Dr Who season 5

ixoy

Ah so the Silurians are back - not too surprising. I think they were pretty decent in the past (in S7 as pixelburp says). They were more intelligent bad guys and didn't just run around screaming trite catch phrases and fart. They did a pretty good job reviving the Sontarans so I'd be pretty hopeful.

Now when can we have some Ice Warriors? And, go on treat us, bring back Peladon's Alpha Centauri!

aidan_walsh

As for the format of the ad, it is running in front of Alice In Wonderland 3D in the UK so that was going to be a big factor in how things went. For that reason alone it was never going to be a series of clips.

doctorwhogirl

But that ad is rubbish. Rubbish. It's trying oh so hard to be "down with the kids". Enjoyed the other ad, not this. But then is it is in front of Alice... 3D then it would explain a lot.

Doesn't stop it being horrendous though.

ixoy

Dreadful ad - if I hadn't watched 30 seasons of the damned thing, I wouldn't watch it on the basis of that trailer. Far too cheesy - what a slap to "Blink" to see the Doctor wrestling with a Weeping Angel in a cheap SFX vortex. If I could, I'd use the Hand of Omega on the ad's creators!

pixelburp

Ahhhh, it's a trailer on a 3D move. That explains a lot.

popebenny16

the original Christopher Eccleston trailer featured lots of explosions and fire and had no connection with the show that emerged at all.

Wonder if that music will be the new variation on the theme.

Oh, didnt like it, but i dont like anything so im no judge.

popebenny16

pixelburp wrote: »

Oh and apparently Amy's engaged to some bloke back on earth, who will apparently also share the Tardis for a time (if the general site reporting is to be believed), so not sure there'll be any actual Doctor-companion goings on this time.

every one of Stephen Moffats Stories so far has had two companions in them, and it is something that he says works better then one, so that they can discuss him and he can seem more different to the humans, with that in mind I would expect a lot of two companion action. Week six is pencilled in as the second launch story this year, which I think means its the River Song two parter but Amys BF is also in the Tardis which pixeburp has said and he may stay around for the rest of the years run. Maybe the first five weeks just with Amy, then the last eight with two (or more).

thegrove54

i liked the line that the doctor says at the end it just seems cool really looking forward to this season.

Flash86

I quite liked the ad. Was a little unusual maybe but there was nothing in it that made me worry about the upcoming series.

Ziggy_1972

Apparantly the new series starts Sat April 3rd.
I like the look of the new doctor, very tweedy, with a dickie-bow and braces, like a professor from the '30s.
It looks like Matt is going to put his own mark on the role, and not simply do an impersonation of DT.
I'm optimistic.

popebenny16

Ziggy_1972 wrote: »

Apparantly the new series starts Sat April 3rd.

well thats the tradition anyway to start easter saturday, and its on the official site

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/features/bulletins/bulletin_100219_01

thegrove54

wonder if thats the new time vortex.

Daemos

Three more episodes confirmed:

The Time Of Angels/Flesh And Stone (which will feature River Song)
Vampires In Venice

The other titles are rumoured to be:

The Museum Of Ghosts
Circus Freaks/The Return Of The Siluran
Vincent And The Doctor
The Cyberman
Everything Dies/The Rise Of The Rani

popebenny16

DaPoolRulz wrote: »

Three more episodes confirmed:

The Time Of Angels/Flesh And Stone (which will feature River Song)
Vampires In Venice

Thats correct

The other titles are rumoured to be:

The Museum Of Ghosts
Circus Freaks/The Return Of The Siluran
Vincent And The Doctor
The Cyberman
Everything Dies/The Rise Of The Rani

One and three of that is right AFAIK, but that last one cant be rigtht can it ?:eek:

Daemos

popebenny16 wrote: »

One and three of that is right AFAIK, but that last one cant be rigtht can it ?:eek:

I don't know, that's why I said "rumoured"

