Doctor Who

[NEG]

If I remember correctly - the Warp 5 limit was only applicable to one particular strip in space (where lots of ships where forced down due to some anomaly or other) - not everywhere.

Edit: No, you're correct it was everywhere. The idea was quietly dropped for sanity reasons.

Geek hat on: you can go over Warp 5 for emergencies.

[Hexx]

Trailer!

[kensei]

Cover of DWM mentions the Doctor's "last" incarnation. Guess the handjob counts then.

[Glasgowchivas]

Cover of DWM mentions the Doctor's "last" incarnation. Guess the handjob counts then.

Yep. Moffat's confirmed (somewhere, can't remember) that Tennent used two regens so Smith is the 13th Doctor, not the 11th.

[Mr Cochese]

That doesn't fit at all with the bit in the last episode with "all thirteen" of them. Presumably if him from Local hero is the first of a new set of regenerations, there will be more after him.

[Glasgowchivas]

Here's one of the links that confirm it. Fuck knows what it means in regards to that line from the 50th.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a536819/doctor-who-matt-smith-is-the-13th-doctor-says-steven-moffat.html

[Reidles]

I think that line from the 50th means that there were 13 Doctor's orbiting Gallifrey, so the aborted 10 re-gen wasn't really a Doctor was he? No TARDIS and the like. I like to think he probably just ran a little shop on the parallel Earth.

[NEG]

Well in a deleted scene Tennent gives Human self a piece of the tardis to build one for himself.

[Space Renegade Ulala]

Matt looks 'older' in parts of the trailer, which could mean they're going to kill him off in a more elderly state, thus ensuring he can come back in his 50s for the 20 Doctors and just say it was from some point during this episode without any fuss.

Well, as long as he doesn't pig out and become a fat fuck like Colin Baker, I guess.

[Harsin]

I see Colin Baker is bitching in interviews that Tom was asked to be in the 50th Anniversary Special and he wasn't.

If Colin had come waddling into the art gallery in his crocs I imagine the Doctor would have gone into the Tardis and started banging his head on the console, until he ran out of regenerations, just to avoid that future.

[whizzo]

Jesus colin. He doesn't look anything like the 6th doctor abymore and that is nobody's fault but his own

Grow up mate

[WibbleWorldGiddy]

I don't think Colin is complaining he wasn't one of the favourite faces, just that it would have been nice to appear. If Stephen Moffat had wanted it, they could have taken the same approach that they did with the BBC Marvin the Android in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy movie. No dialogue or specific attention, just Matt Smith giving Colin and Sly an odd look when he's rushing to the National Gallery or something.

[Dr Derek Doctors]

If he'd been in the special, we wouldn't have got the Five(ish) Doctors, which I preferred to The Day Of The Doctor.

[LaParka]

Guy is still heavily involved in Dr who stuff because of the big finish stuff. But yeah don't bitch about it, just looks petty

[davidcotton]

I don't think Colin is complaining he wasn't one of the favourite faces, just that it would have been nice to appear. If Stephen Moffat had wanted it, they could have taken the same approach that they did with the BBC Marvin the Android in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy movie. No dialogue or specific attention, just Matt Smith giving Colin and Sly an odd look when he's rushing to the National Gallery or something.

Or more to the point have davison, baker, mccoy and mcgann record a couple of lines of audio each for the council room bit at least.

[DocG]

If he'd been in the special, we wouldn't have got the Five(ish) Doctors, which I preferred to The Day Of The Doctor.

I missed this at the time, and didn't know it existed until your post. Just watched it and it was great fun, so thanks for the heads up.

[WibbleWorldGiddy]

I continue to be impressed by the time and effort that some people put into Doctor Who fan-edits. Behold,

!

There's also a

that shows the amount of work involved.

[NEG]

Getting the feeling we're going to have to endure more Clara after Christmas, boo.

[zxcvbnm]

I continue to be impressed by the time and effort that some people put into Doctor Who fan-edits. Behold, The Doctor meets Sherlock!

