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Happy birthday, Doctor Who!
« on: November 23, 2013, 11:25:06 AM »

For those Whovians amongst us, happy 50th to Doctor Who!

Did anyone watch "an adventure in space and time" last night?

A touching tribute to the first 3 years of the series.  A series created by a Canadian! :D  I gave it 2 Jellybabies up!
 
I lucked out and got tickets to see the 50th anniversary episode in the cinema.  Can't wait to see it!!!  (I just hope it stands up to all the expectations!)

#savetheday
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Re: Happy birthday, Doctor Who!
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2013, 11:32:48 AM »

Kinda bummed out that I can't watch it in the theater since the store is open during it. But already looking forward to watching it with my wife tonight when I get home.

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Re: Happy birthday, Doctor Who!
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2013, 12:06:15 PM »

i loved An Adventure in Time and Space and I'm man enough to admit, I did cry at the end.

looking forward to tonight!
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Re: Happy birthday, Doctor Who!
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2013, 07:18:02 PM »

It's good.
Both the Adventures in Time and Space and the Day of the Doctor have some grand adventure, with a bit of twinkle. Pop pop pop!  ;)
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Re: Happy birthday, Doctor Who!
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2013, 02:33:54 AM »

DOTD was AWESOME.
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Re: Happy birthday, Doctor Who!
« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2013, 08:47:55 AM »

Both were great.
The surprise appearance at the end of DOTD was just awesome. Especially the - Who "nose". ;)

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Re: Happy birthday, Doctor Who!
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2013, 08:34:28 PM »

Both were great.
The surprise appearance at the end of DOTD was just awesome. Especially the - Who "nose". ;)

I was so Happy that they did that!  DOTD was EXCELLENT!!!! I can't wait to see more of Season 8!
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Re: Happy birthday, Doctor Who!
« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2013, 06:55:45 AM »

I'll admit I've never even watched a single episode in my life.
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Re: Happy birthday, Doctor Who!
« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2013, 12:53:11 PM »


I was so Happy that they did that!  DOTD was EXCELLENT!!!! I can't wait to see more of Season 8!

It also raises the question "Can the Doctor regenerate back into a previous version?"

And yeah, I got excited when that happened (Trying to avoid spoilers for people here).
I loved all the nods to the past 50 years. Even the school that Clara was teaching at - it was in the very first episode of Doctor Who 50 years ago.

I've been playing the 50th show on a loop in the store all day. ;)

I'll admit I've never even watched a single episode in my life.

It's not for everyone, but if you wanted to check it out, start in 2005. 2006/07 was some of the best written TV I've ever watched, and the way they interweave the storylines all the way through to 2012 is amazing.

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Re: Happy birthday, Doctor Who!
« Reply #9 on: November 26, 2013, 02:09:16 PM »

and the name on the sign of the chairman of the governors was the first male companion Ian Chesterton.
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Re: Happy birthday, Doctor Who!
« Reply #10 on: November 26, 2013, 08:25:30 PM »

Have a good look again at the opening titles.  While the Doctor is dangling from the TARDIS, and Jenna Coleman's name appears on the screen, there's a Canadian flag in the background... Is it a tip of the hat to Sydney Newman's Canadian heritage?

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A part of our heritage!  (now that's a clip they NEED to make.)
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Re: Happy birthday, Doctor Who!
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2013, 03:18:41 PM »

If I remember correctly the CBC were involved with the making of some of the episodes. 
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