Doctor Who: First Timers (spoilers!)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

"Nice to meet you Rose, run for your life!"

I'm finally starting to watch Doctor Who! Starting with the recent revival - series 1, episode 1 - Rose. I know Liz is also, so we can compare notes here!

Thread says spoilers, but please, confine your spoilers to where Liz and I are in our watching! :D

[Dasquian Belargic]

After seeing your post on Facebook, I popped in my series 1 DVD and started watching too! Let us know how you liked it once the episode is over, and I can answer any questions that you might have without you accidentally spoiling yourself by searching for something on Google (..I'm looking at you, Liz ;))


Jackie: I'm in my dressing gown.
The Doctor: Yes, you are.
Jackie: There's a strange man in my bedroom.
The Doctor: Yes, there is.
Jackie: Anything could happen.
The Doctor: ...No :)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I enjoyed it! I will never feel comfortable around a mannequin again. That exchange you quoted between Rose's mum and the Doctor was hilarious. :lol No specific questions, other than why exactly Rose was with that stupid guy and why did it take so long for her to realize he was plastic!

I am passably familiar with the story conceits of the series, and now I am on to episode two! The year 5 Billion - The End of the World!

[Dasquian Belargic]

Is there some channel running a marathon of episodes?

It did seem to take Rose a looong time to realise that she was with plastic Mickey, especially when his hair looked so goofy. I guess that can only be explained by the fact that she was just so baffled by everything that was going on around her that she didn't notice Mickey being.. stranger than usual!

Here's a relevant picture from the Doctor Who exhibition that came to Newcastle - and yes they were anamatronics. They twitched and turned their heads :uhoh

[Lilaena De'Ville]

It's available on Netflix Instant - that's where I'm watching it. :)

[Captain Untouchable]

Random trivia fact(s) for the (first) episode:

The robot manequins ("Autons") first appeared in Doctor Who back in 1970, in the first episode with Jon Pertwee, the third Doctor. This was the first Doctor Who episode in colour... making the Autons the first monsters to appear in colour.

[Chaz de Coventina]

Stayed up far too late watching it - am going to start in on episode 5 tonight! =D

[Captain Untouchable]

Stayed up far too late watching it - am going to start in on episode 5 tonight! =D

Lies! It's never too late to be watching Doctor Who. :shakefist

[Chaz de Coventina]

But it makes me useless at work!

Also, was not expecting it to be quite so TERRIFYING. Pretty well every episode I have watched at least one portion from behind my hands while kicking at the air.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Ohh you're blitzing through Liz :D

Stephen Moffat's episodes - 1x09 "The Empty Child" and 1x10 "The Doctor Dances" - are highlights of this series for me. Hopefully you'll see why he's been made Head Writer from series 5 onwards :)

[Chaz de Coventina]

Its addictive! First I was all, "Well, well, well, I`ll give you a try, Dr Who..." *SCEPTICAL EYEBROW ARCH*

And then I watched the pilot. And then I didn`t go to bed until 4 am. :lol

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Well I'm only on episode two so try to refrain from spoiling past then! :D

[Mu Satach]

Adddddddddictive.... you both are in for some fun.

[Captain Untouchable]

But it makes me useless at work!

Also, was not expecting it to be quite so TERRIFYING. Pretty well every episode I have watched at least one portion from behind my hands while kicking at the air.

There are some properly terrifying ones to come. There's kind of a cult thing in the UK where you're meant to watch Doctor Who from behind the sofa, so you're in a better position to hide when the scaries come on. :ohno

[Mu Satach]

What I find completely brilliant is that the show is ridiculously scary at times. It inspires me greatly.

[Captain Untouchable]

I think the show's real stroke of genius is to make things that are relatively normal - and perhaps even a little silly at times - into something scary. It works, because it preys on where fear has never gone before.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Ok I've seen the first three, watched The Unquiet Dead last night. I think its refreshing that the Doctor isn't omniscient - he makes a genuine mistake this episode.

Another thing I loved in the first episode was when Rose enters the TARDIS for the first time. The camera stays on her face but we know what she's seeing (well I did anyway)... and then she goes out and runs around the police box like a crazy person. It felt like a real reaction someone would have being presented with the same situation. :)

[Chaz de Coventina]

Saved The Empty Child for tonight. Oooh.

I love the Doctor`s enthusiasm during all the madness - personally I`d be finding a cupboard where I could hidde with my eyes shut and me ears stopped, but he launches into the chaos with such childlike glee. It`s fantastic. :lol

But then you catch glimpses of his serious face and it`s hardcore, man.

[Mu Satach]

Saved The Empty Child for tonight. Oooh.


Mommy? Are you my mommy?

Again, ridiculously simple brilliant CREEPY stuff. :)

Heh...

[Chaz de Coventina]

can`t wait to see it! literally everyone cites that ep when the subject of the show comes up. only a few more hours of work and then hoooome to netflix. :dance

[Wyl Staedtler]

Finally watched The Empty Child & The Doctor Dances (also Boom Town). Further thoughts to come.

THOUGHTS THAT CAME:

Let it just be said that it is a good thing there were no water bottles near me while I was watching the two-parter. Things could have gotten ugly, yo.

The very first mummy and glimpse of the kid on the roof reduced me to bundle of nerves and I spent the rest of the time watching through my fingers and alternatively screaming and kicking the air in savage defense. Sometimes both. The worst parts were watching people's faces mutate into the gask masks - horrifying D= and when the sister/mummy is hiding beneath the table and creepy Jamie is walking around looking for her and all you see from beneath the tablecloth are his legs. The tension there was so thick and when she made a break for it and he whipped around I nearly pissed myself in fright!

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I also just watched those two episodes!

Mummy...

[Dasquian Belargic]

Just this once, everybody lives! :3

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Does the world end if the Doctor dances? :3

I liked it, and I liked Captain Jack (who I know goes on to Torchwood and has a very convoluted timeline).

[Peter McCoy]

Jack Harkness is a legend! John Barrowman is awesome in the part.

I'm currently on Series 2. I think I've got two episodes to go - just watched the one with Peter Kay - brilliant! Hehe! Going to see him in November.

[Wyl Staedtler]

I still have yet to come properly around to Captain Jack but he's slowly wearing me down, damn him. What a bastard. :shakefist

Annnnd that's the first series done!

Have to say, there are a lot of moments and creatures in this show so far that have scared the pants off me but the Daleks aren't included. I can't even take them seriously - they're like little saltshakers with warbly voices and obsessive personalities. :lol

But I really enjoyed the finale and there were a few moments where I found myself getting really caught up in the emotions of it, something that doesn't happen often even with shows I lovelovelove. My brother wanted to know what was wrong with me.

A couple of my favourite bits:

The Doctor's goodbye message to Rose as he sent her home in the TARDIS slayed me. Auugh, so gorgeous. "If you want to remember me you can do one thing, that's all, one thing: have a good life. Do that for me, Rose. Have a fantastic life."

Also: "Coward. Any day." Oh, you lie, you brilliant man. :love That moment just summed up the Doctor for me.

Time-hopped Rose was so badass and even though the lines leading up to it made me cringe a bit the fact that they finally KISSED :dance was awesome.

