DR. WHo fans UNITE!!!

[Bakiryu]

Well, I was just randomly going throught photobucket and searching for doctor images while watching the last doctor who episode on veoh AND talking tot he two doctor fanclubs I'm in on deviantart :blush: and i thought:

Ye gods! The lit-net doesn't have a doctor who fanclub :bawling: I haven't even seen a single doctor related thread. Maybe it's there and it's old, really old but!

Here you can talk about the doctor. ANY of them, your favorite episode, weapon, planet, anything doctor related. Torchwood is also included and of course THE MASTER.

Go ahead!




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and!

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Or any of the companions :D

[SleepyWitch]

booohoooooooo, I've never watched a single episode of Dr Who in my life. i really feel I'm missing out on a British (?) cult classic.
can you explain what it's about exactly?

[Bakiryu]

*oh the joy of making a new fangirl!*
It all began on 1963.

Basically is about the adventures of a mysterious bloke known as THE DOCTOR who travels in time on a machine called the TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space) also known as "the blue phonebox". He has a companion who travels with him, this season is that horrid Martha.

Mostly that's all, yet is much more interesting that that. And there are aliens, and planets and it makes you cry. And of course, there's his enemy: The Master!



You can find some of the episodes on www.veoh.com

and herere links! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_who

[SleepyWitch]

sounds cool! can I watch them for free on the veoh thingy? maybe I'll get a chance to do that next week... I'll let you know how I like it. time travel sounds great

*goes back to her one-member Dr McCoy fanclub*

[Bakiryu]

Good luck! Since you're practically a doctor who virgin *snickers* I'd advise you to begin with the first episode "An Unearthly Child"

[Bakiryu]

I swear the eight doctor looks like my other book love...................SNAPE!!! *weird*

[SleepyWitch]

Good luck! Since you're practically a doctor who virgin *snickers* I'd advise you to begin with the first episode "An Unearthly Child"

ok :) thanks... hehehe, that's about the only area I'm a virgin in :blush:

[Bakiryu]

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http://ormsqueak.deviantart.com/art/Vader-meets-the-Empty-Child-19252113

:lol:

[TheFifthElement]

The current series of Dr Who was a bit dodgy in parts, except for David Tennant who is lovely. Have you watched 'Cassanova' (the series, with David Tennant) Baki? If not you should, that was my first encounter with Mr T and I've never looked back!

Torchwood is dreadful.

[Bakiryu]

Cassanova is a series? I thought it was a movie! I'm trying to find the first eps of DW. David Tennant is very handsome indeed, handsomer than Barrowman.

*Glares* I like Torchwood. Jack's on it.

[TheFifthElement]

Cassanova is a series? I thought it was a movie! I'm trying to find the first eps of DW. David Tennant is very handsome indeed, handsomer than Barrowman.

*Glares* I like Torchwood. Jack's on it.

The BBC made a mini-series of Casanova, I think before the movie was made.

Details here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Casanova-Peter-OToole/dp/B00097HUKM/ref=pd_bbs_1/203-8566772-4735169?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1189972077&sr=8-1

It is very good! A good old English bawdy romp...set in Venice!

Go on, admit it, Torchwood is just terrible! It is set in Wales, so it was doomed from the start...

(runs for cover...)

[Bakiryu]

I've never noticed *this means i was too busy staring at Jack*

[TheFifthElement]

I've never noticed *this means i was too busy staring at Jack*

He he he :lol:

You realise, of course, that he's only into men!

[Bakiryu]

'Cant be! I read he was omni- pan-sexual! :bawling: What about extremely cute and smart crossdressers? :lol:

[TheFifthElement]

'Cant be! I read he was omni- pan-sexual! :bawling: What about extremely cute and smart crossdressers? :lol:


Got to be worth a try!

I like that you posted a picture of John Simm as The Master. Also nice ;)

[Bakiryu]

I can't wait for watching the new episodes this season, when they first re-meet the master. They're on my pc but i'm stopping myself.

