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[Nevermind]

Hey, okay, so....River Song, right...


At first I had the crazy stretch of an idea that she may possibly be a future incarnation of the Doctor, as he should have about two regenerations left. But then I remembered the library incident and that'd be highly unlikely for her to be him and then have that happen.

It seems too obvious for her to be just a companion, plus she'd be some kind of Super Companion who bleeds concentrated Awesome.


Does anyone else think....she may be another Time Lord...? One who is obviously quite familiar with The Doctor... whom the Doctor is currently not fond of (if he - at present - found out who she was, he would not help her).


Sooo....?

[Veteran]

Series 3 pretty much established that Time Lords can 'sense' other Time Lords. The network of satellites the Master set up allowed him to drown out any detection from the Doctor. So unless River is chameleon arched, she probably isn't a Time Lord/Lady.

On the other hand, Jenny is knocking around somewhere who may or may not be able to regenerate. Also bear in mind that River knows the Doctor's real name.

[JRPomazon]

Alright, just finished Season 2 the other day and watched the Christmas episode. Absolutely loved the Impossible Planet/ The Satan Pit story arc, along with

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the cyberman/dalek war in the streets of London.

Looking forward to Season 3.

[Chikara Nadir]

Why yes, he was Barty Crouch, Jr. in Goblet of Fire.


Aaaand...well, make your own interpretations of this.

[JRPomazon]

Always with the tossed hair that David Tennant. I really want to see that rendition of Hamlet though.

[Wolf O'Donnell]

You know what I find funny?

Catherine Tate when she played David Tennant's new companion, Donna. I love how they appeared in a special episode of Never Mind the Buzzcocks. For all intents and purposes, she might as well have not been on the set of the show. She could hardly remember anything about the characters or the props.

[Raien]

I just saw the latest episode.

Both me and my Dad are reaching a conclusion that we never thought we'd reach after that first episode of the new series. This Matt Smith series has so far been the most consistently enjoyable series since the 2005 return. Neither the Christopher Eccleston series nor the various David Tennant series have been as good to watch as this series has.

We think it's down to a new focus on suspense. Doctor Who has always been at its best when the Doctor has a sinister puzzle to solve. In past series, there was a tendency for the villains to just out themselves and attack people, which led to the rest of the episode being a lot of running and fast-talking. This time, the pace is slower, making more time for plot and character development.

[Veteran]

I wholeheartedly agree. And his scene with the Silurian was just great.


Also, future Amy and Rory. From 10 years into the future, or from the finale? OOooooh!!! XD

[JRPomazon]

Aaaand...well, make your own interpretations of this.

Where is Your God Now?

[Chikara Nadir]

I wholeheartedly agree. And his scene with the Silurian was just great.


Also, future Amy and Rory. From 10 years into the future, or from the finale? OOooooh!!! XD

Good question. If the Amy that we know (and her entire town, possibly) might be following some alternate existence (in which the ducks of the pond have been sucked into the void, yada yada), then would Rory and Amy of the distant future really even know the Doctor, for certain? I see that others around the internet are speculating, wondering if they're trying to warn the Doctor...if they're crossing timelines to save their past, it would hardly be unheard of (Bad Wolf always rings a bell, and then we have Amy warning herself in the Britain spaceship video).

Other notes: I've read somewhere that Arthur Darvill doesn't show up in the credits for the rest of the season after this two-parter...has that changed? If not, might he be the next victim of the crack? Also, beautiful makeup and setup for the Silurians, I liked the stalking around in the shadows to build up suspense beforehand. And of course questioning the significance of that engagement ring, safe and sound in the Tardis... Then there's the fanbase that is beginning to believe this entire season is simply a dream of the Doctor's that he's having while still trying to regenerate. Oh dear, what a convoluted season it is!

[Wolf O'Donnell]

Ah, the Silurians... a product of previous Doctor Who writers' inability to get their facts straight.

[Chikara Nadir]

Only one thing I have to say one thing about the last episode...

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ROOOOOOOOORYYYYYYYYYY. ;_;

[Khallos]

Ah, the Silurians... a product of previous Doctor Who writers' inability to get their facts straight.

300 million years asleep, Permians might be a better name.


Painful ignorance aside, a good double episode.

[Moriatti]

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[Wolf O'Donnell]

Now that is awesome. Not so much the Vincent van Gogh episode, though. Seemed a bit cheesy.

Edited by Wolf O'Donnell, 07 June 2010 - 12:30 PM.

[Veteran]

I really liked the Van Gogh one. Somehow they managed to really pull me in and I thought it was a really great scene when they brought him to the present.

[Masamune]

Not gonna lie, I almost got a bit teary eyed when they did bring him to the present. It was a really touching scene for an episode I had no interest in watching when I saw the previews.

