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August 04, 2013

BBC Announces 12th Doctor: YOU
— Ace

I have no idea who that is.

Capaldi wearing some sinister facial hair for his role as
Cardinal Richelieu in a BBC Three Musketeers project

Eh, he's got a Doctor sort of look.

Interview: The Right Scoop jut cut the video of the announcement, the unveiling, and the interview with the next Doctor.

His Work: This is funny. Profanity warning.

thanks to unclemeant80

Posted by: Ace at 10:44 AM | Comments (203)
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1 I'd throw down in a three-way with him and Ms. Leathers.

Posted by: Carlos Danger at August 04, 2013 10:46 AM (bQTwX)

2 Consider this thread officially stomped.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 04, 2013 10:47 AM (8ZskC)

3 Now un-stomped. Pixy's head must be spinning.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 04, 2013 10:47 AM (8ZskC)

4 To be fair, he's the only Doctor left in Britain with an actual British accent.

Posted by: AmishDude at August 04, 2013 10:49 AM (xSegX)

5 I am immediately suspicious of anyone with facial hair that screams, "Look at me!."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 04, 2013 10:49 AM (gqgiP)

6 yeah, Doctor Demento

Posted by: Ronny the Red-Nosed Reindeer at August 04, 2013 10:49 AM (omBWL)

7 Has tumblr collapsed yet?

Posted by: @NJ_libertarian at August 04, 2013 10:50 AM (GE0Kl)

8 Oooh, I like it! Finally an actual GROWN UP to play the Doctor. Don't get me wrong, I love David Tennant, and Matt Smith was cute as a button, but I miss the older Doctors of the past. The fact that he's got quite an interesting, handsome face and LOOKS like a Doctor is just gravy. Heh. Love this: In the recent World War Z, Capaldi had a bit part as a Doctor in the World Health Organization Â— a WHO Doctor. http://mashable.com/2013/08/04/new-doctor-who/

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 10:50 AM (CA2NO)

9 Birthday-party magician.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 04, 2013 10:51 AM (xjpRj)

10 He looks like a dressed up meth dealer or the bad guy in a million cheap Westerns. Meh. Oh, AND those are hair plugs, aka Joey Biden, cheap hair plugs.

Posted by: Darth Chenny at August 04, 2013 10:51 AM (wR+pz)

11 he looks like my 11th grade American history / geography / something else I can't remember teacher

RIP, Mr. Humberson

Posted by: Ronny the Red-Nosed Reindeer at August 04, 2013 10:51 AM (omBWL)

12 I'm your huckleberry.

Wait... no?

Aw.

*goes back to terrorize all you can eat buffet*

Posted by: Val Kilmer at August 04, 2013 10:52 AM (JEkAW)

13 Off damn sock

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at August 04, 2013 10:52 AM (wR+pz)

14 As a geek in good standing I do not get Dr. Who.

Posted by: Mark formally in Spokane, now in Sandy Ut at August 04, 2013 10:52 AM (xGX1p)

15 Oh, I hope they let him keep the Scottish accent. *hopeful!*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 10:52 AM (CA2NO)

Posted by: Mark formally in Spokane, now in Sandy Ut at August 04, 2013 10:53 AM (xGX1p)

17 If he keeps that facial growth, people will think of the Master but a bit more older and still has deadly. But yeah we have an 'adult' Doctor. Just keep him away from Colin's jacket. Put him in a duster and some boots, watch the Daleks and Cybermen run in terror.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 10:53 AM (0WdQr)

18 So, Amy Pond should be totally available then, eh? Dibs!

Posted by: blaster at August 04, 2013 10:53 AM (NAU+F)

19 I'm still sulking that David Tennant isn't the Doctor. I sort of got used to the last guy and I'll probably sort of get used to this guy too.

Posted by: suitably adequate at August 04, 2013 10:54 AM (d0dHb)

20 Just keep him away from Colin's jacket. Put him in a duster and some boots, watch the Daleks and Cybermen run in terror. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 02:53 PM (0WdQr) Oooh, yes, please! And no scarf.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 10:54 AM (CA2NO)

21 What "The colonel" would have looked like if he did Meth instead of chicken.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at August 04, 2013 10:55 AM (wR+pz)

22 'Amy Pond' was at SDCC 2013. She has the role of Nexus and she is now bald.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 10:55 AM (0WdQr)

23 Is anyone else glad they didn't go with a trangendered lesbian black woman?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 10:55 AM (CA2NO)

24 he was good in 'Local Hero' --- a good movie, btw. Where else do you get Burt Lancaster and the guy from Aliens and Diner ???

Posted by: Ronny the Red-Nosed Reindeer at August 04, 2013 10:55 AM (omBWL)

25 Tom Baker was the ONLY Dr. Who, The others were all posers.

Posted by: sum Guy said at August 04, 2013 10:55 AM (mNhv/)

26 Interestingly, he has already been on Dr.Who Doctor Who: Season 4, Episode 2 The Fires of Pompeii http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1173173/

Posted by: toby928© at August 04, 2013 10:56 AM (QupBk)

27 MWR, it would have been a riot if they had selected Helen Mirren.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 10:56 AM (0WdQr)

28 Hmm. Sounds like a Scottish Scarface

Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 04, 2013 10:57 AM (aDwsi)

29 Interestingly, he has already been on Dr.Who Doctor Who: Season 4, Episode 2 The Fires of Pompeii http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1173173/ Posted by: toby928Â© at August 04, 2013 02:56 PM (QupBk) LOL! For a second there I thought it was LITERALLY season four. Like all the way back in the sixties.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 10:57 AM (CA2NO)

30 Earlier this week Peter had been leaked as the possible 12th Doctor and people had mentioned Fires of Pompeii. Think this is the first time they actually selected someone from the support cast to become the new Doctor.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 10:58 AM (0WdQr)

31 I quit Doctor Who years ago. Don't like this new show. But if they're going to stop the 'Tiger Beat' approach of Russell T. Davies I'm all for it.

