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Nyktos (srahc 84) eltit Since: Jan, 2001
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#1: Jun 30th 2011 at 12:35:03 PM

Since the old thread seems to have disappeared, and the new season is starting soon.

I guess it is.
Fusionman I'm Back Bitches (not really) from In a snow-covered wasteland Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: I wanna know about these strangers like me
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#2: Jun 30th 2011 at 2:12:39 PM

So how are us Americans without Starz going to see it?

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WhimsicalCircles Since: Jun, 2010
#3: Jun 30th 2011 at 2:32:28 PM

Internet, hopefully. I'll miss it on its air date anyway on account of being on a plane.

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#4: Jun 30th 2011 at 2:44:48 PM

I'm pretty sure there will be a livefeed on this blog.

edited 30th Jun '11 2:45:44 PM by kainkenny

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ZheToralf Floating Advice Reminder from somewhere in Germany Since: Dec, 2009
#5: Jul 1st 2011 at 1:48:23 AM

I recently started watching it, and i just saw "Cyberwoman". I don't know why everyone hates it, i thought it was a decent episode.

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OldManHoOh It's super effective. from England Since: Jul, 2010
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#7: Jul 1st 2011 at 8:03:00 AM

I like a lot of the later episodes (including those by that one's writer, Chris Chibnall), though it's been years and years since I saw Cyberwoman, just wondered what did you like about it?

Edit: Wait, the BBC National Orchestra is right on top of Torchwood Three? Wow!

edited 1st Jul '11 8:04:17 AM by OldManHoOh

Nyktos (srahc 84) eltit Since: Jan, 2001
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#8: Jul 1st 2011 at 12:23:14 PM

I didn't find "Cyberwoman" completely terrible, but it was pretty dumb and probably the worst episode of the series. (I actually didn't really mind "Day One".)

I guess it is.
ZheToralf Floating Advice Reminder from somewhere in Germany Since: Dec, 2009
#9: Jul 1st 2011 at 1:13:45 PM

What was so dum about it? The Cybewomen itself? It was said, that she was incomplete and a product of Desperation. I've heard far worse hand waves if this is what you're getting at.

edited 1st Jul '11 1:14:02 PM by ZheToralf

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OldManHoOh It's super effective. from England Since: Jul, 2010
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#10: Jul 1st 2011 at 1:27:44 PM

Her design itself wasn't bad, it's just the fact that the Cybermen did that form-fitting piece that really gets on people's gears. I dunno. It looks too precise to be a half-converted Cyberman.

Plus, I believe it was the first episode with focus on the coffeeboy. I love Ianto now, but I don't recall Cyberwoman being a great first judge of character.

edited 1st Jul '11 1:31:15 PM by OldManHoOh

ZheToralf Floating Advice Reminder from somewhere in Germany Since: Dec, 2009
#11: Jul 1st 2011 at 1:30:02 PM

Well yeah, that was old school comic type of camp I admitt. But that doesn't make a terrible episode.

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OldManHoOh It's super effective. from England Since: Jul, 2010
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#12: Jul 1st 2011 at 1:31:55 PM

[up] True. It added, but on its own it didn't make or break it. Also, it was made in 2006 and is ostensibly more adult that Doctor Who's supposed to be so that probably goes under more scrutiny.

edited 1st Jul '11 1:33:15 PM by OldManHoOh

Nicknacks Ding-ding! Going down... from Land Down Under Since: Oct, 2010
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#13: Jul 2nd 2011 at 3:59:16 AM

I thought the design was silly, and the dog piss monologue to be narmy, but I didn;t find it too terrible. It shares a lot of its DNA with Die Hard, which is no bad thing. It's also the only episode of the season to utlise throwaway elements of continuity in an interesting way, like Mffanwy the Pterodactly who gives me a pain because of all the silent letters, or the conection with the pizza place.

It came too early in the season though — putting characters in a high pressure environment works when we know what they're all like. Tosh was basically just a cypher at this point, and this was meant to be Ianto's proper introduction to the series. And the scene between Owen and Gwen in the mortuary is really unrealistic characterisation — no one's insane enough to act like that.

edited 3rd Jul '11 7:20:53 AM by Nicknacks

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Howezat some bloke from Leeds Since: May, 2011
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#14: Jul 2nd 2011 at 2:44:43 PM

Yeah, I think Nicknacks has this one covered.

