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shining knight wrote:america dropped it?

Like a hot fucking potato. That's okay, because it was SyFy, and they're obviously a bunch of fucktards, because they also dropped Doctor Who, which it led into. BBC-America is allegedly picking up Doctor Who when the new series actually starts. I know they've been showing the movies as they become available....

Yeah isn't that an ad for the new Doctor Who season on BBC America in the back of Blackest Night Doom Patrol

oh and a bomb was dropped in the wedding episode as the trickster said to the doctor "The Gate is waiting for you..."

ohhh what gate is this?!?

Right that's it I gotsta watch it now!

new trailers

shining knight wrote:



new trailers

Exactly a week to go and counting!

I know then the terrible wait for the final two

shining knight wrote:



new trailers

thanks shining knight. can't wait to see it............... on Youtube.

So, I've been watching Sarah Jane Adventures and did they actually use classic series footage in one of the episodes. Awesome. I cannot wait to watch Waters of Mars as well. Also on YouTube.

[quote="jaydee74" Also on YouTube. [/quote]

supervenom wrote:[quote="jaydee74" Also on YouTube.

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I don't judge. It's how I watch Doctor Who. Not by choice but necessity. I'll get it however I can get it.

jaydee74 wrote:

supervenom wrote:[quote="jaydee74" Also on YouTube.

I don't judge. It's how I watch Doctor Who. Not by choice but necessity. I'll get it however I can get it.[/quote]same with me. and I was done with the Sci-Fi channel (or whatever its being called now) along time ago. I'm sorry but wrestling isn't sci-fi.

Are you 100% certain about that?

jaydee74 wrote:Are you 100% certain about that?

*has an epiphany* umm ohhhhhhhhhhhh waitttttttttttttt I take back what I said about wrestling. But I'm still not a big fan of Sci-fi channel.

So, I've been watching Sarah Jane Adventures and did they actually use classic series footage in one of the episodes. Awesome. I cannot wait to watch Waters of Mars as well. Also on YouTube.

yep and references to the time war in the same episode. Is bbc america some kind of pay per view channel in the states?

shining knight wrote:yep and references to the time war in the same episode. Is bbc america some kind of pay per view channel in the states?

No...I think someone just doesn't get it through their provider. Not every cable station or satellite service offers the channel. Personally, right now I'm harassing DirecTV to add the HD version of BBC-America, so I can watch the movies in HD.

the whole american channel thing is confusing to me although I bet a lot of americans would say the same about us

shining knight wrote:oh and a bomb was dropped in the wedding episode as the trickster said to the doctor "The Gate is waiting for you..."

ohhh what gate is this?!?

Well, I've been doin some thinkin'. Hold on to your hats this gets intense!

I just watched The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith too and that reference to 'The Gate' seemed to really shake up the Doctor. Also at the end of the episode in saying his goodbyes to SJ he seemed to suggest that she may not see him (presumably in this incarnation) again. So - the Doctor knows or suspects something big is afoot. I'm thinking he is sensing a ripple in the time streams caused by his own death and regeneration. Kinda like the Watcher appearing at the end of the Fourth Doctor's life to ease his journey through the regeneration.

As to what this 'Gate' may be, considering what we know about the last Tennant specials to come (STOP READING NOW IF YOU HATE SPOILERS) could The Gate be a portal allowing theTime Lords to return to the universe? In The Stolen Earth 'The Gates of Elysium' was where the Doctor says Davros had been killed when his command ship flew into the jaws of the Nightmare Child during the first year of the Last Great Time War The Doctor attempted to save Davros but failed. As we know Dalek Caan was able to save Davros from being killed at The Gates of Elysium by creating a temporal shift.
In Greek mythology Elysium (or the Elysian Fields) is that part of the Underworld or afterlife that is the final resting place for the souls of the heroic and virtuous dead. This from Wiki -

Elysium is an obscure name that evolved from a designation of a place or person struck by lightning, enelysion, enelysios.^[1] This could be a reference to Zeus, the god of lightning, so "lightning-struck" could be saying that the person was blessed (struck) by Zeus (lightning).
The ruler of Elysium varies from author to author; Pindar names the ruler as Kronos, released from Tartarus and ruling in a palace: In Elysium where fields of the pale liliaceous asphodel, and poplars grew, there stood the gates that led to the house of Ais (in Attic dialect "Hades").

Kronos eh? In the Third Doctor story The Time Monster the Master used a crystal to cause Kronos to manifest in order to bind him to his will. In the aftermath of this event, Kronos trapped both the Doctor's and the Master's Tardises in the Time Vortex and, appearing as a huge translucent female face, Kronos asked the Doctor whether he should destroy the Master. The Doctor demured and Kronos let the Master go free.

The Gate was also referenced in an interview that Russell T. Davies did with the Radio Times for the release of The Next Doctor. -

“After that, we’ll be heading towards the momentous day when the key to that blue box is passed on, and the 11th Doctor storms into your lives.... Let’s just say that dark forces are gathering already. The Gate is waiting and life will never be the same again…”

A third mention of 'The Gate' this time specifically an 'Immortality Gate' was made in the 14th-20th of November issue of the Radio Times. Russell T Davies said:

"The Master's return is just the start of our biggest, most heart-breaking story yet. The Immortality Gate is waiting."

So - My speculation is that The Doctor will be battling the Master at the Gates of Elysium and the denoument will be the return of the Time Lords including possibly Kronos and a new Doctor.

Thankyou and goodnight

ohhhh!

shining knight wrote:ohhhh!

Yeah might have gone a little crazy there. You think?

Jherek...I want to do naughty things to you. Smart Brits are so damned sexy!

superdoug wrote:Jherek...I want to do naughty things to you. Smart Brits are so damned sexy!

I'll take that as a compliment Supey.

Hmmm. smart or terminally sad. You decide.

I'm slightly jealous now

shining knight wrote:I'm slightly jealous now

'Yep still got it!'

Tell me what episode that comes from and he's yours

gosh I'm blanking....

incidently this weeks sarah jane referenced planet of the dead