Doctor Who: Season 10

[Psychotic]

On that note, I would've liked to have seen The Master as an anti-hero. I'm specifically thinking of John Simm's incarnation rather than the EVIL MAN WITH DODGY BEARD predecessors. Inspired by the Doctor trying to make him realise it's just the two of them left and there's no need for any of this. Then the two of them go off, travelling the universe, and The Master isn't afraid to solve problems like a badass, and there being conflict between him and The Doctor for the way he does things. The Doctor does The Right Thing, but it's not as damned effective as The Master's solutions. Maybe the Doctor's female companion could find the bad boy attitude sooo dreaaaamy~ too for some added tension.

Not really relevant now that the Time Lords are back now though but ah well.

[Ayen]

I'm really excited about Capaldi. It's unfortunate, as Jiro said, that this episode was kinda pissed on by the fact that everybody already knew about the new Doctor - they really smurfing should have kept that secret, the silly blighters. But god damn, it's Capaldi. I can't wait.

Sadly, I think the whole reason they revealed it when they did was because they couldn't keep it a secret for that long. They already faced one big leak going into the 50th Anniversary concerning the War Doctor, someone somewhere would have spilled the beans before December.

Moffat is already talking about a new raw direction for the show with Series 8 so the Doctor being slightly darker than before might not be far off the mark. Unless he's lying, he does that.

[Jinx]

Not trying to be snotty, but why does everyone constantly say Steven Moffat lies? Everything I've read that he says has turned out being true.

[Ayen]

Not trying to be snotty, but why does everyone constantly say Steven Moffat lies? Everything I've read that he says has turned out being true.

Probably because of all the lying he did during the 50th to keep the secrets from being leaked. Like saying Paul McGann wasn't coming back. He admitted to lying during an interview for TV Guide too. And because rule 1 and it's fun to say.

[The Man]

TV Tropes:

• Steven Moffat seems to be learning a thing or two from Davies in Doctor Who. He made a statement saying that he wouldn't use monsters that only appeared in the classic series by the time he took over RTD in favor of creating new ones. Then came the trailers. Hey, aren't those Silurians? (Rule one: the Doctor lies. Rule two: River Song lies. Rule zero: Steven Moffat lies.)
  
  
  • In April 2011, prior to the airing of the sixth series, Moffat announced one of the main characters would die — "We're not lying, we're not cheating. One of those four people is going to die." The Doctor proceeded to die in the series opener (SPOILER)but was revealed to be a robot duplicate. If you're really, really charitable, (SPOILER)he dies briefly in the middle of the series in "Let's Kill Hitler" by poisoning, but gets brought back to life right after.
    
    
    • Rory was also a main character and died too, though that's not really anything special.
      
      
  • In 2012, he assured everyone that we wouldn't find out anything about Jenna-Louise Coleman's character until Christmas. A week later, on the first of September, Jenna-Louise Coleman prominently showed up in the season premiere, though the only things we would find out about her character in that episode are a lot of questions.
    
    
  • In 2013, Moffat said that "The Day of the Doctor" would feature (SPOILER)no classic series Doctors in the flesh (IE: non-Fake Shemped appearances) because they're too old now. This was designated another lie in retrospect: (SPOILER)Tom Baker makes a cameo appearance in the final scene as a museum curator who may or may not be a distant future Doctor. He also said (SPOILER)Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi wouldn't appear, which also turned out to be a lie.

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

Alright, I'm committed to watching this now. Tell me if this is good:

I want to start with the 9th doctor series one and work my way up to the latest episode. Followed by possibly going back and watching the older doctor who episodes on netflix.

Do a lot of people start with the 9th? Is that a good order?

[Ayen]

Alright, I'm committed to watching this now. Tell me if this is good:

I want to start with the 9th doctor series one and work my way up to the latest episode. Followed by possibly going back and watching the older doctor who episodes on netflix.

Do a lot of people start with the 9th? Is that a good order?

Yes. Be forewarned Netflix is terrible at having Doctor Who episodes, and then there are those you won't find at all because they were lost or taped over by BBC. Dailymotion is another good place to find the old black and white episode, that's how I managed to watch an Unearthly Child.

[The Man]

Netflix does have nearly all the NuWho episodes, but I think it's missing Planet of the Dead (though to be fair, it's not really an essential episode to see). You will have to find the specials from after Tennant's fourth season manually, though; they're not with the other Doctor Who episodes, or at least they weren't when I was watching them on Netflix about a year ago. (These occur chronologically between series four and Matt Smith's entrance in series five, and if you skip them you will be completely lost).

Starting with Eccleston and going forth is definitely a great way to do things, though. It's what I did as well. Just make sure you don't skip Classic Who entirely; it's given the name for a reason, as quite a few serials are definitely classics. In particular I strongly recommend The Caves of Androzani and Genesis of the Daleks.

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

Two episodes in and I've already seen the destruction of Earth while Britney Spear's "Toxic" plays in the background. How zany is that?

Oh yeah, me and this show are getting along just fine

[Psychotic]

9th Doctor is fantastic, isn't he? She's my +1!

Also re: Netflix. Planet of the Dead was naff. If it's missed The Waters of Mars then you have a problem!

[Ayen]

Took a while for me to get into Nine. Didn't help that I started from 5 > 6 > 7 part-1 and then 1 and by the time I started to like him he regenerated.

Second time I watched through his serial I liked him even more and he quickly became one my favorites.

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

Something's been bugging me about the first episode.

When the Doctor sees himself in a mirror at Rose's house he talks as if he were seeing this new regeneration for the first time, commenting on his ears, haha

But Rose later talks to a guy who has pictures of the Doctor throughout history in different places. Is it really possible he hadn't looked at himself in all that time?

[Ayen]

Something's been bugging me about the first episode.

When the Doctor sees himself in a mirror at Rose's house he talks as if he were seeing this new regeneration for the first time, commenting on his ears, haha

But Rose later talks to a guy who has pictures of the Doctor throughout history in different places. Is it really possible he hadn't looked at himself in all that time?

*looks at The Eleventh Hour*

Yes.

[blackmage_nuke]

Something's been bugging me about the first episode.

When the Doctor sees himself in a mirror at Rose's house he talks as if he were seeing this new regeneration for the first time, commenting on his ears, haha

But Rose later talks to a guy who has pictures of the Doctor throughout history in different places. Is it really possible he hadn't looked at himself in all that time?

Theres a theory that when he disapears for a few seconds at the end of the episode after Rose declines the offer he travels around alone for a while then comes back and says "By the way did I mention it also travels in time"

[Jessweeee♪]

I think Eccleston is my favorite doctor so far.