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!
"Avenging's not his style." That's what he's got you for, isn't it? ♥
LOL. "What's the point of having you all around?" OH DOCTOR.
WHY ARE YOU THERE.
OH FFS didn't I hear something about limited commercial interruption before this started? Why is there a commercial after every time River says some ominous and awesome! Stop it BBCA!
And why does it sound like they are cutting her off. It is like they pick the middle of her sentences for a commercial break. I'm getting pretty upset at them.
At least they haven't cut anything – yet
Don't spoil me, but did you watch the original broadcast? Are you keeping track? Because, if so,THANK YOU!
Thanks, that makes me feel slightly better!
Also, sulky Doctor is the best Doctor.
Awwww. This puts a whole new spin on River. I always thought she was a little smug, but how ridiculous to try and hide this from him. Although, I guess The Doctor is hiding her death from her, but still.
ALSO, this iPhone commercial is SMUG. capital S. and I hate it. and I have an iPhone.
This is terribly frustrating. I'm looking forward to next week and not watching commercials. AND THESE SCENES HAVEN"T HAPPENED YET ASSHOLES!!!! GOD I HATE BBCA
Ugh, yes to everything in this comment.
Tardis likes Saturdays hehe
I love River and the Doctor's power struggle…
Aww fish fingers and custard
Crap, Amy's going to be the one in the suit, isn't she?
Swearing on fish fingers and custard. OMG SQUEE SO CUTE.
I love the River+Amy interaction in this ep.
SHE SWORE TO HIM ON FISH FINGERS AND CUSTARD!!!!! *I am officially dead*
Mark Sheppard! <3
"Hippie!"
"Archeologist."
I LOVE YOU GUYS.
HHH for life.
AROOOOOOOOOOO
Hm…. I can't figure anything out yet. XD lol.
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I have never seen the Doctor so scary. NEVER. Not Nine or Ten. (Never seen any Old Who, though.)
Seriously… neither Eccleston nor Tennant were ever as intensely scary as Smith was, just now, looking at the three people he trusts most in the universe other than himself and knowing they know something he doesn't and they're not telling him.
I…don't get why that's scary?
Also, Ten's done some scary shit, yo. Fire and ice and rage and what he did to the Family of Blood and the Time Lord Victorious and standing over the fire and flood drunk on power while the Racnoss mother screamed, plus the reveal in Turn Left that if Donna hadn't yanked his ass out of there, he would have stayed behind and died just for the pleasure of watching her burn. Also, there's that Handlebars vid, which is awesome and everyone should watch it.
lol I love Eleven, but I remember when Smith first took over, there were macros about his non-scary rage with captions like "The Oncoming Drizzle." It's more scary how adorable and lovable that guy is. HE COULD MAKE YOU DO ANYTHING JUST BY BEING WONDERFUL AT YOU. ANYTHING.
I think it's scary because he's not yelling, or ragey. It's just… very quiet, but you can tell he's angry, and in his head it's worse because these are people he trusts.
I dunno, to me there's just something a million times scarier about that quiet fury than any of Nine's shouting or Ten's angsty rage.
Add in the fact that Eleven is usually fairly goofy, and when he's rage!yelling usually just comes off as an asshole…
Yeah. Scary.
The Doctor came off as really mean in this episode, especially the beginning, and I thought he was scary in that way. I wasn't a fan of Season 6 Doctor until maybe halfway through the episode
Is it just me, or does Matt Smith look a lot older, like maybe he's lost some weight? I know there was a moment in the TARDIS when I was like "…Doctor, your face is so gaunt!"
They work really hard on Doctor Who; if you look at David Tennant in Series 2 and then in the End of Time, it's like he's lost 10-15 pounds that he couldn't afford to lose.
🙁 That is sad news! I hope he eats more.
…For a moment I was actually looking at my Easter basket and thinking about sending him some of the copious amounts of chocolate I have.
Please tell me that's the missing 18 1/2 minutes.
I really think it is! \o/
LOL!!! No wonder they didn't want anyone to know!
What is the missing 18 1/2 minutes? I am missing context for this comment.
The missing time on the tapes that Nixon kept. There were 18 1/2 minutes that were erased, and he refused to say what was on them.
….best reference.
