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This begins in early 2011.

Steven Moffat has revealed that the opening story of [new] season 6 will be a two parter set in the US. It will see the Doctor, Amy and Rory travel back to the 1960s and visit the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC.

The season will also be split into 2 "halfs", with a cliff hanger at the break point.

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I'm looking forward to it :)


Still not so sure about the US-style split, though.

Christmas special soon :D

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Doctor Who needs less Rory

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Needs less Matt Smith too

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... and more Amy :D

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...and River Song :D

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Ponds and Rivers......hmm, strange.

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I find nothing wrong with wanting a dip in the Pond and letting River flow around me.:D

Looking forward to the Christmas Special.

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Lost a lot of interest in it since Davids departure to be honest. I will take a look though.

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So you a just a David fan and not really a Doctor Who fan then?

Can't wait to see the Christmas special and the new series. Matt Smith has been great so far. Reminds me of the 1st & 2nd doctor still.

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Same as me.

Matt Smith doesn't make a decent Doctor for me and I couldn't stand his companion, whatever her name was. :(

Rest assured though I will take a look at the Christmas Special and the new series in the hope things will pick up.

In fairness to Matt Smith, IMO he really hasn't had much to work on. I thought the scripts and storylines of the last series were dire.

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I have to admit, while I did enjoy S5, I have recently bought the DVD boxset of S4. S4 was much better.

The problem with S5 is that while there were some excellent stories (Victory of the Daleks, The Time Of Angels, Flesh and Stone and the final two), a lot were just OK, and a couple felt like fillers (Eleventh Hour, Best Below and the Lodger).

One thing I like about the final episodes is the sequence in which a Cybersuit attempts to convert Amy. That sequence shows that Steven Moffatt understood what makes the Cybermen scary far more than Russell T Davies.

As for Matt Smith, I think he could be a good doctor, if given good stories. There were scenes in a couple of stories that showed Matt can be quite sinister when asked to be. A quality that the Doctor rarely displays, but is a necessary part of the character, IMO.

Karen Gillan is (I think) quite good. I like the feisty assistant role, and the jokey references to her Scottish ancestry. She is quite sexy, but I don't think she is the sexiest assistant (that award goes to either Freema Agyeman or Carey Mulligan IMO).

Rory is quite funny, but I think they could lose him.

Hopefully the team behind Doctor Who have taken a long cold hard look at series 5, and in series 6, worked to remove the bits that didn't work well, and improve those that did. As the production team behind ANY series should.

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Cant wait for tommorow's ep!

Wasnt a massive Doctor Who fan until the revival so for me it went from being used to Ecclestone then finding it hard to adjust to Tennant then I thought there was no way I could adjust again after David's performance but funny enough I took to Matt quicker than I did with Tennant.. Who knows 0_o

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I still don't feel Matt Smith has 'taken ownership' of the role yet. There's nothing about him and his performance that defines him as the Doctor. This is quite worrying when a whole season has taken place.

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Watching the Xmas ep now.

One thing i've noticed so far is that there seem to be a few references to star trek. Nothing massive, just that the bridge of the starship Amy was one was a similar shape to the bridge of the Enterprise in The Wrath Of Kahn. The Viewscreen was the same shape as well. They also referred to the ship as being "Galaxy Class".

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The christmas episode was ok, but nothing special IMO.

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They're never actually fantastic though, are they? Did anyone watch the trailer? Can't wait for the new series to start.

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Unless there is a significant change in the writing and acting I can see the next season of Dr Who being the last. It used to be the sets were cardboard and the acting made up for it, now the acting is cardboard and the sets make up for it. The story today was bland and the acting mediocre. Thing is, I have yet to see Matt Smith really OWN the role. This today in no way was helped by the storyline. I'm sure Smith is a fine actor, but he just doesn't seem to fit the role, there's something lacking. Moffat has written some EXCELLENT episodes in the past (Empty Child, Girl in the fireplace, Silence in the library) but since being in control of the show - nothing on a par with them.

