Just a quick note:

Yes, there is a snippet of the Ninth/Tenth Doctors’ coral TARDIS theme and console in the trailer for Series 6.

However, the guy on the right is NOT David Tennant, it’s Rory (with Amy). You can tell by his facial structure and clothes (and her flaming red hair).

Although I have absolutely no bloody idea HOW that TARDIS theme is going to come back, and how the companions, and perhaps the Doctor end up in there—no, I don’t think either David Tennant or Christopher Eccleston will be back. AND IT’S BETTER THAT WAY. Rory, Amy, and Eleven might end up in the old TARDIS while whatever Doctor’s responsible for it at the time is out, saving the universe. And perhaps he wouldn’t even notice they were there–no damage done, probably, and the TARDIS doesn’t always tell him everything, which could be why Eleven doesn’t know this is going to happen; and we certainly don’t know, because this is one of “the bits in between.”

The strands of golden light might be regeneration energy, they might be a force field, they might be strands of the Time Vortex… could be many things. And I think that that’s a Dalek right slap-bang in the middle of it, but I can’t be sure.

“Trust the Plastic!” — 2,000 Words on Doctor Who: The Big Bang. Geronimo!

Previous episode: The Pandorica Opens.

This was… there are no words. I.. you.. now.. finally… argh! See, there are no words! Well, almost no words, because I’m determined to write the “happy-happy-happy!” review this episode deserves.

If you haven’t seen the episode yet, don’t click the jump, ’cause there will be spoilers. Lots and lots of spoilers.

‘The Big Bang’ — Snippets of Speculation, I.

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Images: BBC and Cracktor Who

So. Spoilers. Little Amelia’s going to make an important appearance, the Doctor’s got to somehow manage to get himself back into the action, River somehow survives ‘TARDIS bang bang’.

All in all, these pics aren’t that spoiler-y, but what’s reeally interesting: Is that Dalek set in stone? The cover of the DW Magazine suggests that that’s the case. Hm. Seeing as we’re stuck in Greek mythology already, why not bring back Medusa? The Doctor already made a bit of fun of a statue of Perseus, who had the pleasure of beheading the woman with the snake-y hair, when he visited the Musée d’Orsay together with Amy and Vincent; that might be an idea. Or.. just.. not.

Anyway: my dearest fellow Whovian M. suggested that the voice whispering “Silence will fall” could be Dalek CAAN, or maybe Davros–didn’t these guys kick the bucket in Journey’s End, though? Or am I getting things confused again? In any case, I think it might be the right voice, but I can’t be sure. Anyone else here think that’s possible? Could the Daleks be pretending to be allies, but cheating everyone else on the way again? Could it all, for the fourth time in the new series, be a Dalek conspiracy?

What made me choke back a sob:

‘What Could You Possibly Be?’ — Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens

Previous episode: The Lodger.

Oh. My. God. Guess who?
This was magnificent. The twists, the turns, the tragedy. Everything. Steven Moffat, I bloody love you. At the same time: Curse you, Moffat! One, for nearly giving me a heart attack, two, for making me sob into my dinner, and three, for the most awesome cliffhanger I’ve seen in.. well, ever. Rory’s back! He’s back because he’s a part of Amy’s history, and because of that dress-uppy photo in Amy’s Roman Britain he’s linked to the cover story—and he’s an Auton, supplied by the Nestene Consciousness. And he shoots Amy. Great. And the director, Toby Haynes, has called this “the death of the Doctor as we know him.” Lovely.

The Doctor: “The Pandorica…”—River: “More than just a fairy tale.”

The Pandorica Will Open — Snippets of Speculation, I.

 

There was a goblin. Or a trickster, or a warrior. A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. Nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it — one day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.

That’s what’s in the Pandorica. And Dalek, Sontaran, Cybermen, Slitheen and God knows who else’s fleets are gathering to witness its opening — and probably kill what’s in it, no questions asked. And what would all of them be so damn afraid of?

