Doctor Who Returns...

[figment1986]

Yes, SciFi is beginning to air the 3rd season/series of doctor who (2005 era) this Friday... Sadly BBC America picked up the rights to Torchwood and are not airing it yet, so some of it will not make much sense near the end...

I'm excited but not really good, because i already read spoilers for all the episodes but will still watch to get a good visualization on everything...

Who's your favorite doctor? favorite episode?

[alphabassettgrrl]

Nothing beats the Tom Baker years. I still want that coat. When I was a kid I had a huge crush on Peter Davison. To the point that I wore red question marks on the collar of a white shirt to school one day in imitation.

Nobody got it. Whatever.

I'm so glad for new episodes!!!

[Capt Jack]

so long as they dont change girls, Im good to go.
but yeah, I preferred the first one.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Tom Baker was the only watchable one (and even that was tenuous, at best)

[Morrigoon]

Who was the one with the bad teeth and the awesomely long scarf?

[alphabassettgrrl]

Who was the one with the bad teeth and the awesomely long scarf?

Tom Baker, the 4th incarnation of the Doctor. He also always had a paper bag of Jelly Babies. I looked for Jelly babies but never was able to find any. I thought it was a fun tradition to carry candy and offer them to people randomly. Plus "jelly babies" is fun to say. :)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Tom Baker, the 4th incarnation of the Doctor. He also always had a paper bag of Jelly Babies. I looked for Jelly babies but never was able to find any. I thought it was a fun tradition to carry candy and offer them to people randomly. Plus "jelly babies" is fun to say. :) They're kind of like gummy bears. Don't forget the Beatles connection. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelly_baby)

[alphabassettgrrl]

Yes, but "have a gummy bear" just doesn't have the same ring as "jelly baby". I guess I could use gummy bears and just call them jelly babies. Seems like cheating though and they'd probably go nasty in the heat we have here.

[figment1986]

I have a bag of jelly babies somewhere around this house a friend from another forum brought with him when he came to visit WDW. (Why does UK sell tea and not jelly Babies at EP-ity-COT [EPCOT] )

How did everyone like the Christmas Special and first episode of the 3rd series/season. I loved the effects and mysteries, not to mention how they introduced the new companion, similar yet unique.

[Alex]

I've never seen an episode of Doctor Who (the fact that the same people who were constantly quoting Monty Python, thinking each time funnier than the last, were also into Doctor Who and Red Dwarf was enough to keep me away).

Last night while flipping through channels I ended up watching about 30 minutes of an episode. Some bride needs to get to her wedding. There are some Santa clad robots, a flying phone booth, and an apparently all powerful stick for controlling electronics.

Would that be representative? Because it was really lame looking (I'll admit that half an episode is never an adequate guide for judging a TV series).

[alphabassettgrrl]

I just watched Runaway Bride last night; it was one of the few episodes not posted on-line. I'm really enjoying David Tennant as the Doctor. I love his run-on rants. :) There's also the sense of control of the situation that seemed to be missing for a while. He may not actually be in control, but at least he's not panicking, and if something can be done, he will, and he always turns lucky breaks to his full advantage. You always believe he is in some sort of control of things. I like that.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Last night while flipping through channels I ended up watching about 30 minutes of an episode. Some bride needs to get to her wedding. There are some Santa clad robots, a flying phone booth, and an apparently all powerful stick for controlling electronics.


The bride, yes. There are always peripheral characters. The robots have appeared in another episode though that is not relevant to their evilness. The phone booth is his travel/time machine. It's large inside which generally freaks people out and is good for a giggle once you get used to the schtick. The stick is a sonic screwdriver, which yes, at times seems to be somewhat magical in the manner of technology, if sufficiently advanced, is indistinguishable from magic. He also has a piece of psychic paper, which tells the reader whatever they need to see to believe the Doctor.

I want.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Would that be representative? Because it was really lame looking (I'll admit that half an episode is never an adequate guide for judging a TV series).Although I'm not educated enough to know the episode you mentioned - the only good ones (with Tom Baker) are even sometimes not that great due to rampant sillyness in the guise of serious science. The actors were often terrible as well.

If you don't like Red Dwarf or Python, don't even try.