[Cutter]

chainsaw?

[salem]

Then first Cyberman to get woodworm!

Gold doesn't affect these ones, but petrol and a zippo does!

I was wondering if it is something similar to the wooden creatures from the Christmas special a couple of years ago (The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe). Maybe a helpful Cyberman? Who knows? (excuse pun)

[salem]

Oooooooh!

[salem]

 

[salem]

Well, well, well!

So today is the day Matt Smith regenerates...

Today is the day Peter Capaldi becomes 'The New Doctor Who'

Here is an odd bit of Trivia for you...

David Tennant had his first Doctor Who adventure on the 25th December 2005 and his last on January 1st 2010.
Matt Smith BECAME the Doctor on the 1st January 2010 and regenerates on the 25th December 2013...

Of course Tennant actually BECAME the Doctor months before his first full adventure, so he is still by far and away the longest serving Doctor since the show came back.

[Breasts]

Both excited and sad too! 

[salem]

And there you have it, Peter Capaldi is the 12th Doctor!

What a year...

We've seen the return of Paul McGann as the 8th Doctor...
Been introduced to a BRAND NEW forgotten 'Doctor' in John Hurt...
We've seen Matt Smith AND Paul McGann regenerate...
We've seen how it all began in 'An Adventure in Space and Time'...
Had Doctor Who in the CINEMA in 3D...

It's a funny thing, now Doctor Who is 50 it almost feels like it has come full circle, since we are effectively starting the Doctor's life all over again because he has been given a new regeneration cycle by the Time Lords. Capaldi is 55, the same age Hartnell was when he became Doctor Who and another thing to note is that THIS Doctor is also travelling along with a teacher from Coal Hill School, just like he did way back in 1963.

It will be interesting to see how Doctor Who carries on from here, hopefully the interconnectedness of the seasons/plots will be toned down a bit, but will still be a bit more meaty than when RTD was in charge. I felt that during the Christmas special, there was so much to tie up, there wasn't as much time to enjoy Matt Smith's final adventure. I loved the final fling of Matt Smith, but the Clara going back and forth was repeated too many times, the pacing was a bit inconsistent and the regeneration was too abrupt.

All in all, a good regeneration epsiode, but not a classic.

[Breasts]

I have to say I really enjoyed it.
I felt the loose ends where tied up as well as they could and I felt the regeneration worked very very well.
Matt's superb speech and the momentary but delightfully unexpected return of Amy made it a very emotional moment.

Here's to another 50 years of Adventures in Space and Time!

[TheZookie007]

I'll be glad when that Moffat character finally leaves the show.

[Nimrod]

Just sayin'

[number3fac]

I'll be glad when that Moffat character finally leaves the show.

It's too bad he became a regular; he was really great as a guest star.   
Only problem is, who'd take his place?

[salem]

Mark Gatiss has all the right credentials.

[salem]

New picture of Capaldi filming Doctor Who

[salem]

12th Doctor Peter Capaldi in his new costume.

[rtpoe]

Finally got around to bothering to watch "The Time of the Doctor"

* Portentious Opening Narration! Ho hum.

* Was the nudity really necessary?

* Gee, the thing with all those fleets waiting around a planet might have been impressive if it hadn't been done so recently....

* Cool! A reference to "The Five Doctors"!

* So the Sontarans have become comic relief..... sigh....

* OK, let's cram as many old, dangling threads from the Matt Smith era into the plot as we can.

* So that's what was meant by "Silence will fall". Nice of them to finally get around to explaining it.

* So nothing in the town changed over three centuries? I know they were under siege, but still....

* Matt Smith doesn't do "old" very well.

* Given how pretentious the show has been lately, you'd have thought they'd have made a bigger deal about The Doctor getting the extra regeneration(s).

* Oh no, not her again. Thank god it's only a hallucination.

I note in passing that over at Big Finish, the first 50 of their "Monthly Range" of Doctor Who audio adventures are available for direct digital download at $2.99 each.....