…

The Doctor. Seriously, who else? The Oncoming Storm, the Destroyer of Worlds, the guy who has a lot of blood on his hands, even the blood of his own people, the madman who just drops out of the sky in his TARDIS and turns your world upside down until you hardly recognize it anymore — or yourself, for that matter. The guy you can rarely stop, rarely talk sense into.

And the fact that the Doctor narrates this (whether he cited from his own knowledge or from a text, we don’t know yet, so interpretation hinges on that a bit) could be an indicator that this is a testimony of his own dark side, of the Dream Lord, who promised he wouldn’t just stop to haunt the Doctor.

The thing is: when have they — and who exactly are they? — thrown him in there, which regeneration of himself is that, and how bad would it be for the two of them to meet? It is certain that the TARDIS is going to be destroyed and the Doctor will vanish, but what plan does he have to get [it] back?

The other thing is: if it’s not the Doctor — then what is it? What could be so terrifying that we haven’t met yet?

That’s my Holy Crap Thought of the day.

Doctor Who Series Finale Speculation!

So, I was looking at Blogtor Who’s spoiler section for the series finale, and what I found had me a little flummoxed:

CAREFUL: Spoiler-y pic follows–don’t continue after the jump unless you really want to.

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New Doctor Who Episode Tomorrow — Getting Mentally Prepared.

Yes, I know, it’s Donna in the feature thumbnail, but that’s because

• I just adore Catherine Tate’s facial expressions in that scene
• she’s looking quite cross, and that pretty much how I feel — ’cause I hate waiting. And I’m waiting quite anxiously. “Contain yourselves!” Oh, shut it, David.

The reasons for waiting and being so utterly eager to finally see The Time of Angels are quite simple — except they’re not.

Would You Care for Some Tea? — Victory of the Daleks. You Rang?

Previous epsiode: The Beast Below.

Oh, no! The Daleks are back! What are we gonna do? Oh, wait, let’s get on the phone and call the Oncoming Storm! Apart from getting there a bit late, that part was a smashing success. But then comes the big surprise. Well, shock, really. The Daleks have implanted an Oblivion Continuum on Earth, in the shape and form of a human, a professor. Professor Bracewell is the name, and he’s got all these brilliant ideas — and no idea how the Hell he comes up with them all the time, but who’s he to complain? The Daleks have managed to make the humans believe that they are dutiful soldiers, driven by samatarian feelings to help them to defeat the Germans. Right. Everything’s fine. But then comes the Doctor, picks up a giant spanner (“Spanner-shh!” Metacrisis, anyone?) and starts banging away, taunting the Dalek and shouting at it for what it’s worth. As we have already seen with previous Doctors, e.g. Nine in Dalek (take a look), that nothing brings out the worst in the Doctor so effectively as a Dalek; the worst here being (self-)righteous anger and desperate frustration at having them turn around and bite him in the arse again.

Did he do the thing? — Doctor Who & “The Beast Below”: So very, very kind.

Amy, The Doctor, and Liz Ten

Previous episode: The Eleventh Hour.

“In bed above, we’re deep asleep, / While greater love lies further deep. / This dream must end, / This world must know: / We all depend on the beast below.”

Another Sunday, another episode of Doctor Who to distract me from my plight (A-Levels, starting on Tuesday, requiring immediate attention, but who cares)! And what an episode it was — creepy, disgusting, with many funny but far more lump-in-your-throat moments, with a discernible shift in mood in contrast to The Eleventh Hour. Where the first episode of the new series was light and revelling in its all-new glory, this one touched a few of the never-ending dilemmas and conflicts of heart, interest and thinking the Doctor encounters everywhere on his travels, never forgetting anything no matter how much he may want to (Time War again); with his companions always landing smack-bang in the middle of it without some extra time to wrap their minds around it. As usual, the companion in question, Amy Pond, recovers quickly and proves to be made of awesome.