Doctor Who

Doctor Who, Bacchus!! Doctor Freaking Who. PS, I've started to re-watch Torchwood to get ready for the new series. Oh it's good to have the gang back in my life.

My dvr did that last week too, thinking that it wasn't a first run episode. Thankfully they were only off by one week for two episodes this year, unlike last year which was horribly off schedule from the British airings. I must admit that when it gets off sync I do watch it first through other means because avoiding spoilers is very hard to do. I do always watch it when it airs on BBCA though so I don't feel too horrible. I really hope they don't take any weird breaks once it comes back in the fall and just stick with the original schedule.

So good! But of course now I have so many more questions and I still feel like we need to learn more about her relationship with the Doctor specifically. Mostly my questions are about her timeline and how she has crossed it and exactly how much she knows about her past. Like, does she even remember her childhood? If she does she should know that she was the girl in the astronaut suit and would have immediately known what they were going back to 1969 to look for. And when she examined the space suit that they even flashed back to in this episode she should have known what broke out of it and that it was her. And 200 years in the future Doctor that we saw get killed would have known who River is at that point and would have known he was sending them back to basically find her and the Silence, so it seems weird that he would risk them crossing timelines. But then looking back at this episode when Rory comes to get her, it's almost like she is seeing him for the first time. So maybe River grows up away from Amy and Rory, which is why she would go by River and not Melody, or she really doesn't remember her childhood? And now that we know she can regenerate and that is what we saw in the second episode, maybe it's a side effect for her that she can't remember her life before regeneration? I don't know but I do now that her whole timeline is still messed up like it's always been, haha! Plus, I'm still not convinced it was her, the girl or a future River, in the space suit that killed the Doctor. That would lead to even more timeline confusion and crossing. I guess I'll have to wait until September for some more answers, which just sounds so horribly far away right now.

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That might be from when they worked on the same Masterpiece move, The Ruby in the Smoke. Matt also appeared in Billie's show Secret Diaries of a Call Girl a year or so later. I don't think they ever dated though. Billie might have already been married during that Masterpiece movie. Very small world! I also like that Freema had a bit part in the "Army of Ghosts" episodes before she was cast as Martha and they even put a line in about her "cousin" being killed in the attack on London for all the fans. Same with Gwen and Tosh from Torchwood who were on Doctor Who before being cast. I guess the best way to star in those series is to play a small role first! Then you are in!

Brilliant!

I'm really excited about it. The only negative thing I have heard from reviewers is that they may spend a little too much time explaining the history of Torchwood for those already acquainted with the show. Some weren't fans of certain stories or characters but I think that is more personal preference. But if that is the only major complaint then I am very excited for the Starz version! It will be great to see them working with a big budget and I really can't wait to have the gang (or what's left of it) back on my tv. I've been watching the Little Dorrit mini-series lately and Eve Myles, Gwen Cooper, is in it. Every time she comes on screen I get a little more excited for Torchwood.

[url=http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/60651532.html]Oh No They Didn't! - Free Torchwood: Miracle Day Advance Screenings Across the US[/url] Looks like I will be making a trip up to LA to stand in line so I can see Jack and Gwen a few days early and on a giant screen!! I really need to turn my west coast friends into Who fans. I have a feeling that it wouldn't be the best idea to bring my little cousins to this screening.

[QUOTE=Bacchus;256985]Awesome. Very jealous![/QUOTE] You could always extend your long weekend and take a trip down south! There just happens to be a screening in a city near you! ;)

Torchwood is back!! Anwen is totally my new favorite character. I am convinced that the "they" weren't trying to kill Gwen but actually trying to steal Anwen because she is the most adorable thing ever. Favorite line of the night was "It's not Touchwood, it's Torchwood". Touchwood really is quite appropriate, haha! Also, Jack using Owen Harper as his FBI alias got me crying. Still miss those guys.

The action sequence definitely felt a little out of place when you compare it to the previous seasons but it was awesome so I'll let it slide. I'm not totally convinced that Jack can die yet. I think he may be a little more vulnerable but they need to show me a little more than a cut and a few bruises to convince me. Maybe he is just like everyone else now. His body can be injured but you don't die. I don't think you heal either, right. You just exist at that new state? I'm definitely interested though! And I want to know exactly who is chasing the old Torchwood gang. I hope it doesn't stay as this vague "they" for much longer.

Just watched the second episode and didn't really care for it. A lot of it just felt like filler and the whole talking to the conference of doctors to McGyver-up an antidote was especially annoying. It's Torchwood and there is a crazy thing happening in the world, do we really need to make this big of a deal out of looking for an orange tube? Hopefully next week will be better.

[QUOTE=Bacchus;261383]I didn't post as I didn't want to rain on anyone else's parade. It was pure filler with zero focus and lacked what made COE great (a point.) I hope that being we still have 8 episodes left, the background information is done, the Starz over-treatment is done and we can get back to awesomeland![/QUOTE] The only parts I liked were the Jack and Gwen banter, learning that people are still aging but not dying and the introduction of Lauren Ambrose because she is awesome. The rest was pretty unnecessary and I really didn't need the shot of the asian CIA double agent lady walking towards them with her head turned at the end. That felt way more like Starz and totally unlike Torchwood. Angry momma Gwen is pretty bad *** though. On a side note. I'm very sad that I have to work at the same time the Doctor Who and Torchwood panels at Comic Con are happening. I was planning on putting my stalker skills to good use!

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New clips and sneak peeks of Doctor Who from Comic Con! [B]Part Two of Season 6 promo:[/B] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xkQkPo7KRU&feature=player_embedded]‪Doctor Who - Series 6b Comic Con Trailer‬‏ - YouTube[/url] [B]"The God Complex" episode clip:[/B] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3LoZWmXEk8&feature=player_embedded]‪Doctor Who - The God Complex - Comic Con Clip‬‏ - YouTube[/url]