(I am far too young for Watergate, apparently.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_tapes#18.C…
Historical Meta FTW!!!
Creepy. o.o;
Jefferson Adams Hamilton's parents obviously hate him or her.
Statues, streets, high schools, rivals…
Some sort of number code?
Smooth, Doctor, as always.
Hey it's that guy! Who is that? Someone tell me who that was during this extremely frustrating and angering commercial break.
Who? Mark Sheppard?
Yes that guy! I always forget his name. Thank you!
"COULD YOU MAKE IT BLUE AGAIN?!?" Hahaha. XD Oh Doctor….
YES! Imagine that crossover.
There's a hunter lore about a man in a blue box. As the legends go, if you see the box, run.
The demons have the same legend.
Holy crap I love you.
ILIT.
..And now I'm off to search the internet for crossover fic. 😀
I've seen at least one Dean/Donna.
O_o I never would have imagined that pairing, but I kind of can now. Huh.
"It all started with lucythedragon's amazing and brilliant Castiel vs. Ten Picspam Poll, which, among other things, has Donna Noble winning (over Anna) for best redhead-who-bosses-him-around, and Dean Winchester winning (over Rose) for best troublesome big-eyed blond he adores."
You should check out that poll too.
That poll is kind of amazing. 😀
All I can say about the story is <3 <3 <3
TY!
lol, I said the same thing as River.
They're Americans!!
Best line of the whole episode!
Oh, the sexy old lady joke.
The Legs, the Nose, and Mrs. Robinson.
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Never give up on the fez, Doctor.
IKR!
I was so happy to see him dancing with it on his head. I guess he really did go buy another fez.
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WHY IS ONLY AMY SEEING THESE?!?!?!? :O
So Weird! (I have begun to abuse exclamation points)
Lol clearly, I have as well. 😀
"Actually, I can usually manage this alone."
EXCEPT THERE'S AN UGLYFACE ALIEN.
Professor Trelawney?
MOFFAT, DID YOU REALLY HAVE TO MAKE GOING TO THE BATHROOM SCARY TOO?
My sister: I'm never going to use a public bathroom again!
THIS IS FREAKING SCARY.
That public restroom had REALLY nice towels.
Well hey, White House.
(…if the White House has bathrooms with crappy paper dispensers and graffiti in the stalls, I will laugh so hard.)
oh come on, bathrooms were already scary!
More creepy than scary.
Now they're both.
oh my god i know right
horrorterrors all the way, I want a psychically trained ninja bodyguard now
Oh yes, I'd definitely call Moffat's work "horrorterrifying"
And he's already here, too.
0_0
your comment made me 0u0
no. that looks stupid.
horrorfying!
HOLY SHIT.
Uhm, holy shit, lightning. And what is what up with its fingers?!
Good girl, Amy.
Also, "Her name was Joy" somehow makes the Wrong factor increase by eleven.
seriously! It knows her name, it knows she was a person with a life and IT DOESN'T CARE. Chilling.
Also the contrast between that idea of joy and getting zapped into ashes @.@
When at first Amy asked "Why did you kill her?"
…. and it replied, "Joy"
I seriously thought that was it's answer to her question. Like, he killed her for joy.
But then he finished his thought, and I was like, "okay, at least you're not sadistic"
That was the first thing I thought too.
And then it cleared it up and I went "fffffff this is like the times where the Doctor goes all "you didn't know her name" or "her name was" to baddies, except aaknsaaej0qh20sn"
FUCK YOU STEVEN MOFFAT!!!! I guess I'm getting no sleep tonight.
Creepy alien is creepy. >>; And I hate how you can't remember the stupid thing. XD;
lol Rory playing it all cool
So I'm guessing that this episode caused a whole new generation of kids to hide behind their couch.
All the upvotes. Expletives and invectives, I need to move my couch away from the wall.
So BBCA and I have a very different understanding of the word "limited commercial interruptions"
WHICH ONES. Jefferson and Hamilton hatefuck threesome, I hope.
I like the way you think.
seconded
Thirded.
"Lovely fellows. Two of them fancied me."
LOL OF COURSE THEY DID. WHO DOESN'T?
D'aww, Rory is the babysitter.
We went to the moon in 1969, not 1968, but a year later.
