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The Scottish Sun have spilled the Who beans from the leaked scripts- I have avoided it but its reported by them that the opening episode is in some way about the Scottish independence debate, and it comes down on the side of the Union.

Beyond some US loving and some veiled criticism of Tony Blair NUWho hasn't been political, a social agenda yes, but not a political one.

The last time Who had an explicitly political message was the 7th Doctor, most of whose stories are digs are Thatcher.

I've used Scottish independence as a (small) plot device too, no one wrote an article about me!
Probably for the best though, it was rather crappy. And not Who related. But it was fun to write.

I'm in Vienna, drinking some wine, having internet at last.

The Amy discussion needs a keyboard, not a phone. So I'm leaving it be for now.

Happy holidays Amarie- post us some pics!   

'The Amy discussion needs a keyboard, not a phone. So I'm leaving it be for now.'

Should I get my hard hat and dig a bunker?

A bunker is always good to have just in case, it can come in handy when debating PJ and various types of political and/or religious topics too.

And HP too it seems!!! I'll go get my shovel....

*chuckles* Why am I not surprised? Better get to work then!

hope you have a lovely time Amarie    theres some lovely Secessionist architecture there I would love to visit. oh and Klimt stuff.

Is it just me, or does "better together" seem like a very Whovian phrase?

Hope your holiday is going well, Amarie!

This definitely counts as a WTF vid?



Mind you if Who actually was like his Eldo would probably not have missed an episode!   

Liked this- liked the editing- spoilers for season 7-

 That'd be weird to see going by on the motorway!

Pettytyrant101 wrote:This definitely counts as a WTF vid?



Mind you if Who actually was like his Eldo would probably not have missed an episode!   

Not enough talking from the Doctor! I did get quite a kick out of the fact that he pulls out the sonic sword, and then starts playing it as an instrument.
The next superhero should be Bagpipe-Man! He will deal out justice (and set dogs howling for miles) with his melodious tunes upon the pipes!

and then starts playing it as an instrument. - Forest

Well it is sonic!

Pettytyrant101 wrote:If anyone comes across the scripts please if you are going to post them here make sure they are in spoilers and clearly marked as the leaked scripts- I for one dont want to know a thing about them, I want to see them performed, not to read them. But I would hope no one here would put them up even if they had them- I dont want the Who thread to be hosting scripts we shouldn't have which the Doctor Who team have asked fans not to publish.

Pettytyrant101 wrote:The Scottish Sun have spilled the Who beans from the leaked scripts- I have avoided it but its reported by them that the opening episode is in some way about the Scottish independence debate, and it comes down on the side of the Union.

Beyond some US loving and some veiled criticism of Tony Blair NUWho hasn't been political, a social agenda yes, but not a political one.

The last time Who had an explicitly political message was the 7th Doctor, most of whose stories are digs are Thatcher.

Spoiler Brackets!!!!     

Sorry Forest- didn't think something so vague needed spoilers- I doubt they turn up in the middle of the referendum debate- and I have read elsewhere that despite what the Sun says, its little more than a throwaway humour line- not dissimilar in tone in fact to the bit in the Beast Below, when Amy discovers Starship UK doesn't have a Scotland section, as they wanted their own ship, and she replies "Good for them. Nothing changes."

Oh my gosh more spoilers!

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I mean, you were the one who said that you didn't want to hear anything about the leaks.

I haven't read anything spoilery- the Sun thing was hard to avoid however as it was splashed across the front page with a massive headline and on prominent display in every shop I went into    But I haven't read the story myself and I know no details- and the one line thing, I know almost nothing beyond that's all the Sun story was based on, one line of non-story related dialogue, and I dont know what the line is, what it refers to, who says it, or even if its really there- I dont count that as a spoiler- there is no detail at all, cant get much vaguer.

oooh nice    I may even like the new Doctor   

I hope you do, for that matter, I hope I do!

It definitely looks darker, which is ok with me because 10 and 11 were both kind of goofy. The show needs a change of pace I think, I at least was kind of getting bored of 11. Clara helped, but not enough for me.

Who is always about change.

These days old Whovians hark back to the 4th Doctor, the definitive Doctor, and he was outstanding, but people also forget by the end of his run they were crying out for him to go.
Who thrives on change. (And its fans thrive on complaining the latest change is not as good as the old change, even though they said the same thing about the old change at the time!)

Pettytyrant101 wrote:

             

Doctor Who series trailer!!!!


              

Me,Likey,Alot!!!

Defintely looks darker and more 'classic series' in tone, though admittedly a small part of me can't help but think wouldn't Smith's doctor have made more sense for the first in a new cycle?-the energetic mad man in a box rather than the scary intense mad man Capaldi seems to hint at (not that this is a bad thing, I'm really glad it's going darker), Capaldi will (almost certainly) be brilliant, but you'd think after being granted 13 more lives, saving his home Planet and finally getting his arse of Trenzalore he'd be a bit more cheeful?

Oh well only a few weeks left...

Just finishing off Pertwee's third season btw, I've defintely warmed to him, though he dosen't seem that 'alien' in comparison to Hartnell and Troughton, and I'm not still not sold on the idea of 6 parters (especially in his second season, The Master got repetitive very quickly)

Jo Grant is probably my fave companion after Jamie so far, and it's funny to note the sonic screwdriver is basically, well a sonic device, not a shortcut for everything.


Are any of the Classic Who seasons available as Box Sets? (Apart from Trial of A Timelord), as far as I can tell they were only released as single stories

So I suppose Clara will be present throughout the entire forthcoming season (or series, if you like).
I saw some strange new creatures, or robotic beings. I wonder if many of them are reboots of classic Who characters and races?