What a great lead-in to the next season! I wasn't sure what to expect in regards to the doctor changing forms but it was really well done and flowed perfectly within the bounds of the scene. Fantastic last-first words!

WHAT'S UP SERIES 2, HERE I COME.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Augh spoilers!

;)

[Dasquian Belargic]

WHAT'S UP SERIES 2, HERE I COME.

In the words of the Tenth Doctor himself: Allons-y!

[Taya Robbins]

It's so much fun to read your reactions - it's almost like experiencing the show for the first time again! :)

As regards the series 1 finale in particular: I remember seeing Christopher Eccleston morph into the skinny, spazzy David Tennant and thinking, "Who's this goofball?" He didn't have the gravitas Eccleston did, and he came out sounding silly, and I just knew it wouldn't be the same Doctor I was used to.

And I was right. Tennant's Doctor is so different from Eccleston's and yet so, so brilliant. Eccleston has more of a rough edge around him - you can tell he's the product of his horrific experiences in the Time War. Tennant... is just Tennant. He's even more mad, even more fun, and yet is still able to turn on the pathos and be the compassionate Doctor, or turn on the danger and be the Oncoming Storm. I honestly cannot choose a favorite Doctor, but now that Eccleston's laid the groundwork, the stories only get more intense and more breathtaking from here on out. You're in for a great ride. :)

Oh, and I'm not sure how they're laid out in Netflix - does Series 2 include the first Christmas Special?

[Chaz de Coventina]

Think so! That`s The Christmas Invasion, yes? I`m halway through that but I had to pause because, duh, hockey. :love

I`m still trying to get used to the changes! I was so attached and haven`t had time to adjust yet. Oh, Mr. Eccleston, you were grand. A gentleman and a scholar, bru. *one tear*

[Polly Smithson]

Ahaha this needs like weeks of practice but it's vaguely recognizable, sort of? Whatever, I vote someone who knows how to read music and what the various keys are actually called get the sheet music. *coughHOLLYcough* *coughCHRISTINcough* ;)


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[Lilaena De'Ville]

What's the music called? Then I can search for the music. ;)

I watched Boom Town and Bad Wolf today. Still trying to catch up with Liz! Hopefully nap time tomorrow will be Dr. Who time for me.

Thoughts on those episodes - poor Mickey, and the Daleks are kinda silly. But the killer tv shows were very entertaining!

[Wyl Staedtler]

the song is I Am The Doctor. :D

[Dasquian Belargic]

It's composed by Murray Gold if that's any help :)

[Peter McCoy]

I finished Series 2. I shan't pass comment until people have caught up.

[Aimee Connors]

the song is I Am The Doctor. :D
Also you did an awesome job on it, I'm not sure what you're complaining about. I can read sheet music but I can't pick a song from the air like that. ^_^;

[Wyl Staedtler]

Well it sort of sounds right but it's really jilted and there are lots of false starts and bad notes where my fingers didn't land right. They basically spend the whole time freaking out and going, "Whatwhatwhatwhat are you trying to make us do, we don't understaaand!:ohno" Especially coming from a guitar background where the left hand does all the complicated work and the right hand just chills out with a strum pattern that's more or less in time with the fretboard, trying to get both hands to do their own twiddly bits with different tempos is just... augh. Murder, man.


Get cracking on that song, woman! We need a pro's rendition.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I'll do my best tomorrow! Just finished up Series 1 tonight. Excellent! Rose all TARDIS-ed out at the end was incredibly awesome. I thought the effects were pretty good - and pretty too. And I'm glad Jack isn't dead, lol!

"Barcelona!"

Series Two starting tomorrow, then. :)

[Droo]

It's too early in the game for I Am The Doctor, you whippersnappers! So, in the spirit of Number Ten, here's something for you both to sink your teeth into:

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:D

[Aimee Connors]

I got the music for that too, shhh ;)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Ahaha did you know that in the mobile style spoiler tags don't work? :p I have just realized that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObjMhIvckmg&feature=youtube_gdata_player my second attempt through All The Strange Strange Creatures. I tried like ten times to record The Face of Boe, but I kept messing up when the camera was rolling, so I'll try it again later.

Edit: yes my version is way too slow but I'll get better! That two handed arrangement you posted Droo is gorgeous :)

edit edit: two handed!? FOUR hands! >_<

[Dasquian Belargic]

:lol you guys will have to do a live, synchronised webcast to get that one right

[Wyl Staedtler]

:ohno

You play so well, Holly. Ahaha I'm not even going to post my attempt at figuring it out - when we meet up next year you have to show me how you get your right hand to sound as though it's playing two parts at once! :D

ETA: gnnn all the music is so pretty :love listened to The Dream of a Normal Death tonight and gave it a go (along with another stab at ATSSC). Pretty bareboned yet, but its such a gorgeous song. Although I should probably stop lest I get spoiled by song titles like with BSG. :uhoh

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[Lilaena De'Ville]

^_^ I have that same Phantom of the Opera music book. :D

edit: your piano seems backwards, what happened?! High notes on the left?! O_o

[Polly Smithson]

haha that`s my sister-in-law`s music. She`s a fantastic player but refuses to teach Fitz and I because we get frustrated trying to read music and having it come out not the way we hear it. We`re so lame like that.

The piano is MAGIC. (no but really I just recorded it with a webcam so everything is inverted.)

[Tom Harriman]

edit: your piano seems backwards, what happened?! High notes on the left?! O_o

As a leftie, I would love one of those magic pianos. When I try to play by ear, my brain naturally wants my left hand to do the lead/melody/high type parts, and gets confused when the notes suddenly come out in the wrong key. >_<

[Tess Abrahams]

Arrrgh come on now! RULE NUMBER ONE. Just... stop wandering off, you idiots!

This show. :love

[Tess Abrahams]

Started The Idiot's Lantern and already love it! MY FAVOURITE ERA. I can't wait to get home (at the theatre right now) and finish it. The goal is to be done with season two and start season three tomorrow.

Sadly I am working tomorrow morning and tomorrow evening is bridge night so this means that I will have to be irresponsible and pull an all nighter. Because it is for Doctor Who, I am going with the "it's going to make me a better person in the long run" excuse. ;)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I'm falling so far behind :uhoh

I'm just at the one with Sarah Jane in it.

[Colonel M. James Hunter]

I'm falling so far behind :uhoh

I'm just at the one with Sarah Jane in it.

"We are in a car."

K9. :love

[Wyl Staedtler]

Augh. Just when I was getting over that fright from last week and nearly sleeping again, The Impossible Planet happens. D=

"Oh, oh in a second! But then again... that's so human. Where angels fear to tread... tven now, standing on the edge, it's that feeling you get, yeah? Right at the back of your head. That impulse... that strange little impulse... that mad little voice saying, "Go on! Go on! Go over! Go on!" Ahhhh I want a clip of this on my playlist. <3

[Dasquian Belargic]

2x09 The Satan Pit spoiler quote:

"If you get back in touch... if you talk to Rose... just tell her... tell her I... Oh, she knows..."

:3

Incidentally, I will just apologise in advance for "Fear Her" (2x11) which stands out in my mind as one of the worst Tennant episodes.

