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[Hot Coldman]

Was that in Name of the Doctor? I don't remember that at all.

It's when she jumps into the Doctor's timestream, rather than the initial montage of Doctor encounters at the beginning.

 

[Fiktion]

 

[Mariolee]

It's when she jumps into the Doctor's timestream, rather than the initial montage of Doctor encounters at the beginning.

Wow, I can't believe I missed that.

 

[RedShift]

Was that in Name of the Doctor? I don't remember that at all.

It's in the montage of Clara with all the old footage. I missed it the first time because 10 is so hard to see in it.

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

Interesting how in that moment with him twirling his walking stick

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The Silence appear to be walking alongside him. Temporary alliance?

 

[Mariolee]

Interesting how in that moment with him twirling his walking stick

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The Silence appear to be walking alongside him. Temporary alliance?

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Yup.

 

[Fuzzy]

This teefury design from a few weeks ago should be in this thread.

http://www.teefury.com/gallery/2691/Doc_Around_the_Clock/

 

[acheron_xl]

This teefury design from a few weeks ago should be in this thread.

http://www.teefury.com/gallery/2691/Doc_Around_the_Clock/

Needs more John Hurt.

 

[Mariolee]

Needs more John Hurt.

I can no longer accept any Doctor compilation without John Hurt. He did a really bang up job.

 

[bengraven]

Needs to be a clock.

I keep hearing "Die Motherfucker, Die motherfucker, die" when I see the first few cuts.

 

[paradox121]

So will there be some kind of vote or discussion on Smith's best episode or is that kinda tedious and cliched?

I'm mainly curious because I'd actually say there's a difference between the best Smith episode and the best episode that happens to feature the 11th Doctor.

 

[Fiktion]

So will there be some kind of vote or discussion on Smith's best episode or is that kinda tedious and cliched?

I'm mainly curious because I'd actually say there's a difference between the best Smith episode and the best episode that happens to feature the 11th Doctor.

Most of the votes will go to either The Eleventh Hour or The Doctor's Wife, I think.

 

[Zeppu]

So will there be some kind of vote or discussion on Smith's best episode or is that kinda tedious and cliched?

I'm mainly curious because I'd actually say there's a difference between the best Smith episode and the best episode that happens to feature the 11th Doctor.

What's the point in discussing. We all know it's The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe.

 

[Ser Goje]

Did his

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costume change on the last shot? Could be Capaldi's?

So will there be some kind of vote or discussion on Smith's best episode?

The Doctor's wife. really liked the Angels Take Manhattan too.

 

[APZonerunner]

Did his

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costume change on the last shot? Could be Capaldi's?

Nah. He's straight-up got a different costume for most of this episode. It's very similar to the one he wore in The Snowmen, just slight differences. His 'current' costume seems to appear briefly too, based on episode shots that have been released.

So will there be some kind of vote or discussion on Smith's best episode or is that kinda tedious and cliched?

I'm mainly curious because I'd actually say there's a difference between the best Smith episode and the best episode that happens to feature the 11th Doctor.

It'll be a fun discussion to have, but the dust needs to settle on his time a bit first. The corpse needs to be cold. Could be a fun one for the run up to the new series!

My favourite Smith episode is probably actually A Christmas Carol. He's a bit of a caricature in it, but is also brilliant, and it's just a lovely, heartfelt episode. That, then The Doctor's Wife, then The Eleventh Hour.

 

[Auron_Kale]

Got a crash course into Doctor Who during the lead up to Day of the Doctor as BBCA was showing all seven seasons of the reboot during that week though I'm due for a proper watch/rewatch.

Can't wait to see Capaldi though as Twelve.

As for whom I'd consider my Doctor, probably Ten slightly edges out Eleven for me, though I also am fond of Nine.

 

[Mudcrab]

Aww yeah new thread. I'm ready for an older Doctor and tumblr tears.