Posted by: zsasz at August 04, 2013 10:59 AM (MMC8r)

32 MWR, it would have been a riot if they had selected Helen Mirren. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 02:56 PM (0WdQr) lol! My thing is, I could see his skin color changing, but in terms of his actual GENDER, I'd find that hard to believe. And yes, I know we're talking about a species of alien that regenerates itself and travels in time, so gender-bending SHOULD NOT be the straw that breaks the suspension-of-disbelief-camel's back. But there you go.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 10:59 AM (CA2NO)

33 bah ---- Paul Reiser was in Aliens and Diner; Peter Reigert was in 'Local Hero'

Posted by: Ronny the Red-Nosed Reindeer at August 04, 2013 11:00 AM (omBWL)

34 MWR, season four that would be Troughton I think. Peter do you have a time machine or what?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 11:00 AM (0WdQr)

35 Tom Baker was the ONLY Dr. Who, The others were all posers. Posted by: sum Guy said at August 04, 2013 02:55 PM (mNhv/) I've always had a special fondness for Doctor #4. As a kidlet I always loved that he had unruly curly hair like mine. Hee!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:00 AM (CA2NO)

36 >>>'m still sulking that David Tennant isn't the Doctor.

yesterday I got excited when I realized that there was no "rule" that said that David tennant couldn't be the 12th doctor -- maybe incarnations are sometimes alike.

But it was all just a dream...

Posted by: ace at August 04, 2013 11:00 AM (/IWYB)

37 Is there a Nurse Who?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 04, 2013 11:02 AM (SRqmv)

38 Fuckin' Exterminate! Fuckin' Exterminate!

Posted by: The New Fuckin' Daleks at August 04, 2013 11:03 AM (ekFsa)

39 19 I'm still sulking that David Tennant isn't the Doctor. I sort of got used to the last guy and I'll probably sort of get used to this guy too. Posted by: suitably adequate at August 04, 2013 02:54 PM (d0dHb) Isn't tenant supposed to have an appearance when doctor who returns? Or was that just hopeful speculation? I'm curious to see how they'll use Jonathan Hurt. My current guess is that he will end up being the doctor that fought in the time war.

Posted by: Buzzion at August 04, 2013 11:03 AM (LI48c)

40 He's actually much more funnier and profane than this clip. I suggest people rent The Thick of It. The last season when they mocked the Levenson Report was hilarious. He was also in The Crow Road based on the late Iain Banks' novel, which I also liked very much.

Posted by: Waldo at August 04, 2013 11:03 AM (tCBZk)

41 First Doctor Who I encountered was Tom Baker but Jon Pertwee snagged me. He was more a man of action and since the TARDIS was locked up he had to constantly be Kirk and Spock to defeat aliens with Earth technology.

MWR I would have been laughing at a female Doctor Who. Slim fingers running through hair and wailing, 'still not a ginger!!!'

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 11:04 AM (0WdQr)

42 Wow, Wikipedia didn't waste any time.

Posted by: rickl at August 04, 2013 11:04 AM (sdi6R)

43 MWR, season four that would be Troughton I think. Peter do you have a time machine or what? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 03:00 PM (0WdQr) Ah, Troughton. Of the magnificent fur coat. Love! According to IMDB, season 4 was still William Hartnell, at least as of the first episode ("The Smugglers," aired September 1, 1966). So it's very possible that it was the season in which Troughton took over. A Doctor Who twofer! Or, more appropriately, a Whofer!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:04 AM (CA2NO)

44 They shoulda got that House guy. He's already a doctor.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 04, 2013 11:05 AM (SRqmv)

45 Thought the doctor would be Carlos Danger.

Posted by: BarakaTarkata at August 04, 2013 11:05 AM (si4cu)

46 i added video of the announcement and the interview with Capaldi.

Posted by: ace at August 04, 2013 11:05 AM (/IWYB)

47 14 year old in NYC shot and killed after he chased another man shooting at him. police ordered him to stop and drop his weapon but he refused. he was out on bail after having been arrestedfor shooting a 15 year old last May. NYPost headlines says "Rookie Cops Shoot 14 Year Old" a bit misleading

Posted by: Brick at August 04, 2013 11:06 AM (d8H/T)

48 First Doctor Who I encountered was Tom Baker but Jon Pertwee snagged me. He was more a man of action and since the TARDIS was locked up he had to constantly be Kirk and Spock to defeat aliens with Earth technology. I LOVED Doc #3. As a kid I always wanted a car like his. MWR I would have been laughing at a female Doctor Who. Slim fingers running through hair and wailing, 'still not a ginger!!!' Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 03:04 PM (0WdQr) *blithers* OMG THAT WOULD RULE. *is a goofy fangirl*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:07 AM (CA2NO)

49 A young, female Dr. Who would be fun.
It would play to a lot of stereotypes. You could get a lot of scripts out of a female character who is dismissed because of gender and age who has the solution to the problem de jour, gets ignored, ends the crisis, to the amazement of her self proclaimed (older male) superiors, exits with some understated wisecrack.

Posted by: sum Guy said at August 04, 2013 11:07 AM (mNhv/)

50 If they let him go "Malcom Tucker" on the Daleks, the Daleks will cease to exist.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 04, 2013 11:07 AM (BXLPR)

51 >>>>> Fuckin' Exterminate! Fuckin' Exterminate!

Posted by: The New Fuckin' Daleks at August 04, 2013 03:03 PM (ekFsa)

What is your fuckin' name, Doctor?

Posted by: The Fuckin' Great Intelligence at August 04, 2013 11:08 AM (59r5R)

52 apparently his facial hair, which is kind of awesome, was only for his role as Cardinal Richelieu in a bbc 3 musketeers series.

Posted by: ace at August 04, 2013 11:09 AM (/IWYB)

53 Capaldi played Valmont's (John Malkovich's) manservant in Dangerous Liaisons. It was a small part but he was great. Valmont had ordered him seduce a maid so Valmont could blackmail her into spying on the Marquise. Capaldi started sleeping with her, as ordered, but was bored with it and wanted to stop. He's a good actor if he can hang with Malkovich.

Posted by: Phinn at August 04, 2013 11:09 AM (/SxiR)

54 They picked Col. Sander's nephew?

Posted by: eman at August 04, 2013 11:10 AM (AO9UG)

55 "I miss the older Doctors of the past. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 04, 2013 02:50 PM

As far as I'm concerned, it all went to hell after Tom Baker. Or am I dating myself here?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2013 11:10 AM (kSJg9)

56 Oh, yeah, Capaldi. Traffic totally rocked.

Posted by: wisenheimer at August 04, 2013 11:10 AM (cTHv4)

57 >Isn't tenant supposed to have an appearance when doctor who returns? I do believe I have the vapors. Quick, the smelling salts.

