The Doctor Returns!

Originally Posted By EdisYoda

The Doctor Returns tonight. Do NOT miss it!

 

Originally Posted By vbdad55

7 minutes - I have the snacks ready and the DVR on !!!

 

Originally Posted By vbdad55

7 minutes - I have the snacks ready and the DVR on !!!

 

Originally Posted By vbdad55

6 minutes

 

Originally Posted By ecdc

I clearly need to start watching this show. Can I jump right in or do I need to start with season one (the reboot, I'm not going back to '63!)

 

Originally Posted By hopemax

And no one suggests you start at the beginning either. We have only watched the reboot. Since 2005 there have been 3 Doctors. The current Doctor, and current companions have only been around since last season. The old show runner handed it off to a new person, and so there was definitely a change in tone. So starting with last season (Season 5) is a good place to start.

The only thing is that there is a character who is introduced in the 8th episode of Season 4, who is important in this section of the show. If you have the time, you can start with the 2005 reboot, with Christopher Eccleston, then through the David Tennet episodes and then onto the current one. I love the David Tennet episodes, but then you might want to know more about Rose, and she was introduced in the 1st episode of the reboot, and that's only adding on one more year, so you might as well watch from the beginning. But you could probably start with Season 5 and catch up. Then go back to the beginning of the reboot and watch Seasons 1-4.

 

Originally Posted By vbdad55

ecdc - watch this video - it gives 47 years of a timeline in 6 minutes...
it won't hurt.

welcome to the show...it really is special.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szHO-wEmvio" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...O-wEmvio</a>

 

Originally Posted By ecdc

Excellent info, and thanks for the link!

 

Originally Posted By LindsayC

Fantastic start to the new season... really really enjoyed it. I think “Mrs Robinson” was classic!

 

Originally Posted By Mr X

***I clearly need to start watching this show***

Yeah, you should. It's good stuff.

***Can I jump right in or do I need to start with season one (the reboot, I'm not going back to '63!)***

Better to start from the beginning (of the reboot, anyway). Hard to jump in, too much going on. If possible, I'd go back to the beginning if I were you. In my case, for some strange reason I just HAPPENED to catch it way over in Japan right at the beginning of the reboot (as you put it), and it's been pretty freakin awesome though I'm still working my way through my bad vibes on the new Doc (the past two were awesome...I'm probably one of the few that really liked the first "re-booted" incarnation as much or more compared to the second...the first (10th?) had a certain dry confidence I thought was pretty cool).

Anyway, Doctor Who rocks!

 

Originally Posted By Mr X

***If you have the time, you can start with the 2005 reboot, with Christopher Eccleston, then through the David Tennet episodes and then onto the current one. I love the David Tennet episodes, but then you might want to know more about Rose, and she was introduced in the 1st episode of the reboot, and that's only adding on one more year, so you might as well watch from the beginning***

^~~~this

 

Originally Posted By danyoung

>...but then you might want to know more about Rose...<

I don't think any television show in the past 20 years has affected me as much as the final "Rose" show. I was just a blubbering mess on my couch - so poignant, so terribly sad!!!

I have last night's show plus the look at last season recorded on my DVR, and hope to get to them both today.

 

Originally Posted By Brian55nh

I found it just as poignant/sad when Donna's end as a companion was aired.

 

Originally Posted By vbdad55

I am with you X-- I am still getting used to Matt at the Doctor..I thought he was better yesterday but still uneven. Now comes rumors he is looking at maybe only 1 more year--and Amy Pond going out before season 6 over--I feel more continuity needed. Also David Tennat replaced Tom Baker for me as my favorite Doctor


yesterday's part one was great but man do I have questions, and concerns

1/ WHo is River exactly ? If she turns out to be ex wife I think Steve Moffat has screwed up- as continuity issues with many class ic episdoes if he was 'married' - And does any Who fan really want that ? Torchwood is there for episodes going that direction- thought the screamer comment out of context for Who- not for Torchwood, but for Who- just IMHO
2/ Is the Doc really set up to - die - die at age 1107 now ?
3/ It is obvious Amy will be leaving as a companion ( pregnant )- who's next companion- looking for rumors

It is also obvious they are pushing hard to increase audience in US-- I really hope they don't do much out of the ordinary for that- as most Who fans here like it written how should I put this, more intelligently than US TV shows.

 

Originally Posted By Labuda

I just wish Torchwood was still on. *sigh*

 

Originally Posted By hopemax

>1/ WHo is River exactly ? <

My current theory...Amy & Rory's daughter (or descendant) and either the girl on the telephone, the person in the spacesuit (or both).

> If she turns out to be ex wife I think Steve Moffat has screwed up- as continuity issues with many class ic episdoes if he was 'married' - And does any Who fan really want that ? <

Well, in his timeline the marriage wouldn't have happened yet, if there is one. Since they are living in reverse order, River has already lived the "marriage. But it's the 1100ish year old Doctor married to her, not the 900 year old one. Time travel is so confusing. And since it seems like it's setting up that River is in prison for murdering the Doctor, I hope there is an unseen twist.

As for Matt Smith...I still don't know. He can play the childlike, there is a cornucopia of people and experiences around the bend. But David Tennant played the haunted man who has seen and done too much, so well, that sometimes this Doctor seems rather 1-dimensional.

And Labuda, Torchwood returns July 8th and it will be shown on the US on Starz.

 

Originally Posted By danyoung

Yeah, Torchwood moving to a PAY channel - not cool!

 

Originally Posted By vbdad55

And since it seems like it's setting up that River is in prison for murdering the Doctor, I hope there is an unseen twist.
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personal theory is person murdered was the Master

 

Originally Posted By vbdad55

But David Tennant played the haunted man who has seen and done too much, so well, that sometimes this Doctor seems rather 1-dimensional.
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oh so agree-- the 'dark side' of the Doctor is there so vividly with David...but not overwhelming, you get glimpes of a tortured soul however

 

Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt

YEAH!! more Dr. Who fans!! I love River Song. Glad she's back!!