IT’S BACK!!!! After a long wait for the rest of the world and like…three weeks for yours truly, Doctor Who has returned to our television screens! As promised, this is the first of our weekly liveblogs for the new episodes of the sixth series. Join us!
A;LKSDJF A;LKDJSF A;DJSHFAKSDLJF I AM SO EXCITED
Stetsons are cool.
So I know the obvious question is brewing in your brain. BUT MARK, HOW DO WE HAVE A LIVEBLOG FOR SOMETHING THAT AIRS AT DIFFERENT TIMES ALL OVER THE WORLD? Don’t worry, my children, I will show you the way.
This liveblog starts relative to you. So if it is airing on your television, start liveblogging away in the comments. We already do this with Fringe and it works rather nicely. To avoid seeing spoilery comments regarding the episode from past livebloggers, I merely stay on the first page of comments and comment away, only going back after it’s over in order to comment on what other people said.
Sound fine? Just make sure not to post spoilers before this episode airs.
The review for “The Impossible Astronaut” will go up on Monday! Huzzah! Enjoy, Watchers!
Less than an hour and a half to wait! I am too excited for words!
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Ahem. Yes, I'm quite looking forward to tonight's episode.
THAT FIRST GIF IS AMAZING.
You are in dangerously close proximity to spoilers. STOP PLAYING WITH FIRE, MARK.
DON'T DISAPPOINT RIVER, MARK.
SO EXCITE.
OMG IT'S FINALLY HERE! YAAAAY!
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With the episode, the CBBC tribute to Elisabeth Sladen (I'm going to cry, I just know it) and Confidential it's a solid hour and 45 minutes of Who-ness (that's totally a word!)
Argh, dilemma, to liveblog or not… I think I'm gonna go with a first impressions post instead, tends to be too much happening in Moffat stories to guarantee you won't miss something important if not paying attention. Oh, and I believe there's a tribute to Liz Sladen on BBC Three straight after the episode as well for those in the UK *sniff*
Yeah I'm still debating whether to liveblog or not. Do I want to juggle windows while still trying to pay attention? (I livestream through the iPlayer as there's no TV near my computer) I know I'll end up watching the episode fifty times in the next week anyway but there's nothing like watching it the first time.
Same here. I can't decide. I think I'll have the liveblog open just in case but I may end up being a lot quieter than I usually am in say the Fringe liveblog.
Hmm, we could always rewatch at 7 and liveblog that? Whose gonna notice one hour more or less with all these different timezones? 😉
Less than an hour! Just time to do a happy dance and get some food cooked for me and my better half before Team TARDIS is back! Yay! More 11! More Amy and Rory! Possible answers about River! Much BAMFing all over the place! Much staring at Karen's hair and remarking on its awesomeness! And somehow I've made it all this way with no major spoilers despite the best efforts of twitter, t'interwebs and the BBC.
Those of you with access to CBBC don't forget to turn over at 6.45 to watch a special tribute to Elisabeth Sladen.
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I haven't been this excited since… well, since a really long time ago, before the age of dinosaurs:D
This is just a comment (Since I can't participate due to the fact of not having BBCA), but my friend's Sister ended up going to the American premier earlier last week where they showed either the first three or first two episodes… she was horrible to us, because she texted things like "Just getting in line" and "Going inside"….such an evil woman.
I went to one of those–if she went to the one Stephen Moffat attended, apparently he is encouraging people who already saw the episodes to tease those who haven't! Rude! 😛
Anyone else get the feeling the internet is going to explode after this episode?
I wish I could live blog thiiiiis, but my craptastic university housing doesn't have internet in the kitchen (which is where the TV is). WOE.
But only an hour left! I believe I shall run down to Tesco and pick up some delicious snacks for Doctor Who viewing.
I don't liveblog because I don't do well with the whole split focus thingy. Which is fine, because I don't think I'm going to be coherent anyway:
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That said, this is me for pretty much all of today.
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CAN'T…
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EXCITEMENT!
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Anyone have info on watching this online (after the airing is ok). I don't have cable and I need a reliable site!
Dunno if you want to pay for it… but iTunes has the episode available to buy for less than $2 available the next morning.
I was hoping for free.
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There are a buuuunch of links floating around tumblr.
The Doctor is worth paying for. $2 per episode is a heck of a lot cheaper than the DVD sets. Yeeesh.
True, but I don't buy DVD sets, either. I've been watching this as it comes out on Netflix. I have no problem waiting for this season to show up through that, either. But, if I can get it free legally, I'm going to.
"Yeesh."
If you don't want to download the episodes to your computer, I've heard good things about using BBC iPlayer. Though if you're outside the UK, you'd have to install Expat Shield or some other UK IP address-granting program to use the website. I'm about to install it to see if it works.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv
http://www.expatshield.com/
Edit: And something went wrong with the installation. Trying again.