Posted by: suitably adequate at August 04, 2013 11:12 AM (d0dHb)

58 Almost has a Roger Delgado Master like look to him.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 04, 2013 11:13 AM (MkZzi)

59 As a little girl, my dream was to grow up to be Princess Astra.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:13 AM (CA2NO)

60 MWR I can imagine a female Doctor Who. Hands rapidly running across body and noting how ill fitting the clothes are. And suddenly stopping on the chest and having to chide 'no no no must not do that or never...' pause at that and the high pitch of voice. Eyes widen in shock as one hand reaches for crown of head to pull down a very long strand of hair then a quick look down where other hand is. Look back up at camera as eyes go really wide and a piercing scream is heard.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 11:13 AM (0WdQr)

61 As far as I'm concerned, it all went to hell after Tom Baker. Or am I dating myself here? Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2013 03:10 PM (kSJg9) Tom Baker's Doctor was the MAN. My sister's favorite has always been Peter Davison, though.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:14 AM (CA2NO)

62 If they let him go "Malcom Tucker" on the Daleks, the Daleks will cease to exist.

I thought they were exterminated...once...or something. I always thought they were 'fillers', malevolent mutant hoover vacuum cleaners or something. Then you find out there is a wee little person living inside each one.

Posted by: sum Guy said at August 04, 2013 11:14 AM (mNhv/)

63 MWR, you wanted to be turned into a piece of a wand?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 11:14 AM (0WdQr)

64 Tom Baker is the only Doctor I watched regularly. I vaguely remember Jon Pertwee, but not much. And Romana. Mmm. Those were the days.

Posted by: rickl at August 04, 2013 11:15 AM (sdi6R)

65 This is a giveaway: why do the Doctors return in a new form?

Posted by: eman at August 04, 2013 11:15 AM (AO9UG)

66 Romana is still stuck in e-space according to TV canon.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 11:16 AM (0WdQr)

67 More old timey Who memories: the soldiers of Unit, led by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, are second only to Stormtroopers in their inability to hit a target.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:17 AM (CA2NO)

68 Interestingly, he has already been on Dr.Who

Doctor Who: Season 4, Episode 2 The Fires of Pompeii http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1173173/
Posted by: toby928Â© at August 04, 2013 02:56 PM (QupBk)

Karen Gillan, later to become Amy Pond, was also in that episode. She was one of the crazy cultists.

Posted by: tdpwells at August 04, 2013 11:17 AM (01otU)

69 I loved Peter Capadi in Local Hero. That, and The Vicar of Dibley, are the only things I can remember him in. Okay choice, I guess. No one will ever top Tom Baker.

Posted by: Gem at August 04, 2013 11:17 AM (zw+pb)

70 BARCELONA!!!

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 11:17 AM (doBIb)

71 GERONIMO!!!

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 11:18 AM (doBIb)

72 Mary Tamm was the best companion.

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 11:18 AM (doBIb)

73 Don't know who Dr. Who is, never seen a second of it, don't plan to. There's just so many things we can follow.

Posted by: rrpjr at August 04, 2013 11:19 AM (CdX2J)

74 I don't get it, but I will investigate this doctor thing. My initial impression is that the Great British have now started awarding doctors licenses based on some kind of a televised contest.

Posted by: UWP at August 04, 2013 11:19 AM (r98SZ)

75 MWR, you wanted to be turned into a piece of a wand? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 03:14 PM (0WdQr) To be more specific, I always wanted to grow up to be Romana IN THE FORM of Princess Astra. But as a wee kidlet the whole "Romana turns into Princess Astra, but not really, and Princess Astra is a bit of crystal, and then goes through a mirror or something and lives with a lionfaced kind of creature guy like Beauty and the Beast" was a bit much to digest. So I just stuck with "Princess Astra."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:19 AM (CA2NO)

76 And Romana. Mmm. Those were the days.
Yeah, The Mary Tamm version.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 04, 2013 11:20 AM (MkZzi)

77 "Come the fuck in or fuck the fuck off" I'll have to remember that line, I can think of occasions when it'd be useful.

Posted by: JEM at August 04, 2013 11:20 AM (o+SC1)

78 Think they'll ever resurrect K-9 again?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:21 AM (CA2NO)

79 Tom Baker was the ONLY Dr. Who, The others were all posers. Posted by: sum Guy Preach it brother!

Posted by: sandbagger at August 04, 2013 11:21 AM (1qNJl)

80 Think they'll ever resurrect K-9 again? Sarah Jane had him, right?

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 11:22 AM (doBIb)

81 MWR yeah it was a bit confusing with the switching off of companions in that mess when the Junoesque Romana becomes the itty bitty blonde Romana. And then whole well the blonde Romana is snogging off with the Doctor in real life.

How about Nyssa? Or Tegan?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 11:23 AM (0WdQr)

82 I also don't get this who business. What's been the primary demo of the show?

Posted by: Gandalf'sLoveStaff at August 04, 2013 11:23 AM (OqeDl)

83 Pictures of (dying) 2 year old Best Man at his parent's wedding: http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/4463850-74/logan-stevenson-ceremony#axzz2b1tyr1T0

Posted by: Baldy at August 04, 2013 11:25 AM (tyDFN)

84 *SNORT* I read this headline at Drudge: Terror threat prompts high-level meeting at White House The story's at TheHill.com So I go to the story and these are the first three paragraphs: The White House said top administration officials gathered late Saturday over a terror threat that provoked the State Department to close more than 20 diplomatic posts and issue a worldwide travel alert. National Security Adviser Susan Rice chaired a meeting with 12 administration officials including the secretaries of State, Defense and Homeland Security and the directors of the FBI, CIA and NSA, according to a White House statement. Rice and Lisa Monaco, the assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, then briefed President Obama on the latest developments... In other words, the meeting took place at or in the vicinity of the White House, but the Preezy wasn't there. He's still, I believe, vacationing in the Vineyard, yes? Nice to know he lets his underlings use the conference room when he's away. *rolling eyes*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:26 AM (CA2NO)

85 Oooh, I like it! Finally an actual GROWN UP to play the Doctor. Don't get me wrong, I love David Tennant, and Matt Smith was cute as a button, but I miss the older Doctors of the past. The fact that he's got quite an interesting, handsome face and LOOKS like a Doctor is just gravy. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 04, 2013 02:50 PM (CA2NO) If they had gone on with the younger and younger doctors, I'm sure the next one would have been a toddler, or perhaps a fetus or a mote in the milkman's eyeÂ…

Posted by: The Political TARDIS at August 04, 2013 11:26 AM (Vk2pI)

86 "80 Think they'll ever resurrect K-9 again? Sarah Jane had him, right?" Yeah, though he wasn't in her spinoff series. He had his own live-action kids' spinoff series a couple years ago in Australia.

