... Cute. But that's only half the job.

I've heard people mentioning the new companion isn't human, but do we have any proper source for that?
I for one'd love an alien. Been too long since Turlough, or C'rizz.

>>32344
>But that's only half the job.
Explain?

>>32347
The other half is screaming.

I think he's referencing some pre-internet meme.

>>32349
Also running.

So, 50% cute, 25% running, 25% screaming.

But yes what's she been in, anywhere I can see what kind of actress she is?

>>32357
Buncha British things no one really cared about, namely a Soap Opera called Emmerdale, she sorta reminds me of a mousier, British Jessica Alba.

New Doctor Who Companion Jenna…

She's awkward cute, which is impossible to fake.

So the Daleks and the Weeping Angels seem to be confirmed, but I've also heard rumors that the Ice Warriors and the Zygons may appear this season as well. I hope that there is some credence to those rumors. I'm also curious about what they'll do for the 50th anniversary.

>>32344
I can watch this.

Okay, I'm trying to narrow down a list of new series episodes that you absolutely SHOULD watch. Mostly because the trailer for Series 7 has me super pumped and wanting to rewatch Doctor Who but not all of it because I honestly don't have TIME for all of it. So the question is: in your personal opinion, should I add or remove anything from the current watch list?

Series 1:
Dalek
Father's Day
The Empty Child
The Doctor Dances
Boomtown
Bad Wolf
The Parting of the Ways

Series 2:
The Christmas Invasion
Tooth and Claw
School Reunion
The Girl in the Fireplace
Rise of the Cybermen
Age of Steel
The Impossible Planet
The Satan Pit

Series 3
The Runaway Bride
The Shakespeare Code
Human Nature
Family of Blood
Blink

(NOTE: I didn't add the finale 3-parter but I'm super on the fence about it. On the one hand FUCK YEAH MARTHA JONES and I really and truly love John Simms' Master. On the other hand fffffuuuuck it has the most overblown and ridiculous ending of all the endings.)

Series 4
Partners in Crime
The Fires of Pompeii
Planet of the Ood
The Doctor's Daughter
The Unicorn and the Wasp
Silence in the Library
Forest of the Dead
Midnight

Specials:
Planet of the Dead
Waters of Mars
MAYBE End of Time

Series 5
The Eleventh Hour
The Beast Below
The Time of Angels
Flesh and Stone
Vampires of Venice
Vincent and the Doctor
The Lodger
The Pandorica Opens
The Big Bang

Series 6
The Impossible Astronaut
Day of the Moon
The Doctor's Wife
A Good Man Goes to War
MAYBE Let's Kill Hitler
The Girl who Waited
The God Complex
Closing Time

>>32433

Is it just me, or do the episode titles seem to get shittier after series 4?

Don't get me wrong, I liked series 5 and 6, but the titles just seem lazy and not very mystical or interesting like the others.

I've been filling up this between-season time with audio plays, and man, there's some good stuff in there. Shitty stuff too, but all in all the hit-miss ratio is as good as if not better than the TV show. I especially love the diversity of the companions, older folks and aliens and non-contemporary England people.

Funny tho, since I haven't seen much Classic Who I often haven't a clue what the monsters are supposed to look like but find them menacing through sound alone. Until I look 'm up online and see they're styrofoam. Ah, the magic of radio.

>>32433
I'd take Waters of Mars off, because it bored me to tears until the last 10 minutes. And add the Series 4 finale. It may be cheesy, but, dammit I loved every minute, and the shit with Donna had me crying.

>>32435

Season 6 has some great titles. The Impossible Astronaut, Lets Kill Hitler and I dunno about you but i love Closing Time, both the title and the episode itself.

Though I guess some of these titles could use an exclamation mark after them.

The Impossible Astronaut!

>>32501
FUCK

ME

>>32504
if only it weren't fake ;n;

>>32501
I wish this and the other posters like it weren't fake. Still, you never know what we'll get with the 50th anniversary special until more details are revealed and it airs. We may get a multi-Doctor story (I hope so), but it's also possible that we won't. I would love in the 9th Doctor would return but we'll see. I know that Tennant, Mce\Elroy, and McGann have all expressed interest in reprising their roles, but have not gotten the call yet.

This thread is rather dead, despite some of the news on series 7, including the return of UNIT. Apparently, a main player in the episode may or may not be the brigadier's daughter.

She's adorkable.

>>33301
Appearance-wise, yes. However, we'll have to see what her personality and story ar. I like her name though. Clara's a really good name for a companion and I can hear 11 saying it in my head.

