.
The movie, Love On The Murder Mile, will also star Mackenzie Crook and Matthew Rhys, the Welsh-born, LA-based actor.
Rhys, who portrayed Dylan Thomas in Edge Of Love opposite Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller, is one of the main cast members on U.S. television drama Brothers & Sisters.
The plan is for him to shoot his scenes in Love On The Murder Mile during the summer break from his TV show.
Piper and Tennant were a mammoth success as the good doctor and his assistant Rose.
The script, by Johnny Glynn, is set in London and the story is described as an urban thriller.
Double act: Dr Who David Tennant and assistant Billie Piper pose in Glasgow in April 2006.
Robin Fox, the film's producer (and brother of Laurence), said negotiations were still ongoing and that not all the cast were officially contracted.
He said his brother had 'always had this ambition to direct'. Meanwhile, Laurence has withdrawn from the play Eigengrau, which opens at the Bush Theatre in West London next Wednesday.
He did ten days of rehearsals but withdrew 'gracefully', after deciding that his part had changed. He has been replaced by Geoffrey Streatfield.
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Posted 05 March 2010 - 10:50 PM
Arsenal of filming photos pertaining to dans' above spoiler and mine below shall follow. Presently, enjoy a couple of videos of filming:
Apparently all this business is for Episode 11, which if I remember correctly is the Gareth Roberts episode.
Also dunno how true this is, but word is Smith signed for three years when he came into the role, so that's at least up to S7 for us to enjoy.
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Apparently all this business is for Episode 11, which if I remember correctly is the Gareth Roberts episode.
Also dunno how true this is, but word is Smith signed for three years when he came into the role, so that's at least up to S7 for us to enjoy.
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I heard/read back when he got the role, he'd signed on for five.
Unsure how true the info was though.
Unsure how true the info was though.
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I heard/read back when he got the role, he'd signed on for five.
Unsure how true the info was though.
Hrm. I heard 3rd w/ option for 4th, but either way, it's a good thing. Fnarg looks promising from the trailers and filming vids, and I liked Smith in Moses Jones and Party Animals, so I severely doubt he'll muck things up any.
Anyway, a bit late but, lots of pictures of the filming for your pleasure.
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More pictures and poss spoilers:
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Ha. Bizarre. I like that a lot. Especially the comment of The Doctor giggling away to himself.
I like the images of Smith playing soccer. It will serve as a nice reference to his real life connection to the sport. And as we know, the Fifth Doctor, another young incarnation, liked cricket. So it works.
Even though we haven't seen an episode, I doubt Smith will disappoint. I hope the five season deal is true. If not, hopefully he does sign on for a fourth season. I'm not the biggest fan of burning through Doctors.
I like the images of Smith playing soccer. It will serve as a nice reference to his real life connection to the sport. And as we know, the Fifth Doctor, another young incarnation, liked cricket. So it works.
Even though we haven't seen an episode, I doubt Smith will disappoint. I hope the five season deal is true. If not, hopefully he does sign on for a fourth season. I'm not the biggest fan of burning through Doctors.
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Posted 06 March 2010 - 04:38 AM
Perhaps...
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 10:40 PM
Just re-watched "Inferno' last night and I swear it's one of the best.
The spookiness of the 'parallel world' to Hitler's youth (the uniforms did it I think), the superb iciness of Nicholas Courtney (the Brigade Leader) and the feeling of a little Dr No thrown in what with the character of Professor Stahlman in the mandarin collar outfit and the various extras in radioactive suits.
Uncanny and still one of Pertwee's best.
Courtney showed his acting chops in this one and amazing how a remote controlled opened door can get so much screen time.
Those were the days.
The spookiness of the 'parallel world' to Hitler's youth (the uniforms did it I think), the superb iciness of Nicholas Courtney (the Brigade Leader) and the feeling of a little Dr No thrown in what with the character of Professor Stahlman in the mandarin collar outfit and the various extras in radioactive suits.
Uncanny and still one of Pertwee's best.
Courtney showed his acting chops in this one and amazing how a remote controlled opened door can get so much screen time.
Those were the days.
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 11:26 PM
They ought to bring him back for the new series; not just The Sarah Jane Adventures, mind you, but an actual scene with the Doctor, perhaps reminiscing on old times...Nicholas Courtney
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They ought to bring him back for the new series; not just The Sarah Jane Adventures, mind you, but an actual scene with the Doctor, perhaps reminiscing on old times...Nicholas Courtney
I agree.
Taken in Jan 2008.
I hadn't seen a picture of him in a long time. In fact I don't think I've seen him outside of the Who episodes.Going back to the "Inferno" as he was settling into his temporary office, a military picture cropped up. I read he served his National Service in the British Army, leaving after 18 months as a private. I wonder if that was indeed a real picture of
his platoon and with Pertwee taking the mickey out of it?
Anyone read his autobiography?
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Posted 09 March 2010 - 12:00 AM
This'd be a nice exchange:
THE DOCTOR: "Crikey, you're old!"
BRIGADIER: "Crikey, you're young!"
(They both grumble at each other...
)Also, just learned The Eleventh Hour is airing on Beeb America on April 17; best set my TiVo for then!
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Posted 09 March 2010 - 12:13 AM
This'd be a nice exchange:
THE DOCTOR: "Crikey, you're old!"
BRIGADIER: "Crikey, you're young!"
(They both grumble at each other...
Taking the regenerations into account surely:
THE DOCTOR: "Crikey, you're old!"
BRIGADIER: "Crikey, you're young....again. And WHO do you think you are this time?!"
Then they high 5 each other.
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Posted 09 March 2010 - 12:50 AM
True, true, but the Doctor's never been that young...Taking the regenerations into account surely:
THE DOCTOR: "Crikey, you're old!"
BRIGADIER: "Crikey, you're young....again. And WHO do you think you are this time?!"
BRIGADIER: "I spanked you as a geezer; I'll spank you now, twerp!"
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Posted 09 March 2010 - 01:35 PM
True, true, but the Doctor's never been that young...Taking the regenerations into account surely:
THE DOCTOR: "Crikey, you're old!"
BRIGADIER: "Crikey, you're young....again. And WHO do you think you are this time?!"
Davison was 29 when he came in. Not that far off from Smith.
Anyway, from the rumor mill:
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All stuff that's already been floating around, really, but thought I'd share anyway. Source
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Posted 09 March 2010 - 01:59 PM
I couldn't think of anything worse than that story with James Corden involved.
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Posted 09 March 2010 - 03:38 PM
I think this will be very interesting, actually.
I'm glad that they're getting away from the 'alien planet of the week' thing, and trying something interesting. The Doctor as a human? I wouldn't mind seeing that. We've seen John Smith as a human, but not the Doctor.
I'm glad that they're getting away from the 'alien planet of the week' thing, and trying something interesting. The Doctor as a human? I wouldn't mind seeing that. We've seen John Smith as a human, but not the Doctor.
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Posted 09 March 2010 - 03:45 PM
Sounds good to me.
I really like stories that explore The Doctor as a character.
I really like stories that explore The Doctor as a character.
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Posted 09 March 2010 - 03:48 PM
With Corden as the antagonist in hiding....? You don't cast him to play SMITHY again unless there is an angle.I think this will be very interesting, actually.
I'm glad that they're getting away from the 'alien planet of the week' thing, and trying something interesting. The Doctor as a human? I wouldn't mind seeing that. We've seen John Smith as a human, but not the Doctor.