Dr Who Series 6

[Jonsmad]

Begins…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/videos/p00fxf06

And I’m wondering if the presidents name is Adam Klaus-Clinton.

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[ChrisM]

Okay, seen it now, and I like it! Nice to see Mark Sheppard in a Doctor Who role too. (I liked his character in Firefly.)

Oh yeah and I didn’t find Alex Kingston hammy at all, I thought she just had good chemistry with the rest of the cast.

I agree. She was great. She was rubbish at handling that revolver though. Hee. Hee.

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I’d like to see how they get out of that time loop. If the can.

[genericnerdyusername]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv-entertainment/columnists/kevin-osullivan/2011/04/24/who-needs-a-plot-dr-who-that-s-who-115875-23081954/

This whole article is just brimming with wrongability! It’s actually made me angry, but then again, since when has reading anything the mirror has to say left me thinking “yeah, you know, I agree with that.”

– “Have we done Jim the fish?” enquired River Song – the ­mysterious Time Lady played by Alex ­Kingston. Gee, River… I dunno. What the hell are you flowing on about?

Gah! You’re not supposed to know! Kevin O’Sullivan, you’re a stupid, stupid blob of a journalist.

[redhead85]

I really loved Smith’s performance in that episode. His range is fantastic – and as I think Seb mentioned on Twitter yesterday, this is clearly a man now comfortable in the role.

[TheLeen]

Well, for once the companions (and audience) cannot rely on the Doctor to know best and save everyone. Exciting.

I enjoyed it a lot. I can’t wait for next week.

PS: Who’s in the space suit? My money is on River.

[John Hoare]

PS: Who’s in the space suit? My money is on River.

That was my thinking, too.

[Pete Part Three]

Surely if it was River who was in the spacesuit, she’d remember being in the spacesuit?

[Jo]

SPOILERS, SPOILERS, CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 1!
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PS: Who’s in the space suit? My money is on River.

Seems most likely doesn’t it? The reason for her being in prison perhaps? Because she killed a Timelord – somewhat of an endangered species – the prison sentence was longer than her life so they started the sentence before she committed the crime… Timey-wimey? I’m probably wrong… nowt new there :oP

I’d like to see a curveball there though and it be Amy in the suit.

[si]

SPOILERS AND THEORIES…
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I suggested Amy in the Spacesuit.Dunno why,just thought it’d be different,especially after she was so upset. Amy and River having the same thought about wanting to get rid of the Spaceman in 1969, but not being able to change established events…maybe Amy shooting the Astronaut eventually necessitates her having to ‘be’ the Spaceman and kill the Doctor? Just a throwaway suggestion and one I don’t really believe for a second.
Rory had a great episode,really developing as a character beyond ‘the comedy boyfriend’. River was good too,more engaging as a character, rather than just being ‘the mysterious River Song’.
As I’ve mentioned on URP’s comments thread,Amy’s ‘revelation’ at the end. Was a surprise *because* we were expecting it to be something different – that would have been so obvious,so normal,we expected The Moff to throw something else at us.So,the double bluff,and it was as surprising as anything else.Cracking stuff.
Non-plot points – I approve of the BBC logo’s incorporation into the opening titles – a hell of a lot better than that mess they shoved on the DVDs of series five. Also – while the caption and tribute show for Lis Sladen were great (the CBBC tribute made me cry, again – my SFX TARDIS sound card went off on it’s own as ‘She’ started at the end),I was very surprised not to see anything for Nicholas Courtney.However,they may be dedicating an episode to each of them, so I’ll wait and see if there’s something next week.

Oh, and I made a point of *not* watching with the parents! My mum does nothing but moan about Matt Smith, and my Dad’s as deaf as a post, and misses half of it.

[srmcd1]

Odd. I watched it with my dad, and he had a good time, despite not having a clue about what was going on.

I like the new regeneration glow FX. Nice, almost like a liquid. And Matt has such an impressive range of emotions. But I’m glad Arthur Darvill is a permanant fixture to the crew now. Rory is just so wonderfully normal, it balances them all out.

[Ben Paddon]

I loved it. Beyond that I’ll say nothing else, because I’m far too busy being angry at idiots who thought it was shit.

