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04-07-2008, 06:46 PM
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Re: Doctor Who Season 4: April 5th!
We were actually introduced to Donna in the "Runaway Bride" episode. One of the Christmas eps.
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04-09-2008, 11:26 AM
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Re: Doctor Who Season 4: April 5th!
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We were actually introduced to Donna in the "Runaway Bride" episode. One of the Christmas eps.
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Ah yes, but in the Titanic ep, we are also introduced to someone close to Donna, even though you wouldn't get the connection until you watch the Season 4 opener one after the other.
Pretty neat. It's one of the highlights of the "Partners In Crime" Doctor Who Confidential.
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04-09-2008, 06:32 PM
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Ah yes, but in the Titanic ep, we are also introduced to someone close to Donna, even though you wouldn't get the connection until you watch the Season 4 opener one after the other.
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I finally saw the "Confidential" and, yes, that was pretty cool. |
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04-11-2008, 01:20 PM
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Re: Doctor Who Season 4: April 5th!
but, did they just bring back the same actor or was he intentionally Donna's Grandfather all along?
or did they make him Donna's Grandfather after, the death of the actor that played Donna's father?
I watched confidental and I took it as bringing the same actor back and then saying he was Donna's grandfather. But NEVER ORIGINALLY Donna's Grandfather.
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I forgot I had Voyage of the Damned on dvd, and I checked the characters name, Wilfred Mott.
Which is the same character name from Partners in Crime.
So it looks like they made him Donna's Grandfather after the fact and not originally intended.
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04-11-2008, 01:46 PM
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Re: Doctor Who Season 4: April 5th!
Has this aired in the US?
I notice that the BBC America schedule still shows them on the previous series.
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04-11-2008, 02:26 PM
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Has this aired in the US?
I notice that the BBC America schedule still shows them on the previous series.
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Patrick, new episodes air on Sci-Fi Channel first. First one wil be next Friday. Sarah Jane starts tonight, also on Sci-Fi.
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04-11-2008, 04:49 PM
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Re: Doctor Who Season 4: April 5th!
Rick, thanks for the information.
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04-13-2008, 07:45 AM
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Re: Doctor Who Season 4: April 5th!
Re: Fires of Pompeii - very good episode with a HUGE scale for a Doctor Who ep. Actually filmed on the set of HBO's Rome series in Italy. Special effects were top notch, great bits of humor - always carry a water pistol! -and some insight on just how tough it is to be a Time Lord when it comes to making hard decisions. Played into some of the themes presented at the end of "Runaway Bride" actually, and a bit of the role Donna is playing as his companion right now.
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04-13-2008, 02:09 PM
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Re: Doctor Who Season 4: April 5th!
Fires of Pompeii
I enjoyed it too.
But I watched it with no subtitles, and some of the dialogue did most fast.
So it looks like I'll just wait for the DVD.
And didn't the guy with the stone arm say something to the Doctor about
Doctor Who Confidential also looks to be good, as it's the on the set location of Fires of Pompeii. With lots of great scenic tours
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04-13-2008, 03:26 PM
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Re: Doctor Who Season 4: April 5th!
The historical accuracy nitpicker in me started bleating about the plot details (e.g. the impossibility of even a prosperous merchant's daughter having a dress dyed in purple, the inaccuracy of the sequencing of the volcanic eruption, etc). But once I shut up the nitpicker, I greatly enjoyed the episode. That's two good ones on the trot. And I loved the jokes about the translation device. The mistaking them for Welsh is of course an in-joke because the series is made in Wales.
Incidentally, if anyone wants a good historical novel that accurately goes through what actually happened at Pompeii, there's a marvellous book by Robert Harris called (imaginatively enough) Pompeii. Strongly recommended.
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04-13-2008, 08:48 PM
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Re: Doctor Who Season 4: April 5th!
I finally had a chance to watch the whole Confidential for this episode. It seems like they pretty much shot the whole budget for the season on this one show :-) . I guess I will have to rewatch FoP to catch all of the injokes - apparently they loaded it with gags.
Having visited Pompeii myself in the early 90s, it was cool to see the tour David Tennant took through the original ruins.
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04-19-2008, 03:56 PM
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Re: Doctor Who Season 4: April 5th!
Are all the SciFi reruns of the show clipped for time? I remember when I first saw "Voyage of the Damned" at least two scenes missing from last night. 1)The Doctor claims he was present at Christ's birth, and 2)Astrid saying "OK" to the Doctor's "You should see me in the morning."
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