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besty
Charlie Wells posted:
Compared to previous (recent) series this penultimate episode featured the Doctor in fewer scenes, which is presumably how they managed not to have a (noticeable) 'Doctor-lite' episode.


Considering Series 5 didn't have a Christmas special at the front of it - The End of Time was filmed well before filming on Series 5 got underway - there was no need for a Doctor-lite episode, much like Series 1 didn't need one in 2005. That did have Boom Town though which wasn't Doctor-lite but for saving-on-budget reasons, and The Lodger was probably the 2010 version of this.
LI
littlesmegger
Exactly, Series 6 will probably revert back to the lite episode format, whereas this series' filming schedule didn't need it.
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Westy2
besty posted:
Charlie Wells posted:
Compared to previous (recent) series this penultimate episode featured the Doctor in fewer scenes, which is presumably how they managed not to have a (noticeable) 'Doctor-lite' episode.


Considering Series 5 didn't have a Christmas special at the front of it - The End of Time was filmed well before filming on Series 5 got underway - there was no need for a Doctor-lite episode, much like Series 1 didn't need one in 2005. That did have Boom Town though which wasn't Doctor-lite but for saving-on-budget reasons, and The Lodger was probably the 2010 version of this.


When did Matt Smith film his bit of 'The End Of Time' then? At the same session as David Tennant then take a break until Series 5 filming started, or was it tagged onto the filming of 'The Eleventh Hour' or another episode?
LI
littlesmegger
Westy2 posted:
When did Matt Smith film his bit of 'The End Of Time' then? At the same session as David Tennant then take a break until Series 5 filming started, or was it tagged onto the filming of 'The Eleventh Hour' or another episode?


Tennant walked off set, Smith walked on set... literally.
DB
dbl
Which was covered in Doctor Who Confidential as well
CR
Critique
Charlie Wells posted:
So what did people think of episode 12?

I've noticed that this series the pre-titles scene(s) have got longer than under RTD, this episode it was over 7 minutes in before the titles. The use of the Daleks, Cybermen, and other 'enemies' is interesting, as it wasn't a predictable scenario, and I personally didn't know what was going to happen. Compared to previous (recent) series this penultimate episode featured the Doctor in fewer scenes, which is presumably how they managed not to have a (noticeable) 'Doctor-lite' episode.


I noticed it too, as before it was a quick scene, but now they seem to drag on pre-titles. Also, why do they always call the Raxacorigalfallapatorians 'Slitheen'? I know they were a family of such aliens in Series One, but why are they always the ones referred too?
DA
davidhorman
Critique posted:

I noticed it too, as before it was a quick scene, but now they seem to drag on pre-titles. Also, why do they always call the Raxacorigalfallapatorians 'Slitheen'? I know they were a family of such aliens in Series One, but why are they always the ones referred too?


Might be because it's a bit of a "comedy" name - and they're fairly "comedy" aliens, too, which might be why they weren't present on screen. Can anyone remember if the Weevils were shown onscreen in the episode, cos they were on set as shown in Confidential, but I don't remember spotting them - bit scary/unrecognisable for kids?

I think I spotted the fish-head bloke from the Torchwood S2 opener in there too.

David
ST
stevek2
why were the Judoon there, they have no issue with the doctor, he just got caught up in their plan to capture the plasmavore along with everybody else in the hospital
:-(
A former member
Did you miss the plot? The Judoon - as the 'police force' of the Shadow Proclamation - are quite understandably part of the forged alliance. It was the belief of the alliance that the Doctor was to be the cause of this end of the universe scenario, so all races - friends as well as foe of the Doctor and for that matter each other - came together to create the Pandorica.
LI
littlesmegger
davidhorman posted:
Can anyone remember if the Weevils were shown onscreen in the episode, cos they were on set as shown in Confidential, but I don't remember spotting them - bit scary/unrecognisable for kids?


http://i.iimmgg.com/images/gr/8a922172c652ee59ba431e0bf19e405e.jpg
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stevek2
Andrew Wood posted:
Did you miss the plot? The Judoon - as the 'police force' of the Shadow Proclamation - are quite understandably part of the forged alliance. It was the belief of the alliance that the Doctor was to be the cause of this end of the universe scenario, so all races - friends as well as foe of the Doctor and for that matter each other - came together to create the Pandorica.


no I didn't miss the plot, just forgot that bit Wink
DA
davidhorman
littlesmegger posted:
davidhorman posted:
Can anyone remember if the Weevils were shown onscreen in the episode, cos they were on set as shown in Confidential, but I don't remember spotting them - bit scary/unrecognisable for kids?


http://i.iimmgg.com/images/gr/8a922172c652ee59ba431e0bf19e405e.jpg


"Hotlinking is not allowed", but I'll take as a yes Smile

David

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