Seriously, doesn't the eight doctor remind you of Severus Snape? :sick:

[Koa]

Do they have Dr Who in the US?
I've seen a couple of episodes but I wasn't too impressed, all my Brit friends love it though... I even learnt to say "which one" when someone talks of actors who have played Dr Who, even if I don't really know what they're talking about :D

I want to watch Coronation Street but I've seen it only once :lol:

[Bakiryu]

Of course we do!

You should watch it more Koa. Why do the Bristish have all the good show?

[LadyWentworth]

I am guilty of yet having to watch the new Dr. Who! I know. I know. They have been showing it here in the US for a few years now. My brother has told me to watch it repeatedly. I just never seem to get a chance to see it.

I watched it as a kid, though. The classic Doctors that I remember from my childhood are Tom Baker, Colin Baker and Peter Davison. I vaguely remember Jon Pertwee from reruns. I have always liked the theme music. That actually brings back childhood memories.

How many years has this new series been on, anyway? I know they have gone through 2 doctors now. Maybe I can get it from Netflix when I catch up on the few movies that I have left to watch.

[Lily Adams]

booohoooooooo, I've never watched a single episode of Dr Who in my life. i really feel I'm missing out on a British (?) cult classic.

Oh my "Bob", me too.

I feel bad. I feel really bad. Some Anglophile/nerd/cult classic lover I am.

I wanna see the older episodes because I like the funny scarves on him. I was watching I Love The '70s and for DEVO AGAIN and right before DEVO they talk about Dr. Who...I like cheap animation. I like it a lot. :D

After DEVO they talk about the Merlin Toys...*shifty eyes* I've seen that episode for DEVO wayyyyy too many times.

[Bakiryu]

I thought DEVO was a band *confused* The scarves are awesome! I LOVE SCARVES! but more awesome still is...............THE BRIGHTLY COLORED UMBRELLA! umbrellas rock.

[Lily Adams]

They are. Their first record came out in 1978. They where talking about Dr. Who in the 1978 episode...

[Demian]

I remember Dr Who from my early childhood when it came on the the Public Broadcasting Station. I was too young to understand what was going on, I'm sure, as all I remember about the show were the 'special' effects used when the wily doctor was going through a time warp.

[SleepyWitch]

hang on, if Baki can do a Dr Who fan club, I could start a Star Trek one! ...nah, too lazy to highjack "general chat" at the moment... but I might come back later mhuaaahaaaaahhaaa :alien:

[papayahed]

hang on, if Baki can do a Dr Who fan club, I could start a Star Trek one! ...nah, too lazy to highjack "general chat" at the moment... but I might come back later mhuaaahaaaaahhaaa :alien:


As long as it's TNG...:D

[Bakiryu]

hang on, if Baki can do a Dr Who fan club, I could start a Star Trek one! ...nah, too lazy to highjack "general chat" at the moment... but I might come back later mhuaaahaaaaahhaaa :alien:

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo! I've lost the opportunity to conv- er, :D introduce doctor who to people :(

[TheFifthElement]

Come on guys! The Star Trek thread is bigger and NO WAY is Star Trek better than Dr Who. Let's face it, it doesn't have scarves, crazy people out of time, dumb 'human' assistants, walking plastic dummys (unless you count some of the cast :lol: ), Daleks...come on there's loads of stuff!

Get talking Dr. Who! If we don't catch up people will start to think that the site is dominated by Star Trek geeks!

[Bakiryu]

Curse Star Trek! Dr.Who is way better. Or if you really have to like something like star trek< WHY NOT Stargate?

The scarves rock, bluebiird should be here, she's a whovian herself.

[papayahed]

Please don't make me choose...

