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DOCTOR WHO 28.X Beams To SciFi Next Month!!

Too Soon! by zombieslayer	Aug 11th, 2006 12:27:53 AM
only because the xmas special won't fit. haha.
DAMMIT NO MORE TOO SOON! by Westonian	Aug 11th, 2006 12:57:47 AM
it must stop.
Back-2-back with Galactica, baby! by thethedew	Aug 11th, 2006 01:20:28 AM
What a Friday night! Squint and it's almost as good as a Date!
I can vouch from, um, a source... by Deep Cover	Aug 11th, 2006 01:51:48 AM
...that the second season was better than the first, and Tennant ends up being a better Doctor than Eccleston. Season Three's going to be tough without Billie Piper, but rumor has it she may be popping up here and there.
Doc Who season 2...yeah! by Barrymore	Aug 11th, 2006 02:03:20 AM
This is awesome news! Good job Sci-Fi!!! I can't wait for the Battlestar-Who Friday nights!!!
Season 3 by kwisatzhaderach	Aug 11th, 2006 02:07:27 AM
Press release here in the Uk already: http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho /news/cult/news/drwho/2006/08/ 10/35549.shtml
Tennant... by Cameron1	Aug 11th, 2006 03:03:42 AM
was great in parts, and really really REALLY fucking annoying in others. Plus there's way too much "humans are SOOO great" patronising crap in there from him. Eccleston looks like a fucking God in comparison. Still the season is pretty great. Just wait for Love and Monsters, it's going to be a messy messy talkback for that one.
Brilliant! by Thes	Aug 11th, 2006 03:13:45 AM
Tennant leaves Eccelston for dead. Season Two is amazing. From the very first episode (The Christmas Invasion) through to the wrenching finale - Doomsday!!! (And David Tennant is incredibly sexy!)
I'm glad you're getting this so soon by Babyshamble	Aug 11th, 2006 04:14:24 AM
It's definitely more ambitious than series one and Doomsday left me devastated. I wonder if you'll get the christmas special, series two will be finished by then. It's awesome having a new episode of Who on Christmas day
"Season 3: blood sucking alien Plasmavores" by judderman	Aug 11th, 2006 04:19:20 AM
does this mean they'll be referencing one of the best Dr Who serials ever: The Curse of Fenric?
Love and Monsters by cyadmark	Aug 11th, 2006 04:40:04 AM
I really liked it though I can see why others might not.
Is it me or.... by thecomedian	Aug 11th, 2006 04:49:11 AM
Does the new companion look like shit hotter chocolate Billie. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho /gallery/doctormartha/ I guess will have to wait and see. Thank God they didn't make that beast Catherine Tate the new companion. Bootleg half assed Jennifer Saunders she is.
David Tennant is a better Doctor than Eccleston by SpyGuy	Aug 11th, 2006 07:45:15 AM
If only because his Doctor is a more traditional Doctor than Eccleston's (not that Eccleston was necessarily bad in the role). And as "The Girl in the Fireplace" showed, Tennant is brilliant when given a solid script. Unfortunately, Russell T. Davies again writes the bulk of the series, so you end up with indulgent crap like "Love & Monsters." If the fans following the series on Sci Fi are like the British fans, though, it should be interesting to watch them become increasingly annoyed with Rose throughout Series 2 and relieved that she, Jackie and Mickey are finally gone by the time "Doomsday" rolls around...
I can vouch by Meglos	Aug 11th, 2006 08:51:10 AM
from my own personal viewing that the first series is more consistant in quality than the second, and that Eccleston is still light years ahead of Tennant.
zoe lucker as by emeraldboy	Aug 11th, 2006 09:11:49 AM
the rani!!!!!!!
Catherine tate is by emeraldboy	Aug 11th, 2006 09:19:38 AM
the most annoying comic on tv. those characters she creates are only funny for about 15 secs , then jeez to they grate.
I missed the final of dr who. by emeraldboy	Aug 11th, 2006 09:22:46 AM
I went out for a meal with a friend and ended up watching england being dumped out of the world cup. John terry is the new england captain. It should have been stevie gerard.
More highs, more lows by ejcarter9	Aug 11th, 2006 09:40:22 AM
That's how I'd compare S1 to S2 (or 27 to 28... whatever). The good ones were really, really good while the bad were really, really bad compared to the previous season. Some say Boomtown was bad... Fear Her was boring while Love and Monsters was grotesque. Some say Father's Day was great. School Reunion, Girl in the Fireplace or Tooth and Claw were really great. The Cyberman two-parter was movie-quality, in my opinion. Thank God Doctor Who is back on TV, becuase like sex... we Who fans are really lucky to be gettin' any at all.
