If you haven't watched Doctor Who since you were a child, or you have never seen an episode ever, you must catch this new season.

The Tenth Doctor is played by the wonderful David Tennant, who is my favorite of all the Doctors.

Those Etrainers who know how much of a Whovian I am will not be surprised to know that I've been counting down the days until tomorrow!

I have seen this first episode, and it is bloody fantastic!

The new season starts Friday night, April 18th, at 8:30pm PST on the SciFi Channel.

Cfans, eyfinsf, where are you? What have you thought about the first few episodes?

Sorry wee. I keep meaning to post . . . The problem for me is that I can't keep myself from watching the shows before they're broadcast on the SciFi channel and I don't want to post any spoilers here. I've seen up to episode 5, while only the first two have been broadcast here.

Let me first say that I love Catherine Tate as Donna. When I first heard the news that she was cast to be the companion this year, I wasn't too happy. While I did enjoy her in the "Bride" episode, I knew I couldn't stand to hear her screeching for 13 episodes as a fulltime companion. But she's been brilliant. The interaction between her and the Doctor is sometime hilarious and sometimes very touching. She really makes him think about some of the things that he does. Like what she did at the end of the "Fires of Pompei".

Seeing Rose at the end of the first episode, "Partners in Crime" was a huge surprise. It completely surprised even the best of the spoiler hunters. No one knew it was coming. I wonder why she faded away as she walked away though. Does she now have the ability to cross between dimensions at will?

Have you ever watched Doctor Who Confidential on youtube? It's broadcast in Great Britain shortly after each episode. It gives a detailed look into the workings behind the scenes. Last night I watched the one done for "Partners in Crime". I didn't realize that Bernard Cribbins was cast in the role of Donna's grandfather right before the episode was filmed. Originally, the character of her father was to be the one Donna was closest to, but the actor died. You can see that actor reading the lines that were eventually given to the "grandfather "in the read-through that occurs with all actors and production people before any filming is done in the Confidential episode. They decided not to recast the father but instead to bring in Cribbins as the grandfather. I love his character. He shows up again in episodes 4 and 5. Here's a link to Confidential:

Doctor Who Confidential - Partners in Crime Part 1

and here's the link to part of the Confidential broadcast after "Fires of Pompei".

David Tennant visits Pompei

I am loving David Tennant more and more in this role. Everyone who meets him reports that he is extremely nice and very charming. I can't wait to see him in Hamlet in July and to hear what accent he will use (I so want to hear his real voice in person). I'm so glad we're staying over in Stratford-upon-Avon that night and don't have to rush to catch a train . . . my friend and I plan on trying to meet him after the play.

Hello there!

So no one knew about Rose being in the first episode? Wow. It was a little freaky when she disappeared. I think that she can now cross between the two parallel universes, and my thought is that if she figured out how to do that, she won't be too happy with the Doctor.

After a few emails with the forum administrator, I finally got access to gallifreyone! I may have to amend my spoiler decision, because I SO want to find out why Rose is back! I'll let you know if I do.

First, I have to say that I loved the Christmas episode. I had seen it already on YouTube, but it was wonderful to see it in HD! I'm so glad that Comcast recently added the SciFi Channel in HD! I thought Kylie Minogue was great, and David Tennant keeps raising the bar for himself in his performances. I love how commanding he was. I also liked the actor who plays Richard in Keeping Up Appearances. I loved his character, and I'm glad he got to be a millionaire in the end!

I like how in "Partners in Crime," the Doctor made it very clear that he just wanted a friend, nothing more.

I also enjoyed "Fires of Pompeii," and, like you said, Donna makes him think about his actions. I liked when he said, "You're right. Sometimes I do need someone."

I have watched the Doctor Who Confidentials. It's funny, SciFi and BBCA do not show them, but my local PBS station does! They show them after their Doctor who episodes. I think right now they are on David's first season. So I have set them to record, so I've seen some that way, and I've tried to catch up on all the others on YouTube. I haven't seen any yet for this season--thanks for the links!

I am so excited for you for your trip this summer! I'm with you--I really hope he uses his Scottish accent. Why not? Hamlet was a Dane, but you don't hear people using a Danish accent when they portray Hamlet, so why can't David use his Scottish accent? I personally love Hamlet, because I was in some sort of advanced English class ever since kindergarten, so I ran into Shakespeare a lot, and I believe I had to study Hamlet at least five times in five separate classes! I'll have to re-read it again soon, because I haven't read it in years. I'm really interested to find out what David's take on Hamlet will be; so many actors have portrayed Hamlet and everyone has a different interpretation of what Hamlet is like. I really like Derek Jacobi's Hamlet. He did it for the BBC, and I saw it in college. I love Derek Jacobi, also (hence me sqeeing like crazy when he played the Master)!

How familiar are you with Hamlet? It's so wonderful and complex.

Oh, by the way, I registered as wee_moggie on gallifreyone.

You know what's really odd, my PBS station only shows a 15-minute version of the Doctor Who Confidentials, although they are much longer on YouTube. I'll have to catch up on all of them.

LOOK WHAT I FOUND! The first promo photo for Hamlet:



I'm so freakin' jealous of you, cfans! I wonder if they will put it on DVD.

I found a nice one of the Doctor and Donna:

:wow: OMG!!!! On second thought, Wee, I don't think I'm going to hear a single word coming out of David's mouth (no matter what accent he uses) because I am going to be completely dumbfounded by his looks up there on stage!!!

Thank you for that picture!! I can see I'm not going to get much done today :rotfl:

David loves performing on the stage. I'm sure this won't be the last time - so you still will have a chance to see him in the future. He's not going to be The Doctor forever :bawl:

Oh, and no, I've never seen Hamlet performed. I've seen Macbeth (which I loved!), Othello, Taming of the Shrew, Two Gentlemen of Verona and a couple of others. I'm sure, especially now, that nothing is ever going to top this!

That's a very nice picture of David and Catherine as well.

I just watched "The Lazarus Experiment" again. I have my DVR set to record all Doctor Who episodes that SciFi runs. I love how Martha's mother slaps the Doctor, and he says, "It's the mothers, every time!" It brought back the fond memory of Jackie slapping the Doctor when he took Rose away for ten months instead of ten hours!

One thing I picked up this time around is Martha's mother's message at the end of the episode. Remember that man comes up to Martha's mother at the gala and whispers in her ear information about the Doctor? I had remembered that, and I had remembered that her mother tries to warn her in her message, but what I caught this time around was the mother saying, "This information comes from Harold Saxon himself!" Of course we know who Harold Saxon turned out to be!

I found that Hamlet photo on David's fansite. I couldn't stop staring at it last night! :thud:

I'm looking forward to Planet of the Ood tonight. I always liked the Ood.

By the way, Torchwood Season One is available on iTunes! Eyfinsf, if you're reading, you can catch them all there. I'll send you a pm also.