Re: Doctor Who [3]

by **Amarië** Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:01 pm

Mrs Figg wrote:(...) I am SOOOOOooooooooo over them.

by Pettytyrant101 Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:34 pm

You cant be over someone you never where into in the first place Mrs Figg.

Watch Dinosaurs- Amy leads her own team and works out whats going on- last weeks wasnt really a companion ep- as you often get, next week and the week after is all about the companions.

by Mrs Figg Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:40 pm

Amy just doesnt look happy to be there. Whats the point of being an assistant of the most fascinating and exciting being in the Multiverse if you are going to have a cob-on 24/7? doesnt make much sense to me. They both look like miserable gits both Rory the moping minnie and miss stroppypants. They should be still happy and excited to be with him instead of glumnuts surely? Amy is just sarcastic and brittle, I dont care if shes got inner sadness, its tough. How can the Doctor stand to be around such soul leaching miseries? Rose and Donna were always upbeat even in times of great sadness and hardship they were his true friends and they were warm human beings who didnt sulk about the incredibly difficult choices they sometimes had to make. and they always were glad to be with him.

by Pettytyrant101 Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:55 pm

Amy is as she is because the Doctor has been coming to visit less and less, with longer and longer gaps between- and when she does see him he is getting like this, darker, colder, more distant.
Plus they cannot settle into ordinary life as every time they do the Doctor turns up again with sme madcap thing going on. Its part of the story of this series, I think she is conveying it very well.
Only in Nuwho have the companions been cheery grinning nutters no matter what- in the past many companions were less than thrilled- the first two companions Ian and Barbera (who Amy and Rory often remind me of at times, particularly Amy and Barbera can be alike) didnt want to be there at all- the Doctor kidnapped them.
And Amy is more his true friend than any other Nuwho companion- she even draws a gun on him to stop him crossing the line.

by Pettytyrant101 Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:40 pm

While I'm waiting on his review of Mercy to turn up enjoy my favourite Who reviewer on the net- Mr Tardis-
here's his spoiler filled review of Dinosaurs on a Spaceship- the actual reviw starts at 2.12
I dont always agree with him, in fact I often dont, but I am always entertained by him and he makes me think, always a good thing.

by Mrs Figg Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:55 pm

well I prefer 'cheery grinning nutters' to boring miserable nonentities.

by Pettytyrant101 Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:07 pm

I present Vincent and the Doctor, series 5. Series 5 was when Amy was running about the universe having fun with the Doctor- series 6 is when horrible life changng things happened to her because she travelled with the Doctor- series 7 so far is trying to live with the consequences.
Companions have never stuck around this way before- to see them both try to go back to a normal life after all that has happened, and to have that crazy other life randomaly crash right back into their lives.

Anyway Vincent and the Doctor- everything you should like Mrs Figg- emotional, good performances, beautiful art direction. It does require one small nugget of info- at the end of the previous epiosde Rory was killed and then consumed by a crack in time- meaning he was not only dead but had never existed in the fist place- Amy forgot him, only the Doctor remembers him.

http://cool3net.com/video/4GGY319M26D8/Doctor-Who-dw5e10-Vincent-and-the-Doctor

by Mrs Figg Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:29 pm

by Pettytyrant101 Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:47 pm

Be brave Mrs Figg- give it a go. Very Happy

by Norc Tue Sep 18, 2012 3:29 pm

by Norc Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:16 pm

by Pettytyrant101 Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:44 pm

That last one you really dont want to mistake for a TARDIS!

Did you give Vincent and the Doctor a go Mrs Figg? Doctor meets famous artist- should be right up your street.

by Mrs Figg Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:50 pm

Give me ~~strength~~ time there Our Kid.

by Pettytyrant101 Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:53 pm

by Pettytyrant101 Wed Sep 19, 2012 11:28 pm

BBC America next time trailer for The Power of Three

Spoiler:

And Karen and Arthur introduce the episode.

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

by Pettytyrant101 Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:12 am

Some TARDIS info from the Doctor Who wiki.
Ever wondered what is in the TARDIS? What are the other rooms- how big is it?
Well here's the gatherd wisdom of the wiki.

