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This one I don't get, why do people hate RTD so much? Wasn't he instrumental in bringing the franchise back?

Also, Queer as folk was awesome.

I could into a lengthy explanation why some fans don't like RTD. I think many like him just fine. However, there is some element of burn-out on his part by the third year. And many also feel he shoe-horned a lot of his own agenda into the show. It's complicated, and can't be lump-summed, really. Your mileage may vary.

Meanwhile, I just read Tom Baker's obit to Lis Sladen. Damn, I didn't realize she was going to be doing the Big Finish audios with him. MotherFUCKER that's just the knife in the ribs right there...

Cool! Here's Tom's full write-up on Lis, from his website...

http://www.tom-baker.co.uk/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=159

She seemed like such a nice lady.

Good start to the new series.

I LOVED IT!!! Season Six has started off with a fucking epic BANG! Hells yes!

And shit yeah, it's chilling. Dark as hell for me. Cannot WAIT for the next episode...

You and I must have just watched it at the same time. Those creatures are the creepiest I've seen in years!

Its almost like you guys live in the same time zone or something....

We don't. I live in South Carolina, and downloaded it when I got home from the office tonight. Doc still lives in Mississippi and I don't know how he watched it. I'm in Eastern, and he's Central, and you're wrong....and gay....

Good episode. It was better than the other Smith episodes.

Not to fucking bad at all. Gotta Love Bittorrent.

It's funny when rex's own bitter sarcasm works against him.

It's episode 4 airing on the 14th.

BK, you're back?

No, you quoted a figment of your imagination.

Doctor Who opener watched by 6.5m

The first episode in the new series of Doctor Who was watched by an average audience of 6.5 million viewers, according to overnight viewing figures.

On a sunny day in parts of the UK, that was down from the eight million recorded by overnight figures on Matt Smith's show debut in April 2010.

The Impossible Astronaut had an average audience share of 36.7%. Figures peaked at seven million.

The episode featured aliens partly inspired by Edvard Munch's The Scream.

BBC One viewers watched as Smith's Doctor was reunited with Karen Gillan's Amy Pond, Arthur Darvill's Rory Williams and Alex Kingston's River Song in 1960s America.

While final consolidated viewing figures - which include playback on recording devices - will push ratings higher, The Impossible Astronaut is likely to be the least watched series opener since Doctor Who was relaunched in 2005.

The new episode was described by the Daily Telegraph as a "wordy episode which concentrated more on atmosphere than pace and visual thrills".


9.6m - The Eleventh Hour - 3/4/2010 (Matt Smith)
9.1m - Partners in Crime - 5/4/2008 (David Tennant)
8.7m - Smith and Jones - 31/3/2007 (DT)
8.6m - New Earth - 15/4/2006 (DT)
10.8m - Rose - 26/3/2005 (Christopher Ecclestone)
Source: Barb consolidated figures

Thanks, in part to "fizzing dialogue" and "a great concept" for a new monster, it was "a cracking start" to the new series, the paper added.

The Los Angeles Times, reviewing the programme because it is shown on BBC America, said Smith had "screwed into this role good and tight", praising his Doctor as "an ancient child, an unstable mix of authority and impulsiveness".

But Kevin O'Sullivan, writing in the Sunday Mirror, said the episode was called The Impossible Astronaut because it was "impossible to understand" complaining that "this ball of all-round confusion was no way to start a series".




The episode had been written for "strictly sci-fi nerds only", he added.

Saturday's episode began with a dedication to the memory of the late Doctor Who actress Elisabeth Sladen who died of cancer this week at the age of 63.

The actress also appeared in four series of spin-off show The Sarah Jane Adventures on children's channel CBBC, which began in 2007.

At the end of the The Impossible Astronaut, a tribute to Sladen - who starred opposite Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker as the Doctor's assistant between 1973 and 1976 - was screened on CBBC.

Saturday night's tribute featured Smith as well as his Doctor Who predecessor David Tennant.

