Doctor Who, Series Eight - "Goodbye, sweetie."

[Captain Untouchable]

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To cause the mass extinction of kittens, apparently.

[Mu Satach]

Bah! I'm working a basketball tournament on the 23rd.

[Droo]

Looking forward to this.

[Droo]

Today's first trailer:



And here's the second one:



While I still feel I know nothing about the episode itself, which isn't a bad thing, I have to admit that second trailer has me psyched for the Day of the Doctor.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Ahaha, I love the two of them comparing sonics

[Sleazy]

I think/hope this is going to be a Matt Smith adventure, with David Tennant tagging along to offer sass when required.

aka. best episode ever.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Thinking about this episode this morning was hurting my brain because I was trying to apply time-travel logic to it and boggling over how Eleven and Ten could both possibly experience something for the first time, together, without breaking the universe

[Crusader]

Well in the old episodes it just needed lots of energy from Gallafray to keep the paradox running.

[Rutabaga]

I am so glad that I'm not scheduled to work on the 23rd, and I'm also very grateful that BBC America has announced that they are going to simulcast the episode WITHOUT COMMERCIALS. Oh happy day.

[Hobgoblin]

Thinking about this episode this morning was hurting my brain because I was trying to apply time-travel logic to it and boggling over how Eleven and Ten could both possibly experience something for the first time, together, without breaking the universe

The two most convenient ways to accomplish this are partial memory wipe after it's all over and having them very frequently off doing different things so that they relive the same day from different perspectives. I'm pretty sure there are others I can't think of, but those two would be the ones I'd probably do if I were in the writer's chair.

[R4-K8]

It's worth bearing in mind that, aside from fixed points ...time in Doctor Who is fluid. I may be inferring wrong, but the trailer makes it seem like Eleven is only just starting to remember stuff, because Ten is only just starting to experience it?

Despite the fact that Amy was a time traveller, the crack in the wall was able to modify/change her memory (ie. Delete Rory) by removing stuff from earlier in her timeline. This is just the opposite... gaining new memories instead of losing them because something has been added to your timeline.

[Crusader]

Or Ten is simply the Meta Crisis Docter that remained with Rose. This version of Ten does not share Eleven's future at all.

[Sleazy]

Or Ten is simply the Meta Crisis Docter that remained with Rose. This version of Ten does not share Eleven's future at all.

I'm not sure if it was officially announced, but I am 99.99% certain that this is the legit Tenth Doctor, from his farewell tour. Apparently Ten's companion for this story arc is Elizabeth I, from much earlier in her reign, and we are going to find out why she wanted his head cut off during the Shakespeare episode. From Ten's perspective, this takes place during his "farewell tour", during the year where it was just specials.

It's also worth noting that based on the background, Rose seems to be with John Hurt, not with Ten. Given the fact that her eyes glow in the trailer, I wonder if she's Bad Wolf rather than actual Rose Tyler.

[Dasquian Belargic]

So we have a mini-episode called "Night of the Doctor":

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...of_the_Doctor/

(...and it seems to be as I thought: Hurt sits between Eight and Nine as far as regenerations go)

[Captain Untouchable]

Ordinarily I'd be bugged about confirmation of the [8.5th Doctor] thing... but considering who we got an unexpected six minutes of, I'm kind of okay with it.

[Crusader]

Since 8 did never regenerate isn't it possible that he is just the older version of 8?

[Dasquian Belargic]

The new mini episode shows him [actually regenerating from Eight into 'the War Doctor' aka John Hurt]

[Rutabaga]

I just loved seeing [Paul McGann] back in action, even if it was just for a little over 6 minutes.

[Dasquian Belargic]

The Science of Doctor Who, on iPlayer until Nov 21st: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...of_Doctor_Who/

Also an old episode of Buzzcocks with David Tennant as host, Catherine Tate and Bernard Cribbins as guests: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...r_Who_Special/

[Droo]

Also an old episode of Buzzcocks with David Tennant as host, Catherine Tate and Bernard Cribbins as guests: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...r_Who_Special/

Catherine Tate is killing me watching this!