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5 October 2015 at 22:44 #44143
@jphamlore @fivefaces Also, more recently, the Matt Smith Doctor did a bit of time travelling in ‘Hide’ to find out what was going on. And in that story it was because it was thought there was a ghost.
5 October 2015 at 20:41 #44132Just popping in quickly, but I thought this was a particularly nice little extra, especially as my grandparents on my mother’s side were both deaf.
It’s great to see a deaf character treated like any other character. Sure, the lip reading helped the plot, but I hope there aren’t any (or at least not many) more major plot points that spoil Cass’s unusual usualness.
There’s more here if you are interested, including some comments from Toby Whithouse (‘See Hear’ is a BBC deaf programme):
5 October 2015 at 20:31 #44130The “Next time” trailer, and the official trailer for next week’s episode.
I like that, almost in response to some comments seen elsewhere that The Doctor never goes back and changes events in the current story, he says “I can’t change what happened”.
EDIT: I posted the wrong ‘next time’ – it was for last time! Is now fixed.
3 October 2015 at 20:15 #43975@lisa @phaseshift I’m glad Musk named his company after Tesla too. Cos it means $1 million for the Tesla museum
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/musk_tesla_museum
I love what Musk is doing, he’s one of our great modern pioneers. I’d like to think I am too, but I don’t have any money 🙂
3 October 2015 at 18:48 #43965@phaseshift Good call. I don’t know if you follow The Oatmeal but this is a classic:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla (share with all your friends!)
And he’s now building a Tesla museum… http://theoatmeal.com/blog/tesla_museum_saved
I think Tesla could give The Doctor a run for his money (or lack of), just as Shakespeare did (who’s smarter, really?)
30 September 2015 at 23:16 #43862@kharis Many thanks, is honestly how I feel a forum should be run. I was very lucky to have a lovely group of people who enjoyed commenting on The Guardian reviews help start this forum (because The Guardian only allowed seven days for comments). Between us all we’ve managed to keep the convivial spirit they brought to The Guardian threads alive.
It was tough at times in the beginning, with trolls bursting in every other day, but I think/hope that a tone has now been set for this site that is different from the norm and I will try to keep it that way. And as I’ve been a bit busy recently, I hope everyone else will help keep that tone as well.
We do have great members here, and more join every day. It’s not huge in internet terms but I like it, we all kinda know each other (virtually) and it’s beginning to take on a life of its own. I’m enjoying being a part of it.
29 September 2015 at 19:29 #43789The trailer for next week’s episode, another two-parter, which is written by Toby Whithouse, writer of ‘School Reunion’, ‘Vampires of Venice’ and ‘A Town Called Mercy’. I think he likes horror and bitey things.
22 September 2015 at 18:46 #43251@bluesqueakpip @purofilion and @denvaldron
The ratings may not yet be fantastic news in the UK, but it was a result in the US:
http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2015/09/season-premiere-breaks-records-in.html
21 September 2015 at 18:42 #43159@judefjackets-2 and @purofilion
Apologies if I was a bit short this morning. I was rushing out to work but felt I needed to clear it up – we’ve had so many problems with spoilers in the past!
21 September 2015 at 08:08 #43118@judefjackets-2 (Glad you can post again – it worked!) and @purofilion
No. Anything that is remotely spoilerish should go in the Spoilers topic which can be found on the Home page.
Spoilers should not be posted anywhere else.
20 September 2015 at 10:37 #43035And here is the official trailer for episode two, ‘The Witch’s Familiar’.
20 September 2015 at 10:32 #43034@petrichor (and @juniperfish) I have now posted the two trailers for the series on the new ‘BBC Approved Spoilers’ topic, which is now easily found from the Home page. But here’s the link anyway:
http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/bbc-spoilers/
That topic is where you should discuss upcoming events and information released by the BBC. Anything else you’ve heard about elsewhere should go in the ‘Spoilers’ topic:
20 September 2015 at 10:26 #43033And here are the two trailers that were released for the series.
19 September 2015 at 21:31 #42974Just because I wanted to post this all day but it contains spoilers, here’s the great Stuart Manning’s (@stuart_manning on Twitter) retro poster for tonight’s episode.
19 September 2015 at 14:24 #42946@phaseshift SPOILERS!!!!!!!! 🙂
19 September 2015 at 11:56 #42918Ah, the thorny problem of spoilers again. Apologies everyone, I had a rather busy week, partly because I was trying to clear the decks for this weekend, and so wasn’t monitoring the site as much as I could’ve been.
My view is there are three types of fans. Those who want to know nothing in advance, those who are happy with knowing what the BBC has revealed, and those who want to know all the rumours and gossip circulating on the internet.
