Doctor Who

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Just caught this one that BBC's youtube channel just put up. It's another trailer of Amy leaving a message on the Tardis. Don't think it reveals too much new info, except perhaps that the search isn't going as well as one might have hoped.

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Hmm

At 1:20 is that a Silent or just a light reflection? I think just a reflection but would be a crazy reveal for there to have been a Silent in the TARDIS all along.

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Appears Moffat confirmed a "new" companion for Series 7. I still think it'll be River joining full time, but would be fine with a totally new companion as well.

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As far as the prequel goes, a couple of things this made me think about

A. His comment about "running faster than he ever has", most people assumed he was running away from something. Was he referring to his search for Melody?

2. For some reason Amy's Scottish accent was heavier than I can ever remember it being

D. The 27th can't get here quick enough

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As far as the prequel goes, a couple of things this made me think about

A. His comment about "running faster than he ever has", most people assumed he was running away from something. Was he referring to his search for Melody?

2. For some reason Amy's Scottish accent was heavier than I can ever remember it being

D. The 27th can't get here quick enough

Just 12 more days. I tried discovering and watching Torchwood in the interim, but it's just not quite the same. Something about Torchwood keeps me from enjoying it as much as Doctor Who, though the characters are certainly interesting.

[MrBogosity]

They can deal with all sorts of issues in Torchwood that they can't in Doctor Who. Children of Earth would have been over in a flash with the Doctor giving the 456 a stern talking to and a little well-placed technobabble would have made Miracle Day a non-event. But seeing humanity struggle with these things with no savior in sight takes on a whole dynamic that Doctor Who can never have.

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They can deal with all sorts of issues in Torchwood that they can't in Doctor Who. Children of Earth would have been over in a flash with the Doctor giving the 456 a stern talking to and a little well-placed technobabble would have made Miracle Day a non-event. But seeing humanity struggle with these things with no savior in sight takes on a whole dynamic that Doctor Who can never have.

Disclaimer: I'm about halfway through season 2.

I understand that, but there's just something about Doctor Who that makes me really enjoy watching it. I can marathon episodes of Doctor Who. I don't quite enjoy marathoning Torchwood as much.

[MrBogosity]

A Torchwood marathon would be hard on the emotions. Especially after episodes like Adam and Adrift.

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A Torchwood marathon would be hard on the emotions. Especially after episodes like Adam and Adrift.

My girlfriend and I have a rule. No more than two Torchwood episodes a day. At least, not without a couple of Frasier episodes inbetween. Frasier plays the role of ginger leaves on this particular sushi platter. :-P

It's weird. I usually like the dark, post-apocalyptic, damned-near no hope stories and such. It's almost cathartic at times when I'm feeling particularly ticked off or disturbed about something. I mean, I used to watch End of Evangelion whenever I was in one of my off moods to help snap me out of it (Which got me quite a few odd looks from others who had actually seen that movie.). The only reason I don't now is because I lost track of the DVD after I lent it to my philosophy teacher.

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Torchwood has been hit or miss for me. Children of Earth was amazing, but every other season really had its ups and downs.

It took half its run, but seems Miracle Day has finally kicked it into gear. Last two episodes have been great.

On the DW front, also seems the Daleks will be involved in 6B somehow. If its a minor thing like with The Pandorica Opens/Big Bang, I'm fine with that. But if its the millionth rehash of "ZOMG THE DALEKS HAVE AN UNSTOPPABLE FLEET" only for the Doctor to pull a mcguffin out of his ass, well......

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Great idea from another forum

If Moffat is ultimately trying to bring Omega back, what if the 5th Doctor encountered in Time Crash really was Omega? Think about it, would the TARDIS just randomly collide with an earlier version? Or was Omega trying to get back into our reality.

[MrBogosity]

I dunno, Five went back rather passively for it to be Omega trying to come back.

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Has anyone else been watching the BBC America specials? I thought "Best of the Doctor" was very good, but tonight's "Best of the Monsters" was bad. Not touching the Cyberman or Sontarans, even when they've appeared in Series 5 and 6 is just facepalm worthy.

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Actually, I think it's some scale that someone came up with a while ago that could be utilized for any civilization.

But don't let that stop you. Yes, check out Doctor Who.

Modified Kardeshev Scale.

Type I:  Utilizing all energy available on their home planet.

Type II:  Utilizing the entire energy output of their home star.  (This requires a classical Dyson Sphere, which is not generally habitable, just a means of harvesting energy.)

Type III:  Utilizing the entire energy output of their home galaxy.  Even Time Lords never reached this level, as they didn't bother to control more than 1 planet at a time.  They did, however, control the singularity from the black hole that was made by Rasilon and Omega, and were able to remotely tie into it to power a TARDIS anywhere and anywhen in any reality.  (They controlled the singularity, which they called the Eye of Harmony, so well and for so long that they entirely forgot that it was a real thing, not some mythic symbol.)

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