The Newly Regenerated Doctor Who Thread

[Comrade Pants]

Originally Posted by JedExodus

Dunno if this has been posted, but this LCD game review thingy may be of interest to all you Doctor Whom fans

Anything Ashens is a win.

[Ribs]

Good news, everyone! Doctor Who; Hornet's Nest Starring Tom Baker and Richard Franklin will be on BBC Radio 4 Extra starting on the 12th!

[coolsome]

I think Lets kill Hitler was a much better River kills The Doctor but turns out hes fine then The Wedding of River Song was.

[Ribs]

Originally Posted by coolsome

I think Lets kill Hitler was a much better River kills The Doctor but turns out hes fine then The Wedding of River Song was.

My problem was that the Wedding of River Song treated it as an afterthought rather then something significant - we all knew it was a cop out, but we literally only get like forty seconds of explanation before we move on.

Barnes and Noble has 50% off all British TV. My wallet!

[Ribs]

Double post to alert you all to the Prequel to The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe!

[Sausy Gibbon]

Am I the only one that thinks 'The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe' is a shit name?

[LuigiHann]

Originally Posted by Sausy Gibbon

Am I the only one that thinks 'The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe' is a shit name?

I wouldn't go so far but I agree that it doesn't flow well at all

[Friar]

Agreed. Only replacing one word would have been better. Like "the lion, the witch and the TARDIS", with the lion being a metaphor for the brave doctor. Or something.

[Ribs]

Whaaaaay, new video game announce!

[Darth Marsden]

1) It's Doctor Who game, and they don't exactly have a great track record.

2) We know nothing about it besides the name (The Eternity Clock) and what it'll be on (PC, PS3 and PSVita).

3) I've pretty much had enough of River Song.

[Ribs]

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

1) It's Doctor Who game, and they don't exactly have a great track record.

2) We know nothing about it besides the name (The Eternity Clock) and what it'll be on (PC, PS3 and PSVita).

Originally Posted by Press Release

BBC Worldwide today released the first details of a major new gaming development for the Doctor Who brand. Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock will be the first of a series of Doctor Who console games developed by BBC Worldwide Digital Entertainment and Games marking a significant movement into gaming for this business. Two further Doctor Who console game titles are planned to follow this release with details to be announced next year. Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock is being created in full high definition for digital download platforms and is set for release in early 2012, initially on Playstation 3 ®; Playstation Vita ® and PC platforms.
Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock will immerse gamers in the universe of Doctor Who, allowing them to take on the role of the Doctor and River Song as they travel across time and space to save the Earth. Gamers must learn to master the complexities of time travel with exceptional time based game play, changes made in one time will impact another creating multiple possibilities and challenging players to solve puzzles across the centuries.
A wholly new storyline has been developed especially for this new Doctor Who console game franchise, written in collaboration with the BBC Wales team. Photo-real graphics, television quality scenes and highly realistic characters will bring the world of Doctor Who to life immersing fans completely in the twists and turns of an action filled plot. The stars of the series Matt Smith (the Doctor) and Alex Kingston (River Song) have recorded full voiceovers for their characters inDoctor Who: The Eternity Clock and motion capture has been used to create in-game characters that are incredibly realistic providing the ultimate Doctor Who gaming experience.

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

3) I've pretty much had enough of River Song.

I do not understand.

[Silverwolfpet]

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[Darth Marsden]

Originally Posted by Ribs

I do not understand.

I've grown tired of River Song as a character. If you want me to expand on that, I'll happily do so.

Out of Matt Smith's first two series, she's appeared in 9 episodes (10 if you count the end of The Lodger). Wee bit too much for my taste, considering she was essentially written as a one-off character for Silence in the Library. As her role has gotten bigger and bigger, I think her dialogue has lowered in quality, I've grown very tired of her cocky attitude and Alex Kingston is becoming a rather irritating part of the show for me.

It's mostly an extension of my dissatisfaction with the direction the show has taken under Grand Admiral Moffat's reigns. But having to share a game with a character I've gotten tired of? Not a particularly big draw!

[FitzoliverJ]

Originally Posted by Ribs

I do not understand.

Well, there's this character, right? And she's been in it a lot. And some of us are fed up with her. For being in it a lot. And being annoying.

I'm hoping that her story is pretty much over, and that she won't be popping up quite so often from now on. I mean, they got rid of Captain Jack, so why shouldn't we be lucky a second time?

[coolsome]

River Song is still one of my favourite characters in the series. But I think the wedding episode ruined some of her story with the The woman who married/killed the doctor sort of being hand waved.

[Darth Marsden]

Originally Posted by FitzoliverJ

Well, there's this character, right? And she's been in it a lot. And some of us are fed up with her. For being in it a lot. And being annoying.

I'm hoping that her story is pretty much over, and that she won't be popping up quite so often from now on. I mean, they got rid of Captain Jack, so why shouldn't we be lucky a second time?

Actually, I'm glad you brought up Captain Jack, 'cause it means I get to ask:

"What happened to Captain Jack's missing three years?"

He mentions it exactly once in The Doctor Dances, and then nothing. It's never brought up again and for all Torchwood's time-travelling shenanigans, it's never explained. Did the writers just forget about it?

[coolsome]

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

Actually, I'm glad you brought up Captain Jack, 'cause it means I get to ask:

"What happened to Captain Jack's missing three years?"

He mentions it exactly once in The Doctor Dances, and then nothing. It's never brought up again and for all Torchwood's time-travelling shenanigans, it's never explained. Did the writers just forget about it?

I think its an aborted ark because RTD didn't know he was going to make him immortal or in Torchwood at the time of his creation.

[Darth Marsden]

But the fans remember. We remember all. And we want answers, dammit! There will be blood if we don't get answers from somewhere!

[Ribs]

Jack was supposed to be the big companion for Series Two, as the original plan was the main arc being Doc 9 and Jack searching for a cure to Rose's TARDIS Energy Demigod-ness. Sounds far better than the series we got. :/

[Friar]

I watched "Time and the Rani" again this week, and I may like McCoy. His run is awesome. Also, river song is awesome. I'm hoping for her to have half a series or so as a proper full-time companion, if only to explore the concept of the doctor being married a bit more. She reminds me a bit of Romana, and I think that now she's married, and both characters know it, her character can tame down a bit, to be more agreeable to those that hate her.

Also, what was rose supposed to be doing for the whole of that alternative series 2 then? Just sitting in the Tardis, burning the BBC's SFX budget?