Spoilers ahead - Minor ones by mjbok1	Aug 11th, 2006 09:43:18 AM
Is anyone else glad that Billie Piper is gone? The show seemed to be more about her than about the Doctor. She is attractive, but she does the chipmunk scrunchy thing with her face all the time that is very unbecoming. Plus her family was extremely annoying. Hopefully season 3 will leave the Earth behind and actually explore more.
The Doctor and fraking Cylons back to back by OGREISHERE	Aug 11th, 2006 09:43:29 AM
Do I hear cross over episode? Okay that is a horrible idea.
Season 1 vs Season 2 by Urge to Kill	Aug 11th, 2006 09:55:26 AM
Whoever told you Season 2 was better than one lied. Ecclestone was a much better Doctor screw all those people who didn't like him because he wasn't "traditional". Granted the season 2 finale was much better but that does't save a whole season. Love and Monsters, and Fear Her sucked, The Idiot's Lantern was annoying(If you've seen it you know what I mean "HUNGRY"). The return of the Cyberman was setup so good and then part 2 just fell flat. The first episode New Earth was just plain boring and while Tooth and Claw had a great premise it just didn't really connect for me. That Being said Girl In The Fireplace, The Impossible Planet, and The Satan Pit were excellent episodes.
Tennant great. Eccleston better. School Reunion Shit. by WiseJoeyD	Aug 11th, 2006 10:12:56 AM
Yes, I loved Eccleston. Parting Of The Ways and his regeneration scene was a brilliant bit of TV. Tennant, whilst he's great (Fan-tastic even! Like during G.I.T.F. when he doesn't speak for 5 minutes at the end but you're held transfixed by his grief) doesn't feel like "my" Doctor. As regards "higher highs lower lows" that's pretty much how it seemed this series. Fear Her was an abomination of poor script. Satan Pit was fucking excellent. But PLEASE people you've got it all wrong. School Reunion was SHITE and Love & Monsters was GOOD!!! Only bit of S.R. I could stomach was the heartfelt goodbye at the end. The rest was truly terrible. Another thing I HATED about this Tennant series was the change in how they filmed each episode. They now resemble something shot in the Blue Peter studio compared to the slightly softer, more subdued palate of Eccleston's series which was far better looking! I still loved this series, just I have to avoid a few more eps than the 'first' series and I will absoutely miss Rose. She won't be a hard act to follow, she'll be IMPOSSIBLE to follow!!
Billie Piper 28.x! by chromedome	Aug 11th, 2006 10:22:27 AM
Glad I don't have to wait a year for some new BP scenery. Dr. Who? Who Cares! Billie Piper is the real draw...
Comedian - You are correct. by SpacePhil	Aug 11th, 2006 11:24:00 AM
IMHO, the new Companion is smoking hot. Can't wait.
SEason 3 by lfhlaw	Aug 11th, 2006 11:55:06 AM
My Biggest question will be, will Sci-Fi run Season 3 episodes Concurrently with the BBC runs? I've been downloading the torrents, because I hate waiting. If Sci-Fi did this, I wouldn't have to wait!
I've loved the whole series.... by Hairy Nutsack	Aug 11th, 2006 12:12:31 PM
Sure there were some low points, but I think there have been far more high points, FAR FAR more. I even love Rose, Jackie, and Mickey. Jackie in particular is hilarious.
battlestar and doctor power block! by oisin5199	Aug 11th, 2006 12:28:17 PM
Now that's frakking awesome programming! Takes me back to the 'I am Scifi' heyday of Farscape and Lexx back to back before Suckgate took over. And they're starting with the Christmas Invasion, like the article says. Can't wait!
I Can Verify From A Source by BlankGeneration	Aug 11th, 2006 12:30:08 PM
that Billie Piper's genitals emit a faint aroma of patchouli and orange peel. Tastes good with Earl gray, hot.
I like Tennant also. by zombieslayer	Aug 11th, 2006 12:50:10 PM
More manic energy, more action. Also, I hope this means we'll get series 3 when the brits do, so I don't have to wait for a BIT. And as long as people complain about too soon, it'll be too soon to stop. ;)
Not bad...not bad at all by sutekhsgift	Aug 11th, 2006 01:10:18 PM
According to Sci-Fi, they will be playing the Christmas Invasion on Sep. 29. This season was more..inconsistent than the last. However, there are some great stories in it.
oisin5199 ?!?!?!? by Hairy Nutsack	Aug 11th, 2006 01:56:47 PM
For fuck's sake, how can you call Stargate sucky and then hold up Lexx as if it were a good program? Lexx makes Stargate look like Citizen Kane.
