stewiek2 Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 brilliant choice for the new Doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Have watched DW for many many years now but this series has possibly been the worst I have watched. It's not Smith's or Coleman's fault. Its the new writer. The stories have been crap and much too intricate. Too f**king smart for it's own good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_c Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 A lot of people on twitter moaning they didn't understand that episode, it wasn't that difficult and I am personally glad Moffat doesn't cater to stupid people. From what I gathered.. John Hurt is an earlier regeneration of the Doctor that we have never seen on the show before. He hasn't counted as a 'Doctor' because something within his personality or his actions meant that he couldn't adopt the name 'doctor' because he didn't deserve it. So Matt Smith is the 11th Doctor, but not the 11th regeneration. And no, as I saw one very stupid person ask, the Doctor's real name is not John Hurt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted May 18, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted May 18, 2013 I think he'll be the ’real’ ninth Doctor. The one responsible for ending The Time War and committing acts that the latter Doctors have been ashamed of. Just my tuppence worth. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lp_villa830 Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 My take on it too. Can not wait for November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 (edited) Have watched DW for many many years now but this series has possibly been the worst I have watched. It's not Smith's or Coleman's fault. Its the new writer. The stories have been crap and much too intricate. Too f**king smart for it's own good. I'll start this with a double caveat, I'm no sci fi fan and I'm no in depth critic. I've had a double bill of the Star Trek movie and then a race home to watch Dr Who today. Star trek I thought was ok for sci fi. It did what was expected of it, no character exploration (in fact just sort of lookalikes from the tv series mostly) no depth of plot no clever dialogue. I was clearly in the minority because 'jokes' like asking if Spock's ears were burning got a big laugh. To me it was standard goody vs baddy fare. It was standard good ol' USA vs baddy. If you squinted a little you could see good ol' US of A versus Al Qaeda. A baddy from the past with violent old ideas that need to be stopped. But we shouldn't just send out a death squad should we, should we? Anyway, the good guys decide justice is better. But hey, some of the good guys were secretly after a war all along the bastards. They aren't us, they are bad guys pretending to be us good guys. I actually dropped my head when it became clear they were going to do a version of the whole 9/11 thing. That was a bit, er, lacking in imagination. But a great special effect so chuck it in. Then it was home for Dr Who. I thought it was a story where you actually needed to invest a bit of thinking. A couple of monsters, a bit of special effect, some running around, some decent comedy from the potato head guy. For me, the script writing of Who was head and shoulders above Trek. But like I say, not my fave genre so what do I know. Edited May 18, 2013 by chrisp65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarpie Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 (edited) I was never fan of The Time War and "Let's write out all other Time Lords", one of the few things I hated about the new Doctor Who but it'll be very interesting to see what they're gonna do with this one. The Last Time Lord has imo always been very much "meh" and made The Doctor seem a tad mopey. Edit: Meant that the idea of The Last Time Lord has been meh, not The Doctor who's always been amazing. Edited May 18, 2013 by Jarpie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Fanbloodytastic!!!!! Loved it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted May 18, 2013 Author Share Posted May 18, 2013 Liked the Clara storyline, very clever and now that she has been with the doctor all throughout the his history, surely she is the perfect companion for the doctor.. Be interesting to see how they play out the John Hurt character, especially as Tennant is also back in the next episode. Ive never seen any of the series' pre eccelstone so don't know a lot about how the doctor was before etc.. From a few reviews etc it seems that Hurt will be the 9th doctor which has been deliberately forgotten due to his actions during the time war...this will move the most recent doctors on one.. Isn't there meant to be only 13 regenerations? Does that mean they will end series soon or rework the regeneration story? The series hasn't been amazing, but ok.. However still has left some questions unanswered.. Who/what caused the tardis to explode causing the cracks in time? Trenzalore was meant to be the fall of the 11th, but Smith would now seem to be 12th..so what else happened there? Are the silence still about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Looks like Matt Smith will be leaving, an announcement tonight apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted June 1, 2013 Author Share Posted June 1, 2013 Looks like Matt Smith will be leaving, an announcement tonight apparently Yeah thought he would soon, think he is contracted to do at least the Christmas special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Confirmed. Matt Smith gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_c Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Confirmed. Matt Smith gone. After some thought, I've decided that I really want John Noble as the new doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted June 1, 2013 Author Share Posted June 1, 2013 Maybe Clara will become the doctor? She is now in his timeframe so you never know.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 (edited) Maggie Smith. Yes, that one. Go the other end of the age spectrum Edited June 1, 2013 by Rodders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Tom Hiddleston's name has been thrown around of late and personally I think he'd make a good doctor. Although Moffat will likely cast a relative nobody and he will be brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 One strange name that has been floating around is Billie Piper which makes absolutely no sense. Even if we could remember her as Rose, she still would be an awful doctor. I don't want the doctor to suddenly change sexes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 4, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted June 4, 2013 Seems to be momentum building behind the idea of a female doctor. Joanna Lumley? Helen Mirren? Grace Jones? Jo Brand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 A friend of mine works for a production company and has heard it's James Corden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 4, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted June 4, 2013 A friend of mine works for a production company and has heard it's James Corden. This had better be a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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