Two of them fancied me.
Oh, Doctor.
Why do all the revolvers sound like shotguns? Repeatedly?
British people do not know what guns sound like for their country has so few!
Personally, I'm pretty anti-gun but I still know that a handgun sounds like compared to a shotgun…. And how to fire both…. It was a college gym class….
Haha, poor confused Fed dude. X'D
The Eleven/River banter in this is delightful.
I really want River and Eleven to make out. They are just so….. OMG THE SPACEMAN!!!
Creepy astronaut is creepy. o_o; As is the other alien dude.
I LOVE RIVER AND THE DOCTOR SO MUCH. <3 <3 <3
Eurgh, is it growing?
That. Is. Gross. As. Crap.
Do not follow creepy bio rope things. DX
Oh god, Rory, never change.
"Now THERE'S a spoiler for you." *dies laughing* ILU AMY.
"Now that is quite the spoiler!"
Oh River.
ILU River!
"Nothing, she's just a friend." >.>
Suuuuuuuuuure she is Doctor. Sure she is.
holy crap holy crap holy crap. There's like a nest of them and I HATE COMMERCIALS.
Mangaminx quote is relevant: "It's a Mr. Face convention!"
Relevant part starts at around 8:30, warning for F-Bombs and possible pants shitting.
"What's going on?"
"Nothing! She's just a friend."
"… I think he's referring to the possible alien incursion."
Yay, Rory!
ALL CLEAR MY EYE AWE0QHNONDAIWH
"Amy, look after him." I love you girls.
OMG DIE IN ALL THE FIRESSSSSSS! I HATE YOU BBCA!!!!
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All clear. WELL FUCK.
Ben? At Glory's?
Subconscious memories of the Silence making her nauseous?
River why is your hair so perfect
River. ;_________________________;
SO MUCH SADNESS.
Alex Kingston is amazing.
Also, the day River dies The Doctor has no idea who she is. That makes me terribly sad. All the tears for River Song.
Oh, River. This is the saddest thing ever. You don't even know.
"Imagine what that does to a girl."
"I don't really have to."
THIS PART. BREAK MY HEART TO TINY PIECES, SETS IT ON FIRE AND SCATTERS THE ASHES.
"And I think it's going to kill me."
….
RIVER.
DAMN IT IT'S GETTING HARD TO HATE HER.
UHM, THE LODGER?
The Lodger! THE MONSTERS.
THIS EPISODE. fa;sdfjlkaj;sldkjf;laskdjf
…
HEY THAT SHIP THING LOOKS FAMILIAR.
I think it's the one from The Lodger.
Noooo, Rory has been through enough!
THAT IS SO TRAGIC. D'=
And she DID die then too. ;_;
Also, RORY!!!! D8
Gay marriage, perhaps? Hoover definitely wouldn't like that.
My money's on that. Or a black girl. Or a black man. I'm really for that last one. 1969 would have lost it's mind.
I'd like that as I'm kinda tired of DW beating me over the head with the sex refs.
It wasn't illegal in 1969. The Supremes decided Loving v. Virginia a couple of years earlier.
My thoughts exactly.
Oh Eleven, randomly sticking his head into crates.
Oh god, of course. Why else would he be rude about her weight?
Also: new River theory. She's their baby. Why not?
And I thought he was just being awful.
Me, too. But it's different in retrospect: he's tactless AND consistent.
This episode is so tense. AND SHE'S PREGNANT.
Either that or she's confusing Silents Sickness for pregnancy. River's getting a bit nauseous too.
…If they're both pregnant and this season turns into Babyfic Central, I will probably laugh and rage at the same time.
Babyfic Central
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…what. Really awkward slo-mo!
I KNOW. It still feels really weird on re-watch.
CLIFF HANGER! WHY?!?!?!?! DDDD8
HELLO WHAM ENDING
DO I HATE YOU?
YES, YES I DO
Why am I watching the promo for the next episode? It always spoils things.
lol, I defensively watched the promo because I don't want someone to spoil the promo for me.
You're right, at least I chose to be spoiled.
I didn't even SEE a promo, or an episode end, it was just suddenly the christmas episode and I was like WHAT CLIFFHANGER I HATE YOU.
