Doctor Who thread III: Mad men in a blue box. Everything Whovian. (SPOILERS)

**alf_to_the_rescue** · 08-04-2011, 02:13 AM

Originally Posted by Holacik

i would be disappointed with a season of Amy without Rory..

I would find a way to cope.

**dupersuper** · 08-04-2011, 02:56 AM

Does this thread die after 12 regenerations?

Originally Posted by JCALL

They changed the Sixth Doctor's coat between the big image and the little image

EDIT: And the Seventh's vest.

Also, he has 6 smiling in blue and scowiling in multicolour.

Originally Posted by Captain Clarkie

Who wears a shirt and tie with a dressing gown?

Autons, apparently.

Originally Posted by Matt

This is a classic.

Nice.

**Stressfactor** · 08-04-2011, 04:45 AM

It really kind of amuses me how Moffat has managed to get so many people to fall in love with Rory.

I think Moffat has also proven that there is a place now for an ongoing male companion in the new series -- and I know, some of you are going to bring up Mickey and Captain Jack but if you go back and LOOK at those episodes both Mickey and Captain Jack didn't last long on the TARDIS before leaving.

With Rory Moffat has proven that the stories really will support a long-term male companion.

**Walsh06** · 08-04-2011, 07:54 AM

plus I only liked Mickey after he left and he actually became useful. Before the parallel universe he was always complaing and annoying. Then there he realised he can actually do something good and useful. Then he left.........

**king mob** · 08-04-2011, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by Stressfactor

It really kind of amuses me how Moffat has managed to get so many people to fall in love with Rory.

Mainly because Rory has actually been well written this series especially and Amy is frankly just window dressing, and possibly even a huge Macguffin.

**Charles RB** · 08-04-2011, 01:57 PM

I've said it before: Rory got a hell of a better deal asva character than Mickey did.

**BeastieRunner** · 08-04-2011, 02:04 PM

Can't a brother get a break?

**Matt** · 08-04-2011, 02:47 PM

Looks like a new trailer is out:
http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/08...eries-six.html

Bit more of a downer this time, revolving around the prospect of the Doctor's death.

Never noticed the name of the lake before now, though.

**Matt** · 08-04-2011, 02:51 PM

As for the shirt, tie, dressing gown thing - I'm fairly sure that's not a dressing gown.

It's a smoking jacket, which were very popular during the early 70s and earlier.

**Charles RB** · 08-04-2011, 03:50 PM

Pterosaurs!

**Stressfactor** · 08-04-2011, 04:35 PM

Looks epic!

Also vis-a-vis Rory vs. Mickey -- Mob is right in that Rory is being well written. More to the point Mickey basically changed completely. The Mickey we meet in "Rose" is really not very much like the Mickey we meet in "Journey's End". The Rory we meet in "The Eleventh Hour", though, can still be seen inside the the Rory we see in "A Good Man Goes to War." In "Day of the Moon", in fact, Rory emphatically tells Amy that he's NOT going to stop being something of a goof and I wouldn't be at all surprised if, when the second half of series 6 starts up again we don't still see Rory occasionally bumbling around amidst his badassery.

It's a very balanced approach to character development and one where I think Moffat is doing very well.... as opposed to some American TV shows I could name.

**meethraa** · 08-04-2011, 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by batGRRRl4ever

When the new trailer showed River with the evil Kovarian's eye patch I almost plotzed on the spot! It got me to thinking; since it's been increasingly speculated that River is in fact a human Time Lord Kovarian may in fact be her younger self! Remember the Doctor changes ages with every regeneration! It would make perfect sense then for River to want to keep a wide berth of Kovarian since she wouldn't want her younger (but in an older regenerated body) evil self to know that later on after a regeneration she will be siding with the Doctor!

That just blew my mind...

**Captain Jim** · 08-04-2011, 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by Stressfactor

It really kind of amuses me how Moffat has managed to get so many people to fall in love with Rory.

I think Moffat has also proven that there is a place now for an ongoing male companion in the new series -- and I know, some of you are going to bring up Mickey and Captain Jack but if you go back and LOOK at those episodes both Mickey and Captain Jack didn't last long on the TARDIS before leaving.

With Rory Moffat has proven that the stories really will support a long-term male companion.

I read an interview or column by Moffit recently in which he said, if he had his way, the Doctor would always have two companions. I agree.

Of course, he didn't specific address the "male" part, but the context of the conversation was about Rory.