I've watched episodes of Dr Who featuring all the Actors, despite the show being 10 years old when I was born, I grew up in the Tom Baker era but have seen every episode I can find with earlier Doctors, and all have established themselves in the first episodes of the first season, something Matt Smith has not yet done. (Even Sylvester McCoy battling murderous Bertie Bassets) It could be that the script writers haven't given him the opportunity but it just seems he hasn't / can't settle into the role. We're a season into smith and he just doesn't bring the dynamic to the role. I had the same misgivings about Chris Ecclestone, but by the end of 'Rose' he'd established himself, Same for David Tennant - but by the end of 'Smith and Jones' he'd established himself. I'm a sci fi addict and proud of it, but the shows that don't draw me in seem to get cancelled a lot, I never got into Caprica - cancelled, Stargate Universe bored me - It wasn't just the 'oh we have 8 hours to find food' type storylines, there was no real antagonist (SG1 had the Goa'uld and the Ori, Atlantis had the Wraith), nothing that could draw the audience into supporting the main cast for - show cancelled. I'm getting those same 'meh' feelings for Doctor Who, and if they can't get the show moving I can see viewing figures dropping and the BBC deciding it's not cost effective to keep running.

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I can see what you mean about Matt Smith, I couldn't sit through today's special and some episodes of S5 were disappointing but with the large american following it seems to have and all the revenue they get from merchandise, I really can't see them cancelling it any time soon.

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Not only that but the bridge was White and had lots of lens flair like the recent Trek movie.

Need to give a second viewing but I really enjoyed the Christmas ep this year.

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We were all looking forward to the episode all day and settled to watch it late evening - our V+ box ended the recording before the episode had finished. We're all pretty big DW fans in this house but none of us could be bothered checking iPlayer to watch the last few minutes. Very dull for a special. I think (unlike DT) Smith needs strong supporting character roles and those were clearly lacking here.

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Just as disappointing as the previous series.

On the strength of the Xmas special and the last series I think I have come to the end of my patience with this show.

It seems to me to be on a par with Merlin, complete and utter rubbish. :(

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Watched the Christmas episode last night - I'd give it 2/10 at a push. Didn't like it at all.

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compared to other christmas specials this was crap ,the story line was rubbish.I don't mind Matt Smith he will grow on me the same as other doctors have as long as the story lines improve ,hopefully this is not a fore taste of things to come in the next season

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I only got half way through it and turned it off........it was just boring, that's all.

Matt Smith is not a good doctor.

The shine has rubbed of Karen Gillan, christ give me back Catherine Tate any day of the week.

I agree that the good doctor is doomed unless something drastic happens.

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I dont think any of the xmas specials have been anything like as good as episodes from the series. But is that not the point?. They are xmas specials they dont seem to be made like they are serious important episodes that are an important part of a continual series storyline etc. I dont think of them as anything other that the "light\fun" eps that you seem to get 1 a series for.

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Don't forget that there's a mini Doctor Who adventure in this Friday's Comic Relief.

And as part of the build-up you can watch the first part of the original Comic Relief special, Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death on the BBC's Doctor Who site. Part 1 is up now, with part 2 to be added tomorrow.

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Or watch the whole thing on Comic Relief's official YouTube page here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do-wDPoC6GM

;)

---------- Post added at 15:25 ---------- Previous post was at 15:24 ----------

Also Time Crash is online too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I76p1cZbq4

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Its looking like an Easter weekend launch again this year although the BBC still haven't confirmed a date.

However it starts in the USA on the 23rd April so we will be a couple of weeks before that.

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http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/do...iere-date.html

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Prequel ;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ_l0iqkoTY

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It's on the BBC site in better quality http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/videos/p00fxf06

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60 second trailer is now online http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vIsQ25Krq

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Here is another link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vIsQ...layer_embedded

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Thanks, cut too much off the end. Ooops

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Time to head over to one of the uber-nerd fan forums and have a laugh at them dissecting it frame by frame ... :D

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Oooh... can't wait! :D

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:hyper:looks great, cant wait for the season to start makes me feel like i'm 7 again :hyper:

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Anybody know when it's being shown??

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Easter weekend.

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So there's not another 12 episode season?

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They are having a mid season break this year

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Its 13 eps, but split into two sessions.

