The New Doctor (13th)

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The BBC has enough Edwardian, Tudor, Elizabethan, and Victorian era costumes in their wardrobes that DW could have a new companion from any of those eras at a reasonable budget.

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And the Doctor’s new companion is…Jim Inhofe (R-OKLA).

“You see? It’s bigger on the inside!”

“Yes, just like how my glass of water doesn’t overflow when the ice melts.”

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I’ve been having to explore this [stet] for the unpublishable novel I’m slowly writing about to start rewriting. The more I look at the 1890s-1900s the more I realise what a “modern” era they were, so long as you were middle or upper class on the East Coast or in Western Europe. And then you get a shock as people die in childbirth or of minor infections.

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It was even more recent than that. Four of my mother’s siblings died in childhood. My grandmother was the only one of her family to make it to adulthood. None of my generation in my extended family have died of anything beyond cancer and alcohol-based stupidity.

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They must also have a pretty good Roman costume department. So many centurions. So many.

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Well, we now know why. Centurions are paid a lot better than Vestal Virgins at the BBC.

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that is one of my most favorite episodes ever. i’m tearing up just thinking about that ending.

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This was the bit I really loved:

The Girl in the Fireplace was probably my favorite episode, though.

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omg, the girl in the fireplace was so good, too. love it. <3

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I was reminded of this comment over the last two days as I watch the “Fury From the Deep” storyline, where Victoria’s screaming literally saves the day in more than one episode and provides the solution for the story’s enemy. *sigh*

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Yeah. I blame the writers for that. Sad news about Deborah Watling a couple of weeks ago, of course. But damn, Victoria annoyed me. Zoe kicked ass, though.

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So following that logic killgrave is a really bad stage in the doctors life and he controls people with a sonic screwdriver hidden in his pocket?

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Well, he does have a bit of experience with hypnotism…

Time Lord DNA included a psychic empathy field, indicating that all Time Lords may have been capable of hypnosis.

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I saw the Christmas episode (I sailed the high seas under a black flag to get it) and I must say I am excited about the new Doctor and the way the show will go. Only thing that sucks is I have to wait so damn long to see it!!

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Hush ye… my source no longer has it so could you help a fellow geek out? I have a ticket for wednesday night on the big screen though.

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It’s in my dropbox. for anyone to grab.:slight_smile:

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You win the internets today for that.

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I acquired the episode through other means as well, watched last night. A bit of a normal sappy Christmas episode, but not bad.

Relatively minor nitpick, and not related to the newest Doctor, but whoever wrote the episode clearly didn’t bother to get a feel for the first Doctor’s speech patterns at all. The “smacked bottom” threat was the only line that seemed to fit him, but even then it felt a bit like “generic grandpa talk”.

And, if they were going to show the old footage, you’d think that even for a very short time they could have found better stand-ins for Polly and Ben… Polly may have been passable, but Ben looked like they just grabbed the nearest stagehand and slapped a random wig on him.

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I saw your message late but I see that @sosumi got you covered. Not sure if the episode would work on the big screen though. Doesn’t seem like a good fit.