Edit: And now it works just fine. Yes! Though the Expat Toolbar is kind of a mess, and the sound cuts out for a little while if you pause and then un-pause.
HALF AN HOUR TO GO!
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Wow Don't Scare the Hare is truly as awful as it sounded. LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR THOUGH!!!
This is the first time I've seen it, first time I've HEARD of it actually. It's…I'm have some trouble processing. The theming and the giant robotic hare thing seem very kids-show but it's adults playing. Weird.
I was just thinking the same thing. It feels like it should be on a Saturday morning kids show or CBBC.
Especially with that Harry Potter question they just got wrong.
Even the tone of voice of the woman asking the questions is very 'Now children …'
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(Roughly) 15 minutes!!! OMGOMGOMG!
15 minutes to go!!
TEN MINUTES TO GO!
I Am The Doctor
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FIVE MINUTES!
OMG IT'S NEXT!!!!!!
HERE WE GO!!!!!!!! *FLAILS*
It's starting! OMG
Elisabeth Sladen dedication 🙁
CAN I HAVE THAT PAINTING ON MY WALL PLS?
I AM GRINNING SO HARD RIGHT NOW!
I AM THE DOCTOR MUSIC!!! OH GOD I'VE MISSED YOU SHOW!
I love the River Song can just start packing her jail cell and they know to panic.
THE GANG'S BACK TOGETHER! YAY!
OMG! The Doctor has a diary too!
Well, sure. We've known since Silence in the Library that he'd get one someday. ("OK, shall we do diaries, then?")
OMG HE HAS A DIARY NOW! <3
THEME MUSIC! *hugs the whole show*
OMFG AAAAAAAH WHAT?!
Aaaaww the Team TARDIS having a picnic, love it.
…wait where the hell is the TARDIS?
I have a bad feeling about that, since we already know that it has exploded for some reason… maybe this time it imploded?
Maybe Moffat heard all our pleas for "MOAR TARDIS, INSIDE EPISODE PLZ" and was like "Okay, lol, here's what I'll do. I'll put a TARDIS inside the TARDIS and then I'll make it so that the WHOLE WORLD IS INSIDE THE TARDIS."
…wait, no, that's a silly idea. Forget that idea.
SILENCE!!!!!!!!!!!
*FLAILS
HYPERVENTILATES
FLAILS SOME MORE.*
O MY GOD!!!
ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod
WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS THIS?!
DEAR FUCKING GOD JESUS CHRIST ALMIGHTY!!!!
I NEARLY WEED!
Oooo nice. Explanation for Time Lord cremation.
"Gasoline? SO they're gonna give him a Viking funeral?"
"There's a boat."
"Okay how did I do that?!"
That's awesome. xD
OH MY GODDDD.
also a boat – wtf? vikings now?
SPECIAL STRAW
Also lol could they make this more American looking.
I agree :/
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH WHAT THE HELL OMG?!
Aaawww "King of Okay" and hugs, d'aaaawww
F Yeah River, you slap him.
Oh Eleven, honey, you have no idea what's going on and everyone else does, THIS IS AWFUL OMG CAN I HUG EVERYONE?!
YES. YES YOU CAN. *HUGS EVERYONE*
"And in fairness the universe DID blow up"
Rory wins ALL THE THINGS <3
Loved that line
rofl meta, Saturdays ARE awesome Doctor!
'A mysterious summons, you think I'm just going to go?' Eh, yeah, that's the kind of thing you jump at.
Yay Mark Sheppard! Hai there!
Oh my God they're gonna meet Nixon
I LOVE YOU MARK SHEPPARD!!!
"I hate him." "No you don't" rofl <3 them
I already can't wait for the series 6 soundtrack.
I think my comment was eaten 🙁 but did that child just say his name is Jefferson Adams Hamilton? o_O
"The Legs, the nose and Mrs Robinson" rofl Nice
I don't even know who Mrs Robinson is but I laughed because of all the pent up excitement. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
‘Are yiu trying to seduce me, Mrs Robinson?’
Heh, I love when Moffat goes a wee bit meta. The Nose has been mentioned previously but The Legs and Mrs Robinson are straight out of fandom.
SILENCE!!!!!
OH WELL DONE RORY MAKE HER FORGET THE SILENCE!
Why is Amy sick?
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FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU OMG WHAT
OH MY GOD WHAT ALSKJFA;SJD
The Silence are very well dressed though
Shit scared of suits now. First statues, now formal dress. No way I'll be able to watch the Royal Wedding now. Thanks, Moffat.
Don't worry; it's just Slenderman.
SHIT SHIT SHIT WTFUUUUUUUU IS GOING ON THIS IS MADNESS
Oh and I'm loving it.
Hahaha, 2 founding fathers of America fancied the Doctor.