Although it's also been rumoured that

The Rani

would be returning in the past two seasons as well, so I'd be more surprised if it turned out to be true than if it turned out to be another red herring

flazio

Well I heard

Anjili Mohindra was spotted on set so the story may revolve around her Sarah Jane Adventures character, Rani Chandra, rather then that red head that contributed to the demise of the classic series.

popebenny16

flazio wrote: »

Well I heard

Anjili Mohindra was spotted on set so the story may revolve around her Sarah Jane Adventures character, Rani Chandra, rather then that red head that contributed to the demise of the classic series.

i have never understood the fandom that person in the past you referred to in yonder spoiler has created, having seen all the eps that person was in. however, every bit of fanwank seems to inevitably feature that person, and RTD knew that, of course. :cool:

moffatt has said he no longer reads the forums (maybe he still reads ours -*waves*)

pixelburp

Haha,

the Rani

? Please, that rumour has cropped up in between every series since the first of the new run.

Jessibelle

Just finished reading the SFX interview with the new Dr. One thing that struck me throughout, though it may be the way the photo's were taken, is that Matt bears a passing resemblance to Peter Davison, anyone else see it or am I need of a trip to specsavers?

jay93

cnt wait for this to be out it shall be good alot of people say hey what you watch that dr who **** for and i say well what about the **** u watch dr who aint **** at all should be interesting now that david tennent is gone he was the doctor for to long :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Balasubbie

Jessibelle wrote: »

Just finished reading the SFX interview with the new Dr. One thing that struck me throughout, though it may be the way the photo's were taken, is that Matt bears a passing resemblance to Peter Davison, anyone else see it or am I need of a trip to specsavers?

Weird you mention that, I see it too and there's more, the whole transition
process between Doctors 10 and 11 just strikes me as a rerun of the
hullaballo that occured when Davison took over the shop in '81. Mind you,
both Smith and Moffat seem to know where they're going from the off
unlike Davison, who had to wait until his final story to really nail a
characterisation of the Doctor. Up until 'Caves of Androzani' the deepest
direction he was given was this; "Be really, really different to Tom"

p.s

I'll try to source the quotation later.

K-9

Initial reaction to the first screening of the Eleventh hour seems good, the first link includes an interview with Matt Smith:

Blogtor Who

Blogtor Who

Critic review, it is the BBC, contains spoilers:

BBC News - Review: Matt Smith's first Doctor Who story

pixelburp

K-9 wrote: »

Initial reaction to the first screening of the Eleventh hour seems good, the first link includes an interview with Matt Smith:

Blogtor Who

Blogtor Who

Critic review, it is the BBC, contains spoilers:

BBC News - Review: Matt Smith's first Doctor Who story

Blimey, you ain't half right:

The Cybermen are returning? First I heard! I wonder if it's finally going to be "our" universe's cybermen, and not those Cybus ones.

There's a new clip available btw. It's not very spoiler'y either:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTcUjehUF_c

nucking futs

April 3rd for the new series to start

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2010/wk14/

pixelburp

And yet another trailer, this time revealing even more, including Spitfires attacking a dalek saucer in Earth's orbit. Which is nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK_7S_EpnBk

Doctor DooM

Bugger, thats a cybus cyberman.

nucking futs

Doctor DooM wrote: »

Bugger, thats a cybus cyberman.

And they're in the parallel universe as well, remember the zepplins and square face on Big Ben? *sigh* Another reunion with Rose on the cards so

:rolleyes::o:(

pixelburp

nucking futs wrote: »

And they're in the parallel universe as well, remember the zepplins and square face on Big Ben? *sigh* Another reunion with Rose on the cards so

:rolleyes::o:(

That's not the parallel universe, that's ww2 london. Those are barrage balloons, which were a cheap & common way of prevent low level attack from planes. It's a shot from the ww2 Dalek story.

markw999

Personally I'm glad that the

weeping angels

are back. I loved their last appearance

Stark

BBC America trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVUth0jmF-E