TL;DR = DOCTOR WHO 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL SATURDAY 11/23 CIRCA 1:45PM ON BBC AMERICA. I'M PLUGGING THAT. I ALSO HAVE THE BOUNDLESS AUDACITY TO TALK SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME AND LEAVE NOW IF YOU DON'T WANNA READ MY POST. THANKS.

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nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah. nah nah nah NAHNAH (gettin fiddy wit' it!) >> here's the second proper trailer for the 50th anniversary special

yeah glorious will smith song references aside, it's getting to be that time of the century where the quintessentially venerable "...you know, for kids" tv-show steps up and turns 50 years old.... which means that all of the stops have been pulled out and you're getting a hot load of david tennant, billie piper, and a zygon!

oh and you've also just gotten a prequel "mini-sode" called 'The Night Of The Doctor' starring paul mcgann. If you're a whovian or i suppose anyone who might end up seeing the 50th, this will give you a bit more of insight as to what's going on here (especially with how someone's name is listed in the end credits) with the proper 50th anniversary special "The Day of the Doctor" (be sure to #SaveTheDay because your corporate overlords have willed it. ALL HAIL DIGITAL/DIGITIZED HEGEMONY!

ahem, so yeah on 11/23/13, the proper 50th anniversary of Doctor Who's first broadcast (in the midst of JFK-a-palooza no less), BBC is going to have the show air simultaneously across the world, meaning circa 1:50pm a week from tomorrow (sat 11/23) you'll be able to see what the world sees (hopefully w/o commercials) and waits for with <Dax> 'baitin' </Dax> breath.... cuz uhhh... you know, tennant piper and a zygon? GET HYPED YO!!! THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR IS UPON US!!!

I recently went back and watched some of season 7.2 and i must say that i rather enjoy the visual aesthetics of the show. the run with Jenna Coleman (get the "Louise" out!) has had wonderfully vibrant yet still drab colors. i dig the overall atmosphere via the production value evolving to a point where the CGI is better interwoven with the standard costomes/wardrobes/props and whatnot.... the show looks brilliant, however the drama is another story and the further we get away from that hamfisted mary-sue love affair with the doctor (especially the endless droning on with the pondscum that had to remind us that the lonely god is the lonely god for a reason.... and don't get me started on river. if i never have to see alex kingston's smarmy mug acting all DT-level-condescending with SPOILERSSSSSSS it'll be a GREAT FUCKING DAY FOR MANKIND cuz i'm soooo sick of that shit. maybe have her be a one off every few years, but like, if she's gotta factor into every ultimate crisis for the doctor (i.e. moffat decides to have the doctor die on us... again. or get entombed. or something about his inevitable death death death) i'll just wanna scream and shout and break something.

so yeah, this one's gonna be a spectacle and i hope that moffat can deliver without cramming his moffatisms of the greater matt smith run into the show. i think the clara/7.2 era has been a refreshing step back into the right direction (even if they're writing ol hipsterpants in such a way that he's coming off extra LOL-SO-ALIEN like he did in the lodger/2) and this and teh x-mas special are going to be "event television" like the BBC loves.... so hey, give me some CGI time war, give me some john hurt gravitas, and i'll accept the squee-inducing 10+11 onscreen together moment that will cause vaginas tumblrwide to cry sweet tears of fangirl love...

and then kill the hipster MULVA (perhaps the only MWSFMB meme that'll ever exist, unless the MWSFMB itself becomes a meme) and give me some capaldi and clara going on less action-heroic adventures alongside the excellent work that the visual departments have been doing.... and for the love of god upgrade the music for the title graphics (i'm a sucker for the electronic 80-86 version =) and uhhh yeah. shake gently and serve chilled.

insincerely,

genus name homoputzoafus!

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I love it when Sini gets all riled up...

50th anniversary show, kiddies! Not too many shows have been on for 50 years...

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Middle Aged Crazy, like Uncle Terry

Enjoyed him naming the companions from the Big Finish audio shows. It was a total fanwank by Moffat, but nice for McGann to get some screen time, even if it was a webio.