Most of this site is for the first group and if you are in one of the other two groups you should bear that in mind when posting anything. I mean, you really have to have the question in the forefront of your mind: “Is this going to upset or annoy someone who doesn’t want to know anything“.
If the answer to that question is “Yes” or even “Maybe” then your post belongs in the dedicated spaces for spoilers.
There is a dedicated “Spoilers” topic and there is a “BBC Spoilers” blog for the other two groups. I think I will begin a dedicated “BBC Spoilers” topic today to make everything more equal and easier to find, as there will be trailers released every week from now on which some will want to see, but not all.
As to the news about Jenna, when the rumours came out they were definiately spoilers. But when it was confirmed by the BBC and was all over the papers and the internet I think it became news. It was not something that could be kept a secret any longer, from anybody. And it’s news people may like to discuss.
Of course, the manner of her exit will always be a spoiler until broadcast.
Hope that all makes sense.
19 September 2015 at 10:44 #42910I have received a press release that may be of interest. Award-winning Doctor Who writer and creator of Being Human, Toby Whithouse, is doing an “In Conversation” and Q&A at the New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth on 11th November. You can win tickets.
_______________________________New Theatre Royal Creative Lab Associate and multi-award winning playwright and dramaturg, Bernie Byrnes will be hosting an In Conversation with Doctor Who writer Toby Whithouse at New Theatre Royal on 11th November.
To celebrate this exclusive event, New Theatre Royal has launched a competition giving members of the public the chance to submit a question to put to the award-winning writer. The winner will also receive tickets to this unique event to hear Toby’s answer to their question.
The evening will see Bernie cover a number of topics with Toby, including how training as an actor at Guildford School of Music and Drama has informed his writing style and how he finds inspiration.
Bernie commented, “We are very excited about this rare opportunity and would love for everyone to get involved and send us their questions. We will be looking for the most imaginative and insightful question possible that we can put to Toby.”
As well as writing for the hugely successful Doctor Who Series, Toby’s other television credits include writing and creating the bafta-nominated series Being Human, The Game, Torchwood and Hotel Babylon among others.
To enter this competition, please send your question to bernie@newtheatreroyal.com or tweet your questions to @newtheatreroyal by 8th November 2015. The New Theatre Royal team will select the winning question and the winner will be notified by the 9th November.
For more information please visit http://www.newtheatreroyal.com
18 September 2015 at 13:24 #42846@ all. If you have Facebook you can now watch the Series 9 Prequel, “The Doctor’s Meditation”.
If it becomes more widely available I will start new thread for it.
https://www.facebook.com/DoctorWho/videos/vb.127031120644257/1207781699235855
13 September 2015 at 21:38 #42623As a follow up to my earlier post re “Castle” I just watched another episode (am not watching them all, there are too many – just watching the highest rated from each season, or the ones that sound interesting). This one was called “Time Will Tell” – Season 6, Ep 5.
The show is getting weirder, and I like it. This episode references time travel, and all those things related to it such as Doctor Who, Terminator and Twelve Monkeys. It was like an episode of Doctor Who as seen from the viewpoint of those who encounter the Doctor. They even drew diagrams like @bluesqueakpip‘s to try and explain things. I think Pip may have a copyright claim!
So as I said, not every episode is great, but some of them are great fun.
13 September 2015 at 17:35 #42607I think “Castle” may have been mentioned here before. It’s a show about a writer who teams up with a cop. The writer is played by Nathan Fillion, the lead from Joss Whedon’s Firefly. Not all of it is good, mostly case of the week, although there are a few character building episodes.
However, season 5, Episode 6 is called “The Final Frontier”. It’s directed by Jonathan Frakes (yes, Riker from Star Trek TNG) and is about a murder at a sci-fi convention. It features cast from Deep Space Nine, Eureka, True Blood and loads of references to Firefly, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica. Fillion says “I liked that Joss Whedon show” and even does impressions of both Captains Kirk and Picard.
It’s on Amazon Prime for me. May be on Netflix in the US. It won’t be a waste of an hour. I was laughing the whole way through.
11 September 2015 at 12:55 #42521@ all. The prologue for the new series (which I thought was only going to be in cinemas) has just been released. I thought we might as well start our watch with that, as we still have just over a week to go.
http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/series-9-or-35-prologue/
6 September 2015 at 23:13 #424125 September 2015 at 12:28 #42382For all those interested, a brief trailer has been released today for Episode 1. You can view it on the BBC Spoilers blog, if you’re inclined:
4 September 2015 at 23:59 #42372@purofilion Yes, get an aeroplane ticket for you and boy Ilion then you can both meet Moffat and Capaldi!
Best of luck.
4 September 2015 at 19:40 #42363@pedant While the category “Young Adult” may be arbitrary, and to some insulting, was nice to see a lot of YA writers get behind a cause and do something positive yesterday and today. I donated. I urge others to do so too. And it’s now fee free, so no one makes money – all you give goes to the cause.
