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Hi @phaseshift,

I currently away seeing family but back home tomorrow and will look into the blogging function/adding images then. I’ve got everything ready for the launch of the new thread tonight. Can’t wait.

Look forward to reading your piece when I’ve got a bit more time.

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“Monks are not cool” is of course open to interpretation, but from a man who thinks Fezs are cool…

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Jeez @wolfweed , nothing from you for ages then a deluge! 😀 Is welcome though. @bluesqueakpip if you check out the original coming soon trailer (http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/series-7-part-2-speculation/#post-913) it inlcudes some scenes in a monastery, and the trailer I posted a few days ago shows The Doctor turning up at Clara’s dressed as a monk, so I’m guessing his search for Clara starts in a Monastery (possibly pre-credits) then leads him to modern day London.

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Clara’s already the subject of much fan art. I thought some of these were quite fun.

http://io9.com/13-brilliant-pieces-of-clara-oswin-oswald-fan-art-to-ge-458563129

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Ooh.Just got home and found a trailer has been posted. Will have to wait until tomorrow though to form any views… 😀

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P.S. Welcome back @scaryb Great to see you contributing again. Now we just need to get @blenkinsopthebrave back. I miss him.

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I just watched it again and it made me laugh out loud at how stupid I was the first time I watched. This is not a Doctor looking for someone, this is a Doctor who has found someone – he’s just a bit early.

All the ambiguity in the dialogue is Moffat playing with us. At the end the Doctor is smiling, clicking his heels and jumps off the swing. He’s found Clara! 😀

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@phaseshift I love that. So Clara doesn’t seem to just appear and disappear, she is born and grows up in each incarnation – perhaps. And it seems destiny will be some sort of theme but, of course, that may be controlled destiny, a bit like the TARDIS taking the Doctor where he needed to go.

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This episode had a coda which was never filmed. Is pretty good.

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@jimthefish Happy to have you aboard (although that’s probably not a good thing to say to a fish) 😀

That’s what I like about everyone on here. So polite and self-effacing.

You’re now a moderator, so you can edit/trash/spam comments etc. (not that I hope you will have to very often). You can also add topics, and access some of the back-end via the top bar. If you’ve used WordPress before it should be familiar. If not and you have any questions, just PM me or email me at the address on the Home page.

Thanks for helping out.

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@jimthefish That’s cool to hear. We do seem to have a nice little community here, even if it is about 15 – 20 active members. I’m not sure if things will take off when the new episodes start or not, but if they do we’ll probably need more help. As you’re one of the most active members, I’d be very happy if you wanted to help moderate and keep this the kinda place it’s become.

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I came across another interview with Moffat. Haven’t listened to it yet – ironically, no time! It IS 85 minutes long after all. But supposedly he does say that River will be back, there will be more about Trenzalor, and discusses the possibility of a female doctor.

http://blogtorwho.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/steven-moffat-talks-trenzalore-river.html

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@jimthefish Yes, for the Fiftieth year they didn’t try very hard for Comic Relief – it wasn’t exactly Time Crash. I thought it was pretty cringeworthy myself.

But at least the posters are great. I instantly thought of Struzan’s work on Raiders when I saw the Akhaten one. As an homage it’s a good one (unless it’s actually by him, would love to find out).

I’ve managed to find large versions so have made them clickable links now, if you want to use for a wallpaper or something.

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I managed to track this down too. Matt Smith on Comic Relief.

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These were accidentally published by the Radio Times and then swiftly deleted, but I managed to track them down. Interestingly, the first one ties in with all the theories of Clara being ‘in the machine’ and all the shots from inside computer screens in the first few episodes of the series.

Click to enlarge.

Let the theorising begin!

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@phaseshift Apologies, took my eye off the ball for a few days and the little buggers got in. I’ve been busy building a Record Label/ecommerce site and it’s been taking up a lot of time.

I’ve deleted them all and put even more anti-spam measures in place. Fingers crossed it now works better than the last few measures!

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I’m going to re-post it as it got lost at the bottom of the last page. Click to enlarge.

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I was just looking at the poster again and I thought the theme may be reflections. The Spoonheads seem a bit silly unless Moffat wants to make a point about reflections and distortions (the Spoonhead on the far left seems to have a distorted face reflected, or even trapped, in it – reminds me of Donna in the library).

And the poster features a whole host of other reflections. Is Clara a reflection through time? I’m not sure what that might mean yet, but I’ll work on it. 😀

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In case anyone missed the new poster, here it is – click to enlarge.