>>33303
SAME, I hear him saying it as Claara

>>33304
So can I. I also imagine him saying "CLAARA! GET YOUR COAT!"

you guys you guys it comes back in august oh my gosh that's so close. sometimes i lie awake at night and stare at the ceiling and think "august yes" all night.

soon so sooooooon

>>33316
Really august?

having just got to the Melia bits from Xenoblade (I know I know, take it to /cog/) I shat a house when I found out Melia's dub VA was her
then I found out the guy who plays Robb Stark NTR'd her from the guy who played Alton Lannister in GoT, which must've been hella awkward for him when he died

The first official image of the Doctor and his new companion, Clara (though we have no official confirmation on that name just yet).
It looks like the Doctor is getting a bit of a wardrobe change.

>>33399
holy cow she looks young..is she old enough to be a companion?

>>33403
Rose was only 19 and she looks about that old, give or take two years. I like the idea of a younger companion too! And AUGGHHH she's so fucking cute i'm gonna die

It doesn't seem too likely, but what if this next companion is also a timelord, or some young girl who the Doctor adopts as a sort of foster grandchild. We could see something similar to the first Doctor and Susan.

>>33422
>some young girl who the Doctor adopts as a sort of foster grandchild

...

THAT'S ALL OF THEM! THAT'S THE POINT OF EVERY FEMALE COMPANION!

(Except 10 was the kind of grandfather not averse to fucking his granddaughter...)

>>33423
Sorry. I should have elaborated. Perhaps this next companion will have a more familial relationship to the doctor, closer to what he had with Susan.

>talking to Doc Professor
>"The sad thing is, Donna probably saw that funny man on the telly carry the torch and didn't think much of it."

>>33427

Hmm. You know, it'd be the greatest cross-mediaish kind of stunt ever if they did make it Tennant who takes the torch for the last part and just recreated that entire bit of the episode.

>>33427
or its equally likely she thought he was a dick for grabbing it and running off.

"That man could have been seriously hurt and that berk in a jacket just ran by and took the torch."

So when the 50th anniversary special comes around, I'm thinking that the only returning Doctors we'll see will be 10 and 8, possibly 7. Sylvester McCoy said he would rather play a different character, preferably a villain, rather than return as the Doctor, but that he is up for being part of the 50th anniversary. Colin Baker and Chris Eccleston have no plans to return and if offered by the BBC to be part of the special, Tom Baker would like to know what they'd have him do. I'm curious and excited about what they'll do for the special, but I won't get too hyped until w know what's going on. Nothing is confirmed yet in regards to returning monsters, companions, or Doctors. We shall see how things pan out in due time.

>>33433
My god I'd give anything for 8 to come back. McGann didn't get the chance he deserved, the guy is awesome.

And having McCoy back would make me happier than hell. He's my favorite classic doctor.

>>33437
McCoy is the only classic Doctor I could see returning because he still looks like he can pull it off. If he did return as 7, then that would be brilliant. Seven, Eight, Ten, and Eleven working together would be amazing. Hell, even just Eight, Ten and Eleven would rock. I'd like to see more of McGann as the Doctor. Seven could use more love as well.

>>33438
Seriously. If 7 comes back. I demand more ACE. Best companion, by far.

>>33438
8 and 11 would bounce off eachother like mad.

>>33453
8/11 would rock

"kinda small room isn't it?"

"its not small..its cozy and I've got two floors in here"

"still not as big as mine"

"well we all don't have a feel for chapel high ceilings now do we?"

"you did at one time."

"...that isn't the point, its that "mine" isn't small"

Course not knowing the personality of the new companion I don't know how she'd respond, got a good idea who 8's radio one would though.

>>33437
I'd love to see 8 again too, I loved McGann in the radio dramas. Too bad those scripts were never televised since he wasn't popular enough in America.

>>33438
>7,8,10,11
They're basically REQUIRED to do a "because seven ate nine" joke.

>>33438
>Seven, Eight, Ten, and Eleven working together would be amazing.

And here I am wanting Six to meet Nine.

Think about it, the Doctor at his most dour and beaten down by the universe meeting the doctor at his most outrageously eccentric and garish. The clash would be a thing of beauty.

>>33916
That would be great but sadly, it will never come to pass. I wish all the Doctors could beet each other, but outside of comics or novels, it won't happen.
>>33915
This!
>>33440
I would love if Ace came back. Sophie Aldred would like to reprise the role apparently and it would be lovely to see her all grown up and still kicking ass.

http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/asylum-of-the-daleks-screener-details-35529.htm
So we have a possible date for when it might air on BBC1 and BBC America. All in all, this season looks light it will be big. The departure of the Ponds, the return of UNIT (and possibly the debut of the brig's daughter), every single Dalek ever, possible returns by the sea devils, ice warriors, and yeti robots if rumors are to be believed, and possible episode titles ("Asylum of the Daleks", "Cubed", "Phantoms of the Hex", "The Gunslinger", "the Crimson Horror").

