Series 33 of Doctor Who returns next month

[karrie]

Yeah, Canucks seem to have a penchant for making satires, comedy, and copies of American shows.
Americans will make it porn, too soapy, or dumbed-down modern cowboys and injuns (or cops n robbers) crap that requires very little brain activity.

Who makes(made) Eureka? Warehouse 13? Haven? The whole lot of the Star Trek franchises?

There are plenty of good sci-fis coming out of North America.

Thankfully we're not so dummed down that we'd NEED a Canadian or American version of Doctor Who.

And I say, coming out of North American, btw, because there are few 'American' or 'Canadian' ventures anymore it seems, but instead tons of joint ones.

 

[gopher]

After all these years, the original is still the best:

 

[shadowshiv]

The new series will have 15 episodes.

Episode 5 will see the permanent departure of Rory and Amy.



Episode 5, The Angels Take Manhattan, is Rory and Amy's last episode. The episode features the incredibly creepy Weeping Angels, statue-like beings that only move when you aren't looking at them so that, when they attack you, it's best not to divert your gaze from them (even if you are only looking at them on a TV monitor) and, if you do, when you look back (or if you switch the light back on) you will discover that they have advanced closer to you.

Just because they say they're going to be permanently gone, doesn't mean they can't make an appearance some day in the future. Look at Sarah Jane for example. She made a re-appearance, so you just never know!

Of course, I am waaaaay behind in my Doctor Who watching! If I can get more money, I'll pick up some of the seasons of the new show. I watched the first 2 seasons of the new series.

And the premise behind Episode 5, while sounding somewhat familiar, will probably be very creepy indeed! One of the creepiest episodes I've seen so far has been the one where people would end up with the gas masks on the heads! I recall the boy walking around asking for his 'mommy'. "Mommy? Mommy? Is that you, Mommy?" Brrrrr! Creepy!

To anyone who have been watchibg Dr Who for a loooooooong time,which one was the first Doctor you've seen?
and which is/was your favorite doctor?

Tom Baker followed closely by Christopher Ecclesson(sp?).

I think there was a 1960s movie which if i remember correctly Peter Cushing was the doctor,like McGann it was for only one movie.

I believe there were two movies, both of which had similar storylines.

They were called 'Doctor Who: Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. and 'Doctor Who And The Daleks'.

Story 10 was also quite similar, being called 'Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion Of Earth'.

I have 25 different Doctor Who sets on DVD. The two movies, and a whole bunch of the stories (some of them collected into a box set, with all the different stories that continued one main storyline, such as The Key Of Time set which contained Stories 98-103). I really enjoy the show, I just have to cringe at some of the early stuff. LOL!

 

[spaminator]

I have 25 different Doctor Who sets on DVD.

dvd retailers must luv ya.

 

[shadowshiv]

dvd retailers must luv ya.

I didn't pick them all up at once. LOL!

 

[Bar Sinister]

One of my favourite series. Started watching it during the Tom Baker Days and eventually saw every episode of every doctor. I must admit I like the improved special effects in the most recent series.

 

[shadowshiv]

One of my favourite series. Started watching it during the Tom Baker Days and eventually saw every episode of every doctor. I must admit I like the improved special effects in the most recent series.

I've always enjoyed the theme music for the show as well. I enjoyed the version they played during the Ecclesson era, but I think they changed it afterwards and it wasn't as catchy to me.

 

[Bar Sinister]

I have 25 different Doctor Who sets on DVD. The two movies, and a whole bunch of the stories (some of them collected into a box set, with all the different stories that continued one main storyline, such as The Key Of Time set which contained Stories 98-103). I really enjoy the show, I just have to cringe at some of the early stuff. LOL!

That's not too bad. I have every episode of Xena and Lex, along with several dozen old time serials from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. You can get them fairly cheaply at Oldies.com.

 

[shadowshiv]

That's not too bad. I have every episode of Xena and Lex, along with several dozen old time serials from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. You can get them fairly cheaply at Oldies.com.

I prefer having the DVDs rather than downloaded ones. I'm glad that they re-issued Xena and Hercules, as I still need Season 6 of Xena and 4,5, and 6 of Hercules. I always enjoyed Lexx, but it is really an odd show.

 

[Blackleaf]

And the premise behind Episode 5, while sounding somewhat familiar, will probably be very creepy indeed! One of the creepiest episodes I've seen so far has been the one where people would end up with the gas masks on the heads! I recall the boy walking around asking for his 'mommy'. "Mommy? Mommy? Is that you, Mommy?" Brrrrr! Creepy!

Yeah. That was a pretty creepy episode called "The Empty Child" from 2005 in which the Doctor and Rose Tyler arrive in 1941 during the London Blitz, where they find that the city has been terrorised by a strange child in a gas mask repeatedly asking for his mother. A young woman named Nancy warned the Doctor that if the boy touched him then he will become "empty" like the boy himself.