Cybermen, Daleks and Cylons...OH, MY!!! by SpyGuy	Aug 11th, 2006 02:05:43 PM
THE GOOD of Series 2 -- The Christmas Invasion, Tooth and Claw, School Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace, The Age of Steel, The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday; THE BAD -- New Earth, Rise of the Cybermen, The Idiot's Lantern and Fear Her; THE UGLY -- Love & Monsters. Fat Bastard as an alien + Moaning Myrtle as talking piece of sidewalk = TEH SUK.
"Lexx" had that Hot German Lizard-Slut by BlankGeneration	Aug 11th, 2006 02:24:11 PM
I can verify from a source that her genitals gave off an aroma of beer and oak and tasted good with a cigar. The twats on "Stargate" smell of derivative plotholes.
I LOVED The Ididot's Lantern and Love and Monsters by superhero	Aug 11th, 2006 02:44:48 PM
Love and Monsters was FANTASTIC. A whole episode of Doctor Who that barely has the Doctor in it! Brilliant! LOVED EVERY FRAME. This show takes chances and that's why it's jumped to the top of my "Favorite Shows of All Time" list. Great, great fun and wacky old school sci-fi that isn't SO concerned with being serious or hip. I love its positive vibe and I LOVE that the Doctor loves humanity to bits. It just great stuff. I love it as much as I love Glactica but for completely different reasons! Although the end of DOOMSDAY left me a little cold. Nope, not buyin' it. Sorry. I thought of a perfect ending for it but won't write it here so as not to spoil DD for anyone. But the end of ARMY OF GHOSTS kicked all kinds of ass. MY wife was laughing at me because I literally jumped off of the couch and yelled "HOLY SHIT!" at the top of my lungs. Fun, fun, fun!
it's just a thing by oisin5199	Aug 11th, 2006 03:35:29 PM
when I first got cable and starting watching scifi, I caught the middle of Farscape's 3rd season, didn't know what the hell was going on, but fell in love with it and stuck with it until I got the back episodes. Lexx was on afterwards, and yeah it was a sucky show, but it did have Xenia (meow), and it was just so fucking weird and different, I loved it. I'm just nostalgic for that crazy duo of shows. I'll take bizarre foreign scifi shit anyday over the pedestrian bore of Suckgate. I've yet to get through a single episode without getting bored to tears and turning it off. Even though it started on Showtime (I think), I still associate it with those D-list syndicated shows I used to glimpse on WGN in Chicago, like Mutant X, Beastmaster and Earth:Final Conflict (which was actually pretty good its first season).
love and monsters by nijuki	Aug 11th, 2006 03:57:26 PM
I love Marc Warren! The episode was fun.
Fucking Right! And maybe if we're good boys and girls- by atomheartbrother	Aug 11th, 2006 04:41:27 PM
- we'll get series / season 3 at the same time our confederates in the UK get theirs next year.
US will not get concurrent series by aestheticity	Aug 11th, 2006 08:30:45 PM
because the US does not pay for any of the production. if the scifi channel wants to contact the bbc about funding, im all for it, but until then the US will buy the bbc's product second hand. why do you give a shit anyway, in a world with bittorrent and tv rips.
YES! by Evil Chicken	Aug 11th, 2006 08:43:55 PM
God Save the Queen! I
aestheticity by Scuffle	Aug 11th, 2006 09:55:45 PM
Funding the production of the series has nothing to do with when it's shown in the US. The BBC would prefer the Sci-Fi channel to show it as soon as possible, so that they can release the DVDs and minimise the damage from the torrents.
Thank goodness Sci-Fi seems to be smartening up by INWOsuxRED	Aug 11th, 2006 09:57:02 PM
They better run series three simultanous with BBC if they want to get real ratings for this show. Oh, and Love and Monsters was by far the worst episode of the relaunch, and it stands as being one of the worst Who episodes ever, and anyone that says different is fucking insane. Based only on one season each, I think Eccleston was the better Doctor, but Tennant isn't bad. I would have liked to see where Eccleston might have gone with multiple seasons. I suspect Tennant will get better and better as he goes. Season 2's finale is great for those that haven't seen it.
Not soon enough! by Dragulf	Aug 12th, 2006 12:28:51 AM
Eccleston was a Fantastic doctor. I was sad he left but he only had a one year contract. Tennant is good also. The new assistant is hot. I liked every episode.
INWOsuxRED by kwisatzhaderach	Aug 12th, 2006 02:50:20 AM
I agree, Love & Monsters is definitely the worst episode of all time. Terrible, terible, terrible. The sci-fi channel should jump from The Satan Pit to Army of Ghosts and leave out L&M and Fear Her.