As usual people are interpreting everything they can find as proof the Ice Warriors will show up. "Someone said ice? THAT'S PROOF!"

I'm cautiously optimistic, but hope they get a good redesign if they do show up, and don't get turned into jokes with a bad one like the Sontarans were.

It CAN be done...

I just hope these two fare better this season. I mean honestly, the Daleks have turned into soft plastic Power Rangers and the Cybermen have been downgraded to being defeated with the power of love in joke episodes. Yeesh.

>>34063
>two

I liked Victory of the Daleks and Closing Time, but I hope that the Daleks and the Cybermen both get a return to glory. Asylum of the Daleks might do that for the former, but we'll just have to see. I kind of hope we get more classic baddies that haven't been seen in Nu Who yet, but a Cybermen episode in which they are a big threat again would be ballin.

>>34071
>I liked Victory of the Daleks

You, sir, are worse than Hitler. Who according to Winston Churchill is worse than the Daleks!

>>34091
It wasn't my favorite Dalek episode, but I enjoyed it. I acknowledge its flaws but still found it to be a solid episode. I hope Asylum of the Daleks does a better job of setting them up as a huge threat again though.

>>34098
As flaws go, turning the Daleks into a bunch of plastic playground equipment is a pretty huge flaw.

>>34091
>STOP LIKING WHAT I DON'T LIKE
C'mon man, it was better than Daleks in Manhattan.

>>34107
can't wait for Hagen to rip into that one

>>34107
Yes and no.

Big problem with Victory of the Daleks, like Anon said, is the redesign. I really can't praise the 2005 redesign enough, they managed to take the pepperpots of old and create a hulking ugly metal war machine out of it. Victory of the Daleks gave us a bold new vision of the future! Awkward looking plastic toys! Erm.

The other big problem is It's Fucking Daleks In World War II and THAT'S the best you could do?!?. Greater potential means we should judge it harsher. And man, there was a lot of squandered potential in that. And in "Let's Kill Hitler" for that matter...

>>34110
>Awkward looking plastic toys!

With fat arses.

So yeah, having pooped the stick out I just enjoy all of Who.

>>34107
...daleks in Manhattan wasn't that bad...

:<

>>34132
Dalek Sek's final form looked so ridiculous it halved the overall quality.

Regarding the Daleks, the best modern Who story with one, in MY opinion, was the story with Eccelston. But, that's just my opinion.

>>34135
ABSOLUTELY.

DALEK NAILED IT!

>>34134
Very true. I normally don't knock Dr. Who special effects, but how the hell did we go BACKWARDS from Scaroth?

>>34140
AHH MAN!

SCAROTH WAS SUCH A FUCKING BOSS

>>34144
where the heck is a Rider when you need them...now there is a Dr.Who crossover for ya. Course there won't be much left of any villain at the end. They try to surrender and then their body parts end up strewn about the room.

>>34146
>Kill Scaroth too early
>Prevent the dawn of life on Earth, and thus never exist and thus can't kill Scaroth too early...
>Pime Taradox

See, this is why the Doctor never has Japanese companions.

>>34140
I normally don't knock the effects either, but it was a step down from Kandyman.

It just wasn't a good visual. Maybe if they'd kept him in the shadows more or something...

I mean it's Doctor Who, we've used aluminum foil hanging from string as aliens, I'm used to special effects being dodgy, but he was meant to be kinda scary, and he wasn't, and you were meant to take him seriously, but he looked ridiculous, and other special effects/makeup jobs in the episode were working much better...

Oh well.

>>34156
They should have gone more Dalek, the Batman mouth and nub tentacles are what killed it.

If it had basic human body shape with a Dalek just at the neck line, a sweet ass suit designed to look like a Dalek's armor aesthetic with extendible tentacle hands Sec would have been a fucking boss.

Hell give him take Dalek gunstick tommygun and drop the "I'm good cuz human" angle.

There, you can have the other Dalek's still turn on him for being too human because of their racial purity and forcing him to strike out on his own, he's picked up a New York Accents from the transfer as well.


Yes, we could have had a Cthulhu mobster in Doctor Who.

>>34156
>he was meant to be kinda scary, and he wasn't, and you were meant to take him seriously, but he looked ridiculous, and other special effects/makeup jobs in the episode were working much better...

That and HE HAD FLIPPIN GREAT BIG MASSIVE PENISES HANGING OFF HIS HEAD.

>>34156

That was just a really shitty episode (two-parter? I can't remember) in general. Basically no redeeming features.

