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>There are a number of loose ends from RTD?s Who (the Doctor?s ?daughter?, Master?s ring, River Song, etc.)

I don’t really think Jenny is a loose end, it was actually changed at last minute when Moffat said they shouldn’t kill her, I doubt it is because he wants to use her (though would like to be proved wrong) more because it would be a bit evil to give the Doctor a daughter and then kill her in 45 minutes. The regeneration end was much more satisfying anyway (though that isn’t a popular opinion).
With the Master’s ring well I wouldn’t consider that a loose end, the Master dies loads of times and then returns with no explanation, I think the ring is just a way to give any future scipts an easy way to bring him back, I mean just look at ‘Planet of Fire’, the Master dies at the end, then in ‘Mark of the Rani’ he is happily alive dressed as a scarecrow for no reason, then at the end of ‘Mark of the Rani’ he is stuck in the Rani’s TARDIS with a growing dinosaur, next story he returns with no explanation, then in ‘Survival’ he is stuck on the Cheetah planet after the Doctor is transported from it, then in ‘The TV Movie’ he is alive with no reason.

The only real loose ends I can think of are stuff like the American president being killed by an alien infront of the entire world, but that got brushed under the carpet it seems.

This change into Series One doesn’t instantly mean it is a new show, I mean when the 2005 series started we instantly knew it was the same show as it was in 1989 or 1996 with sly hints and returning aliens, it just means it is the same show with some changes. I don’t see a reason to get aggravated over numbers, what they call it officially is what I will call it.

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Anyone getting ‘The Twin Dilemma’ which is released monday? Bloody awful episode, one of the worst, down there with ‘Time and the Rani’. Still a Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant commetary always proved to delight. The comic strip bonus feature and the archive material look really good as well as a shiney new restoration along with the info subtitles which will prove a good distraction to the 90% of the story which is utter crap.

Wooh, I don’t do that much, have a go at a Colin Baker story!

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Maybe you are a clone of Danny Stephenson but you think you are the original, the original Danny is trying to get his life back from you starting with the Twitter account.

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One will be Series 1, the other will be Series One.

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I did, Serenity got me into it despite how bloody confusing it was.

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You can get Firefly for about ?10 at the moment, for 14 brilliant episodes it is a bargain. You can also get the film Serenity for only a few quid.

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Why would you call it Series 31? Maybe Season 31 but not Series 31.

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If a person looks at the 2010 series and it is Series 5 they will think they need to watch the previous 4 when that just isn’t true, in a world of shows with ongoing stories and arcs it is hard to go into many shows with Series 5, calling it Series One makes it easier for both the new production team and people who arn’t into the show.

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> It is Series 1. It is being produced as Series 1. It is being promoted as Series 1.

>Yes, and it?s a fucking ridiculous idea.

I was talking about this on Gallifrey Base, I actually see it as a good idea, I posted this on the matter –

If anything I think calling it Series One is a good idea, many people would see Series 5 and think “Hey, so I will have to go back and watch Series 1 first” when it is just not true, it is why they didn’t call the 2005 series Season 27, if somebody saw Season 27 they would just be confused, if they see Series 1 they think they are watching it from the start and the people who really care know it is not the start but a continuation. Simple.

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Maybe he wanted to copy Carpool but couldn’t find a guest.

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Well I can’t really put down Buffy like some other shows that I watch (even the ones that I love), it is a wonderful show, just when I compare it to Red Dwarf it isn’t as good.

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I loved Enterprise, certainly Season 3 and 4 were two of the best Trek has ever done.

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I have seen Babylon 5, I tried to get into it watching the first 3 or 4 episodes but there none of the characters gripped me and there was one character I found really annoying.

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54?

Lets take a look.
Out of the shows I watch on the list.
Torchwood beat Red Dwarf? Shit.
Quantum Leap beat Red Dwarf? Nah.
Angel beat Red Dwarf? What?
Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles beat Red Dwarf? Hold on, I need to make a refrence to god.
Dollhouse beat Red Dwarf? Actually I should be saying “Dollhouse beat Angel?”
Futurama beat Red Dwarf? I don’t agree but I can see why it did.
DS9 beat Red Dwarf? If a Trek series is to beat it I am glad it is that one.
Babylon 5 beat Red Dwarf? I don’t watch Babylon 5, I just thought it needed a mention because I think it is shit.
Buffy beat Red Dwarf? I have nothing to say, except Red Dwarf is obviously better.
TNG beat Red Dwarf? I guess it would appear higher up, but I can easily say after re-watching every episode of TNG in that past 2 months that Red Dwarf is better!
Firefly beat Red Dwarf? Fair enough, I am glad Firefly is getting recognition is deserves.
Doctor Who beat Red Dwarf? I guess since after Red Dwarf, Doctor Who is my favourite show, I would say it deserves number two, but not when number one is…
TOS, it beat Red Dwarf? Hold on, I have to go back in time and fight a god like being on a planet that is a replica of a certain period of past earth.

