[QuickTidal]

Prequel video to the first episode of series 6. Enjoy!

http://icebergink.bl...o-to-first.html

[QuickTidal]

http://doctorwhospoi...ailer-released/

Full length trailer. Woot Woot!

[QuickTidal]

Ummm...holy crap files:

TENNANT's TARDIS CONSOLE shows up in the new Series 6 trailer!

[stone monkey]

This would seem to be the place to put this:

RIP Sarah Jane - Elizabeth Sladen has died.

She was only 63. Terribly sad

[King Bear]

stone monkey, on 19 April 2011 - 08:56 PM, said:

This would seem to be the place to put this:

RIP Sarah Jane - Elizabeth Sladen has died.

She was only 63. Terribly sad

This is sad. Her Dr Who character was my favourite companion from the old series. Well, her and Romana. And K9. OK, we'll just say that she was among my favourite companions. I feel like the Spainish Inquisition talking about their chief weapon.

And is there any way to get this site not to tell me I've made a spelling error when using British English rather than American English? Or is this spell check thing built into my browser?? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........... It's annoying me anyway.

[McLovin]

Quickie Ben, on 20 April 2011 - 11:18 AM, said:

And is there any way to get this site not to tell me I've made a spelling error when using British English rather than American English?

America is your rightful master, hence American English is your rightful tongue. The computer merely reminds you of this fact. So-called "British English" is just a terrorist plot to destroy freedom, and steal our precious bodily fluids.

[QuickTidal]

I am so sad about Sladen. She was my first companion when I was a kid. It's suckified she died.

[stone monkey]

I've a feeling I'm going to have to spoiler all this... Oh well...

Spoiler

They killed The Doctor!!! WTF! I knew something was amiss once he said he was 1103 years old... And it was pretty obvious that the 1st invitation would be to a younger version of himself once the older one had been bumped off. This does rather leave the future in a certain amount of doubt, but, as Amy says "Time can be rewritten"

So... The Silence: creepy idea, very creepy in fact; monsters you forget about as soon as you can't see them - almost the opposite of the Weeping Angels, don't you think? But not as well handled as they might have been. They just rang a little false for me... But we have a few things to chew over for the rest of the year; tunnels all over the earth, proto-TARDIS that looks suspiciously like the one from last year's "The Lodger" (in fact, I'm guessing that the little girl is actually another distress signal, so Amy hasn't actually shot anyone), Amy's pregnancy; what effect is all that time travel going to have on the child? And River's first meeting with The Doctor... I guess we shall see whether this is the year it all changes.

[QuickTidal]

That was a suitably excellent series premiere!! Loved every drop of it. The cliffhanger is frustrating, but in a delicious way. LOL!

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

I've never seen an episode before, but I watched this premiere and thoroughly enjoyed it. So, I went and downloaded all of season 5 and I'm like halfway through it now. Yay.

[Cyphon]

Spoiler

I query the pregnancy, because River Song got the same stomach pains.

[King Bear]

Whisperzzzzzzz, on 24 April 2011 - 01:13 PM, said:

I've never seen an episode before, but I watched this premiere and thoroughly enjoyed it. So, I went and downloaded all of season 5 and I'm like halfway through it now. Yay.

Since you're enjoying season 5 and 6, definitely go back to the season one with Eccleston and Piper and watch it all the way through to the end of Tennant's tenure. It's well worth watching from the start, and each season has several BRILLIANT episodes.

I'd be interested to see what you think of Tennant's doctor after having watched Matt Smith first. Most people that I know think that Smith was a step down from Tennant. But I wonder how much of this is because Tennant played the doctor before Smith and for so long that still to many people he simply IS the doctor.

I'm jealous of everyone who's seen the season 6 premiere. It hasn't screened in NZ, and I have no idea when it's going to.

Still...

[QuickTidal]

Cyphon, on 24 April 2011 - 02:01 PM, said:

Spoiler

I query the pregnancy, because River Song got the same stomach pains.

Agreed. Something odd going on there I think.

