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Moral of this story: Never trust FoilerTome (although they nicked it from iMDB, clearly, which makes them look even worse )

Well, anyone who's read the Sun has now seen the pictures and been spoiled of many things concerning the episode...

My, does that thing look big!

(no, I won't spoil it here, but it does look awesome)


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What is this about Captain Jack kissing the Doctor on the mouth....

"You were fantastic - and d'y'know what? So was I."

You were Chris - cheers.

The kiss was quite sweet.

The big reveal about who the baddy was and who Bad Wolf was were... well, they made sense and they worked but I was vaguely let down after all the hype.

Unfortunately bloody Mickey had to turn up again (boo) but the whole bit with Rose and the TARDIS at the end was really nice. i thought Billy did a really, really good job in that scene.

Overall a good episode, some very nice moments (the bit with the daleks coming up outside the window), some very funny lines and some good Whovian performances. And yet...

I dunno. There's nothing specific that I can point out and say it was bad or anything, but I was left feeling vaguely disappointed. Not as much as I was by the one with Rose's father, but still not quite as pleased as I should be.

That being said I'm looking forward to David Tennant but I hope he gets an outfit more in line with the previous Doctors because it's the onyl thin (well, apart from the inside of the TARDIS) that I really haven't liked this series.

Billy?

And yes, the deus ex machina (does that count as a literal dem or just figurative?) and... well, Jackie was more annoying than Mickey by an order of several magnitudes, as per usual, but the "present day normality" scenes weren't very good (and have been consistantly the weakest part of the series).

Eccleston gave one last great performance though - I said back on page one, after Rose that he was a "keeper," and, 13 weeks later, nothing has diminished my opinion of him as a great Doctor (or, indeed, actor). I can't help but think that the series may well have lost it's biggest asset with this regeneration .

That said, I haven't seen Tennant in anything, but we'll see how he does (wish he'd gone with his natural accent though).

I'm not sure how a Scottish accent would do for overseas broadcasting though... But I agree with you.

I've seen Tennant in Casanova, and I must say he's very good... He could do a good Tom Baker like Doctor... Still, it's really a shame that Eccleston decided to leave.

Loved the last episode, but thought the Bad Wolf/Time Vortex could have been better handled. And it was nice to see the Dalek Emperor after so many years (was it Throughton or the first Doctor, can't even remember)

The Dalek Emperor, the giant-sized original was first/last seen in Evil of The Daleks in the Troughton era. It was the last Dalek story of the 60s.

Arghhhh!!


I missed Saturday's showing but was not too disappointed as I knew I could watch the BBC 3 repeat on Sunday.

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Due to really freaky weather (sunshine and temp in the 30's followed by rain hailstones and flooding) our satellite receiver lost the signal for all but the last ten minutes of the show. So I got to see the bad wolf and stuff but missed all the Dalek stuff.

<Bangs head on desk>

Hope you got to see it Darden. I just sat down at lunchtime yesterday and watched my copy. Very nicely done I think. Although the Bad Wolf, to me, was a bit of a let down. I think they could have done something more with it.

Not having really been a Who fan before this series I will say that Eccleston was very good. I think he grew into the role nicely and was sorry to see him go at the end. Has a regeneration ever been shown before on a show? And has a doctor been able to warn his companion of his impending changes?

I'll be around for the next series as well as the Christmas special. Hopefully by then we'll have a real outlet for the show in the US. Wish it was sooner than December for something new though. I've gotten used to my weekly Who sci-fi fix. Oh well, guess I'll have to settle for the new season of Battlestar Galactica next month.

I'm pretty sure I'm right in saying the only regeneration that we *haven't* seen was Paul McGann into Christopher Eccleston. Every other change has shown them going from one actor to the next (I think most of them with just a cross fade effect, but McCoy to McGann was probably flashier than that and no doubt involved morphing). I can't say I've ever seen the first two regenrations shown on telly though so i can't be too sure about them.

I wasn't sure if the regenerations was something that was originally planned into the show or something that evolved over time.

I'm not certain how long the first Doctor lasted for, but the impression I get from watching TV shows about Doctor Who is that it wasn't really planned right from the start but what with having a very sucessful show and the lead actor wanting to leave it was the best way of replacing him and still carrying on before.

It has to be said though that I think it's a *genius* plot device. How many shows have there been where the lead actor quits or is fired and then the show goes into freefall because of the lack of the original star? There are a couple that have managed to survive by replacing them completely with a new character (Charmed for example) but to have a reason why a new actor is playing the same character and not just pretend didn't happen is a great idea. OK, so they've now limited the number of regenerations to thirteen (I think it's thirteen anyway) but they can always get around that by saying the Doctor is special or something. And anyway even if you don't count Peter Cushing from the films David Tennant is only the tenth Doctor so they can have another three regenerations before that becomes an issue.

Hey Bevis,

I never heard of David Tennant. Is he Chris Eccleston's replacement as Dr. Who for the next series?

He is indeed. He's been in a few things here in teh UK, but whether they've made it beyond our shores I couldn't say. He played Casanova in a recent TV drama thingy that the Beeb did and he's very good. Not sure if he's using his Scottish accent as the Doctor (it was hard to tell from the few words he said at the end of the final episode of Dr Who) but he's... well, ou look at him and think that he shouldn't be terribly sexy or charasmatic but then you see him on screen and oh my goodness is he hot. He's just incredibly charming on screen, very, very sexy and a good actor to boot, so he should fit into the Doctor Who role very well. I hope.

I thought Peter Davison had the hottie stamp when he did Dr. Who

For Bevis:

Original series went from 1963 to 1989

i missed the final episode !! guess i'll have to wait for the DVD to come out !!

Matthew.

It definitely wasn't planned from the beginning.

I believe that William Hartnell didn't really want to leave but that he was in ill health and couldn't keep up with what was a demanding film schedule.

Note to Bevis:

Tried downloading some info concerning David Tennant off the Internet Movie Database website. Regrettably, the dude did not have a face pic, so i might have to take your word about how good looking he is.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/gallery/13gallery/index.shtml - See the last couple of pics.

Or http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/ram/bb/regeneration_16x9_bb.ram for the regen scene

Figured I'd post this here instead of the Series 2 thread.

The USA will finally be getting the good Doctor. But it is just the DVD release of Series 1. BBC Video will be releasing "Doctor Who: The Complete First Series" in Region 1 format on Valentines Day, February 14, 2006. While the set will contain more than 4 hours of extras it will carry a hefty price tag, $99.98. A bit pricey for a 13 episode series.

I also found it interesting that the BBC claims they are releasing the DVD set in advance of plans of licensing the series for broadcast in the US. Earlier this year it was they couldn't find an outlet. I wonder if they now plan to leverage decent DVD sales to get a network to carry it.

$100??? Man, the UK version is only $74! Even with shipping to the US it would be cheaper to import them (assuming one has a region free dvd player).

for the two-hour American premier scheduled for tomorrow night (3/17) on the Sci-Fi channel .

Yeah! can't wait to see them again!

i'm hoping the new Doctor Who is successful here in the US, enough so that the Sci-Fi Channel orders the second series too.....