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Makes it a lot better in my opinion.

You will have a mid-season finale on a cliffhanger and the Season finale two-parter to watch :)

Although I dont have any idea why they do it? Top Gear has the same format.

I assume it's to spread it out or something?

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Not sure why but it's been mentioned that it's so Torchwood can be on in the summer or that Moffat can work on Sherlock Holmes.

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A combination of things no doubt, but it also has the benefit of exposing it to a larger audience. It was always sad to see the last 3-4 eps attracting lower ratings due to them being screened in the summer.

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In case anyone is unclear - its split as first 7 eps, then last 6.

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Did anyone spot a few things in the trailer?

Specifically the shot of the tenth Doctors console room? Rory and Amy were also there with a big ball of energy.

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Digital Spy have a handy 'scene by scene' step through of the new trailer http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/do...-by-scene.html

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Because the American TV industry is geared that way, and the BBC will do whatever is required to give their shows the maximum exposure over there?

Given how the complete series (already broadcast in the UK) would be available on the net before the show's even returned from the notorious mid season break, it would potentially jeopardize the viewing figures, level of success and as such any revenue streams.

Although I've never watched BBC America (Maybe they run UK shows from start to finish?) i would guess the BBC would love to sell their programs to as many networks as they can, so will bend over backwards to make them as US friendly as possible.

Which of course means, at some point, we'll probably have to suffer another American doctor :(


Regarding the upcoming series..

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Don't forget it starts this Saturday, folks!

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Reminder!

The new series of Doctor Who starts this evening at 6pm, on BBC1 and BBC1 HD :)

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Oh stop it! I'm so excited right now I wish I had my own TARDIS so I could skip the next half hour. :hyper: :D

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29 minutes!

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I can't decide whether to watch it or record it and then watch both parts back to back. I know I will enjoy it but having to wait a week to see what happens is the pits. :(

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Decent build up to the second episode, Pretty good start to the series imo.

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Good ep.

Also nice to see SF/cult TV regulars W. Morgan Sheppard & Mark Sheppard in the same show.

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Agreed..

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The CBBC tribute should have been on after the show on BBC HD instead imo
Available here if you missed it http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...sabeth_Sladen/

Good episode look forward to next week

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So...

- The control room thing in the tunnels reminded me of the ship in "The Lodger". Was it the same?

- How can Matt Smith's Doctor truly die? Wouldn't that mean that Matt Smith would have to be the last one, & so mean that the Doctor couldn't regenerate again if Smith left the show? Must be a way around it...

- The Silence... can someone remind me which ep they/it were in in the previous series?

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they can do anything they want can't they lol

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- Yes, it was the timeship control room from "The Lodger", which guest-starred James Corden. Who is also, as it happens, appearing at some point in this series. :scratch:

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Yes. Why? We don't know yet,

There is. Wibbly, wobbly... and time can be re-written.

Mentioned throughout... "Silence will fall." BTW, point of order. They're actually called the Silents.

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I thought there was more to the mysterious Delaware guy but just turned out to be the Ex-FBI agent

Although do keep an eye on Amy's Pregnancy, May turn out to be interesting.

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Yep, Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey.. and now Bumpy Wumpy. :wtf: Even Matt Smith didn't look too comfortable saying it.

Anyways, despite the whole "Most powerful" this and that ego stroking the Americans received, and the unlikely usage of the word Gasoline instead of Petrol, I rather enjoyed it.

Was a real treat to see both William and Mark Sheppard in last nights episode, as per usual, they delivered the goods.

I like that we've come into this story more toward the mid point, and that there seems to be an awful lot of misdirection in play.

Who are the real victims, and who are the real villains? I doubt it's anything like as obvious as we're being led to believe.

Looking forward to the next episode :)

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very good first episode i believe that River Song is the astronaut that kills the future doctor and possibly Amy's child

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Some thoughts

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I dont think you need to hide your thoughts :)

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Steven Moffat has already said they will not include the Daleks unless they come up with a good reason to do so, and a story to back it up.

Thinking about it, Russell T Davis used them in every series. In the original, over the entire 25 years, they were apparently used in only about 11 stories. I think they were all the more scary because they were not used that often.

