Doctor Who Series 5 Discussion (BBC)
10-24-10, 02:28 AM
#526
10-24-10, 12:29 PM
#527
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Seattle and sometimes hell
Posts: 6,270
Likes: 0
Received 15 Likes
on
14 Posts
Re: Doctor Who Series 5 Discussion (BBC)
I'm behind on this series. Haven't started season two yet. It will be the next series I watch once I'm done with the wire.
10-26-10, 12:16 PM
#528
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Doctor Who Series 5 Discussion (BBC)
Watched the first part yesterday and it went completely as I expected to. There wasn't much of a surprise in anything that happened. Luckily, that was only the "set-up" and the 2nd part should be more interesting.
10-28-10, 05:55 PM
#529
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: San Leandro/San Francisco
Posts: 7,422
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
Re: Doctor Who Series 5 Discussion (BBC)
I loved the scenes between Sarah and Jo Grant. I like how Jo reacted when she found out the Doctor had been back to visit Sarah but not herself.
I always wondered that. Does the Doctor ever go back and say hello to say, Tegan? Glad they explained the past companions thing.
So did the guy who played Sarah's son leave the show or are we just seeing him on a computer screen for the rest of the show?
I thought maybe Joe's Grandson might help out.
I always wondered that. Does the Doctor ever go back and say hello to say, Tegan? Glad they explained the past companions thing.
So did the guy who played Sarah's son leave the show or are we just seeing him on a computer screen for the rest of the show?
I thought maybe Joe's Grandson might help out.
Last edited by riley_dude; 10-28-10 at 06:41 PM.
10-28-10, 08:34 PM
#530
DVD Talk Legend
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Building attractions one theme park at a time.
Posts: 10,800
Received 82 Likes
on
49 Posts
Re: Doctor Who Series 5 Discussion (BBC)
Loved seeing the flashbacks used for a reason. Not just thrown in because they can. The vulture aliens were silly and their design was over-the-top - Just like a lot of the aliens in the original Who series. It brought back memories of watching the show as a teenager.
And that made me happy.
And that made me happy.
10-29-10, 12:57 AM
#531
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: San Leandro/San Francisco
Posts: 7,422
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
Re: Doctor Who Series 5 Discussion (BBC)
Loved seeing the flashbacks used for a reason. Not just thrown in because they can. The vulture aliens were silly and their design was over-the-top - Just like a lot of the aliens in the original Who series. It brought back memories of watching the show as a teenager.
And that made me happy.
And that made me happy.
10-29-10, 04:12 AM
#532
DVD Talk Legend
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Land of the Lobstrosities
Posts: 10,300
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
Re: Doctor Who Series 5 Discussion (BBC)
I don't watch this series, so I haven't seen the ep.
However, there was a Big Finish audio play where the Doctor visited Tegan 20 years after her departure. Unfortunately I don't recall much about it other than the plot was kind of a mess. I think Tegan struggled to reacclimate to normal life after the Doctor but eventually succeeded.
However, there was a Big Finish audio play where the Doctor visited Tegan 20 years after her departure. Unfortunately I don't recall much about it other than the plot was kind of a mess. I think Tegan struggled to reacclimate to normal life after the Doctor but eventually succeeded.
10-29-10, 11:16 AM
#533
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Re: Doctor Who Series 5 Discussion (BBC)
I enjoyed "The Death of the Doctor" eps. A lot of fun, and great seeing the former companions teaming up.
10-29-10, 01:52 PM
#534
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: San Leandro/San Francisco
Posts: 7,422
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
Re: Doctor Who Series 5 Discussion (BBC)
I don't watch this series, so I haven't seen the ep.
However, there was a Big Finish audio play where the Doctor visited Tegan 20 years after her departure. Unfortunately I don't recall much about it other than the plot was kind of a mess. I think Tegan struggled to reacclimate to normal life after the Doctor but eventually succeeded.
However, there was a Big Finish audio play where the Doctor visited Tegan 20 years after her departure. Unfortunately I don't recall much about it other than the plot was kind of a mess. I think Tegan struggled to reacclimate to normal life after the Doctor but eventually succeeded.
10-29-10, 05:58 PM
#538
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: San Leandro/San Francisco
Posts: 7,422
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
Re: Doctor Who Series 5 Discussion (BBC)
Nysa stayed on some other planet right?
Adric was killed.
Lela was on Gallifrey? Romana too?
Ace?
Any others?