[Scheherazade]

There is only one way to resolve this issue. (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28385)

[Niamh]

I watched Dr Who when i was a kid but those Daleks use to scare the bejesus out of me. Watched one of the new episodes recently. Turned it off. Thought it was rubbish. I Also dont like star trek. Stargate on the other hand.....:p

[Bakiryu]

What scared me most what that little kid with the mask who kept asking "Are you my mummy?" I couldn't sleep for days! Stargate is awesome! :idea: It even has the word STAR on it! :p

[cracking muse]

DOCTOR WHO = my life summed up in two words

Oh, and David Tennant is going to marry me - but he doesn't know that yet. xD

[Bakiryu]

DOCTOR WHO = my life summed up in two words

Oh, and David Tennant is going to marry me - but he doesn't know that yet. xD

suuuuuuuuuuuuuure. :D

[cracking muse]

suuuuuuuuuuuuuure. :D

Hey! A girl can dream, no?

[Bakiryu]

Hey! A girl can dream, no?

Always,

specially if those dreams happen to include the doctor in then :p

or jack. Of course. Jack :ladysman:

[cracking muse]

Always,

specially if those dreams happen to include the doctor in then :p

or jack. Of course. Jack :ladysman:

Or...the doctor and Jack together. -cough- :D

[Bakiryu]

Or...the doctor and Jack together. -cough- :D

Ooooooh, I like teh way you think :p

(So sad that the last DR fanclub I was in didn't agree :( )

[cracking muse]

Ooooooh, I like teh way you think :p

(So sad that the last DR fanclub I was in didn't agree :( )

Well we'll just have to start our own fan club, won't we now?

[Bakiryu]

Well we'll just have to start our own fan club, won't we now?

yeah, that's why I started one here on the litnet.

I meant the Real life Dr fanclub I was president off. :( we even had Tardis-shaped cookies!

[cracking muse]

yeah, that's why I started one here on the litnet.

I meant the Real life Dr fanclub I was president off. :( we even had Tardis-shaped cookies!

NO WAY. Tardis-shaped cookies? THAT IS BRILLIANT.

None of my friends like Doctor Who and they don't see why I'm so...lovey-dovey...about David Tennant. -sigh-

[Bluebiird]

Hey, I'm finally here :lol:. For the record, Start Trek fans everywhere, Doctor Who is much better. One, it's British :D and two, it predates Star Trek.
Also, I quite liked Martha as the last companion. Let's face it, she was smarter than Rose. If Rose had been in the hospital instead of Martha I doubt she'd have made the point about the windows not being airtight (I'm trying not to spoil that episode for those who haven't seen it). I've met a couple of fellow Whovians at Uni. and one said that everyone he spoke to didn't think that David Tennant was as good as the earlier doctors. I couldn't agree because I haven't seen any of the episodes predating Christopher Eccleston. I just don't thing they can top what we've got now. Seriously, they used to have the TARDIS on a wire (I may not have seen those episodes but I've seen Doctor Who Confidential :D) and the Daleks, they look like Daleks, sure, they were the Daleks but the ones we have now just look cooler, I think.
As you can guess, I'm kind of cramming in all of the things I would have said had I joined in earlier, now I'm just throwing them all together while I'm in the mood.

In short Doctor Who Rocks and I'll kill anyone who says otherwise :D.

A brief note on Torchwood;

It's okay but it's no Doctor Who.

[Bakiryu]

Hey, I'm finally here :lol:. For the record, Start Trek fans everywhere, Doctor Who is much better. One, it's British :D and two, it predates Star Trek.
Also, I quite liked Martha as the last companion. Let's face it, she was smarter than Rose. If Rose had been in the hospital instead of Martha I doubt she'd have made the point about the windows not being airtight (I'm trying not to spoil that episode for those who haven't seen it). I've met a couple of fellow Whovians at Uni. and one said that everyone he spoke to didn't think that David Tennant was as good as the earlier doctors. I couldn't agree because I haven't seen any of the episodes predating Christopher Eccleston. I just don't thing they can top what we've got now. Seriously, they used to have the TARDIS on a wire (I may not have seen those episodes but I've seen Doctor Who Confidential :D) and the Daleks, they look like Daleks, sure, they were the Daleks but the ones we have now just look cooler, I think.
As you can guess, I'm kind of cramming in all of the things I would have said had I joined in earlier, now I'm just throwing them all together while I'm in the mood.

