The Next Doctor?
Last night, I was over at my parents' house to watch Doctor Who with my Dad, since they were showing last year's Christmas special, "Voyage of the Damned", on BBC America. He'd missed that episode on the Sci Fi Channel. Unfortunately, BBC America cut it down to 1 hour with commercials, so it wasn't very good. It seemed very disjointed and half the characters didn't have any introduction - they were just suddenly there in the thick of the action. Since BBC America shows the same programming over and over, I don't see why they can't cut out some of the repeats to show the episode properly. :-/
We didn't watch the following episode, "Partners in Crime", which was shown immediately after because my Mom always watches Suze Orman at the time it was on. My Dad, who had the remote control, actually left it on Doctor Who for the first 10-minutes of "Partners in Crime" until, after a couple of comments like, "God, this is so stupid," my Mom reminded him that Suze Orman was on. I liked "Partners in Crime", though. I thought it was cute and funny! :)
After getting home, I was able to track down the video for the first 2-minutes of the 2008 Doctor Who Christmas Special that was recently broadcast to raise money for Children in Need.
It looks like it will be fun! I'm happy to see that the Doctor looks like he's enjoying himself again because he seemed pretty beat up by the end of series 4. (I have wondered if that was the Doctor or David Tennant, since he seemed physically very drawn, as well, but it fit what was going on in the Doctor's life...) I'm a bit confused by why they would say "allons-y" (translation: let's go [there]) while holding their (sonic?) screwdrivers in a defensive position, though. Also, if that's a Cyberman, it looks quite strange...
I've heard that this preview has fueled speculation that David Morrissey will be the one to replace Tennant as the Doctor in 2010. Apparently, the bookies' odds were 3/1 in favor of Morrissey and went to 2/1 after this was broadcast. I'm unconvinced, though. If Morrissey's Doctor was Eleven, wouldn't he remember himself as Ten? Ten remembered himself as Five, shown in the episode, "Time Crash" (broadcast for Children in Need last year):
Although, I suppose it's possible that Eleven will be forgetful or something...
I'm not sure what to think of David Morrissey, since I've only previously seen him in Blackpool. I liked him well enough in that series (his portrayal - not necessarily the character he portrayed), but my impression was that he was often loud, speaking in a booming voice. It made some sense for his character in Blackpool, but he seemed that way in the clip above, too...I'm not sure that wouldn't get annoying after awhile...but, at least I'm getting used to the idea of someone new as the Doctor. It hasn't taken nearly as long for that as I would have expected. Partly, though, I'm excited to see what else Tennant will do. I mean, just because he's giving up Doctor Who doesn't mean he's giving up acting! *lol*
(edited for typos)
We didn't watch the following episode, "Partners in Crime", which was shown immediately after because my Mom always watches Suze Orman at the time it was on. My Dad, who had the remote control, actually left it on Doctor Who for the first 10-minutes of "Partners in Crime" until, after a couple of comments like, "God, this is so stupid," my Mom reminded him that Suze Orman was on. I liked "Partners in Crime", though. I thought it was cute and funny! :)
After getting home, I was able to track down the video for the first 2-minutes of the 2008 Doctor Who Christmas Special that was recently broadcast to raise money for Children in Need.
Click to viewIt looks like it will be fun! I'm happy to see that the Doctor looks like he's enjoying himself again because he seemed pretty beat up by the end of series 4. (I have wondered if that was the Doctor or David Tennant, since he seemed physically very drawn, as well, but it fit what was going on in the Doctor's life...) I'm a bit confused by why they would say "allons-y" (translation: let's go [there]) while holding their (sonic?) screwdrivers in a defensive position, though. Also, if that's a Cyberman, it looks quite strange...
I've heard that this preview has fueled speculation that David Morrissey will be the one to replace Tennant as the Doctor in 2010. Apparently, the bookies' odds were 3/1 in favor of Morrissey and went to 2/1 after this was broadcast. I'm unconvinced, though. If Morrissey's Doctor was Eleven, wouldn't he remember himself as Ten? Ten remembered himself as Five, shown in the episode, "Time Crash" (broadcast for Children in Need last year):
Although, I suppose it's possible that Eleven will be forgetful or something...
I'm not sure what to think of David Morrissey, since I've only previously seen him in Blackpool. I liked him well enough in that series (his portrayal - not necessarily the character he portrayed), but my impression was that he was often loud, speaking in a booming voice. It made some sense for his character in Blackpool, but he seemed that way in the clip above, too...I'm not sure that wouldn't get annoying after awhile...but, at least I'm getting used to the idea of someone new as the Doctor. It hasn't taken nearly as long for that as I would have expected. Partly, though, I'm excited to see what else Tennant will do. I mean, just because he's giving up Doctor Who doesn't mean he's giving up acting! *lol*
(edited for typos)