On Christmas Eve I suddenly had this bizarre notion, what if the mysterious Miss Hartigan was the Master? Just as a lot of season 3 had gone about setting up the notion that the Doctor's and the Master's timelines are not liner and do not always intersect at consecutive points, could the 2008 Crimbo Spesh set up the notion that Timelords CAN change sex?
So much for that idea! I'm just glad I was so busy I wasn't able to try to figure out if her name was some sort of anagram. . .
Anyway. The Next, Morrisey, Doctor isn't a future regeneration but an ordinary man who thinks he is due to some direct cortical impressions during mental trauma. The Cybermen are alternate-universe Cybermen who survived/escaped the Void, perhaps duiring the recent Dalek malarkey.
No future episodes preview afterwards. But the next ep is called Planet of the Dead.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
I rather liked the brief clip of all the previous Doctors, including McGann (who they should defiantly bring back at some point.) Maybe I missed something, but that was the deal with the Cyber-wookies?
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
It also says "there will be four Doctor Who Specials featuring David Tennant that will run in 2009 into New Year 2010 (dates tbc)." I am not sure they ever explained it so clearly before, but its the most authoritative quote on the specials I've seen anyway. That probably makes the schedule something like:
* Easter ("Planet of the Dead") * Christmas Special (tradition) * Boxing Day (my speculation, essentially 1 unknown) * New Year Special (from above quote)
Posted by Krenim (Member # 22) on :
Wow. Wasn't expecting expecting them to announce the Eleventh for a while. Good luck to whoever it is, David Tennant is going to be a tough act to follow.
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
So was Tom Baker. But we got over him, as will we Tennant. I figure the Beeb is doing this to get a jump on things rather than let some tabloid or leak announce things before them. Looking forward to tomorrow's news!
Mark
Posted by Johnny (Member # 878) on :
They cut the deal over Christmas, so they must be trying to make the announcement as quickly as possible so it doesn't get leaked first.
The Next Doctor was better than last year's special, but how come nobody in the future knows that a giant robot trampled all over London? The Doctor's response to that subject was just "funny that", so maybe it plays into the next story.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Christian Bale. He's going to play every fictional hero possible before he gets too old.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
And when he does get too old, he'll play Judge Dredd.
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
Regarding everyone forgetting about seeing a giant metal man stomping down various buildings in old London, it's I suppose the same thing as people quickly forgetting about TWO Dalek invasions (and two Auton incidents) in the same city a century later, to say nothing of a giant monster in Cardiff, dinosaurs rampaging through the streets, and a ton of other wierd stuff...
Mark
Posted by Johnny (Member # 878) on :
Completely stupid? Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
The youngest Doctor ever (26, 3 years younger than Davison).
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: Regarding everyone forgetting about seeing a giant metal man stomping down various buildings in old London, it's I suppose the same thing as people quickly forgetting about TWO Dalek invasions (and two Auton incidents) in the same city a century later, to say nothing of a giant monster in Cardiff, dinosaurs rampaging through the streets, and a ton of other wierd stuff...
Mark
Now why would anyone remember a thing like that? *neutraliser flash* Anyway, it was just swamp gas refracting the light from venus into a Tardis balloon.
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
This story DID take place pre-Torchwood, so they couldn't have done anythign about it. I figure the few hundred people who saw the Iron Giant for the few minutes it was destroying stuff, were generally ignored by the people they tried to tell and judged as insane. Perhaps the asylums around London got especially full that winter?
Mark
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Well, except that the thing was big enough to be seen from most of London, made enough noise to get a lot of attention, and left some noticeable destruction. I think that would result in enough evidence for it to be taken seriously. At the time, anyway. Maybe not 150 years later.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Possibly someone's been "correcting" the timeline and will be revealed at a later date? Or the Doctor travels to alternate timelines each time he goes forward/back- resulting in some instances where he'll be known and others where he's relativly an unknown figure to both authorities and the general public.
Or the government blamed a hollywood production's SFX being seen and misunderstood. Hey, it beats the ol' "Weather Baloon" gag.
Posted by Zipacna (Member # 1881) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: Or the government blamed a hollywood production's SFX being seen and misunderstood.
Only if someone's been messing with the timeline (beyond the cover-up, that is)! Muybridge's galloping horse wasn't taken until 1877/78, so it's very difficult to blame Hollywood for anything in 1851. Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Well, blame those damn Yanks then! Say it's a World's Fair exhibit gone awry.... or my favorite: contaimnated water/ gas leak causing halucinations.
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