New 11th Doctor Trailer

[N9IWP]

I for one am looking forward to the return of

River Song

Brian

[Baron_Greenback]

@BigT

I’m glad that the first shot is not from Doctor Who, and I hope the latter is not, either. The show should not be reduced to being about getting the companion down to her skivvies.

(The reason I liked the first one was that it looked like it could have been period dress. But running around in her underwear would just be pure fanservice.)

Get a grip. The show is going out at 6:25 on a Saturday evening, do you really think there’s going to be a lot of underwear scenes? The second shot is from Karen’s modelling portfolio, btw.

[Boulter_s_Canary]

@Walker_in_Eternity

Having said that IMO Tennant’s acting was 2D at best much of the time and he only seemed to have 4 facial expressions.

2D? I wouldn’t say it was that good. He had ‘shouty mode’ and “I’m very, very sorry”. And that was it. Oh, apart from his ‘I’m thinking’ face, which always suggested constipation to me.

@Walker_in_Eternity

I’m willing to give Smith a go and am looking forward to Saturday. Personally I like his slightly geeky and odd approach, but then I liked Troughton’s Doctor too.

Seconded.

[BigT]

@Baron_Greenback

Get a grip. The show is going out at 6:25 on a Saturday evening, do you really think there’s going to be a lot of underwear scenes? The second shot is from Karen’s modelling portfolio, btw.

I haven’t a clue. I haven’t watched television at the actual times in a long time. I didn’t even know when Doctor Who aired. I got used to seeing it really late at night on PBS here in the States.

But you are right that I was being overly dramatic. I was seeing things that weren’t there. Still, I don’t get why you would advertise the show like that: “Doesn’t this girl have a great body? Come and watch this show where we’ll cover it all up.”

[BigT]

@Boulter_s_Canary

2D? I wouldn’t say it was that good. He had ‘shouty mode’ and “I’m very, very sorry”. And that was it. Oh, apart from his ‘I’m thinking’ face, which always suggested constipation to me.

Seconded.

But that’s what I liked about him. The fact that, on the surface, he didn’t have that many emotions. It makes him more mysterious–trying to figure out what he’s really thinking.

What I’m currently not liking about Smith is that he’s playing the Doctor a bit goofy. I’m hoping there’s a reason for this: does the apparent age of the Doctor’s reincarnation usually affect his maturity level?

[GuanoLad]

@BigT

What I’m currently not liking about Smith is that he’s playing the Doctor a bit goofy. I’m hoping there’s a reason for this: does the apparent age of the Doctor’s reincarnation usually affect his maturity level?

You speak as though you have never seen the show. Particularly the original series. There has never been an incarnation of the Doctor that didn’t have his playful side, sometimes stretching it to breaking point.

[Walker_in_Eternity]

@GuanoLad

You speak as though you have never seen the show. Particularly the original series. There has never been an incarnation of the Doctor that didn’t have his playful side, sometimes stretching it to breaking point.

True. I loved the scene in the three Doctors where William Hartnell says, “so these are my replacements, a dandy and a clown”.

Many of the Doctors in the original series had a humorous side for example:

Patrick Troughton’s recorder and stove pipe hat.

John Pertwee’s venusian singing and aikido

Sylvester McCoy’s spoon playing.

Collin Baker’s entire wardrobe.

Tom Baker was funny and intense at the same time, only Davidson’s Doctor seemed without too many quirks.

[Jennyrosity]

Apart from the celery. Not many people could carry that off…

[Walker_in_Eternity]

@Jennyrosity

Apart from the celery. Not many people could carry that off…

I forgot the celery.

[Boulter_s_Canary]

@BigT

But that’s what I liked about him. The fact that, on the surface, he didn’t have that many emotions. It makes him more mysterious–trying to figure out what he’s really thinking.

What I’m currently not liking about Smith is that he’s playing the Doctor a bit goofy. I’m hoping there’s a reason for this: does the apparent age of the Doctor’s reincarnation usually affect his maturity level?

Christopher Eccleston did that better, IMO. He really did appear to be an alien who had to occasionally remind himself what human emotions were and when to show them.