"The TARDIS interior went through occasional metamorphoses, sometimes by choice, sometimes for other reasons, such as the Doctor's own regeneration. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People, TV: The Eleventh Hour)

Some of these changes were physical in nature (involving secondary control rooms, etc.), but it was also possible to re-arrange the interior design of the TARDIS with ease, using the Architectural Configuration system. (TV: Logopolis, Castrovalva, AUDIO: Relative Dimensions) The Fifth Doctor called this changing "the desktop theme". (TV: Time Crash) The TARDIS archived disused (and yet-to-be-used) control room configurations. (TV: The Doctor's Wife)

Roundels

The TARDIS interior walls generally consisted of roundels— circular or hexagonal indentations that lined the TARDIS console room's interior walls and sometimes the walls deeper in the ship's
interior. Some roundels concealed TARDIS circuitry and devices. (TV: The Wheel in Space, Death to the Daleks, Logopolis, Castrovalva, Arc of Infinity, Terminus, Vengeance on Varos, COMIC: Kane's Story) At least one was a scanner. (TV: The Claws of Axos, The Beast Below)

Mass

The Doctor's TARDIS was said by Romana II to weigh fifty thousand tonnes in Alzarius's gravity. Presumably this was a measure of internal weight since the TARDIS was easily carried by the Marshmen (TV: Full Circle), just as it had been previously by Mongols and Greeks using horses and carts.

Control room

Main article: TARDIS console room

The control or console roomof the Doctor's TARDIS was the space in which the operation of the craft was usually effected. It was dominated by a large, hexagonal console, typically in or near the middle of the room. The room held a scanner for viewing the outside and offered immediate access to the exterior through a set of doors. According to one source, the trip from the console room to the outside required the passenger to step through the real world interface at the heart of the outer plasmic shell. (TV: Logopolis) Many other accounts demonstrated that the doors were just doors, though the TARDIS was cocooned in a breathable atmosphere. (TV: The Runaway Bride, The Stolen Earth, The Beast Below, Meanwhile in the TARDIS)

There were many variants of the Doctor's control room. Indeed the Doctor's TARDIS had more than one control room. The TARDIS itself said it has over 30 different versions in storage; being a different kind of temporal being, it CAN "archive something that hasn't happened." (TV: The Doctor's Wife)

Other rooms

Library

There was a library in the TARDIS. (PROSE: War of the Daleks, PROSE: All-Consuming Fire, PROSE: The Dimension Riders) Its books included Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (PROSE: The Wheel of Ice), Jane's Spaceships (PROSE: War of the Daleks), Every Gallifreyan Child's Pop-Up Book of Nasty Creatures From Other Dimensions (PROSE: All-Consuming Fire), The Time Machine by H. G. Wells (TV: Doctor Who), Robinson Crusoe, (PROSE: Heart of TARDIS) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (signed first printing, with last page missing), War and Peace, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The I-Spy Book of British Birds (AUDIO: Storm Warning).

The console room also had a library at the end of the Seventh Doctor's life and the start of the Eighth Doctor's. (TV: Doctor Who) By the time the Eleventh Doctor was recovering from regeneration after-effects, the pool fell into it after a crash-landing. (TV: The Eleventh Hour)

Wardrobe

The Doctor kept some of the clothes from his previous regenerations, as well as clothing for other people in the TARDIS wardrobe. (TV: Pyramids of Mars, The Androids of Tara, The Twin Dilemma, Time and the Rani, The Unquiet Dead, The Christmas Invasion, The Idiot's Lantern, Victory of the Daleks, AUDIO: No Place Like Home)
Some of these clothes were picked up along the way or left behind by prior travelling companions. The wardrobe contained clothing from various times and environments, to suit the time and place the TARDIS' occupant(s) found themselves. This proved useful on numerous occasions for the Doctor's companions, many of whom left on their travels without
bringing many clothes of their own. ^{[source needed]}
At least some of the clothes had pockets that were bigger on the inside. (TV: The Runaway Bride)

When the Ninth Doctor was in 19th century Cardiff, he gave incredibly long directions to Rose to get to the wardrobe. (TV: The Unquiet Dead) By the time of the Eleventh Doctor's date with River following the TARDIS' repair, it had changed location. The directions he gave River were considerably shorter. (TV: The Eleventh Hour, First Night)

Cloister bell/room

The cloister room was related to the cloister bell, which sounded when disaster was imminent. (TV: Logopolis, Time Crash, The Waters of Mars, The Eleventh Hour, GAME: Destiny of the Doctors) The room appeared to be a garden with benches on the sides of the room and plants decorating the pillars. The Fourth Doctor visited this room with Adric prior to his regeneration. (TV: Logopolis) Ace attempted to relax in the cloister room, but gave up when the bell would not stop ringing. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark)
When the TARDIS interior went through a metamorphosis, the cloister room became a grand and gothic room with an interface with the Eye of Harmony. (TV: Doctor Who) When the main console room was converted into a paradox machine to maintain the effects of the paradox the Master had created, the bell rang unceasingly. (TV: Last of the Time Lords)
It rang when the TARDIS was in extreme danger with occupants in it after the matrix has been removed and a malevolent lifeforce possessed it. (TV: The Doctor's Wife)