Posted by: Synnerman at August 04, 2013 11:27 AM (0Bdlg)

87 In other words, the meeting took place at or in the vicinity of the White House, but the Preezy wasn't there.

I think we're all in fine hands with inveterate America-hater Susan Rice chairing the meetings. If Barky needs to veto any rescue attempts, he can be reached by phone.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 04, 2013 11:28 AM (8ZskC)

88 Tom Baker was the ONLY Dr. Who, The others were all posers. Posted by: sum Guy said at August 04, 2013 02:55 PM (mNhv/) Ahem!

Posted by: Patrick Troughton at August 04, 2013 11:28 AM (Vk2pI)

89 I thought the writing fell of a bit this last season (not Matt Smith's fault). Tom Baker was "my" doctor, although I liked Peter Davison as well. Tennant was fine up until that last speech before his regeneration: I felt that it kind of violated the cannon. (I know, not his fault either.)

Posted by: plum at August 04, 2013 11:28 AM (Z6itK)

90 TPH, just think if the Doctor had regenerated into a youngish Rose age British girl who dressed like a Lolita and liked K-Pop.

Then Moffet would have truly killed the franchise.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 11:28 AM (0WdQr)

91 Ace posting on Sundays? We are at the end times.

Posted by: Soona at August 04, 2013 11:29 AM (oPI5z)

92 MWR, it would have been a riot if they had selected Helen Mirren. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 02:56 PM (0WdQr) I'm still shocked that they didn't pick a flaming transgendered lesbian person of color to fit in with the BBC's P.C. ethos.

Posted by: The Political TARDIS at August 04, 2013 11:29 AM (Vk2pI)

93 Why does all this crap feel like Aaron Sorkin went to work for BBC or Channel 4? It's/ he's truly awful.

Posted by: Esau's Message at August 04, 2013 11:29 AM (WZq72)

94 MWR yeah it was a bit confusing with the switching off of companions in that mess when the Junoesque Romana becomes the itty bitty blonde Romana. And then whole well the blonde Romana is snogging off with the Doctor in real life. How about Nyssa? Or Tegan? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 03:23 PM (0WdQr) Nyssa was good, though a bit snobby. I liked later Tegan more than early Tegan; early Tegan was too much of a scaredy-cat, though I suppose it's understandable since she was a human who suddenly found herself flitting about the universe with some lunatic who called himself a Time Lord. Though I loved her little purple stewardess outfit. But Adric could go die in a fire. Man, what an annoying, whiny twerp. Sarah Jane had him, right? Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 03:22 PM (doBIb) Yep! Didn't they make a guest appearance on one of the earlier iterations of the new series? Maybe the 9th Doctor? And I know "The Sarah Jane Chronicles" featured him, too. I always liked K-9. I suppose every kid did, ne? A talking robot dog!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:30 AM (CA2NO)

95 Thought the doctor would be Carlos Danger. Posted by: BarakaTarkata at August 04, 2013 03:05 PM (si4cu)/i] Who do you think will play the Master(bater)Â…

Posted by: The Political TARDIS at August 04, 2013 11:30 AM (Vk2pI)

96 92 MWR, it would have been a riot if they had selected Helen Mirren. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 02:56 PM (0WdQr) I'm still shocked that they didn't pick a flaming transgendered lesbian person of color to fit in with the BBC's P.C. ethos. Posted by: The Political TARDIS at August 04, 2013 03:29 PM (Vk2pI) Soon.

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 11:30 AM (doBIb)

As a show that's been on for 50 years, I think the primary demo is "all."

Craig Ferguson said it best (and shortest), the show represents the triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism.

Posted by: arminius at August 04, 2013 11:30 AM (cDnhR)

98 I remember watching Dr. Who somewhere between Monty Python and Benny Hill in the 70s. Do they still have that time traveling telly booth?

Posted by: Fritz at August 04, 2013 11:30 AM (K7xnX)

99 Yeah, though he wasn't in her spinoff series. He had his own live-action kids' spinoff series a couple years ago in Australia. Posted by: Synnerman at August 04, 2013 03:27 PM (0Bdlg) He wasn't? Well hell, what am I remembering? *scratches head*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:30 AM (CA2NO)

100 Sarah and K-9 appeared when they investigated the school. Turned out the teachers were alien bat creatures trying to get the kids to crack a code.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 11:31 AM (0WdQr)

101 I thought they were exterminated...once...or something. I always thought they were 'fillers', malevolent mutant hoover vacuum cleaners or something. Then you find out there is a wee little person living inside each one. Posted by: sum Guy said at August 04, 2013 03:14 PM (mNhv/) A 2 minute meeting with Malcom Tucker would make every Dalek decide that suicide was the better option. Malcom was/is that good at laying down the law. As for the best companion, Jenna Coleman is quite the fine little thing, and she too had an appearance before she became his companion as an imprisoned Dalek.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 04, 2013 11:31 AM (BXLPR)

102 The new series resurrected K9 from the dustbin and the doctor left him with Sarah Jane before he took off again. It was the ep with "Giles" from the tv Buffy.

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 11:32 AM (doBIb)

103 The best companions were the Brigadier, Turlough, Jamie, Zoe, and Ace (the one with boobies). Worst companion? Rose. She was a whiny little girl with daddy issues. Though they may have topped that with the Victorian lesbian bestiality chicksÂ…

Posted by: The Political TARDIS at August 04, 2013 11:32 AM (Vk2pI)

104 How about Nyssa? Or Tegan?
I liked Tegan. She was tough.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 04, 2013 11:32 AM (MkZzi)

105 I'm probably the only Whovian who liked Turlough.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:32 AM (CA2NO)

106 I think BO isn't in the Vineyard yet... I read he was at Camp David for at least some of this weekend with his shady friends.

Posted by: Baldy at August 04, 2013 11:33 AM (tyDFN)

107 Sarah Jane Parker was just so plucky and likeable.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 11:34 AM (0WdQr)

108 I'm probably the only Whovian who liked Turlough. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 04, 2013 03:32 PM (CA2NO) At least two, including me.

