Doctor Who Season 4

[samurainoir]

What did you guys think of the promo following the conclusion of the Christmas Special?

As much as I liked Martha Jones as a companion, I look forward to the return of the Bride from last years Christmas special. I don't think that the Doctor has ever had such a prickly relationship with a companion before (perhaps the earliest appearances of Tegan?), and it's obviously going to bring a different dynamic than we are used to with Doctor Who companions in recent memory.

Was that UNIT? Hopefully we can see th return of Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart!

[Mikey]

I really don't like the bride character.
I think she's going to be very annoying after a short time.
A one shot comedy episode (Runaway Bride) is ok, but I think they should have left it at that.

Hey, speaking of Season-4, I thought 4 was going to be the Season of Davros ?

[raider5gt]

The Sontarans are back too,did you see the face shot in the trailer?

[samurainoir]

I really don't like the bride character.
I think she's going to be very annoying after a short time.
A one shot comedy episode (Runaway Bride) is ok, but I think they should have left it at that.

Hey, speaking of Season-4, I thought 4 was going to be the Season of Davros ?

I was actually secretly hoping that it was Davros that was being wheeled out of the secret chamber on board the Titanic.

[Bo8a_Fett]

U.N.I.T. are back...they've been seen already in many episodes of the previous seasons but as background figures...this season the boys and girls of U.N.I.T. feature heavily in a 2 parter (possibly the Sontaran story). no sign or rumours about Davros other than there is a Dalek story this year and that Ben Kingsly was approached to play Davros...but a conflicting report/rumour says Terry malloy has been approached to play Davros????
Trailers are notoriously misleading these days so i'm not reading too much into it...there looks although there will be a crowded TARDIS though as its been confirmed not only will Martha be back for 5 episodes but Rose will appear in the last 3 episodes of the season.

[raider5gt]

I was actually secretly hoping that it was Davros that was being wheeled out of the secret chamber on board the Titanic.

Thats what i thought too,i shouted out "its Davros" but it wernt:wall:

[Surfsup]

It didn't look that exciting but you can't tell too much from a couple of mins. I wasn't too enamoured with the return of the Bride when I first heard about it but I've since warmed to Catherine Tate.

[Mikey]

Being from the US, not counting The Runaway Bride, I never even heard of Catherine Tate before that episode.
She basically is unknown here.
I don't mind her all that much, I just think the comedy needs to be toned down a bit.

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

I would have preferred the woman from "Daleks in Manhatan" as a new companion. And I'm REALLY curious to see what UNIT has been up to. They were in the two part story with the Master last year, and they've been mentioned a whole lot. Although there's a McCoy era episode that happened in the future (which I think should be NOW) that showed Lethbridge-Stuart as having retired by this time.

...and bring back the Yeti; dammit!

Don C.

[Mikey]

Yeti's are a tough one, though.......

If they stray too far from of what a Yeti actually looks like-- they're not really a Yeti.

If they make them look too much like a classic Yeti, new viewers would have a laugh-fest.

Perhaps something in between.

Like Bionic Bigfoot or something.

[Surfsup]

I don't mind her all that much, I just think the comedy needs to be toned down a bit.

Hear, hear! I'd love to see a darker, more serious tone in the series. I do get miffed when they bog it down with childish humour (fart jokes etc). The concept is far too good for that.

[Bo8a_Fett]

The Yeti could always be brought back in a different guise as the real menace behind them was the great intelligence...it was the control spheres that mobolised the Yeti which could quite easily control a different kind of robot...would be nice to see the original costumes or an approximation of them though.

[samurainoir]

When was the last time we saw the Yeti? The five doctors?

[Bo8a_Fett]

Yup and the original costume was in such bad condition they had to keep it in the dark and show only parts of it in the episode.

[danadoll]

Yup and the original costume was in such bad condition they had to keep it in the dark and show only parts of it in the episode.

I thought the Five Doctors scene with the Yeti was quite effective (scary), though (being dark and all)...I was a bit unnerved, because I could quite see what was after them (And I had no knowledge of the Yeti, besides what I had read)...

Dana

[Bo8a_Fett]

It was a good scene...a case of making do actually making better me thinks...about time they had another story though..apart from the fan made stuff.

[Mikey]

When the Five Doctors premiered here in the US, the only Doctor's i've actually seen in the past (at that time) were Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker.
I only seen Pat and William briefly in The Three Doctors.
So, when I seen The Five Doctors, I had no idea what a Yeti was and I think the scene was quite good and a bit scary.
When I eventually did see clips of the classic Yeti, I was let down.
First thing I thought of when I seen them was Grimace from McDonalds :)

[ctc]

>First thing I thought of when I seen them was Grimace from McDonalds

HAW! I'd never thought of that! Grimace can be pretty scary though; especially when he was evil....

Still; I think they could be effective baddies without a complete redo. (Yetis, not Grimmace.) I like the idea that aliens are all different looking. Too many shows feature aliens that are all oddly similar. ("Look! It's a dude with bumps on his head!") That's why I like the dumpy Yeti, and the freaky-eyeball Alpha Centaurans, and the Fendhall, and the Mechanoids, and the glam-rock Nimon, and the Playmobil-lookin' Cybermen. Hell; even the Daleks are a really REALLY silly idea. A salt shaker with a gun, eh? But look how effective they are as baddies.

It's all in the presentation I think.

Don C.

[Bo8a_Fett]

True...used to hate Star Trek ...next gen onwards due to all aliens either having bumps on their noses/forheads/ears. Even TOS had better aliens Gorn/Medusans/Salt Vampire/Excalibans...even the tribbles. Who has had more than 100 different aliens ..all with different designs ...even the crap ones such as Dominators had significant costumes to show diversity(and the Quarks)///not all were great but at least some thought went into it....web planet is a great example of this...yes they were based on insects but it was a true attempt to show a completly alien culture.

[Mikey]

web planet is a great example of this.........

Loved-- The Web Planet......

I never seen it until I bought the DVD.
When completed, I felt like I just watched a staged opera....

Not like any other Who i've ever seen-- classic or new series.

[Boris71]

I really don't like the bride character.
I think she's going to be very annoying after a short time.
A one shot comedy episode (Runaway Bride) is ok, but I think they should have left it at that.

Hey, speaking of Season-4, I thought 4 was going to be the Season of Davros ?

I have to agree with you I found her annoying in the trailer

[Bo8a_Fett]

Years ago I used to think it was too slow paced for me but over the years i've come to love it....maybe a return visit to the planet Vortis would be nice (I know this has been done in the expanded universe).

[YANOULI]

When I eventually did see clips of the classic Yeti, I was let down.
First thing I thought of when I seen them was Grimace from McDonalds :)

Funny you should say that!
When the McDonalds figures were released ( last year? ) i was actually toying with the idea with getting a Grimace and using it as the basis for a Yeti Custom.

[Bo8a_Fett]

DO IT...DO IT.......maybe you could use Mayer mc cheese (or whatever his name was), as a starting point for the dragon in "Dragonfire"?