Really? No Whovians in the House?
In a little over 2 hours, the BBC will broadcast the 50th Anniversary episode of Doctor Who, complete with 3 Doctors, a cute companion and Daleks amongst other villains.
I was pretty sure I'd find a excited thread in Off-Topic by now. I am not particularly hardcore (only started watching with Matt Smith's Doctor, and was initially drawn in by Amy Pond. lol) But 50 years?! FIFTY years! That's absolutely amazing for a Sci-fi show about a man with a police box that flies through space and time and fights aliens that have bathroom plungers for arms! I just felt it had to be marked in some way in this forum!
Anyways I hope the episode lives up to expectations.
I was pretty sure I'd find a excited thread in Off-Topic by now. I am not particularly hardcore (only started watching with Matt Smith's Doctor, and was initially drawn in by Amy Pond. lol) But 50 years?! FIFTY years! That's absolutely amazing for a Sci-fi show about a man with a police box that flies through space and time and fights aliens that have bathroom plungers for arms! I just felt it had to be marked in some way in this forum!
Anyways I hope the episode lives up to expectations.
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I'm a big factor who fan. Started with Matt smith, and will be sad to see him go.
If your confused by the show, just think of it as magic, not science. This helps a lot.
I love Steven Moffat as a writer, like a British Joss Whedan, or is Joss Whedan an American Steven Moffat? lol
Ah... should have thought a while ago about doing some new crossover stuff.
Aerie would probably make the best companion; she has the curiosity and wide eyed wonder that The Doctor likes... although The Doctor now is one of the few characters who could legitimately call anything she does whining.
Just a thought
And besides, most of actors from the old days are very old and no longer look the part anymore. Colin Baker looks like an entirely different person these days, for example. He got a whole mini-episode to himself? Better than a cameo.
The bunny stole the show IMHO.
it depends on what they do next. What it implies is that now the doctor is trying to right his past wrongs, save gallifry. That could be good.
I wonder what there going to do with Clara, who her other person is going to be. She needs an earth freind soon. (Like Amy had Rory, rose had Micky.)
I'm liking Clara.
My first impression was to agree with you. The real world has no convenient loop-holes to find a happy ending, so I found that ending a bit of a cop-out, especially with the Daleks
My favourite Dr Who episodes are the ones that have some depth, and examine really difficult issues. Like "The Girl Who Waited" was absolutely heartbreaking, and I was genuinely kinda angry with the Doctor about quickly he seemed to have got over it in the 'monster of the week' style. Amy's fate in that episode is actually way more tragic than in her actual last episode, which was only difficult for the Doctor from a selfish perspective cos he'd never see her again.
However, I get the feeling that modern shows are filled with nitty-gritty morality and dark realism. I've been watching Game of Thrones and Homeland, and after all that darkness, it is kinda refreshing to see a more idealised protagonist and more happy endings.
i can't believe moffat did something good what's going on
even tennat was good ahhh
What does that mean?
I think it's the combination of there being no Rose and no RTD
I never liked rose.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01m3kfy
I watched Doctor Who religiously from whence Christopher Eccelston saw The Doctor back on our screens. I was impressed with his run. David Tennant was also great Doctor. I watched every episode of every season, and every special. Matt Smith was next, and after a few episodes of his debut season I inconceivably lost interest. It was a hard act to follow after Tennant and Russell T. Davies. It is only recently that I came back to give the Smith and Moffat era another chance. Smith grew on me. I like his version of The Doctor. He's a good actor. The writing has often been lacking, though. I found myself yawning during more of seasons five and six than any other. It's been Doctor Who continuity and the brilliant Matt Smith that have kept me watching.
Steven Moffat wrote some of my favorite episodes previously, whilst working under Russell T. Davies. So it certainly wasn't an expected turn of events to be yawning during his reign at the helm.