It is a fucking Travesty that Astrid never got to be a companion.

>>34174
>Basically no redeeming features.

FUCK YOU IT HAD SOLOMON, HOOVERVILLE, TALLULAH WITH TWO Ls AND AN H AND HER PIG BOYFRIEND FRANK!

The Dalek aspect may have been dildos but the setting and human part of the cast was fucking MAGICAL!

>>34181
This! I would have loved her traveling with the Doctor. I know that the creative team of the show prefers having companions from contemporary Earth, but she would have been fantastic. I also hope we get more stories set in space or on alien planets. There is a whole universe to explore with Doctor Who and I feel like they take it for granted sometimes.
>>34182
THIS TOO! The Dalek aspects could have been done better, but it had some good characters. Solomon was a real bro and i liked the Hooverville setting.

Honestly I liked the core idea of a Dalek super-duper-ubergenius saying "you know what? My GIANT BRAIN has concluded that if we're really a bajillion times more awesome than humans we shouldn't get our asses kicked every time," and I liked the idea that his attempt to incorporate some non-Dalekness blew up in his face.

There were solid ideas there, it just didn't come together in the end. Oh well.

Now I certainly want to see cute girls from the UK continue to accompany the Doctor, but I'd like to see a little more diversity in the companions.

It's a damn shame Wilf wasn't able to go on a trip or two. Honestly I preferred him to Donna, he was more fundamentally different from the usual companions.

And why haven't we had a single nonhuman companion in the new series? I know the makeup would be a PITA to do, say, a Silurian on a regular basis, but how about just for a few trips? Or give her a holograph disguise or something. Keep the "Jane Everybody" companion, but also drag along someone not from Earth.

This. I get why they feel the need for a female from contemporary Earth, but the Doctor travels through time AND space in the Tardis. Why can't we have at least one or two trips with an alien, even a humanoid one. Actually, where are all the non-humanoid aliens? Bring back Alpha Centauri.

Or if it MUST be a human, why the hell not a human from a different time period? Everyone's from present day 2005-12 England. Why can't we get a cute girl from the past or future??

>>34192

Didn't he have a companion from the past AND a companion from the future before?

And a quick look at wikipedia confirms he did!

But not from the current series, so I suppose that doesn't count.

>>34192
Because the Doctor genuinely does work best when there's a companion there from our time period able to say things like "Oh so you mean it's like a giant wikipedia?" "So... sort of like those people that don't believe in global warming?" etc.

Someone that speaks with contemporary accents/slang/references, to translate the Doc for us.

But while I totally understand why it's a good idea to have an Everyman tagging along, and why it's a good idea if that Everyman is and Everywoman... it's a big box (well, the inside at least). He can have more than one companion, and one can be an attractive Everywoman, and another can be something a little more alien, something that would put a different spin on things. It's been too long since we had a Kamelion, K-9, Nyssa, Vislor, or Romana.

>>34194
>Kamelion, K-9, Nyssa, Vislor, or Romana.

GODDAMN I MISS 4 AND 5, their adventures were so fucking Alien and unique.

Ace. Best companion ever. Just sayin.

I know it'll never happen, but I'd love a story set in the future with Cats, Silurians, and Humans defending Earth.

It's pretty cool that eventually Whoverse Earth will have three highly intelligent humanoid species.

But I'd settle for having a Silurian or cat accompany the Doctor for a while, so he'd have an "Earthling" companion that's not human.

>>34197
Donna and Ace are my favorite companions, followed by Jo and Rory. I wish Romana was still alive or around. The Time War was an interesting idea, but almost EVERY SINGLE TIME LORD BEING CORRUPT AND EVIL was a stupid idea and it destroyed a lot of story potential. There are other ways to stick with the "The Doctor did what he had to" theme without making them HURRR BAD GAIZ!

>>34200
Also, I really would love for Ace to come back. The back and forth between her and 11 and Clara would be interesting.

This would be pretty rad. I like this idea.

>>34203
in response to this >>34198

>>34198
Does anyone else think it's really weird that cats and apes evolve to look sort of like Silurians?

Also that cats and humans can apparently procreate?

I'm probably forgetting other humanoids that evolved on Earth.

>>34209
"Why is a soap bubble round? Because it is the most energy efficient configuration. Similarly, on your planet I look like you; on K-PAX I look like a K-Paxian."

>>34209
i thought they were an alien species, not hyper-evolved cats

So this season has an entire empire's worth of Daleks (several empires even), Dinosaurs on a spaceship, Jenny and Madame Vastra, the Weeping Angels in New York, and the Wild West, not to mention other details that have been confirmed. I am really stoked.

