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Do none of you remember this from the costume contest ages ago?
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You're either gonna love or hate the S4 companion to start with... but I can almost guarantee you'll like her by the end
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Quote:Um... what?Ok, that was great, why?
Cuz I can respect anyone able to pull something like that off. Period.
Like that guy who walked from Texas to WA. State with a cross & overcame personal demons, I don't care if he did it for faith or whatever, Im just impressed he did it.
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I haven't seen it myself... didn't even know what it was 'til I Wiki'd it
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Quote:That's because we didn't get a full series this year, we've just been getting specials instead.Looking at a list of doctor who serials, I noticed this year has a LOT of specials. Planet of the Dead already being released with 3 more to go and it seems December may see 2 (unless Christmas in UK lasts until January as it does in Puerto Rico.)
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Dunno about in the US, but in the UK iTunes has the first series of Sarah Jane up for £13.
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Quote:Its actually based on a theorised ending of our universe. The idea goes that eventually all the energy in the universe will be used up. Its called Heat death. Heres a Wiki article on it.So far what I understand about the end of time:
All galaxies collapse, all stars burned out, and reality itself collapse. The universe is just dark space of some sort, hard to guess off what given how reality was already noted to have collapsed. All that seems left are floating rocks. This specific planet still has oxygen and somehow hosts more than just humans, it also hosts this other sharp teeth humanoids and we see very limited plant life so the end of the universe is not that final.
I got the impression that Chanthos planet was one of the few remaining barely habitable places remaining and it was pretty much just their technology that was allowing humans to survive.
Quote:Googling a bit seems that galaxy collapse means black hole, but that does not explain much.
Quote:Not entirely sold on The Face of Boe being the Captain. I mean, the guy is growing old but from growing old to being just a big head I started hunting a bit of discussions on this and they sort of agreed with what I thought: perhaps the energy keeping him alive was not endless and the little that was left was sacrificed to save that planet then the discussion shifted to a spoiler I can no longer unread so I stopped before I messed things further for myself. Still how on earth could he become a huge head
Anyway, I think the idea is that we have no idea what a billions of years old human would look like... I mean, humans already change a lot when they get older, lose hair, skin becomes loose, body starts to break down. Imagine that but not dying... my guess is, eventually his body just deteriorated into nothing.
Also, aging effects DNA too, so maybe it cause him to continue to mutate.
Quote:As for the end since when can the doctor power up with the power of positive thinking? Again the side really describes it as psychic energy being channeled to him but can that actually re-power the doctor?
Quote:Oh and saw the children in need special with the other doctor. Felt more like the actors talking than the actual characters though, how the new doctor was telling the old that he was his doctor. -
Yeah, I think we all agree that that is a highlight
Edit: Also, remember next up... don't blink. -
Since Episode 1
Well, since it was in BBC promotional info at the time, I'll go ahead and tell you.
Captain Jack runs the Cardiff branch of Torchwood, aka Torchwood 3.
It takes place after the Dalek/Cyberman battles at the end of Season 2. -
Yes, that Captain Jack
Quote:Well all in all, Torchwood is not up for streaming in Netflix so I'll have to find some onther way to watch it. Same goes for S4 of Doctor, and all of Sarah Jane. Perhaps if I can somehow meddle with proxi servers I may be able to stream it from the BBC site... are all seasons available for streaming in their site? -
Oh yeah, that was my other question.
I have two HDDs, one for Windows and general programs and one for games.
If I were to get Windows 7 and install it on my first HDD in place of Vista, would I have to re-install all my games, even though they are on a different HDD? -
Quote:Well, what do you expect from a group set up to combat the Doctor?S2 had way too many weak episodes and Torchwood ended being a bit anticlimactic in our dimension, ironically Torchwood from the other dimension was what I expected this dimension's Torchwood to be equipped like.
The prime minister never showed up again, I was expecting her to do a strong presence related to Torchwood. They built up a lot of backup on the group and in the end the group turned out to be just another bunch of stupid humans meddling with forces they don't understand.
I wish I could recommend watching Season 1 of Torchwood... but it was really bad... but it does set up some important things to know about Torchwood after the S2 finale.
Season 2 of Torchwood is much much better, some episodes reaching Doctor Who quality, but that takes place after S3 of Doctor Who.
