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Lothar doesn't mind cuz he likes dudes instead.
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I doesn't mind cuz I like dudes instead. You are the gayest little Italian guy I know.
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I honestly don't know. I'm trying to avoid any spoilers so I haven't kept up with it. Don't worry, they'll advertise the shit out of it on BBCAmerica when it does... I only watch BBCA for Who and Survivors. I'm sure someone here will go on and on about the premiere date when it's announced.
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Nicholas Courtney, passed on today, aged 81. The actor is best known for his appearances in the British sci-fi TV show Doctor Who, and has performed with more actors playing the Doctor than anyone else (William Hartnell as Space Security Agent Bret Vyon, Patrick Troughton as Colonel Lethbridge Stewart, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Pater Davison and Sylvester McCoy as Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart, a role he reprised last year in the Sarah Jane Adventures. He also played the role in a number of audio plays from Big Finish, with Colin Baker and Paul McGann.
The character was steeped in a military upbringing and had an unflappable approach to the strangest visions Doctor Who could throw at him, from aliens to robots to dinosaurs, once dismissing a trip to another planet as being nothing more that being thrown to a nearby quarry, and insisted that the TARDIS being bigger on the inside was a trick with mirrors.
The actor carried this masterful stuff upper lip in the face of adversity into other theatre and TV roles including Yes Prime Minister, Only Fools And Horses, French Fields and Rocky Horror Show. As honorary president of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society, he was also a convention regular.
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From Tom Baker:
 - Nick Courtney died yesterday after a very long and painful battle with cancer. I went to say goodbye to him on Friday at the wonderful hospice near Belsize Park in North London. The lady in charge said he was very stoical. And indeed he was. It was so distressing to see him so weak and yet so strong in resignation. My jokes were received with a generous effort from Nick to smile. I was with Michael McManus who helped me through the ordeal of seeing a beloved old pal so reduced by illness.
Of all the characters in Doctor Who there is no doubt that he was the most loved by the fans for his wonderful portrayal of the rather pompous Brigadier. "Five rounds rapid" was the line we all loved, always addressed to Sergeant Benton. Nick's close friends simply adored him. There was a certain innocence in his personality that was utterly endearing. He was very easy to tease, and I did my share, which made him shake his head in disbelief when he realised he had been had.
He was a wonderful companion and his friends would call each other or e-mail to relate the latest little stories of a night out with the Brig. He had a marvellous resonant voice which he used brilliantly when it was his turn to spin a yarn. And his background was fascinating too: born in Alexandria, Egypt, he was brought up speaking French and Arabic. Later he perfected English and after a few drinks he would speak in Latin tags to great comic effect.
We shall miss him terribly.
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From The Guardian: - News today of the death of actor Nicholas Courtney has struck genuine sadness through the geek community and the world at large. A fine actor and a seemingly genuinely lovely man, he was also the longest-serving actor in Doctor Who history.
His character, the unflappable Brigadier Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, was one of the most beloved characters in the entire Whoniverse. He made his first appearance in 1969 adventure The Web Of Fear, then a mere Colonel, head of the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, the international community's line of defence against alien threats. When the series went Earthbound in 1970, the Doctor was employed by Unit and the Brigadier became central to the series' "Scooby Gang".
The Brigadier occupies a unique position in Who lore. It is the Doctor's defining quality to abhor violence, refusing to use weapons even when absolutely necessary. Lethbridge-Stewart was a military stalwart, his instinct to shoot at the alien threat with a catchphrase of: "Five rounds, rapid!" The two men's differing approaches tested as much as complemented each other.
Famously, in the Third Doctor Silurian story, the Brigadier orders the destruction of the underground Homo Repltilia settlement, to the Doctor's disgust. But he also served as a human, and humane, counterpoint to the Time Lord's alien eccentricities, and the pair developed a professional respect and personal affection.
While circumstance dictated that the Doctor's female companions would come and go on a biannual basis, their bromance was a rare constant in the renegade's life, and when our hero returned to travelling through time and space, the Brigadier appeared alongside every subsequent Doctor from the classic series (barring the sixth, unless we're counting the audio-plays as canon, in which case we'll be here all day).
When Unit turned up again in the Tenth Doctor story The Poison Sky, the organisation had toughened up and skewed its moral compass. "Sir Alastair" as he was now known was stranded Peru during the crisis. The Doctor openly pined for the Brigadier's more honourable way of doing things.
His final appearance on the main show came in 1989's Arthurian Legend-riff Battlefield, where the now-retired Lethbridge-Stewart battled a Jean Marsh-portrayed version of Morgan La Fay alongside the Seventh Doctor. The plan had been to kill the character off, but with all hell breaking loose, his death could only have been an incidental plot point, and producer John Nathan-Turner told Courtney, "If you're going to die, I want your death to mean something." This was how significant he had become, and he was allowed to live happily ever after in his country pile. A year later the series was axed.
Lethbridge-Stewart returned to the screen one last time in 2008 for a guest appearance in spin-off The Sarah-Jane Adventures. Now a retired General turned schoolteacher, he was called in to help his old friend. The warmth between the two former colleagues, their lives forever fused together by their experiences with the man in the blue box, was genuinely touching.
It was much the same in real life. Courtney knew he was part of something special, and never stopped enthusiastically cheerleading for Who, attending conventions and taking part in numerous Big Finish audio plays. He was rightly proud to be defined by his defining role. The time-space continuum feels a little bit smaller without him in it.