The creepiest episode for me is "Blink" (2007) in which a young girl called Sally Sparrow, played by Carey Mulligan, enters a dilapidated old house to search of subjects to photograph.

Inside the house are some creepy-looking, angel-like statues, but she doesn't realised that the statues are evil beings that only move when you aren't looking at them or when the lights are out - the Weeping Angels............

 

[shadowshiv]

Yeah. That was a pretty creepy episode called "The Empty Child" from 2005 in which the Doctor and Rose Tyler arrive in 1941 during the London Blitz, where they find that the city has been terrorised by a strange child in a gas mask repeatedly asking for his mother. A young woman named Nancy warned the Doctor that if the boy touched him then he will become "empty" like the boy himself.

The creepiest episode for me is "Blink" (2007) in which a young girl called Sally Sparrow, played by Carey Mulligan, enters a dilapidated old house to search of subjects to photograph.

Inside the house are some creepy-looking, angel-like statues, but she doesn't realised that the statues are evil beings that only move when you aren't looking at them or when the lights are out - the Weeping Angels............

That was the episode. Thanks Blackleaf.

Is the episode 'The Angels Take Manhattan' a sequel of sorts to 'Blink'?

 

[Bar Sinister]

I always enjoyed Lexx, but it is really an odd show.

Odd is an understatement.

 

[Blackleaf]

That was the episode. Thanks Blackleaf.

Is the episode 'The Angels Take Manhattan' a sequel of sorts to 'Blink'?

I'm not sure if it's an actual sequel but it's certainly got The Weeping Angels in it.

That episiode airs next Saturday.

 

[Niflmir]

Thanks for the reminder!

 

[Blackleaf]

SPOILER ALERT

Episode four of the new series of Doctor Who - The Power of Three - was aired last night. The episode started off slowly at first - but then suddenly burst into life.

The episode saw Earth suddenly invaded by millions of mysterious little black cubes. These plain black cubes, about the size of Rubik's cubes, appeared to have no purpose. They fell all over the planet. People gathered them up and took them into their homes and offices, using them as paperweights or for what ever other purpose they could find.

Months went by with nothing happening.

Then, one day, the cubes started springing to live, and the number 7 appeared on them. Then 6. Then 5. And so on. The cubes appeared to be counting down to something.

But counting down to what?

This series also featured a cameo by Professor Brian Cox.

Here's more....

Doctor Who prepared to say goodbye to Amy and Rory in The Power Of Three

TV review: Doctor Who will bid farewell to Amy and Rory Pond next week and although their penultimate episode The Power Of Three initially seemed tame, it soon ramped up the drama.

22nd September 2012

The Power of Three, aired last night on BBC1, sees Earth invaded by millions of mysterious little black cubes

The Power Of Three served two purposes. The first was, as usual, to tell a pacey, compelling story - this week, one that involved the sudden global appearance of millions of small black cubes, which provided the traditional solve-the-mystery-then-solve-the-problem plot for Doctor Who.

The second, perhaps more important purpose for Doctor Who fans, was to pave the way for Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill's exit in next week's episode.

This began almost as soon as the episode did, with Amy and Rory discussing whether or not they wanted to stay with the Doctor.

'What do we do?'

'Choose?' replied Rory.

It seemed initially as though The Power Of Three was going to be a very casual pre-departure episode. After all the build-up to their exit, there seemed to be a lot of sitting around on sofas and pondering whether they should remain as the companions of the time-traveller or stick to their day jobs.

The Doctor, surprised that the pair had careers at all, was met with the question, 'What do you think we do when we're not with you?'

A very good question. And we all got the answer, more or less, when a glimpse into the mundanity of the Ponds's lives was offered.

As 'Team Cube' tried to uncover the truth about the mystery objects, Amy, Rory and the Timelord himself spent an inordinate amount of time in the Ponds' living room, even going so far as to pass the time by carrying out some household chores.

The Ponds seemed to have realised that what the Doctor does 'isn't all there is'. It was a bit of a big, already-obvious, realisation to come to all of a sudden, but the end result will still be a moving one: The Ponds will depart.

As usual, there was still plenty of humour along the way in tonight's episode too, with everything from Twitter to Alan Sugar coming under fire. And as for initial concerns about it being a low-octane episode, well, those cubes turned out to provide plenty of drama after all...

Professor Brian Cox appeared on TV as himself trying to explain what the mysterious cubes are in the latest episode of Doctor Who


Read more: Doctor Who, The Power Of Three, series 7, episode 4: TV review | Metro.co.uk

Thanks for the reminder!

The episode - The Angels Take Manhattan - sees the departure of Rory and Amy. It will be only the second episode ever to be filmed in the United States.

The Doctor gets a new sidekick in this year's Christmas special.

 

[spaminator]

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