Holding ring

The holding ring was a storage area of the TARDIS which let the Doctor preserve certain rooms. When Lucie, Susan and Alex investigated it, the ring contained the rooms of many of his former companions,preserved as they had been the last time the companion were in the TARDIS. The rooms were saved in chronological order, suggesting that Susan was indeed the Doctor's first companion. Susan later teased her grandfather,calling his habit of saving rooms overly sentimental. He suggested thatthe ring was one of the few ways his time-travelling life allowed him to put down roots. After Susan, Alex and Lucie departed the TARDIS for new adventures on Earth,
the Doctor reconsidered the wisdom of keeping so many rooms in stasis.
Insisting to himself he needed to look towards the future, he deleted all the rooms on the holding ring — "except that one". (AUDIO: Relative Dimensions)

Swimming pool

The TARDIS had a swimming pool. It was used by Leela, and Borusa also hid from the Sontarans in this area. Leela mistakenly called it "the bathroom", confusing the pool for a bathtub. (TV: The Invasion of Time) It was later jettisoned due to leakage, which Mel found bothersome. (TV: Paradise Towers)

It was replaced some time later. (GAME: Destiny of the Doctors)
After the TARDIS' crash following the Doctor's tenth regeneration, the pool's water — or perhaps the pool itself — fell into the library. After the TARDIS had fixed itself, the swimming pool was restored but the Doctor did not know where it was. (TV: The Eleventh Hour) He eventually found it, and offered to go and swim a few laps to give Amy and Rory some privacy. (TV: Amy's Choice)
Later, to save River Song after she had leapt off a New York skyscraper, the Doctor had Amy and Rory open all the doors leading to the pool to cushion River's landing in the sideways TARDIS. (TV: Day of the Moon) The Doctor said he got rid of it to "give the TARDIS a bit of welly" when going outside the universe. (TV: The Doctor's Wife)

Others

The Zero Room
- This room was unaffected by the outside world and smelt of of roses
for some reason unknown even to the Doctor. It was a refuge for Time
Lords undergoing regenerations in danger of failing. It was accidentally jettisoned along with other rooms in the TARDIS to escape from Event One. (TV: Castrovalva) A new one was built. (AUDIO: Renaissance of the Daleks)
Some of the companions shared accommodations. (TV: The Edge of Destruction) Many companions had their own rooms in the TARDIS, decorated to their tastes. (TV: Meglos) Some of the companions were given previously used rooms; in the case of Turlough, it is most likely because Tegan didn't know where to find other rooms. (TV: Terminus)
Romana's room was jettisoned. (TV: Logopolis) The Eleventh Doctor was asked if he had a room, but did not answer. The other bedrooms had also been deleted by House when it possessed the TARDIS, leaving Amy and Rory's the only one. (TV: The Doctor's Wife)
There were at least fourteen bathrooms, one of which had had a
leaky tap for three centuries. Because he had misplaced his washers,
the Doctor kept it from flooding the TARDIS by sealing it in a time loop that made the same drop of water leak out over and over again. (PROSE: The Well-Mannered War)
There was a laboratory which Ace used to create her explosive Nitro-9. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)
The box-room was a storage space. (COMIC: Exodus)
The TARDIS at one point also had extensive utility areas and
corridors which, along with the swimming pool area, became battlegrounds
during a Sontaran invasion of the TARDIS. (TV: The Invasion of Time) The Doctor was under the impression it had been jettisoned until he stumbled across it in his tenth incarnation. (COMIC: Tesseract)
Mel said that the Doctor used the TARDIS laundromat to wash his clothes. (AUDIO: The One Doctor)
A food machine area was originally near (but not in) the console room. (TV: The Edge of Destruction and others)
There was a zoo of endangered animals, a coffee machine and a jungle-like room. (COMIC: Changes)
There was what appeared to be a cricket club and pitch deep within the bowels of the TARDIS. It was here that the freshly regenerated Fifth Doctor chose his outfit. (TV: Castrovalva, AUDIO: No Place Like Home)
There was a large salon which the Fourth Doctor referred to as a "boot cupboard", much to Sarah Jane Smith's surprise. When Sarah Jane said it was a bit too big to be a boot cupboard he replied, "I've seen bigger boot cupboards." (TV: The Masque of Mandragora)
The Doctor had an art gallery with works from throughout history. (TV: The Invasion of Time) He had rescued them from the disasters which history stated destroyed them. (AUDIO: Dust Breeding)
The TARDIS had a full kitchen (AUDIO: Relative Dimensions, COMIC: Sticks and Stones) which included a refrigerator. (COMIC: The Whispering Gallery) The Eleventh Doctor pointed out the location of the kitchen to Captain Avery after letting him into the TARDIS. (TV: The Curse of the Black Spot)
There were several gardens and rooms with wide-open meadows. (AUDIO: No Place Like Home)
There was a garage. The Doctor kept a Vespa motor scooter in storage within the TARDIS. (TV: The Idiot's Lantern) The Sixth Doctor once rented a Volkswagen and stored it in the TARDIS as well. (PROSE: Instruments of Darkness)
By his eighth incarnation the Doctor had a croquet court in the TARDIS. (AUDIO: Caerdroia)
By the time of the Doctor's tenth incarnation, several rooms
from years (and centuries) past still existed deep within the TARDIS,
including the cathedral-like room where the Doctor once fought the Master (TV: Doctor Who) and a bedroom that had once been used by Adric. (COMIC: Tesseract)
It had a sick bay. In the Eleventh Doctor's TARDIS this was up
the stairs, to the left, then left again. It apparently had medical
supplies to heal Mo from live vivisection. (TV: Cold Blood)
It had a drawing room, which the Eleventh Doctor claimed to be
his "private study". Inside it were momentos of his many incarnations'
travels. (GAME: TARDIS) The items inside it varied. (GAME: The Gunpowder Plot)
There was a sun room with a sun lounger. (GAME: TARDIS)
There was a green door near the drawing room, which the Eleventh Doctor told Amy not to go through. (GAME: TARDIS)
When the Eleventh Doctor was trying to get out of his
universe, he said he was deleting the scullery room and squash court
seven to give the TARDIS an extra boost. (TV: The Doctor's Wife) This indicated he had at least six other squash courts."

