# {New Dr Who Season, UK pace} \[edited title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347 "2011-04-22T12:42:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**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:** [May 22, 2011, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347/461 "2011-05-22T07:52:23Z")
There’s a strange part of the story when the team first arrive, with this dialogue: [QUOTE=The Rebel Flesh] Amy: “So where are these Dusty Springfield-loving monks, then?” Doctor: “I think we’re here. This is it.” Rory: “Doctor, what are you talking about? We haven’t even been here before.” Doctor: “Hmm?” Amy: “We came here by accident.” Doctor: “Accident? Yes. I know. Accident.” Rory hurts himself on the acid pipe. Doctor: “Acid. They’re pumping acid off this island. That’s old stuff. Fresh acid, you wouldn’t have a finger.” Intruder Alert alarm goes off. Doctor: “There are people coming. Well, almost.” Amy: “Almost coming?” Doctor: “Almost people.”\* [/QUOTE] My point is it seems that the Doctor knew where he was, and what was going on inside. Either he’d been there before, or there’s something timey-wimey going on at the heart of it, perhaps arc-related events. Later he seemed to know what the consequences of the organic doppelganger goop was going to become (perhaps from events that ensue in a timeline he has visited before). Just thought I’d throw that out there. - _The Almost People_ is the title of the next episode ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347/462 "2011-05-22T12:36:32Z")
The Doctor seems to know a lot he’s not letting on - in addition to the above scene, he not only isn’t surprised that some in the post-knockout group are gangers, but he also seems to have little trouble spotting them among the humans - he knew the woman was a ganger (Cleeves?) before he handed her the hot plate of food. He also knew about his ganger self at the end - all that “Show yourself!” business, he _knew_ there was a ganger Doctor in the chapel and why shouldn’t he? All that touching and sonic’ing of the goop, he deliberately generated the other Doctor. Thought really, for someone who has entirely changed his body ten times over he shouldn’t have looked quite so squicked about it. Remember Amy at the beginning saying whatever you’re doing I want to be a part of it? Well, maybe this trip had been planned. Either that, or he’s just assuming Sexy brought them to that place/time for a reason. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347/463 "2011-05-22T13:02:09Z")
Last week he accused Sexy of not always taking him where he wanted to go. Her answer: She takes him where he _needs_ to go. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347/464 "2011-05-22T13:45:24Z")
…so maybe it’s the ganger Doctor that ends up getting shot in “The Impossible Astronaut”. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347/465 "2011-05-22T14:20:35Z")
ooo! That would explain how the Doctor could go 200 years on one regeneration, because our Gallifreyan friend can’t even seem to last a decade with the same body. Oh, wait - but a ganger Doctor wouldn’t regenerate, would he? ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347/466 "2011-05-22T15:51:51Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > …so maybe it’s the ganger Doctor that ends up getting shot in “The Impossible Astronaut”. That’s the obvious assumption they want you to make, but it seems far too easy and pat to me. I’ll be disappointed if it’s that simple. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347/467 "2011-05-22T16:40:38Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > But, oddly enough, he _didn’t_ die this episode, not even once. > > Though he better be careful about leaping at and tackling women with elaborate, killing cattle-prods if he wants to continue living. He seems like such a quiet guy, but he’s got some RAR! PROTECT! in him. Anyone think he might have a subconscious death wish because he’s not “supposed” to be alive? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347/468 "2011-05-22T16:50:28Z")
I could argue that stepping into the TARDIS at all is a subconscious death wish, but no, I don’t actually think that. Rory is probably a little paranoid the universe is out to get him, but I don’t think Rory wants to die. ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347/469 "2011-05-22T17:06:23Z")
> [@Candyman74](#): > > That’s the obvious assumption they want you to make, but it seems far too easy and pat to me. I’ll be disappointed if it’s that simple. Maybe it’s the other way around? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347/470 "2011-05-22T18:14:24Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > ooo! That would explain how the Doctor could go 200 years on one regeneration, because our Gallifreyan friend can’t even seem to last a decade with the same body. > > Oh, wait - but a ganger Doctor wouldn’t regenerate, would he? He started regenerating, and then got shot in the middle of it so he didn’t complete his regeneration. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347/471 "2011-05-22T18:25:45Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > BBC America won’t show the next episode for two weeks. I guess it’s because it’s Memorial day weekend. Dammit! I guess that means this thread is going to be off limits for us Americans after next week, since every episode will now be a week behind. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347/472 "2011-05-22T18:33:13Z")
That happened last year too. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347/473 "2011-05-22T18:41:16Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Anyone think he might have a subconscious death wish because he’s not “supposed” to be alive? > > -Joe I don’t think that, but I do think it’s relevant that Amy repeatedly sees Rory die. Not the subconscious death wish thing, but the “he is supposed to be dead” thing seems likely to me. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347/474 "2011-05-22T18:48:47Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Dammit! I guess that means this thread is going to be off limits for us Americans after next week, since every episode will now be a week behind. :mad: To be honest, it didn’t seem to stop many of the US posters last year when the schedules were out of whack. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347/475 "2011-05-22T19:11:14Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > To be honest, it didn’t seem to stop many of the US posters last year when the schedules were out of whack. 😉 Heh, well yes but I was glad that for once I \*did not \*have to go that route to see the show. 😉 > [@Nobody](#): > > That happened last year too. Last season didn’t start out showing the episodes the same day though, we were a week or more behind for the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347/476 "2011-05-22T19:43:24Z")
That won’t last long. I think the show stops until this Fall after episode 6. **It’ll be back in sync next Fall with ep 7.** > [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Dammit! I guess that means this thread is going to be off limits for us Americans after next week, since every episode will now be a week behind. :mad: I think splitting the show’s air dates is a mistake. Fans barely get interested and it’s over. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347/477 "2011-05-22T19:53:07Z")
Press release and the reason for the split air dates. No word on when the split is. It’s Probably after ep 6 airs. > **[BBC - Press Office - Next series of Doctor Who to be split transmission](https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/08_august/29/doctor.shtml)** > > Press Releases ---
**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:** [May 22, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347/478 "2011-05-22T19:53:54Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > That won’t last long. I think the show stops until this Fall after episode 6. > > **It’ll be back in sync next Fall with ep 7.** The split is 1-7, and then 8-13 later in the year. Still haven’t seen this weeks, I’m downloading it from iPlayer one bit at a time it seems. Damn flaky internet connection _shakes fist_ ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347/479 "2011-05-22T20:33:16Z")
The whole “schedules out of whack” thing could be avoided if, say, the BBC would allow people _all over the world_ the use of the UK iplayer thingy for a (reasonable) fee. Then we’d all get to watch the episodes on time, there would be fewer illicit downloads/pirating/etc, and they’d have a better notion of how many fans are actually out there. But hey, no one listens to me. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347/480 "2011-05-22T20:40:49Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > The whole “schedules out of whack” thing could be avoided if, say, the BBC would allow people _all over the world_ the use of the UK iplayer thingy for a (reasonable) fee. Then we’d all get to watch the episodes on time, there would be fewer illicit downloads/pirating/etc, and they’d have a better notion of how many fans are actually out there. > > But hey, no one listens to me. There’s an international iPlayer beginning its rollout this year: > **[BBC's global iPlayer iPad app to cost less than $10 a month](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/mar/02/bbc-global-iplayer-app)** > > BBC director general Mark Thompson says international version of online catch-up service will launch 'definitely this year'. By Tara Conlan iPad to start with, looks like, but quickly moving to desktops I imagine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dr-who-season-uk-pace-edited-title/579347.md?page=25)