Spoiler

Can I also say that I liked some of the one liners. The upside down "Hey, I'm up here doing amazing things and no one is around to watch me." was great, as was the "Mrs. Robinson" "I hate you" bit

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 24 April 2011 - 03:42 PM

[Binder of Demons]

Quickie Ben, on 24 April 2011 - 02:36 PM, said:

I'd be interested to see what you think of Tennant's doctor after having watched Matt Smith first. Most people that I know think that Smith was a step down from Tennant. But I wonder how much of this is because Tennant played the doctor before Smith and for so long that still to many people he simply IS the doctor.

I'd be interested in hearing what a beginner would make of the previous Doctors if they started with Matt Smith as well.

I was surprised how much i liked him from the start, and actually find it hard to go back and watch Tennant now. But I think a large part of that is down to the direction and tone of the episodes rather than the actors. Cos Tennant was great in the Stephen Moffat episodes as well. He just got a bit over the top in the last season. But that's just my opinion.

Really looking forward to seeing Season6.

[QuickTidal]

Binder of Demons, on 24 April 2011 - 03:40 PM, said:

Quickie Ben, on 24 April 2011 - 02:36 PM, said:

I'd be interested to see what you think of Tennant's doctor after having watched Matt Smith first. Most people that I know think that Smith was a step down from Tennant. But I wonder how much of this is because Tennant played the doctor before Smith and for so long that still to many people he simply IS the doctor.

I'd be interested in hearing what a beginner would make of the previous Doctors if they started with Matt Smith as well.

I was surprised how much i liked him from the start, and actually find it hard to go back and watch Tennant now. But I think a large part of that is down to the direction and tone of the episodes rather than the actors. Cos Tennant was great in the Stephen Moffat episodes as well. He just got a bit over the top in the last season. But that's just my opinion.

Really looking forward to seeing Season6.

It took all of series 5 for me to do, but I can now easily separate Tennant and Smith as different incarnations that both have ups and downs. Tennant is still my fave...but Smith is so perfect at the role as well...just in a different way, that he is my second fave. I can now easily decide (if I am wanting to rewatch any, as I own it all on DVD up to and including series 5) whether I feel like Tennant eps, or Smith ones, and I am always happy with my choice. LOL

[Binder of Demons]

OK. So i gave in to temptation and watched the season opener. Damn you cliffhanger ending!!

Excellent start. Not too wild about the alien costumes but they could have been worse i suppose. The rest of it was really well done. Looks like it could be a great season.

I'll try and steer clear of spoilers for now.

[King Bear]

Binder of Demons, on 24 April 2011 - 03:40 PM, said:

Quickie Ben, on 24 April 2011 - 02:36 PM, said:

I'd be interested to see what you think of Tennant's doctor after having watched Matt Smith first. Most people that I know think that Smith was a step down from Tennant. But I wonder how much of this is because Tennant played the doctor before Smith and for so long that still to many people he simply IS the doctor.

He just got a bit over the top in the last season. But that's just my opinion.

By 'last season' do you mean the season of tv movies, or the Tennant's last 'proper' season? Pretty academic point but I'm intrigued.

[Binder of Demons]

Good point QB. I meant much of Season 5 AND parts of the movies as well. The more i think on it the more i feel it is just the writing of some of those episodes rather than Tennant himself.

But I do feel that the portrayal of Matt Smith's Doctor has been more consistent thus far, and he hasn't done anything to irritate me. Whereas I found Tennant's Doctor to be occasionally annoying in the later eps.

[Cyphon]

QuickTidal, on 24 April 2011 - 03:27 PM, said:

Cyphon, on 24 April 2011 - 02:01 PM, said:

Spoiler

I query the pregnancy, because River Song got the same stomach pains.

Agreed. Something odd going on there I think.

Spoiler

Can I also say that I liked some of the one liners. The upside down "Hey, I'm up here doing amazing things and no one is around to watch me." was great, as was the "Mrs. Robinson" "I hate you" bit

Spoiler

I also think history will be rewritten on the basis that despite Moffat being willing to mess with the Canon, having/allowing the doctor die die in Matt Smith's body is just too unlikely.

Also, those one liners were amazing. Mrs Robinson, snigger.

[polishgenius]

The best line in it for me was

Spoiler

"Mr President, that man walked in here with a big blue box and three of his friends, and that's the man he walked past. One of them's worth listening to". No-one does scorn like Mark Sheppard.