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The first part of my post is in the leader for the next episode, so I didn't want to spoil it for anyone waiting for the ep to find out.

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Good episode for this Doctor, possibly the best so far.

Maybe he may finally grow into the role during his second season.

Didn't like the innuendo between song and the Dr......."I'm a bit of a screamer" ooer......

Need to explain to me how Amy is pregnant, isn't Rory made of plastic???????? or did I miss something.

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That is true - but she didn't say it was his.

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Rory isn't made of plastic ... history was re-booted from the ground up at the end of the last series, so the events that killed him didn't happen ... or something timey-wimey like that. :spin:

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I hope they don't bring the Daleks back for a good while. I find them rather tiresome, they keep getting defeated forever, Then somehow survive in the space between existence (or some equally absurd excuse) and come back again and again. It loses the appeal and the drama when the big bad reveal is the bloody Daleks or Cybermen again. They should use them rarely, and by that I mean every few seasons.

I also find them boring. Much prefer The Master as that's a much more interesting character and danger.

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I think Moffat already stated that the daleks will not be in this season. However the Cybermen will.

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And if any of the rumors i keep coming across are true, then so is Omega?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN8FK8SzrT4

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Another good episode..


I love the way the little girl regenerated at the end.

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Agreed, Stuart.

Except that I don't really like my head exploding after each episode. :D

I like to have to think, but not that much ;)

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My thoughts on tonights episode

It just hit me who the little girl is.

I think the little girl is the daughter of Amy and the Doctor, and they cannot remember anything due to the Silence.

She is River Song, and thats why she knows all about him.

One of the weird theories on the web.

Both Amy and River are pregnant carrying each other (Time travel wibbly wobby stuff)

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No need for spoiler tags people, the episode has aired.

The girl is [apparently] a timelord as she can regenerate. She may be the Doctors daughter, she may also be Amys daughter, but IMO that seems unlikely, partly because its just too obvious, and I would hope the writers were a little more devious.

It seems very unlikely River Song is the Doctors Daughter (or I would hope not, given the kiss she gave the doctor). I thought it was established she was his wife at some point, but Im not sure if this was just speculation.

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Might it be that River is Amy and Rory's Daughter, and the little girl is in fact River and the Doctor's Daughter?

The scene near the end, where River kisses the doctor expecting him to reciprocate, and he is surprised by the sudden development in their relationship, she seems more than a little surprised by his standoffish behavior.

Might this indicate that her and the Doctor did get close (even if we didn't see it happen) at some point in this episode, but events involving the Silence had somehow wiped the memory from his mind?

If they did get close enough, and got it on together, and (If) River is now pregnant, this could go some way to explaining who the little girl is, and why she would be able to regenerate.

The photo of Amy holding the baby, put on display, and surrounded by other photo's of the little girl would also make sense, if Amy is the little girls grandmother.

Sounds a little Peter Pan like, but River could be a future companion of the Doctor's, and someone he falls in love with, sometime after Amy and Rory have left to have their baby?

It's possible that for reasons known only to himself, the Doctor kept an eye on Amy and Rory after they left, so would explain how he knew all about young River, when she first meets him.

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Great. A master stroke there. What about the people who havn't watched it yet!! :mad:

Perhaps spoiler tags for a week after it's aired?

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I just do not read the thread till ive seen the latest episode

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The solution would be to do what Zing does (me as well) and just don't read it until after you've watched the episode.

Spoilers are elements of the story revealed in advance of the story being aired. After the story has aired, they aren't spoilers, even if you personally didn't catch the broadcast.

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We did not see who the girl regenerates into.

I was under the impression a timelord only becomes a timelord after he/she gazers into the eye of something or other?

Is it possible the child isnt a child and could regenerate into an adult? possibly Omega?

Will most likely have to wait till the second half of the series to find out for sure lol

just for interests sake I watched the Sarah Jane adventures episode with Matt Smiths Doctor and he was asked how many time can he regenerate and he said 507( I think it was 500 and something)

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Everything is speculation right now; until the reveal :)

Yeah. Of course the actual number is 13. We think that was just an random exaggeration.

