Doctor Who 2013

[Bouncy Castle]

Spoiler free preview of the first episode, The Bells of Saint John.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/docto ... eview.html

 

[Bouncy Castle]

The Bells of Saint John - the first of eight new episodes - will air at 6.10pm on Saturday 30th March, according to the Radio Times.

 

[Quatermass]

And for us Aussies, the debut episode is on 7:30pm on March 31st.

 

[Tonyblack]

Give me a Dalek and I'll direct for free!

 

[The Mad Collector]

Spoiler free prequel now available (no idea if it plays outside the UK)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p016r6pw

 

[Watchman44]

Same prequel from youtube for everyone........

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Five reasons why Digital Spy is excited for the new series.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/docto ... eries.html

 

[simmonds91]

Oh god.... 4 more days.... Woopwoopwoopwoopwoopwoop!

 

[Cheery]

Oh god.... 4 more days.... Woopwoopwoopwoopwoopwoop!

I know!! Can't wait

 

[The Mad Collector]

Bought all the stamps today

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2013/03/doctor-who-stamps-go-on-sale-260313002017.html

 

[Bouncy Castle]

You're mad, you are!

 

[Jinx]

Can't wait to see this. Been excited for it since the season break with only some brief relief at Christmas.

Incidentally on the subject of Doctor Who. A Time Lord has 12 regenerations. David Tennant's Doctor regenerated back into the same Doctor once. Does this count as one of his regenerations? River Song also used all her remaining regenerations to save the Doctor once. Did he gain any extra regenerations from this?

 

[Bouncy Castle]

I believe there was a throw-away line by Matt Smith's Doctor in an episode of Sarah-Jane Adventures where he basically said a Time Lord could regenerate over and over.

This from Den of Geek:

Matt Smith's Doctor is asked by Clyde just how many times he can regenerate. The Doctor tells him that there's not a limit. Then they just get on with the episode.

 

[Jinx]

I thought I'd heard something to that effect too, but I remember 'The Lets Kill Hitler' episode. Unless River didn't have the ability to regenerate as often as she likes because she was mostly human.

 

[Bouncy Castle]

It's called a PLOT HOLE.

We're not supposed to notice!

 

[Jinx]

Oops! I feel like such a bad viewer now. lol

 

[Tonyblack]

There was that thing with Romana as well, if I remember correctly. She was a Time Lord/Lady who regenerated. But before she decided on her final 'look', she tried several different bodies - rather like she was trying costumes on. She didn't seem bothered that she might be using up regenerations.

 

[Jinx]

And of course this little nugget blows the whole notion of limited regenerations out the water.

Well... I know it's not canon, but I had to share.

 

[Ghost]

gads I remember watching that the first time it was on

 

[Quatermass]

There was that thing with Romana as well, if I remember correctly. She was a Time Lord/Lady who regenerated. But before she decided on her final 'look', she tried several different bodies - rather like she was trying costumes on. She didn't seem bothered that she might be using up regenerations.

My theory was that she hadn't fully regenerated, she was merely in an intermediate stage when she tried out those bodies, so she didn't use up her regenerations.

Of course, another theory was posited by a short story, where an avatar of the TARDIS actually did that whole sequence, and explored Skaro with the Doctor during the events of Destiny of the Daleks, because the TARDIS was jealous of Romana.