OMG creepy Darth Vader style breathing
There's only ten minutes left. I don't want it to end.
SAAAME!
I love the fact neither of us were sure if we'd liveblog. Oops.
So much for that, it's just too hard to resist THIS OMG.
The "he's-hot-when-he's-clever" face would be my default expression too.
'Nothing. She's just a friend.'
Sure thing Doctor. You keep telling yourself that.
OH MY GOD!!!!
Aaaaah so the sick feeling must be Silent-related if River's getting it too.
Oh River. You're breaking my heart.
"And he won't have the faintest idea who I am?" OH GOD RIVER LET ME HUG YOU!
TEARS FOREVER.
LODGER TARDIS!!!!!AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
It's…part of the planet? WHAT?! WHAT?!
SILENTS EVERYWHERE OMG
WE JUST CAN'T REMEMBER!
PARANOIA FUEL
:C
TARDIS interior WTF! Shit it's filled with Silence!
"Silence In The Library"'s title takes on a whole new meaning…
Oh god, I need to re-watch that episode, like, right now.
OH MY GOD AMY!!!!
OMFG AMY!
OMFG WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN HERE?!
OH MY GOD AMY DON'T!!!!!
OMG THAT'S AN EVIL PLACE TO END OMFG!
And now OMG of another kind, the Elisabeth Sladen tribute…*cries forever*
Matt WTF is going on with your hair?!
OH GOD THE KIDS FROM SJA! The boys reading tribute messgaes…CRYING FORVER!
ENDLESS TEARS
MY CREYES. WAT. WAT.
I don't know what to feel!
Elisabeth Sladen/Sarah Jane 🙁
AMY WHAT WHAT WHAT
THAT WAS AMAZING!!!!
I HAVE TO WAIT A WHOLE WEEK!! HOW WILL I COPE??!!!
BY WATCHING TONIGHT'S EPISODE ON A LOOP
AFTER SARAH JANE TRIBUTE AND CONFIDENTIAL, THAT IS WHAT I SHALL DO!
YOU WON'T :''''''''''''''''''(
Holy shit… I… Uh…. I'm just gonna bow down to Moffat at this point, mkay? Unbelievably good, so many WTF moments, River's story just keep getting better (and is a wonderful parallel to Amy), Rory working well…. Going to have to rewatch a LOT then try and make sense for Monday's full recap but we're in good hands here folks.
Oh, and does anyone know how Karen has somehow managed to be even more stunning? That's gotta be against the laws of the universe or something.
Seriously, dude, that hair. I have never wanted white girl hair as badly as I want hers. Well…maybe Portia De Rossi's. Only hair that ever made me sad for my incredible afro. lol
I've always thought Karen was absolutely gorgeous but watching this I realised I'm actually getting distracted by the pretty. So what happened in this entire episode again?
You think that's bad, she's recently done a fashion shoot (was just going to say shoot then remembered the end of last night's episode and thought I'd better clarify 😉 )for a breast cancer charity and some git has put up three full size posters on my route to work. I'm going to have to leave the house at LEAST ten minutes earlier to make it in on time now.
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My family are watching it now, we've recorded it 😀 Beginning!–and Elizabeth Sladen 🙁 And holy shit, it just thundered outside wtf we never get thunder here, MY VILLAGE KNOWS I AM WATCHING DOCTOR WHO AND HAS SENT DRAMATIC WEATHER.
Also, painting win. WANT.
We had dramatic thunder and lightening last night! SHIT IS REAL.
IT'S LIKE THE UNIVERSE KNOOOOWS
RIVERY SONG ILU AND YOUR HAIR.
"She's doing it again, sir. She's…packing."
I love it
Did they ever say how she escaped?
Oh god they're reading out messages from children 🙁
I was just making it through (and wtfing at Matt's hair) and then that happened and OH GOD TOO SAD
THAT WAS FUCKING EXCELLENT OH MY GOD OH MY GOD
oh god Matt Smith I love you so so much. STOP TRYING TO MAKE HATS SO COOL RIVER SONG WILL NEVER LET YOU.
picnic…IN SPACE! = best thing ever.
eeeek that personthing that Amy saw 🙁
Well now I'm torn between "I love this song!" and "OH GOD WHY?!"
"that's an astronaut…in a lake"
-cue thunder outside- My village is freaking amazing with the thunder right now, it's like having another soundtrack–
DOCTOR OH GOD OH GOD DOCTOR ILU YOU CAN'T DIE NO WHO WAS THAT THING WHAT IS GOING ON.
The thunder here is getting pretty bad as well. Epic storm in south UK coming up I think.
Woot, what county are you? I'm Bucks, and seriously, we never get thunderstorms where I live.
And now time for Confidenital, slight mood whiplash but okay.
