Yes.. yes we are
honest! *fans face*
hehe, nah, but you get your hardcore fans (like trekkies, but for Doctor who), there was a huge hullabaloo when the first pics surfaced last year, before David Tennant regenerated. People thought the were going to reboot the franchise from the first doctor again, hence the return to the original tardis. A sort of "William Hartnell: The young years" - Bonkers theory, but people have their passions I suppose.
(, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:20, Reply)
Oh dear...
I spent a lot of time over at Gallifrey Base, and some of the hardcore fans are getting very *very* het up about the new TARDIS.
As ever, I'm just happy that it's still on the air.
The 'official' term for Doctor Who fans is 'Whovians', but over in the over-18s section on GB we use the slightly more perjorative 'Mingmongs'
Oooh. And I've just noticed the new one seems to have a cat flap at the back.
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moogthedog, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:23,
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that makes sense
aren't they bringing K-9 back?
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robtoo is all out of gum, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:27,
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An australian company...
... has picked up an option to do a series about K9, and (if it's not out already) it's in the latter stages of production. First episode he 'Regenerates' into a more modern version...
reilly2040.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/new_k9.jpg
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moogthedog, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:38,
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I can see little kids going for it
they don't worry about nostalgia stuff - they'll just think "robot dog! cool!"
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rob, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:48,
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That's essentially why The Sarah Jan Adventures exist
I love the 40-year olds on Gallifrey Base discussing continuity in a show aired on CBBC.
(, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:52, Reply)
I haven't watched that...
have a mate who insists it's brilliant...but...meh.
Suppose it has to be better than Torchwood.
(, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:01, Reply)
I've got most of it on DVD
but I've only actually seen one (double) episode - The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith.
It is actually quite good :)
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moogthedog, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:04,
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I'm happy / slightly ashamed to boast that I have every Doctor Who episode on DVD
Including the reconstructions of the lost episodes.
I even printed out covers for them.
What do I win? Is it a beating?
(, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:12, Reply)
You win me badgering you
for a copy of 'Power of the Daleks'
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moogthedog, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:17,
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It makes for good watching on 4oD during the small wee hours I've found,
for an old bird that bitch can run! I do have to giggle every time she gets her lipstick out tho, durty sod!
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..wil, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:12,
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I saw one episode
Russ Abbot was the villain!
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Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:15,
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yeah I like the show and never miss it
but I don't bother watching the making of show they stick on with the BBC staff bigging up their slightly crap CGI.
what level of fan does that make me?
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rob, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:28,
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When Russel said they'd found a perfect match for the bottom of The Statue Of Liberty when it was plainly a welsh dry stone wall,
I LOLed and pointed at his stupid fat face, it was NOTHING like it by any stretch of anyone's imagination and he was a total fail!
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..wil, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:33,
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That wall is next to my local leisure centre
TJ over, normal service can now be resumed.
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wuffle, the b3ta bunny 's flea collar isn't working on, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:46,
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About the same as me :)
I can generally name stories from the old series when people have vague memories, and know more than is probably healthy about the history of the Daleks and Cybermen. But I don't get bothered when there's a crap bit of acting or a ropey bit of CGI or scenery. It's about the stories.
But then I did watch the last Tennant episode with a room full of fellow fans, and we spent most of the rest of the evening going through the trailer frame-by-frame on the big screen to see what was coming... :)
And I'm going to have to iPlayer the first one of the new series, as I'll be in London seeing Priscilla.
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moogthedog, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:34,
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I watched Confidential when Who first came back in 2005...
...but gave up when it just became Russel T Davies saying "HOORAY" and "MARVELLOUS" about his own creations, and talking heads explaining every plot point of the episode you've just watched interspersed with montages set to Snow Patrol.
(, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:39, Reply)
Hahaha!
I'm very tempted to click your post for being a wonderful summary of why those things can be very annoying!
Marvelous! *fat self satisfied camp wobbly grin*
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..wil, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:45,
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TrekkIES are the lightweights.
The *real* anally retentive, devote-your-entire-life-to-it mentalist brigade refer to themselves as TrekkERS.
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Kerrisis There's someone in my head, but it's not me., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 11:55,
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I know that Trekkers is the preferred term.
I just like annoying them.
(, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 12:03, Reply)