The End of Time?
Lots and lots has been going on in the world of Doctor Who recently, and after the Matt Smith based excitement of recent weeks we've been brought back into the present thanks to that annual collection of whooping imbeciles, Comic-Con.
(Some of the below could be considered to be mild spoilers, but it's all stuff released through official channels, so I wouldn't worry too much.)
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First up, you can catch the whole of Sunday’s panel with RTD, Tennant and co. here, here, here and here. See if you can get past part 1 without wanting to throttle every single person in the audience with a rusty wire.
Anyway, the two big things to come from the event are a new trailer for Waters of Mars and, even better, a teaser for the Christmas Finale (which may or may not be called The End of Time.) The first can be found on the BBC site, and it’s looking jolly good. It’s a shame that my anticipation for the second special has been dampened a little by the astronomical shitness of Planet of the Dead and most of the current hype being about Tennant’s last two episodes and Smith’s first, but now I’m firmly looking forward to the Ford/Davies penned special. The trailer hints at some significant foreshadowing for the finale (unlike PotD’s pathetic attempt) plus it looks genuinely interesting and scary, if a little similar in style to The Impossible Planet and *spits* 42.
Lastly, there’s a recording of the ‘End of Time’ teaser trailer, in very poor quality but… well, it’s enough to have me foaming at the mouth with slippery anticipation. It seems to be designed as a way to officially confirm the return of a certain (brilliant) character, and the voice over gives us an introduction to the as yet unknown character played by Timothy Dalton. Oh, and Bernard Cribbins. Christmas is going to be quite good, all things considered.
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- By Jonathan Capps
- Posted on Monday, July 27 2009 @ 12:43 pm
- Categorised in TV
- Tagged with doctor who, comic-con
- 7 comments
Dear Doctor Who, please “be available” in my “area”. YT
By Marleen
July 27, 2009 @ 3:31 pm
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It’d be nice if it was set in the 51st century given that the number of times RTD’s put early 21st century Earth in peril borders on the farcical but, sadly, I suspect he won’t.
Has it actually been confirmed that Dalton is playing ************?
Edited by Cappsy, because he’s an idiot.
By Zagrebo
July 27, 2009 @ 4:37 pm
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> It’d be nice if it was set in the 51st century given that the number of times RTD’s put early 21st century Earth in peril borders on the farcical but, sadly, I suspect he won’t.
Well, since it’s going to be set on Mars I assume it’ll be a good way into the future. 51st century makes the most sense, especially as he has the same style space suit that we way in TIP.
> Has it actually been confirmed that Dalton is playing ************?
Er… fuck. No. Shit… Hope you don’t mind, but I’ve blanked out the reference in your post, in case I piss someone off. Sorry.
By Jonathan Capps
July 27, 2009 @ 4:53 pm
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This the Christmas episode?
S’okay, I notice it’s been removed in the original post too (although it was rather vague anyway).
I’ve actually got a theory as to who Dalton is playing but I’ll keep schtum.
By Zagrebo
July 27, 2009 @ 5:02 pm
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TOO LATE PLOOPY PANTS
By John Hoare
July 27, 2009 @ 5:09 pm
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> This the Christmas episode?
Ah, no, I was referring to Waters of Mars.
If I was to guess about the setting of the Christmas episodes, I’d say it’ll be like the series 4 finale, in that it’ll be 21st century Earth but with all the real action going on somewhere else entirely.
> TOO LATE PLOOPY PANTS
Shit. I’m really sorry…
By Jonathan Capps
July 27, 2009 @ 5:16 pm
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YOU’VE RUINED CHRISTMAS
(Actually, I’ll have entirely forgotten by then, no doubt. And if I haven’t - well, it adds to the anticipation…)
By John Hoare
July 27, 2009 @ 6:22 pm
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