11 is BEST Doctor. 11 is CREDIT TO TEAM.

>>34263
Protect your modest hat sir, evil women like to shoot at modest hats.

>>34263
Weeping Angels are pretty scary, but the guys that REALLY fucked with my head are

...What was I saying?

>>34279
ummm..where did this Sharpie come from?

>>34261
>Jenny and Madame Vastra
YES

>>34283
Daleks - EXTERMINATE
Cybermen - DELETE
Master - I am the Master and you will obey me!
Sontarans - SONTAR-HA! SONTAR-HA! SONTAR-HA! SONTAR-HA! SONTAR-HA! SONTAR- HA! SONTAR-HA!
Weeping Angels - Don't blink, don't even blink
Silence - Silence will fall
Vashta Nerada - Hey, who turned out the lights?
Ice Warriors - This season, for sure!
Silurians - New Mexican whiptail lizards are AWESOME.

>>34263
>11 is BEST Doctor.
I've never stopped saying this. 11's my doctor. Doctor of all Doctors. When I think of The Doctor, I think of 11. So quirky and alien but with the biggest heart.

>>34295
and if someone messes with his friends he'll bring down all nine levels of the hells on top of them.

>>34304
He's on the list of "Guys who won't kill you, but don't fuck with them because you'll end up worse than death" right between Superman and Monkey .D Luffy.

>>34295
>biggest heart.

Oh yeah? Well... Nine has two.
And they're both FANTASTIC!

>>34307
Listen, I don't think anyone here would argue that Doctor Who being a better work environment for Eccleson would have been a bad thing.

(Frankly, him lasting one season kinda drove me away from Who for years, because I did not care for Tennant's first special.)

Out of curiosity, would people find it heretical to try and do a multiple-doctors episode using actors that closely resemble those that passed on?

>>34313
It's not ever about how they look, it's about how they act.

>>34313

Already happened with bothe The Three Doctors and The Five Doctors specials. The First Doctor had died by the time they came around.

Think we're ever gonna see The Doctor's daughter again?

I figure 11 would have some great dialogue with her.

>>34320
I would love if we saw Jenny again. Her dialogue with 11 would be great. I also kind of want to see Jack and 11 interact. What I really want though is for 11 do drop in on an elderly Mike Yates or Benton and catch up with either or even both of them. I also want to see 11 and Ace interact.

>>34320
Eh. It'd be nice, but it's so far down on my list of priorities...

6 Seasons and not a single Ice Warrior? No Alpha Centauri? I know "all the time lords are dead" but come on, there must be some loophole to give us a little Meddling Monk or Rani... just one Celestial Toymaker reference, please?

And come on, Elisabeth Sladen was BRILLIANT, but just because she's passed on that doesn't mean all the good ideas from her show should be mothballed. At the very least The Trickster should return.

"HO MY GAY, BREADQUANDA IH GONNA DIE WHEN SHE HEAR DIS, I GOT'S TA GO TELL HER, LE MEH GET UP IN DIS HOUSE, LET ME GET UP IN DIS HAUS BABEE..."

>>34328
"Ho my gay, girl, let me tell you, you will not buhLEEV what I had just ahad just ohcurr, I just got off tha phone wid Eschuwanabufantelafondelaquandellaquishabonishatellanequandrea an SHE has say, dat SHE has seen Tarell, fucking som otta ladee."

>>34329
"Ho my GAY, no way, who da fuk is he fukin now?"
"Sum bitch name Deltrees."

"Who?"
"Sum BITCH name Deltrees."

>>34331
'HOW MY GAY, EXQZ YU? MY NAME ID DELTRESS, SO YU BEST GET UP OUT OF DIS KITCHEN WITH YO BLUE ASS SEUDE LOOKING DUMB ASS HO. HOW MANY MY LITTLE PONY DAWLS DID IT TAKE TO MAKE THAT STUPID WEAVE, I WILL SNATCH YOU SO FAST UP YOU FUKIN HEA. I WILL CHOKE YU WID ID BITC, SO GET DA FUK OU MY KITCHEN, OKAY? YOU BEST GET OU MAH FACE, GET OU OF HERE BITC, I WILL STOM DA YA ON YO BAWDY!"

>>34332
"...Teh heheh, HOW MY GAY, he ran away. Wat a stupi bitc, he a dum ho."

>>34333
"HO MY GAY, Breadquanda, let me tell you this. Let me tell you..."

>>34334
"Yaus, TELL ME, wud id is, BAYBUH!"

>>34335
"Ho MY gay, I just got off da PHO wid Eschuwanabufantelafondelaquandellaquishabonishatellanequandrea, and SHE has say, 'I got sum jewcy gawsip fo yo,' and I say 'wuts it eh, wuts it eh, tell me, wuts it eh' and SHE has say, that SHE has seen Tarell, fucking sum BITCH name Deltress!"