 

[Fuzzy]

Needs more John Hurt.

From now on I'm calling him the 8:30 Doctor.

 

[8bit]

The walking stick twirl makes me think of a Clockwork Orange.

 

[Escape Goat]

Can Dr Who be a woman? Ive only seen two episodes of the show.

 

[infiniteloop]

Can Dr Who be a woman? Ive only seen two episodes of the show.

Yes.

 

[Magwik]

This song is ending, but the story never ends.

 

[twobear]

hi sorry can we get a title change please it should be '13's hour is over...the clock is striking 14'. thanks.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Can Dr Who be a woman? Ive only seen two episodes of the show.

yep

 

[Zeppu]

Can Dr Who be a woman? Ive only seen two episodes of the show.

Yes. The most recent refernce that Time Lords can change gender was in The Doctor's Wife where the Doctor says that the Corsair was a woman a couple of times.

 

[acheron_xl]

Yes. The most recent refernce that Time Lords can change gender was in The Doctor's Wife where the Doctor says that the Corsair was a woman a couple of times.

Actually, the most recent was in The Night of the Doctor. Unless you don't count the sisterhood's regeneration potions.

 

[WyndhamPrice]

Can Dr Who be a woman? Ive only seen two episodes of the show.

It's possible, and there's been passing references to other Time Lords who have regenerated into women (or vice versa).

Will it ever happen on this show? Maaaaaaaybe.

 

[Zeppu]

Actually, the most recent was in The Night of the Doctor. Unless you don't count the sisterhood's regeneration potions.

You're absolutely right. Completely slipped my mind, that.

 

[Auron_Kale]

Aww yeah new thread. I'm ready for an older Doctor and tumblr tears.

Funny enough, most of the tumblr feeds I follow are looking forward to Capaldi as Twelve. Will they miss Smith? Of course, just as they've missed Eccleston, Tennant and all of the other Doctors but none are actually going to quit watching because we've got an older Doctor rather than a younger one.

 

[Fiktion]

Capaldi will be the best Doctor of the modern era by a large margin, and a strong candidate for best Doctor of all time.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Capaldi will be the best Doctor of the modern era by a large margin, and a strong candidate for best Doctor of all time.

In reality, he could be amazing. Tennant still is my favorite.

 

[aHebrewMenagerie]

It's possible, and there's been passing references to other Time Lords who have regenerated into women (or vice versa).

Will it ever happen on this show? Maaaaaaaybe.

All people I've talked to have voiced their opinion that the Doctor should always be a man. It seems like the only people who want a female Doctor are celebrities trying to be politically correct.

 

[Hot Coldman]

All people I've talked to have voiced their opinion that the Doctor should always be a man. It seems like the only people who want a female Doctor are celebrities trying to be politically correct.

FWIW, most people have no idea what they want out of a new Doctor. We all just go "errr, him maybe? That guy? This guy?" then they pick someone we never really expected and then we go "ohhhh, of course, it couldn't have been anyone else". Even Capaldi was one we never really expected to actually happen, as much as we loved to dream about it.

Woman or not, they'd pick the right person for the role once again, and the majority would be cool with it once they make their debut.

 

[Fiktion]

All people I've talked to have voiced their opinion that the Doctor should always be a man. It seems like the only people who want a female Doctor are celebrities trying to be politically correct.

I would like to see a female Doctor if they can find the right actress. Would she be straight? Lesbian? Bi? Would she travel with a male companion? How would her old acquaintances react to meeting her as a woman? I'd like answers to these questions.

 

[aHebrewMenagerie]

I would like to see a female Doctor if they can find the right actress. Would she be straight? Lesbian? Bi? Would she travel with a male companion? How would her old acquaintances react to meeting her as a woman? I'd like answers to these questions.

I'd like to see maybe a bisexual Doctor. It's already been implied that he is, but I'd like to see one maybe a bit more pronounced.