[Chikara Nadir]

Not gonna lie, I almost got a bit teary eyed when they did bring him to the present. It was a really touching scene for an episode I had no interest in watching when I saw the previews.

I pretty much mirrored these sentiments to a tee. Felt my eyes well up from the end of an episode that was fun but not entirely exceptional - but it was scores better than I expected from the previews. Moffat keeps us on our toes!

[Wolf O'Donnell]

Really? I thought it was a rather cynical way of pulling at one's heart strings, a product of lazy writing.

[Moriatti]

I also. I found the Doctor's troubled reactions and continual trying to stop Vincent and Amy's flirting to be far more interesting.

[Raien]

I'm playing catch-up at the moment, and I only just saw the Vincent Van Gogh episode. I was going to continue expressing my opinion of this series' awesomeness after the recent double-bill, but this episode was just painful. Could Richard Curtis, the guest writer for this episode, have sucked any more of Van Gogh's cock? It's seriously the worst piece of fanwankery I've seen in years. If half the episode was just Van Gogh going on and on and on about how nobody likes his paintings, the other half was determined to paint him as this god-child whose art makes everyone in the future literally orgasm at the sight of it. The kids at the art museum who talk about Van Gogh painting his doctor was an exceptional piece of bad exposition. Seriously, what kids talk so enthusiastically about classical artwork? I'm surprised they weren't whining to their parents to take them home and play XBox.

Of course, I might have put up with the ridiculous romanticisation of the character if Van Gogh had anything to do with the plot whatsoever, but he doesn't. There's no explanation as to how Van Gogh can see the monster, and he has no tangible connection with the monster. The only reason he's there is because of Richard Curtis's barely-contained boner. I was expecting something clever with a Van Gogh appearance, like his paintings coming to life and attacking people to something (something alien in the inks or canvas would be good). But this was just lazy and mediocre. If there was something alien about Van Gogh, giving him the ability to see the monster and perhaps explain his imaginative/depressive mood swings, that would be at least something to take away from the episode.

So yeah, shitty episode. I hope Richard Curtis doesn't get his hands on anymore Doctor Who episodes or the series is going to start looking like scenes from The Pagemaster.

Edited by Raien, 13 June 2010 - 05:03 PM.

[Veteran]

I think you might not be a fan of Van Gogh. XD

[Kwicky Koala]

From what I saw of that one it did seem a bit excessive, I just cringed when the Doctor said something like "That is Vincent Van Gogh".

I find there are a lot of cringeworthy lines in Doctor Who which is why I don't really follow it. Just yesterday they had the Doctor playing football (he's excellent at it naturally), that overdone scary child thing, and the guy who's in everything (over here anyway). I realise I'm probably not seeing the big picture by only catching the odd moment of this series though.

[Raien]

I think you might not be a fan of Van Gogh. XD

I like Van Gogh's art well enough, but not enough to enjoy seeing fifty minutes of fanwanking about it. I can't remember a case when a writer's romantic dedication to a character produced good storytelling.

I find there are a lot of cringeworthy lines in Doctor Who which is why I don't really follow it. Just yesterday they had the Doctor playing football (he's excellent at it naturally), that overdone scary child thing, and the guy who's in everything (over here anyway). I realise I'm probably not seeing the big picture by only catching the odd moment of this series though.

You're not the only one. Me and Dad have a game every episode called "Spot the obligatory stupid moment." For example, at the end of the recent double-bill, the Doctor gets the human characters to divide Earth with reptiles on behalf of humanity, as if the rest of the world's population and governments are just going to go along with it. And then there was this episode, which was one giant stupid moment in and of itself.

Edited by Raien, 13 June 2010 - 07:05 PM.

[Emiko]

I started watching the 2nd and 3rd season...I love David Tennant <3

[Chikara Nadir]

Well, after seeing this past Saturday's episode and the preview for the two-parter season finale...is there an end-all villain they're NOT putting in it? Besides The Master, for obvious reasons.

[Nevermind]

I'd say so yes.

[Chikara Nadir]

Okay, then is there a major villain known in the NEW series that they aren't bringing back? Besides which, it wasn't meant to be taken literally. There's simply so much that I worry they're trying to say "zomg this is the END ALL of season finales...just like every other one!"

[Nevermind]

Well The Valeyard is from around the 12th incarnation. We're currently on the 11th. Not to mention the whole Dream Lord thing and the references to the Doctor's "bad side". He seems to have been rather introspective this past series, especially in regards to his negative effects on the people around him. All this stuff leads to pain, hate, anger. Dark side.




But I dunno about anyone they're NOT bringing back. That was a confusing question. XD

Edited by Lazurukeel, 15 June 2010 - 01:30 AM.

[Moriatti]

Having been following it very closely, my guess is that all of the enemies will be a side-show to the actual plot, which will be about the Doctor being imprisoned.

That said, we get possible Chelonians appearing on screen and the return of the Drahvians, so awesome.