Doctor Who [4]

I was walking to my afternoon class today when I noticed this sign someone had put up next to a statue, and I couldn't resist taking a picture.

Which Dr is that ?

Not a Doctor, just a guy who gave a lot of money to the University. And possibly a Weeping Angel.

is he an angle because he gave away lots of money?

http://www.digitalspy.com.au/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a462763/john-barrowman-urges-caution-about-doctor-who-50th-role-stay-calm.html

Petty would love that Eldo, if he was here that is.

I'm here dear Figgs! I only briefly.
All statues should have that warning on them!

So much Who stuff Ive missed too.

First the sad- the passing of the original voice of the Daleks- Peter Hawkins.
Whilst I like the current Dalek voices Hawkins somehow always got a surprising amount of character and individuality into his Daleks.





And also sadly passing away Ray Cusick who designed the Dalek look.
Daleks have taken a lot of stick over the years for their look yet no ones ever bettered it and few 'shapes' in scifi are so instantly distinct.

Onto the good news- the new series kicks off on the 30th of March and here's a poster for it- very um actiony.



Various interesting villains and bad guys in the shards- including the Ice Warriors from classic Who and something that looks suspiciously Gaiman like to me.

petty is back fuck..

thats quite a large quiff on the Doctor.

Here's the Ice Warriors as they appeared in classic who-





And here is the new look-

Spoiler:

Petty how do you find the past Who threads? i am looking for a link you posted ages ago with all the Who episodes on. i think it was something like sock or foot locker. and is there anywhere I can watch episodes of Elementary, I havent had the chance to watch any of it yet.

All the previous Who threads are in the Arts and Entertainment forum. If you're looking at the thread link you just have to use the page buttons at the bottom to look back through the archive. I've also been editing the links into the first post of each new thread, though I had forgotten to do that for this one until just now.

great thanks Eldo I found that link. cheers

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=101146

i've heard rumours that they might not eager on and make more who after the 50th aniversy and that Smith might regenerate so that means... new doctor... ??

really hope so.

but dont tell Petty or he will cry. He lurves Matt Smith.

i lurve Smith too!

yessss ..

I think Smith is superb of course- the range he brings to his performance is superb and I find him utterly engaging to watch and the complete embodiment of all previous incarnations of the character.

On the matter of how long Who will last- I am not actually adverse to it taking the occasional hiatus of a few years off every now and again- rather that than what happened before- which was the standards of writing and acting got less and less.
However whilst perhaps after Smiths run would be a good time to do so I have my doubts the BBC will- as Who is more popular internationally now than ever before- and I am not sure they will risk losing those audiences so soon after gaining them (its really only with Moffat/Smith that Who has hit the heights abroad, even thought RTD/Tennant laid the groundwork).

News seires kicks off in about two weeks time!

To whet the appetite a couple of vids- I really, really like this first one- several vids have tried to capture the darker side to the Doctor- this one for my money does so very well-




And a general trailer for the Matt Smith series-

Matt Smith makes a brief appearence during last nights Comic Relief.