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Post by ahunter8056 on Sept 10, 2013 16:16:59 GMT -5
The BBC have revealed some details about their programming for the Fiftieth Anniversary celebrations, which will include:
- The Anniversary Special itself, which has been named The Day of the Doctor and will be 75 minutes long. - The 90 minute drama An Adventure in Space and Time - A BBC Two lecture by Professor Brian Cox on the science behind the hit show - A Culture Show special by Matthew Sweet, entitled Me, You and Doctor Who - A BBC Radio 2 documentary entitled Who is Doctor Who - A repeat run of a restored version of the very first story, An Unearthly Child, on BBC Four - A primer to the series with Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
Exact times will be revealed at a later date.
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Post by John Zero on Sept 10, 2013 22:46:11 GMT -5
I really want to post the poster they released also, but for anyone who isn't caught up it would be a spoiler....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2013 0:20:24 GMT -5
I really want to post the poster they released also, but for anyone who isn't caught up it would be a spoiler.... Can you at least send it to me in a PM?
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Post by punksnotdead on Sept 11, 2013 8:27:28 GMT -5
I really want to post the poster they released also, but for anyone who isn't caught up it would be a spoiler.... Can you at least send it to me in a PM? It's in my Sig. I have no idea how he thinks it's a spoiler though. If you don't watch the show or you haven't gotten that far then it's just 2 Doctors and John Hurt on a poster. The poster doesn't lend itself at all to the story unless you've seen The Name of the Doctor, at which point you'd be completely caught up. Here's a bigger version of it:
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Post by ahunter8056 on Sept 11, 2013 9:11:24 GMT -5
It's also really nice to see that 'Bad Wolf' makes a reappearance.
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Post by John Zero on Sept 11, 2013 11:09:59 GMT -5
Can you at least send it to me in a PM? It's in my Sig. I have no idea how he thinks it's a spoiler though. If you don't watch the show or you haven't gotten that far then it's just 2 Doctors and John Hurt on a poster. The poster doesn't lend itself at all to the story unless you've seen The Name of the Doctor, at which point you'd be completely caught up. Here's a bigger version of it: I was just trying to be nice. Didn't want to ruin anyone showing up if they hadn't gotten to the end of the last series.
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Post by ahunter8056 on Oct 6, 2013 7:46:33 GMT -5
Just in case anyone here didn't already know, exclusive footage for the trailer was shot recently. So a trailer is coming in the near future.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2013 21:45:48 GMT -5
So our current Doctor, Matt Smith, has been announced to play Patrick Bateman in the American Psycho musical.
In other news, I plan on watching every episode of Doctor Who that is available from the beginning. I am on the First Doctor, second serial "The Daleks." Should be a long fun ride.
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Post by ahunter8056 on Oct 22, 2013 7:45:52 GMT -5
So, what are your guys' thoughts on the new BBC trailer celebrating 50 years of Doctor Who? The first time I watched that trailer I was like "Ehh, it's alright", but now I can't stop watching it! It's complete brilliance! Just makes me excited for 'The Day Of The Doctor' in a way that I thought only a proper trailer for the episode could fulfil.
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Post by punksnotdead on Oct 22, 2013 10:44:37 GMT -5
The trailer is awesome. I loved the timeline approach with the voice over from Matt. I was already super excited for the episode though. I thought the story really left off with a great cliffhanger in the Name of the Doctor and really can't wait to see it play out. And yeah, I'll take me some Rose Tyler and Clara in the same episode any day of the week.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2013 5:23:43 GMT -5
So what, nobody watched the 50th? I thought it was awesome. I'll probably post more thoughts in the morning, just thought I should bump this to get more discussion for the special.
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Post by Red Dragon on Nov 24, 2013 5:46:08 GMT -5
I was just about to find this thread. It's great the amount of coverage he's got, it's deservedly been everywhere even on Google (which BTW was a fun little game).
As for the movie length episode itself, I went to the cinema's to watch it in 3D. My brother is a massive fan so he wanted to go, I weren't too bothered. But, I felt underwhelmed. For something that contained three doctors, Bad Wolf and the Time War which has been building up to since 2005 it seemed a little, 'is that it?'. Maybe I had too high expectations, I always thought John Hurt would be a mega villain like the Master. So to see him just as another doctor was a bit boring. There was no mega twist (other than the inhaler being passed over at the end) but even then that wasn't played upon. And I guess that's leading to something else but the way they dealt with the Zygon's seemed a little lacklustre. Maybe I'm missing something too but what was that Baker bit about at the end, I understand what he was saying but why did it have to be him and if so how did he get there? However, The Capaldi bit was awesome as was the 3D but I really wanted the 9th doctor to show up.
Maybe I'm treating it harshly, I'll give it another watch and maybe my feeling will change. But, I have felt the few series with Smith have been wobbly. Some are good but then others are just 'what the hell'. Watching the Ultimate Guide to Doctor Who just made me remember how good he was in the first series. Still not better than Tennant though (wish there was more of him in the episode). I also watch 'An Adventure in Space and Time' a drama on the first doctor which I really enjoyed, probably at the moment, more than the actually 50th anniversary episode.
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Post by punksnotdead on Nov 24, 2013 11:31:56 GMT -5
Tennant and Smith together was amazing and the dynamic with all 3 Doctors when they were in the tower was made even more hilarious by Clara, who I just absolutely love. The overall weight of the story was really exceptional imo. Especially, when I thought that 10 (11) and 11 (12) were going to help Hurt press the button. The big "twist" though, is the change in the shows direction and the re-ordering of the Doctors. The Doctor rewrote history last night, or at least the history of the Doctor as we've known it since 2005. John Hurt became the 9th Doctor and Chris Eccleston 10. That's a pretty big deal imo. Capaldi showing up, the Doctors all in one shot, and just the overall humor of the episode made it an amazing experience for me. I thought it was everything I had hoped for and then some.