Quote:Oh and K9 was so corny it made me want to skip the scenes he showed up at. -
Quote:Actually, they came from "our" dimension, they went into the Void to escape the Time War, which sort of indicates that other dimensions may not have been safe. Then they re-entered into our dimension once it was all over.Well, the Daleks that came through were from that other dimenssion. They knew the Doctor (although did not recognize the face, it's a new face after all,) who himself thought it was impossible to go through dimensions unless there were ruptures in reality, and the Daleks also knew about the Time War where almost all Daleks died... darn I sound like a Doctor Who trekie....
And now, my questions:
So far;
What's been your favourite episode?
What's been your least favourite episode?
Favourite monster/enemy?
Least favourite monster/enemy?
Any other comments on S1 and S2?
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Quote:I'm not actually sure, I think she just decided to leave and focus on other things.I am guessing that Billie Piper had to leave the show or something
Quote:but it crosses my mind that the other dimension where she got stuck... should there not be also a parallel version of the Doctor in that dimension?
Quote:Also, I thought I read somewhere that the doctor never falls in love with his companions (other than the 1995 movie many seem to intentionally ignore.) But he obviously falls for Rose... I know wiki are not necessarily dead accurate but that seems an odd thing...
but no, the show has mainly stayed away from that aspect of the show. Even the 8th Doctor (the film one) only kissed the girl while generally euphoric.
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Quote:I like Dragon's Den.It's crap. The Stig said so! Some say that he's never wrong about this kind of thing.
You could be right; I'm not really in either network's broadcast area. Let's go with Dragons' Den then. Or EastEnders. There's plenty for BBC partisans to be embarrassed about, is all I'm saying.
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Quote:Nope, he hasn't show on either... yet. He will be showing up on the current series of Sarah Jane Adventures.BTW, on these spinoffs, do the doctor ever shows on either of these two spinoffs?
He's also referenced a few times in Torchwood and let's just say that he's very "handy" in the first season...
Quote:Was also checking the wiki for "related series", what about K9 and "Totally Doctor Who"?
Totally Doctor Who is a behind the scenes sort of thing for kids.
And a new K9 TV show is starting up that's aimed at really young kids and has almost nothing related to Doctor Who other than K9 (you'll find out about him in S2 as well ) -
Quote:Well, they have more competition now... in the 80's they had all of two other channels to compete with, now they have hundreds.As for the spinoffs... what happened in BBC at 2006? It seems they jumped from wanting to kill the doctors in the late 80s to not only make a high budget (relatively speaking) show but also to make spinoffs?!
Additionally, new management, that sort of stuff.
Also, Russell T. Davis was already an critically acclaimed writer for the BBC and he wanted to do Doctor Who next.
And then Doctor Who was so popular, he wanted to so Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood... and then THEY were popular.
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It's a spin off series featuring Sarah Jane Smith, she was a companion to the 3rd and 4th Doctors... and since you're watching Season 2 now, you might find out a bit more about her
Quote:Oh and finished watching Season 1, got started with Season 2, that noted something called Torchwood. I recall seeing somewhere that name in a TV show... they related?
Quote:Also on my take of the "new" (for me) doctor: I guess he is fine but I will miss the rougher look (leather jacket) and the way Eccleston said "fantastic!"
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Quote:I'd rather pay £142 a year than have to sit through advertsOh and just for your own reference. That 142.50 British pounds is actually 231.87 US dollars when you do the currency conversion I always thought the license fee was a scam as do many other UK citizens. Unfortunately it's imposed by the government and there is just no way around it. Think of it this way. How would you feel if you had to PAY just for the privilege to watch ABC,NBC,CBS, and Fox. With the kind of programming they offer you'd feel pretty damned gipped wouldn't you?
I doubt most people think it's a "scam", although I'm sure many doubt it's relevancy now that it's not the only channel out there.
Quote:Additionally since the BBC is basically beholden to the UK government for their backing that means that their news coverage and policies are basically pretty PC and pro-government since the station is not going to bite the hand that feeds it.
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Quote:I believe so yes.Yikes... so I know it's a whole different topic... but lets say I want a TV only to play my XBox and don't want actual TV... do I still have to pay that yearly subscription?
I should point out that the Licence Fee has been controversial for quite some time now, but it's generally been kept around because most people aren't that bothered by it, it's just a few groups and the occasional polititian (and the BBC's rivals )
Quote:But the ads thing makes me see how British that come to the states go crazy with the amount of ads.
Quote:All that said, given there is no actual revenue from the shows I guess they can kill them on a whim... other than loosing potential international licensing that is... and the fact that this new series is partially founded by some Canadian station.
I mean, with Doctor Who, they didn't just cancel it, they just tried to bury it so when it's viewing figures dropped enough they could cancel it... and it just just refused to be buried