In short Doctor Who Rocks and I'll kill anyone who says otherwise :D.

A brief note on Torchwood;

It's okay but it's no Doctor Who.



I haven't begun to see the old episodes, but I will soon. When i have more time.

I love Rose more than Martha I'm afraid. I was surprised too, but Martha seems so sarcastic and I don't know. Yet again, you're speaking with the person who just started crying at the season's end, shocking the guy friends I was watching it with, they ridiculed me for ages!

I do love the new shows too. All that sharp picture and fancy new gadgets.

[Nightshade]

You do realise baki that Jhn simms wasnt the Doctor and never will be?

I heard a roumer that Tennant quits halfway through next season :bawling:

Although I do want a woman doctor...
think of the fun they could have with that, I mean he was shocked enough when his teeth chnaged but to see th doctor conqure heels?
never going to happen though...

This years Xmas episode was dissapointing though... I hope it not a sign that the end is in sight but I really want to see how he ends up with Donna again next season.

[Bakiryu]

You do realise baki that Jhn simms wasnt the Doctor and never will be?

I heard a roumer that Tennant quits halfway through next season :bawling:

Although I do want a woman doctor...
think of the fun they could have with that, I mean he was shocked enough when his teeth chnaged but to see th doctor conqure heels?
never going to happen though...

This years Xmas episode was dissapointing though... I hope it not a sign that the end is in sight but I really want to see how he ends up with Donna again next season.

no! david tennant can't quit! He'll be killed by crazed fangirls!

A woman doctor would be awesome indeed. I mean, we already had a gay companion, now we need a girl doctor with GIRL POWER! :D

i missed the x-mas episode :( thanks to my parents, I can't wait to watch it.

[Bluebiird]

no! david tennant can't quit! He'll be killed by crazed fangirls!

A woman doctor would be awesome indeed. I mean, we already had a gay companion, now we need a girl doctor with GIRL POWER! :D

i missed the x-mas episode :( thanks to my parents, I can't wait to watch it.

As far as I've heard he's not. He's taking two years out to do other things. It's not good for actors to get stuck as one character. So they’ll put the show on hiatus until he goes back, because he’s a great doctor. Anyway, that was the last I heard on the subject.

Sure a girl doctor would be fun to see but it just wouldn't be the same if the Doctor was saving the world in a bra...:lol: now there's a weird mental image.

[Nightshade]

Yes I figured hed quit or do something else soonish or hell just be the 10th doctor for life...which wouldnt be so good.

[Bakiryu]

As far as I've heard he's not. He's taking two years out to do other things. It's not good for actors to get stuck as one character. So they’ll put the show on hiatus until he goes back, because he’s a great doctor. Anyway, that was the last I heard on the subject.

Sure a girl doctor would be fun to see but it just wouldn't be the same if the Doctor was saving the world in a bra...:lol: now there's a weird mental image.

Hey, the doctor could so save the world in a bra! :D

:lol: the mental image is indeed overpowering.

[vheissu]

Just as I start watching the show, they go and change the actor! Well, I've only seen 2 to date....I still prefer Torchwood (which begins next week!)

[Nightshade]

Next week?:eek: I still have 8 epoisodes from last season to watch....

[Bluebiird]

Torchwood. Like I said before, it's good but nowhere near as great as Doctor Who. Speaking of Torchwood, anyone noticed that TORCHWOOD is an anagram for DOCTOR WHO yet?

[Nightshade]

yeah, that was part of the 2nd or was it 3rd series of Dr who Blue, the one that ended in the battle of Canary warff?
It was also the name of the estate that was destroyed in the time of Queen V, which is why she set up Torchwood to hunt and destroy the Doctor and any other 'unnatural' being.

[Bluebiird]

The second series. The name torchwod appeared in almost every episode somewhere, one way or annother. It's great to play, spot the recurring theme. In the first one it was Bad Wolf, I didn't notice that, then Torchwood, I picked up on that and then Mr Saxon, I spotted practically all of those, having heard the name mentioned in an interview a few weeks prior to series 3.