[Wyl Staedtler]

I just got to that part - oh god, this episode is so beautiful. And the music. *swoon*

Right, and that's series 2 done! Some gorgeous episodes in this set. Still crying my eyes out from the finale - bravo Billie Piper. Going to need a nice strong cup of tea with sugar in before I can start on the next set.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

The Girl in the Fireplace was really good, but sad. "My lonely angel..."

Loved the reveal of the ship's name at the end, too.

[Tess Abrahams]

HEY I KNOW THAT SONG.

Just watching Gridlock (meh) and All The Strange, Strange Creatures is playing! Muaha, hello there familiar territory.


eta:EIN MINUTEN BITTE WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE DOCTOR IS NOT ALONE, FACE OF BOE? DOES THIS MEAN HE IS NOT THE LAST OF THE TIMELORDS? IS THERE GOING TO BE A TIMELORDY REUNION? OH GOD I BET THE OTHER TIMELORD IS EVIL AND THERE WILL BE AN EPIC, EMOTIONALLY RENTING BATTLE. :eek OKAY THIS WHOLE EPISODE HAS SUDDENLY BECOMING INTERESTING BEYOND THE FATHER TED EXCELLENCE.


Also, what up Doctor, you are so totally broken-hearted over Rose. Look at you, trying to move on from your past... by going to the future. :love

[Dasquian Belargic]

Here come the drums... >D

[Peter McCoy]

Just watched Voyage of the Damned. It was okay I guess.

[Droo]

Just watched Voyage of the Damned. It was okay I guess.

I don't really rate any of the Christmas specials, except for A Christmas Carol which is wonderful, and what you will begin to notice now is that this is the start of a darker, and somewhat depressing, streak in Ten's adventures. In fact, until the arrival of Eleven, I find Season 4 onwards, the Doctor is too melancholy and has quite a dim outlook on things.

[Dasquian Belargic]

I'm starting a little army...

[Wyl Staedtler]

Muahaha yes. I can't wait for the blink shirts to show up!

[Dasquian Belargic]

Mine arrived today! :D

[Peter McCoy]

"Allons-y Alonso!"

Loved that line, as well as how happy he was saying it.

I shall be watching Series 4, Episode 1 tonight at some point :)

[Dasquian Belargic]

I actually just started on series 4 myself. I skipped Voyage of the Damned since I've seen that one before.

Soon it'll be time to watch series 5 again :eee

[Tess Abrahams]

HOLLY (OR ANYONE NOT UP TO EPISODE SEVEN OF SERIES THREE) DO NOT LOOK BELOW. THERE ARE PHOTOS, ONE OF WHICH CONTAINS A MINOR SPOILER, SORT OF.





... NO SERIOUSLY. DON'T LOOK.



















Finished 42. I... I think I have a crush on The Doctor? This wasn't supposed to happen.

But then there was this:


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And something about that face made something go huh. And between that moment and this moment:




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It just... clicked. Very out of the blue. And then I went and looked up screencaps to pinpoint the exact few seconds it happened.


Argh, I do not want to have a girlish fondness for this timelord ruffian. :shakefist

[Captain Untouchable]

Everyone has a girlish fondness for David Tennant. It's an inescapable law of physics.

[Dasquian Belargic]

My girlcrush is reserved for Matt Smith.. I love his little expressions :3

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[Polly Smithson]

Finished the brilliant human two-parter. Oh my goodness, when The Dream of a Normal Death came on with that montage... :cry

Blink is up and HELLO CAREY MULLIGAN! Props already and it's not even a full minute in. Now I want to go watch An Education and listen to Edith Piaf and smoke Gaulloise all over again. :love

[Dasquian Belargic]

DON'T BLINK WHATEVER YOU DO DON'T BLINK :ohno

[Polly Smithson]

See! This is the sort of scary that I like! The kind where your heart gives a massive thump and then stops and you're all fuzzy and dizzy and breathless for a moment before this prickly sensation rushes over your skin and then you recover and move on ONLY TO HAVE IT HAPPEN AGAIN THREE SECONDS LATER. :ohno

[Captain Untouchable]

Blink is still one of my favourite episodes. I made it through most of the episode without being too phased by it (I thought it was awesome, not scary), but then they do that bit with the whole "they could be anywhere" montage at the end, and then I had to walk past a bunch of statues the following day... >_<

It's always great when the Doctor meets people in the wrong order too, and I love all the little glimpses of other adventures that we don't get to see that happen in Season 3. Where were they going with that bow and arrow? What did the Doctor do to piss off Liz? All that stuff.

[Polly Smithson]

Oh man, anytime All The Strange, Strange Creatures starts up, I get excited because thangs about to get rowdy.

Also:

DEREK JACOBI IS A TIMELORD? AHAHA YESSS I TOTALLY CALLED THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN EPIC SHOWDOWN WHAT WHAT WHAT IS GOING ON HERE! :dance :crack

[Dasquian Belargic]

I'm pretty interested to see what you think of the end of series 3...

[Tess Abrahams]

I liked the first half better than the last half! :D The Master was incredible and his scenes with The Doctor are among my favourite of the series. Oh man, the "I forgive you." was wicked.

Props to Martha Jones! While she had a different relationship with The Doctor (I think I really liked the feel of things between he and Rose), I actually like her more as a character than Rose. Or Sarah Jane. ALl of them are lovely but Martha has a special spot in my heart. :)

Halfway through the Pompeii episode.

[Dasquian Belargic]

One of my fave Brit comedy actors is in the episode: Peter Capaldi (he plays Caecilius, the marble merchant). He's amazing in the political satire series, The Thick of It.

Also see if you can spot one of the Doctor's other companions amongst the citizens of Pompeii... ;)

[Tess Abrahams]

Oooh, okay!

Aha also, as slightly ridiculous as the episode with Adipose Industries was, I loved it so so much. Probably because its just an area that I have loads of experiences in but man, they were just spot on with portraying that corporation and the clients. The mimed conversation between The Doctor and Donna at the start had me rolling. :lol

Also the little fat children were adorable. I may sew one just for kicks. ^_^

[Dasquian Belargic]

The Adipose are adorable :3

But yes
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[Captain Untouchable]

One of my fave Brit comedy actors is in the episode: Peter Capaldi (he plays Caecilius, the marble merchant). He's amazing in the political satire series, The Thick of It.

Also see if you can spot one of the Doctor's other companions amongst the citizens of Pompeii... ;)

Caecilius and his family were the subjects of the Latin text books I studied at school. I felt kinda cool knowing that I'd studied the same stuff as some of the writers... until I realised that I'd studied Latin at school, and am thus banned from coolness. >_<

I love how Donna asks questions that no one else would think of. She seems to have a different perspective to the other companions... because she's not as busy fawning over the Doctor, I guess?

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Thanks to hormone overload I literally bawled at the end of Series 2. :cry

[Dasquian Belargic]

"Rose Tyler..." :cry

Great end to series 2 and one of the strongest Tennant moments IMO... at least where episodes written by someone other than Stephen Moffat are concerned.