Posted by: The Political TARDIS at August 04, 2013 11:34 AM (Vk2pI)

109 I wait for the episode when the doctor does this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NwvjPlcC3w language warning

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 04, 2013 11:35 AM (BXLPR)

110 94 MWR yeah it was a bit confusing with the switching off of companions in that mess when the Junoesque Romana becomes the itty bitty blonde Romana. And then whole well the blonde Romana is snogging off with the Doctor in real life. How about Nyssa? Or Tegan? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 03:23 PM (0WdQr) Nyssa was good, though a bit snobby. I liked later Tegan more than early Tegan; early Tegan was too much of a scaredy-cat, though I suppose it's understandable since she was a human who suddenly found herself flitting about the universe with some lunatic who called himself a Time Lord. Though I loved her little purple stewardess outfit. But Adric could go die in a fire. Man, what an annoying, whiny twerp. Sarah Jane had him, right? Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 03:22 PM (doBIb) Yep! Didn't they make a guest appearance on one of the earlier iterations of the new series? Maybe the 9th Doctor? And I know "The Sarah Jane Chronicles" featured him, too. I always liked K-9. I suppose every kid did, ne? A talking robot dog! Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 04, 2013 03:30 PM (CA2NO) It was with Tenant. His first season. He ended up getting destroyed and when the doctor left he showed up repaired for Sarah Jane.

Posted by: Buzzion at August 04, 2013 11:35 AM (LI48c)

111 Turlough was a deserter wasn't he?

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 11:35 AM (doBIb)

112 At least two, including me. Posted by: The Political TARDIS at August 04, 2013 03:34 PM (Vk2pI) *fist bump* WOO! I liked that he was an oily little prick, but that you could tell he didn't WANT to be that way. At least not all the time.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:36 AM (CA2NO)

113 I hope no one has had a TARDIS tattooed on themselves. Have met such, they kinda scare me, especially when its on the forearm and they just have to show everyone their tat.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 11:36 AM (0WdQr)

114 103 The best companions were the Brigadier, Turlough, Jamie, Zoe, and Ace (the one with boobies). Worst companion? Rose. She was a whiny little girl with daddy issues. Though they may have topped that with the Victorian lesbian bestiality chicksÂ… Posted by: The Political TARDIS at August 04, 2013 03:32 PM (Vk2pI) No love for Captain Jack?

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 04, 2013 11:37 AM (BXLPR)

115 I hope no one has had a TARDIS tattooed on themselves. Or somewhere else. "It's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. "

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 11:37 AM (doBIb)

116 114 103 The best companions were the Brigadier, Turlough, Jamie, Zoe, and Ace (the one with boobies). Worst companion? Rose. She was a whiny little girl with daddy issues. Though they may have topped that with the Victorian lesbian bestiality chicksÂ… Posted by: The Political TARDIS at August 04, 2013 03:32 PM (Vk2pI) No love for Captain Jack? Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 04, 2013 03:37 PM (BXLPR) NO!!!

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 11:38 AM (doBIb)

117 Turlough was a deserter wasn't he? Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 03:35 PM (doBIb) I don't know that they ever said. Here's what the Doctor Who wiki says: Little is known about Turlough's life on Trion before and during the civil war, although his desperation to destroy a distress beacon he recognised as being from Trion and his reluctance to contact his people to save the inhabitants of Sarn indicate there were severe penalties for defiance of his exile. Before the war, Turlough's family was wealthy, and owned a planet. It can be assumed he was an active member of the military; he held the rank and serial number of "Junior Ensign Commander Vislor Turlough, VTEC9/12/44". In his teenage years, before he became a member of the military, in love with Deela. Deela's father was on the opposite side during the civil war. His mother was killed during the civil war and his younger brother Malkon and his father were exiled to the abandoned colony planet of Sarn. Turlough himself was exiled to Earth.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:38 AM (CA2NO)

118 Jack was destroyed as a character by what they did to him in Torchwood.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 11:38 AM (0WdQr)

119 101 I thought they were exterminated...once...or something. I always thought they were 'fillers', malevolent mutant hoover vacuum cleaners or something. Then you find out there is a wee little person living inside each one. Posted by: sum Guy said at August 04, 2013 03:14 PM (mNhv/) A 2 minute meeting with Malcom Tucker would make every Dalek decide that suicide was the better option. Malcom was/is that good at laying down the law. As for the best companion, Jenna Coleman is quite the fine little thing, and she too had an appearance before she became his companion as an imprisoned Dalek. Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 04, 2013 03:31 PM (BXLPR) Well that a little bit different than the others who have played other characters. Because as the dalek she was oswin Oswald the same character she is as the doctors companion.

Posted by: Buzzion at August 04, 2013 11:38 AM (LI48c)

120 I don't know that they ever said. I remember the ep where he shows his scar tattoo and says he's former military. I hd forgotten all the details about him.

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 11:40 AM (doBIb)

121 The new Dr. Who that talks like Malcolm Tucker. That would be epic. The new Dr. Who: You worthless fucking Daleks have been trying to take over the fucking universe for fucking how long? Just fuck off!

Posted by: YIKES! at August 04, 2013 11:41 AM (mETGQ)

122 Dr. Who? Dr. Who? Never heard of him.

Posted by: Charlie Gibson, you knew this was coming... at August 04, 2013 11:42 AM (v6hyJ)

123 It seems this Doctor Who is out of bubblegum.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 11:42 AM (0WdQr)

124 I just realized that Capaldi has played several characters on Who before. He was the father on the Pompeii episode and he also played Frobisher in Children of Earth.

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 11:42 AM (doBIb)

125 OMG! It's full of Who geeks.

Posted by: Soona at August 04, 2013 11:43 AM (oPI5z)

126

hmmm..... I may have to watch that Malcolm Tucker show.

Also is it just me or does anybody else think this "big super duper attack" thing is just a planned distraction by our govt, ok maybe just me as I seem to be turning into a 60's conspiracy nutjob. And I don't like it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2013 11:44 AM (4+FWp)

127 Also is it just me or does anybody else think this "big super duper attack" thing is just a planned distraction by our govt, ok maybe just me as I seem to be turning into a 60's conspiracy nutjob. And I don't like it. Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2013 03:44 PM (4+FWp) At this point, I consider trusting the government to be the "conspiracy nutjob" position.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:46 AM (CA2NO)

128 Dr. Who? Dr. Who? Never heard of him. Posted by: Charlie Gibson, you knew this was coming... at August 04, 2013 03:42 PM (v6hyJ) That my brother.

Posted by: I Don't Know at August 04, 2013 11:46 AM (mETGQ)

129 The new Dr. Who: You worthless fucking Daleks have been trying to take over the fucking universe for fucking how long? Just fuck off! Posted by: YIKES! at August 04, 2013 03:41 PM (mETGQ) I would pay. So much money.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:46 AM (CA2NO)

130 107 Sarah Jane Parker was just so plucky and likeable.Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 03:34 PM (0WdQr)
Is that a melding of Sarah Jane Smith and Sarah Jessica Parker?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 04, 2013 11:47 AM (MkZzi)

131 MWR and EC, making the Master President seems a more logical course than what we have now.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 11:47 AM (0WdQr)

132 OMG! It's full of Who geeks.

Posted by: Soona

Nerds!

