You'll fight, and you'll shag, and you'll hate each other till it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends.

Spike ,'Sleeper'


Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon  

A topic for the discussion of Doctor Who, Arrow, and The Flash. Beware possible invasions of iZombie, Sleepy Hollow, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi, superhero, or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect adult content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.

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Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.

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This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.


Torque - Jun 01, 2008 3:38:40 pm PDT #2708 of 30001
Bad Wolf

Yeah that makes me a little iffy

Plus we aren't sure that this is the Doctor's 10th incarnation, its the tenth actor, but he could be any where between 10 and 13. Of course The Master managed to go beyond 13 I believe, but he's not The Doctor of course. Just makes you wonder.


Juliebird - Jun 01, 2008 3:46:42 pm PDT #2709 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Actually, if you couple that with the ominous statement from some eps back, can't remember the context at all, but some character told the Doctor that his time was limited (Fires of Pompei?). And that could either mean that all incarnations of the Doctor are nearing their end, or David Tennant's Doctor is nearing his end. One means the show is gonna be over soon (wah!), the other means that David Tennant's run is going to over soon (wah again!).

That actually makes sense now that River Song exclaimed about the Doctor's age, because she knew him as a different Doctor, but wasn't sure if she was seeing an incarnation previous to her experiences with him, or after.


SailAweigh - Jun 01, 2008 5:52:04 pm PDT #2710 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

DW 4.08

Another creepy as all get out episode, with a cliffhanger! Grrr. Don't wanna wait.

The time conundrum reminds me a little of the Time Traveler's Wife. The first time he meets his wife, she's been meeting him for ten years of her life. Her line is inexorably forward, while his is herky jerky. Any time she meets him, it will always be in her present. For him, it can be past or future, only tangentially his present, too.

Juliebird, I think you've got the right of it. She said at one point, let's compare diaries. It leads you to believe that while they know one another well, they don't live together. They have to have an external way of comparing timelines. Which also leads you to believe that she may know him as more than one of the Doctors. All future doctors to this one, but not this, not yet anyway.


DebetEsse - Jun 01, 2008 6:47:09 pm PDT #2711 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Sail, I had the same literary thought. Which also makes me think that she's gonna die and he goes into whatever relationship they have knowing how it's going to end.

I think the little girl is not real, that her whole world is a construction. Although there's also the issue of the dude whose family built the thing, which is an odd connection if it's not significant.

Nice call on the biography section, Julie. It would make sense with the books on the shelves when Callie (this is what I'm calling the little girl) was messing with the VCR. And the record being "saving" someone.

On a prop note, I want a notebook like River's. It can replace my french fry one when it's full.

All the names are a bit literary, lyrical, literal, something.


sumi - Jun 02, 2008 5:42:44 am PDT #2712 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Did anyone else watch Heatstroke? It had more than Wayne Pygram from Farscape but I have to say that I wasn't seeing DB Sweeney/Danica McKellar.

(I can't believe that the IMDB entry doesn't mention WP - he was all over the Sciffy ads for the movie, so much so that I was surprised that DB Sweeney was the actual star.)


sumi - Jun 02, 2008 6:49:11 am PDT #2713 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Canadian preview for the next BSG.


sumi - Jun 02, 2008 10:15:02 am PDT #2714 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

TW coming back to BBC1 in Spring of 09 but is only greenlit for 5 hours:

"We've decided to do a five-part mini-series, one big story that will run during one week," says Gardner, adding, "I wanted to make a really big noise about the show."


Dana - Jun 02, 2008 10:18:25 am PDT #2715 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Oh, I'll give her a big noise.


Polter-Cow - Jun 02, 2008 10:19:05 am PDT #2716 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Huh. Is that in lieu of a third season? Is it not doing well? Or does that mean it is doing well? Television works differently over there.


sumi - Jun 02, 2008 10:36:52 am PDT #2717 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

That's their 3rd season.