Filler episodes with low budget by ROBE	Aug 12th, 2006 04:11:22 AM
After the big budget two parter Impossible Planet/Satan Pit they needed two lower budget episodes before going into another big budget two parter Army of Ghosts/Doomsday.
ROBE by kwisatzhaderach	Aug 12th, 2006 05:29:09 AM
I'm aware of that ROBE but did the episodes have to be terrible? The original series of Doctor Who used to work wonders on a low budget.
You're gonna enjoy LOVE & MONSTERS! by Fugazi32	Aug 12th, 2006 06:23:22 AM
Hahaha, lmao!
Remember one thing... by the damned	Aug 12th, 2006 10:16:43 AM
Yes, Series 2 has an episode or 2 that are... regrettable (doesn't the entire series?), but what everyone seems to forget is that it is A CHILDREN'S SHOW and Davies is writing one. Why do most folks skip over this? Because American TV tries to sheild kids from "bad stuff," but the Brits like giving them a HIGH body count and, sometimes, Satan. This is NOT Battlestar Galactica; it is not Star Trek (no matter how many times we compare it to that); it is not Farscape... it is a children's show. You have to keep that in mind or it will drive you mad. Loved Eccleston, but Tennant may be the best Doctor ever... he just lives & breathes the role and his enthusiasm is infectious. And what does anyone mean by a "traditional" Doctor? What you mean one that acts like your favorite Doctor? Everyone gets a blank slate to work on and I hope Tennant takes his time. My suggestion? You should all watch the 'Doctor Who: Confidentials' for each story. Love & Monsters? the monster was from the winner of a contest on Blue Peter (a children's show)... these will give you a lot more appreciation for the series (either the ones on the series 1 DVD are heavily edited or Confidential got MUCH better during series 2).
DOCTOR WHO is a FAMILY show, not a children's show by SpyGuy	Aug 12th, 2006 01:39:08 PM
And yes, there's a difference. A family show means the show is written for all members of the family to enjoy, like STAR TREK or SMALLVILLE. A children's show is frickin' SESAME STREET or DORA THE EXPLORER or JIMMY NEUTRON and if you want to compare DOCTOR WHO to those shows, buddy, I'm gonna have to ask you step outside...
USA before Canada? by UMAGA	Aug 12th, 2006 02:09:40 PM
Russia #1, Iran #1, USA..hack put!
Love & Monsters ended with an unpleasant "joke" about.. by INWOsuxRED	Aug 12th, 2006 03:03:12 PM
face fucking a girl trapped in a brick. Children should at least be shielded from bad writing. The child that won created the monster, but didn't cast the actors, and didn't write that horrible episode. My guess is if a child was writing a Doctor Who episode, Doctor Who would have been in it. It was fucking horrible, no matter who did. When you have no budget, you resort to IDEAS and IMAGINATION, you don't pull some rejected X-Files scripts out of the trash and rework it so Mulder & Scully are replaced by the Doctor and Rose.
Guess I'm "fucking insane" then... by slapshot	Aug 12th, 2006 03:23:30 PM
... I thought "Love and Monsters" was great. I don't see how any fan who watches a show this purely British couldn't just love Marc Warren; he was fantastic. Yeah, it was a budget saver, yeah, the Doc and Rose are barely in it... but they make a real impact when they do show up. Plus it's got Elton, ELO, and that priceless "Scooby Doo hallway" moment near the beginning. Seriously, how can a Who fan not like this episode?
Fuckin' A by Spacejockey426	Aug 12th, 2006 07:11:52 PM
Bring it on!
INWOsuxRED by Tony Holsters	Aug 12th, 2006 07:12:27 PM
Your first point; kids (hopefully) shouldn't get that joke. But what harm is there in putting a joke in for adults? Your second point (which was nonsense); what was your point? Didn't you like it?
dr. who by windomearl	Aug 12th, 2006 08:11:27 PM
I've already seen the whole second season so suck it.
Love & Monsters was too 'out of the box' for... by Col. Klink	Aug 12th, 2006 09:19:11 PM
...the great unwashed. As Philip J. Fry once said, "Clever things make people feel stupid, and unexpected things make them feel scared."
show The Impossible Planet/Satan Pit on Halloween by lynxpro	Aug 13th, 2006 12:10:15 AM
Do you hear me, SciFi Channel? Show these two episodes back-to-back on Halloween as your "SciFi Original Picture". Although it isn't filled with gore, the two-parter is everything that Doom should have been. It rocks. Show them alongside Event Horizon. Your Nielsen stats will thank me.
