Doctor Who Season 4!!!

[CourtasanSatine]

Can someone explain the whole Tosh and Space Pig thing? I watched last week's Torchwood at least a dozen times to be sure

 

[Narnian_Princess]

Can someone explain the whole Tosh and Space Pig thing? I watched last week's Torchwood at least a dozen times to be sure

? What do you mean?

I know the actress who later played Toshiko played a scientist in the Ninth Doctor episode "Aliens of London", and she was working on a dead alien that had come down with a spaceship that crashed into Big Ben. It turned out to be **Spoilers!**

a hoax done by the Slitheen to distract the humans from what was actually going on. They had used an earth pig and changed it somehow.

**End spoilers**

Perhaps it was in reference to that? But she wasn't playing the Toshiko character in that episode, same as the actress who played the maid in the Ninth Doctor episode "The Unquiet Dead" was not playing Gwen Cooper.

 

[CourtasanSatine]

Owen made a reference to the pig so just trying to clear a few things up

 

[feenie]

I think that they were staying that Tosh really WAS Tosh during the Aliens of London, she just had a different name because she was undercover and covering for Owen...

Doctor Who was AWESOME! That scene just before the end had my mouth wide open in shock and awe! (I knew it was going to happen, but the reality of it was just so great!)

the Little Apidose were really cute.

 

[Narnian_Princess]

I think that they were staying that Tosh really WAS Tosh during the Aliens of London, she just had a different name because she was undercover and covering for Owen...

Doctor Who was AWESOME! That scene just before the end had my mouth wide open in shock and awe! (I knew it was going to happen, but the reality of it was just so great!)

the Little Apidose were really cute.

That's very strange! (I saw the episode, but obviously I wasn't paying that much attention. I think I was preoccupied at the time. )

I wonder what they'll say about Gwyneth from "The Unquiet Dead". Does Gwen go back in time to ensure that the rift opens in Cardiff?

And I agree, the Adipose were very cute! I was reading on the BBC site about the "Fear Scale" or whatever where they record a family's reactions to the episode, and it said that everyone exclaimed, "Awww..." when the Adipose waved... I had done that also.

 

[JennyMominRI]

I think we can mention by name, what happened last night now..

I've now seen through episode 5 now..It's looking to be a very strong season.

 

[marypops!]

Kind of a new fan here too! Someone from the TB convinced me to watch.
I've seen a couple episodes online, but Friday's episode was the first I've seen on TV.
Definately a good show, looking forward to Friday!

*CoughMeCough*

I've enjoyed the season so far. Catherine Tate has been better then I thought she would be. In the UK, the last episode was great. Not much I can say about it but I liked the cliffhanger.

To talk about the episode you're on, The Doctor and Donna's meeting was well done. I can't wait until they bring out a toy version of the Adipose. They're gonna be a hit at christmas!

 

[ZephyrHawk]

I too need a plushie Adipose. They were far too cute. Then that scene where a bunch of them in the street get run over by a car, my husband and I both squealed "Nooooo!"

 

[CourtasanSatine]

The Adipose were too cute! And to borrow from Jack next week its off to volcano day!

 

[dahirsh]

I hadn't heard about the surprise apperance ahead of time but I am wondering if there will ever be an explaination or if we are just going to be left to wonder how...

 

[Narnian_Princess]

The Adipose were too cute! And to borrow from Jack next week its off to volcano day!

Yes, I nearly laughed aloud when volcano day was mentioned.

 

[CourtasanSatine]

I was like,"Hi Captain Jack!"

 

[marypops!]

Thought I might bump this up with a preview of the Fires of Pompeii.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPg20qGECgY

Also for those in the UK, here's a preview of The Poison Sky.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdbuz6m_h7A

 

[JennyMominRI]

Boy was that awful editing tonight...They edited the majoiry of the volcano blowing scenes...There is a scene with Doctor/Donna running though Pompeii with everyone panicking.. Donna sees a woman trying to save her baby and tries to grab the baby..The doctor tell her no. DId they also cut the ending scene in Rome where you see the Doctor and Donna are the new household Gods?... They always cut the spisodes,but this was the worst yet.

 

[agnes!]

Jenny -

Do you know if the version that aired in the UK was different? Hey, maybe there will be a collectors' boxed edition someday with Director's Cuts of the episodes.

agnes!