[genericnerdyusername]

No one thought it was shit. The idiots just don’t realise they loved it because they were too busy trying to think of reasons why they should hate it. People are like that.

[si]

That idiot Kevin O’Sullivan (who wrote in the Sunday Mirror that he didn’t understand, and couldn’t get the Doctor’s age right, despite it being explicitly stated) has just Tweeted:

Dr Who returns with its lowest audience for six years. Not good. Is Matt Smith cutting the mustard? Harsh questions need to be asked.

As Matt Smith becomes the first Doctor to be nominated for a BAFTA, I sent him a nice reply.

On a ridiculously hot Easter weekend at 6 in the evening.Pah!What do BAFTA know?

:)

[si]

He’s just sent me a self satisfied reply, the prick. Not going to give him the satisfaction of me either unfollowing him, or telling him to fuck off.

[Tanya Jones]

I’m a bit stunned at the accusation that Smith’s doctor is too bouncy, given the gurn-fest of Tennant’s doctor (not that I didn’t love him, but, y’know). It’s an interesting start, anyway, and I’m looking forward to the next episode…

[Ridley]

Liked a lot of things in the episode but I’d be lying if I said I thought it was brilliant, fantastic or geronimo.

[genericnerdyusername]

God he is such a complete turd (Kevin O’Sullivan). He admits he doesn’t like Dr Who. Why review it in a paper then?!? It’s pure trolling.

[srmcd1]

I find that for most people, complaining is like a sport. The topic doesn’t matter, it’s the complaining that matters. Which is why it’s such a problem when things resolve themselves.

[genericnerdyusername]

My thoughts have never been better expressed through someone else’s fingers.

[Pete Part Three]

>Not going to give him the satisfaction of me either unfollowing him

Hang on, run that by me one more time…

[si]

If I unfollow him, he’ll be all sarky with ‘boo hoo I’ve upset a sci-fi nerd’ type comments.

[Ian Symes]

Either that, or he won’t even notice.

[si]

Yeah, probably that.

Besides, if I carry on following him, I can pick up the other shite he sprouts.

[genericnerdyusername]

The whole “being a cunt” thing is probably a clever ploy to get you, Si, to follow him. Be afraid.

[Pete Part Three]

So, you’re following someone whose opinion you do not value…And you’ll continue to follow him just to prevent him losing a follower… Because if he lost a follower he’ll be smug about it for some reason…Even though you wouldn’t know this because you would have stopped following him…

Well, that clears that up.

[Gwynnie]

Sometimes it’s fun to read the ill-informed, stupid opinions of others… it makes us feel better about ourselves, perhaps? Plus there’s a kind of twisted pleasure in watching someone shoot themselves in the foot, when you know full well that they are absolutely brimming over with wrong-ability. Maybe? ;)

[Muzzy]

Sometimes I do keep up to date with critics/writers/idiots I don’t share the same viewpoint with in the hope that they will eventually see the error of their ways and change their minds. They never do.

[genericnerdyusername]

People should get beat up for stating their beliefs.

[si]

Fuck off, y’all. Unfollowed him this afternoon.

[genericnerdyusername]

Ditto. And by ditto I mean I unfollowed him just now when your post reminded me.

Ah, not long now until we can all judge the story of this two-parter properly! Oh and I got round to watching it again without my parents. It was awesome, in my opinion. The cliff hanger I was a bit disappointed with at first, thinking “the Doctor isn’t about to die or anything” but then instantly felt ashamed for that thought. The cliff hanger was brilliant because it was a new sort of cliff hanger for Dr Who (I THINK anyway, I just tried to think of similar ones but it is late and I’m only up because I’ve had a big bottle of coke and I intend to sleep through the bloody wedding tomorrow). Oh yeah, and obviously Rory and River are in deep smeg.

[Ridley]

[Pete Part Three]

>Fuck off, y’all. Unfollowed him this afternoon.

Wow, now you’re just crumbling under pressure and not prepared to stand up for your beliefs. How disappointing.

[Danny Stephenson]

“WHAT?!? What sort of chance does that give me? Alright then, I AM the Messiah!!”

[Pete Part Three]

[Ridley]

“WHAT?!? What sort of chance does that give me? Alright then, I AM the Messiah!!”