Thanks Lothar!

BK! Whazzup! How's the FLA?

This ran after the premiere last night...

whu??

I'm still downloading, shit. Don't spoil the ending!

Darth tells luke he is luke's father.

Well it's fucking Florida. There is a reason it has it's own Fark Tag. But all in all it's good down here.

But enough about me. How the hell are you bunch of wankers?

It comes out with a green tint with corn kernels in it.

I watched it! motherfuck that was good! what a cliffhanger! *wank x 1000*

OTOH, the Aliens' lair, wasn't that the mysterious Tardis in The Lodger? The kid could be a hologram.

Agreed! It looked like the same TARDIS-Y tech. I didn't think about the kid being a hologram, though. Totally possible knowing Moff.

Man, I looooooved the scene on the beach. Seeing how The Doctor can die if shot during regeneration? That's fucking awesome! And, is it me, or has Smith surpassed himself in the "Holy Shit" department? I just read on Twitter Colin Baker (6th Doc) praising Smith, saying he's a "maestro" in front of the camera. Couldn't agree more. When he lets his facade fall away in the TARDIS, during the scene where they're trying to convince him to go to 1969. Man...that was Patrick Troughton back from the dead. And yet, had an instant layer of depth from Smith's own addition to the character. The fucking darkness in his eyes during those scenes! He might be a "bow-tie wearing idiot" right now, but inside those eyes, he's still "The Oncoming Storm"...

River also had her moment, the one where she told Rory about how everytime she meets the doctor, he knows her more and more while it's vice versa for her. Really sad, especially if you put it in the context of what happens in the library.

It's also weird how Rory is bossed around considering that he's older than the rest combiined (although to be fair, he had to spend most of those years sitting in one place, and all those years could have been negated by the big bang 2).

Besides, somebody's gotta be the tin dog.

Yeah, I'm thinking we may have a clue as to the cause of the TARDIS explosion.

I think everybody got to shine this episode. Rory's switch from fear to 'there's nothing there' was probably the best of the episode.

As far as I know regeneration is never guaranteed. He can die before the regeneration starts.

I don't think Smith is to blame or be given credit for a good or bad episode. I think the strength of this series is in the writing and all the cool ideas they come up with.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other. There's a shitload of Baker episodes that are only worth watching for Tom's performance. Moffat is bringing his A game with the writing, and Smith is taking it to the next level with his acting. The two of them together are making great Who.

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61% off the first four seasons of the reboot for those of you without netflix.

[nerd]It's not a "reboot" gaylord![/nerd]

I agree with Doc here. Moff's writing is excellent, as ever. But, even then, I felt that Tennant would let the material down at times in favor of gurning for the camera. Whereas, Smith just takes the material and enhances every moment and every line. He is in my estimation, quite simply, the best Doctor since Tom Baker. And yes, that even includes my man-crush Chris Eccleston. Smith just "has it".

Oh yeah, I mean, I've had a boner for Alex Kingston since her E.R. days. So, seeing her in Who is never a bad time for me. Oh, and I'm still of the mind that River is the daughter of Amy and Rory.



I was wondering about that, as well. How much of his two-thousand years of being "Rory the Roman" is still with him? I kind of think it might have "reset" him a little. But, he's still braver than he was last season. So, who knows? Besides, I love that character.

Quite true. But, we've never seen an example of it. That's what I'm talking about. It cements for the viewer that The Doctor is NOT immortal, a trait that RTD seemed to want to push during his era. Moff's not having any of that shit...

Hey, guys, do me a favor? I promised the wife I wouldn't start season six until she was fully caught up. You guys, the sockfucker and the pederast excluded, know how women can be when they get interested in something you actually like. Suddenly, it's a couple thing. Unfortunately, she's only halfway through season 4. So, please, little to no spoilers or tell me to stay the fuck out of this thread. Thanks.

iggy, the doctor is luke's father.