[Nightshade]

eh with the Mr Saxon one I caught on waaaaaaaaaaaaay too early John simms gave the game away on the radio or Cbbc ( my sisters watch it) or something and I caught on to the great 'secret' by the 3rd episode... very annoying.

[Bluebiird]

I knew he was Mr Saxon but I had no idea Who He'd become (I'm trying not to spoil it too much for those who haven't seen it yet) Then again how could I have known, I've never seen the earlier ones :).

[Nightshade]

I dont think he was in the earlier ones, but Like I said Simms gave the game away... by trying too hard to be 'ambiguous' about the plot.

[Bluebiird]

He wasn't, but his character was, in the earlier ones, that I've never seen (I'm referring to his second persona here), though the character of Mr Saxon was mentioned in the second Christmas special, just before they shot down the star, something like "orders from Mr Saxon" or something.

[vheissu]

Next week?:eek: I still have 8 epoisodes from last season to watch....

Well, I haven't seen them all either. It was only out of chance that I stumbled upon an episode of Torchwood.
But I've seen the preview for the 1st episode of season 2 (there's only been one right?!)


Torchwood. Like I said before, it's good but nowhere near as great as Doctor Who. Speaking of Torchwood, anyone noticed that TORCHWOOD is an anagram for DOCTOR WHO yet?


Yep, I had noticed. What I didn't get is why Dr. Who doesn't really like Torchwood (was mentioned in one of the last episodes last month).


None of my flatmates seem to like either of the two shows...so I'm hoping there's nothing else they want to watch at the same time!

[Bluebiird]

Well, I haven't seen them all either. It was only out of chance that I stumbled upon an episode of Torchwood.
But I've seen the preview for the 1st episode of season 2 (there's only been one right?!)




Yep, I had noticed. What I didn't get is why Dr. Who doesn't really like Torchwood (was mentioned in one of the last episodes last month).


None of my flatmates seem to like either of the two shows...so I'm hoping there's nothing else they want to watch at the same time!

He doesn't like them because of how they were, at Canary Wharf (Seeing as that's the only time he's actualy had any real dealings with Torchwod). If you were an alien would you appreciate being told "if it's alien it's ours" by people who think they're superior to you? It's their fault that the Cybermen leaked into our world because they were messing with things that they didn't really understand. It seemed as if they didn't really care who got hurt unless it was them.
That's what I thought anyway.

[Bluebiird]

Hey all, lost interest in the dear Doctor? With season four over there are some things I should say. First off.
SERIES FOUR WAS GREAT :D :D :D :D :D :D :D, then again, the next season always is :lol:.
Also, Donna made a great companion, which leads me onto a question that's been bugging me for ages.
Who is everyone's favourite companion?
I'm now torn between Martha and Donna, one thing I know is that Rose is my least favourite. She was fine at the start, when I had no one to compare her to but afterwards Martha was just so much better than Rose.

[motherhubbard]

this looks like a good time to start season 1 on my netflix! OH! and a jiffy pop will go nicely!

[kasie]

I bet I'm the only one here who saw the very first Doctor Who episode with William Hartnell as The Doctor, travelling with his grand-daughter Susan (now there's a story-line that has been quietly forgotten!) way back in 196-whatever it was. I was an impressionable young thing at the time :D but thought it was not a bad start and despite the wobbly sets and the frequent use of municipal rubbish dumps to represent alien worlds, it could go far.... No, I haven't seen all the rest of the episodes but at some time or another I've seen all the Doctors - can't decide which I liked best, though I think Sylvester McCoy was my least favourite.

As for a female Doctor - well, he has a daughter now, somewhere out there. Dead? Of course she isn't, only until the next series, anyway.

And - I've got a ticket to see David Tennant as Hamlet at Stratford, this year's Gold Dust ticket - looking forward to that!

