Doctor Who and the Waters of Mars

[TanisFrey]

Before it shows? How? Do you work at the BBC?

I have to wait for Dec 25th and Jan 1st along with everybody else. Still, something to look forward to!

I was speaking of The Waters of Mars and Y-tube not The End of Time, either part.

 

[Morrus]

I was speaking of The Waters of Mars and Y-tube not The End of Time, either part.

Oh, right. My bad!

 

[Morrus]

Anyone see the End of Time preview on Children in Need last night? About 3 minutes of the episode (I think it may have been the beginning - if not, it was clearly near the beginning).

Spoiler

The Doctor turns up on the Ood homeworld (the snowy planet), meets Oood Sigma, cracks some jokes, notices that the Ood civilization has progressed far too much in just 100 years, mentions that he spent some time travelling, including getting married, to put the meeting off since he knows what it's about, and then joins in a psychic circle thing and sees the Master and says "that man is dead!"

 

[TanisFrey]

Oh, right. My bad!

Not a problem, I was not very clear in my response to you.

 

[Ed_Laprade]

I thought it was good, but would have had a stronger ending if they had finished about 5 mins before the actual ending. I don't want to introduce any spoilers, but to my mind it would have been more powerful (and would have left less inexplicable quandaries) if they had

Spoiler

left it with the Doctor walking off

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Agreed. I can't see how what happened in the last five minutes could have been considered inspirational.

 

[evildmguy]

On Mouseferatu's LJ, they say there is a name that explains why Queen Elizabeth was mad at the Doctor.

Sadly, I didn't catch it. Can anyone clue me into what's going on?

Thanks!

edg

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

On Mouseferatu's LJ, they say there is a name that explains why Queen Elizabeth was mad at the Doctor.

Sadly, I didn't catch it. Can anyone clue me into what's going on?

Thanks!

edg

I liked the show. It is a little unfortunate, though, that the Doctor, just as he realizes the power he has sees that it does no good. It would be nice to see him in this state of "arrogance" for a longer time.

 

[Mouseferatu]

On Mouseferatu's LJ, they say there is a name that explains why Queen Elizabeth was mad at the Doctor.

Sadly, I didn't catch it. Can anyone clue me into what's going on?

It wasn't in Waters of Mars. It was in the three minutes of footage from End of Time that they showed a few days later.

[sblock]The Doctor says something to the effect of "Good Queen Bess. Her nickname's no longer--ahem, well anyway."

"Queen Bess" is Queen Elizabeth. And one of the names by which she was known was "The Virgin Queen."

I think you can figure the rest out. [/sblock]

 

[Mark Hope]

I liked the show. It is a little unfortunate, though, that the Doctor, just as he realizes the power he has sees that it does no good. It would be nice to see him in this state of "arrogance" for a longer time.

Agreed. This was my only real gripe with the show. He was all "oops, what have I done?" a bit too quickly. I'd have liked him to be a bit more "kneel before Zod!" for longer. Oh well. Something has clearly gone wrong if we are hearing the Cloister Bell. Roll on Xmas day...

 

[evildmguy]

It wasn't in Waters of Mars. It was in the three minutes of footage from End of Time that they showed a few days later.

[sblock]The Doctor says something to the effect of "Good Queen Bess. Her nickname's no longer--ahem, well anyway."

"Queen Bess" is Queen Elizabeth. And one of the names by which she was known was "The Virgin Queen."

I think you can figure the rest out. [/sblock]

Aha! I haven't seen that preview, which was my confusion. I am glad I didn't miss anything.

Thanks!

edg