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How bizarre that Martha is missing from the cover!

Yes, the lack of Martha does bother me. This along with her not being in half of Series 4 (or it you want to celebrate 30! Yay! 30 Years on air coming up!) does make me feel slightly angry. Especially as I consider her better than Bille Piper's Rose.

Still, she could be on the back. And being as Amazon.co.uk did a special Cyberman Head set last year, they may to a special Martha's Head one this year!

Not only did Martha get shafted, it offers a major spoiler to people who are picking up the box set to watch it for the first time!

Surely Martha's going to be shafted in Torchwood?

Oh, apparently not:
Freema Banned from Torchwood Sex Scenes

So, three episodes of the crew sitting around and drinking tea then. How nice.

2099net wrote:Surely Martha's going to be shafted in Torchwood?

Oh, apparently not:
Freema Banned from Torchwood Sex Scenes

So, three episodes of the crew sitting around and drinking tea then. How nice.

All they need to do now is ban Catherine Tate.

Not from sex scenes specifically, just ban her generally.

I see the US has a Torchwood box set slated for January...does the UK look like getting theirs before then? Surely pre-Season 2?

Has the 11th Doctor already been found?
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2001 ... 19,00.html

Just The Sun posting unsubstantiated rumours. Whatever happened to Robert Carlyle or David Morrissey?

Let's just enjoy the Doctor we've got.

Moffatt has now debunked the Nesbitt rumor as complete nonsense.

I saw that. But to be honest, I wouldn't be so quick to accept. The rumour about Moffett being the new showrunner is one that has been circling fandom for at least 12 months now. The fan network sometimes gets things wrong, but often there's a hint of the truth, even if the rumour itself is wrong.

Also, the current production team are on record plenty of times denying "facts" that later become true - from the casting of Kylie in the 2007 Xmas special to the return of the Master and more, all were categorically denied. I'm not having a dig at Russell, Julie and Phil - they could hardly comfirm a casting before the contract was signed or confirm the return of a character while the stories were still being written. But it shows facts can be denied if the "time is not right" for them to be released.

(That said, nobody saw that casting of Catherine Tate for Series 4 coming in advance, so the production team clearly can keep secrets if they want to).

I still think that there is a grain of truth in this story, even if its just Moffett is a favourite to take Russell's post at the BBC, and Nesbitt is one of the names he has thrown out as a possible replacement.

But we all know the new Doctor is going to be Micheal Sheen or Kris Marshall.

The Box IS the Key to Time. How cool is that?

No one's ever gone on a public forum and so vocally denied a rumour yet though. So far it's only fan speculation that Moffatt is taking over, and it's also only speculation that David Tennant is leaving.

Hopefully Tennant will stay on yet, and if Moffatt is taking over the reins, I'd have thought there would be just as much chance that he would be happy to have Tennant as his Doctor as anyone else. They certainly seemed to get along very well on the recent Doctor Who Confidential they did together.

If RTD leaves at the end of series 4, I could see the BBC wanting some stability with the show and being keen to hold on to Tennant for a further season to smooth the changeover.

I think the biggest potential problem over Tennant staying at the moment is the reports that the RSC want him to play Hamlet next summer. I suppose it's a case of which he wants to do most.

It does seem clear that he loves being the Doctor, and I would imagine when he does leave it will be a very difficult decision for him to make.

It's all ifs and buts at the moment though. We know we've got him for another season at least, and I wish people would just leave it at that and enjoy what we've got.

Some people were convinced he was going at the end of this year - I think it's safe to say that there will be a few surprises along the way yet.

2099net wrote:

*drools over laptop*

2008 can't come soon enough for me...

Scaps

darth_deetoo wrote:No one's ever gone on a public forum and so vocally denied a rumour yet though. So far it's only fan speculation that Moffatt is taking over, and it's also only speculation that David Tennant is leaving.

Hopefully Tennant will stay on yet, and if Moffatt is taking over the reins, I'd have thought there would be just as much chance that he would be happy to have Tennant as his Doctor as anyone else. They certainly seemed to get along very well on the recent Doctor Who Confidential they did together.

If RTD leaves at the end of series 4, I could see the BBC wanting some stability with the show and being keen to hold on to Tennant for a further season to smooth the changeover.

I think the biggest potential problem over Tennant staying at the moment is the reports that the RSC want him to play Hamlet next summer. I suppose it's a case of which he wants to do most.

Yes, that Confidential was a little strange though, don't you think? Quite a lot of emphasis on Mofatt (admittedly he is a well known and respected writer) but not so much on - say - Mark Gatiss (who is arguably more well known, and has written and even starred in the new Doctor Who as well as several British television and film productions and has arguably let Doctor Who influence his work more than Mofett has - Gatiss' first professional writing was a Doctor Who novel for example, the first of many).

That (along with a few other things, including a lack of outright denial from Moffett when an interviewer at BBC America asked him about taking over Russell's role) makes me think Mofatt is being groomed for a place on the production team in the near future.