[Bluebiird]

Strangely, that rings a bell, the Doctor with a granddaughter. I remember seeing something a long time ago, when I was very young, with those two ingredients, along with an alien planet and a note written in chalk on the door which the Doctor missed. That's all I remember of it, I didn't see it all. I know one thing, I certainly didn't exist when it first aired so it must've been repeated for some reason. I've always wondered if that really had been Doctor Who, I guess it was :).

[Bakiryu]

I bet I'm the only one here who saw the very first Doctor Who episode with William Hartnell as The Doctor, travelling with his grand-daughter Susan (now there's a story-line that has been quietly forgotten!) way back in 196-whatever it was. I was an impressionable young thing at the time :D but thought it was not a bad start and despite the wobbly sets and the frequent use of municipal rubbish dumps to represent alien worlds, it could go far.... No, I haven't seen all the rest of the episodes but at some time or another I've seen all the Doctors - can't decide which I liked best, though I think Sylvester McCoy was my least favourite.

As for a female Doctor - well, he has a daughter now, somewhere out there. Dead? Of course she isn't, only until the next series, anyway.

And - I've got a ticket to see David Tennant as Hamlet at Stratford, this year's Gold Dust ticket - looking forward to that!

I saw it ♥

Ya lucky! I wish I could see David Tennant act for real, not just on the telly!

(Jenny? But she doesn't have a tardis......yet :D )

[BulletproofDork]

Hey all, lost interest in the dear Doctor? With season four over there are some things I should say. First off.
SERIES FOUR WAS GREAT :D :D :D :D :D :D :D, then again, the next season always is :lol:.
Also, Donna made a great companion, which leads me onto a question that's been bugging me for ages.
Who is everyone's favourite companion?
I'm now torn between Martha and Donna, one thing I know is that Rose is my least favourite. She was fine at the start, when I had no one to compare her to but afterwards Martha was just so much better than Rose.

DONNA WAS THE BEST COMPANION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT THEY DID TO HER! :rage: :mad: :flare: THEY MUST PAY!

[Bakiryu]

Rose. Without a doubt (from the new eps).

[BulletproofDork]

Rose. Without a doubt (from the new eps).

Not to be rude, but .... WHY?

[Bakiryu]

Not to be rude, but .... WHY?

she just....made me cry. Any television character that's real enough to make me cry is something. And she was just so awesome and you know, normal. Martha was way too clingy and (not to offend anyone) kinda dumb. Donna is just kinda boring, she doesn't particularly shine on the screen or anything, she's just,,,boring.

[vheissu]

And - I've got a ticket to see David Tennant as Hamlet at Stratford, this year's Gold Dust ticket - looking forward to that!

So jealous!



Favourite companion...Donna of course! She was just brilliant!
Didn't particularly like what they did with her character at the end of series 4.

I've missed quite a few with Rose in them. No scratch that, I've missed practically all of them!

[Bluebiird]

she just....made me cry. Any television character that's real enough to make me cry is something. And she was just so awesome and you know, normal. Martha was way too clingy and (not to offend anyone) kinda dumb. Donna is just kinda boring, she doesn't particularly shine on the screen or anything, she's just,,,boring.

What! How can you call Martha dumb? She was way smarter that Rose. Rose was just there for looks. And I wouldn't call Martha clingy. She fell for the Doctor but she left, she didn't have the idea that they'd travel together forever, I'd say that makes her a lot more mature than Rose too.
And how was Donna boring, she was by far the funniest companion, it was nice to have a companion who didn't fall head over heels for the doctor, because that would start to get boring.
In light of these two Rose was by far the weakest character.

[TheFifthElement]

Favourite companion...Donna of course! She was just brilliant!


Yak! Donna :sick: (Catherine Tate) was the reason I stopped watching Dr. Who. Even the draw of David Tennant wasn't enough to keep me watching once she was in the series.

Catherine Tate :sick: :sick: :sick:

[Bluebiird]

Yak! Donna :sick: (Catherine Tate) was the reason I stopped watching Dr. Who. Even the draw of David Tennant wasn't enough to keep me watching once she was in the series.