 

[zeemumu]

I just recently caught up on Dr. Who all the way from the first episode of the rebooted series. It took a while but now I can finally be hype for the next season.

 

[bengraven]

You know, I've been rewatching 7 and I'm going to say that i think Matt Smith is seriously one of our great new actors. I would argue that, likely until Capaldi takes over, he is the best ACTOR of the three new Whos.

I think we can expect some really great things from him after this.

 

[Avixph]

I would like to see a female Doctor if they can find the right actress. Would she be straight? Lesbian? Bi? Would she travel with a male companion? How would her old acquaintances react to meeting her as a woman? I'd like answers to these questions.

There already is a female Doctor but she goes by the name Jenny.

 

[Fuu]

Yeah, of course. I just think that the perception (one I keep seeing) that the one in Asylum was drastically better is insanity - if anything, she's worse. She's uber cute though, don't get me wrong, and is entirely serviceable as a one-shot character who dies, which she is. That test -- I think even Amy barely scrapes by it as well, to be honest. She gets by, but so much of her is defined by being left behind by the Doctor as a kid, which is a fun conceit in Series 5 but then she barely really pushes beyond that. That's Moffat, though. I'd argue there's as much actual raw character information about Martha, the weakest of the previous set, in "Smith & Jones" than there is in two and a half series' of Amy. None of them even come close to touching Donna or Rose in terms of being real people, sadly. It's one of the great casualties of them removing the returning home/family element. Brian was great, but came too late.

I think she would have been a more interesting companion from the simple fact that she was from the future. That alone makes her a bit less insipid to me than contemporary-spunky-girl. Her reactions to things would have been more colorful at least, and her "we're both geniuses" banter with the Doctor was more fun than almost everything he had with Clara afterwards. I rolled my eyes when they made Clara bad with computers in Bells, "wifi? wussdat?". Not to mention it's another character trait that barely served the plot and led nowhere, the Great Intelligence made her a super hacker but we don't even know if that faded away or anything.

Space Clara was never in the plans like Clary Poppins anyway, and in the end I agree that in Asylum alone she isn't that much better than Clara under a critical analysis, but I was so increasingly disappointed when the actual companion turned out paper-thin that I guess the good qualities of her other incarnations were increased in my mind, haha.

I know Capaldi will do a fantastic job, but since companions are such an important aspect for me (and arguably for the show itself) my biggest wish for the new series is for her to become an actual well-developed character. TotD already has something we should have gotten a long ago, which is a look on her family, so I'm curious about where we go from here.

 

[Fiktion]

There already is a female Doctor but she goes by the name Jenny.

Nah.

 

[paradox121]

I would like to see a female Doctor if they can find the right actress. Would she be straight? Lesbian? Bi? Would she travel with a male companion? How would her old acquaintances react to meeting her as a woman? I'd like answers to these questions.

I think maybe answering these questions is what turns people off the idea. Only in the sense that there isn't much of a non-awkward way to do it.

Like, the first thing I think of when people bring up a female Doctor is how you do the whole post-regeneration getting used to being a woman thing without it being cliche or offensive. Do you hand it over to a female writer? At which point is that offensive because you're implying women are only good at writing for women? It's a tough balancing act.

Kinda crazy to me that a non-white Doctor would probably be a heck of a lot less controversial than a woman.

 

[Hot Coldman]

I think maybe answering these questions is what turns people off the idea. Only in the sense that there isn't much of a non-awkward way to do it.

Like, the first thing I think of when people bring up a female Doctor is how you do the whole post-regeneration getting used to being a woman thing without it being cliche or offensive. Do you hand it over to a female writer? At which point is that offensive because you're implying women are only good at writing for women? It's a tough balancing act.

Kinda crazy to me that a non-white Doctor would probably be a heck of a lot less controversial than a woman.

