I watched Doctor Who tonight, and I have to ask - are they really gone? Did he really do the wise adult thing and let them go?
When we landed here you said you needed a few days to get space worthy again and is there somethin' wrong with your bunk?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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Zenkitty - Sep 17, 2011 6:30:55 pm PDT #18151 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 17, 2011 6:35:20 pm PDT #18152 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Why is everybody whitefonting a US airing?
And to Zenkitty's last question - I'm guessing it's not going to take, particularly because they still need to resolve the whole "who shot the Doctor" from the first episode.
zuisa - Sep 17, 2011 6:39:15 pm PDT #18153 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
I don't think they're gone for good, unless the BBC is OK with lying about who has signed on for certain seasons. But I guess that would be excellently evil of them.
CRAIG! I was so excited when I saw him in the preview. "The Lodger" is such a fun episode.
Zenkitty - Sep 17, 2011 6:41:53 pm PDT #18154 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Why is everybody whitefonting a US airing?
Scared. Better safe than sorry.
beekaytee - Sep 17, 2011 7:14:17 pm PDT #18155 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Craig, not Dave. Where did I get Dave?
Anyway, I'm excited to see what they come up with for him.
Fiona - Sep 17, 2011 9:16:37 pm PDT #18156 of 30001
I just knew that when they set Rita up as a potential companion and made me like her that they were going to kill her off. Bastards. A Muslim companion would have been cool.
§ ita § - Sep 17, 2011 10:27:40 pm PDT #18157 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I ronically, the thing most needing whitefonting in the past page is the news that they're signed for next season. Board rules are a little confusing on that front, I think.
WindSparrow - Sep 18, 2011 4:55:21 am PDT #18158 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I just knew that when they set Rita up as a potential companion and made me like her that they were going to kill her off.
It was so obvious to me that she was never going to go with the Doctor, that I never considered her more than "good material" for a companion. I had rather hoped that she would be one of those, "thanks awfully, but I want to stay with my regular life" [for some reason that is quite fulfilling and really means that she is more stable and whole than, say, Donna or Rose] potential companions, rather than a dead one.
chrismg - Sep 18, 2011 8:47:01 am PDT #18159 of 30001
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
I liked it quite a bit, but the emotional continuity from "The Girl Who Waited" is terrible, especially considering Amy's speech about the faith she has in the Doctor.
Sufficiently terrible, in fact, that I'm arbitrarily declaring that "The Girl Who Waited" takes place between the next-last and last scenes of this episode. It makes sense the Doctor would want to take the Ponds someplace special before dropping them off for good.
Polter-Cow - Sep 18, 2011 9:09:32 am PDT #18160 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
the emotional continuity from "The Girl Who Waited" is terrible, especially considering Amy's speech about the faith she has in the Doctor.
It was definitely weird that that didn't come up in that scene.