Doctor Who Confidential aka how is this cast so adorable and amazing and good looking.
Ikr? How is it possible for them all to be so cute? I love all of them rn!
The music is beautiful right now. It's just gorgeous.
So who are you, old man? Oooh, is that a hint of a paradox right there? He's done something else, something has happened. This looks like WAIT DOCTOR YOU ARE BACK. WHAT.
"I'm the King of Okay. Wait, no, that's a rubbish title, never mind."
How does the doctor make a straw look badass?
Also he has amazing lines n'awww doctor. HINTS FOR RIVER SONG, ooooh~ My mind jumped weirdly to her–what if she killed the doctor, omg 🙁 I bet there are millions of wild mass guesses on that front, and that's very obvious, but nnnnng Doctor Who what are you doing to me
That's what I think. But yeah, it's almost too obvious to be right.
OR THE DOCTOR KILLED HIMSELF OH GOD WAT? I don't even know what to think, but before that episode I always thought River killed him.
Maybe. Could really be anyone. But – and I might just be imagining this – I could have sworn I saw I flash of curly blonde distinctly Riverish hair when the helmet opened before we quickly cut away.
I think I know what you mean, but at the time I thought it was some kind of mangled skin. No idea what is going on.
Oh, yeah, it did look a bit like the face of a Silence dude as well – but then, I don't think that would be very exciting if it was just one of them in the space suit, seeing as they have been clearly labeled as the baddies – it wouldn't be a massive revelation, exactly.
Massive lols forever at the doctor being arrested in the White House.
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"It's a Police Box, can't you read?"
"DO NOT COMPLIMENT THE INTRUDER >["
Some amazing lines in this script, for real. "Twelve jammy dodgers and a fez". Cue thunder. God, I love this weirdly timed thunder storm–HOLY SHIT WHAT IS THAT IN THE DOOR IS IT THE SILENCE now the thunder is just terrifying 🙁
Trying to remember the last time I watched a DW episode through my fingers like I did this one … think I might have been seven?
Ffffffff.
Although, uh, wasn't particularly impressed with the treatment of like the only PoC in the entire thing :/
sunshowers – If they were actually staying true to the time, there probably wouldn't have even been a PoC there.
I'm aware of that, yes, but I kinda doubt that was Moffat commentating on the racial prejudice of the era. It'd be a bit of a throwaway manner to do it in if it were, anyways!
YANA, I noticed it too, and while I'm fairly sure it wasn't intentional or even anything on a subconscious level, it was another tick on the side of unfortunate choices.
Yeah, I noticed it too. :\
I'm surprised there was a PoC in that scene. Nixon was such a complete racist that a PoC on his security team is in itself science fiction
Richard Nixon DID have one black Secret Service agent.
omg omg omg omg omg omg omg. I AM SORT OF SHITTING MYSELF RIGHT NOW AND IT HAS BEGUN RAINING OMINOUSLY
why is there never anything more terrifying than a dark warehouse or house, seriously.
SHIIIIIIIIIIIIT DOCTOR IT IS BEHIND YOU.
'Just a creepy idea I had once.' And thus more of our nightmares were born.
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THE WEAVER OF NIGHTMARES jfc. When he was talking about how much stuff we forget it reminded me that, yeah I am pretty forgetful so NOW I'M REALLY FREAKED OUT OMG.
DID YOU SEE SOMETHING? I CAN'T REMEMBER. NOTHING GOING ON HERE, EVERYTHING'S FINE.
It's an interesting contrast as well to the Crack. It erased others memories of you, meaning you've been completely forgotten, but the Silence erases your own memories and makes you forget.
Every time he says something like this I'm more convinced than ever that HE FEEDS ON FEAR!
The term nightmare fuel has a whole new meaning.
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RORY!
This episode was so ridiculously beautiful to look at
Can I just say, the Silence have to be the scariest, creepiest baddies this show has ever produced-that scene in the "restroom" was scary as hell!
It's beyond scary when you're being terrified by a corridor full of them but Team TARDIS turns around and just says everything's fine while you're freaking out.
Exactly! Especially when you know it takes but a moment for them to 'explode' you!
Quick question, can anyone answer? But do we actually know that they're the Silence? Because the Silence Guy sounds like a kind of angry, hissy old man and these guys sound like Vin Diesel would sound if he had been smoking for ten years and then put through a scary filter.
…I've just been calling them 'Slendermens'.
ME TOO. Or Slendy, when I want to pretend they aren't as scary as all get out. I believe the Silents/Silence are in the credits of the episode. I try to not look at the opening credits, and BBCA flies through the end credits, so I can't say for sure.
I MAY have leant close to the screen to see if I could make out who was in the spacesuit in the Confidential view of the shooting scene.
No luck. DAMN IT I NEED TO KNOOOOOWWWWW!