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Title: Doctor Who
Post by: shadowterm on June 15, 2008, 02:23:24 PM
Not wanting the thread to go to waste, I've decided that, due to The Doctor's seeming popularity, I should leave it up as discussion of Doctor Who old and new. Go ahead and re-tell your favorite escape involving the sonic screw driver, and the awesomeness of the series thereof.
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Darkmoon on June 15, 2008, 02:43:41 PM
Unless they're showing it on PBS in your area (which is how it used to be run), you could hit your local library. The ones around me have episode that you can borrow. Otherwise, there's really aren't many legal, free options out there.

I've resorted to just buying the old series.
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: shadowterm on June 15, 2008, 02:51:29 PM
Crud. Well, there is a new library. Thanks, I guess I'll have to try that, and then broaden my definition of 'legal' before continuing.
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Brunhidden on June 16, 2008, 01:51:21 AM
you can always go to a used book store- most of Dr. Who is in paperback, and the bookstore owners commonly break into a rant when ubernerds bring in entire boxes of who books or star trek books due to it taking a full hour to sort them.


bring a wheel barrow.
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Azlan on June 16, 2008, 02:11:05 AM
Tennant will be leaving the series at the end of the current season.
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Darkmoon on June 16, 2008, 07:32:47 AM
Azlan, there's been no official announcement that I've heard of to support that. Beyond that, they rearranged next season (doing 3 TV movies instead of a full season) so that he can go film a wholly different movie as well. The evidence supports him coming back more than it does him leaving.
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Alondro on June 16, 2008, 10:24:25 AM
I shall be the next Doctor.

Note the previous episode's note about the next Doctor, which pretty much indicates he's a super-bad-ass that bad guys are terrified of.

ie.  Me!   :3
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: King Of Hearts on June 16, 2008, 08:45:51 PM
Ive only recently started watching Dr. Who... I started with the season that introduced Rose... and now Im on the season ep after that when they re-introduce the cybermen.

my favorite episode thus far was the one with the Dalek who though he was the last one. The Doc really had a mean streak in that ep.

"You would have made a wonderful Dalek"
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Gamma on June 16, 2008, 09:07:32 PM
I always have enjoyed the new Dr. Who.

Even never seeing but five minutes of the old shows, on PBS, I respectfully know I have no clue what the original was like.
Like the OP I would like to see the old shows but have never gotten off my lazy American bum to go find them, legal or otherwise.

I surely assume the old shows where wholly different affairs. Especially with that K9 fellow I've seen.
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Azlan on June 17, 2008, 01:38:13 AM
Quote from: Darkmoon on June 16, 2008, 07:32:47 AM
Azlan, there's been no official announcement that I've heard of to support that. Beyond that, they rearranged next season (doing 3 TV movies instead of a full season) so that he can go film a wholly different movie as well. The evidence supports him coming back more than it does him leaving.

Correct, there is no official announcement.  I have a very good source that says he wishes to leave the series and move on to other things.  Only time will tell.
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Teroniss on June 17, 2008, 11:01:32 AM
Quote from: Azlan on June 17, 2008, 01:38:13 AM
Quote from: Darkmoon on June 16, 2008, 07:32:47 AM
Azlan, there's been no official announcement that I've heard of to support that. Beyond that, they rearranged next season (doing 3 TV movies instead of a full season) so that he can go film a wholly different movie as well. The evidence supports him coming back more than it does him leaving.

Correct, there is no official announcement.  I have a very good source that says he wishes to leave the series and move on to other things.  Only time will tell.

The article I read said that Tennant would be the Doctor through to 2010 and was even taking over as one of the writers
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Alondro on June 17, 2008, 12:24:55 PM
Every time Tennant gives an interview for the "Doctor Who Confidential", all he ever says is how it's been a childhood dream come true and he loves it and whatnot.

Certainly he never gives any hints himself that he'd be leaving any time soon.
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Darkmoon on June 17, 2008, 04:29:33 PM
That's the general opinion I've read as well. He seems to really dig being the Doctor.
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Zedd on June 17, 2008, 05:08:24 PM
Is it just me or that blue suit is just snazzy as hell
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Gamma on June 17, 2008, 06:54:50 PM
Yeah he seems to get one hell of a kick out of it all. It really shows through in his acting.

