Marleen’s NO SPOILERS Doctor Who Thread – Part III

[John Hoare]

This thread continues this topic because OUR SYSTEM IS A BIG PILE OF SHIT AND RUNS OUT OF MEMORY. Have fun!

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[JamesTC]

>And Leela?s outfit was interesting.

Leela’s outfit is always interesting.

[Ben Paddon]

Terrance Dicks is a cracking fella. Always fun to listen to his commentaries and watch him natter on the classic Who DVD documentaries.

He is, however, an utterly atrocious writer.

[Seb Patrick]

MmmmmI think that’s a bit unfair – Brain of Morbius? The bajillions of Target novelisations he did? He’s a bit of an outdated writer, and he’s written some dreck, but I wouldn’t call him “utterly atrocious”.

[JamesTC]

I wouldn’t say ‘The Brain of Morbius’ was Terrance, he himself denied the creditg of the story after Robert Holmes’ re-write.
He has written ‘The Five Doctors’ and ‘State of Decay’ which were both quite good and he was co=writer on the story that is nothing short of amazing, ‘The War Games’.

[JamesTC]

How much bollocks can one tabloid newspaper come up with? Being the Sun you can see loads. Before you say this is not spoilers for Series 5 because it is complete shite – http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article2417822.ece
“Who boss Russell T Davies said there would be an ?Indiana Jones-type chamber hidden beneath the floor with sliding stone doors and stuff?.”
If they are going to make shit up they could atleast make it accurate.

[Ben Paddon]

The Target novelizations are cracking by virtue of the fact that Dicks didn’t have to write them. He just had to adapt them, and even then he changed plot elements of certain stories here and there.

Read his New Who stuff – the “Quick Reads”. They’re bollocks. “The Eight Doctors” is also unashamedly shit. And while, yes, “The Five Doctors” is a lot of fun it certainly isn’t that great of a story.

Dicks can adapt, but he can’t write to save his life.

[Seb Patrick]

How much bollocks can one tabloid newspaper come up with? Being the Sun you can see loads. Before you say this is not spoilers for Series 5 because it is complete shite – http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article2417822.ece
?Who boss Russell T Davies said there would be an ?Indiana Jones-type chamber hidden beneath the floor with sliding stone doors and stuff?.?
If they are going to make shit up they could atleast make it accurate.

HAHAHAHAHAHA. So they’ve got comments from a writer who WON’T BE INVOLVED WITH THE SHOW when Matt Smith is the Doctor. Superlolz. Also, wasn’t Gatiss’ WW2 story something originally planned, but ditched, for series four? I’m pretty sure that was in the Writers Tale, right?

[Dave]

>Also, wasn?t Gatiss? WW2 story something originally planned, but ditched, for series four? I?m pretty sure that was in the Writers Tale, right?

Yep.

Although that could also mean it was the first script Moffatt read when he took over, and maybe he loved it.

[JamesTC]

Yay, ‘The Deadly Assassin’ for a lovely ?12.71. Up to part 3 now, I think Co-Ordinator Engin deserves a spin-off.

[Dave]

Since 2005 the new Doctor Who has done wonders to convince the public that fans are not all twats.

Until now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICW9Phb9k1M

[JamesTC]

Mara doesn’t look so bad now eh?

[JamesTC]

The first woman looks like a pink version of the cat people out of ‘Survival’.

[Dave]

The first woman makes the cat people out of ?Survival? look like fucking Shaft.

[ChrisM]

Ha, ha! I missed that at the time. Barrowman falls off his chair laughing and clutches a booby to stop his descent. Classic.

[JamesTC]

http://bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/0/7CB95B1FD0FB9806802575BB003A8810?OpenDocument
http://bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/0/DB3EA956ECC7CC5D802575BB003A87FA?OpenDocument

The bonus features of ‘The War Games’ DVD, by god that will be a fantastic release.

[Dave]

>The bonus features of ?The War Games? DVD, by god that will be a fantastic release

Great. I love Patrick Froughton.

[JamesTC]

Oh my, they got his name wrong again.

[JamesTC]

Oh my, they got his name wrong again.

[Ian Symes]

Not again!

[JamesTC]

They got it wrong a few weeks back when the first ‘The War Games’ set was put up there.

[si]

There’s a short interview on the Beeb’s front page with Russell the T. He says that they finish filming tomorrow, but more importantly, for all you people with a similar inclination to my little sister, David Tennant FINISHED YESTERDAY.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/arts

[JamesTC]

I wonder if Matt Smith will just film a pick up scene when he starts or if he filmed at the same time as Tennant for the regeneration.

[Andrew]

> I wonder if Matt Smith will just film a pick up scene when he starts or if he filmed at the same time as Tennant for the regeneration.

Seems massively unlikely they wouldn’t be there together. The sheer practicalities of shooting a regeneration would make a pick-up a massive undertaking – same set has to be in place, lit and decorated in exactly the same way, matching the camera angles…

It’s a waste of effort when you could just yell ‘Okay freeze…and David step out…Matt step in…and action!”