It's Doctor Who, it's camp enough to get away with a new Doctor going "BREASTS" or something

IDK

 

[Blader]

I rolled my eyes when they made Clara bad with computers in Bells, "wifi? wussdat?".

The Bells of Saint John is Moffat's worst episode and my big part of that, for me at least, is Clara's characterization. The idea that any 20something-year-old girl in 2013 could be *that* oblivious about the Internet and using computers is just...really fucking stupid.

 

[Fuu]

You know, I've been rewatching 7 and I'm going to say that i think Matt Smith is seriously one of our great new actors. I would argue that, likely until Capaldi takes over, he is the best ACTOR of the three new Whos.

I think we can expect some really great things from him after this.

Matt's acting totally elevates the material in many episodes of 7, I'd loved it if we got at least one more series with outstanding scripts for him to work with.

 

[Fiktion]

I think maybe answering these questions is what turns people off the idea. Only in the sense that there isn't much of a non-awkward way to do it.

Like, the first thing I think of when people bring up a female Doctor is how you do the whole post-regeneration getting used to being a woman thing without it being cliche or offensive. Do you hand it over to a female writer? At which point is that offensive because you're implying women are only good at writing for women? It's a tough balancing act.

Kinda crazy to me that a non-white Doctor would probably be a heck of a lot less controversial than a woman.

It doesn't have to be a treatise on gender relations, just have her be like "I'm a girl! Never been a girl before! Fascinating!" and let her go on as usual. There's nothing about the Doctor as a character that is uniquely masculine.

 

[Blader]

Matt's a really great actor, but I still think Tennant edges him out a bit. The look on Tennant's face in The End of Time when he realizes what the four knocks prophecy is, and his subsequent outburst over it, is imo the best piece of acting in the whole show.

 

[Quick Mustard]

Matt's a really great actor, but I still think Tennant edges him out a bit. The look on Tennant's face in The End of Time when he realizes what the four knocks prophecy is, and his subsequent outburst over it, is imo the best piece of acting in the whole show.

I love Tennant, but I feel this scene matches what he did with the four knocks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xepAX4F0M7c#t=40

Gets me everytime.

 

[APZonerunner]

I love Tennant, but I feel this scene matches what he did with the four knocks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xepAX4F0M7c#t=40

Gets me everytime.

We'll see what Matt does post-Doctor Who, but the range he's displayed in work outside of the show hasn't got a patch on the stuff Eccleston or Tennant have done, really. He's significantly younger, but to be honest I don't expect him to do anything close to their theatre work, really.

I don't think he's write-home amazing in that Trenzalore scene, but I think his real tentpole scene is his goodbye to Amy in The Big Bang. Really wonderful scene.

 

[paradox121]

It's Doctor Who, it's camp enough to get away with a new Doctor going "BREASTS" or something

IDK

I guess. Like I say it depends on who's writing that. If someone like Moffat had a five minute riff on 'I have boobs now' (which you totally know he would) people would be rightfully upset. I think the show just needs female writers/directors etc firmly in place before embarking on the great female Doctor horizon.

Did I read a rumour somewhere that there was going to be a female writer in S8?

It doesn't have to be a treatise on gender relations, just have her be like "I'm a girl! Never been a girl before! Fascinating!" and let her go on as usual. There's nothing about the Doctor as a character that is uniquely masculine.

Yeah I like the idea of the Doctor approaching it from a scientific, new discovery outlook. Having her first words be 'Finally!' would be awesome. Just get that stuff out of the way in the first episode.

 

[Quick Mustard]

We'll see what Matt does post-Doctor Who, but the range he's displayed in work outside of the show hasn't got a patch on the stuff Eccleston or Tennant have done, really. He's significantly younger, but to be honest I don't expect him to do anything close to their theatre work, really.

I don't think he's write-home amazing in that Trenzalore scene, but I think his real tentpole scene is his goodbye to Amy in The Big Bang. Really wonderful scene.

Ahh yea, that scene with Amy went over my head :/