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"Panic is a slow dissolve, a terror quiet calm."

May 22, 2013 12:53

1. Yesterday afternoon, we saw J.J. Abrams' Star Trek: Into Darkness, and I loved it. Delightfully superb! Do not listen to the nay-sayers.

2. Yes, I'm very sorry to hear that Christopher Eccleston will not be part of the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special. The Constant Reader will recall that Nine is MY Doctor. But to these people who are acting ( Read more... )

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vipermitch May 22 2013, 18:20:00 UTC

Almost forgot - if no one noticed but in the Season finale they announced the next Doctor will be John Hurt.

greygirlbeast May 22 2013, 18:28:21 UTC

but in the Season finale they announced the next Doctor will be John Hurt.

I haven't seen a finalized announcement. Everything I've read is along the lines of:

And as 73-year-old Hurt turned round, the words "introducing John Hurt as The Doctor" flashed on-screen. But it is not entirely clear if Hurt is expected to become part of the weekly series.

setsuled May 22 2013, 18:36:14 UTC

There is a lot of speculation about who John Hurt is. The two leading theories are that he was a secret incarnation from between Paul McGann and Christopher Eccleston--who is not called "The Doctor" and not considered part of the Doctor's lineage because of his actions in the Time War--and that he's the Valeyard, an amalgamation from between the Doctor's twelfth and thirteenth incarnations who first appeared in The Trial of a Time Lord, a story that encompassed the whole of the Sixth Doctor's second season.

greygirlbeast May 22 2013, 18:48:13 UTC

There is a lot of speculation about who John Hurt is.

Yup.

Also, I think you know a lot more about the Whovian mythos than do I.

setsuled May 22 2013, 19:01:39 UTC

Also, I think you know a lot more about the Whovian mythos than do I.

Heh, a dubious distinction to be sure.

In any case, it's really exciting that John Hurt is involved.

greygirlbeast May 22 2013, 19:03:01 UTC

Agreed, re: Hurt. I love him.

ext_1846900 May 22 2013, 19:21:59 UTC

John Hurt is allegedly the actual 9th regeneration of the Doctor. The Doctor does not consider him the DOCTOR, because of the things he did in the Time War while he was inhabiting that incarnation. He is not the next Doctor, he is who the Doctor was when he did the things that the Doctor couldn't face. Yes, that makes Matt Smith the 12th regeneration.

greygirlbeast May 22 2013, 19:47:15 UTC

That's...cool. A nice workaround.

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