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[Glenn]

Vincent and the Doctor!

Classic!

10 out of 10! Nearly brought a tear to my eyes at the end.

What is Saturday without Who?


HF

It was a brilliant piece of televison, especially at the end when they took Vincent to the museum to see his works displayed. Wonderfully acted.

What spoilt the episode for me was the giant genetically modified four legged space chicken that was on its way to KFC when it got left behind. That was just silly.

[David Schofield]

Did I miss hear, or was the extremely underused Bill Nighy playing a "Doctor Black"...?

And, if so, is it coincidental that Nighy was VERRRRY close to getting the Doctor Who job in the mid 2000s if it hadn't been for his success in "Love Actually"?

[Lachesis]

Vincent and the Doctor!

Classic!

10 out of 10! Nearly brought a tear to my eyes at the end.

What is Saturday without Who?


HF

I think The Angels episode is still my fave of season 5 but this came close, best semi historical story since the Unquiet dead for me.

[Harry Fawkes]

THE LODGER

What a remarkable delight I must say.

Every episode better than the previous. Good job and thumbs up to the producers again.

The style, the stories and all the characters are top notch, nothing less in this series.

Matt Smith was so much fun to watch in the Lodger, and in my book he has become the best Dr of them all.

He is so energetic you can almost feel his vigor in each scene.

Good job too to the guy who played Craig, his flat mate in last night’s episode. Couldn't stop laughing when they knocked heads together.

Yep.

The Doctor has become such a delight to watch.

HF

[Lachesis]

Hmm well the Lodger was funny thanks to the Awesome work of Matt Smith an some nice 'fish out of water' scenes, but the support in terms of plot and cast were less than stellar imo....fluff but fun I guess is still ok and the last pause for breath before the season hits the conclusion.

[DamnCoffee]

Really enjoyed last nights episode. Thought it was very interesting and entertaining. Matt Smith is such a delight to watch!

Next Weeks - WOW. It's probably the first time in this series that I have been genuinley excited for the next episode.

Trailer is here...



Very exciting synopsis for 'The Big Bang' as well...

Spoiler

The Doctor is gone, the TARDIS destroyed and the end of the universe approaching. A scared little girl is humanity's only hope.

[sharpshooter]

The Doctor trying to pass as a human? Brilliant. Fun scenarios and dialogue showcasing his alien eccentricities. And as said, Smith shone. I really like him in the role.

Looking forward to the next two episodes. High stakes and lots of villains showing up. And it seems like they've saved up the special effects budget for it.

[Orion]

The Lodger was three shades of awesome, really really loved that episode. Next weeks looks brilliantly epic.

[Harry Fawkes]

Really enjoyed last nights episode. Thought it was very interesting and entertaining. Matt Smith is such a delight to watch!

Next Weeks - WOW. It's probably the first time in this series that I have been genuinley excited for the next episode.

Trailer is here...



Very exciting synopsis for 'The Big Bang' as well...

Spoiler

The Doctor is gone, the TARDIS destroyed and the end of the universe approaching. A scared little girl is humanity's only hope.

You have just increased my exitment tenfold !!!!

HF

[Mr. Blofeld]

Dammit, no spoilers!

Now... saw The Hungry Earth last night; wasn't so bad, but the little dyslexic boy with the headphones annoyed me to no end, and the genocidal Silurian chick...

...well, you get the idea.

[Royal Dalton]

Hmm well the Lodger was funny thanks to the Awesome work of Matt Smith an some nice 'fish out of water' scenes, but the support in terms of plot and cast were less than stellar imo....fluff but fun I guess is still ok and the last pause for breath before the season hits the conclusion.

Fluff. That's the word.

I would have thought these last two episodes would have been better placed earlier in the run. Not really much of a build-up to the grand finale, are they?

[DamnCoffee]

Dammit, no spoilers!

Er...

I put the spoilers in spoiler tags.

[Mr. Blofeld]

Dammit, no spoilers!

Er...

I put the spoilers in spoiler tags.

From The Lodger; from The Lodger, silly!

Also, Vincent and the Doctor! Way to spoil what might've been been a pleasant surprise for us Yanks...

