I want Tom Baker back!

Oh, I know, the Slitheen were fucking stupid. Every episode with them made me want to vomit. I just started watching them as well.

Yay for Doctor Who posts @ Topless Robot!

I kind of like the looks of this. It seems much better than the flash animation of The Infinite Quest. It is strange that Georgia Moffett is the companion though, doesn't she play the doctor's daughter?

Rob, the Slitheen are terrible, but you will have at least a slightly better opinion of what Davies was trying to do with them when you get to the "Boomtown" episode. Not that that makes up for the fart jokes or anything.

darkmagician66699: Tom Baker is voicing some new audio adventures starting this September on BBC Radio or CD (depending on which report you read).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2009/07_july/hornets_nest.shtml

@ Nameless:

Thx for the info. How cool is that? Tom was and always will be my fav Doctor.

Just a question:
Do they do the same thing with Doctor Who as they do James Bond? I always heard that they sign an actor to do so many James Bond flicks and then they bring in a new 007. Kinda like a changing of the guard. I was just wondering if that's what they have always done with Dr. Who?

Having enjoyed the last animated Who story, I'm excited about this. Besides, it's one more 10th Doctor story they've managed to turn out before Tennant leaves, on top of his upcoming appearances in the Sarah Jane Adventures. The more, the better!

That said, Christopher Eccleston was one of the best Doctors ever. Although he only got one season, he had a complete character arc. And aside from some farting aliens and a subpar zombie episode, his series was pretty perfect, which cannot be said for David's uneven era.

Dark,

With James Bond and Doctor Who, I think it's rarely decided ahead of time how long an actor will stay. The only time I can think of that happening in either franchise is with Christopher Eccleston, who only wanted to stay for one series. It's more a case of the actor decides to move on, or the studio does.

The first actor to play the Doctor was William Hartnell, who was reportedly getting too ill to play the role. In order to continue, it was written into the story that his character would essentially become too old and need to renew himself, transforming into a younger apperaance (and bringing in a new actor). This concept evovled into having the Doctor regenerate into the next of his 13 lives, thus keeping the show fresh as new actors took over the part every so often.

To answer darkmagician66699

Do they do the same thing with Doctor Who as they do James Bond? I always heard that they sign an actor to do so many James Bond flicks and then they bring in a new 007. Kinda like a changing of the guard. I was just wondering if that's what they have always done with Dr. Who?

In short, yet, but the Doctor Who setting has an in-setting reason for why he looks different every so often. It's because of 'regeneration', which is something that Time Lords can do when mortally wounded to stave off death. In short, they can force a 'rebirth' of themselves, that gives a new body, and a new set of dominate personality traits, while keeping all the same memories.

Ninja'd. Dang.

Well, one thing we both forgot to mention, a Time Lord can willing 'turn off' regeneration if he/she wants to die. The Master himself did that in his last encounter with the Doctor.

Course, lots of 'really, really dead, for real' things in teh Whovianverse have come back anyway. We're looking at you Daleks. And Cybermen. And... well, you get the point.

Y'know, this is nica and all but would it kill them to animte a new adventure with Paul McGann? The Eighth Doctor is still such a mystery...

The 8th Doctor was awesome. His audio adventures fill that gap to some degree, but it would be nice to see him in animated form. He actually was, once (in Shada) but calling that animation would be generous.

LOL, sorry, operations. I do have a way of sneaking up on people.

One other thing we should say is that the Doctor's regenerations are usually brought on by some kind of physical trauma, and regeneration saves him from death (although once he was forced to regenerate as a sort of "death" sentence). However, it's been shown that Time Lords can regenerate if they just plain feel like a new look. Of course, that is really dumb.

Thx to all who gave me a little more insight to the reason for new actors. I wasn't aware of that as I was a kid when Tom Baker and K-9 were in the series, along with that hot-chick who always dressed like an Amazon (can't remember her name). After that I never watched the series again, and I don't think the old Marvel comics I read ever covered that in the writing.

Nothing but win here as far as I can see. First, I live only about three hours from Roswell so it'll be cool to see the Doctor finally visit my neck of the desert. Plus, David Tennant is my childrens' favorite Doctor, and they're having a hard time with the idea that he's going to be replaced. This gives them a little bit of a reprieve.

Yay Rob! Good for you. I'm glad to hear that you're getting into Dr. Who. Yes, the Slitheen are fucking god awful, but thankfully they're only in a few episodes. You pretty much summed up Christopher Eccleston's Doctor perfectly. I was really sad to see him go though. I would have loved to have seen him for one more season. David Tennant is great though, so losing Eccleston wasn't too horrible.

Things for you to look forward to as you go forward:

Daleks
Cybermen
Captain Jack Harkness
The episode entitled "Blink"
Martha Jones

Things for you to dread going forward:
Donna Noble

I don't get the Donna hate. It was a nice change of pace after all the frickin awful teenagers

@stonewar She was just annoying as hell and whiny. That was really what did it for me. I totally agree with you about the teenager thing though. I was getting sick of the Doctor always having assistants who fell hopelessly in love with him. The one good thing about Donna was that she didn't love the doctor and was prone to actually giving him attitude on occasion.

Other than that though, her voice was shrill and she was constantly complaining. She lacked the spirit of adventure a good assistant should have.

All good Doctors are cheerful lunatics.

You know I love it when you talk Doctor Who.

Also wait, whoa, he's still dating Georgia Moffet? Oh, that's all types of wrong.

Well if it looks good and is recognizable as a Dr. Who series, I'm all for it

Donna Noble was one of those things about Doctor Who that you just sort of shrug and say to yourself "remember that it's a British show and that doesn't always translate." Catherine Tate is apparently super-popular in the UK, but I haven't found anyone in North America who could tolerate her for more than a couple of minutes.