Every show I mentioned is a show I like, except Babylon 5 that is.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/alun_vega/3866796103/

Would you like some tea?

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If they hold up a sign saying “Touch your nose” would they do it?

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Apart from the fact that the guy filming was underneath them in an elevator (I think) and it was done on a phone well that line of Matt’s was out of context, infact it would be a very good line thinking about what was said previously about the Daleks, offering people tea, if a Dalek comes up to him and says “Would you like tea” ofcourse he is going to go crazy and shout “I am the Doctor and you are the Daaaaaaaaaaleks” because he is just so confused as to why it wants to give him a cuppa.

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I generally only consider everything up to the present as “ever”. If I say “I will own everything in the world” it doesn’t include things in the future! So nyeh!

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‘The Tomb of the Cybermen’ = Best Doctor Who story ever.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/alun_vega/3865648374/

And that IS real, it was posted by someone who also posted some pictures and set reports.

All together now, Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…

*makes cup of tea*

…aaaaleks.

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That’s a great impression, now all you need to do is say “bonbonbonbons”!

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According to set reports the Daleks now make the tea. Nick Briggs was seen on set too so that is a confirmation of his return.

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It is Series 1. It is being produced as Series 1. It is being promoted as Series 1.

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Some seem to think Rob Shearman is writing this Dalek story, frankly if they get Rob to write a story for Series 1 I will be over the moon, best Who writer since Robert Holmes.

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Apparently it is a Mark Gatiss story.

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Use the money to buy Dalek War Box-set instead! 12 Pertwee episodes including one which is newly colourised using a revolutionary chroma dot restoration process.

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Hot off the press news here, the next Troughton up for release on DVD in early 2010 is ‘The Dominators’, keep it under your hats.

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According to DWM Colin Baker will gain a new companion in the BFA series next year, I say new, I mean old, Frazer Hines will reprise his role as Jaime to be his companion for the trilogy of audios in april. Shame I can’t afford much at the moment, I can barely get the DVDs!

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The Narrator? Oh that is not good. I’d prefer him to be called Omega =)

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Wow! Didn’t think it would make that much.

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Why have people put videos of them pissing on youtube? Do people just suddenly think “oh I want to watch a guy pissing” *click* *click* *click* “hurray!”.

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I think TOS has been down since about 1969, they did make those 6 films too though.

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I just had to look up to see what slash meant…

All I can say is, I don’t read fan fiction.

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>While a mid-season regeneration would be a horrible idea, killing a companion in throwaway fashion would give an ?all bets are off? vibe to the series.

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Much like Season 23 with Peri, though really that was dis-counted in part 14 of the story thanks to Colin (who openly admits his mistake) saying he didn’t think Peri should die, despite her being my favourite companion I still think if her end was kept that way it would be so much more brave and hard hitting, still it doesn’t detract from how good ‘Trial of a Time Lord’ parts 5-8 are which are my favourite episodes of the season, it was just so twisted and dark, you just didn’t know if the Doctor was the good guy or the bad guy and then you have the edge of seat moment of the Doctor being pulled back into the TARDIS to go to the court just as he is about to save Peri.

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‘Infinity’ was mostly an expansion of the story told in the show, well told in a much funnier and interesting way to the show but still. I think if Doug is to turn a book into a show it would be ‘Last Human’, which would work rather well overall though I don’t think the budget could stretch to the scope of the novel, all those rogue droids, all those Gelf, all that sperm.

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Well yeh, I think the episode filming now is episode 4 or 5 but still I can’t see a girl from the 1800s wearing THAT, though Jaime did wear a watch.

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Like that woman in ‘The Dalek Masterplan’ who didn’t really work out so they killed her half way through the story despite only being in one story before.

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White Midget.

The sets of Series VI are my favourite.

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I do hope we see Starbug, I love that little ship.

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I don’t think it would ruin the show though, if anything it would give more potential for comedy, imagine that they were making Series VI now and they said that Red Dwarf would be gone, how would we react to that, I mean the main setting gone! But it made one of the best Series in the history of Dwarf.

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I think the first story to be told is the Kochanski/Lister situation, I wouldn’t actually be opposed to them getting together, I mean it will be nice for Lister to be happy.

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I doubt from what she is wearing in filming that Amy is from the 1800s.

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Aparently the Sea Devils will be returning for the opening episode for Matt Smith, if this is true I may explode, love the Sea Devils.

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Red Dwarf, Series IX, has a nice ring to it.

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Finally bought thhe Black Guardian trilogy, ‘Mawdryn Undead’ is a lovely little story, now it is onto ‘Terminus’.

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What about Uncle Buck?

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Is vagina a euphemism for garden though? You know like “I am going to mow the garden” or “I am going to plant a tree in the garden” or “That garden is full of weeds”.

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A sexy garden!

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I laughed when I saw that one, why is it coming from his ear?

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My favourite is about me, three girls and a family-sized tub of banana yoghurt!

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