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This seems as good a place as any to post this. Have always loved Neil deGrasse Tyson. He’s such a great speaker. Now I love him even more. For those who don’t know, he’s one of the USA’s most preeminent astrophysicists – like a Stephen Hawking who can do talk shows.

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Did anyone else see this? At least she’s not saying “I know nothing!”

@sohoguy None of us knows yet what’s going on, just told to keep the days free.Mmmmmmmmm intriguing

— Louise Jameson (@Lou_Jameson) February 26, 2013

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Very, very silly, but obviously someone’s labour of love. The Big Lebowski redone with Doctor Who characters. I do like The Master as Jesus:

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Great interview with Moffat. Lots of info. There’s gonna be more than just the 60 minute episode, he’s already working on the next season, Matt’s gonna be with us “forever” (but then the Moffat lies), and the hidden meaning behind the title of “The Big Bang”.

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Another alternative history of the Doctor, this time as an all-American show. Some interesting choices.

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/2013/02/american_doctor_who.php

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@phaseshift I’m beginning to think you may be Mark Gatiss. You’ve been a bit busy recently, and that was funny as Hell (could’ve been straight out of LoG). 😀

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Airing in the US on 24 February.

As one of the comments states:

Should be in Britain. We are the origin of Doctor Who, and yet it seems like we’re getting 2 star service whilst America are getting 5 star service

I can only assume that this is to drum up publicity for the second half of season 7 in the US, whereas we’ll get them all in September-November. We better!

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@bluesqueakpip and @jimthefish I think I may have posted earlier, or maybe I just thought it, but I did start to think that it would be a remarkable opportunity to merge Who with the docu-drama. They’ll also have a ready-built First Doctor Tardis.

But then I thought it might seem a bit rubbish to watch the docu-drama one week and then see almost exactly the same thing the next week. Unless of course the Daleks and Troughton are not even in the docu-drama and it’s all a massive bluff. The docu-drama maybe ends with the first episode being aired, and everything else is used for the anniversary.

Thinking on Kennedy, Nine was pictured there on the day (according to “Rose”), and it’s been mentioned in other episodes. I can see a lot happening in November 1963. Nine has to be in Dallas, whereas Two (or Eleven) is helping influence a new TV show in London by battling Daleks on Westminster bridge infront of an amazed production crew (or even just infront of Terry Nation).

Perhaps.

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Doctor Who? Kennedy?

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/conflict-of-bbc-interest–doctor-who-vs-the-assassination-of-jfk-8497176.html

Also, there’s that throw-away line in Let’s Kill Hitler:

Time can be rewritten. Remember Kennedy.

Why is that there? I think @blenkinsopthebrave could well be right.

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Looks brilliant. So it’s not just gonna be suits discussing plot and character then!

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@jimthefish I love that DS9 Tribbles episode. Really love it. It is a genius tribute and a masterpiece of scripting, editing, cinematography, set design, costume design and CGI. The lighting alone blows me away – jumping back and forth from the brightly lit past to the darker future. The matching shots are amazing and obviously a labour of love.

And Worf always makes me laugh: “We don’t like to talk about it” (or something like that).

If they could do something similar with Who that would be great. There’s just an issue with black & white that Star Trek never had to deal with. But you never know.

Who, in classic past episodes. That almost sounds better than 11 Doctors.

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Basically… run. Moffat doesn’t have to do 11 Doctors.

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I always laugh when they say “using old footage”. This may sound crazy but Moffat has already done the Eleven Doctors “using old footage”. Did you miss it? It was at the end of “The Eleventh Hour”.

That’s why I thought it was so brilliant. That’s probably why I scared the shit out of him when I shook his hand and told him he’d done a f***king great job (may have been the shaved head and accent as well).

Eleven Doctors… First ever episode on the job… Job done! As they used to say on the West Wing, what next? So far, so good.

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@blenkinsopthebrave With The Master and Ming the Merciless as moderators the trolls will not be a problem. Ha ha ha! [Twirls moustache]

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Oh, and if you haven’t got a Kindle, or other eReader, but want to check them out, Amazon has recently released a free Kindle reading App for PC – there’s probably one for Mac too, I just haven’t looked.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000426311

Maybe we could start posting reviews.

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Quite a nice little video of Michael Scott talking about his Second Doctor adventure in the short story series. It’s available on the 23rd (of course). I got the first one by Eoin Colfer and it was pretty good, if a little contrived in places. I have higher hopes for this one.

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@scaryb Yes, underwhelmed is probably right. I’ve an old TV and Who looks great on it. I watched the Christmas Special at my parents on their new hi-def TV and it looked a bit… rubbish, like old video. It was just too clear and had lost the “movie” look. Can’t imagine how poor it may look in super hi-def AND 3D.

