Doctor Who *Spoilers Abound! We've lost Containment*

Speaking of music that makes you think of Doctor Who, this years star of The Voice sang "I'm With You" and I thought it was practically a Who companion theme song.

The most applicable lines:

Won't you
Take me by the hand, take me somewhere new?
I don't know who you are
but I'm
With you.
Yonder wrote:
liquid wrote:

About the Snowmen episode:

Spoiler:

Why couldn't he just use his regen power on her to keep her alive? He can do it at will as seen in the last Pond episode where he healed River's wrist.

Spoiler:

The real question is why he didn't catch her in the Tardis like he's done before.

Spoiler:

Fixed time? Isn't that always the answer to these questions?

Yonder wrote:

Speaking of music that makes you think of Doctor Who, this years star of The Voice sang "I'm With You" and I thought it was practically a Who companion theme song.

The most applicable lines:

Won't you
Take me by the hand, take me somewhere new?
I don't know who you are
but I'm
With you.

Screams for an "I'm With Who" parody song.

I liked the Christmas episode.

Spoiler:

I find it interesting that we get not just one fictional character (Sherlock Holmes) called out to, but two (Mary Poppins).

Overall, the idea of Clara/Oswin is pretty interesting. I'm kind of hoping that the "joins the Doctor, but then dies" thing happens again at least once. It could become rather less interesting if it's done too many times, though. It all depends on the execution. For example, it could be more interesting if she were to keep appearing as different pseudo-fictional characters. (Although that doesn't really seem to hold with the preview of the next episode.)

Looking forward to finding out, though.

And, of course, the Abominable Snowmen/Web of Fear callbacks were pretty cool. I never saw either of those episodes, but I remember loving reading the novelization of Web of Fear.

Radical Ans wrote:
Yonder wrote:

Speaking of music that makes you think of Doctor Who, this years star of The Voice sang "I'm With You" and I thought it was practically a Who companion theme song.

The most applicable lines:

Won't you
Take me by the hand, take me somewhere new?
I don't know who you are
but I'm
With you.

Screams for an "I'm With Who" parody song.

That's actually an Avril Lavigne song...

sometimesdee wrote:

That's actually an Avril Lavigne song...

Even a sh*t covered broken clock is right twice a day.

Not you, dee, Avril Lavigne!

sometimesdee wrote:

That's actually an Avril Lavigne song...

Yeah, in the Voice they almost never have their own songs to sing, generally they cover other artists songs. Although in this case after that episode Lavigne did come on for this song to duet with Cassadee Pope.

Hypatian wrote:
Spoiler:

I'm kind of hoping that the "joins the Doctor, but then dies" thing happens again at least once. It could become rather less interesting if it's done too many times, though. It all depends on the execution.

Clever choice of words.

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Lots of people say Wal-Mart is evil, but what if Target is part of a Master plan?
I submit to you proof that Target is run by Time Lords:

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Credit: iTunes Tomato

...

I don't get it?

Edit: Ah, okay, found this pic. I'm not familiar with the seal.

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More examples of Gallifreyan text:
Melody Pond:
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Part of the prophecy from the Tennant specials:
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Gallifreyan is just ripped off from bubble chamber images.

And if they ever make it more than five seconds of plot they're going to have to talk around it being a ludicrous way to write.

Shore is purty, though.

So I'm finally caught up to the end up Season (Series?) 4. I gotta say, the end of Donna made me 100% sadder than the end of Rose. I rather enjoyed the generally platonic chemistry between Donna and the Doctor, and that's a hell of a way to have a journey end.

Superbeard wrote:

So I'm finally caught up to the end up Season (Series?) 4. I gotta say, the end of Donna made me 100% sadder than the end of Rose. I rather enjoyed the generally platonic chemistry between Donna and the Doctor, and that's a hell of a way to have a journey end. :(

Yeah, I'm still pissed off and very sad at her finale. Such a sad way for such an amazing character to go. I love their chemistry too, and I think it's cute that they still do acting thingies together.