Err...ah....word!

Posted by: Ogre at August 04, 2013 11:47 AM (o5q2C)

133 Amusing fact: He'd been on Alexei Sayle's show in '94...as a time traveller.

Posted by: Brother Cavil and his Flying Toaster Circus at August 04, 2013 11:48 AM (m9V0o)

134 Bertram good gosh I feel like that poor geek on the live broadcast who got the knocks wrong..... yes quite.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 11:48 AM (0WdQr)

135 131 MWR and EC, making the Master President seems a more logical course than what we have now. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 03:47 PM (0WdQr) The Master is actually competent and clever. TFG is neither. At least we would hear the Master say out loud, "You will obey me!!!"

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 11:49 AM (doBIb)

136

Also is it just me or does anybody else think this "big super duper attack" thing is just a planned distraction by our govt, ok maybe just me as I seem to be turning into a 60's conspiracy nutjob. And I don't like it.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2013 03:44 PM (4+FWp)

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It bothers me too. But I've come to the conclusion that this regime will stop at nothing to get what they want or to deflect anything negative.

This is what living in tyranny is like. I can't believe anyone anymore. Total confusion.

Posted by: Soona at August 04, 2013 11:49 AM (oPI5z)

137
Never watched it, I had to look up TARDIS to find out what it was.

I could use a TARDIS. I usually just get the TARDS.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2013 11:50 AM (4+FWp)

138 MWR and EC, making the Master President seems a more logical course than what we have now. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 03:47 PM (0WdQr) The Roger Delgado original. If you're going to go full megalomaniac, might as well do it in style. It'd be better than the preen popinjay we've got now.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:50 AM (CA2NO)

139 Ok geek cred time: Without using Wikipedia, what does TARDIS stand for? First one with the correct answer gets free use of ampersands in tonight's ONT.

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 11:51 AM (doBIb)

140 Time And Relative Dimensions in Space

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 11:52 AM (0WdQr)

141 Oh man, I remember which female companion I found most annoying: Peri Brown. Good God almighty, her voice could peel paint off the walls.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:53 AM (CA2NO)

142 Never watched it, I had to look up TARDIS to find out what it was. I could use a TARDIS. I usually just get the TARDS. Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2013 03:50 PM (4+FWp) For second I thought you were talking about me.

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 04, 2013 11:53 AM (mETGQ)

143 Without using Wikipedia, what does TARDIS stand for? First one with the correct answer gets free use of ampersands in tonight's ONT. Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 03:51 PM (doBIb) Time and Relative Dimension in Space! But I bet AP beat me to it.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:53 AM (CA2NO)

144 Yup, she did. Curses!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:53 AM (CA2NO)

145 Anna, with the win! After taxes and fees, your winnings come to three ampersands for use in tonight's ONT only.

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 11:54 AM (doBIb)

146 Senator: 'Most serious threat I've seen in a number of years'... --- If that number is zero? It's what they don't say that causes me suspicion. The whole thing smacks of yet another lie.

Posted by: UWP at August 04, 2013 11:54 AM (r98SZ)

147 141 Oh man, I remember which female companion I found most annoying: Peri Brown. Good God almighty, her voice could peel paint off the walls. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 04, 2013 03:53 PM (CA2NO) But boobs!

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 11:54 AM (doBIb)

148 Hmmm, never got into Dr. Who, can't understand the guy's accent, have no idea what the premise of that show was supposed to be, but sat here and watched all 6 minutes of it anyway.

Some actors actually are good at what they do.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 04, 2013 11:54 AM (BeSEI)

149 That my brother. Posted by: I Don't Know Third Base!

Posted by: Bud Abbott at August 04, 2013 11:55 AM (v6hyJ)

150 LOL and offers the ampersands to MWR for her to use as she deems fit and wise.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 11:55 AM (0WdQr)

151 Ok geek cred time:

Without using Wikipedia, what does TARDIS stand for?

First one with the correct answer gets free use of ampersands in tonight's ONT.

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 03:51 PM (doBIb)

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I didn't want to ask, so I'm glad you did. Don't want to look stupid.

Posted by: Soona at August 04, 2013 11:55 AM (oPI5z)

152 Hmmm, never got into Dr. Who, can't understand the guy's accent, have no idea what the premise of that show was supposed to be Imagine a "time cop" running around the universe, a rogue, fighting evil and spending time to stop and smell the apple grass.

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 11:56 AM (doBIb)

153 But boobs! Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 03:54 PM (doBIb) As a heterosexual 'Ette, the boobs did nothing for me.

Also, as a heterosexual 'Ette, I look at her boobs and say, "Pfft. Mine are bigger."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:57 AM (CA2NO)

154 I hope, with this return to an older Doctor Who, they move away from using the sonic screwdriver to solve everything.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 11:57 AM (0WdQr)

155 Imagine a "time cop" running around the universe, a rogue, fighting evil and spending time to stop and smell the apple grass. Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 03:56 PM (doBIb) And offer people Jelly Babies.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:58 AM (CA2NO)

156 Senator: 'Most serious threat I've seen in a number of years'... --- If that number is zero? It's what they don't say that causes me suspicion. The whole thing smacks of yet another lie. Posted by: UWP All except for the ones they didn't talk about, like the attack on the Libyan consulate last September 11. If that actually, really happened. Because they are telling us it didn't. What do we believe, anyways? And at this point, what difference does it make?

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at August 04, 2013 11:58 AM (v6hyJ)

157 152 -

One of those things though, if you haven't been into it for years, you're not going to start now. It doesn't matter how good it is, it's just too late.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 04, 2013 11:59 AM (BeSEI)

158 I hope, with this return to an older Doctor Who, they move away from using the sonic screwdriver to solve everything. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 03:57 PM (0WdQr) Oh, AP. You expect them to willingly abandon their deus ex machina?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 11:59 AM (CA2NO)

159 MWR that would have been a truly sticky wicket if the Tom Baker Doctor had offered a Jelly Baby to an alien where sugar is poison....

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 11:59 AM (0WdQr)

160 Also, as a heterosexual 'Ette, I look at her boobs and say, "Pfft. Mine are bigger." *mentally recalls Nicola Bryant's figure* *eyes go wide*

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 11:59 AM (doBIb)

161 Time and Relative Dimension in Space!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 04, 2013 03:53 PM (CA2NO)

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Okay. That's what I thought it meant. Seriously, you guys.

