The Doctor Who thread

WYNIR0

 Very good. Though I don't quite understand why No 10 regenerated?

Lixarto

#10?

You mean #9? ("Getting a bit thin ...")

WYNIR0

Lixarto said:

#10?

You mean #9? ("Getting a bit thin ...")

That's the Badger.

koneguitarist

I was on the set of DR Who and the green death, back in early 70`s, quite scary as a kid.

Met Jon Pertwee just as he got off his car Bess. he even posed for a snap on our old polaroid camera. will have to see if mam still has it somewhere.

Never watched it after Tom Baker left.

digitalscream

WYNIR0 said:

 Very good. Though I don't quite understand why No 10 regenerated?

#9 regenerated just because he was getting too old. Given that a) when he became #9, he was young, and b) the last three regenerations evidently managed several hundred years between them without visibly aging, that gives an interesting perspective on the duration of the Time War; how long does it take for a Time Lord's body to age that much? 

Or not, of course, given the whole timey-wimey thing.

monquixote

Just watched and thought it was brilliant. 

Roll on christmas. 

johnnyurq

Most excellent indeed and looking forward to the xmas special and a new Doctor.

Fretwired

Lixarto said:

Dodgy plot bit: the Kate Zygon having the activation code sent to her phone so Clara could use it to rescue the Doctors. Considering the door wasn't locked and they used the stasis cube to escape, wholly unnecessary.

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@Lixarto you might want to remove the last sentence for those who have not yet watched it.

digitalscream

Did anybody notice the swastika on the kid's belt at 1:02:30 (on iPlayer)? I can't imagine that it was accidental, but I also can't think for the life of me why it would be included.

holnrew

Well, that was fantastic. I'm glad they managed to reign Tennant in a little bit.

johnnyurq

digitalscream said:

Did anybody notice the swastika on the kid's belt at 1:02:30 (on iPlayer)? I can't imagine that it was accidental, but I also can't think for the life of me why it would be included.

I wonder does it hark back to S6 and Let's Kill Hitler.

thumpingrug

Welsh Liz 1 ??

Lots of screwdriver action.

Loved the machine that goes "ding"

Jalapeno

holnrew said:

Well, that was fantastic. I'm glad they managed to reign Tennant in a little bit.

Apart from "Allons-y" they did an excellent job

Much more grown-up - loved it all.  Shame John Hurt couldn't stay longer.  Loved the Billie Piper hot arse gag

suspiciousminds

Just watched it now (but will have to rewatch it to make sure i've not missed owt),
Can someone enlighten me who is actually the first doctor?
William hartnell or john hurt?

breakstuff

Best episode for a long time.Watched An adventure in space and time straight after and enjoyed that just as much.Even got something in my eye on a couple of occasions.Agree with johnnyurg regarding Reese Sheersmith,great casting and David Bradley also played a blinder.

Paul_C

suspiciousminds said:

Just watched it now (but will have to rewatch it to make sure i've not missed owt),
Can someone enlighten me who is actually the first doctor?
William hartnell or john hurt?

William Hartnell

John Hurt is between the 8th and 9th somehow.

suspiciousminds

So in theory then, william hartnoll was the first "doctor" long before the last day of the time war?

digitalscream

suspiciousminds said:

So in theory then, william hartnoll was the first "doctor" long before the last day of the time war?

He was the first Doctor long before the first day of that particular Time War. As I recall, there were at least two Time Wars involving the Time Lords.

John Hurt's Doctor, however, came into being in the middle of the Time War:

Note that he regenerates into a young John Hurt, so a fair amount of time (in his timeline) must've elapsed between then and the 50th anniversary episode.

holnrew

I wonder if they were hoping to get Ecclestone to appear with that regeneration. Miserable git.

wibble

Anyone else watch The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot?

Some nice moments in it...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01m3kfy