TV Home Forum

Doctor Who - Discussions on Season 5 onwards

Spoiler Free Please (March 2007)

This site closed in March 2021 and is now a read-only archive
RE
Reboot
Bail posted:
But they haven't, The 8th Doctor is still growing strong (Big Finish), with many references to The Time Lords and Galifrey but none of a Time War. So why has the (idiot) Davies randomly decided the Time Lords are not gone and the Doctor has fought in a Time War which he has decided to invent but not explain.

Big Finish, per their licence from the Beeb, are only allowed to make "Classic Series" audios - they are not allowed to use, reference or foreshadow any events, new characters or races [or new versions of existing characters] from the "New Series". In addition and for completely separate reasons, they can't use anything from the 1996 TV movie except the Eighth Doctor himself.

Plus, the head of Big Finish's Doctor Who range (Nicholas Briggs, who's also done a lot of voice work for the new series, including the Daleks, Cybermen and Judoon), is on record as saying "how do you visualise a Time War", going on to question whether you just say it's a normal war with lots of Time mentions ("fire up the Timeonic Missiles!"), or something completely insane and thus impossible to write a coherent story for.
SA
saturdaymorning
Then just do a normal war without all the time mentions.
RS
Richard Smith
According to the BBC Doctor Who Website, if the football overruns on Saturday, we'll have to wait another week for 'Gridlock'.
ST
stevek
found a youtube link to my favorite music of series two Very Happy

so I thought I'd share it with you, being the kind soul that I am Wink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJB2etfZbj0&mode=related&search=
ST
SillyTilly
Richard Smith posted:
According to the BBC Doctor Who Website, if the football overruns on Saturday, we'll have to wait another week for 'Gridlock'.

It better not. Sad
JO
Johnny83
BBC five posted:
Richard Smith posted:
According to the BBC Doctor Who Website, if the football overruns on Saturday, we'll have to wait another week for 'Gridlock'.

It better not. Sad


F*** the football, put it on BBC 2 seeing as so many of BBC 2's programmes have shifted over to BBC 1.

I was going to say cancel some other crap like Just For Laughs but I see that most of Saturday's schedule is dominated by sport on Saturday
DB
dbl
Richard Smith posted:
According to the BBC Doctor Who Website, if the football overruns on Saturday, we'll have to wait another week for 'Gridlock'.

I blo*dy hope the football doesn't over run! Evil or Very Mad Or as Johnny said couldn't they shift it to BBC2?
JO
Johnny83
dbl posted:
Richard Smith posted:
According to the BBC Doctor Who Website, if the football overruns on Saturday, we'll have to wait another week for 'Gridlock'.

I blo*dy hope the football doesn't over run! Evil or Very Mad Or as Johnny said couldn't they shift it to BBC2?


BBC 2 has the followng this Saturday:

5.05 Meerkat Manor
5.30 Meerkat Manor
5.55 Weakest Link
6.40 I Capture The Castle (Film)
8.30 Porridge

They could easily cancel an episode of Meerkat Manor, drop the sh*test Link move the film to later that night or a different date & cancel the rarely shown Porridge
JR
jrothwell97
Why bother with the football? Can we not drop some of the rubbish films that they show late at night if it overruns so we can still see Doctor Who ?
NE
Neil__
Doctor Who is sandwiched between two live programmes on Saturday. It seems that Joseph can't easily be moved, so the pre-recorded programme (no matter how popular) is the one the BBC will drop if necessary.

It's a shame, but I'm guessing it will only happen if there's a major amount of extra time etc
BA
Bail Moderator
Reboot posted:
Bail posted:
But they haven't, The 8th Doctor is still growing strong (Big Finish), with many references to The Time Lords and Galifrey but none of a Time War. So why has the (idiot) Davies randomly decided the Time Lords are not gone and the Doctor has fought in a Time War which he has decided to invent but not explain.

Big Finish, per their licence from the Beeb, are only allowed to make "Classic Series" audios - they are not allowed to use, reference or foreshadow any events, new characters or races [or new versions of existing characters] from the "New Series". In addition and for completely separate reasons, they can't use anything from the 1996 TV movie except the Eighth Doctor himself.

Plus, the head of Big Finish's Doctor Who range (Nicholas Briggs, who's also done a lot of voice work for the new series, including the Daleks, Cybermen and Judoon), is on record as saying "how do you visualise a Time War", going on to question whether you just say it's a normal war with lots of Time mentions ("fire up the Timeonic Missiles!"), or something completely insane and thus impossible to write a coherent story for.

Which is all fine, but it doesn't answer my question. Why did RTD decide, stupidly, to kill off the time lords. IMO the Big Finish stuff is far better than RTD's stuff.

Oh and Time Torpedoes is what your after... Let the wonderful 8th Doctor explain. Clicky
JR
jrothwell97
Neil Green posted:
Doctor Who is sandwiched between two live programmes on Saturday. It seems that Joseph can't easily be moved, so the pre-recorded programme (no matter how popular) is the one the BBC will drop if necessary.

It's a shame, but I'm guessing it will only happen if there's a major amount of extra time etc


Of course Joseph couldn't be dropped, but it could presumably be delayed by 15-20 minutes? Doctor Who could be on after Joseph .

Newer posts