the new "catch phrase"...umm...

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  1. FreddyE

    FreddyE Captain Captain

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    So it seems we get a "catch dialog" this time around.

    "Doctor: That´s not the question."
    Clara (or someone else: "Then what´s the question?"
    Doctor: (omnious tone): The question is......"


    Am I the only one thinking this will get old fast? Alonsy, Geronimo, Fantastic...were all nice and cool...but now...a pattern of dialog?
     
  2. Australis

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    ^ No, those catchphrases got old for me. They all get old after a while.
     
  3. intrinsical

    intrinsical Commodore Commodore

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    I don't know... After all these years, I'm still liking "Would you like a jelly baby?"
     
  4. Newspaper Taxi

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    I'm sorry. I am so sorry.
     
  5. Doctorwhovian

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    Didn't they use "Geronimo" again? Then again Tennant said "Fantastic" in The Christmas Invasion and it took him nearly a whole season before he said "Allons-y".
     
  6. Saul

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    I kept expecting him to say "The question is Who?"

    Doctor 11 used the catchphrase "Doctor Who" a lot come to think of it.
     
  7. The Wormhole

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    There is a deleted scene in The Christmas Invasion where immediately after he says "Fantastic" he goes off on a rant about how it no longer feels right. Allons-y didn't really become a regularly used catchphrase until season 4.
     
  8. davejames

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    I think they'll probably just shorten it by having him say "Question:", and then have him ask whatever he's going to ask.

    Sort of like how Data used to always start out everything with "Query" in the early TNG seasons.

    And I thought it worked well in this first episode, so I don't mind seeing it again.
     
  9. Tom

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    He does say 'Question, ____' a bunch in future episodes past the premier.
     
  10. marillion

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    QFT.... But to be fair, it was River's catchphrase too... Every time she showed up, she was sorry... So so sorry...
     
  11. YellowSubmarine

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    His catchphrase should be "Of course I know! There's nothing that you know that I don't know. I'm Doctor fucking Know."
     
  12. tomalak301

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    I've been using Fantastic more because of Chris Eccleston. The other catch phrases do not compare.
     
  13. C.E. Evans

    C.E. Evans Admiral Admiral

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    I think the new Doc's catch phrase is going to be

    "I’ve got a horrible feeling I’m going to have to kill you..."
    :lol:
     
  14. YellowSubmarine

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    Well, if one made this their catchphrase, there's a risk they might start sounding like Strax.
     
  15. Captain Kathryn

    Captain Kathryn Commodore Commodore

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    I believe he said "shut up!" quite a few times! :)
     
  16. Captain Kathryn

    Captain Kathryn Commodore Commodore

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    Yeah... even though my heart will always be with David Tennant, I'm not a fan of "Allons-y!" much. Although it does fit with his character.

    I do like his "I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry." though. :)
     
  17. C.E. Evans

    C.E. Evans Admiral Admiral

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    Not really a bad thing...
    :)
     
  18. Venardhi

    Venardhi Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Clara and the Paternoster Row gang used it for Clara's signal to them. The Doctor was saying it (tinged with a mild condescension) with her because he guessed what they would have chosen.
     
  19. Candlelight

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    As long as it's not "Doctor... Who?"
     
  20. YellowSubmarine

    YellowSubmarine Vice Admiral Admiral

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    "I am the Doctor."

    "What doctor?"

    "That's not the question."