"It is strange that Georgia Moffett is the companion though, doesn't she play the doctor's daughter?"

Hey, there's that girl that looks exactly like Martha working at Torchwood! And a gap-toothed girl working in a funeral parlour in Cardiff!

Translation: there's only so many actresses working in the UK.

('Sides, it saves Tennant the trouble of hooking up with yet another hot blonde guest star. The man's tastes are fairly transparent - and I don't blame him one bit - but there's still something creepy about hooking up with your childhood hero's daughter. Gotta be some weird conversations at Christmastime in that family.)

Animated Tennant looks rather perturbed. Then again, I guess real life Tennant often does too. Enjoy Eccleston though! He is a very cheerful lunatic indeed! He was a fantastic Ninth Doctor and it's a damn shame he was only around for one season.

@Geoff

I know plenty of people here in North America who love Catherine Tate...

Translation: there's only so many actresses working in the UK.

Completely untrue, actually. Thing is Russell T. Davies is just really fond of using his collection of favoured actors as much as possible throughout different projects, often that means giving actors with minor parts that he likes larger roles in the future.
Gareth David-Lloyd played a character named 'Yanto' in an earlier series of RTD's before he played 'Ianto' on Torchwood, for example.

This sounds like a really good animated movie. The possibility of any more animated movies with David Tennant would be really good if Matt Smith tanks as the Doctor. I also find Tom Baker to be the most fantastic & memorable actor to have played the Doctor. I'd like to see Tom Baker as a animated Fourth Doctor providing that he has complete control over everything to do with his movie or series of movies.

Meh, I like the Infinite Quest animation style better. "The Long Game" with Simon Pegg was in Eccleston's season. Enjoy.

"I'd like to see Tom Baker as a animated Fourth Doctor providing that he has complete control over everything to do with his movie or series of movies."

Yeah, because Tom Baker was solely responsible for his tenure as the Doctor, not Hinchcliffe / Holmes / Adams / etc. What makes you think that giving him complete control would make for a better animated movie than, say, just letting Paul Cornell (or another one of the current "bullpen" of writers) take a pass on the script?

Hey! I'm a yank, and I liked Donna Noble.

Well, OK... I hated her in her debut episode when she was doing the shrill yelling all the time, but when she was toned down and allowed to be clever and snarky, she was pretty cool. Even kind of attractive.

Of course, she was no Martha Jones in the looks department (because Freema's just about perfect in my book), but I think her personality was more tolerable than Martha's. Donna was just an ally, not a lovesick follower. She loved being with the Doctor because of the excitement and exploration; Not because she particularly loved him.

I still think they should bring back Peri. Give her another shot with a Doctor who isn't always yelling at her and calling her stupid. She really wasn't, but the Sixth Doctor was insane (bad regeneration, poison in his system, yada yada yada) and Peri deserved better. She was barely with the Fifth. Who cares if she's older? That's fine. Why can't there be an older female companion now and again?

And of course, as I keep saying, I'm still waiting for an in-series answer to the burning question: "WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO ACE?!?!?"

Seriously. They canceled the show, and the next time we see the Doctor, Ace isn't with him, and he doesn't mention her. I want to know what happened to her-- She was my favorite companion, and she's the only one who was allowed to just disappear like that. No closure, man! I NEED closure!

"I still think they should bring back Peri. Give her another shot with a Doctor who isn't always yelling at her and calling her stupid. She really wasn't, but the Sixth Doctor was insane (bad regeneration, poison in his system, yada yada yada) and Peri deserved better."

The problem with Peri is ironically the same one that dragged Martha down: she was actually written to be pretty qualified (botany student), but never got to show it onscreen since she was showing off her other assets.

(Davison's regeneration scene being the best example of that. DAYUM.)

Martha got a lot better after she left, since apparently someone on staff checked her Wikipedia entry and remembered that she was supposed to be a doctor, and not just "generic screaming chick #124a."

And I didn't say that no one on this side of the pond liked *Donna*, I said that Catherine Tate is essentially a non-entity over here and her brand of humour doesn't really take. Without the shield of celebrity that she has in the UK, public opinion's less favourable towards her as a result.

ZeroCorpse, I echo your sentiments about Donna (and Freema Agyeman's looks) almost exactly. Couldn't stand her in "The Runaway Bride," but I really loved her in the fourth season. To be honest, I found her relationship with the Doctor to be a good change of pace. (Finally! Someone who comes across more as an equal and doesn't get all googley-eyed over him!)

And speaking of changing the relationship between the Doctor and his companion, I really wish they'd bring back Georgia Moffett to play Jenny in the live action series. Since she's more or less his daughter, at least this way we wouldn't get yet another companion who falls in love with him. (Plus, I think the father/daughter dynamic would be really interesting, even if they look practically the same age.)

I also wouldn't mind seeing Peri come back for an episode or two. Nicola Bryant still looks great.

I thought Donna was annoying in the second Christmas special, but that was part of her charm. As a companion in the 4th series, she kept the Doctor grounded and more aware of how he affects the lives of others. She definately was there to keep his ego in check.

Here's a little backstory on Georgia Moffett:

She played Jenny, "The Doctor's Daughter" in the episode of that same name. She was actually a female clone of him, so the term "daughter" is a tad loose.

In real life, she's the daughter of Peter Davison, Doctor Who #5, who appeared with David Tennant (Doctor #10) in a "Children in Need" Special in 2007.

So, is it wrong for the Doctor to date his daughter? lol

Bah. OtaKing77077 did a MUCH better job.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqR8A8ecKWo

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