Apparently so, but there's more to the story than we've been told...
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Interestingly, River seems so ignorant of everything in Silence/Forest, as opposed to her appearances in season 5. Obviously Moffat didn't write her entire story when he did those episodes... So perhaps he planned for her to sort-of die in there, but then when he thought about the timelord DNA thing, he forgot about that... Or more likely, he figured she simply doesn't have the ability to regenerate. (e.g. if she's got one heart and not two, maybe a timelord needs two hearts to be able to regenerate -- one of the hearts takes over while the other's working, I dunno.)
I have a hard time talking about Doctor Who after the excitement and shock I felt at South Park's mid-season finale... :^^;: Not that it's any better in writing. But at least it had some actual shock value :niark: (Which is quite an achievement for an episode that's about becoming a cynical boy!)
I have a hard time talking about Doctor Who after the excitement and shock I felt at South Park's mid-season finale... :^^;: Not that it's any better in writing. But at least it had some actual shock value :niark: (Which is quite an achievement for an episode that's about becoming a cynical boy!)
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So perhaps he planned for her to sort-of die in there, but then when he thought about the timelord DNA thing, he forgot about that...
Plus, from what we've seen, needs to be a higher percentage of Time Lord DNA (cf The Doctor's Daughter)
(e.g. if she's got one heart and not two, maybe a timelord needs two hearts to be able to regenerate -- one of the hearts takes over while the other's working, I dunno.)
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Odd how there's never been mention of The Doctor's grandaughter Susan who stayed on Earth following Dalek invasion 2150.
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There have been vague references to it, the Doctor has (even in the reboot) said he's been a father and a grandfather, but it's implied that because of the Time War, there weren't any other Time Lord survivors.
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I thought at some point they'd retconned her into being "like a grand-daughter" or something...
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Well, her being his grand-daughter was more implied than stated, IIRC, and not for continuity reasons (but simply because an old man travelling with a young girl would be weird)
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Weird? Why would it be weird? They're only having sex on a weekly basis. That's not weird! :whistle:
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The producers of the BBC thought it would be weird to a 1960s audience...
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Actually I was kidding (I realize it didn't show, oops), I knew about the last minute change to grand-daughter, that's why I thought she'd been later retconned as a simple companion posing as a granddaughter specifically to Earthlings... :^^;:
So. Was Torchwood any good?
Loved s2, wasn't thrilled with s3. Just for reference.
Oh. And tomorrow a big French channel is showing Sherlock at 20:35. Can't believe Moffat will finally be getting some deserved exposure here!
Loved s2, wasn't thrilled with s3. Just for reference.
Oh. And tomorrow a big French channel is showing Sherlock at 20:35. Can't believe Moffat will finally be getting some deserved exposure here!
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If you weren't thrilled with Children of Earth, I really doubt you'll like Miracle Day. It's even darker.
And, I hate to say it, but I think it's lost its way somewhat. Yes, I know Russell T Davies has been out there, I know he's been writing it and so on but honestly it doesn't feel like Torchwood much (even if only 4 characters have been kept from CoE anyway, and one of them was a more minor/recurring character, which I called months ago when it was announced that '4 familiar faces will reappear'. Not even that hard to predict.)
It feels like a US show trying to be Torchwood, since a lot of the episode is answering the question of what Torchwood is/was and setting up the problem that is the Miracle. I can only hope it gets better, right now I'm not quite seeing the drama, if that makes sense.
And, I hate to say it, but I think it's lost its way somewhat. Yes, I know Russell T Davies has been out there, I know he's been writing it and so on but honestly it doesn't feel like Torchwood much (even if only 4 characters have been kept from CoE anyway, and one of them was a more minor/recurring character, which I called months ago when it was announced that '4 familiar faces will reappear'. Not even that hard to predict.)
It feels like a US show trying to be Torchwood, since a lot of the episode is answering the question of what Torchwood is/was and setting up the problem that is the Miracle. I can only hope it gets better, right now I'm not quite seeing the drama, if that makes sense.
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Thanks. I'll be waiting then.
Oh and I like dark. Just not the American way. With big sfx and cliffhangers. Meh.
Oh and I like dark. Just not the American way. With big sfx and cliffhangers. Meh.
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It's a 10 part mini-series, one episode per week. It's basically a string of cliff-hangers as a result. At least CoE was shown an episode per night.
There's quite a few explosions, but mostly lots of hospital scenes.
There's quite a few explosions, but mostly lots of hospital scenes.