Posted by: Soona at August 04, 2013 12:00 PM (oPI5z)

162 161 Time and Relative Dimension in Space! Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 04, 2013 03:53 PM (CA2NO) ----------------------------------------------- Okay. That's what I thought it meant. Seriously, you guys. Posted by: Soona at August 04, 2013 04:00 PM (oPI5z) You should go on Jeopardy.

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 12:01 PM (doBIb)

163 Also, as a heterosexual 'Ette, I look at her boobs and say, "Pfft. Mine are bigger." Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Documentation please. Please? PLEASE!!!!

(you're a funny lady and we all like you, too)

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at August 04, 2013 12:01 PM (v6hyJ)

164 The first assignment, for everyone wondering who Peter Capaldi is, is to watch In The Loop. Some of the most gloriously vulgar, aggressive declamations ever spoken in the English language (in a Scottish brogue).

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 04, 2013 12:02 PM (n/+FT)

165 Maybe we should have an AoS game of Who Jeopardy.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 12:02 PM (0WdQr)

166

Hey, he's Irish-Italian like me but with a Glaswegian accent.

And he's a time lord.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 04, 2013 12:03 PM (/dv33)

167 As long as Jenna-Louise Coleman is The Companion, I'm OK with whoever Who is

Posted by: kbdabear at August 04, 2013 12:04 PM (/9IC1)

168 Nicola Bryant. http://doctorwho.fm/galleries/nicola-bryant-gallery/ MWR, we will need some comparison pics please.

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 12:05 PM (doBIb)

169 Maybe we should have an AoS game of Who Jeopardy.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 04:02 PM (0WdQr)

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AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!

Posted by: Soona at August 04, 2013 12:06 PM (oPI5z)

170 Maybe we should have an AoS game of Who Jeopardy. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 04:02 PM (0WdQr) That would be super fun. ^_^ Though I've only watched bits and pieces of the "new" series, most Chris Eccleston and a little Tennant. Then I didn't have BBC America and couldn't watch it. *pout* Now I've got BBC America but haven't watched it still, b/c I'm a bad fan.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 12:06 PM (CA2NO)

171 MWR, we will need some comparison pics please. Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 04:05 PM (doBIb) lol! Trust me. Just trust me.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 12:08 PM (CA2NO)

172 MWR, some boots to stomp the Horde with - http://tinyurl.com/lkfrnyt

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 12:08 PM (0WdQr)

173 I have never watched Dr. Who. Back when I watched TV at all it didn't come on until after midnight.

Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2013 12:08 PM (lZvxr)

174 I was hoping that James May would be the 12th Doctor

Posted by: kbdabear at August 04, 2013 12:09 PM (/9IC1)

175 171 MWR, we will need some comparison pics please. Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 04:05 PM (doBIb) lol! Trust me. Just trust me. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 04, 2013 04:08 PM (CA2NO) "Trust but verify. " -Ronald Reagan

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 12:09 PM (doBIb)

176 Melissa Clouthier ‏@MelissaTweets 1h

RT @KatieWeasel: We will know they've chosen a new Doctor when we see white smoke emerging from BBC Broadcasting house

Posted by: kbdabear at August 04, 2013 12:09 PM (/9IC1)

177 Game Thread up

Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2013 12:09 PM (lZvxr)

178 MWR, some boots to stomp the Horde with - http://tinyurl.com/lkfrnyt Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 04:08 PM (0WdQr) PRettttttty! Though I would prefer something with a wider heel. More of a masher than a stabber, ne?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 12:10 PM (CA2NO)

179 I was hoping that James May would be the 12th Doctor Posted by: kbdabear at August 04, 2013 04:09 PM (/9IC1) I'm wondering what they'll do when it's time for this Doctor to leave. According to canon a Galifreyan only has 12 regenerations, meaning this is the last one. They may have solved that already somewhere in either the literature or the new series, but if so I don't know what the solution is.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 12:11 PM (CA2NO)

180 Honestly, I feel that Gary Oldman would have made the perfect Doctor. Hugh Grant also would have been decent.

Posted by: The Political TARDIS at August 04, 2013 12:12 PM (Vk2pI)

181 There was talk of Colin Salmon as the Doctor. He would have been a good one.

Posted by: EC at August 04, 2013 12:13 PM (doBIb)

182 I'm wondering what they'll do when it's time for this Doctor to leave. According to canon a Galifreyan only has 12 regenerations, meaning this is the last one. They may have solved that already somewhere in either the literature or the new series, but if so I don't know what the solution is. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 04, 2013 04:11 PM (CA2NO) Canon also says that regenerations can be added or taken away. There is also the theory, steming from the "Brain of Morbius" that the 1st Doctor was the first Doctor, but not his first regeneration, and that the (pre-)Doctor was responsible along with Omega and Rassalon for creating Time Lord society.

Posted by: The Political TARDIS at August 04, 2013 12:14 PM (Vk2pI)

183 The heel is a bit thin I admit. Might twist an ankle.

I don't think they have revoked the 12 limit but I could be wrong. Which means Moffet has gotten into an interesting corner.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 12:14 PM (0WdQr)

184 TPH, you referring to when we went zipping through all of the Doctor's incarnations and we meet John Hurd as the 11th Doctor is talking very grimly about that incarnation.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 12:16 PM (0WdQr)

185 177 Game Thread up
Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2013 04:09 PM

Moron Nation really has our nerd on today!

Posted by: kbdabear at August 04, 2013 12:17 PM (/9IC1)

186 I'm wondering what they'll do when it's time for this Doctor to leave. According to canon a Galifreyan only has 12 regenerations, meaning this is the last one. They may have solved that already somewhere in either the literature or the new series, but if so I don't know what the solution is. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 04, 2013 04:11 PM (CA2NO) Ont 13th regeneration he's no longer a doctor but lawyer. Sues the bad guys.

Posted by: YIKES! at August 04, 2013 12:17 PM (mETGQ)

187

<I>As long as Jenna-Louise Coleman is The Companion, I'm OK with whoever Who is.</i>

Yeah I disagree with Moffat over just about everything but she and Karen Gillan are absolutely smoking. I mean, world class amazing.

Posted by: arminius at August 04, 2013 12:19 PM (cDnhR)

188 182 I'm wondering what they'll do when it's time for this Doctor to leave. According to canon a Galifreyan only has 12 regenerations, meaning this is the last one. They may have solved that already somewhere in either the literature or the new series, but if so I don't know what the solution is.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 04, 2013 04:11 PM (CA2NO)

Canon also says that regenerations can be added or taken away.