[Captain Untouchable]

Thanks to hormone overload I literally bawled at the end of Series 2. :cry

Uh, yeah. Hormone overload was why I did that, too. :uhoh

[Polly Smithson]

Oh Holly, don`t worry. That`s a universally sob-worthy moment. I sat on the couch for a good half-hour after it ended, crying giant grief tears. It was ridiculous.

[Captain Untouchable]

Noticed that season 2 was available on demand for free with my V+ box, so I watched The Girl in the Fireplace today. Sophia Myles... *swoon* :love

Also, I love how this line - Would everyone just please calm down! Such a commotion, such distressing noise! Kindly remember that this is Versailles. This is the royal court, and we are French. - is both awesome, and slightly ridiculous given her accent. :lol

[Anna Fernandez]

Have you seen the show Moonlight? She's the lead in that - it was only one season but I loved it. :love

I watched the first two episodes of Series 3 yesterday as well. Donna was quite... shouty. :lol Not that I blame her! And I enjoyed seeing Martha Jones' first run in with the Doctor. I've actually seen episodes 3 and 4 before, but I'm going to watch them again because its been quite a while - the Shakespeare one and the traffic jam one. I stalled on The Impossible Planet for a while because I'd seen that and The Satan Pit before as well and was having trouble mustering up enthusiasm for watching them again, but I'm glad I just plowed through anyway.

Netflix just added Series... 5? The first one with the new Doctor. Anyway, so I'm hardly making a dent in the pile of episodes to watch. :lol

[Dasquian Belargic]

David Tennant and Catherine Tate are performing in Much Ado About Nothing in the West End... I want to see it :ohno

[Polly Smithson]

Gogogogo. Also pls sign the petition for it to be filmed and released on DVD for those of us who can`t go see. :(

[Dasquian Belargic]

Jace has a better chance than me. I can't afford the cost of travelling to/staying in London right now, with California looming on the horizon.

Here's a bit of the two of them trying to remember their lines on Graham Norton! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzjMLs_i-v8

[Captain Untouchable]

A buddy of mine is going, but right now I can't afford it either. :(

We'll see what happens after payday. :ohno

[Anna Fernandez]

Check out teefury .com - their shirt for today is called Eleven Doctors by zerobriant and it's pretty cool :)

[Peter McCoy]

Currently on Series 4, Disc 3. Just watched The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky last night.

This series is really teasing me with the Rose moments. Her appearance in the first episode, and last night when the Doctor used his sonic screwdriver to communicate with the Sontarans and the TARDIS, and Rose flashed on the monitor in the TARDIS just for a second.

Just awesome!

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Just finished the Last of The Time Lords - the Face of Boe reveal just blew my tiny mind.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Hey, that must mean you're onto series 4 now!

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Yep - watched the Christmas one (I'm sensing a robots run amok at Christmastime theme) Voyage of the Dammed with Katarina Gordislava in it (:lol) and then I suppose next up in the proper first episode of Series 4.

He always ends a series going "what... what?! What!" Its hilarious.:D

[Dasquian Belargic]

Nice outfit, Katarina ;)

[Peter McCoy]

Just about to get into beddy-byes to watch the two-part finale of Season 4. Then it's off to Droo's tomorrow to borrow the Specials.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I had the best dream about me and the Tenth Doctor last night. :3 :love

[Peter McCoy]

I had the best dream about me and you last night ;)

Getting in bed now to watch episode 3 of the Specials. Series 5 is in sight, along with my two favourite episodes after Blink.

[Peter McCoy]

Watched Series 5, Episode 1 last night with Droo. 2 to go, then it's time to wear this:

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[Droo]

Viddy well, little brother, viddy well! >D

[Peter McCoy]

Finally finished Series 5. It's taken so long as I'm easily distracted by other things I'm watching (X-Files, Star Trek and my Joss Whedon stuff). But what a finale! Bloody brilliant! And fezzes are cool.

[Dasquian Belargic]

At last :D I love that finale. Jace and I watched it at the same time and I remember we were both filled with so much childish glee and excitement for the whole duration. It was just magical.

[Wyl Staedtler]

Get out of the shadows!!!

WHAT IS HAPPENING. HOW DOES SHE KNOW THE DOCTOR? WHO IS THIS RIVER SONG PERSON(?)? :ohno

omg this episode. paused it twice already!

[Dasquian Belargic]

Just thinking about that episode gets me all emotional. Oh River :(

[Wyl Staedtler]

Oh ffffft, I was so excited for the end of the ep so that I would get answers and it's a two-parter. I need to go to bed! Damn you, Doctor Who, I will be useless tomorrow! :shakefist

What is up with this little girl? Who is this Dr. Moon? What/who is Cal? WHO IS RIVER?

P.S

I would like a wee Tardis notebook.

[Captain Untouchable]

Ssssssh. Spoilers.

;)

[Dasquian Belargic]

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk4lstvFrt1qbg1k0.gif

[Tom Harriman]

Technically, isn't that picture in itself a spoiler for Liz? :ohno

[Droo]

Oh God, Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead just gets worse everytime I return to it. And that is the cruel genius of the Moff.

[Karl Valten]

I just went through all 6 seasons of the restart in about 4 or 5 days.......I have no life.

XD

A question for my fellow Dr. Who newbies: What is the scariest monster so far?

Mine would be: The Weeping Angels

Those things freak the crap out of me.

[Captain Untouchable]

It's a tie between Angels and Silence for me. I think the former is perhaps scarier... but they managed to tap into some pretty primal, terrifying concepts with both of them. They're both monsters that you constantly have to keep your eyes on. And the Angels especially made walking through statue-heavy parts of Nottingham and London bloody terrifying!

[Wyl Staedtler]

Yeahhhh the Angels still freak me out if I think of them at night. Back to the wall! Don't blink!

Marathoning this weekend so I can get caught up.

Or maybe I'll do one or two eps a night so I can savour it.

Dilemma. :ohno

[Polly Smithson]

Watched Midnight last night. Eh, could take or leave that one. It was enjoyable, gave me nightmares, not as surprising as many, though - which isn't a bad thing by any means.

But then tonight I watched Turn Left. And I thought it was going to be meh. And then Rose showed up, which was exciting.

THEN THE LAST FIVE MINUTES HAPPENED. I don't think I've ever actually gasped aloud and sucked in that much breath in real life as I did when Bad Wolf turned up!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also my favourite Doctor Who song there at the end. :love

[Polly Smithson]

Hahaha.

Chick from Torchwood that I don't know: "That's not a planet..."

Liz: "It's a space station!" :lol

Sarah Jane: "It's a space station!"

Liz: ... :o ... :ohno


So far The Stolen Earth is awwwwesommme. Further edits to come.

ETA: OMG DALEKS!?

ETA2: OMG HARRIET SMITH :love

[Dasquian Belargic]

:o you're so close to meeting Eleven

[Polly Smithson]

20 minutes in, Journey's End!

[Dasquian Belargic]

Still a couple of specials to go, but :ohno

[John Glayde]

Summary of Journey's End... IN MUSICAL FORM. :ohno

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[Chartis]

So, I finished The End of Time just now. I was fully prepared to cry, having been warned by everyone that it would happen. And there I sat, watching the very touching end, a bit sad and nostalgic but still as dry-eyed as a summer drought.

