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maffster

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Nov 20, 2009, 4:18:48 PM11/20/09
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Here is the clip of from CiN if you missed it (UK only):
http://bbc.co.uk/i/pfnng/?t=1h15m20s

And for the foreigners:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7mnBF8FBOw

Nothing we didn't know really...

However the Doctor mentions some extra adventures between Waters of
Mars and the Crimbo story, including him getting married...
...so plenty of opportunities for books and audio adventures in the
future.

Regards
--
Mr Maff

Alan Sailsbury

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Nov 20, 2009, 7:22:04 PM11/20/09
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I couldn't quite tell if he's still loony or not from the two scenes we
saw. It's a bit of a copout for the next chapter not to follow on from
the massive build up in Waters of Mars, - but RTD always gives us an
anticlimax.

Agamemnon

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Nov 20, 2009, 8:19:01 PM11/20/09
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"maffster" <m.j....@snhs.sch.im> wrote in message
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And there's the cartoon thing with him that starts tomorrow in interactive.

>
> Regards
> --
> Mr Maff

Ignis Fatuus

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Nov 20, 2009, 8:30:27 PM11/20/09
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On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:22:04 +0000, Alan Sailsbury <al...@yahoo.comm>
wrote:

Gasp!!!

That was a quick volte!!!!!

The Doctor

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Nov 20, 2009, 8:32:18 PM11/20/09
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In article <xfmdnS3PmNFkoprW...@eclipse.net.uk>,

Thank you!
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Merry Christmas 2009 and Happy New Year 2010

pbo...@aol.com

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Nov 21, 2009, 3:02:58 AM11/21/09
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Nice to get a nod to the end of Shakespeare Code, since they obviously
aren't now able to follow that with a story.

I liked the TARDIS locking even if Ood Sigma was unimpressed!

It looks fun, overall.

Phil

Alan Sailsbury

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Nov 21, 2009, 3:13:35 AM11/21/09
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Yes but "fun" is a major tone shift from the cliffhanger of WoM. I
suspect it'll get progressively darker though.

john smith

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Nov 21, 2009, 11:56:01 AM11/21/09
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And it was the pre-credits sequence, wasn't it?
It does look like it's gonna be a downer... Someone on youtube reckons the
Ood are gonna turn out to be (proto?) Time Lords... Is that how RTD is
gonna wrap up all his loose endings?

Ignis Fatuus

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Nov 21, 2009, 12:24:41 PM11/21/09
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Season 1 - Daleks re-create themselves by shredding Humans
Season 2 - Cybermen reinvented by shredding Humans
Season 3 - Daleks re-create themselves by shredding humans
Season 3 - Time Lords Recreated by shredding Humans
Season 4 - Daleks re-created by shredding Davros

Chances are somebody's for the blender.

pbo...@aol.com

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Nov 21, 2009, 1:03:31 PM11/21/09
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I suspect from RTD's point of view the looniness wasn't intended as
character development, but as an excuse to explain why the fabric of
reality is breaking down yet again - I suspect the relevant bit will
be the Doctor's breaking of the 'Laws of Time', not his newfound
supervillainy.

Phil

pbo...@aol.com

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Nov 21, 2009, 1:04:42 PM11/21/09
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On 21 Nov, 08:13, Alan Sailsbury <al...@yahoo.comm> wrote:

It's a Christmas special - it looks darker than the clip for the
equivalent portion of last year's special.

Phil

pbo...@aol.com

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Nov 21, 2009, 1:07:14 PM11/21/09
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On 21 Nov, 16:56, "john smith" <the_johnsm...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> <pbow...@aol.com> wrote in message

>
> news:2712de43-9e82-447e...@k4g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > On 20 Nov, 21:18, maffster <m.j.l...@snhs.sch.im> wrote:
> >> Here is the clip of from CiN if you missed it (UK
> >> only):http://bbc.co.uk/i/pfnng/?t=1h15m20s
>
> >> And for the foreigners:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7mnBF8FBOw
>
> >> Nothing we didn't know really...
>
> >> However the Doctor mentions some extra adventures between Waters of
> >> Mars and the Crimbo story, including him getting married...
> >> ...so plenty of opportunities for books and audio adventures in the
> >> future.
>
> > Nice to get a nod to the end of Shakespeare Code, since they obviously
> > aren't now able to follow that with a story.
>
> > I liked the TARDIS locking even if Ood Sigma was unimpressed!
>
> > It looks fun, overall.
>
> > Phil
>
> And it was the pre-credits sequence, wasn't it?

It looks that way,

> It does look like it's gonna be a downer...

As in dark, or crap?

 Someone on youtube reckons the
> Ood are gonna turn out to be (proto?) Time Lords...  Is that how RTD is
> gonna wrap up all his loose endings?