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So I came across this today and couldn’t help reading. Contains spoilers (which have already been rumoured).

So now I have to do a bit of blah so it doesn’t show up in the Activity stream. I really hope that this is enough.

Only click if you want spoilers.

http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who/24444/classic-monsters-confirmed-for-doctor-who-return

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@jimthefish The BBC has responded to your complaints 😀

http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/bbc-responds-to-reduced-who-complaints-45230.htm

Whilst I appreciate your concerns, we haven’t announced what we have planned to mark the 50th anniversary of ‘Doctor Who’ yet, but we would like to assure you that fans won’t be disappointed.

I guess we just have to wait!

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@juniperfish Thought you might like this. An alternate history of Doctor Who, with a female Doctor.

http://www.scifind.com/features/the-other-11-doctors/

Some of the choices are fantastic. And funny. Julia Roberts “stunt casting” as The Mistress against Eight really made laugh out loud. 😀

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@jimthefish I notice a lot of people now think he will be going:

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-02-08/why-i-think-a-doctor-who-regeneration-wont-be-too-far-in-the-future

The Mirror even ran a story on it. And remember he said last year

I don’t think you can sustain it. Tom Baker did it in different circumstances. I couldn’t do this for seven years. I’d be run into the ground. I don’t think you can sustain it.

And your life outside of it is … I don’t know. I hope I don’t sound too ­pessimistic. It’s just I don’t think my body or my life or the people around me could sustain it.

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@juniperfish Thanks, but I really didn’t do very much. It’s you lot that make it what it is, so I should really thank you!

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Not that I condone this sort of thing, of course 🙂 but…

A couple of people have posted a lot of old Doctor Who on the internet. Probably not within the letter of the law to upload, but I doubt it’s an issue if you view it. But I’m not a lawyer.

http://www.dailymotion.com/playlists/user/matrixarchive/1

http://www.dailymotion.com/playlists/user/tardismedia/1

There really is a lot of good stuff here. If you haven’t already got it, view it while you can.

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@jimthefish I just read Matt has already done the directorial debut and the movie is being shot during his “hiatus” as the Americans call it. Still… Hmmm…

Also today, we get a sneak peek of David Bradley as Hartnell.

One day, I shall come back… twitpic.com/c1fvcc

— Mark Gatiss (@Markgatiss) February 6, 2013

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Hmmm…

Looks like Matt Smith has got a lot of work on next year. And not Doctor Who work. A movie and his directorial debut. Any conclusions to be drawn?

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-02-07/doctor-whos-matt-smith-to-star-in-how-to-catch-a-monster-by-ryan-gosling

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Then of course there’s this. This man does have a working knowledge of Doctor Who.

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Was just listening to Muse, having rewatched The Doctor’s Wife yesterday, and @bluesqueakpip I think your (very) early comment above is spot on re the song being very close to a Doctor and TARDIS love story.

I did a search but couldn’t find any references to Who by Matt Bellamy. However, it’s not just the words, once I got thinking about it, it starts with a low, droneing base line, then the high notes come in.

It’s not the Who theme tune, but sounds to me like a simple riff on it. Maybe someone with a knowledge of music can clarify, or slap me down 😀

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A quite amusing summation of the second Doctor for the uninitiated.

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@phaseshift I just watched this again and the disappearing pirate turns up at the end, so I think they must have just edited out his “death/disappearance” for time reasons. Is a bit stupid though.

I didn’t really like this episode the first time, a bit too silly/”Dinosaurs on a Spaceship”, but watching it again it seems like light relief after the first two episodes, with the Doctor dying and the Silence being introduced.

And the next episode, The Doctor’s Wife is also, although brilliant, light relief before the series starts to get dark again, with Amy having been stolen etc.

So, with that taken into account, I enjoyed it a lot more this time, knowing it was a breather from, what was to become, quite a dark story arc.

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@rob ( @srwbyzer ) Yes, it’s because of a disconnect between login name and display name. I’ll look for a fix when I have a bit more time, although I think it may involve changing your login name to Rob.

I have the same issue for Bobbingbird and IAmNotAFishIAmAFreeMan.

But if anyone wants to link to you they can use the link I have, which can be got by hovering over your name and looking at the URL.

I’ve since updated the Register page so people use the same for both. Apologies – early teething problems which will hopefully not last too long.

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@jimthefish I think, from this video, that Moffat means the Doctor will be everywhere AFTER the current series has finished, although he’s giving nothing away.

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-01-31/steven-moffat-on-sherlock-series-3-and-doctor-whos-50th-anniversary—video

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