There were two minutes left and I thought, they're all crazy, this isn't bad at all!

Then. Then.

"I don't want to go!"

Ohmygod. Ouch. :cry

[Emma Temple]

"He will knock four times."

When that prophecy came true... that was absolutely gutting. :(

[Dasquian Belargic]

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9gginaota1qc51qmo1_500.gif

TOO MANY FEELS

[Chartis]

I don't even know if this is a spoiler, but.

Man, that scene. It was the WAY he said it, blurted out in such sudden realization, like a death row inmate grabbed by that instant of terror right before the barbituate's injected. :ohno

[Dasquian Belargic]

It's all terribly sad but then
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m11fvuYpe51r99f4t.gif

[Chartis]

Bacon. Are you trying to poison me?

[Captain Untouchable]

Fish fingers and custard. :ohno

[Liz]

NO. NONONONONONONO.

NO. I REFUSE. I REFUSE.


The next episode has Angels. I thought we were done with those. Oh, God. I didn't sleep for weeks after the last time. :cry

[Dragon]

Oh, don't worry. They're actually more like comic relief this time.






Haha, no, I kid. They're terrifying. But seriously, watch it. :)

[Dasquian Belargic]

Just don't blink and you'll be fine ;)

[Karl Valten]

NO. NONONONONONONO.

NO. I REFUSE. I REFUSE.


The next episode has Angels. I thought we were done with those. Oh, God. I didn't sleep for weeks after the last time. :cry

Yeah, this one's a bit freakier than the last episode. :p

I think there are a total of 3 episodes with those damn things in them.

[Chartis]

Oh god. Mildly freaking out. What I had listed in my notes as a continuity error is possibly not and oh my god oh my god MY BRAIN IS GOING IN SHOCKING DIRECTIONS. :ohno

[Taya Robbins]

Please, do tell! :D

[Chartis]

Alright so, in Flesh and Blood when Amy is being left with her eyes closed in the middle of the forest, the Doctor disappears off-screen with River in his usual jaunty manic mood and then almost immediately afterward, we see his arms come back and he holds Amy's hands and is very earnest, very different - and his sleeves are rolled up, whereas seconds before they weren't. Also, he's now wearing black watch instead of the standard gold one.

THIS IS A DIFFERENT DOCTOR.

Which goes back to a line that keeps being repeated (first note I have of it is River in the library episode during the previous series) about 'the Doctor in the TARDIS'; during the first episode of the 5th series he was referred to by Prisoner X like this and then just when the crack appeared in the ship, Angel Bob said, "The Doctor in the TARDIS hasn't noticed", while the Doctor was standing right there. And yes yes technically he's not supposed to muck about with the timeline but this isn't his timeline, it's Amy's, so he can crisscross at will!

Then there's the whole 'time can be rewritten' bit that the Doctor keeps saying and the 11:59/12:00 time that keeps being stressed (Amy's bedroom clock as well as a clock in the TARDIS that keeps popping up in the background!) and his realization at the end of the episode that his 'sorting Amy out' is everything.

Oh god, I need to finish this season, stat. :ohno

[Taya Robbins]

Interesting theories, my friend. Very interesting...

Mildly spoilery reaction, nothing beyond what you've already covered: I'm very impressed with how many details you've picked up! I didn't notice those things on my first viewing, but then I wasn't watching with a notebook... Is yours TARDIS blue, by any chance? ;)

[Chartis]

Haha no, but it does have a collage of old book covers on it and looks suitably timeworn. ;)

If it weren't for Jace, I might have just written it off as nothing (which it very might well turn out to be!) I was complaining about the fact that halfway through the vampire episode, Amy finally saw fit to change her clothes despite the fact that up until then, no one had blinked at her running about the streets in a miniskirt and he pointed out that I hadn't been bothered by the wardrobe clue that I missed in Flesh and Stone.

So I flipped back and looked under my continuity error page and BAM. And then I rewatched certain parts that had seemed curious at the time. And then I freaked out at Jenny over Skype. :love

[Polly Smithson]

... I just.

I just want to sit here a minute and bask in the glow of sweet, staggering enthrallment. It needs to steep a bit. Oh, series 5. :love

[Captain Untouchable]

I can't wait to see Liz's reaction when she finds out that River is hahaha, made you look, you sneaky little bugger!

:ohno

[Polly Smithson]

Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace! :shakefist



eta: Haha actually, that was pretty good. Top marks, bru.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Did you finish??!

[Chartis]

Series 5 is done and dusted, baby. Starting 6 tomorrow. :ohno

[Bette Davis]

I decided to continue my watch through. Turns out that The Planet of the Ood was the last episode I watched (ugh, Ood :x)

So carrying on with the next episode, The Sontarum Strategum or whatever it is.

[Wyl Staedtler]

Holly, it gets so obscenely good. I mean, it was always great but it becomes this whole other class of amazing once you get to the 5th series. :love

[Serena Laran]

:) I watched The Poison Sky and there was a split second view of ROSE on the screen of the TARDIS before it became the Doctor talking to the Santarums when Donna was stuck inside it. wtf was that! I do remember that she showed up in the season premiere so I'm sure it wasn't an accident.

Are there more Ood episodes? I hate the Ood. :x

[Wyl Staedtler]

There aren't anymore Ood-centered episodes that I can remember, but the Ood show up all the time.

Oh man, you are so close to the best episodes of the season. :ohno

It's so fun being on the other side of the plot for a change!

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Does the Doctor's Daughter ever show up again or are we just to imagine she's running around the universe on her own for all of time?

[Barton Henning]

Does the Doctor's Daughter ever show up again or are we just to imagine she's running around the universe on her own for all of time?

She has yet to reappear in another episode. Though she did marry David Tennant in real life!

[Lilaena De'Ville]

That's just weird. :mneh

But okay. She was cute! Can't say I blame him. OR HER, that man is inexplicably delicious.

[Rutabaga]

So I just jumped to the end of this thread to put in my $0.02.

I watched tons of Doctor Who when I was growing up, thanks to our local PBS station. Tom Baker through Sylvester McCoy. Loved it all.

When the reboot started, I definitely tuned in, but I wasn't turned on by what I saw in the first couple of episodes, so I quit watching. But I know so many people who love the show that I've decided it's time to give it a good, hard second look, especially since I've got Netflix and can watch streaming episodes whenever I want to. Be patient, I just started with S1 E1 today, so it will take time for me to catch up.

Someone told me to hang in there through the Christopher Eccleston season, and that things really take off when David Tennant comes along. :)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I love the Eccleston Doctor, but Tennant is reaaaally fantastic.

Just finished S4:E10 SPOILERS - it was awesome. Midnight is next. I'll be wrapping up this season soon. There are two specials/movies after that, correct?

I don't know what order to watch those in.

[Droo]

From Forest of the Dead (S4 E10):

"When you run with the Doctor, it feels like it'll never end. But however hard you try you can't run forever. Everybody knows that everybody dies and nobody knows it like the Doctor. But I do think that all the skies of all the worlds might just turn dark if he ever for one moment, accepts it.

Everybody knows that everybody dies. But not every day. Not today.

