Dr Who Christmas Special

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WHOZIT

Saturday, November 17, 2012 1:22 PM

http://www.deadline.com/2012/11/video-doctor-who-christmas-special-tv-
trailer

AURAPTOR

Friday, December 28, 2012 1:10 AM

After perpetual delay, and for no real good reason, I finally have commenced on watching the entire ( new ) series of Dr. Who. I won't be going back to the original series, at least not any time soon. But thanks to Netflix, I've embarked on a massive catch up effort, which will be even more a challenge than my Buffy + Angel campaign.

I have checked out the series, here and there, but was so often lost at the context of all that went on, I never could watch more than a few eps before calling it quits. Well, those days are in the past.

Wish me luck.

"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil." - Socrates

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

CYBERSNARK

Friday, December 28, 2012 2:13 PM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
I have checked out the series, here and there, but was so often lost at the context of all that went on, I never could watch more than a few eps before calling it quits. Well, those days are in the past.

You needn't have bothered; the show is rife with jumping-on points (pretty much whenever he picks up a new companion, they become the audience surrogate and he has to explain everything relevant).

TWO

Friday, December 28, 2012 4:12 PM

Usually the Doctor explains to the companion, but the newest companion, Clara Oswin Oswald, is a faster thinker than the Doctor, explaining to him and the audience. Her true origin is the central mystery for this season.

The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity," where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/two

AURAPTOR

Sunday, December 30, 2012 6:44 PM

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
I have checked out the series, here and there, but was so often lost at the context of all that went on, I never could watch more than a few eps before calling it quits. Well, those days are in the past.
You needn't have bothered; the show is rife with jumping-on points (pretty much whenever he picks up a new companion, they become the audience surrogate and he has to explain everything relevant).

I'm seeing that, but I still like to see where folks make their entrance into the story. Like Rose.

"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil." - Socrates

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

ECGORDON

Sunday, December 30, 2012 7:32 PM

I've recently been watching Classic Who from the beginning, a combination of discs rented from Netflix along with streaming through Netflix or Amazon. Quite a few of the early adventures were lost, either discarded or accidentally(?) erased years ago. I'm almost to the end of the Second Doctor's (Patrick Troughton) run, but I've missed the introduction and/or departure of several companions already, as well as not being able to see the regeneration from the First Doctor to the Second.

As for the reboot that started in 2005, I've seen it all several times over now. Most of it is very good, just a few weak episodes. I liked Christopher Eccleston a lot and was disappointed that he quit after one season, but it took me less than the full "Christmas Invasion" to accept David Tennant in the role. The best episodes are usually toward the end of a season, with the Tennant specials from 2008-10 being very good.

I really like all of the episodes that current show-runner Steven Moffat wrote before (The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, The Girl in the Fireplace, Blink, Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead), and yet I haven't cared as much for what he has done since he became show-runner. I think he has made the season long story arcs more complicated and confusing than necessary. Still, it is a show I continue to watch and enjoy, and the newest companion just might be the best of the new era yet.

SIMONWHO

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 4:41 PM

Sadly the old episodes of Who were deliberately destroyed because they were running out of storage space in the mid-70s plus B&W was seen as yesterday's news and they'd be unlikely ever to repeat the shows (this was before Betamax/VHS). When they twigged that this was an almighty screw-up, they checked their archives and found they'd virtually nothing left of Hartnell or Troughton and lots of missing Pertwee too. So they appealed to other foreign broadcasters who had bought the show and retrieved episodes that way, leading to the current state of play - 106 episodes missing, mostly Troughton. Two turned up at the end of 2011 so there's still hope. You can read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_missing_episodes

I really enjoyed the Christmas special though I don't know what casual viewers would have made of it - there was quite a lot of continuity (though some was just done as an in-joke).

ECGORDON

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 11:43 PM

On New Year's Eve I watched the first disc of "The Invasion," an eight part serial with Troughton, originally from 1968. Two of the four episodes on the disc were animated. On a lot of the episodes where the video is missing they still have the audio. Some of the other discs I've rented just had the audio tracks for some of the eps, no video at all.

AURAPTOR

Sunday, January 20, 2013 5:04 PM

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Originally posted by ecgordon:

As for the reboot that started in 2005, I've seen it all several times over now. Most of it is very good, just a few weak episodes. I liked Christopher Eccleston a lot and was disappointed that he quit after one season, but it took me less than the full "Christmas Invasion" to accept David Tennant in the role. The best episodes are usually toward the end of a season, with the Tennant specials from 2008-10 being very good.

I recall watching the reboot, and caught some of the eps, as they aired, at the time. I'd only heard of Dr Who, that it was some old BBC sci-fi show, and didn't know much else. I had no clue as to the character or the plot of the show. But it was Tennant that I first saw as Dr Who, and that's who I first associated as being the Doctor. I only later learned of his true nature, and how he can re-animate into other forms. Clever idea, actually.

But so far, what I've come to find is that the series is really damn good sci-fi. The writing, though weak at times, here or there, is still very entertaining.

Just watched the 2 parter, The Satan Pit. Very well done, and it had a different feel to it than most eps. The main issue I had w/ it was how the Tardis landed in the SEALED pit. Early on, it was deemed lost, as it fell into a huge pit, during a quake. Assuming it's indestructible, or nearly so, not an issue. But aside from that, how'd it end up down in the pit? Did it travel there on its own ? Can it freely move about, with out anyone operating it ? The only other way I see that it could have gotten there is if the quake opened the pit, and the Tardis ended up there. But that'd mean the pit had been open already, and the seal was then worthless at that time.

Just minor stuff like that, here and there, which sorta bug me.

"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil." - Socrates

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

AURAPTOR

Friday, February 1, 2013 6:01 AM

Working my way through, finally making it to Season 5.

One question though... why was the Doctor's last reanimation ( from David Tennant to Matt Smith ) such a tragic and dramatic event ? I mean, for a guy who's been through this process multiple times, and once not too long ago, why all the fuss ?

If he's STILL the Doctor, with all his memories and all, why was going from the 10th incarnation to the 11th played out as so sad ?

Much dated question by now, I'm sure. Much like asking about Mal and Inara, I suspect.

"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil." - Socrates

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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