Wow, youtube rumours seem even less plausible than some of the rumours
churned out here, if that's to be believed.

The Ood specifically say "They are returning" - plainly not referring
to themselves, and indicating an awareness on their part of pre-
existing Time Lords in their own timeline. The Time Lords are the Time
Lords, the Ood are the Ood.

Phil

Ignis Fatuus

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Nov 21, 2009, 1:20:34 PM11/21/09
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On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:56:01 -0000, "john smith"
<the_jo...@ntlworld.com> wrote:

Was it just my imagination or was there something that looks like a
Sensorite in the preview at the end of WOM.

Perhaps the Xmas title will be Return To The Sense Sphere.

pbo...@aol.com

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Nov 21, 2009, 3:41:55 PM11/21/09
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On 21 Nov, 18:20, Ignis Fatuus <Ig...@fatuusisland.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:56:01 -0000, "john smith"
>
>
>
>
>
> <the_johnsm...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
> ><pbow...@aol.com> wrote in message

> >news:2712de43-9e82-447e...@k4g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
> >> On 20 Nov, 21:18, maffster <m.j.l...@snhs.sch.im> wrote:
> >>> Here is the clip of from CiN if you missed it (UK
> >>> only):http://bbc.co.uk/i/pfnng/?t=1h15m20s
>
> >>> And for the foreigners:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7mnBF8FBOw
>
> >>> Nothing we didn't know really...
>
> >>> However the Doctor mentions some extra adventures between Waters of
> >>> Mars and the Crimbo story, including him getting married...
> >>> ...so plenty of opportunities for books and audio adventures in the
> >>> future.
>
> >> Nice to get a nod to the end of Shakespeare Code, since they obviously
> >> aren't now able to follow that with a story.
>
> >> I liked the TARDIS locking even if Ood Sigma was unimpressed!
>
> >> It looks fun, overall.
>
> >> Phil
>
> >And it was the pre-credits sequence, wasn't it?
> >It does look like it's gonna be a downer...  Someone on youtube reckons the
> >Ood are gonna turn out to be (proto?) Time Lords...  Is that how RTD is
> >gonna wrap up all his loose endings?
>
> Was it just my imagination or was there something that looks like a
> Sensorite in the preview at the end of WOM.

It's an Ood - I don't know why it now seems to have a bumpy forehead.

> Perhaps the Xmas title will be Return To The Sense Sphere

It was mentioned in "Planet of the Ood" that the Oodsphere and the
Sensesphere are in the same system - apparently by Dr Who logic,
similarities between two alien races somehow make more sense if the
planets on which they independently evolved are next to each other.

Phil

The Doctor

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Nov 21, 2009, 6:47:58 PM11/21/09
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In article <r88gg5daoo0vrbc47...@4ax.com>,

UGH! True but grostesque!

The Doctor

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Nov 21, 2009, 6:51:37 PM11/21/09
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In article <44a08641-2abf-4cd3...@a31g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>,

RTD's swan song all right.

The Doctor

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Nov 21, 2009, 6:52:11 PM11/21/09
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In article <9fecbc00-3375-4287...@e23g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,

pbo...@aol.com <pbo...@aol.com> wrote:
>On 21 Nov, 16:56, "john smith" <the_johnsm...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> <pbow...@aol.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:2712de43-9e82-447e...@k4g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > On 20 Nov, 21:18, maffster <m.j.l...@snhs.sch.im> wrote:
>> >> Here is the clip of from CiN if you missed it (UK
>> >> only):http://bbc.co.uk/i/pfnng/?t=3D1h15m20s
>>
>> >> And for the foreigners:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D_7mnBF8FBOw

>>
>> >> Nothing we didn't know really...
>>
>> >> However the Doctor mentions some extra adventures between Waters of
>> >> Mars and the Crimbo story, including him getting married...
>> >> ...so plenty of opportunities for books and audio adventures in the
>> >> future.
>>
>> > Nice to get a nod to the end of Shakespeare Code, since they obviously
>> > aren't now able to follow that with a story.
>>
>> > I liked the TARDIS locking even if Ood Sigma was unimpressed!
>>
>> > It looks fun, overall.
>>
>> > Phil
>>
>> And it was the pre-credits sequence, wasn't it?
>
>It looks that way,
>
>> It does look like it's gonna be a downer...
>
>As in dark, or crap?
>
>=A0Someone on youtube reckons the
>> Ood are gonna turn out to be (proto?) Time Lords... =A0Is that how RTD is

>> gonna wrap up all his loose endings?
>
>Wow, youtube rumours seem even less plausible than some of the rumours
>churned out here, if that's to be believed.
>
>The Ood specifically say "They are returning" - plainly not referring
>to themselves, and indicating an awareness on their part of pre-
>existing Time Lords in their own timeline. The Time Lords are the Time
>Lords, the Ood are the Ood.
>
>Phil

Any official sources?

