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Foreigner_Man · **401** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Thu Apr 08, 2010 5:12 pm

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BTW, love your new avatar!

Oh and in Amy's Choice
Spoiler:

WHAT?!

Here's the ep. synopsis:

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Jherek · **402** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Thu Apr 08, 2010 5:48 pm

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Sorry for any spoilers that may have lessened the enjoyment of the new season for Stateside fans.

I don't see a penchant for WWII with the Doctor. I can only think of one other story from the New Who and one from the classic series. (The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances and The Curse of Fenric repectively) Am I missing something?

jaydee74 · **403** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:15 pm

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jaydee74 wrote:

Foreigner_Man wrote:

shining knight wrote:

BTW, love your new avatar!

Oh and in Amy's Choice
Spoiler:

WHAT?!

Here's the ep. synopsis:
Spoiler:

WOW!! This season sounds full of AWESOME!!

Jherek · **404** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:36 pm

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just watched episode two The Beast Below. Okay this is seriously bonkers stuff. Moffat is really stamping his 'Dark Fantasy' mark on the new season. I'm lovin it but I'll be interested to see what others think. I'm not gonna go into detail for fear of spoilers but blimey this was all kinds of wierd.

superdoug · **405** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:51 pm

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Jherek wrote:just watched episode two The Beast Below. Okay this is seriously bonkers stuff. Moffat is really stamping his 'Dark Fantasy' mark on the new season. I'm lovin it but I'll be interested to see what others think. I'm not gonna go into detail for fear of spoilers but blimey this was all kinds of wierd.

Every time an Englishman says 'blimey', they validate all the horrible cliche English used in Chris Claremont's initial run on Excalibur. tongue

Jherek · **406** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:03 pm

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superdoug wrote:

Jherek wrote:just watched episode two The Beast Below. Okay this is seriously bonkers stuff. Moffat is really stamping his 'Dark Fantasy' mark on the new season. I'm lovin it but I'll be interested to see what others think. I'm not gonna go into detail for fear of spoilers but blimey this was all kinds of wierd.

Every time an Englishman says 'blimey', they validate all the horrible cliche English used in Chris Claremont's initial run on Excalibur.

Guilty as charged Doug. I think we're still allowed to use 'Blimey' in moderation and it was in the spirit of an homage to Matt Smith's Doctor who has said Blimey a few times now. Personally it's one of my fave English expressions along with 'Crikey' and 'Guvnor'. Next time Shining Knight/David turns up here ask him about Scottishisms like 'Crivens!' and 'Jings!' The official; Doctor who thread - Page 17 29517

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supervenom · **407** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Mon Apr 12, 2010 12:51 am

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Saw Beast Below yesterday. loved it. but yeah its kinda dark like Planet of the Ood dark.

Denim · **408** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Mon Apr 12, 2010 2:57 am

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I just finished watching Beast Below and while I have issues with this new incarnation of Who, I am seeing my issues being more of a character definition and to me that is what I am enjoying. Next weeks episode looks also amazing. I do see that this "crack" is going to be our theme for the season.

Foreigner_Man · **409** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Mon Apr 12, 2010 1:18 pm

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I enjoyed this episode. The second episode is usually kind of dark, and Moffat follows suit here. It's crazy stuff and I'm lovin' it. Matt Smith and Karen Gillan continue to be fantastic and Moffat's story is really good. That said, I wish the Smilers were a bit scarier. This was insane and I loved it. My only worry is whether or not we need an episode written by Neil Gaiman, coz he and Moffat share similar styles. Good episode, and when I saw this shot in the episode (MAJOR SPOILERS):

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I reacted like this.
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And then we see the crack in the wall, I wonder whether it affected anything or it's just following Amy& the doctor. Anyway, great episode. big grin

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jaydee74 · **410** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Mon Apr 12, 2010 3:32 pm

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I love this show. Simply love it. Matt Smith is a very good Doctor and I totally understand why people say that their favorite Doctor is the one they are currently watching.

shining knight · **411** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:16 am

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Guilty as charged Doug. I think we're still allowed to use 'Blimey' in moderation and it was in the spirit of an homage to Matt Smith's Doctor who has said Blimey a few times now. Personally it's one of my fave English expressions along with 'Crikey' and 'Guvnor'. Next time Shining Knight/David turns up here ask him about Scottishisms like 'Crivens!' and 'Jings!

Hoots he speaks the truth gang! Laughing

incidently the fate of scotland in this future is so damn true it isn't funny Laughing

So yeah was gonna use something else for this weeks avatar but I didn't want to spoil anything for doug so you get smiley smiler instead (which I thought was faaaaaaaaaaar creepier than pissed off smiler)

Jherek · **412** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:36 am

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shining knight wrote:

Guilty as charged Doug. I think we're still allowed to use 'Blimey' in moderation and it was in the spirit of an homage to Matt Smith's Doctor who has said Blimey a few times now. Personally it's one of my fave English expressions along with 'Crikey' and 'Guvnor'. Next time Shining Knight/David turns up here ask him about Scottishisms like 'Crivens!' and 'Jings!

Hoots he speaks the truth gang!