But as you say, Mofatt posts on Outpost Gallifrey, and knows the fickle way of fandom and could just be acting evasive when questioned to stir things up a bit. Not that I can blame him, I'd probably do the same if I could.

The thing is, it's not just the RSC who want Tennant. He is "officially" Britain's most in-demand actor (in one of those industry polls done by media insiders) and he is also being courted by Hollywood for film roles.

Much as we like Tennant, I think it's unreasonable to expect him to stay in the role forever. Three years sounds fair to me. Other jobs will no doubt offer more money. And I'm strongly in the camp that believes change is good. Over the years, the show has thrived on change. The only times it arguably went below par was when it was too static (in Colin Baker's case a change in the production team was desperately needed)

That said, David is a huge fan of the show (he had a subscription to Doctor Who Magazine for 10 years before taking on the role) and he is having the time of his life according to all interviews (and just watch how his face lit up on the Gridlock Confidential when he was talking about the Macra for his fan-geek credentials) so "Who" knows? He could be in it for the long run.

Which is where the "...show to continue as limited specials rather than a series..." rumours come from.

Escapay wrote:
*drools over laptop*

2008 can't come soon enough for me...

Scaps

Why 2008? This is out next month.

Not so sure I'd want Tennant to beat Tom Baker's record, as my favourite Doctor, I quite like the fact that he's the longest running. It would be nice to see him equal Pertwee's record though.

I don't think it's necessary to change the lead for the sake of it. If the script writers and the actor can keep the part interesting, I'm quite happy to see someone in the role for the long haul.

The thing that I'd always be asking myself if I got the chance to play the role as a huge fan, and was enjoying it so much (as he obviously does), is how I could possibly give it up and watch someone else do it.

darth_deetoo wrote:

Escapay wrote:
*drools over laptop*

2008 can't come soon enough for me...

Scaps

Why 2008? This is out next month.

Yeah, but I'm stuck in R1-land without a multi-region DVD player, so I've got to wait for the re-release here in order to get my grubby little hands on it. Our November slot is already slated with Time-Flight, Arc of Infinity, and Series 3, and I'm hoping we'll get Key to Time in our March 2008 slot (unless they decide to hold it off until November 2008 to make it a holiday Who, then I'll be pissed). I've already got the original 2002 release, so I'm not exactly impatient for the stories to come here, I'm more excited for the restoration and the extras.

Anyway, I'm hoping Tennant will stick around a year or two longer, I like the idea of him doing a Pertwee run of 5 years.

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darth_deetoo wrote:I don't think it's necessary to change the lead for the sake of it. If the script writers and the actor can keep the part interesting, I'm quite happy to see someone in the role for the long haul.

No, maybe "needs" is too strong a word, but I don't think change should be feared. Throughout its long history, there's been surprisingly few years without a major cast change, be it Doctor or compantion. And yes, some didn't work, but most did.

Even with the new 2005 series most a happier with Tennant as the Doctor than Eccleston, and yet most of these same people decried the show as being spoilt when they found out Eccleston was leaving after one year. I know you too Detoo prefer Martha over Rose (as do I)

There's too many shows that are afraid of change - my favourite example is The X-Files which came up with all sorts of convulated plots and scams to spread out David Duchovny's limited apperances when he had decided to leave rather than bite the bullet and kill Mulder off (which would have been artistically much more dramatic and liberating and could actually have opened up a whole new chapter for the series). I'm proud Doctor Who constantly re-invents itself.

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Ordered!

Is that purple key of time set going to be released in the US?

You know, I've been driven off another Disney forum for running a poll on who your favourite Doctor Who is?

They've got a poll section, and I thought for a bit of fun, the other day, I'd run a few non-Disney polls.

Who is your favourite Dr. Who?

Who is your favourite James Bond?

Who is your favourite Star Trek captain?

Who is your favourite comic book hero?

Everyone was joining in, posting responses, no problems. Then, this annoying little irk piped up that it was inconsiderate to run a poll about a program that we only know about in Britain. Initially I just said, So? Don't post!

So he's got all uptight and said I'm being rude and I shouldn't be opening threads that exclude certain members of the board. He lives in the Netherlands. I told him that Dr. Who was an international phenomenon that's been going for over 40 years and is sold all over the world and it's not my fault if he's never heard of it. I suggested that if he doesn't like a post he should just ignore the thread, not hijack a thread and stamp his feet like a petulant child just because he doesn't feel he can participate. So he's had a right go back at me - I've contacted one of the mods, and he's just ignored me and locked the thread.

I can't believe people would be so petty. It's times like this when I feel like just jacking in the whole message forum lark. I'm currently off sick for the 3rd week. I had a BMW ram the back of my car 3 weeks ago, and I'm suffering from severe back pain, and getting on forums is a bit of an outlet for me to speak to people at the moment, and it's really upset me that this person has been so nasty about a simple, inoffensive little thread.

You just can't credit some people.