Some days are special. Some days are so, so blessed. Some days, nobody dies at all. Now and then, every once in a very long while, every day in a million days, when the wind stands fair, and the Doctor comes to call... everybody lives."

Coupled with the music, it gets me everytime, and is one of my favourite endings to anything ever.

And Holly, you have four more specials before Series 5, that go in this order:

The Next Doctor
Planet of the Dead
The Waters of Mars
The End of Time (Parts One and Two)

[Wyl Staedtler]

Someone told me to hang in there through the Christopher Eccleston season, and that things really take off when David Tennant comes along. :)


That's what I found. Don't get me wrong, Christopher Eccleston is great and you'll really enjoy series 1. There are some awesome, awesome episodes (one of them in particular is super scary, and not just on the Liz Scale ;)). BUt I didn't become hooked until Tennant showed up and then it basically consumes your life and you're doomed. :)

[Rutabaga]

I'd hoped to be a little further along in season 1, but other things came up yesterday so I've only made it through S1:E5 World War Three so far. But already I can say that I, for whatever reason, misjudged the show unfairly when it first debuted.

In other words...oh my God, it's sucking me in!!!!!!!!! ;)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

one of us
one of us
one of us
one of us

Season 4 episode Left Turn finished today.

:ohno

BADWOLFBADWOLFBADWOLFBADWOLF

Next episode looks to be epic!

[Rutabaga]

I really do love Netflix streaming...except for when it rebuffers about 30 seconds into what I'm watching. Happens almost every time. :shakefist

And one comment on what I've seen so far today: who knew I'd almost wanna cry over a Dalek? That was one awesome episode. :)

[Sarah Lymia]

And one comment on what I've seen so far today: who knew I'd almost wanna cry over a Dalek? That was one awesome episode. :)

The episode titled 'Dalek'?

[Rutabaga]

Yes indeed :)

[Rutabaga]

All done with the Eccleston era...and you know, I really liked him in the role. I was actually a little sad when he regenerated.

And I liked all the episodes in the first season except for The Long Game. Even though it had Simon Pegg and Tamsin Grieg in it, it was a storyline that I just didn't find all that compelling. So I was a little nervous when they went back to Station 5, but my fears were all for naught.

PS...John Barrowman is still impossibly, inhumanly beautiful. :love

[Dasquian Belargic]

Have fun with Ten :D

[Rutabaga]

Where can I get myself some psychic paper? I really would like to have some. :mischief

[Rutabaga]

The Impossible Planet & The Satan Pit...OMG :eek. Brilliant, and definitely full of those hide-behind-the-couch moments.

I think they did something wise and followed up such an intense two-parter with Love and Monsters. That episode really tickled my fancy and my funnybone. Great casting (Moaning Myrtle! :love) and great writing combined to make a really entertaining episode. And to realize that the Doctor and Rose were hardly even in it...nice work.

I'm heading into Rose's last episodes...from everything I've heard, I'd better have a full box of kleenex nearby.

[Droo]

I'm heading into Rose's last episodes...from everything I've heard, I'd better have a full box of kleenex nearby.

Brace yourself! :ohno

[Rutabaga]

Thanks for the warning, it was definitely a 3-hankie ending. :cry :cry :cry

I think of everything that happened during that whole climax, one of the things that will always stick with me is the Doctor screaming as Rose lost her grip and started flying into the void. There was something just so primal about it. And then, of course, the scene on the beach.... :love :cry :love :cry

I've started season 3, only watched The Runaway Bride so far. I thought the Empress of Arachnos was pretty cool.

[Rutabaga]

Getting close to the end of season 3, Utopia is next.

I was a little iffy on Human Nature/The Family of Blood since it was so different from the usual DW stuff, but then the last 15 minutes or so of The Family of Blood hit, and then I totally got it, and then I :cry :cry :cry at the desperation of John Smith.

I'm already dreading the departure of Ten, I don't want him to go, I'll be hanging onto his Chuck Taylor shoes for dear life as he regenerates, no no no! :cry :cry :cry

And now that I've finally witnessed the full creepiness of The Weeping Angels...I has a scared. :eek

[Karl Valten]

And now that I've finally witnessed the full creepiness of The Weeping Angels...I has a scared. :eek

They get worse.....

[Captain Untouchable]

^ I'm not sure they do. Not for me, anyway.

There next appearence is scary, sure... but it's a typical Doctor Who monster episode. Blink was something else entirely: something a lot creepier.

[Rutabaga]

Cutest. Aliens. EVER.

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/Rutabaga64/skippingadipose.gif

[Rutabaga]

Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead - :ohno :cry

I've always liked Alex Kingston anyways, so I was very predisposed to like River Song. I've always wished I had Ms. Kingston's hair as well, I'm jealous of her curls.

Midnight - eh, interesting, but not the strongest episode ever.

Turn Left - interesting to see how bleak the world became without the Doctor's intervention. I really, really like Donna, and to see her so sad was a bummer. Then she told the Doctor those two words, those two little words, and it was shriek-worthy.

So over the next couple of days I'll watch The Stolen Earth and Journey's End, then on to the specials. 3 of the 4 specials are on Netflix streaming, but for some reason Planet of the Dead isn't...but that's okay, Netflix shipped me the disc today, so I should get it tomorrow.

So I'm thisclose to saying goodbye to David Tennant. :ohno :ohno :ohno

Please hold my hand and tell me it will be okay. :ohno

[Wyl Staedtler]

Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead - :ohno :cry


Such a good set - I've got to go back and rewatch, now that I've caught up.



Turn Left - interesting to see how bleak the world became without the Doctor's intervention. I really, really like Donna, and to see her so sad was a bummer. Then she told the Doctor those two words, those two little words, and it was shriek-worthy.


RIGHT?! It goes on, an entertaining episode but not necessarily earth-shattering... and then TWO WORDS. Plus All The Strange, Strange Creatures. :love


thisclose[/i] to saying goodbye to David Tennant. :ohno :ohno :ohno

Please hold my hand and tell me it will be okay. :ohno


It will not be okay. It will break your heart and you will be sad and it will feel like a shadow has passed over the sun and the world will never be warm again. :(

But then you will be in a position to meet Eleven. And then all becomes well again... although prepare to have your mind obliterated in staggering ways. :evil



(personally, I found the farewell between Ten and Rose was more of a tearjerker than Tennant's departure, although you ought to have tissues handy for both.)

[Rutabaga]

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9gginaota1qc51qmo1_500.gif

TOO MANY FEELS

*sob* :cry :cry :cry

The weepies started for me when Wilfred knocked on the door. OMG, he's knocking 4 times.

Then when the Doctor took his slow tour to say goodbye to everyone.... :ohno

And then...I don't want to go!

Too many feels. Definitely.

Will start season 5 a little later today. I just need some time to mourn Ten. :cry

[Dasquian Belargic]

Don't worry...


It's all terribly sad but then
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m11fvuYpe51r99f4t.gif

:3

[Rutabaga]

OK, period of mourning over, 2 episodes into season 5, and I'm feeling all better now. :)

Although the idea of fish fingers and custard makes me all woozy. :x

[Karl Valten]

Although the idea of fish fingers and custard makes me all woozy. :x

If by woozy you mean 'sounds delicious' then yes.