4 September 2015 at 14:07 #42354I’ve received a new press release about The Doctor Who Festival – 13-15 November (London, UK), 21-22 November (Sydney, Aus):
This November, get ready as the official Doctor Who Festival takes you behind the scenes of your favourite sci-fi programme.
A fantastic day out for fans of all ages, the Doctor Who Festival will provide you with an unique insight into how the show is brought to our screens. Hear from the cast and crew and discover the secrets behind-the-show, PLUS, now announced for Friday only Mark Gatiss.
Not to be missed by any Doctor Who fan. Saturday Dalek tickets are already SOLD OUT so make sure you don’t miss out and book your tickets today!
http://doctorwhofestival.seetickets.com/tour/doctor-who-festival-2015/
Much more info here:
http://www.doctorwho.tv/events/doctor-who-festival/
Main Theatre Sessions
As a ticket holder you’ll have exclusive access to the following THREE 45 minute theatre sessions.
- Meet the Cast – get closer than ever before with the stars of the show with our ‘Meet the cast’ panel led session. Featuring the Doctor himself, Peter Capaldiand stars of the latest series, Michelle Gomez and Ingrid Oliver
- Meet the Writers – led by Steven Moffat hear from the experts who created the storylines of your favourite programme, featuring the Series 9 writers– JUST ANNOUNCED! Mark Gatiss to feature on Friday
- Theatre show 3 – to be announced
SFX Show
Love an explosion? Special effects supervisor Danny Hargreaves and his team at SFX will reveal the tricks of their trade in this live show. Letting you in on insider secrets, prepare to tackle the deadliest of enemies and be completely blown away…metaphorically speaking of course! This is a unique opportunity to see how the special effects on Doctor Who are put together. PLUS find out how you can become a special effects supervisor.
Millennium FX
See a monster created before your very eyes! Multi-award winning artists Millennium FX, will reveal all their trade secrets as they show how a monster is created, from the beginning briefing stages to the creation itself.
Production Village
Experience a day in the life of a production member! Try your hand at a variety of jobs that go into producing a series for Doctor Who, in this unique immersive experience.
Drama School
Have you ever wanted to learn the techniques and secrets the actors use in the filming of Doctor Who? Then this is for you.
Cosplay Showcase
Calling all cosplayers! Show off your best Doctor Who cosplay outfits at our Doctor Who Festival Cosplay showcase.
Official Merchandise
A shopping village consisting of only official Doctor Who products including brand new ranges, plus BBC Shop…sound like your idea of Whovian heaven?
2 September 2015 at 23:20 #42290And just to be a bit bonkers, I first heard this on Twitter a couple of weeks ago.
The Who theme done in the style of Jean Michel Jarre – it’s actually quite good.
2 September 2015 at 22:53 #42286I’m afraid this thread has gone over the 20 page limit so I am going to have shut your butt down!
New thread can be found here:
http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-3/
2 September 2015 at 19:44 #422782 September 2015 at 19:41 #42277I’m sorry, but like a dodgy elder brother or sister I now have to kick you all off this sofa, but you can find a nice, new, comfortable sofa here:
http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-7/
Just in time for the new series! 🙂
2 September 2015 at 00:55 #422471 September 2015 at 19:48 #42232@rose2112 You could never be evil! Has been done before though. You know all those emails you get saying “My Uncle is an African Prince and I have $10,000,000 in the bank but I need to put it in your bank account”. Some people started taking the p**s.
Some of it is hilarious. But my one concern is when you start to demand some gangster prove himself (tattoo or whatever) he just gets some other poor soul to do it.
Unfortunately unintended consequences can sometimes kick in. So it might seem funny to engage, but (I know, I’m boring, I’m being a Dad) I would always recommend delete and ignore.
1 September 2015 at 18:37 #42229HI @rose2112 I know! Arrrgh! As soon as I saw they had signed up again I blocked them again. Sorry they got to you before I got to them.
You don’t need to do anything, except delete all messages and emails from our new friend “Anthony” and don’t reply.
I will be keeping an eye on it but please let me know if you receive another message. The difficulty is that these are not bots (which are easily dealt with) but real people, signing up and sending messages.
As I have said to others, unfortunately this happens sometimes and you can’t keep it out your mail. Someone actually signs up and takes the time to send the same message to as many people as they can before they get shut down.
I have questioned shutting down the Private Message option to stop this happening but the consensus seems to be that it is nice to have it, even if it can be abused occasionally like this.