BTW- I know it is cheesy, but I love "who is he?" "the doctor" "doctor who?"
Twice!
AND they included an "It's bigger on the inside!"
…
WHAT…
WHAT JUST HAPPENED….
THAT CANNOT BE THE END.
I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK HOLY SHIT OMGs.
Aw, RIP Elisabeth.
SO CONFUSED AND I HATE IT.
Way freakin' too much info in the Next Time. The UK one was much shorter and much better. On the plus side, despite the poorly put in cut-ins for commercials, we got all of the episode.
Nice" In Memory Of" for Lis Sladen. The BBC one was at the beginning of the ep.
How nice. My local PBS station – which runs Classic Who every Saturday night (this week First Doctor "The Web Planet"), had a nice tribute card to Lis Sladen at the end of the episode.
EDPTOGJ4PEOHVC I ALWAYS JUST BARELY MISS LIVEBLOGS MY LIFE IS ONE OF HARDSHIP.
Dear god that was the creepiest season premiere ever.
That was the creepiest ANYTHING ever.
MY HEART. IT HURTS. OMG Lis Sladen T_T.
Also, this episode. WTF. I DON'T HAVE WORDS TO DESCRIBE THIS. JUST A LOT OF CAPSLOCK AND RANDOM AND AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WHAT IS GOING ON. I WANT NEXT EPISODE NOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW.
Also, Lis Sladen T______________T ;_______________; BRB dying with sad 🙁 🙁
OMG WTF AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SHIT GOT SO FKING REAL AHHHH
I think I love you.
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How cute is he? I love everything he chooses to be. BTW did you see his Doctor Who easter eggs?
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well it is his wife's but still. ADORBS!
The Doctor one is Anne's and the Police Box is his. Even the neighbor kid he was decorating eggs with said his wife was nerder than he was. Wil Wheaton is awesome.
Best season premiere on national television, ever.
Why do they even bother locking River up? She just breaks out whenever she feels like.
I think she just ambles back when she's done and lets herself get locked up again.
They just have no idea what to do with her anymore, so they resort to normal procedure.
She uses her time in prison to catch up on her reading and write papers or something.
I am loving the idea that she writes papers/ works on her studies from prison. She is so awesome.
OMG ILU RIVER.
"She's packing again!!" 😀
I forgot about the liveblog here! But, I will post my tumblr liveblogs, as there aren't that many. Titles are bold, with the comment underneath being the comment. they're pretty much only tagged #doctor who, so I won't add them except for one entry
"It's an invitation." "From who?" "Not signed. Look, it's TARDIS blue."
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"We're the Doctor's friends. We do as the Doctor's friends always do. As we're told."
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i am in tears
just
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someone hold me
okay i don't usually liveblog commercials
but it’s the insider, SO!
matt’s american accent saying “okay, bye!”
ovaries have vacated the building
whoa mark sheppard's american accent
whoa whoa whoa
that is strange to me
but
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oh god i love river correcting the doctor's mistakes trying to land the tardis quietly
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“Did you touch something?”
“Nope.”
"The Legs, The Nose, and Mrs. Robinson." "I hate you."
D:
what the curfdsfk
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#dovtir who
i…can not type well with my eyes on the tv
lesson learned.
#doctor who #dovtir who #hahaha that typo tag is great #it's almost right!
[[that post was in reference to the Silence in the bathroom, towards the end of the scene]]
BBC AMERICA IF YOU FREEZE UP NOW RIGHT AFTER RIVER WALKS IN ON THE SILENCES I WILL END YOU
AND SILENCE WILL REALLY FUCKING FALL
annnnd there was the tribute
tears
there are not enough tears in me
ugh that cliffhanger, though!
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my thoughts can pretty much only be summed up by long streams of keysmash
mark sheppard's american accent
YES that's so weird. I mean, I still recognized his voice the moment he spoke, but it just wasn't the same.
Keysmash seems like the most reasonable response to this ep, if you ask me.
Aaaaaaaand I just realized why my BBCA didn't have the new Doctor Who episode to record. Because it was recording the episode on BBCAHD.
Sounds a bit better then?
Also, I've been talking to myself in a (probably terrible) British accent all night because I am the biggest, dorkiest moron ever.