Why? Amy & Rory lived long and full lives.
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Why? Amy & Rory lived long and full lives.
cboath
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Yeah. 5 and crew were all sad about Adrick for 30 seconds. He later made reference to him for less than 30 seconds a year or two later.
Just saying this parting of the ways really bothered him and he feels like he failed them and that the effect should last longer than Adricks essentially brushed off death.
Just saying this parting of the ways really bothered him and he feels like he failed them and that the effect should last longer than Adricks essentially brushed off death.
Solo4114
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Adric's death didn't haunt 5 because the show was being run by JNT at that time, and was generally not all that emotionally driven. The new era is WAY different with weepy moments in damn near every episode.
I'd argue we've seen the Doctor lose it with respect to the loss of companions, particularly with how he related to Martha (using her as a Rose substitute), and especially Donna (basically going slowly off the deep end during the Tennant specials).
I haven't gotten to Amy and Rory's departure episode just yet, but Amy has during this season repeatedly referenced him traveling on his own and it really messing with him. I think a bit of that would be helpful to see (not so much on his own but his almost reluctance to fully embrace the new companion to the point where he's kind of on his own).
I'd argue we've seen the Doctor lose it with respect to the loss of companions, particularly with how he related to Martha (using her as a Rose substitute), and especially Donna (basically going slowly off the deep end during the Tennant specials).
I haven't gotten to Amy and Rory's departure episode just yet, but Amy has during this season repeatedly referenced him traveling on his own and it really messing with him. I think a bit of that would be helpful to see (not so much on his own but his almost reluctance to fully embrace the new companion to the point where he's kind of on his own).
greatwazoo42
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Different generation you know! The Old School Brits were all "stiff upper lip" and "soldier on!" Not like you week kneed youngsters! Harumph!
You forgot "pip pip!" :lol
greatwazoo42
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Right-o and Cherrio then! 
greatwazoo42
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greatwazoo42
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I've been tempted to shout things like "By the Blessed Breasts of Alex Kingston! ONWARD!" at conventions just to see how many people follow me.
Don't forget a cat pin. We NEED a cat pin! :lol
Peri was cute as hell. To bad the character sucked!
Solo4114
Master Member
Nicola Bryant was -- and remains -- stunning. However, Peri's character was an ill-conceived damsel in distress who, unfortunately, was usually used as little more than a bickering partner with a cantankerous Doctor who was himself never written very well. They could have done SO much more with the 6th Doctor than they did, but...I guess the writers just lacked vision. Same problem with Adric, really. They never had a handle on the character. With Adric it meant that his motivations were all over the place and he was like a different character from episode to episode. With 6th Doctor, they took his nasty edge from a bad regeneration, and turned it into his whole personality. At least until the Trial of a Time Lord season. Although, even there the writing was weak with all the goofy insults to the Valeyard.
Reidydog
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More new pics from filming:
Matt Smith shatters Tardis illusion as he rides though the open doors during Doctor Who shoot | Mail Online
Matt Smith shatters Tardis illusion as he rides though the open doors during Doctor Who shoot | Mail Online
greatwazoo42
Master Member
Neat. I like the look. It suits him.
Still got the bow tie, that's good.
I'm one of the few who really liked the Trial of a Time Lord.
Colin could have been a great Doctor had he been written better.
Solo4114
Master Member
I agree, and I liked it better than a lot of what preceded it, but it still had some weak moments to it. It's interesting. I find the 6th Doctor era to be perfectly satisfactory from the perspective of individual episodes, but it's like the mix of elements just never quite gelled the way it had in previous eras, and it never quite found its footing. It wasn't bad, per se, but it just could've been so much BETTER.
And I definitely agree that Colin could have made an AMAZING Doctor if he hadn't just been written as "Mr. Crankypants." That stuff all made sense in the Twin Dilemma, but then he never really developed beyond it. And Colin himself, I think, would've been both game to play the role differently, and entirely capable of doing so, if given the option. But it just never happened.
And I definitely agree that Colin could have made an AMAZING Doctor if he hadn't just been written as "Mr. Crankypants." That stuff all made sense in the Twin Dilemma, but then he never really developed beyond it. And Colin himself, I think, would've been both game to play the role differently, and entirely capable of doing so, if given the option. But it just never happened.
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