Och I'm an honorary Scot via my ex-wife (long story) and many trips to the beautiful city of Edinburgh.

shining knight wrote: incidently the fate of scotland in this future is so damn true it isn't funny

Indeed there was an awful lot of political insight about the state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in this episode. With elections coming up here too, the episode couldn't have been more relevant.

shining knight wrote:So yeah was gonna use something else for this weeks avatar but I didn't want to spoil anything for doug so you get smiley smiler instead (which I thought was faaaaaaaaaaar creepier than pissed off smiler)

Damn straight. Moffat is the king of kids' nightmares, taking innocuous imagery (statues, clockwork dolls, cracks in walls, gas masks and now those creepy fairground dummies in boxes) and giving it a sinister spin. The official; Doctor who thread - Page 17 Affraid

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shining knight · **413** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:50 am

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shining knight · **414** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:05 pm

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If there was one thing I didn't like with this episode was that the demon headmaster was totally wasted in the short screentime he got.

waiting for someone to say "who?" Laughing

shining knight · **415** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Fri Apr 16, 2010 11:43 am

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So yeah this weeks avatar is a pre-emptive one as I don't think it could be anything else than that!

Jherek · **416** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Sat Apr 17, 2010 7:40 pm

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shining knight wrote:So yeah this weeks avatar is a pre-emptive one as I don't think it could be anything else than that!

Love it. And what a great episode. So much to enjoy, it's gonna take me a day or so to process all that. There's definitely something screwy (or wibbly wobbly) going on with space/time. No spoilers from me though. How do you like the new Dalek design?

comicgeekelly · **417** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Sun Apr 18, 2010 12:56 am

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I saw the first episode of the new season on BBC America tonight and I have to say that I was really happy with it. I wasn't sure how I felt about Smith going, but now I think he'll do a fine job as the Doctor.

shining knight · **418** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:23 am

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They are gorgous the new daleks

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Next week....

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lest we forget....

Doug should have seen episode 1 by now wonder what he thought of it

jaydee74 · **419** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:57 pm

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FroZen · **420** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:32 pm

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Ok so I'm a little behind but I did get to see the first episode and am looking forward to the next episode (April 24) on BBC America. As much as I wanted to dislike Matt Smith I just couldn't. I thought it was a really good episode and def. has me psyched for the next. Weeping Angels hiding in amongst other stone statues right?? Anyways...oh and the new companion Amy Pond is a str8 up hottie IMO. And on another note Steven Moffet is really gonna knock this season outta the park. "Blink" is one of my favorite episodes from season 3.

FroZen · **421** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:37 pm

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I should stop clicking spoilers in this thread....but I can't seem too. Laughing

shining knight · **422** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:10 am

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Some people would do their sequels as seperate stories but not our man Moffet....

The time of angels is a sequel to both blink and silence in the Library Laughing

Jherek · **423** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Tue Apr 20, 2010 12:46 pm

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Is anyone else (that's seen all the latest episodes) thinking that there's something not quite right about everything? Not just the crack in Space/Time and Amy's Dalek knowledge gap but the whole universe that this season seems to be inhabiting is just slightly...strange. Strange in a parallel/pocket universe kinda way? I know Moffat's new 'fairy tale' tone is what it's all about but the WW II London depicted in 'Victory of the Daleks' compared to the same era as shown in 'The Empty Child/Doctor Dances' is a bit...well...unrealistic. It looked like a film set and I don't think this was due to budgetary constraints or bad design, I think the slightly unreal, dreamlike mood we've experienced in every episode so far is hiding a deeper threat. Right from the start Amy's village seemed a very idealised and yes unreal place. Like an attempt to create a 'perfect' English village. Or the kind of place a ten year old girl might inhabit in her imagination perhaps? It reminded me of the 'Big Ben - The Man With No Time for Crime' strip in the old Warrior comics where the events took place in a virtual world of uber quaint Englishness as a cover for the real sinister goings on involving back engineered alien tech. Oh I dunno maybe I'm reading too much into this. Anyone else got any theories? Something's going on. The official; Doctor who thread - Page 17 Icon_scratch

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FroZen · **424** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Tue Apr 20, 2010 1:02 pm

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^^ Well, now I'm really gonna be paying attention for the things you're describing. But I definately see your point about how pefect everything seemed in Amy's village. It just really seemed surreal

jaydee74 · **425** Re: The official; Doctor who thread Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:31 am

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Jherek wrote:Is anyone else (that's seen all the latest episodes) thinking that there's something not quite right about everything? Not just the crack in Space/Time and Amy's Dalek knowledge gap but the whole universe that this season seems to be inhabiting is just slightly...strange. Strange in a parallel/pocket universe kinda way? I know Moffat's new 'fairy tale' tone is what it's all about but the WW II London depicted in 'Victory of the Daleks' compared to the same era as shown in 'The Empty Child/Doctor Dances' is a bit...well...unrealistic. It looked like a film set and I don't think this was due to budgetary constraints or bad design, I think the slightly unreal, dreamlike mood we've experienced in every episode so far is hiding a deeper threat. Right from the start Amy's village seemed a very idealised and yes unreal place. Like an attempt to create a 'perfect' English village. Or the kind of place a ten year old girl might inhabit in her imagination perhaps? It reminded me of the 'Big Ben - The Man With No Time for Crime' strip in the old Warrior comics where the events took place in a virtual world of uber quaint Englishness as a cover for the real sinister goings on involving back engineered alien tech. Oh I dunno maybe I'm reading too much into this. Anyone else got any theories? Something's going on.

Interesting thoughts. I am finally caught up with the new series and it's brilliant. Three stories down and it's been awesome. I love the new Daleks.

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