[JamesTC]

Maybe they will dress Matt like Tennant, we won’t see his face, the Rani will then fire at the TARDIS and it will crash and the Doctor will get a bump on the noggin to regenerate.

[Dave]

>Seems massively unlikely they wouldn?t be there together. The sheer practicalities of shooting a regeneration would make a pick-up a massive undertaking – same set has to be in place, lit and decorated in exactly the same way, matching the camera angles?

That is precisely what they did for Christopher Eccleston’s exit/David Tennant’s debut.

[Andrew]

Yeah, but at that point they were hoping to keep the regeneration secret – which is hardly the case this time.

[Seb Patrick]

I think I’m in love.

[JamesTC]

Wait what? Is that the new companion? When the fuck was this announced?

[Rad]

Yeah, full marks for this first impression.

Not sure how the BBC thinks Lizo from Newsround is an ‘insider’. He hasn’t learned how to speak to adults yet.

[JamesTC]

Ahh a breath of fresh air, a series companion who isn’t from London.
And she is someone joining a list of people to play a small part in Doctor Who and then go on to play a big part – Nicholas Courtney, Colin Baker, Lisa Bowerman, Freema Agyeman ect.

[Seb Patrick]

Is it just me, or does the TARDIS look a bit different? It looks a bit more battered, and… has Moffat gone and bloody fixed the windows?

[ChrisM]

A bit of info here:
http://www.gallifreyone.com/news.php#newsitemEkuFVAAApEyQIHNbKI

Apparently she was the soothsayer in ‘The Fires of Pompeii’.

[JamesTC]

> Apparently she was the soothsayer in ?The Fires of Pompeii?.

Which is why I said –
“And she is someone joining a list of people to play a small part in Doctor Who and then go on to play a big part – Nicholas Courtney, Colin Baker, Lisa Bowerman, Freema Agyeman ect.”

I can add David Tennant to that list.

[Pete Part Three]

What do you want; a biscuit?

[ChrisM]

>Which is why I said –

I guessed that. I added more info though as to WHAT she did.

[JamesTC]

>What do you want; a biscuit?

Depends on what you got.

[Seb Patrick]

>What do you want?

Karen Gillan in my house right now please.

[JamesTC]

She should be Jamie McCrimmon’s great great great great great great great great grand-daughter.

[pfm]

> I think I?m in love.

THIS. She’s 5’11” though so I’d have to stand on my bloody tiptoes to kiss her beautiful ginger face!

Firstly let’s actually say her name – KAREN GILLAN. She’s 21 and not been in much except the fucking Kevin Bishop Show, though from a couple of clips I’ve now seen of her in that she’s just brilliant, gorgeous, talented, she can be funny, do decent serious acting, do voices, SHE’S FUCKING SCOTTISH MOFFAT THERE WITH THE AGENDA FROM THE OFF, more importantly she’s NOT Southern. They better not make her speak like she’s from the South East either or I will make them pay. Scottish accent all the way.

I know that’s NOT the character’s look in the promo pics but I would so love her to have that style. She looks so cool, sweet and sexy standing in front of the Tardis. I pray they don’t chav her up to ‘relate’ to the masses. She may not be from 2010 Britain though (unlikely). She would probably look just as great in Georgian attire as contemporary. OK OK the bottom line is her acting ability. And her gorgeousness. Nice one Moffat.

Btw who has her as their background? Thank god the Tardis is in shot (and yes looking like it needs a lick of Cuprinol Garden Shades Barleywood or something) because that gives me the excuse ‘It’s Doctor Who! The new companion!!’ otherwise I would probably be dead now.

[pfm]

> She should be Jamie McCrimmon?s great great great great great great great great grand-daughter.

Hannah McCrimmon could be a good name. Maybe. Or they could just call her Jamie.

[Dave]

>She should be Jamie McCrimmon?s great great great great great great great great grand-daughter

Well to be fair she could just as easily be Jamie McCrimmon?s great great great great great great great great grandmother

[pfm]

Is her name Holly?

[Ian Symes]

“Is her name Holly?”

[si]

>Is her name Holly?

>”Is her name Holly?”

*applauds*

[JamesTC]

Om nom nom nom nom nom
http://www.bookingsmodels.co.uk/details.aspx?nav=0&modelID=393822&%20amp;indx=&subid=5583&mainsubid=5583
Me like Karen

[si]

If she’d got green hair and red eyes, I might like her even more.

[ChrisM]

Ah, I’ve seen those pics. before. She looks incredibly childlike in the first picture. Pretty girl though.

[pfm]

> If she?d got green hair and red eyes, I might like her even more.

That’s the stupid way round.

[Dave]

Anyone else miss the good old days when Marleen was still working her way through Who?

[ChrisM]

Heh. I was just thinking about that yesterday when I saw Marleen turn up on the new Doctor Who spoilers thread. Speaking as someone who hasn’t watched much old Who, she is probably level (if not ahead) of me now.

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