The Dr Who thread

[Col]

I got the impression that the budget for the programme has been upped considerably, it just looked a lot more smarter and better than some previous episodes. Things can only get better!

[Ollie]

We're just catching up with the end of Torchwood ATM, and 2 minutes ago I spotted the same "vote Saxon" poster on the 2006-version of the building where Capn Jack slipped back in time. So, who is Saxon, and where is he standing for election (the poster was in London in Doctor Who; Cardiff in Torchwood, I believe)? Co-incidence, poor continuity, good continuity, big plot or just a coherent bit of background?

Word of the season, isn't it?

[Darkflame]

yeah, but I'm not going to call it yet.
At least theres no pseudo-cryptism behind the meaning this time, so there wont be a load of conspiracy's about it that are going to be disappointed.

Having a running symbology is fine (look at the Lost Numbers), but you have to go somewhere with it.

[merman]

Excellent start, lovely little moments like the oxygen gauge... Opening episode of a series, salt-sucking monster? Now where I have heard that before?

[Alarm]

I was chatting with a friend just now about the new series, and I come up with the following theory:

Bad Wolf enabled the Master to escape, hence his return

[Stevo]

Has any other show got such a large sphere of things under its umbrella?

Doctor Who has:

The series itself
The audios (and the numerous spin offs like Dalek Empire)
The books (novels (including Torchwood), reference/fact and annual)
The magazines
Spin off series (Torchwood, Primeval, The SJA and the new K-9 series)
Kids show (Totally Doctor Who (now with cartoon!))
Behind the scenes show (Doctor Who Confidential

... and that's just some of the offline stuff. Impressive for a show which was dead for several years.

Primeval has as much to do with Doctor Who as the Magic Roundabout

[Firefox]

Doctor Who needs more dinosaurs and ladies in their undercrackers if it's going to keep up with Primeval...

[Duck Turkin]

Hey HGFB (and others that are interested), I know you're a bit of a collector, if you click on the link you might like one of these:

http://shigella.livejournal.com/519884.html

[Alarm]

Primeval has as much to do with Doctor Who as the Magic Roundabout

Indeed. I was waiting to see how long it would be until someone noticed my 'mistake'.

Mind you, wasn't Zebedee in The Celestial Toymaker?


How could I forget about all the figures and toys from my list? Add those too, and it's a very impressive list indeed!

[Ollie]

Did the Judoon remind anyone else of Vogons? I think the comparison got into my head because their spaceships were a bit like the Vogons' in the Hitch Hiker's movie.

In fact overall this had a bit of a Douglas Adams-ish feel to it.

[HGFB]

The overnight ratings are out

1 …. 8.2 (39.5%) …. Doctor Who (19:00) BBC1
2 …. 6.7 (30.8%) …. Any Dream Will Do (19:45) BBC1
3 …. 6.6 (29.4%) …. The National Lottery People's Quiz (20:45) BBC1
4 …. 6.3 (28.4%) …. Casualty (21:00) BBC1
5 …. 5.3 (25.8%) …. BBC News; Weather (21:45) BBC1
6 …. 4.7 (24.2%) …. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (18:00) ITV
7 …. 3.9 (24.7%) …. Match of the Day (22:15) BBC1
8 …. 3.8 (22.9%) …. The National Lottery People's Quiz (18:15) BBC1
9 …. 3.7 (16.5%) …. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (20:45) ITV
10 … 3.5 (24.3%) …. All New Just for Laughs (17:45) BBC1
11 …. 3.4 (24.4%) …. Harry Hill's TV Burp (17:30) ITV
12 …. 3.4 (24.6%) …. BBC News; Regional News; Weather (17:15) BBC1
13 …. 2.5 (11.2%) …. CSI:NY (21:00) CH 5
14 …. 2.3 (18.5%) …. All New You've Been Framed! (17:00) ITV
15 …. 2.2 (19.5%) …. Final Score (16:30) BBC1
16 …. 2.2 (11.8%) …. The Dame Edna Treatment (21:45) ITV
17 …. 2.0 ( 9.0%) …. A Tribute to John Inman (20:15) BBC2
18 …. 1.7 ( 8.9%) …. About Schmidt (21:00) CH 4
19 …. 1.6 ( 9.0%) …. Law and Order (22:00) CH 5
20 … 1.5 (10.3%) …. ITV News; Weather (22:45) ITV

[SimonB]

Really enjoyed that. Martha will do nicely - I hope she keeps on questioning the Doctor.

Liked the other junior doctor trying to make himself a star out of it as well.

[arron]

We're just catching up with the end of Torchwood ATM, and 2 minutes ago I spotted the same "vote Saxon" poster on the 2006-version of the building where Capn Jack slipped back in time. So, who is Saxon, and where is he standing for election (the poster was in London in Doctor Who; Cardiff in Torchwood, I believe)? Co-incidence, poor continuity, good continuity, big plot or just a coherent bit of background?

I spotted a few posters in the episode tonight, so I doubt it's just set dressing.

I thought that the mural around the poster was very interesting. I noticed in the "Confidential" that the poster was stuck on a green board in the alley, but in the programme itself was surrounded by graffiti..which made me wonder whether it was composited in.

The image around the poster was of some large bug-eyed monster. So, it seems that if this is a vision of the future..then Dr Who might be cancelled this year?

[merman]

And we're back!

Great start, loved the way the Doctor evaluated how Martha responded to the situation. But I hate the "dysfunctional family" bit. Still, will be interesting to see what changes Martha's "one trip and one trip only" into a longer stay in the Tardis...

[Darkflame]

Did the Judoon remind anyone else of Vogons? I think the comparison got into my head because their spaceships were a bit like the Vogons' in the Hitch Hiker's movie.

I was thinking the same.

Dunno if I like Rhino's as a humanoid without explanation, however.
[/nitpick]