bbc [Official] Doctor Who Thread

[Orange Battery]

I really hope Moffat doesn't ruin the Dr by completely changing him. Surely the Dr can't ignore who he has been and his experiences. Moffat can't write something that's not linked to his fairytale ideal.

[MikeChipshop Member]

I really hope Moffat doesn't ruin the Dr by completely changing him. Surely the Dr can't ignore who he has been and his experiences. Moffat can't write something that's not linked to his fairytale ideal.

 

 

The Doctor has always changed with a regen. It's one of its defining characteristics.

[Rappy Veteran]

[Rappy Veteran]

 

[Rappy Veteran]

The BFI screened two episodes from Eccleston's run as the Time Lord as part of its Doctor Who at 50 season.

 

Eccleston - who did not attend the event - praised director Joe Ahearne and joked about potential future 100th anniversary celebrations.

 

He said: "I love the BFI. I love the Doctor and hope you enjoy this presentation.

 

"Joe Ahearne directed five of the 13 episodes of the first series. He understood the tone the show needed completely - strong, bold, pacy visuals coupled with wit, warmth and a twinkle in the performances, missus.

 

"If Joe agrees to direct the 100th anniversary special, I will bring my sonic and a stair-lift and - providing the Daleks don't bring theirs - I, the Ninth Doctor, vow to save the universe and all you apes in it."

 

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a509735/christopher-eccleston-on-bfi-doctor-who-event-i-love-the-doctor.html

[Growled Member]

It's a shame he's ashamed of his time as Doctor and shuns all things Doctor these days.

[+Peewee210 Subscriber¹]

Would be absolutely amazing if Eccleston did actually appear in the 50th. Best kept secret.

[Rappy Veteran]

[Rappy Veteran]

Further potential hints that Hurt could be playing the ?8.5? Doctor has also emerged. In a preview of Paul Cornell?s upcoming Doctor Who comic, The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who, look at the positioning of the silhouetted Doctor?

[Growled Member]

I wonder what he did that got him blacklisted like that? Was it something that happened during the Time War?

[DrCheese]

I should imagine he was the one that killed off all the darleks & timelords.

[Growled Member]

I should imagine he was the one that killed off all the darleks & timelords.

Before all of this, I was under the impression that Eccleston was the Doctor who fought in the Time War.

[Rappy Veteran]

Before all of this, I was under the impression that Eccleston was the Doctor who fought in the Time War.

 

Prepare to have the past rewritten...

[Growled Member]

Prepare to have the past rewritten...

I hate it when they do that.

[Rappy Veteran]

[DrCheese]

Before all of this, I was under the impression that Eccleston was the Doctor who fought in the Time War.

The first episode of the new series has him checking his face out in the mirror when he visits rose's apartment, as if he'd just regenerated. We'd always assumed it was from the 8th Doctor but it was never directly stated (or shown) so :P

[Nick H. Supervisor]

Someone keep me out of this thread. I can't take the excitement with all this news and speculation! Just bring November here, already.

[Skiver Veteran]

Someone keep me out of this thread. I can't take the excitement with all this news and speculation! Just bring November here, already.

I know what you mean, I keep telling myself I won't come in here because everytime I get stupidly excited and it still seems so far away.

[Rappy Veteran]

"Doctor Who may not be quite the force it was when it returned with Christopher Eccleston and in its David Tennant heyday in the UK, but has a growing audience in the US on cable channel BBC America.

"It will not return next year until the autumn, giving it plenty of time to recharge batteries. And what better way to do that than with a new Doctor?"

http://www.blastr.com/2013-9-3/weve-got-long-wait-we-see-12th-doctors-1st-adventure

[benthebear]

 

"Doctor Who may not be quite the force it was when it returned with Christopher Eccleston and in its David Tennant heyday in the UK, but has a growing audience in the US on cable channel BBC America.

"It will not return next year until the autumn, giving it plenty of time to recharge batteries. And what better way to do that than with a new Doctor?"

http://www.blastr.com/2013-9-3/weve-got-long-wait-we-see-12th-doctors-1st-adventure

 

 

Man, I was really hoping for a return to the April-June run. It's like, they air six episodes, wait a few months, get another six or seven, then wait another few months, get a Christmas special, and then wait a year for another six. :s  

[margrave]

New Doctor .... YAY!

New Schedule .... DoH'!

[LOC Veteran]

Yeah, not sure I really like this super long break style they are doing now. Plus, they are long enough breaks where they are taking chances that people will either forget (not likely in DW's case though) about the show or not care anymore.

[FloatingFatMan]

Yeah, not sure I really like this super long break style they are doing now. Plus, they are long enough breaks where they are taking chances that people will either forget (not likely in DW's case though) about the show or not care anymore.

 

Dr Who was off the air for around 20 years. People didn't forget, people still cared. ;)

[Hurmoth]

Dr Who was off the air for around 20 years. People didn't forget, people still cared. ;)

Maybe in the UK, where it was already a success, but hasn't the US success come only within the last few years? Heck, the only reason I ever started watching it was because it was on Netflix.

 

I do like the shorter, more focused seasons that UK shows have, I honestly like the schedule of US TV better. At least I know I can expect a show to be back in the Spring, Summer or Fall of each year.

[FloatingFatMan]

The Doctor makes it a point never to be predictable. Last time he did that, his enemies trapped him in the Pandorica!