Doctor Who

Trivia note - the "DVD" shop scenes were shot in Diverse Vinyl , Newport.

Glenda

I have to agree Jamie - and David Tennant has made the role all his own and is shaping up to be even better than Tom Baker (if he isn't already).

Cheers

Jim

I watched Doctor Who for the first time in a long time with my children thi s evening. Creepy stuff indeed. It was amusing watching my two hide behind the cushions - thinking that when I was their age I was hiding behind the sofa.

That David Tennant looks a good doctor to me - could be up there with Tom Baker.

I thought tonight's episode was really quite scary. It is amazing that not seeing the movement of the angels some how made it even more dramatic.
DT hosted today's Dr Who confidential about actors and writers who have been influenced by Doctor Who over the years. Some great old scenes and monsters some not so great old scenes and monsters too. I think that David is one of, if not the best Doctor yet.

Howard

I think he is the best by flippin' miles. I think Bernie Ecclestone pissed on his chips...he should have done a couple more seasons.

Isn't it bizarre how many children watched Doctor Who from behind the sofa. I know I did and yet I never spoke to other kids about it, so how come we hear about so many kids who watched it from behind the sofa! Spooky.

My 3 year old always watches it (since she was 1!). She's seen Daleks, Cybermen, various grizzly monsters, the devil, ghosts, pirits and wraiths, simulated violence, death and destruction on an interplanetary scale. This is the only one that she's been a bit scared by (from behind the cushions too, is it a generational thing?). Still watched it all the way through though!

I thought last night's episode and the two previous weeks (where he hid in 1913) were some of the best science fiction/fantasy I've ever seen.

I agree that he's the best doctor by miles and I was previously of the opinion that Baker was never to be surpassed.

I caught the repeat this evening. Yes, great! (But I would have enjoyed it more if my youngest hadn't kept crying out 'This is a scary bit'... - Don'cha love 'em?! )

James

Good episode - probably best of the series; I liked the one about New New York and the motorway too, which reminded me of the M4.

The end sequence of statues with their blank expressions was particularly spooky.

Jono

I think that episode was inspired. It was genius. Probably it will remain in the memory cells of lots of children and they'll be talking about it in 30 years. Just when you think it might have peaked they put in one like that.
The BBC are really back on top.

Sitting in the vicarage garden having lunch yesterday, (supporting the WI relief charity). I turned around to look at the garden a stared straight in to eyes of an angel statue.Made my heart skip.

So the Doctor (immortal? or at least non-ageing) and his companion (human) were trapped in 1969: to save them the CID bloke, who was sent back to 1969, had to live out his life to 2007 so that he could deliver his message.

Why did the Doctor's companion not age as the CID bloke during the same period?

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Why did the Doctor's companion not age as the CID bloke during the same period?

Caught in the same time bubble?

It's like the Doctor said, people imagine time to be a linear law, but it's more a wibbly-wobbly round thing that explains away difficult questions.
The "set-up" and scripting their own release by using the Tardis to latterly place a trail through time doesn't mean that they had to find the CID bloke in 1969 when they were there. They laid the trail after their release to ensure their...err...release. So their encounter with Mr CID would have been on a return visit to 1969 after they had the notes and script from Sally Sparrow. They didn't have to be in 1969 any length of time, they were just in "a situation". You've got to remember that the Doctor didn't know Sally Sparrow until she introduced herself and gave him the script of what was to come in his future, not 40 years ago to everyone else. This happened in her past, but it hadn't happened to the Doctor or Martha yet.
Don't you lot know anything about time travel?

Yeah...right...

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Originally posted by BigH47:
Sitting in the vicarage garden having lunch yesterday, (supporting the WI relief charity). I turned around to look at the garden a stared straight in to eyes of an angel statue.Made my heart skip.

Okay...it's bullshit.

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Originally posted by glenda:
Trivia note - the "DVD" shop scenes were shot in Diverse Vinyl , Newport.

Glenda

And here's the photo to prove it!



Strap line: "Even timelords buy their vinyl at Diverse Vinyl"

James

sorry but i could never get into dr pooh or star shrek......kids stuff really.

My soon to be two year old was taken out by his nursery to see the Dalek publicising the Dr. exhibition at the MS&I in Manchester. He was a bit wary until she explained it was a robot. After that he was all over it like a rash. His second birthday cake had to be a Tardis (albeit only because In The Night Garden hasn't been merch'd yet!) and one god parent had to get him a small remote controlled Dalek.

He's watched the first part of the two part Dalek story. Had no idea what was going on but loves it. I particularly like his redefining of the metal heads as "Cidermen"!!!

Mike

We've just watched Saturday's episode which we recorded, scary, brilliant! Not just for the kids Scotty

Gary

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Originally posted by Rasher:
Okay...it's bullshit.

No. Totally wrong. It's a wibbly wobbly thing.

Jolly good show usually - I gave up watching it in 1969 or whenever until recent re-introduction in 2005.

IMO it is still usually only decent terrestrial TV on Saturday evening unless MOTD is showing Chels win league/FA Cup.

I believe that the best/scariest Doc Who recent episodes were gas-mask one & pocket-watch duo.

I have just remembered last Saturday's 'Weeping Angel' - it was great.

I first met these grey lady-statues in Bath, Somerset, UK in about 1997.