[DamnCoffee]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

Vincent and the Doctor is the name of the title, we can't change it just for you. Plus, you know that the UK is in front of the US by a few weeks, so you know they'll be some pretty in-depth discussion going on. If you're so offended by spoilers, then it would be wise to stay out of the thread.

I haven't said anything spoilerish at all.

[Mr. Blofeld]

I have no idea what you're talking about. I haven't said anything spoilerish at all.

You haven't; this guy did:

It was a brilliant piece of televison, especially at the end when they took Vincent to the museum to see his works displayed. Wonderfully acted.

What spoilt the episode for me was the giant genetically modified four legged space chicken that was on its way to KFC when it got left behind. That was just silly.

[Peaceful]

Really enjoyed last nights episode. Thought it was very interesting and entertaining. Matt Smith is such a delight to watch!

Next Weeks - WOW. It's probably the first time in this series that I have been genuinley excited for the next episode.

Trailer is here...



Very exciting synopsis for 'The Big Bang' as well...

Spoiler

The Doctor is gone, the TARDIS destroyed and the end of the universe approaching. A scared little girl is humanity's only hope.

Spoiler

Does anyone else think that the big bad is gonna be the War Lord?

Really enjoyed last nights episode. Thought it was very interesting and entertaining. Matt Smith is such a delight to watch!

Next Weeks - WOW. It's probably the first time in this series that I have been genuinley excited for the next episode.

Trailer is here...



Very exciting synopsis for 'The Big Bang' as well...

Spoiler

The Doctor is gone, the TARDIS destroyed and the end of the universe approaching. A scared little girl is humanity's only hope.

Spoiler

Does anyone else think that the big bad is gonna be the War Lord?

[Royal Dalton]

Spoiler

Does anyone else think that the big bad is gonna be the War Lord?

It's rumoured to be

Spoiler

Omega.

[Tybre]

Honestly, I'm pretty sure it's none of those rumors.

Open the spoiler tag at your own risk:

Spoiler

An early synopsis of The Pandorica Opens mentioned something about an ancient trap. The Pandorica is called a prison. The description of what it holds pretty much matches the Doctor from his enemies' POV. An arseload of his enemies will be there. Leaked stills from the episode show Romans dragging the Doctor towards what appears to be the open Pandorica, but from the position of the camera, it's hard to tell for certain. Concept art that was up temporarily on the site of the guy who does the concept art for DW (he took them down but they're still floating around) shows the Doctor locked in a chair-thing in the Pandorica.

Everyone assumes the Pandorica is opening to let something out. In actuality, it's to let someone in.

Of course that could be totally wrong. But all current evidence suggests that conclusion.

[Royal Dalton]

Yeah, I saw that pic. It'll be interesting to see how it all pans out.

[Tybre]

Yeah, I saw that pic. It'll be interesting to see how it all pans out.

Yep. Just a couple days til we find out for sure.

[Glenn]

I have no idea what you're talking about. I haven't said anything spoilerish at all.

You haven't; this guy did:

It was a brilliant piece of televison, especially at the end when they took Vincent to the museum to see his works displayed. Wonderfully acted.

What spoilt the episode for me was the giant genetically modified four legged space chicken that was on its way to KFC when it got left behind. That was just silly.

ooh, oops, sorry.

[DamnCoffee]

OH MY GOD!!!

Spoiler

The Doctor is gone. Amy is dead. The TARDIS has blown up. The Universe has been destroyed. Silence has Fallen.

[Royal Dalton]

Spoiler

Until next week, when they press the reset button.

[Peaceful]

OH MY GOD!!!

Spoiler

The Doctor is gone. Amy is dead. The TARDIS has blown up. The Universe has been destroyed. Silence has Fallen.

And is it true that

Spoiler

Rory is an Auton?

[Lachesis]

Sadly it had that throw everything at the wall approach RTD used times many, spectacular and exciting but totally reliant on a coherent resolution...hopefully Moffat is upto the task that RTD could never rise to......a week is too long to wait mind, wonder if I can be put into suspended animation to make it pass faster!

[DamnCoffee]

OH MY GOD!!!

Spoiler

The Doctor is gone. Amy is dead. The TARDIS has blown up. The Universe has been destroyed. Silence has Fallen.

