Did you see the new Who ?

[johnmiic]

I noticed recently that the element of people as collateral damage has been lost. There was that feeling that everything is not always happy go lucky and ordinary people who get killed on the sidelines doesn't creep into the stories much anymore.

[johnmiic]

Also forgot to mention; That whole teaser intro narrated by Clara in the season finale. Do you think they could add that as a prologue to every episode from now on so it would annoy Mikey like the Amy Pond narration did?

[ctc]

>Was the same raw TARDIS in War Games ?

I thought those were SIDRATs.... cheap knockoffs used by the warlords.

>I enjoyed the story and thought it easy to follow

I did too. It wasn't super-chocolatey-awesome; but it was entertaining.

>The Great Intelligence going through the Doctor's time stream and undoing all the victories is a spectacular idea (can't imagine anyone topping that)

They did that before though.... when all his sidekicks like Sarah Jane and the Torchwood gang had to step in to stop bad guys he already had.... and you saw them die off one by one. It was the one where Donna had accidentally not met him 'cos the monster changed her timeline.

I liked that one, too.

>Other highlights for me were Strax discovering Scotland,

Strax is always awesome and needs his own show.

>and River now being a ghost.

I REALLY liked that bit, 'cos I think it'd be great if they kept the idea that she was his one great love. I HATE when they keep tacking on romances to a story, like they keep doing/hinting at with the Doctor. It cheapens the whole thing. One thing I liked about this season was that.... up until the Cyberman episdoe.... they really hadn't played up Clara as a love interest. (Thank you, Gaiman.)

>the Hartnell scene (and the Tardis in raw state) was magnificent

Hee heee.... yeah.

Don C.

[Mikey]

Wow, I never noticed it kinda ripped off Turn Left

Yep, just looked up SIDRATs ... totally different

[knight errant00]

>. I'm kinda thinking he's the Valeyard.... maybe this whole thing providing his origin. (since in the old series he just kinda shows up....) Don C.

That's my guess, too -- especially since they made it a point to mention the Valyard earlier. Although I did get worried for a second when Hurt spoke, and in my mind I crossed him with Derek Jacobi and I thought, "Oh, no, are they saying the Master has always been the Doctor in a future regeneration?" That would get screwy . . .

>.(Thank you, Gaiman.)

I’ll be honest: although he really does have some interesting ideas, I find him to be one of the most overrated writers ever.

once again Paul Mcgann is slighted by the new show

Not so fast . . . they’ve shown his face in every regeneration “retrospective” the new show’s done. And he was in the “Clara saving all the Doctors” scene, but you had to be quick to catch it. If you go back to the beginning of the scene where she sees Troughton, watch (I had to frame-by-frame it on TiVo), you’ll see someone run past her before Troughton does. His face is mostly out of frame, but the coat and collar are clearly supposed to be McGann’s Doctor.

[Gorn Captain]

Wow, what a magnificent idea!
The Master is the Doctor gone wrong in the future. That would be a twist.
But didn't they grow up together on Gallifrey?

That's my guess, too -- especially since they made it a point to mention the Valyard earlier. Although I did get worried for a second when Hurt spoke, and in my mind I crossed him with Derek Jacobi and I thought, "Oh, no, are they saying the Master has always been the Doctor in a future regeneration?" That would get screwy . . .

[jds1911a1]

Knight Errand - I'll take your word for it but my point is more that he is the one classic era doctor who it doesn't matter that he is older because there was never a regeneration scene so he could be used in the new show including casting him to actually film a scene rather than a half baked stunt double shot.
I think the Troughton scene was right from 5 doctors

[Mikey]

Maybe Hurt's a "watcher" for a new Dr

[johnmiic]

I think the Troughton scene was right from 5 doctors

I think you're right. The Pertwee scene might also be when the scoop was trying to catch him and transport him to Gallifrey for the games. I hope they release the soundtrack for this season soon. I loved the score for that intro of the finale`.

[jds1911a1]

Yes Johnmiic pertwee was the timescoop shot

[Bruce Banner]

If you go back to the beginning of the scene where she sees Troughton, watch (I had to frame-by-frame it on TiVo), you’ll see someone run past her before Troughton does. His face is mostly out of frame, but the coat and collar are clearly supposed to be McGann’s Doctor.

Yeah, I noticed that too. I rewatched and paused it right after the initial broadcast, and it's definitely meant to be McGann.

[ctc]

>are they saying the Master has always been the Doctor in a future regeneration?" That would get screwy

It would.... but I could see it. The Master runs out of regenerations almost immediately, so it's possible he IS the Valeyard; the Doctor's final regeneration.... up until he starts stealing bodies and messing with reality and they decide Time Lords aren't limited to thirteen regenerations. It kinda messes with the old 80's semi-official idea that the Monk was an earlier incarnation of the Master.

>I find him to be one of the most overrated writers ever

The nerdly Stephen King! But what can you expect from someone who can't read?

*Simpsons refrence!*

Don C.

[Mego Magyar]

My first impression was that the Hurt character was the Valeyard - the version of the Doctor that went bad and broke his vow ( how did they phrase that in the show? ) I also thought it might be the 8th Doctor ( McGann's Doctor only older ) because he would have been the one to end the Time War and commit genocide on the Daleks - also breaking the vow. I say he would have been the one to do that because in Rose when the Doctor see himself in a mirror he stops to check out his new look and I can see that ending the Time War might bring on a regeneration. So this could be a way of dealing with the McGann Doctor without using McGann.

[palitoy]

Problem with the "old McGann" theory (and it was my first guess too) is that Clara states she saw 11 faces.

[Mikey]

I think he's the Peter Cushing Doctor