There's also a Making of video that shows the amount of work involved.

Not perfect, but for a fan-edit it's nothing short of incredible. Maybe a Children in Need special might actually make this happen?

[Davros sock drawer]

Sherlock can fuck off.

[zxcvbnm]

....I take it you're not a fan then Tony?!

[Davros sock drawer]

I think it's awful. Overly flashy (all those stupid overlaid captions and iPhone related gimmicks are going to date it so badly), and I hate what they've done with the character of Moriarty in particular. I consider the Jeremy Brett version to be definitive, and this to be unwatchably awful.

Sadly the gf loves it...

[kensei]

So before the thread derails, what do you reckon Matt's best episodes were, given we are near the end?

My favourites are all companion focused, though its no slight on Matt:

The Eleventh Hour

Amy's choice

The Girl Who Waited

The God Complex

I enjoyed most of the set piece episodes, especially Pandorica and the 50th, but they lose something when the mystery goes.

Lowlight was that Pirate one. Victory of the Daleks at least had Daleks making tea.

[El Pibe]

I'm struggling to think of too many really good episodes but did like Smith overall. Sadly when I think of Smith's Dr I think of 'Hello Sweetie!' and I hate the whole World.

[kensei]

I think that's unfair. Don't think he quite hit blink or human nature levels but thought the average episode was better than Tennant.

And by the by, big rumours River is in season 8, just to excite all here.

[Alex W.]

I think it's awful. Overly flashy (all those stupid overlaid captions and iPhone related gimmicks are going to date it so badly), and I hate what they've done with the character of Moriarty in particular. I consider the Jeremy Brett version to be definitive, and this to be unwatchably awful.

Sadly the gf loves it...

When you've got something as definitive as the Brett version, I think all you can hope for is that other interpretations will be quirky and unusual.

[mdn2]

So before the thread derails, what do you reckon Matt's best episodes were, given we are near the end?

My favourites are all companion focused, though its no slight on Matt:

The Eleventh Hour

Amy's choice

The Girl Who Waited

The God Complex

I enjoyed most of the set piece episodes, especially Pandorica and the 50th, but they lose something when the mystery goes.

Lowlight was that Pirate one. Victory of the Daleks at least had Daleks making tea.

I always really loved Vincent and the Doctor, but again it wasn't really because of Smith. And I really like A Christmas Carol. I guess I'm a softie at heart.

Lowlight was The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, which was garbage.

[Nick R]

So before the thread derails, what do you reckon Matt's best episodes were, given we are near the end?

My favourites are all companion focused, though its no slight on Matt:

The Eleventh Hour

Amy's choice

The Girl Who Waited

The God Complex

I enjoyed most of the set piece episodes, especially Pandorica and the 50th, but they lose something when the mystery goes.

Lowlight was that Pirate one. Victory of the Daleks at least had Daleks making tea.

I'd agree with all those choices, for worst as well as best. "WOULD YOU CARE FOR SOME TEA?" is indeed the thing that made that Dalek episode worthwhile!

I've enjoyed pretty much all the episodes Moffat has written for the Eleventh Doctor (the Angels two-parter was excellent at the time, although that was when it was still novel to see Angels and River Song; Let's Kill Hitler and A Good Man Goes To War were probably the most entertaining of his "piling-on-layers-and-layers-of-OTT-Big-Event-bonkersness" episodes). However, The Eleventh Hour is, I think, the only one that's up there with the episodes he wrote for Nine and Ten.

As for the Christmas specials: A Christmas Carol was very good, The Doctor the Widow and the Wardrobe... wasn't.

A bit predictably, overall I have to point to The Doctor's Wife as my definite favourite of Eleven's episodes. But would I feel that way about it if I didn't know in advance who'd written it?

[Davros sock drawer]

We watched The Girl Who Waited at the weekend, and really enjoyed it again. My gf blubbed.

[zxcvbnm]

Definitely The Girl Who Waited, and the one with the creepy dolls, Night Terrors.