[Rutabaga]

Fish fingers are okay, I've just never been a custard fan. :x

I'm glad I'm watching the uncut episodes on Netflix...I've seen comments online that when BBC America shows The Eleventh Hour, they cut the food scene. That's just dumb. :shakefist

[Dasquian Belargic]

Whaaaat? That's weird, why would they do that? o_O

[Rutabaga]

I'm sure it's the usual culprit...to fit more commercials in. :shakefist

[Mu Satach]

I just need some time to mourn Ten. :cry

I'm still mourning Ten. He's "my Doctor."

[Rutabaga]

If we're going to die, let's die looking like a Peruvian folk band.

I love Amy Pond. :hug

Matt Smith is simply wonderful as the Doctor, but David Tennant will always hold a special place in my heart. Among other places. :o

[Rutabaga]

Finished season 5 this afternoon...holy crap, only one more season left!!!

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I'm still lingering at the end of season 4. ^_^; Read a pretty big spoiler regarding Donna on Pinterest of all places and I'm like :( :\ ... don't know when I'll continue.

[Rutabaga]

Uh oh, that must have been my fault... :o

The last episodes of season 4 are definitely very dark, and the spoiler you saw about Donna is traumatic, BUT once you get through the specials and see The End of Time, you find out things aren't always as they seem. Although seeing The End of Time means experiencing the end of Ten. :(

Two eps into season 6, and holy guacamole, I just love Amy and Rory. :love

The really interesting thing about Matt Smith is he's so young (I looked him up on IMDB and saw that he'll be 30 later this year), but there are times when he looks so old. I don't mean that in a negative way, not at all...I mean that he can believably portray a character over 900 years old who's seen a hell of a lot of trauma in his long life.

Although I know for sure that the fangirls all loved The Lodger. :lol :)

[Dasquian Belargic]

The really interesting thing about Matt Smith is he's so young (I looked him up on IMDB and saw that he'll be 30 later this year), but there are times when he looks so old. I don't mean that in a negative way, not at all...I mean that he can believably portray a character over 900 years old who's seen a hell of a lot of trauma in his long life.

He's so fantastic at this! I think you notice it more because he is so young looking. Similarly, because he's so whimsical most of the time, I feel like when he gets serious or upset it's all the more effective :ohno

[Rutabaga]

I do believe I just might expire from the massive amounts of squee contained within this picture:

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[Rutabaga]

So I just finished A Good Man Goes To War, and my reaction at finding out River Song's true identity looked something like this:

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/Rutabaga64/animated%20gifs/whatthehell-1.gif

Well played, Mr. Moffat. Well played.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Matt Smith's face in that episode. Full kaleidescope of emotions!

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls6ou91T0P1qkwknmo1_500.gif

Also Madam Vastra and Jenny :3 totally need their own spinoff series.

[Rutabaga]

So Matt Smith is going to be carrying the Olympic torch in Cardiff on Saturday. I'm still holding out hope for a slot for David Tennant so that we don't risk ripping the space-time continuum asunder. :lol :ohno :cool

[Rutabaga]

The Olympic mini-sode...it's kinda cute! :)

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[Dasquian Belargic]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jwqtmSf61qabvwfo1_250.gif

:eee

[Rutabaga]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jwqtmSf61qabvwfo1_250.gif

:eee

I love that :lol

Lots of people at Tumblr are making jokes about hoping that the city of Cardiff has plenty of firefighters standing by and that they're fully insured. :cool

BTW, almost done with season 6, I'm up through The Girl Who Waited, so I have only 3 episodes in the season left. :ohno

[Rutabaga]

OMG, I'm all done!!! What the heck am I supposed to do with myself until season 7 starts????

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/Rutabaga64/animated%20gifs/somanyfeels.gif

Well, I haven't seen the last 2 Christmas specials, but I'll rectify that soon enough.

As for what I'll do next...Doctor Who didn't become popular here in the US until the Tom Baker era. Believe it or not, I've never seen a single Hartnell, Troughton, or Pertwee episode. Netflix still has tons of DW available either by disc or streaming, so I'm going to be watching a lot of the older episodes over the coming weeks and months.

Plus it's time to try out something else that I didn't get hooked into on first broadcast and see if that experiment works out as well as this one did. Buffy the Vampire Slayer seems like a good choice. :)

PS: Matt Smith did NOT burn down Cardiff this morning. Yay! :eee

[Droo]

Welcome to the club! When the new series arrives, we now have a veritable army of whovians to geek out together! :eee




Well, I haven't seen the last 2 Christmas specials, but I'll rectify that soon enough.



A Christmas Carol is one of my favourite Doctor Who episodes ever, it's just the perfect Christmas story, it will leave you feeling all warm and happy inside. :D

[Dasquian Belargic]

Since Charley is watching the NewWho episodes at the minute and just finished the Ninth Doctors run, I decided to watch The Parting of Ways again.


"Coward. Any day." :love

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I really need to get my act together,still halfway through season five...


But, Olympics

[Dasquian Belargic]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7i6s9PFBb1qcyxcgo9_r1_250.gif

[Cirrsseeto Quez]

<3 oh Chris, you're still my fav

[Dasquian Belargic]

You say that now...

[Crusader]

Just two more episodes in season 28 and I have finished my first Tennant season.

[Cirrsseeto Quez]

You say that now...

Matt Smith just looks too weird. I'm sure he's brilliant but I will always like Chris and his gruff sort of directness. Also his casual day attire

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

So far I'm a Tennant girl. Especially after seeing the emotion he brought out in the 'Human Nature' episodes.

[Rutabaga]

David Tennant is my fave too, but Matt Smith has such a good-natured baby giraffe goofiness about him that you can't help but giggle like a little kid every time he's on screen.

And then every once in a while you get an episode like Vincent and the Doctor that leave you in a pile of feels. :cry

[Cirrsseeto Quez]

Just met River Song. Tonight we watch the episode where Rose turns up somehow

[Cirrsseeto Quez]

When am I supposed to watch the specials? We're at journeys end currently

[Glen Fiddich]

I think Netflix lists the specials weirdly - they're in as individual episodes, rather than conveniently being part of a playlist or something. After Journey's End, you want to watch -

"The Next Doctor"
"Planet of the Dead"
"The Waters of Mars"
"The End of Time" (two-parter)

- in that order. Then you'll be good to go onto Matt Smith.

You're also now in a position to watch all of Torchwood, if you haven't already. Torchwood Season 2 finishes just before "The Stolen Earth" / "Journey's End", and everything else happens afterwards.

[Cirrsseeto Quez]

I may do that, and save further Who viewings for when y'all arrive maybe

[Dasquian Belargic]

I'm always game for watching the Eleven episodes

[Charley]

We somehow cannot find Planet of the Dead on Netflix, but we did get the others. Watching "The End of Time" tonight.

[Dasquian Belargic]

That's weird.. Planet of the Dead is the only one of the specials on the UK Netflix.



Anyway... Eleven :eee

[Charley]

I'm already a Matt Smith believer. He's goofy as hell, and what the hell is with those eyebrows, but...believer!