Both of the newer doctors have seemed genuinely happy and interested by their situations.
Tennant gets all the serious points down very well indeed. ;)
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Teroniss on June 18, 2008, 11:34:56 PM
All I know is I've been following the newest season on BBC rather then SciFi so I'm up to episode ten. All I can say is the end of episode 9 was one of the more moving scenes from the newest continuum of Doctor Who.
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: King Of Hearts on June 21, 2008, 08:39:52 AM


since the last I posted... I just had a Dr. Who marathon which started after the Cybermen introduction, until the changing of the guard [companion], and the season finale with the Master.

I simply love the writing on this series, granted there are some bleh eps like the living sun but the overall quality is simply superb.

Weeping angels scare me despite them being not that scary at all in terms of what they do to their victims.
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Zedd on June 21, 2008, 07:16:02 PM
Quote from: King Of Hearts on June 21, 2008, 08:39:52 AM


since the last I posted... I just had a Dr. Who marathon which started after the Cybermen introduction, until the changing of the guard [companion], and the season finale with the Master.

I simply love the writing on this series, granted there are some bleh eps like the living sun but the overall quality is simply superb.

Weeping angels scare me despite them being not that scary at all in terms of what they do to their victims.
Those Weeping angels still got me
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: rabid_fox on June 22, 2008, 11:44:18 AM

Anyone remember the Dr. Who in 3-D disaster? I do. I bought the 3-D glasses and all. Since then I have loathed Dr. Who and everything to do with it. Especially Tennant.
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Darkmoon on June 22, 2008, 06:51:41 PM
Doctor Who was in 3D?
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: rabid_fox on June 22, 2008, 07:10:35 PM

Oh yeah. Nation-wide spectacular, it was. Except...awful.
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Darkmoon on June 22, 2008, 07:21:02 PM
Not my nation. Apparently I'm glad I missed it.
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: rabid_fox on June 22, 2008, 07:21:56 PM

You are, you anti-national.
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Darkmoon on June 22, 2008, 09:40:07 PM
Heh, yes, well, at least I enjoy Doctor Who.

Unlike some freaks.
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Zedd on June 22, 2008, 10:03:37 PM
I wonder if you all rember the made for TV Movie?
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Damaris on June 22, 2008, 10:07:30 PM
We live for the day that it comes out on DVD that we can buy. ;)
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Darkmoon on June 22, 2008, 11:43:01 PM
Quote from: Zedd on June 22, 2008, 10:03:37 PM
I wonder if you all rember the made for TV Movie?

It's the only movie I've ever considered bootlegging, and that's only because they can't seem to get it released in the US. One day, if they ever do release it, that will be mine. It was the first Doctor Who I ever saw (since I didn't ever seem to watch it when it was on PBS), and I was hooked. As silly as the movie can be at times, the 8th Doctor holds a place in my heart, since he was my first Doctor.
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Zedd on June 23, 2008, 01:41:11 AM
Quote from: Damaris on June 22, 2008, 10:07:30 PM
We live for the day that it comes out on DVD that we can buy. ;)
That be nice to own indeedy

Quote from: Darkmoon on June 22, 2008, 11:43:01 PM
Quote from: Zedd on June 22, 2008, 10:03:37 PM
I wonder if you all rember the made for TV Movie?

It's the only movie I've ever considered bootlegging, and that's only because they can't seem to get it released in the US. One day, if they ever do release it, that will be mine. It was the first Doctor Who I ever saw (since I didn't ever seem to watch it when it was on PBS), and I was hooked. As silly as the movie can be at times, the 8th Doctor holds a place in my heart, since he was my first Doctor.

Ah I know a few facts of that movie...Mostly some US viewers didnt like it but thats a shame isnt it?
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Darkmoon on June 23, 2008, 07:16:47 AM
Well, at the time a lot of US people didn't know who Doctor Who was. He's got a better following now.
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Alondro on June 23, 2008, 12:30:03 PM
He would have been quite a good Doctor, if only they'd picked up the series.  He had some semblance to John Pertwee's Doctor, mixed with some Victorianism.

:3
Title: Re: Doctor Who
Post by: Darkmoon on June 23, 2008, 01:20:33 PM
He has done two separate Radio series for the BBC as the Doctor. I dunno if they've released them in the US at all, but they're supposed to be quite good.