# Doctor Who 25 April Spoilers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943 "2008-04-26T04:01:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943/1 "2008-04-26T04:01:44Z")
I open with a spoiler By manner of asking the question Holy shit, was that Rose? ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943/2 "2008-04-26T04:07:06Z")
Yes, it was. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943/3 "2008-04-26T04:07:55Z")
OhMYGod, OhMyGod, OhMyGod!!! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943/4 "2008-04-26T04:10:33Z")
Cool. Okay, have our Pals across the water already seen this? Do they know what happens? We will offer money. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943/5 "2008-04-26T05:57:19Z")
Was that The Bride from a year or so ago? If not, who? ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943/6 "2008-04-26T06:13:21Z")
Yup, that’s Rose, and that’s the Bride- Donna Noble (played by Catherine Tate). If you liked the “monsters” of the episode, you should know that several people online have made knitted and/or crocheted version of them. Super cute! (Just an idea: wouldn’t it make more sense to name Doctor Who episode threads after the title- Partners in Crime, in this case, especially since they’re airing within a few weeks of each other in the UK and the US?) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943/7 "2008-04-26T09:03:04Z")
Please don’t use US broadcast dates to differentiate an episode. Whatever date it screened in the US is meaningless to everybody else, and it would be devastating if someone wandered into a thread not aware that it’s an episode they haven’t seen. All _Doctor Who_ episodes have their own titles. It’d be really helpful if you use them instead. edit: Ah, Leiko already had the same idea. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943/8 "2008-04-26T11:49:37Z")
I’ve been staying away from the Who threads because I want to avoid the confusion, you know, I’d kinda like to participate in these sort of converations in a timely manner. At any rate, because I have to say _something_, Billie Piper signed on for a good four episodes this season - so yes; we’ll be seeing Rose. (Insert horrible excited geek sound here) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943/9 "2008-04-26T13:35:51Z")
Overall I felt this was a rather weak episode, but the little creatures were so dang cute (in a cheesy way) and seeing OMG ROSE!!! made it ok for me. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943/10 "2008-04-26T14:01:55Z")
Any particular reason The Doctor is traveling with an abrasive middle aged woman instead of one of his typical Maxim friendly companions? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943/11 "2008-04-26T14:15:19Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] and seeing OMG ROSE!!! [/QUOTE] Martha’s going to be m-a-a-a-d. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943/12 "2008-04-26T14:18:09Z")
[QUOTE=Leiko] (Just an idea: wouldn’t it make more sense to name Doctor Who episode threads after the title- Partners in Crime, in this case, especially since they’re airing within a few weeks of each other in the UK and the US?) [/QUOTE] Yes it would, but if a Mod changes it now we will both look silly instead of just me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943/13 "2008-04-26T15:04:15Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] Any particular reason The Doctor is traveling with an abrasive middle aged woman instead of one of his typical Maxim friendly companions? [/QUOTE] Maybe because the person playing the companion can actually act? I’m still suspicious of this “oh, we planned to write Martha out from the start” stuff. Hmm. Maybe they saw the early rushes last year and thought “what have we done?” Billie Piper wasn’t that great either. Now at least they have a proper actor in the role. ---
**Author:** ![Sweetums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Sweetums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweetums)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943/14 "2008-04-26T15:17:05Z")
Not sure I like the new companion, but at least she isn’t in “love” with the Doctor. Martha’s drooling fangirl act really got on my nerves after a while. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943/15 "2008-04-26T15:26:20Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Martha’s going to be m-a-a-a-d. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Martha is going to be tooled-up and _serious_. Well, probably. I guess we’ll find out in a couple of hours. Sontarans! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943/16 "2008-04-26T15:38:44Z")
[QUOTE=Struan] Martha is going to be tooled-up and _serious_. [/QUOTE] Cool. Spoilers on Wikipedia. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943/17 "2008-04-26T18:24:13Z")
[QUOTE=Sweetums] Not sure I like the new companion, but at least she isn’t in “love” with the Doctor. Martha’s drooling fangirl act really got on my nerves after a while. [/QUOTE] It was kind of funny when the Doctor said “I’m looking for a mate” and she thought he was “looking to mate” and got all freaked out. I have to say though, I don’t really like it how in recent episodes he starts going off on these grandious proclaimations of how he’s the Doctor, a Time Lord and so on. It’s been a long time since I saw the old episodes (not counting a few I watched recently on the web), but I always remembered him simply telling people “I’m The Doctor” matter of factly and people just accepted it with a shrug. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943/18 "2008-04-26T20:09:47Z")
I don’t think she thought he said he was looking “to” mate, she just misinterpreted his usage of mate (friend) for the alternate usage (life partner). (I agree that she took it sexually and he didn’t mean it that way, in other words, but I don’t think she thought he said TO MATE, she just misinterpreted his meaning of what “a mate” was.) ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943/19 "2008-04-26T20:11:55Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] I don’t think she thought he said he was looking “to” mate, she just misinterpreted his usage of mate (friend) for the alternate usage (life partner). [/QUOTE] No she clearly thought he wanted to breed with her alien style. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943/20 "2008-04-26T20:48:44Z")
[QUOTE=Usram] Maybe because the person playing the companion can actually act? I’m still suspicious of this “oh, we planned to write Martha out from the start” stuff [/QUOTE] Brit dopers had a chance to see the two companions Donna and Martha on screen together today and the new beats the old hands down. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-25-april-spoilers/446943.md?page=2)