Any Doctor Who Fans? **UK AIR-DATE SPOILERS ABOUND** — Page 8

The Master is back? Wha? How is that possible. I like how in Doctor Who, characters, like the Daleks, are killed off yet they're not.

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Updated On: 4/6/09 at 06:13 PM

Yeah, the ring (whatever was up with that) was a total "just in case we get Simm back" clause. And to be fair, the Master has always had a history of surviving...well, everything. When he ran out of regenerations he started body-snatching, and he got through the Time War, too. So what's a little cremation to stop him from living to homoerotically antagonize the Doctor another day?


Also, I adore John Simm more than I can say, and I loved his interpretation of the Master as Ten's out-of-control id, penchant for the Scissor Sisters and all, so in my head this isn't the least bit contrived. :)

Really? I ended up kind of liking Grace. Especially when the Doctor asked her to come be his companion and she asked him to come be hers instead. I liked her for being so self-assured in that way - it makes for kind of a sad contrast with the New Who companions who are all like MY LIFE WILL NEVER BE COMPLETE WITHOUT YOU, DOCTOR. Grace gets a little crush on him, ends up having some fun with the adventuring, and can see the appeal of outer space, but she has her own life. I thought that was nice.

The TVM in general, though? Appalling, horrible stuff - just totally misconceived on so many levels. I still can't look at Eric Roberts without having nightmarish flashes of him hamming it up about "alvays drezzing for ze ocassion!" Oy.

Updated On: 4/6/09 at 07:45 PM

(sorry to threadjack)

Has anyone seen PRIMEVAL? I ran out of DOCTOR WHO on Netflix and I saw this show as preview in one of my DW DVD-so I ordered it. Seen 3 episodes and I like the show! its like Doctor Who..

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Updated On: 4/6/09 at 09:31 PM

Today's update:

David T and Catherine T were both on set first thing but David and possibly Catherine have since been whisked off to London. They filmed a lot of stuff with extras running about this morning but when I went down there on my lunchbreak all was quiet!

Now getting excited for the Easter special and all the press around that *g*

Oh and the Who crew have parked all their stuff in my old school!

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Thanks Kec I've got it on my Skyplus waiting at home-along with John Barrowman on Paul O'Grady by the time I get there :)

Saw Russell wandering around the Bay on Sunday, must be the 5th or 6th time now and I still don't have the nerve to say anything!

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Just watched PLANET OF THE DEAD. It wasn't great but not bad either. Christina (the girl) was good. I liked her because she bossed the Doctor around. The end was the best because it stated a prophecy and we all know what that prophecy is going to be if you are a TRUE Doctor Who fan.

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Updated On: 4/12/09 at 03:23 AM

Well, she said "Knocking 4 times." That is the signature drum beat of The Master.

Oh I agree. This was WAAAAAAAAAY better than "The Next Doctor" which I really didn't like at all. The next episode looks really good. But the prophecy was the best part of the episode to me, just the way she was saying it, the music, and the Doctor's expression.

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The next episode looks terrifying - seems like RTD is channeling Steven Moffat, which is no bad thing! Though having heard the title before seeing the trailer, I was hoping for the return of the Ice Warriors...

RTD doesn't need to channel Moffat to do horror - I think "Midnight" is as scary as "Blink".

And spidey, I had the same idea about the knocking, but why would the Doctor do the four knocks? Archangel is down and gone.

I think your "preference" is usually the first doctor you see. Tennant was mine, so of course I prefer him.

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I'm amazed you stuck with the show if that was your first exposure to it, kec. *shudder* Worst. Episodes. Ever. Except maybe "Journey's End".

My first memory of Doctor Who is Colin Baker being crushed by a giant polystyrene gravestone - it's a wonder I became a fan at all :) Fortunately, thanks to Target Books and BBC Video I discovered the genius of Tom Baker and Patrick Troughton's incarnations and I kind of got sucked in...