Doctor Who/Torchwood

[KebreI]

I don't intend on waiting until December to see the new ep, but I still in the US so give me a day or two.

[Romana]

[Yourgingerestfan]

Well I watched it , its now one of my favourite episodes , it was so emotional !
Can't wait for the next one

[RoxSilverFox]

Man! The Waters of Mars was epic, I can't wait for this years Christmas special.

[Insane]

Bowie Base One. Brilliant.
His moodswings were craaazy.

[Romana]

There's a sneak peek at scenes 4 & 5 of the first episode of The End of Time on Children in Need tonight. The BBC's not uploading it afterwards, to ensure people actually watch Children in Need.

EDIT: Here's the scene.

[Romana]

The animated adventure "Dreamland" has been airing this week on BBC's red button service and iPlayer. The full thing (5 episodes) will air as one merged episode on BBC1 on December 5th. Obviously this locks out the US from seeing it... although a little YouTube digging will surely solve that. Each episode is 7-15 minutes long.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0057t3p/Doctor_Who_Dreamland_Episode_One/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0057t52/Doctor_Who_Dreamland_Episode_Two/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0057t6g/Doctor_Who_Dreamland_Episode_Three/

Two more should be up this week.

The plot involves Area 51 (the so-called Dreamland) and the infamous UFO crash. The Doctor, along with two new friends, gets roped into a mystery involving what happened at Roswell, and who 'Colonel Stark' is really working for.

It uses a new animation style, so think of this as a story to 'test the waters'. If this one gets good ratings we could see more cropping up along the way. Personally I think the animation style is gorgeous, but when characters are moving... ugh. It's cringe-worthy seeing the Doctor move around like a Thunderbirds puppet, and when he takes out his sonic screwdriver his hand is still in the same position, which looks ridiculous. Anyway, I wouldn't be against the idea of another story done in this style, as long as it's polished a little. There were apparently agreements given by each of the surviving Doctor actors that their likeness could be used in one of these adventures, and it certainly provides a way of bringing back old Doctors without substitute actors.


EDIT: The official synopses for both parts of The End of Time have been released!

Part One: It's the Tenth Doctor's final journey – but his psychotic nemesis the Master has been reborn, on Christmas Eve. With both determined to cheat death, the battle ranges from the wastelands of London to the mysterious Immortality Gate, while the alien Ood warn of an even greater danger approaching, as a terrible shadow falls across the entire Universe.

Part Two: The Doctor faces the end of his life as the Master's plans hurtle out of control. With the sound of drums growing louder, and an ancient trap closing around the Earth, the Doctor and Wilf must fight alone. But sacrifices must be made, and the deadly prophecy warns: "He will knock four times."

[IAmSerge]

Did someone call for...

...THE DOCTOR??

[Romana]

The End of Time
Part 1: 59 minutes
Part 2: 72 minutes
Source

Reminds me, you folks in the US had Journey's End (70 minutes or so) cut down to fit into a regular timeslot, didn't you? I remember reading that they even cut a significant amount of the ending at Bad Wolf Bay! Hope that doesn't happen this time.

[Romana]

New End of Time clips!
http://blogtorwho.blogspot.com/2009/12/end-of-time-bbc-breakfast-clip.html
http://blogtorwho.blogspot.com/2009/12/end-of-time-new-clip.html

So I thought of something today.

This is possibly how the 10th Doctor is going to die: he's going to sacrifice himself out of guilt.

RTD has stated that the "He will knock four times" phrase isn't 'the obvious answer' (i.e. four knocks = four drumbeats = the Master). The one who will knock four times is Ten himself, for whatever reason. Ten will suffer terrible losses, the most likely being Donna and Wilf (a recent interview with RTD used "poor old Wilf" twice, in particular). Knowing what Davies is like with his scripts lately, it's really likely he'll make out the Doctor to be morally ambiguous once again (think back to "a man who's able to choose who lives and who dies, that would be a monster", "I think the Time Lord Victorious is wrong", etc.). In sacrificing his life, the Doctor solves whatever problem it is this time. It's a typical swift solution to a new series finale.

Also, this is old, but going by the new video, people are aware of the Doctor and who he is (okay, at least some old folks Wilf knows) SPOILER(the journal of impossible things being published and all). This is going to get reset (probably by one of the Time Lords), there is no way in hell that kind of mess can be left in the series, especially since Moffat's taking over and he apparently wanted everything reset.

I dunno. Just some ideas.

[Romana]

HOLY FUCKING BALLS

[Jutty]

I watched the first episode of "Doctor Who" a long time ago and didn't really like it. It wasn't serious enough for me.

[Yourgingerestfan]

Hmm , End of time was fine until the last 5 mins which I didnt enjoy xD
I love how donna and wilf are back however , they are my favourites <3

[Romana]

I love how donna and wilf are back however

Not to mention the goddamned Time Lords!

[Insane]

Who is led by Cap'n Saliva.