The Doctor

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Nov 21, 2009, 7:02:56 PM11/21/09
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In article <e3ccec87-2195-4074...@k17g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,

pbo...@aol.com <pbo...@aol.com> wrote:
>On 21 Nov, 18:20, Ignis Fatuus <Ig...@fatuusisland.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:56:01 -0000, "john smith"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> <the_johnsm...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>
>> ><pbow...@aol.com> wrote in message
>> >news:2712de43-9e82-447e...@k4g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
>> >> On 20 Nov, 21:18, maffster <m.j.l...@snhs.sch.im> wrote:
>> >>> Here is the clip of from CiN if you missed it (UK
>> >>> only):http://bbc.co.uk/i/pfnng/?t=3D1h15m20s
>>
>> >>> And for the foreigners:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D_7mnBF8FBOw

>>
>> >>> Nothing we didn't know really...
>>
>> >>> However the Doctor mentions some extra adventures between Waters of
>> >>> Mars and the Crimbo story, including him getting married...
>> >>> ...so plenty of opportunities for books and audio adventures in the
>> >>> future.
>>
>> >> Nice to get a nod to the end of Shakespeare Code, since they obviously
>> >> aren't now able to follow that with a story.
>>
>> >> I liked the TARDIS locking even if Ood Sigma was unimpressed!
>>
>> >> It looks fun, overall.
>>
>> >> Phil
>>
>> >And it was the pre-credits sequence, wasn't it?
>> >It does look like it's gonna be a downer... =A0Someone on youtube reckon=
>s the
>> >Ood are gonna turn out to be (proto?) Time Lords... =A0Is that how RTD i=

>s
>> >gonna wrap up all his loose endings?
>>
>> Was it just my imagination or was there something that looks like a
>> Sensorite in the preview at the end of WOM.
>
>It's an Ood - I don't know why it now seems to have a bumpy forehead.
>
>> Perhaps the Xmas title will be Return To The Sense Sphere
>
>It was mentioned in "Planet of the Ood" that the Oodsphere and the
>Sensesphere are in the same system - apparently by Dr Who logic,
>similarities between two alien races somehow make more sense if the
>planets on which they independently evolved are next to each other.
>
>Phil

Whoa!! This has GRAND possibilities.

Alan Sailsbury

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Nov 21, 2009, 8:28:46 PM11/21/09
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john smith wrote:
> <pbo...@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:2712de43-9e82-447e...@k4g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
>> On 20 Nov, 21:18, maffster <m.j.l...@snhs.sch.im> wrote:
>>> Here is the clip of from CiN if you missed it (UK
>>> only):http://bbc.co.uk/i/pfnng/?t=1h15m20s
>>>
>>> And for the foreigners:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7mnBF8FBOw
>>>
>>> Nothing we didn't know really...
>>>
>>> However the Doctor mentions some extra adventures between Waters of
>>> Mars and the Crimbo story, including him getting married...
>>> ...so plenty of opportunities for books and audio adventures in the
>>> future.
>> Nice to get a nod to the end of Shakespeare Code, since they obviously
>> aren't now able to follow that with a story.
>>
>> I liked the TARDIS locking even if Ood Sigma was unimpressed!
>>
>> It looks fun, overall.
>>
>> Phil
>
>
> And it was the pre-credits sequence, wasn't it?

No. It was the first two scenes that will appear after the credits.

Stephen O'Connell

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Nov 22, 2009, 10:06:47 AM11/22/09
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"Ignis Fatuus" <Ig...@fatuusisland.com> wrote in message
news:vdgeg59a0bp4mnrc5...@4ax.com...

> On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:22:04 +0000, Alan Sailsbury <al...@yahoo.comm>
> wrote:
>
>>maffster wrote:
>>> Here is the clip of from CiN if you missed it (UK only):
>>> http://bbc.co.uk/i/pfnng/?t=1h15m20s
>>>
>>> And for the foreigners:
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7mnBF8FBOw
>>>
>>> Nothing we didn't know really...
>>>
>>> However the Doctor mentions some extra adventures between Waters of
>>> Mars and the Crimbo story, including him getting married...
>>> ...so plenty of opportunities for books and audio adventures in the
>>> future.
>>
>>I couldn't quite tell if he's still loony or not from the two scenes we
>>saw. It's a bit of a copout for the next chapter not to follow on from
>>the massive build up in Waters of Mars, - but RTD always gives us an
>>anticlimax.
>
> Gasp!!!
>
> That was a quick volte!!!!!

People are allowed to change their mind yer know! :-)


The Doctor

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Nov 22, 2009, 10:35:23 AM11/22/09
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Just like Midnight being the worst RTD.

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