>>34336
"HO MAH GAH, NOW I NO DAT A BALL HEDA LY, CUZ I HAVE SUCK HI DICK SO HARD LAS WEEK IT WHEN *PU* AND PAW CLEEN OFF. AN I SAY, WUT THE FUK AM I SPO TO DO WID DIS NOW, IT'S A DILDO."

>>34337
"HO MY GAY!"

>>34338
"HO MY GURL!"

>>34338
"HO MY GAAY!"

>>34341
"HO MAH GURLLL!"

>>34342
"HO MY GAY~!"

>>34343
"HOOOOOOOOOOOO MAH GURLLL!"

>>34344
"..Ho my gayd..."

>>34345
"Hoo. My Gawd."
"..."

>>34346
"GIRL LET'S GO TO THE CLUB AND POP OUR PUSSEHS!"

>>34347
"YES, GIRL, IT TIM TO G.O, OU DA D.O!"

>>34348
PULL DEM PANTIES OFF
PULL DEM PANTIES OFF
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YEAH
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ON THE DANCE FLOOR
YEAH
I AIN'T GOT NO PANTIES ON
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ON THE DANCE FLOOR
WHAT
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AIN'T GOT NO PANTIES ON
I AIN'T GOT NO PANTIES ON
ON THE DANCE FLOOR

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>No mention of Doctor Who in last night's opening ceremony for the Olympics

You blew it, London. You had every British stereotype on display last night, yet, you forgot about your most popular sci-fi show on the air.

>>34603
There was a slight nod in the form of the Tardis' appearance, and the soundbite of it landing. I still would have liked more of a nod, as well as a Monty Python shout out.

Uh, they had Matt run with the torch earlier, and they had the soundeffect during the musical performance last night. They also had a clip showing all 11 Doctors ready, but it was always a "we'll play this if something else goes faster than expected, but work under the assumption it won't be shown" thing.

I mean, considering it's the fucking Olympics? A global event? We got fucking PANDERED to.

Regarding the Olympics thing, how big is Doctor Who outside the UK and US? Or within both?

I think Barnes and Noble's even has a whole table dedicated to the show now- including huge hardcover comic compilations. My sister's a very devoted Who fan, but despite her interest in the show (and the Batman movies, and the Spider-Man movies, and so on) she has zero interest in reading a comic book, which mystifies me.

>>34638
within the UK I think its still largely considered a kids show. US its iffy since New Who (9th Doctor onwards) is largely the only exposure people outside the UK have had. The whole Kiddy show is a whole argument within itself. Watch the Hagen Twatty Who Reviews to get a sense of some of the feelings of old school who fans (though keep in mind the canon she uses is her personal one mainly based in old who mythos)

>>34639
Ah, okay. I remember Who being mentioned on one of the "I Love The 70's/80's" programs, and I think they mentioned it airing on PBS (which is still where a lot of British programming is aired in the US, if it's not on BBC America), so I think they did air Classic Who at some point. It doesn't strike me as totally a kids' show. No sex or cursing, but stuff maybe too violent attimes, or stuff more mature than kids would "get".

I know a few American fans who have caught up on Classic Who retroactively, though- mostly people too young to have caught it when it was originally on. And I know all the Who stuff sells on ThinkGeek like hotcakes.

>>34646
Yea the Resurgence with 9th Doctor helped it get back into the mainstream. Kids show goes with the fact its original run it was one of those shows that aired about the time kids would get home from school (my uncle used to watch it) as said the whole Kids bit is a bit hard to pin. one of the problems with keep Who around was a period of time where the BBC wanted to distance itself from such shows and it ended up letting the first seasons of Classic Who getting destroyed and a good amount of other Classic stuff only surviving through tape trading and syndicated copies.

>>34647
Blessing and a curse though, no? The Beeb's dumbassed decision to just "tape over everything" resulted in a global treasure hunt trying to find scraps and snippets that survived, tapes that were loaned or brought home, tapes that were sent to some obscure as fuck broadcast affiliate, audio recordings fans made by holding recorders up to the TV that could be matched up with the photos that had been used to make illustrated transcripts... really resulted in some DEDICATED fans.

No details on her character were revealed except a few hints: “It’s not often the Doctor meets someone who can talk even faster than he does, but it’s about to happen…

Gonna stand by my adorkable stance.

ReinXeed-Somewhere In Time

Song makes me think of a Doctor Who/Back to the Future Crossover.