Catherine Tate :sick: :sick: :sick:

Donna was a great companion and this series was by far the best. You can't seriously tell us you missed it deliberately.

[BulletproofDork]

Yak! Donna :sick: (Catherine Tate) was the reason I stopped watching Dr. Who. Even the draw of David Tennant wasn't enough to keep me watching once she was in the series.

Catherine Tate :sick: :sick: :sick:

I don't know anything about Catherine Tate herself, but the way she played Donna was so much fun! Brilliant, even.

What is so bad about Catherine Tate anyway?

[andave_ya]

yeah yeah, I'm with my sister. What's so bad about Tate anyway? I keep vacillating between her and Rose as my favorite companion.

Incidentally, who liked Midnight? I thought it was really cool; I love episodes where the doctor isn't quite infallible. Watched 42 recently (Youtube is invaluable :D :lol:) and was on my toes during the whole time!!

[kasie]

Yak! Donna :sick: (Catherine Tate) was the reason I stopped watching Dr. Who. Even the draw of David Tennant wasn't enough to keep me watching once she was in the series.

Catherine Tate :sick: :sick: :sick:


You should have kept going, Fifth, she definitely improved as the series went on, became a more rounded character, more understanding and compassionate (which it has always seemed to me is the point of travelling with the Doctor) and grew away from Catherime Tate's other tv persona(s) which I agree are irritating in the extreme! I don't know that she was the best of the companions but she got away from the growing tendency for the companions to fall in love with the Doctor (and for him to fall for them) which makes sense as the companionship cannot last for ever.

[vheissu]

Yak! Donna :sick: (Catherine Tate) was the reason I stopped watching Dr. Who. Even the draw of David Tennant wasn't enough to keep me watching once she was in the series.

Catherine Tate :sick: :sick: :sick:


Oh, that's a shame. I've watched a couple of episodes from the Catherine Tate show and they're ok...nothing extraordinary but they have some good parts.



Incidentally, who liked Midnight? I thought it was really cool; I love episodes where the doctor isn't quite infallible. Watched 42 recently (Youtube is invaluable :D :lol:) and was on my toes during the whole time!!

I loved Midnight as well! It was a really clever idea for a story and yes, it's interesting to see the doctor in a tight spot!

[Lioness_Heart]

Yak! Donna :sick: (Catherine Tate) was the reason I stopped watching Dr. Who. Even the draw of David Tennant wasn't enough to keep me watching once she was in the series.

Catherine Tate :sick: :sick: :sick:

WHAT???

I'm not a huge fan of Catherine Tate, and must admit that after the Christmas special with her in, I had my doubts, but now think that she is by far the best companion, because she's the only one (recently, I don't know much about the older ones) that appears the doctor's equal. Both Martha and Rose could be a bit drippy at times, but Donna was an amazing feisty character in her own right. And with her in it, there was double the humour; she and David Tennant complimented each other brilliantly.

And what happened to the granddaughter storyline? That's intriguing... I heard a rumour that in the last series it was to be revealed that he had a son, but then the daughter was manufactured...

[kasie]

...And what happened to the granddaughter storyline? That's intriguing... I heard a rumour that in the last series it was to be revealed that he had a son, but then the daughter was manufactured...

In the original story, the Doctor had a grand-daughter, Susan Foreman. She caused some curiosity in two of her teachers, Barbara, who taught History and was intrigued by Susan's ability to read very quickly and her claim that a book's account of the French Revolution was incorrect to her certain knowledge because she had been there at the time, and Ian, who taught Science and was puzzled by the new girl's scientific ability. They went to visit her and discovered that her home address was a junk yard with nothing in it except rubbish and an old Police Box. Barbara and Ian were invited inside - and so the stories started. Susan was written out of the series about a year later, when she 'fell in love' with a freedom fighter in the story 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth' and elected to remain behind with him: her place was taken by Vicki who also lasted about a year. Barbara and Ian continued as the Doctor's companions for a couple of series before returning to their own time and being replaced by Peter Purves as Stephen. I don't remember all this, only the first episode with Susan in school, which must have made a considerable impact as it was broadcast in November 1963 - I checked the details on the BBC Doctor Who website! apparently no other members of the Doctor's family have ever made an appearance or even been much mentioned, apart from a favourite uncle.