10-30-10, 10:30 AM
#539
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 509
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: Doctor Who Series 5 Discussion (BBC)
James
10-30-10, 10:40 AM
#540
DVD Talk Legend
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Building attractions one theme park at a time.
Posts: 10,800
Received 82 Likes
on
49 Posts
Re: Doctor Who Series 5 Discussion (BBC)
Tegan is in Australia fighting for Aboriginal rights.
Ben & Polly are in India running an orphanage
Harry Sullivan is a doctor working on vaccines and has saved thousands of lives. Sarah made it sound like he passed away (Which actor Ian Marter has).
Dorothy (Ace or Dodo) runs a Charitable Earth company, raising billions.
Ian and Barbara are professors in Cambridge. Neither have aged since the Sixties.
In episode 1, they mentioned that the Brigadier is in Peru and Liz Shaw is on their Moonbase.
Last edited by The Valeyard; 10-30-10 at 10:46 AM.
10-30-10, 01:45 PM
#541
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Doctor Who Series 5 Discussion (BBC)
Let's see...
Liz and Jo just stopped hanging around, from what I recall. Stayed with UNIT or whatever.
Harry, I don't recall, but I think he went back with UNIT or whatever, too.
The Doctor ditched Sarah Jane on Earth in her own time period when the Time Lords called him back.
Leela stayed on Gallifrey.
Romana stayed in E-Space with the Thundercats.
Adric died while killing off the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, with the aid of the Cybermen.
Tegan stayed on Earth in her own time, twice.
Nyssa stayed on the Terminus space station.
Turlough returned to his own people.
Peri... I think she hooked up with some alien guy during the Trial of a Timelord fiasco.
Mel... I don't remember and I don't care.
Ace... still with Doctor #7 when the series was canceled.
(I'm not familiar enough with the Hartnell and Troughton eras to comment.)
Liz and Jo just stopped hanging around, from what I recall. Stayed with UNIT or whatever.
Harry, I don't recall, but I think he went back with UNIT or whatever, too.
The Doctor ditched Sarah Jane on Earth in her own time period when the Time Lords called him back.
Leela stayed on Gallifrey.
Romana stayed in E-Space with the Thundercats.
Adric died while killing off the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, with the aid of the Cybermen.
Tegan stayed on Earth in her own time, twice.
Nyssa stayed on the Terminus space station.
Turlough returned to his own people.
Peri... I think she hooked up with some alien guy during the Trial of a Timelord fiasco.
Mel... I don't remember and I don't care.
Ace... still with Doctor #7 when the series was canceled.
(I'm not familiar enough with the Hartnell and Troughton eras to comment.)
10-30-10, 05:24 PM
#543
11-01-10, 10:32 AM
#545
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 596
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
11-01-10, 01:52 PM
#546
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Bay Area, California
Posts: 8,939
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
11-01-10, 08:23 PM
#547
Banned by request
Re: Doctor Who Series 5 Discussion (BBC)
This wasn't too bad, although I preferred the Tennant guest appearance. Smith had a few good comebacks. I was surprised at how much press got drummed up for the fact that this is where we would FINALLY find out how the Doctor would have more incarnations, and all we got was a throwaway line.
I did like this more than the Doctor Who episode that re-introduced Sarah Jane, though. Because there were more former companions (and references to all different former companions), this one felt like it had more context.
I did like this more than the Doctor Who episode that re-introduced Sarah Jane, though. Because there were more former companions (and references to all different former companions), this one felt like it had more context.
11-02-10, 05:06 PM
#549
Banned by request
Re: Doctor Who Series 5 Discussion (BBC)
As they're escaping the heating vents, one of the kids says:
"Wow, even your eyes are different. I thought at least your eyes would be the same. Can you change color or are you always white?"
The Doctor says, "No, I can be anything."
And the kid says, "And how many times can you change anyway?"
And the Doctor replies, "507."
This was being trumpeted as a huge reveal that would tell us how the Doctor could get more regenerations. I guess it was just Davies changing what's been established instead.
"Wow, even your eyes are different. I thought at least your eyes would be the same. Can you change color or are you always white?"
The Doctor says, "No, I can be anything."
And the kid says, "And how many times can you change anyway?"
And the Doctor replies, "507."
This was being trumpeted as a huge reveal that would tell us how the Doctor could get more regenerations. I guess it was just Davies changing what's been established instead.
Last edited by Supermallet; 11-02-10 at 05:20 PM.
11-02-10, 05:48 PM
#550
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Doctor Who Series 5 Discussion (BBC)
The "507" sounds more like the Doctor being facetious than it does a serious answer.