There is also the theory, steming from the "Brain of Morbius" that the 1st Doctor was the first Doctor, but not his first regeneration, and that the (pre-)Doctor was responsible along with Omega and Rassalon for creating Time Lord society.

Posted by: The Political TARDIS at August 04, 2013 04:14 PM (Vk2pI)

Well Eccleston took in the time vortex or whatever from Rose. They could argue how that event change his regenerations. Then there was River Song giving up all of her regenerations to save The Doctor as well. And remember, Jonathan Hurt is also now established as a regeneration as well somewhere along the way, he just wasn't called The Doctor. So this would be the 12th doctor but technically the 13th individual.

Posted by: buzzion at August 04, 2013 12:20 PM (LI48c)

189 TPH, you referring to when we went zipping through all of the Doctor's incarnations and we meet John Hurd as the 11th Doctor is talking very grimly about that incarnation. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 04:16 PM (0WdQr) Nope. During the 4th Doctor episode "The Brain of Morbius" the Doctor and Morbius get into a mind-bending contest. As the doctor starts to loose there are flashbacks to the Doctor's previous regenerations. There are 8 "Pre-Doctors" shown. They in canon excuse is that those were Morbius' previous lives, though the regressions only happened when the time lord is loosing, and it was the doctor who was loosing. From this is the fan theory that harnell's doctor has lost his past memories and was the first "Doctor." As the show progressed, the Doctor regains memories, or finds out about, his past regenerations. This is why during the 7th Doctor's run it is made clear that there is far more about the doctor that is secret then has been revealed; also the Doctor is caught referring to Rassalon and Omega as if they were contemporaries. As such, it is theorized that the Doctor was one of the three time-lords responsible for time-lord society along with Omega and Rassalon. The scene from "The Brain of Morbius": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y8uNMPJfwQ

Posted by: The Political TARDIS at August 04, 2013 12:24 PM (Vk2pI)

190 Good no only a 6 months until the new 4 episodes start then wait until another 8 month for the rest of the 4 episode in the series.

Posted by: Trevor (@TJexcite) at August 04, 2013 12:29 PM (Jsmzu)

191 The Sylvester McCoy episode with the Dalek factions, Ace, and the casket also hint at the Doctor being a really big cheese.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 04, 2013 12:31 PM (0WdQr)

192 @97: "Craig Ferguson said it best (and shortest), the show represents the triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism." Once upon a time, Ferguson was in a punk rock band with Capaldi, way back in Glasgow. I imagine they did more than a small handful of drugs together along the way. And, yeah, I'd hoped they'd pick John Noble, but they were never gonna let an Aussie steal the role. *shrugs*

Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 04, 2013 12:40 PM (kqGWM)

193 !!!!!!!! SUPER EXCITED WHOVIAN !!!!!!!!!

Posted by: StrinaM at August 04, 2013 01:10 PM (uhuPK)

194 Alot of win in this thread. I think he looks fantastic (and he said "fantastic" which was Eccleston's catch phrase as an older doctor). Tennant was amazing and Smith has been excellent. Im glad hes a bit older. The stories may be lacking sometimes but the Doctor actors have been spot on. Thank god they didnt go with something "edgy" like Lesbian doctor or black doctor. Not racist or sexist but the Doctor is a white Brit/Scot/Irish. Trying to screw w the formula would be disastrous and thank god Moffit didn't buy in to the begging for a transgender Doctor.

Posted by: Matt at August 04, 2013 01:53 PM (F5yUg)

195 Oh and also whomever suggested Hugh Laurie, that's my fantasy casting. He was my top choice. Crotchety doctor.

Posted by: Matt at August 04, 2013 02:19 PM (F5yUg)

196 Oh, Ace, how do you not know this guy? In The Thick of It was epic political take downs. Was on my list a ways back when you said you knew no British shows of value. I starting watching these on flights, then ended up watching the entire series.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 04, 2013 02:40 PM (IXrOn)

197 I could not make it through the entire clip because of the shaky cam and snap-zooms.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at August 04, 2013 02:43 PM (TCWb5)

198 Earlier this week Peter had been leaked as the possible 12th Doctor and people had mentioned Fires of Pompeii. Think this is the first time they actually selected someone from the support cast to become the new Doctor.
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I only read about half the comments. But Colin Baker had a bit part during the fifth Doctor's run

Posted by: Methos at August 04, 2013 03:55 PM (hO9ad)

199 Also, not that anyone's going to read this, but John Hurt's Doctor almost certainly referred to himself as The Doctor. In The End of Time, the other timelords referred (presumably) to him as The Doctor.

I think the not in the name of the Doctor is Matt Smith's Doctor throwing a hissy fit over what the elder did his desire not to associate himself with it. Perhaps the Doctor as a whole has this attitude, but the other two both acknowledge the deed.

Unless there's more to it than we know.

Posted by: Methos at August 04, 2013 04:22 PM (hO9ad)

200 "Tom Baker's Doctor was the MAN. My sister's favorite has always been Peter Davison, though. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 04, 2013 03:14 PM"

*returns from delay occasioned by my birthday celebrations*

Baker was the best. I did like Davidson, though. He made an excellent Campion a few years later. That was one of the rare times when the TV adaptation seemed better than the book.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2013 05:15 PM (kSJg9)

201 The 50th anniversary show will feature both David Tennant and Matt Smith, though it's not clear (yet) if the two doctors will come face to face. I had always believed that if two Doctors ever crossed paths, the space-time continuum would explode. Companions Rose and Clara DO meet for some hot girl-on-girl action.Or so I choose to believe. I spent much of today cleaning and mending my own TARDIS, which is camping with friends and me at the Philadelphia Folk Festival in ten days.

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at August 04, 2013 05:31 PM (a5ljo)

202 I haven't watched Doctor Who since college in the early 80s, but I was hoping they'd choose Idris Elba star of "Luther" and last seen in "Pacific Rim."

Posted by: sinalco at August 04, 2013 10:32 PM (7580N)

203 I'm wondering what they'll do when it's time for this Doctor to leave. According to canon a Galifreyan only has 12 regenerations, meaning this is the last one. They may have solved that already somewhere in either the literature or the new series, but if so I don't know what the solution is.

The first Doctor doesn't actually count as a regeneration, so there would be 13 Doctors in all, with one to go.

But I would like to see that, since the Valeyard is supposed to come from somewhere around the 12th and 13th Doctors.

Posted by: Happy Fun Ball at August 05, 2013 03:01 AM (fDGAU)

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