Superbeard wrote:

I rather enjoyed the generally platonic chemistry...

+over 9000. New who has way too much of companions trying to hook up with the Doctor. Looks like they're doing it again with Oswin, too. Rose, Jack, Amy, and of course River (forgivable special case) have all snogged a 1000-year-old-man. So inappropriate!

Edit: Oh yeah, and Martha.

bighoppa wrote:
Superbeard wrote:

I rather enjoyed the generally platonic chemistry...

+over 9000. New who has way too much of companions trying to hook up with the Doctor. Looks like they're doing it again with Oswin, too. Rose, Jack, Amy, and of course River (forgivable special case) have all snogged a 1000-year-old-man. So inappropriate!

Edit: Oh yeah, and Martha.

Hell, the Doctor has even snogged Rory!

Free Kindle book: Dining with the Doctor

I can't vouch for the recipes, but the first few, at least, make an amusing read.

Oh, apparently I was under a misapprehension about the definition of "snog".

sometimesdee wrote:

Hell, the Doctor has even snogged Rory!

Well, I doubt that means much. Even Donna planted a big wet one on the Doctor.

Quintin_stone wrote:

Oh, apparently I was under a misapprehension about the definition of "snog".

Nah

In Harry Potter it was definitely used to mean kissing or making out. Not sure about true British slang uses though.

Snog = kissing.

You might be getting confused with the British slang 'shag', which can be used either as verb or noun, and means what you think it means.

davet010 wrote:

Snog = kissing.

You might be getting confused with the British slang 'shag', which can be used either as verb or noun, and means what you think it means.

Carpet?

bighoppa wrote:
davet010 wrote:

Snog = kissing.
You might be getting confused with the British slang 'shag', which can be used either as verb or noun, and means what you think it means.

Carpet?

Must resist immature response! *snicker*

bighoppa wrote:
davet010 wrote:

Snog = kissing.

You might be getting confused with the British slang 'shag', which can be used either as verb or noun, and means what you think it means.

Carpet?

Tobacco.

The last one is the best!

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(as of the time of this posting, Rory is still on the list of centurions at Wikipedia.)

sometimesdee wrote:

The last one is the best!

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(as of the time of this posting, Rory is still on the list of centurions at Wikipedia.)

I crossposted this elsewhere, and followup reports say it got changed to "Roricus Pondicus" and then "Rory Pond", before being changed back to Rory Williams. I expect it will get locked before long, as there have been dozens of changes today.

BBC America heads back in the TARDIS to bring classic Doctor Who to America

It's been a long, long time since pre-Russell Davies Doctor Who was shown in America, but that's set to change this Sunday, at 9 p.m. EST. BBC America will air the four-part serial "The Aztecs," starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor, in its entirety. It's part of a series titled "The Doctors Revisited," which will help celebrate Doctor Who's 50th anniversary in America by airing a Who serial each month, one per Doctor, in numerical order. Given how well the new-Who series do on BBC America, these classic episodes could be quite the hit... or at least help bring some newer fans into the vast if lower-production-valued world of classic Doctor Who. Thanks to everyone who sent in the tip.

I hope this makes its way to Netflix or some other format since I don't have cable!

farley3k wrote:

BBC America heads back in the TARDIS to bring classic Doctor Who to America

It's been a long, long time since pre-Russell Davies Doctor Who was shown in America, but that's set to change this Sunday, at 9 p.m. EST. BBC America will air the four-part serial "The Aztecs," starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor, in its entirety. It's part of a series titled "The Doctors Revisited," which will help celebrate Doctor Who's 50th anniversary in America by airing a Who serial each month, one per Doctor, in numerical order. Given how well the new-Who series do on BBC America, these classic episodes could be quite the hit... or at least help bring some newer fans into the vast if lower-production-valued world of classic Doctor Who. Thanks to everyone who sent in the tip.

I hope this makes its way to Netflix or some other format since I don't have cable!

Quite a few of the old Who episodes (including the Aztecs) are already on Netflix instant