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Very possibly, but then I'm ageing myself too by knowing exactly what you're on about.dynamicv said:
I read somewhere that Time Ladies can choose their appearance but Time Lords have less control over the regeneration process. It's not a canon thing though, I think it was one of the books that suggested that.Metal Zombie said:
One thing that has been suggested in the series is that it's the symbiosis with their TARDIS that allows a Time Lord/Lady the ability to regenerate given the temperamental and erratic nature of the Doctor's TARDIS it seems only natural that his regenerations are somewhat dodgy.
Oh right. I'm more of an expert of actual Doctor Who, not interviews with the writers/production team.
They were featured in Aliens of London, World War Three and The Christmas Invasion, all written by RTD so it seems a little odd that he would say they've been 'forgotten'. Mind, UNIT's CO in The Christmas Invasion seemed to be aware of Torchwood so that would also contradict the idea that UNIT is totally in the dark about Torchwood's operations...Sky Blue said:
In fairness, those covers emerged before our exit from the World Cup. Still, I agree their priorities are 100% correct and I'd like to see the ref daring to send any of that lot off...HydroMan said:At least the Beeb seem to have their priorities right (wouldn't have anything to do with England's exit from the World Cup would it
Jaffa Cake said:In fairness, those covers emerged before our exit from the World Cup. Still, I agree their priorities are 100% correct and I'd like to see the ref daring to send any of that lot off...
I'd like to see a Dalek slide tackle...
Fair enough, only noticed them while waiting at the checkout at Sainsburys, anyway could you imagine asking "can I have my ball back please mister"Jaffa Cake said:In fairness, those covers emerged before our exit from the World Cup. Still, I agree their priorities are 100% correct and I'd like to see the ref daring to send any of that lot off...
Okay, this thread is growing quickly so I missed the significance(?) of this until I was watching the daily teasers today and on Sunday's one there are two Cybermen suggesting an alliance with the Daleks and neither one is the Cyberleader, are these Cybus Cybermen treacherous to one another ( lack of emotion inhibitor ) or have Cybermen ( original ) always been like this as I don't recall this in the past, or maybe the Cyberleader just got wasted early onJaffa Cake said:I'll say one thing I was very pleased to see last night the return of the black-handled Cyberleader!
Excellent! *clenches fist*
There's also the fact that I think the Dalek involved in the negotiation was one of the 'brass' rank and file Daleks, and not the Dalek Supreme (I may well be wrong though). I think it's more likely a sensible strategy for neither side to expose their leader to unnecessary danger, rather than some Cybertreachery.
EDIT: Yep, I've just taken another look at the trailer on the BBC site, and it's definitely a 'brass' Dalek conversing with the Cybermen.
EDIT: Yep, I've just taken another look at the trailer on the BBC site, and it's definitely a 'brass' Dalek conversing with the Cybermen.
Yes, you are right it is a brass one and get you with your advanced military tactics, I can honestly say it never even crossed my mind about the expendable representatives, no wonder I never did much good as an army cadetJaffa Cake said:
Regarding the Cyberleader, in one of the scenes from the accompanying Confidential episode it appears as though the Cyberleader (aka the one with the black "handlebars") gets destroyed by a Dalek. Just thought I'd throw that out there FWIW.
Well it looks like Doomsday will live up to its name, it's gonna be a bloodbath (without the blood of course, think of the children etc..) heh! heh! heh! heh!~Shard~ said:Regarding the Cyberleader, in one of the scenes from the accompanying Confidential episode it appears as though the Cyberleader (aka the one with the black "handlebars") gets destroyed by a Dalek. Just thought I'd throw that out there FWIW.
Indeed... that raises the question though is there just the one Cyberleader? I think we've only seen one at a time before, but we generally only see small groups of Cybermen. With such a large army of Cybermen there may well be more than one, each the leader of a battalion but under the overall control of the Cybercontroller?~Shard~ said:
I mention this because, on the Radio Times cover Hydroman posted, the lead Cyberman is a Cybercontroller. He's got the glowing eyes, chest sockets and visible brain Lumic sported after his upgrade does this mean our black handled friend isn't the one in overall command of the invasion and we'll see the Controller back?
Jaffa Cake said:
Very good point indeed! I guess we'll just have to wait and see... the weekend seems so far away...
Another good call, great observation, I was looking at it for a good few minutes and again never realised the difference, oh no there seems to be a pattern forming.Jaffa Cake said:
HydroMan said:Well it looks like Doomsday will live up to its name, it's gonna be a bloodbath (without the blood of course, think of the children etc..) heh! heh! heh! heh!
Oh I dunno about that! well... no blood. but I remember some show about Doctor Who a while ago that said it had the highest number of deaths for fewest number of complaints, or something like that. or the most deaths in any TV series... either way it was a record!
Yes I recall the outrage but not the episode (Daleks involved? if so would that be McCoy's Doctor) I'm sure the more learned posters will have an answer.raggedjimmi said:
There aren't that many episodes that don't feature a death or two, that's for sure out of the 26 episodes of 'new Who' we've seen (including The Christmas Invasion) I think there's only been The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances and Fear Her where nobody actually dies.raggedjimmi said:
Luckily, it appears Doomsday will boost the body count impressively. One thing you do notice about the vast majority of weapons on Doctor Who is that they don't do any external damage to their victims no blood or gore. Weapons like the Dalek's blasters tend do their harm internally, meaning that the deaths we do see are less likely to fall foul of the censors. Strangely though, they seem to cause massive explosions if they hit stuff like doors, crates or cars.
Yeah with big plumes of expanded foamJaffa Cake said:Dalek's blasters tend do their harm internally, meaning that the deaths we do see are less likely to fall foul of the censors. Strangely though, they seem to cause massive explosions if they hit stuff like doors, crates or cars.
you can't beat the "kitchness" of the Beebs special effects departmentSky Blue said:
I hope you and Metal Zombie are right. But you won't be. I am sure a lot of people don't want to see Davros return. But he will.
Maybe in some other series but I follow the genetic bomb theory "Genesis Ark is primed" kind of reminds me of Star Trek and the Genesis Project. To bring back Davros would take a lot of explaining to the new viewers.darth.swift said:
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