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Imagine having sex while watching the Silence. I don't think so... :erm:

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I thought that all changed in older episodes for the masters sake?

Info here and RTD's view on it http://www.starpulse.com/news/Emily_...octor_really_r

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He was, apparently, having a laugh so it's still open to discussion :)


And yes, 12 regens is 13 people ;)

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Im sure when the time comes the Doctor will find something to reboot his anyway

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Indeed. It's going to be interesting :)

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I don't think the girl will end up being River, or even the Doctor's daughter. I think due to the episode it could well be Amy's daughter. However with all the timey whimey stuff, it could be anyone lol.

River and the Doctor have definitely been lovers in her past at some point.

The regen thing is odd, but if it turns out to be Amy's daughter then I guess there could have been some interference from the time vortex and given her some time lord abilities.

Moffat has been the best thing about new who since it returned. Am looking forward to next week. Pirates and Lily Cole :)

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Remind me again who/what is Omega?

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The first ever timelord. There have been loads of possible clues

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He was the first time lord and the Doctor seemed to know him.

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Simple. Dont read it.

Once an episode has aired, spoilers are not needed.

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I've just watched it and i've now got a "time head" :spin:

River song is his wife i believe (or future wife) that was eluded to in the last series the one with the angels .But for some reason i can't get "the doctors daughter " out of my head ,i am starting to think that there is a link there somewhere and the writers are going to use this series to develop that character either for a spin off or addition to Dr Who or Torchwood

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Well, we definitely saw a regeneration. Hmm, Couple of ideas come to mind, and a couple of questions.

1) Timelady - Romanadvortrelundar? But if it's a Timelady, why couldn't he hear her? Ecclestone / Tennant's doctors said they were the last one left, if there were any others they would know / be able to hear them in their mind.

2) A new Timelord? Would require Timelord ancestry, so, The Master's Daughter? The Doctor's? If so, then who with? River? Amy?

The Doctor is half human, so would the daughter become 1/4 TimeLord or are they dominant?

Will Matt Smith ever take ownership of the role?
Will the writers be able to create a personality for him that doesn't feel like it's been copied from earlier actors on cheap audio tapes that were then stored next to a magnet for 10 years?

Some of the information may come out on the 14th May episode - The Doctor's Wife.

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Well the Silent's might have installed a perception filter into the space suit, as they seemed to be very big on the whole perception filter thing?

Also, given how the Gallifreyan lady who kept communicating with Wilfred in the End of Time episodes, seemed to be here a while before the Rassilon led Time Lords made their connection and arrived, i would have to guess that there are other (as yet) undetected Time Lords already free of the Time Lock?

Yes, i know she was there with Rassilon, holding her head in shame, was probably just an image projection, and they are Time Lords, but i always got the impression that the version speaking to Wilf, was from a future timeline.

I've already said who i think her parents are, but it is of course possible that the Silents messed around with Amy at some point, and have used the doctors DNA to affect change in / create her pregnancy, or she could of course be Jenny.

Is he half human, i thought that was just the 1996 TV movie? a little like him being completely human in the Peter Cushing 'Dr Who' films..

I think he's completely taken control of the role, and like others before him, will continue to develop the character as the series progresses.

I think that most of the previous actors have borrowed aspects from those who came before, it helps with continuity, and is to some degree expected by the fans.

That would be nice, but like The Next Doctor (Christmas special) the title sounds deliberately misleading.

Steven Moffat wrote the first 2, and the last 2 episodes, so what we get between now and then could just be filler, with a healthy dollop of clues.

I haven't chased up any of the upcoming episode titles, so if I'm way off, please feel free to put me straight.

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It was a bit more then once or twice. There was an entire series baised on the premise of the Doctors limited lives, involving his 13th incarnation. i suggest this runner should watch the series "trial of a timelord".

However is i remember rightly there is a way they can bypass the 13 lives limit thanks to RTD's pointless killing off of all the timelords before the first epp of the new era. From memory the 12 regeneration limit was neer a physical limit on a timelords body but in fact a limit imposed on timelords by the council. no more timelords mean no more council and so no limit imposed.