I'm going to be rewatching this today, shortly, before football gets underway in hopes to just catch something new that I missed. The pain and sorrow and agony though that The Doctor has been running from is now essentially dissolved on some level, at least with 11 (12) and beyond. So it seems to me that Capaldi will be chasing after Gallifrey, instead of running from his shadowy past. Although, 9 and 10 will no longer remember the events, so now Matt, and really Peter, is left to do something about the change in history/time. The omnipresence of Bad Wolf was super cool too.
I actually didn't understand the bit with Osgood and the inhaler though. I know that the character was a nod to UNIT and Tom Osgood, presumably his daughter(?), but I didn't know there was anything more to the inhaler handoff other than we didn't know which one was human and neither did they. Maybe that's just outside of my realm of knowledge with the show.
Either way, loved every second of it and I can't wait to buy it on Blu-ray in like 2 weeks. This is must own for me, and I'm starting to get more-and-more aware of Smith's departure. My favorite Doctor to-date, and his swan song, while surely will end up spectacular in fashion, will be a sad day for me. I'm extremely happy we got the 50th episode though. It felt like closure on Matt's story without all the depression of his regeneration, which we will be seeing shortly.
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Post by Red Dragon on Nov 24, 2013 12:41:40 GMT -5
I don't think the doctors will be re-numbered. They will all forget that Smith and Tennant were there and so blame Hurt. Hurt won't count as a doctor because he didn't do it in the name of the doctor. Everyone stays the same: Smith is 11, Tennant is 10 etc.
I took as the inhaler bit as those two only knowing who was human and who was the zygon. Since the human version handed over the inhaler just before it attempted to kill her.
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Post by Wato Stan Account on Nov 24, 2013 13:22:52 GMT -5
I loved the episode yesterday, highlight of my week to be entirely honest. It's not being shown in theaters here until tomorrow, so I'm going to travel two hours to go see it and I'm pretty damn excited.
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Post by BoJack Hogan on Nov 24, 2013 17:17:17 GMT -5
At the risk of colliding worlds, I marked out for Tom Baker. There is no better Doctor, and no better reward for the Doctor than to become the Great Curator at the end of his duty. It was about time that the Zygons returned, and as much as I disliked 9, its about time that he actually got his regeneration. To clear it up, John Hurt was Doctor 8.5, the War Doctor, not "actual 9", making Eccleston 10, Tennant 11, etc. If you saw the minisode with McGann's regeneration then it would make more sense. Still, the best part for me was my Doctor still making an appearance as the Doctor, but not as a "Doctor" per se. Same man, but retired, no longer holding the name the Doctor; a perfect way to do it based on the age thing. Extraordinary all around. This will likely be the only DVD from the new series that I purchase. It definitely didn't disappoint.
Unfortunately I still wish Matt Smith would eventually regenerate into William Regal, but they had to hire Capaldi (no offense to Peter, I am sure he was chosen for a good reason, just like they all have been.)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2013 18:43:52 GMT -5
I loved the special. Really, truly loved it. I thought Tennant and Smith were great together, and I also really liked the scene with the three Doctors locked up. And that shot of Peter Capaldi's eyes gave me goosebumps, such an epic moment.
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Post by LtD73 on Nov 24, 2013 18:46:53 GMT -5
I don't think the doctors will be re-numbered. They will all forget that Smith and Tennant were there and so blame Hurt. Hurt won't count as a doctor because he didn't do it in the name of the doctor. Everyone stays the same: Smith is 11, Tennant is 10 etc. I took as the inhaler bit as those two only knowing who was human and who was the zygon. Since the human version handed over the inhaler just before it attempted to kill her. She picked it back up when she tripped up the Zygon.
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Post by King Richius on Nov 24, 2013 19:26:28 GMT -5
I enjoyed The Day of the Doctor but I felt it lacked the emotional impact of some other big event episodes, particularly David Tennants' last arc with the Master which led to his regeneration into Matt Smith. I've seen that one at least a half dozen times and it gets me choked up every time. The redemption of the Doctor should have been more impactful than three different actors going "Oh, I get it now!" and saving the day in usual Doctor Who fashion. One of the hallmarks of the rebooted Doctor Who series has been its ability to tell interesting stories that are emotionally compelling - Amy and Rory's millenia spanning love story and their heartbreaking departure from the show, Rose Tyler's unrequited love for the Doctor and her unexpected return with happy ending, the reason for the Master's sociopathic nature and his redemption, the Doctor and River Song's love affiar with each heading in different directions through time, etc. Where was that emotional element for what is debatably the biggest episode in Doctor Who history?
I did appreciate the scene with Tom Baker as they hint that the Doctor has at least some control over his regenerations. Baker says they revisit favorite older looks so he could be a future regeneration of the Doctor instead of a past one. It would be pretty cool if they could find a Tom Baker lookalike to play the role some time in the future. Jon Pertwee's son is an actor so it might be interesting to see him in the role as well.
Looking forward, they did set up the long term story arc for the next Doctor, Capaldi, as it will obviously be about his search for Gallifrey and in all likelihood end with a fantastical reason for giving him more regenerations. Otherwise, Capaldi will be 12th regeneration and therefore the last Doctor.
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Post by LtD73 on Nov 24, 2013 19:50:21 GMT -5
River Song gave him some of her regeneratations But apparently there'll be 57 doctors at the 100th anniversary haha
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