[andave_ya]

loooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!! Doctor Who in 1 minute!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbunQoMdrjQ)

Here's another one! The Doctor is Hyper! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2GG0dHzeck)

[Bluebiird]

NOOOOOOOOO!!!! I've heard David Tennant is actually leaving Doctor Who. No no no no no, it's unthinkable. I hope it's not true.

[Bluebiird]

Change that, he really is leaving! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :bawling: :bawling: :bawling: :bawling:
And the current list of suspects for Doctor no.11 are...well, they're all wrong. We cant have the doctor getting older again.
Mum thinks Johnny Depp would make a good Doctor, I disagree completely. So who would make a good 11th Doctor? He'd have to be bloody good to top David Tennant, bloody good.

[wessexgirl]

Yep, he's just announced it on the NTV awards, where he won the best actor, (I think). But he's going to be there through 2009. I did hear something about David Morrissey, but I don't believe that. He's a great actor, but I can't see him tying himself down to the character.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-561218/David-Morrissey-star-Doctor-Who-Christmas-special-featuring-deadly-Cybermen.html

[andave_ya]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! At least he's staying until 2009. But he's the BEST!

[TheFifthElement]

I think it's time for a woman Doctor. How about Zoe Wannamaker (she's brill!)?

[Bluebiird]

I think it's time for a woman Doctor. How about Zoe Wannamaker (she's brill!)?

Can Timelords change their gender? And wasn't she already a villain? I don't think a female Doctor would work out long term, but maybe as an episode or two where the Doctor has an accident and changes gender (That would make a fun episode) :)

[TheFifthElement]

Can Timelords change their gender? And wasn't she already a villain? I don't think a female Doctor would work out long term, but maybe as an episode or two where the Doctor has an accident and changes gender (That would make a fun episode) :)

Well, they can change their entire body - why not gender? Or more to the point, does a Timelord have a gender?
I'm not sure the writers are overly concerned with consistency - after all Freema Agyeman was a cyberman before becoming the Doctor's assistant!

[Bluebiird]

It's been decided, the new Doctor is Matt Smith and he "will appear on TV screens as the 11th Doctor in 2010" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7808697.stm
I bring news of David Tennant; He is filming four specials in 2009 and "The star is due to begin shooting the first special this month, just weeks after surgery on his back forced him to pull out of a London run of Hamlet."
He has my sympathies. Back problems are a nightmare. I've only had the odd aches but they can be hell, so a serious back problem must be 10 times worse.

[andave_ya]

I think...he looks the part :D. I was sorta bummed to find out that David Morrissey wasn't the next Doctor - I liked him! And, cummon, but Tennant has been with DW for like four years now - I don't blame him for wanting to move forward :). Even if he was amazing!!

[Skooter]

Oh, I like the look of the new guy!

andave_ya: Was there a rumor that it might be David Morrissey? I do like him, especially in Blackpool, he and Tennant were great in it together!

[Bluebiird]

David Morrissey was in the last Christmas special called The Next Doctor and he was the favourite to be the next doctor but he isn't.

[Silas Thorne]

Oh, I like the look of the new guy!


Yes, he has a sort of young 'mad professor' look about him. We'll see how he goes..but Tennant was just great...and his suit and hairstyle..wow.:)

[andave_ya]

okay, I've been watching a few more clips of Matt Smith and...I really like him. I think he'll be terrific as the Doctor. Don't get me wrong, I love Tennant very much, but Smith seems so...I mean, he's young and looks like a punk but he's so quintessentially BRITISH :D :D.

[andave_ya]

I mean, look at this picture...http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4094067/Casting-Matt-Smith-shows-that-Doctor-Who-is-a-savvy-multi-million-pound-brand.html