It’s called a Romance Scam, or Dating Scam. Last time it happened I found out the spammer was doing the same thing on a Doctors’ Forum (they have money but work long hours). Maybe that’s why we are sometimes a target! 🙂
The culprits try to reel in lonely men by saying they like their profile etc. If they get a bite they string them on a bit then say they would like to meet them, can they send the plane fare etc. And it then goes on and on, with excuses for more money.
I do act as soon as I know it’s happening. If you ever receive anything similar again, please just delete it.
30 August 2015 at 11:35 #42181@purofilion I’m sorry if I offended you. I was a bit cranky last night – was supposed to be going out last night and ended up being stuck indoors instead.
Can I, a little bit late, say many thanks for all your welcomes to new members etc. The reason I can’t thank you for all the positive things you write/do is that it would take up my every waking hour 🙂
I hope no harm done.
30 August 2015 at 01:56 #42163@theconsultingdoctor I don’t think you have to apologise if that’s how you feel, you gave it another chance and a reasonable reason why you couldn’t continue. And @purofilion, we do welcome dissent here too. If someone doesn’t like something I’d like to hear why.
“if people can’t say something nice, say nothing at all” is not a rule I would like applied to this forum – unless it is about fellow members – in which case, that is almost always the rule.
29 August 2015 at 23:48 #42150@theconsultingdoctor Glad you liked it. Most of the MacTaggart lectures are done by TV execs and are pretty dull, but there are some goodies as well. If you liked that one you may like the one Kevin Spacey did two years ago. Even if just for his Jack Lemmon impressions and the story of his career.
29 August 2015 at 19:04 #42143Steven Moffat defended the BBC after the recent screening in Edinburgh that some of our lucky, lucky (I’m not jealous at all) ********* members attended. 🙂 There is a write-up here:
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/aug/29/doctor-who-bbc-steven-moffat
I wouldn’t normally go around saying ‘read the MacTaggart’ because I like you, but this one is epic.
Don’t read it, it’s better to watch it. Watch it here. It is really good – Armando Iannucci on top form:
29 August 2015 at 12:02 #42127@ All, I’m afraid we had another spammer today, Hazira. I have dealt with them. Please do not reply to their message. From the email they signed up with, Hazira is actually someone called Anthony!
26 August 2015 at 07:52 #4205525 August 2015 at 20:21 #42041@jimthefish et all. I don’t think anyone has posted this yet. AL Kennedy did a good write up about Doctor Who in The Guardian yesterday.
21 August 2015 at 21:29 #41977@ichabod Don’t thank me, it’s all down the the fantastic @phaseshift and his marvelous prose.
21 August 2015 at 13:42 #41971@gunslinger I coded this website and I had no idea what that code was – had to look it up. I think it’s something to do with Kaspersky Password Manager?
Anyway, welcome, and we’ve had lots of discussions about Timelords on here. You may get most of the answers to any questions you have here:
http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/sidrat/time-lords-time-locked-and-im-loving-it/
19 August 2015 at 19:38 #41917@cathannabel Just for you 🙂
http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/dalek/
http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/fathers-day/
I haven’t added any pics or any real commentary. Will leave that up to you.
Craig
18 August 2015 at 14:28 #41891I’m a big fan of Den of Geek (would’ve guessed!). Have just read this and thought you may like it. Is a nice defence against ARSE re Marvel and The Avengers. Says a lot of what has been said here before.
Be careful what you wish for. Not because you might get it, but because you risk getting only that and nothing else.
18 August 2015 at 14:23 #41890@lisa I don’t seem to be able to replicate the problem. But please let me know if it continues and I’ll try to find a solution.
16 August 2015 at 02:46 #41855@purofilion Re Primer. I only discovered it recently myself. It’s great. Posted about it here:
http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-films-thread/page/3/#post-41256
I’ll check out Project Almanac though.
12 August 2015 at 20:15 #41770@ everyone (who is interested), there was new trailer launched today, just an hour ago.
For those who want to see it I’ve posted it with the others on the “BBC Approved Spoilers” blog.
I’m not saying anything here!
8 August 2015 at 10:58 #41644Ah @lisa I missed that sad bit of news. Great article. Many thanks.
Seems as good a reason as any to repost this. In memoriam!
8 August 2015 at 00:01 #41632@purofilion Glad you liked it. Kevin Smith on YouTube is always worth a watch. He’s a natural comedian. This is how it continues. I think the full thing is online somewhere. But he sums up my feelings about the Tim Burton Batman movies in this one – Tim Burton says “Anyone who knows me knows that I would not read a comic book”. As Smith says, that explains “Batman”.
7 August 2015 at 00:53 #41597So I was having a bit of a snooze, and was half asleep and thinking I should go to my bed, when I awoke with a start. And not a moment too soon. We don’t have a sixth Doctor story for this weekend.
Suggestions are welcome, but in the spirit of six I may just choose whatever I please.
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