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Peter Davison interview at the Rama. Davison's daughter married David Tennant and is about to give birth to his child. it's a double Who dynasty! http://www.newsarama.com/tv/doctor-who-peter-davison-110304.html
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The child's birth will rip a tear in the timespace continuum.
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Also, I didn't know Tenth is into incest.
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"My friends have always been the best of me." -Doctor Who
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Good, everyone is caught up.  Did you also know that Georgia Moffat (daughter of actor Peter Moffat/"Peter Davison") is best friends with the daughter of Colin Baker (6th Doctor)? Did you know that Sylvester McCoy's (7th Doc) son is best friends, and was Best Man for, Paul McGann's (8th Doc) son? Did you know that Janet Fielding (formerly "Tegan Jovanka" from the Davison years) is Paul McGann's agent, and even got him the job as the 8th Doctor? Did you know that while Jon Pertwee and Pat Troughton's on-and-off screen animosity was simply two true friends having fun with each other, Tom Baker and Jon Pertwee normally refused to be in the same room with each other? Per Tom: "Jon is pompous know-it-all." Per Jon: "Who the hell does this kid think he is?" Did you know that David Tennant (10th Doc) married Georgia Moffat (daughter of 5th Doctor, Peter Davison)?
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These people are bestfriending each other all over the place!
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Good, everyone is caught up. Did you also know that Georgia Moffat (daughter of actor Peter Moffat/"Peter Davison") is best friends with the daughter of Colin Baker (6th Doctor)? Moffat and Davison are a gay couple with a daughter?? 
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Just for a moment, Lothar......just for a moment....you had me...
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whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet." Our Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."
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Pro,don't ignore doc. He wants attention also.
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November 6th, 2012: Americas new Independence Day.
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Neat. But, quite a few assumptions and inaccuracies. The 7th Doc faced the Rani once. They put quotations around the the word "granddaughter" as if there were some dispute over the fact (there isn't...only fanboys try and force their personal theories about this....yet, in the show itself, there is no question of her heritage). The 1st Doctor was the first one to wear reading glasses, not the 5th. The 11th Doctor was joking when he said he could regen more than 13 times. Etc., Etc.
So, basically, a pretty picture with facts made up by someone who started watching the show in the past couple of years and hasn't paid attention very well...
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I didn't make that picture.
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But, you are my Shining Knight...
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'Doctor Who' premiere date, plot details, poster revealed -- EXCLUSIVE by James Hibberd Doctor Who fans, your wait is almost over. EW has learned the premiere date of the new season of the international cult hit, plus some plot details and we have a first look at the show’s marketing art. BBC America will launch Doctor Who on Saturday, April 23 at 9 p.m ET. That’s Part One of a two-part opener penned by showrunner Steven Moffat (who also did the BBC’s Sherlock reboot — rent it if you’re a Holmes & Watson fan and haven’t seen it yet). This season also includes guest star Mark Sheppard (Supernatural, Battlestar Galactica). Alex Kingston (ER, Flash Forward) is returning for this round too. The premiere description has the Brit team filming in North America for the first time: “The Doctor (Matt Smith), and his companions Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darvill), find themselves on a secret summons that takes them on an adventure from the desert in Utah — right to the Oval Office in 1969.” Doctor Who underwent some changes last season when Moffat took over the lead writing duties on the show and Smith stepped into the starring role. The show jumped to record ratings for BBC America and was a top seller on iTunes behind only AMC’s Mad Men and Fox’s Glee. Source: http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/03/09/doctor-who-premiere-date/ Awesome! So that is the same weekend as the British get it?
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From I've read, actually, the Brits start on April 3rd. So, looks like they'll be two weeks apart. Of course, I read that from fans and nothing official. So, actually, I'm not certain... 
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What the fuck am I going to torrent until then?
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Why do decent God fearing Americans have to wait two extra weeks to see new episodes?
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We don't. There's something called 'the internet'.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet." Our Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."
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whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet." Our Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."
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 Oh Tom. That was his drinking-to-death-from-depression era, right after he left Doctor Who. When everyone was betting he'd be dead within months. Thank god his current wife found him, slapped some sense into him, and sobered him up in the 90's. 
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Okay, based on that trailer, here is my theory for the season: For some reason, Amy shoots River, killing her. This means she dies before she is supposed to in season 4's Silence in the Library. Thus, why you see Eccleston's console room at the :36/:37....The Doctor's personal timeline shifts and changes from this...he never goes to the Library, because there is no River to call him there. His life takes a different path, and he never regenerates, which never destroys the console room. Thus, my prediction is that we'll see The Doctor revert to David Tennant for the mid-season cliffhanger finale. God I hope I'm wrong.
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GREAT WORK PRO I got the Doctor set for Christmas gotta set it up!
Havent watched latest Doc much but Christmas special which was awesome. Been too crazy busy but kids and wife have fallen in love (or favorite episodes FATHERS DAY and VOYAGE OF DAMNED respectively for Eccleston and Tennant) And despite how crappy they handled Rose marrying clone Doctor if we have a next baby and its a girl ROSE TYLER AADAM CHRISIAN for a boy fav Batman actors.
Maryjane and Helena being my two girls now.
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Seriously, Franta, you need to write a nerd manual to marriage if you got your wife to agree to that.
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