When does the new series start?

edited 2nd Jul '11 2:44:54 PM by Howezat

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Nyktos (srahc 84) eltit Since: Jan, 2001
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#15: Jul 2nd 2011 at 2:59:54 PM

July 8 in the States.

I guess it is.
OldManHoOh It's super effective. from England Since: Jul, 2010
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Nyktos (srahc 84) eltit Since: Jan, 2001
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#17: Jul 2nd 2011 at 4:02:17 PM

Oh, right, some people actually watch shows on TV.

I guess it is.
Buscemi I Am The Walrus from a log cabin Since: Jul, 2010
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#18: Jul 2nd 2011 at 4:02:59 PM

I saw an ad for the new season. It looks like Americans have ruined Doctor Who once again.

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OldManHoOh It's super effective. from England Since: Jul, 2010
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#19: Jul 2nd 2011 at 5:16:40 PM

Half-human bit aside, I didn't see anything awful about the TV movie. Not to say it was GREAT television, mind.

edited 2nd Jul '11 5:17:14 PM by OldManHoOh

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#20: Jul 2nd 2011 at 6:46:34 PM

Funny story. My local sci fi channel was airing Torchwood, by not the Nu Who, so I had no idea it was a Doctor Who spinoff until after the series was done, (and I mean after Children Of Earth ended) and even more hilariously, I finally learned of the connection on this wiki, and confirmed that connection myself when Jack appeared in The End Of Time.

Go figure.

I'm hoping once miracle day is done, there might still be a chance for Jack to reappear on Doctor Who. He'd be among the small list of companions who've worked with Multiple doctors, and the even smaller list who've done so in Nu-who (as in, the only one actually).

edited 2nd Jul '11 6:46:56 PM by HandsomeRob

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OldManHoOh It's super effective. from England Since: Jul, 2010
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#21: Jul 2nd 2011 at 7:23:30 PM

He already is. He travelled with the Ninth Doctor between The Doctor Dances and The Parting of the Ways back in 2005. The climax of Parting (while referenced in Utopia) is why he can't die.

Also, Rose Tyler, Sarah Jane Smith and Mickey Smith worked with multiple Nu Who Doctors.

edited 2nd Jul '11 7:26:35 PM by OldManHoOh

Buscemi I Am The Walrus from a log cabin Since: Jul, 2010
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#22: Jul 2nd 2011 at 7:40:02 PM

To go further into detail, the new American-financed season looks like Prison Break with sci-fi elements. It features a prisoner about to get executed but somehow can't die. Any elements of Doctor Who or Torchwood take a backseat to these elements with a Canon Foreigner.

It's as if Starz thinks that no one will watch it if it doesn't have things that Americans are familiar with (so far, their forte has been violent historical shows).

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#23: Jul 2nd 2011 at 9:02:09 PM

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That's what I meant. He worked with 9 and 10, and I'm hoping he'll get a chance to work with Eleven as well. That's three doctors for the new series, whereas all the others in new who have only worked with 9 and 10.

Sarah Jane is(well wassad) from what I know one of the only other companions to have worked alongside multiple doctors that appeared in the new series.

edited 2nd Jul '11 9:02:26 PM by HandsomeRob

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OldManHoOh It's super effective. from England Since: Jul, 2010
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#24: Jul 2nd 2011 at 9:08:57 PM

He'd be among the small list of companions who've worked with Multiple doctors, and the even smaller list who've done so in Nu-who (as in, the only one actually).

The way you put it sounded like "he will be the only one to have worked with multiple modern-day-era Doctors if he met Eleven"

faradayangel electrifying from Gallifrey Since: Nov, 2010
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#25: Jul 2nd 2011 at 9:31:26 PM

Well River Song,Jo Grant and Sarah Jane are the only older companions(pre season 5) to have met Eleven

the concept of Miracle Day sounds intriguing enough, I think the not being able to die will have an odd effect on Jack

edited 2nd Jul '11 9:36:05 PM by faradayangel

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