>>34660
I am getting that feeling as well. We'll just have to see by the end of this year.

im just going to leave this here and then go cry in a corner waiting for s7

>>34682
OOOOOOOOOOOOOH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT

DOCTOR WHO New Season Fall 201…
I CAN'T STOP CUMMING!

The only problem I have with Amy is that Rory isn't in focus that much.

She's married to him, but there sometimes seems to be more flirting and romantic tension between her and The Doctor, which is a shame, because I love Rory.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT! SPACE! SPACE IS AWESOME!
http://www.rimmell.com/bbc/news.htm

>>34690
Haha oh wow.

You can't make this shit up.

>>34690
THAT IS THE RADDEST FUCKING SHIT I EVER HEARD!!

>>34688
FUCK YOU RIVER, YOUR HAT PRIVILEGES ARE REVOKED!

>>34690
I'm really sorry to do this to everyone. I wish it were true, but:
>Page last updated at 02:05 GMT, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 UK

This was the only source of this story. I'm afraid the BBC was just really, really cruel during 2009.

>>34688
SWEET JESUS SOMEONE HELP ME I THINK IM GONNA DIE

>>34690
>Suddenly the bbc is found on "rimmell.com"

I can see why people were fooled by this fiendishly clever deception.

>>34688
Oh man, oh man, oh man!
I'm actually a little surprised Amy and Rory are back, thought they were out after Series 6.

9 is gonna be Maleketh in Thor 2.

>>34708
They're out at the mid-season point. Clara comes in at the Christmas special.

http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/lots-of-series-7-spoilers-36949.htm
So according to these rumors, episode 8 will feature the Ice Warriors, there will be an Eye of Harmony story, and Neil Gaiman is penning a Cybermen episode. I am pretty damn excited. If we see the Zygons and the Yeti in the future, it will be even better.

>>34712
>THAT EPISODE 5 SPOILER

>>34710

Do we even have an air date yet or what?

>>34756
Likely airdate of Saturday 25 August 2012.

>>34766
JFXDFJKDSTHATS SO CLOSE

>>34768
AWWW YEAH, KICK OUT THE JAMS!

My fellow Ice Warriors! This season we SHALL prevail! This season we SHALL appear! After careful review of the methods by which the Silurians were able to finally make their appearance, I have deduced that our appearance can be assured by use of a large number of female soldiers!

Should that strategy fail, we shall bribe the writers with Ice Cream!

>>34772
I really hope they are bad ass looking under the armor.

Man, Gridlock is seriously my favorite episode of Doctor Who.

Like, every side character is rad as shit.

I'm just going to sit in a corner being ridiculously excited over this.
http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/new-eighth-doctor-box-set-1-doctor-who---dark-eyes-792

September first!

>>34929
Yup, following this pattern apparently

Airdate

September 2012 -- Part 1 (5 episodes)
December 25 2012 -- Christmas Special
Spring 2013 -- Part 2 (8 episodes)

>>34836
WHAT IS THIS... BOX. SET?!
EXPLAIN
EXPLAIN
EXPLAIN
EXPLAIN

Dalek: Explain!

Doctor Who Prequel: Pond Life …
Episode 1 of Pond Life went up today.
Goddammit Matt!

Meet the Doctor Puppet

http://doctorpuppet.tumblr.com/

>>34961
'Layed down some backing vocals...'
Thank you based Moffat.
Also, part 2 and 3.
Doctor Who Prequel: Pond Life …

Doctor Who Prequel: Pond Life …

>>34978
Doctor Who Prequel: Pond Life …
This is such a cute series.

Ood on the Loo should be a children's book.

So, when this comes out, is anybody going to upload it on mediafire?
My college doesn't get the BBC, and there's a lot of Whovians here.

If not, where's best chance on regular 4chan?

>>34978
Ood on the Loo is my favourite Wings album.

>>34987
you must be babby on internet
if it does show up, use the /rs/ search on old 4chan
i'm guessing you can't torrent since campus
find a friend and have him/her send it to you/upload it with password or something
there's also a livejournal community specifically for stuff like this but i'm not a part of it

also, i'm required to say don't do any of these things and wait for it to show up on DVD or some other legal broadcast, god.

>>34991
Normally I would to that latter bit, but I kinda don't want to wait forever ya know?
And yeah, torrenting has been near impossible here.
Thanks for the advice though.

Uh oh...
Doctor Who Prequel: Pond Life …

>you will never be this swag

http://www.nerdist.com/2012/08/geeky-good-eats-make-a-dalek-cake-with-dork-fork/

>>34998
>>the first show to mix fandom with food

Not exactly. There's a Tumblr blog called Gourmet Gaming, and two web series- Nerdy Nummies and Feasts of Fiction. Still, the more the merrier, as long as there's not too much competition.