And is it true that

Spoiler

Rory is an Auton?

It is indeed. D:

[Tybre]

Well, it was an RTD-style setup for an RTD-style blowout, just like we'd been told it would be. So now the question is, can the Moff pull off what RTD could not, or is next week going to be bat[censored] insane as usual? It was a solid outing nonetheless, though not the strongest this season or Moffat's personal strongest. Of course there's still next week for the whole of the story, but still.

Have to say, can't wait for next season though. I'll see if I can't find the video again, but in an interview Moffat did while they were in New York, he stated that his idea for next season's finale was a smaller, more intimate story. After six consecutive blowouts, it'll be nice to have just a story. Of course this isn't necessarily set in stone, but I like to think it'll turn up that way.

[Mr. Blofeld]

I have no idea what you're talking about. I haven't said anything spoilerish at all.

You haven't; this guy did:

It was a brilliant piece of televison, especially at the end when they took Vincent to the museum to see his works displayed. Wonderfully acted.

What spoilt the episode for me was the giant genetically modified four legged space chicken that was on its way to KFC when it got left behind. That was just silly.

ooh, oops, sorry.

Yeah, you'd better be...

...

[DamnCoffee]

This is interesting...

Spoiler

I wonder if the whole of the series is nothing more than the imaginings of a little girl... a little girl with a huge imagination called Amy Pond. A little girl who has a crack in her bedroom wall, through which time energy is leaking out, powering her imagination as she day dreams of the time traveller called the Doctor who promised he would come back for her but never did.

And so, like any child Amy makes up stories about the Raggedy Doctor and her adventures with him, which are part dream, part reality thanks to the energy seeping through the crack in her wall, mixing her stories with the fabric of the Universe so that the two become indivisable. Stories as befitting a young girl: of queens and monsters, Pinnochio-like robot men, vampires, a city that has slept a thousand years, of the dark side of her friend, the Doctor, of the boy she likes in the playground called Rory, of Pandora's Box and Roman legions.

All are mixed with the time energies, rippling backwards, forwards and sideways, rewriting time and mingling with the Doctor himself and his TARDIS so that no one knows where Amy's dreams begin and the Doctor's end. But all stories must end: the knight must slay the dragon, the princess must wake from her sleep...

...but when the princess does wake, she finds she's still a little girl... a little girl who is taken on a trip to the museum by her Aunt Sharon, a little girl who discovers that there is an ancient box called the Pandorica in the museum and it is just like the one in her stories. And just as in her stories, Amy wonders whether there is a man inside the box, a man she met once called the Raggedy Doctor. What would happen if she let him out of the box?

[Zorin Industries]

This is interesting...

Spoiler

I wonder if the whole of the series is nothing more than the imaginings of a little girl... a little girl with a huge imagination called Amy Pond. A little girl who has a crack in her bedroom wall, through which time energy is leaking out, powering her imagination as she day dreams of the time traveller called the Doctor who promised he would come back for her but never did.

And so, like any child Amy makes up stories about the Raggedy Doctor and her adventures with him, which are part dream, part reality thanks to the energy seeping through the crack in her wall, mixing her stories with the fabric of the Universe so that the two become indivisable. Stories as befitting a young girl: of queens and monsters, Pinnochio-like robot men, vampires, a city that has slept a thousand years, of the dark side of her friend, the Doctor, of the boy she likes in the playground called Rory, of Pandora's Box and Roman legions.

All are mixed with the time energies, rippling backwards, forwards and sideways, rewriting time and mingling with the Doctor himself and his TARDIS so that no one knows where Amy's dreams begin and the Doctor's end. But all stories must end: the knight must slay the dragon, the princess must wake from her sleep...

...but when the princess does wake, she finds she's still a little girl... a little girl who is taken on a trip to the museum by her Aunt Sharon, a little girl who discovers that there is an ancient box called the Pandorica in the museum and it is just like the one in her stories. And just as in her stories, Amy wonders whether there is a man inside the box, a man she met once called the Raggedy Doctor. What would happen if she let him out of the box?

Spoiler

And that is how he is saved and the story is resolved and why AMY's house is a TARDIS (check out the door).....? And a face from TRAINSPOTTING is involved too I believe...