 

[JennyMominRI]

Jenny -

Do you know if the version that aired in the UK was different? Hey, maybe there will be a collectors' boxed edition someday with Director's Cuts of the episodes.

agnes!

UK version is differet
They always are....The really edited FoP tonight. They cut a good 2 -3 minutes from every single episode.

 

[JennyMominRI]

An article about the editing

Oct 12, 2007, MaryAnn Johanson

It's a week now since the latest season of Doctor Who wrapped up in the U.S. on the Sci Fi Channel, and now comes the long wait for new episodes. It won't be quite so long for some: keeping the tradition of the last two years, there's a special holiday episode on the way in advance of the new spring season, which the BBC will air at Christmastime. If the Sci Fi Channel keeps to its tradition, though, U.S. viewers won't see this episode till next summer, at the earliest.

Except, that is, for U.S. fans who are Net savvy enough to know that the moment something of geek interest airs -- and geeks don't get much more interested than in Doctor Who -- it can be found, if one knows where to look, on the Internet. Which is how I watched the latest Doctor Who season long before the Sci Fi Channel started airing it. And I'm glad I did, because along the way, as I also watched the Sci Fi cablecasts, I discovered that Sci Fi has been chopping up the episodes for its airings, not just to shove in commercials -- which is annoying but just about tolerable as a necessary evil -- but to shorten the running time so it could fit in even more commercials. And even that wasn't too egregious for most of this season. The few moments that were cut here and there were barely missed, in fact, until the last Friday's season finale.

The third part of a three-episode arc, "Last of the Time Lords" ran much longer on the BBC than a regular episode: 52 minutes as opposed to 45. Now, you'd think the thing for the Sci Fi Channel to do would be to really play it up, make the season finale a big deal, give it a 90-minute slot, let the whole thing run unedited. (And a 52-minute episode in a 90-minute slot would have left room for a ton of promos for the newest crappy Sci Fi Original movies!) But no: Sci Fi destroyed the episode by cutting out around 10 minutes of material, including vital scenes that develop character, create theme, and advance plot. The edited version verges on incoherent, which is infuriating, because the full episode is one of the best in the series' history.

And American fans are starting to find out about this now because people are talking about it online. (I've been blogging about the series on an episode-by-episode basis, and much of my discussion of "Last of the Time Lords" focused on how egregiously it was edited for American audiences, complete with a YouTube clip of the most essential scene that was cut.) Wouldn't it be wonderful if fans got up in arms enough to demand that Sci Fi treat the episodes with more respect when it airs the 2008 season?

Or, here's a better idea. All those folks who are downloading episodes from the Net? They're not criminals. They're customers who are telling a company how they want to use their product. The BBC finances its shows through the TV tax that British residents pay: I would be delighted to pay the equivalent if it meant I could watch Doctor Who as it airs in England (not to mention all the other great TV that never makes it across the pond). I would be delighted if the BBC threw up a firewall I could get past with a credit card number, beyond which I could download to my heart's delight.

The technology exists. It's only stubborn adherence to an outdated business model -- one that the consumers are screaming with their actions is no longer viable -- that prevents it from being implemented now.

 

[JennyMominRI]

To see the real final 7 minutes, go here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLK4918dW1c&feature=related


I can't tell you how ticked I am..James Moran, who wrote this episode, will be ticked...They cut the heart and soul out of this brilliant episode and most people here in the USA won't even know it

 

[JennyMominRI]

Agnes...My husband was supposed to go to the post office this morning and forgot...I promise you will have what I'm sending by next weekend..

 

[agnes!]

Agnes...My husband was supposed to go to the post office this morning and forgot...I promise you will have what I'm sending by next weekend..

Not a problem. I've been busy too. My aunt(my mom's sister) died yesterday & I arranged a trip to Tampa for my mom & I to go to the funeral. My mom's travel agent quoted her $240 one-way, so it was going to be $480 for each of us to go .

I found a fare - leaving Monday morning, coming back Wednesday evening for a grand total of $179 ROUND TRIP per person. Got the National Emerald Aisle car for $120 and printed out a coupon to get on-site Express Parking at BWI for $9/day (with complimentary shuttle from our parking space to the terminal).

Thanks for the info about how the episodes are being chopped-up. I *knew* I liked watching Dr. Who on BBCAmerica so much better.

agnes!