How shall we “Fuck off, y’all”?

[Jo]

We rewatched TIA tonight in readiness for the new Ep tomorrow, I don’t think it’s been mentioned on here yet but I spotted that one of the secret service agents (the one who took Amy to the loo) is Trojan off of Gladiators. Watching again he was in it more than I’d realised first time round. IMDB says he’s in the second Ep too so look out for him!

[genericnerdyusername]

I think they should have Matt Smith on Gladiators in return. S’only fair.

[Ridley]

Now that one was brilliant. :p

[Rad]

How amazing was that? And then the ending as well… I haven’t been that excited about the new series but I am now. 5/5.

[Alex]

Well bugger me, that was unexpected.

[genericnerdyusername]

Bloody hell, am I anxious to see more!

[si]

Like I said earlier, you’ve got to love the way the story is so well resolved (resolved actually hardly seems the right word, but hey), yet it leaves us thinking ‘what the fuck?’

[si]

SPOILERS. PROBABLY.
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Here’s something that’s puzzling me a little – and bearing in mind I’ve only watched tonight’s the once, and I’ve probably missed something while getting ice-cream down my t-shirt – but at the end of last week’s episode, River shouted ‘Rory!’… Now, that *wasn’t* resolved, was it? Or does Rory “sometimes” remembering his 2000 years with the Pandorica have something to do with it?

[Ian Symes]

I think all that happened there is that she was warning him about the Silence being behind him, and they both ran away. I need to watch it again before it’s 100% clear in my head, though.

As for Rory’s memories, I took that as an implication that he was being stalked by Silence for 2,000 years, and that’s why he can only remember bits of it.

[Pete Part Three]

I liked it a lot, but it was rather like skim-reading a good book. There was an so much going on and I felt like there was huge gaps between each sequence. The ending was incredible but we’re surely not expected to believe (even as a Red Herring) that the Doctor has had a go on Pond.

So presumably it’s because of the Silence that Amy can’t remember the Daleks?

Silence isn’t the only thing that’s going to fall though. The ratings are going to take a dive, as this isn’t the mainstream Doctor Who that RTD cultivated. You can argue that I should give the general public more credit, but while this was brilliantly produced, it was also batshit crazy.

Next weeks episode needs to be both great and completely accessible to an audience who haven’t seen this two parter.

[si]

but we’re surely not expected to believe (even as a Red Herring) that the Doctor has had a go on Pond.

Never has a thought of my own been summed up so correctly yet crudely.

[Ian Symes]

Next weeks episode needs to be both great and completely accessible to an audience who haven’t seen this two parter.

I’ve a feeling it will be completely standalone, as will anything non-Moffat-penned, I shoul imagine. I loved the bit in yesterday’s episode where the Doctor said “shall we go and resolve this story arc, or shall we have a few non-connected adventures first to keep the kids happy?”

we’re surely not expected to believe (even as a Red Herring) that the Doctor has had a go on Pond.

Singingpotato1979 (I always call her that, even in bed) pointed out last night that the little girl could be Jenny. Having thought about it more, I think it could be The Doctor, and that’s how they get out of his death. Somehow.

[Pete Part Three]

>I loved the bit in yesterday’s episode where theDoctor said “shall we go and resolve this story arc, or shall we have a few non-connected adventures first to keep the kids happy?”

Absolutely. It brought to mind a line from The Office (US) which I watched immediately before Doctor Who. Steve Carrel’s final scene and he says to the “documentary crew” : “You guys will let me know if this ever airs, right?”. Almost excused the last two seasons.

[Ian Symes]

Has anyone suggested that the little girl is The Rani yet?

[si]

I see Kevin O’Sullivan hasn’t mentioned Doctor Who in his Sunday Mirror column today. Probably too confusing for him.
He has, however, given a little ‘bubble’ over to Don’t Scare The Hare. Nuff Said.

[si]

The scene in the bedroom where Amy screams.That painting behind her…turn it upside down and it looks like a Silent. Also:
WILD SPECULATIVE THEORY
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I think it might be Canton in the suit. It’s old Canton who says that the Doctor is definitely dead, then later on, young Canton states that he’ll shoot him himself…

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