No, It's a children's show... by the damned	Aug 13th, 2006 02:01:18 AM
watch any episode of Doctor Who Confidential, or any of the extras on the series 1 DVD. Eccelston, Davies, everyone says 'chidren's show' and this is also backed up by the hour it is shown: 7 pm which is for kids. Brits just don't mollycoddle their kids like we do
slapshot by kwisatzhaderach	Aug 13th, 2006 10:03:17 AM
well i've been a Who fan for 30 years now and I thught L&M was rubbish. I'm all for experimental episodes as long as they have one element in place: that they are good. This doesn't include a soap opera episode about a green alien with a Bolton accent and oral sex jokes. That's just crap in my book. And doesn't have any place in Doctor Who. And to the person that said Doctor Who was a children's show, why is it aired primetime BBC1 at 7pm on a saturday night if that is the case? Doctor Who is a FAMILY show that everyone can watch. Which doubles the case for there never being any more oral sex gags ok RTD?
LOVE AND MONSTERS.... by thecomedian	Aug 13th, 2006 12:07:22 PM
I've been an American whovian for the past 16 years. I thought Love and Monsters was brilliant in parts. I loved the L.I.N.D.A. group, I loved Elton as a lead and his cute little girlfriend. However, I H-A-T-E-D the fat guy who played the villain. Every scene with him was complete rubbish. The shot of him chasing Elton in the street is one of the cheesiest fucking things ever, it makes crap we saw in the Colin Baker era look like freekin' 2001 A Space Odessey in comparison. The episode just would have been so much better if they'd casted someone who was actually menacing as the villain. I also hate this whole "The Doctor bring death" crap that's been added on in this new series. It's cheap. That ep would have been so much better if the L.I.N.D.A. group lived in the end. But overall on the whole I thought love and monsters was a noble failure and I'd actually like the see Elton and whatsherface again.
A children's show run by the BBC's drama department? by SpyGuy	Aug 14th, 2006 08:50:41 AM
DOCTOR WHO originally started out as a children's program, intended to teach kids about history, but quickly mutated into family-friendly sci-fi with the advent of the Daleks. The 7 p.m. slot you state is essentially a prime-time slot here in the States, essentially the 8 p.m. EST hour where family shows like SMALLVILLE or VERONICA MARS can be aired. DOCTOR WHO is a family show that children can watch, not a kid's show that adults watch. As for Davies calling it a children's show, his perception of children's programming must include gay men being defabricated and pulling weapons literally out of their asses, and oral sex jokes involving pieces of concrete. That kind of shit happens all the time on BLUE'S CLUES and BOB THE BUILDER...
SpyGuy you forgot about Cpt Jack's Arse! by ROBE	Aug 14th, 2006 10:28:36 AM
RTD did try a include a shot of Captain Jack Harkness bare naked bottom, but the BBC censored it. I pointed out on another board that if a male heteosexual writer had included a scene of Rose Tyler's bare bottom, RTD would never have allowed it and would probably have sent the "guilty" writer to a BBC Antisexism Course. I was accused of being homophobic.
Capt Jack by Darth_Baltar	Aug 14th, 2006 04:57:50 PM
wasn't he supposed to be a spin off series?
Torchwood by INWOsuxRED	Aug 14th, 2006 09:24:51 PM
Darth, Captain Jack is going to be in Torchwood. It has been suggested that they need to reshoot lots of this series because of some lighting problem, so I don't know if it is on schedule. The 2nd to last Confidential showed behind the scenes from the upcoming show. I'm hoping RTD can keep his "adult" stuff limited to Torchwood and get it out of his system so Doctor Who can go back to being a family/children's show. I'll wager Torchwood winds up way more juvinile in mentality than Who. I enjoy the actor who plays Jack enough to give it a try though, and I hope it is good.
Well, that's cool, but... by AnnoyYou	Aug 16th, 2006 04:10:43 AM
...I hope they don't hack it up the way they did to the Ninth Doctor series. I've already seen this season and won't mind re-watching certain episodes, but really -- I'm just waiting for the DVDs. BTW, save up your Kleenex for the finale -- it's a killer.
Rumour about RTD replacement. by ROBE	Aug 16th, 2006 07:23:31 AM
There is a rumour in TV Zone magazine that Matthew Graham the creator of Life on Mars could be the new executive producer and writer for Doctor Who series 4. Either that or he could be doing a new series of Blake's 7. If this is true then there might be no series 2 of LOM.
tanx RED by Darth_Baltar	Aug 16th, 2006 07:00:09 PM
I have googled torchwood and found bountiful amounts of info on the soon to debut series... thanks for the help red!

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