Also, I third "Ood on A Loo" as a children's book.

>>34999
Oh, what do I do?
Oh, what do I do?
The Doctor popped by, now an Ood's on the Loo.
There's an Ood on the Loo?
Yes, an Ood on the Loo!
And now he is trying to make breakfast too!
Take the Ood off my Loo!
Leave, you Odd on my Loo!
It's almost 9am, I have much work to do!
Doctor's in Kathmandu
In near 1302
So he really can pick up the Ood on the Loo.

SHUT UP AND WATCH THIS.

MATT SMITH &amp; KAREN GILLAN …

Spoilers: The Eleventh Doctor has a fatal new weakness!

just retire the daleks please

The whole "Nina was a phase" line offended some people in the chat I was in.

>>35005
>Retire the Daleks
I understand if you don't like them, but that would be like getting rid of the TARDIS. They're one of the most iconic things in Doctor Who and have been part of it mythos for almost 50 years.

Spent the past week or two forcing my boyfriend to watch through the modern series from Eccleston all the way up to Smith, in preparation for series seven. His thoughts on the show
>Fuck Davies
>Why does the End of Time exist
>"Seriously why did we watch that?" "You must suffer to truly appreciate the good episodes. Also love Bernard Cribbins."
>WHY THE FUCK DID DONNA ONLY HAVE ONE SEASON
>I can't take the Daleks seriously
>Can we watch another River Song episode PLEASE
>Matt Smith looks like a foot but oh god I do like him
I have created a begrudging Who fan. Gonna watch the series six finale when he gets home from work as it's the last episode we have left, and the premiere after. If it ever finishes downloading. I never thought I'd miss having BBC America.
>>34712
>More Gaiman episodes
>Gaiman writing Cybermen
THANK YOU BASED MOFF
>>34836
Toby Jones? In my Doctor Who? Again? I really have to start listening to these audio plays at some point.

The new Companion is a Dalek!

i thought she was meant to be a companion. god that would have been so cool having a dalek that thinks its human as a companion

>>35011
That definitely would be interesting. We'll just see how she does as a companion in and after the Christmas special.

BBC America premiere in about 7 minutes for all of the losers who didn't download the episode and watch it hours ago.

God I forgot how dumb the mother in last year's Christmas special was...

twists: the rehash

It's a fun ep for me if I decide to not think about it, and ignore all the holes and why can't Moffat write women that aren't all just like River Song?

>>35012
but how can she be a companion if she's dead

>>35017
Well either Oswin is a completely different character played by the same actress, or some timey wimey shit happens and he meets her before she gets dalek'd and blown up.

>>35019
so she's literally river 2.0

>>35020
Nonsense. That would imply that Moffat can't write female characters well. Or characters in general.

>>35019
Or. She. Survived. Yeesh. It's Doctor Who, if you don't see the body they're not definitely dead, and even if you DO see the body they can still come back somehow. Did I ever tell you kids about the time Davros survived a point blank Dalek disruptor blast?

I am overly sick of Amy by the end of all of this.
Shame too, she had such a strong start.

>>35020
I wouldn't say that... Zoe Herriot by way of Astrid Peth, maybe.

>>35023
Or Adric being inside an exploding spacecraft that ends up killing the dinosaurs....only to come back as some sort of ageless boy king who rules over prehistoric scorpion people. Not sure if that counts though.

>>35026
i meant in the sense that if the companion is the same character and they pull some timey wimey before she was a dalek shit then the first time he meets her is the last time she meets him

then again once she realised she was a dalek she would have full control over all her systems. y'know, things like the emergency temporal shift

wait if she was a dalek shouldn't the voice she was transmitting have been all dalekey

I like the theory that the actress/character is going to be in every episode until The Doctor starts wondering what the hell is going on.

>>35032
She is scattered through Time and space, with different aspects living different lives, much like Scaroth

ALTON BROWN cooks DOCTOR WHO s…

Welp, there is this.

SHIT

>>35035
I like the Feasts of Fiction version better, they even managed to make actual custard that tasted good with the fish fingers.

I like Alton Brown, though. And I wish they'd done a cocktail. Banana daquiri would work perfectly.

>>35029
She still believed she was human, and her communications system was transmitting her thoughts directly, using her human voice. Pretty sure that's where the Carmen was coming from too, her memory of the song.

>>35038
That had me panicking like nothing else, till I remember a line.

One beautiful, simple throwaway line.

Happy Birthday Mum.

Awww I really wanted her to join him now.

>>35008
http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/hugo-winner-neil-gaiman-returns-38467.htm
No confirmation on the cybermen yet, but Gaiman is definitely writing another episode.