Dr. Who

[Mandu]

All right, if you don't want to be spoiled then what are you doing here?  Go away now.









I'm warning you.  You will be spoiled.  At bit at least.







Wow.  Loved it.  The snowmen were a bit stupid but still.


It's smaller on the outside.

Winter is coming.

Run you clever boy.  And remember.

[Tenzhi]

Loved the new intro.  It's got a classic feel to it.  Classic intro, classic interior, classic enemy.  I'm curious about this Clara.

[corvus1970]

As I said on my facebook:

Wow! Doctor's face in the new title sequence made me squee like a kid. We haven't seen that since 1989!

[Victoria Victrix]

Loved it.  Love the new Companion.  Love the more emotional Doctor.

[Aggelakis]

I have a gigantic crush on Matt Smith's Doctor. My crush on Tennant's Doctor is marginally smaller.

[FatherXmas]

That was fun.  Strax must be a fun character to right for.

Love the new opening.  Love the new control room and the mystery that is Clara Oswin Oswald.  Plus the chemistry between her and The Doctor is quite invigorating.  He always chooses a companion who's at least curious about things and actually can reason things out without being told.

And I thought "the test" as a clever bit of writing.  "Words"  :)

So has she been fractured through time?  Did she imprint herself so significantly on the "snow" that every so often enough of its "water" comes together to reform her body and mind?  Or is the GI (aka Yog-Sothoth) playing the long game with The Doctor to help usher it's return?

It should be an interesting mystery to solve for the rest of the season.

[Timelord Tom]

Didn't see the new Who last night (don't have BBCA  :-\) though I did see much of the marathon (was dog sitting at a friends - would have stuck around for the new one, but would have been late getting home, and would have had to have cheated on my limited due to medical condition diet more than I already had for the holidays.)

While I like what I see of the new design, my favorite will always be:

https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.themindrobber.co.uk%2Ftardis-console-room%2Fbaker-tardis.png

[Mental Maden]

I have a feeling there are going to be a lot of Clara fans.  She's fun and the chemistry between them seems genuine.  It will be a fun run.

I completely glossed over the new opening.  Will have to rewatch on the DVR when I get home from work.

[Aleksandros]

Excellent episode - can't wait to see the rest of the season.  And isn't she a cheeky monkey - almost laughed loud enough to wake my son when she shot him the eye climbing the ladder to the Tardis.

Corvus, excellent tip on that mashup vid - now I've gotta dig out my Space:1999 DVDs and watch em til the Mrs gives me the eye-roll of doom.

[Clave Dark 5]

Didn't see the new Who last night (don't have BBCA  :-\) though I did see much of the marathon (was dog sitting at a friends - would have stuck around for the new one, but would have been late getting home, and would have had to have cheated on my limited due to medical condition diet more than I already had for the holidays.)

While I like what I see of the new design, my favorite will always be:

https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.themindrobber.co.uk%2Ftardis-console-room%2Fbaker-tardis.png

That's one thing I like about it, it had some serious nodding going on it the direction of the that old look.

Overall I quite liked this ep, I feel it was better than than the previous Christmas one.  Still, I don't think any new Christmas episodes will ever be able to top the Christmas Carol one , that was just outright brilliance on every front I can think of.

[FatherXmas]

Watched it a 2nd time.  Now wouldn't it be somewhat cruel if the rest of the season he keeps finding her only to lose her again and again.  Sort of an eternal companion ala Moorcock.  ???

Now I doubt that from looking at the previews.  Now who else is excited that Gaiman is writing the Cybermen episode?  Hands ;D

And why do I get a Captain Nemo vibe off of one of the clips?

[Tenzhi]

Watched it a 2nd time.  Now wouldn't it be somewhat cruel if the rest of the season he keeps finding her only to lose her again and again.  Sort of an eternal companion ala Moorcock.

And all because he's really in a coma or dream state somewhere this whole time...

[corvus1970]

Now who else is excited that Gaiman is writing the Cybermen episode?  Hands ;D

< This guy! :D

And you are welcome, Aleksandros!

[Clave Dark 5]

Watched it a 2nd time.  Now wouldn't it be somewhat cruel if the rest of the season he keeps finding her only to lose her again and again.  Sort of an eternal companion ala Moorcock.  ???

Now I doubt that from looking at the previews.  Now who else is excited that Gaiman is writing the Cybermen episode?  Hands ;D

And why do I get a Captain Nemo vibe off of one of the clips?

My hand goes up too.  I haven't liked everything Gaiman's ever written (or read all of it either, for that matter), but he's always amazingly creative doing it.

The Nemo feel might be because we know an ep-to-come is going to take place on a sub...

[Tenzhi]

And all because he's really in a coma or dream state somewhere this whole time...

And, incidentally, I would like to remind everyone how the Doctor took off the bracelet that was protecting him from the nanites.  I thought that was going to be of future importance back when it happened, and I'm thinking it even moreso now.

[antarcticaa]

Another Whovian here as well.  Like the good Doctor, I'm still missing Amy and Rory the red shirt so it will take me a little longer for the new companion to grow on me.  She's rather 'perky,' and I'm not sure if I'm all that fond of it as a character device.  Loved the nod to other SF series, such as the Game of Thrones with the "winter is coming" quote.  Thought the rest of the cast in the new Christmas special was brilliant.

[KnightHawk Prime]

Crossposted.

I really missed not being able to beat up evil snowmen this year.

I watched the Doctor Who Christmas special this year, and all I wanted to do after was go beat the hell out of winterlings, and maybe the Winter Lord, but I'm a blaster, and I'd expect to get my butt kicked. ;]

*sigh*

Despite that, Happy Holidays everyone, and happy new year!


2cp. ;]


And for the record, Mr. and Mrs. Pond, Rose, Donna, Martha in that order of preference of companions from the newer series, I'd have to go back and watch all the old episodes again it's been too long.

And I'm waiting till I have at least six episodes of Clara to place her in the favorites queue.

*Always* The Girl Who Waited, and The Last Centurion. Redshirt, yes. But it's Imperial Roman Legion Red.

[FatherXmas]

Well the Royal Mail just issued Doctor Who stamps.

[Magus Prime]

Not to be outdone by Iron Man, looks like the Cybermen have undergone some upgrades.  I have faith Neil Gaiman's episode will be good enough to cancel out the two bad Mark Gatiss episodes I'm going to have to suffer through.  "One may to tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel."  To quote the Madame du Pompadour (the fictional one, that is! ;D)

[antarcticaa]

Just hope Gaiman coins a better phrase for the Cybermen other than "Delete, delete,delete." 

Still, I love the Cybermen and really enjoyed the giant steampunk CyberKing in "The Next Doctor."  Great episode.

And the Daleks still have a plunger.  (Going to play with the stuffed Dalek my husband got me for Christmas now, lol.)