[Dasquian Belargic]

I'm so proud :')

[Droo]

You guys just reminded me, Watch is cycling through all of the Series 5 episodes today. It started an hour ago, but there's always Watch +1.

[Rutabaga]

Planet of the Dead is the one Ten special that for some reason wasn't available for streaming on Netflix, I had to get it on disc. I dunno why, it didn't make sense. Skipping it isn't a big deal, it was a fun episode with some foreshadowing of Ten's upcoming regeneration, but not seeing it doesn't ruin any continuity or anything like that.

BBC America has been running some fun specials the last few Saturdays, tonight they're showing The Destinations of Doctor Who.

And although Ten remains my favorite of the new generation of Doctors, I do have to say...all hail Matt Smith. He's utterly and completely adorkable. :hug

[Peter McCoy]

Finally finished watching Series 2 with the wife! As the time approached I passed her the kleenex and she bloody needed them!

[Charley]

I have to say, I have a real problem watching Wilfred cry. Old dudes crying = I am fucking gone :cry

[Dasquian Belargic]

Anyone who can watch that man cry and not cry with him is a monster

[Rutabaga]

Anyone who can watch that man cry and not cry with him is a monster

Agreed :cry

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Hmm I guess I never watched Planet of the Dead :uhoh

I STILL need to keep watching Series 5. Just finished Vincent and the Doctor before going on vacation ("vacation"). Have a DVR full of current shows to watch, too. PLUS I have Series 7 set to record on Friday or whenever it is it's airing on BBCA. Need to catch up somehow.

[Droo]

If there was one thing in all of Doctor Who that I could change, it would be (Series 4 finale spoiler) the fate of Donna Noble. It's so cruel and does the character such a disservice. I'd love to see the Doctor right that with a bit of wibbly-wobbly magic.

[Dasquian Belargic]

We watched a bunch of series 5 in Alabama.. it was so cool watching those eps on a big screen with a bunch of nerds :)

[Taataani Meorrrei]

My only regret is that we didn't get to watch more. Had too much fun!

[Captain Untouchable]

You owe it to yourself to catch up with Season 5 and 6, Charley.

Season 7 is bloody brilliant thus far.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Because there's never enough videos of Karen Gillan impersonating Daleks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eujK4NTt4vU&hd=1

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I just did Night Terrors (ugh, DOLLS ) and I think I'm nearly caught up! Series 7 is piling up on my DVR. :D

[Rutabaga]

You're almost there! Yay!!! :eee

Season 7 is definitely something to look forward to. The first 2 episodes have been brilliant. :thumbup

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Aand I breezed through, only have The Wedding of River Song left. I guess it's a spoiler alert - the Doctor somehow survives, because there is another series!

[Dasquian Belargic]

Hey, you'll be watching along with the rest of us very soon! :eee

[Captain Untouchable]

Seriously guys - I'm pretty sure Brian is a dalek, or a cyberman or something. There is no way that anything fully organic could watch their way through Doctor Who as damned fast as he is. :ohno

Bearing in mind that he was watching Eccleston episodes in Bama, he's now at The Stolen Earth. That's three seasons in as many weeks. :uhoh

[Dasquian Belargic]

He's just dedicated to the cause. I like that.

[Pierce Tondry]

Seriously guys - I'm pretty sure Brian is a dalek, or a cyberman or something. There is no way that anything fully organic could watch their way through Doctor Who as damned fast as he is. :ohno

What I am, is clever. /Tennant


Bearing in mind that he was watching Eccleston episodes in Bama, he's now at The Stolen Earth. That's three seasons in as many weeks. :uhoh

You forgot the first season of Torchwood, Jace. So that's 4 seasons in 3 weeks. Plus, I also watched the "Children in Need" 2005 and the 2007 "Time Crash" mini-episodes.

And now it's off to Torchwood season 2!

[Dasquian Belargic]

I take it from Facebook that you warmed to Donna, then?

[Pierce Tondry]

Yes, very much. This is vague enough that I probably don't need to shroud this bit, but...

I mentioned to Jace that her first appearance was very shrill and shouty to me. The way they ran the narrative when she became a companion, however, you could see Donna was always being shut down in her personal life and the bossiness was a coping mechanism. Even though she never quite lost it entirely, as she did things alongside the Doctor her better traits, especially compassion, began to shine through. I was destroyed when they took that away from her - I keep imagining that it's like a genius getting a lobotomy to remove a brain tumor. When it's done, they're alive and that's good, but their IQ is shredded and they can only catch tiny flashes of what and who their best self was. In the end, all you can do is hope the rest of their life is a happy one.

You know, that description makes me feel like Sam may have been a companion.

Anyways, I'm through the Tennant era and up to the Matt Smith era. I definitely enjoyed the ride so far and I'm told it gets better, so we'll see.

[Taataani Meorrrei]

We are now finished with series five :)

[Droo]

Good going. Say "Hello" to the Silence for me. If you can remember to... :uhoh

[Charley]

Jenny already suggested that I may be a silence-murdering badass, because I can say with absolute certainty that every time I saw something like that I would put a bullet in it

[Cirrsseeto Quez]

News: Just finished "A Good Man Goes to War" and "Let's Kill Hitler"

Views: Head exploded

[Captain Untouchable]

Views: Head exploded

I know, right? :cyduck

I didn't enjoy the episode that you've got up next, but the one after that? I was so upset after it that I had to go for a walk and clear my head. :(

Also, if you liked Craig Owens (the guy who you thought was me :rolleyes), you'll be glad to hear that he's back again for you in a few episodes' time.

[Cirrsseeto Quez]

Craig Owens IS you. Same hair color, same voice, the same!

[Captain Untouchable]

So I have the same voice as Craig Owens and Wheatley now? :colbert

[Cirrsseeto Quez]

More Craig Owens than Wheatley. Wheatley is more of a comedy option.

[Dasquian Belargic]

It's settled then, Jace. You now know what you need to name your firstborn child.

;)

[Pierce Tondry]

Yes. Wheatley Owens.

I've now watched a good portion of the series again. Eccelston is better than I remember, but Tennant takes the cake. The innocent episodes with Rose and 9 or Rose and 10 still delight me. Donna, though. Oh, Donna is a treasure. And you know, I think I like her ending after all. It seems cheap at first glance, giving her a winning lottery ticket. But now that she has money, Donna can finally travel the world, just like she wanted. And maybe she's not as good as when she met the Doctor, but she has a husband who can help her be better. I wouldn't mind seeing her again someday just to see where the future put her, but for now I like the ending in my head better.

At some point, I hope to get my hands on some Series 7 episodes and see where Matt Smith goes next.

[Dasquian Belargic]

If by some bizarre twist you don't watch Doctor Who yet now is a good time to get into it, what with the 50th anniversary episode fast approaching!

also:


One of my fave Brit comedy actors is in the episode: Peter Capaldi (he plays Caecilius, the marble merchant). He's amazing in the political satire series, The Thick of It.

Also see if you can spot one of the Doctor's other companions amongst the citizens of Pompeii... ;)

welp. good job, me of 2011.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Super big twist, he was actually the Doctor from the future the whole time!

[Solomon Latona]

I don't think even Steven Moffat would be that cheesy.

...I hope. :uhoh