No, no, no. That is a "DVD extra."

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Middle Aged Crazy, like Uncle Terry

Never watched this show before but became interested after seeing the 50th anniversary promo. I watched my first episode (42) and was impressed; they are running episodes starting Monday for the lead up to the 50th.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

it's on BBC america right now. the rumors of the i.m. foreman sign in the first shot were spot on! hey and here's that other famous photo we saw from filming. GODDAMN MATT SMITH YOU'RE SOOOOOOO ZANY!

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Dr Who's a great children's show, up there with Scooby Doo, Sesame Street, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego and Blue's Clues, according to those who know such things.

hahahaha john hurt's blurting out things that oldschool/classic who fans say when they knock contemporary dr. who.

he called out matt smith for always waving his hands around while he talks....nicely played. just like the obligatory tennant in a fez shot for the tumblr world.

also there was a subtle lil reference to eccleston when hurt spoke about assembling cabinets, tho i think harkness said that maybe.... it's from the doctor dances / the empty child

oh and that asthsma chick has the tom baker scarf going on. easter egg hunter's wet dream here

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Watched it finally.
Overall a good not great episode. Very even for the most part no real low points just the highs where not there like in most other of the episodes where the doctors get together. There was a ton of stuff in there for long time followers of the show. I lost count on some of them. I did lose my mind at the last "surprise" It was nice for him to be involved with a show that he helped make a true world wide phenom.
Couple of things made little to no sense.
If he changed the timeline as radically as was shown then the old/current timeline is no longer valid and ,well I will not go further as to do so is spoiler material. I also think they messed up by not getting Eccelston,I thought his doctor was just plain fun.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Eccleson met with Moffat twice but still didn't want to do it. One of his requests in doing media stuff for Thor 2 was not to ask him about Who. It's pretty much on him. There were some decent highs, seeing Capaldi briefly was cool as well as all the pictures on the board at the UNIT place. If you didn't think seeing Tom Baker was a high, you're nuts. Who cares about spoilers, the people who post here watch it. Interesting move scrapping the whole angsty emo "I'm the last of my kind" storyline. I like it, it was good for a few seasons, but it offers up much more story telling opportunities. Takes a big ol' dump on RTD, but oh well. Surprised they avoided the Valyard.

I jumped out of my seat when I heard his voice.
I wonder what soured Eccelston so bad on Who? I mean if he was not good and did a decent job it would have failed. So he basically had a lot to shoulder but I thought he was superb in his year. I recorded all the special shows. The companion one sucked in that it only talked about the new ones, only one of the old group they even talked about was Sara Jane.
Okay time for a paradox buster. When they refused to use the Galaxy Shredder and instead put Gallafry into suspended animation it would alter the entire time flow, not just the War Doctors. There is no reason
for the Doctor to act or for people to treat him like they did up to that point. The other major problem I have with the way everything works is that the T.A.R.D.I.S. runs on energy it gets from Gallefry,so how is it getting power now? The other thing I really am not liking about these new versions of the Doctor is that he is falling in love and becoming romantically linked to his companions.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Now that was all with Russel T Davis in charge and his beef was mostly with the director of a few of the first episodes who wasn't around at the end so you'd think he could have come back. Like I said he met with Moffat twice, but I guess it didn't work out. Follows in the tradition of Baker skipping the Five Doctors I guess.

It's sad and yet, Tennant proved to be a very popular replacement. Who knows whether he would've been available two years hence, if Eccleston remained in the role? The flipside is, he had a nice role in Thor II which ought to have paid well, so it's not quite like Tom Baker's post-Who career. ("Monarch of the Glen" being a highlight, and boatloads of voiceover work.)

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Middle Aged Crazy, like Uncle Terry

Not like you could even tell that was Eccleson in Thor 2.

Best of both worlds: money and no rep for slumming in superhero movies. Bring on the white facepaint!

Compared to: Cumberbatch as Khan in the Star Trek movie.

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Middle Aged Crazy, like Uncle Terry

To make the last scene perfect I would of had Baker offer Smith a Jellybaby

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"