by Pettytyrant101 Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:30 am

Mastermind contestant has Doctor Who as their specialist subject- how many can you get?

I got 6 Evil or Very Mad

by Pettytyrant101 Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:16 am

Matt Smith is on the Alan Carr show tomorrow night-

'The Time Lord actor — who took over the role from David Tennant in 2010 — also told of his problems with insomnia, particularly when staying in Cardiff, where the BBC1 show is filmed. He said: “I have got two beds, one in the house in London and one in the flat in Cardiff, and that is where I was having trouble sleeping. The one in Cardiff is the same flat David Tennant slept in and the bed has not been changed in seven years.”

Matt told Alan he was sad to see actress Karen Gillan’s exit as his Doctor Who companion Amy Pond.
He said: “We say goodbye to Amy next week. It’s very sad. That is the episode we filmed in New York with weeping angels. If you turn away, they come and attack you. It’s very dramatic and emotional. It is sad to see her go but the show is about change and regeneration.”

When Alan asked Matt if he planned to follow Karen any time soon he said: “I am not quitting, no. I have another ten weeks of filming and I am coming back for the 50th anniversary and there is loads more to shoot so I am absolutely not quitting.”- The Sun

by Pettytyrant101 Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:41 am

You should like this Eldo- the 3rd Doctor in action packed scantily clad companion anime mode. Genius! Just dont go looking for a plot- its an anime! Wink

by Pettytyrant101 Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:34 am

'Tickets are being given away to an exclusive preview of The Angels Take Manhattan in Cardiff.
BAFTA Cymru has 35 pairs of tickets up for grabs for the screening, which will take place on Wednesday 26th September at Cineworld in Mary Ann Street at 6.30pm.
Afterwards, there will be a question-and-answer session with showrunner Steven Moffat, executive producer Caroline Skinner, producer Marcus Wilson, and production designer Michael Pickwoad.
To be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets, you'll need to e-mail your name and e-mail address to infocymru@bafta.org by midnight tonight.'- Gallifrey Base

by Pettytyrant101 Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:42 pm

Behind the scenes on A Town Called Mercy

by Pettytyrant101 Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:35 pm

Interesting comment from Matt Smith about the Doctors emerging darker side in this series-

Spoiler:

by Pettytyrant101 Fri Sep 21, 2012 4:43 pm

A thought occured thnking about the Doctor's rage that led me on to another thought connecting the Doctor with Gandalf and Galadriel- no really, hear me out.

Spoiler:

disclaimer- this post may be the result of buckie. drunken

by Norc Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:48 pm

that's a really interesting idea.
Doctor Who [3] - Page 22 Tumblr_maez5j3xO51r0yrfno1_500

Doctor Who [3] - Page 22 Tumblr_maez5j3xO51r0yrfno2_500

Doctor Who [3] - Page 22 Tumblr_maez5j3xO51r0yrfno3_500

by Pettytyrant101 Fri Sep 21, 2012 11:19 pm

Thanks Norc- sometimes its hard to spot when I have an interesting idea and when its juts a drunken rambling!

Hey where you got to, Mrs Figg? And have you watched Vincent and the Doctor yet?