2012 Adventure Calendar

Chris3123 · December 4 2012, 04:22 AM

Every December the official DW website has a feature called the Adventure Calendar where, just like an advent calendar, they reveal something special each day from the 1st through Christmas Day. You can see the Adventure Calendar page here, and I'll be posting/linking here what they reveal each day. Since I'm starting this late I'm posting the first three days all at once.

Day 1: A 2-minute mini-featurette called "Jenna-Louise Coleman: Becoming the Companion".

Day 2: Five new wallpapers for this year's Christmas special, "The Snowmen". Wintry Wallpapers

Day 3: The first in a new series of videos where Steven Moffat discusses the history of the Daleks. He begins with their debut story, "The Daleks".

Chris3123 · December 4 2012, 08:57 PM

Day 4: The second entry in Steven Moffat's Dalek retrospective video series. This time: "The Evil of the Daleks".

Link (No Youtube video yet.)

The Borgified Corpse · December 5 2012, 03:04 AM

Chris3123 · December 5 2012, 03:44 AM

Day 5: A couple of "The Snowmen" image galleries and six new wallpapers.

Gallery 1 (episode stills)
Gallery 2 (promotional images)
Wallpapers

Emh · December 5 2012, 01:28 PM

YouTube link for the second Dalek video (because I can never remember how to embed videos).

Interesting insight from Steven that Daleks have slowly gotten bigger and bigger model design and they're scarier when they're smaller. And yet, he's just as guilty of this: "Victory of the Daleks."

Looking through the gallery, I have to say it's really cool to see The Doctor in the period costume (complete with dodgy stovepipe hat!), especially having recently watched the entirety of Downton Abbey for the first time.

Worf2DS9 · December 5 2012, 05:35 PM

Chris3123 wrote:

Day 4: The second entry in Steven Moffat's Dalek retrospective video series. This time: "The Evil of the Daleks".

Link (No Youtube video yet.)

I'm actually surprised these vids are playable outside the UK (well, they are in Canada, anyway).

As for today's treat, I like the new pics/wallpapers. The second one would have been a good one to use as the "episode poster" artwork, since it has good shots of the Doctor and Clara, and also features the villains.

And I couldn't help but notice in that shot of the TARDIS in that pic with the Doctor & Vastra in what looks like a study, that it's showing signs of wear and tear - scrapes & dirt and such. Perhaps post-Amy the Doctor hasn't been in the mood to keep the old girl in tip-top shape.

Chris3123 · December 6 2012, 02:03 AM

Elfin Mischievous Humbug wrote:

YouTube link for the second Dalek video (because I can never remember how to embed videos).

[ yt ] *Youtube video address* [ /yt ] (without the spaces)

The Borgified Corpse · December 6 2012, 03:04 AM

Elfin Mischievous Humbug wrote:

YouTube link for the second Dalek video (because I can never remember how to embed videos).

Interesting insight from Steven that Daleks have slowly gotten bigger and bigger model design and they're scarier when they're smaller. And yet, he's just as guilty of this: "Victory of the Daleks."

Yeah. It's really weird that he'd say that considering the New Paradigm design that everyone hated from "Victory of the Daleks."

Now, when the Daleks were built slightly taller in the Eccleston/Tennant years, they at least had a very specific reason for it. It wasn't to make them scarier. It was just to put them at eye-level with Rose for her scenes with it in "Dalek."

Elfin Mischievous Humbug wrote:

Looking through the gallery, I have to say it's really cool to see The Doctor in the period costume (complete with dodgy stovepipe hat!), especially having recently watched the entirety of Downton Abbey for the first time.

Didn't Patrick Troughton wear a dodgy stovepipe hat in some of his earliest appearances? The transformation is nearly complete.

Emh · December 6 2012, 05:00 AM

The Borgified Corpse wrote:

Elfin Mischievous Humbug wrote:

Looking through the gallery, I have to say it's really cool to see The Doctor in the period costume (complete with dodgy stovepipe hat!), especially having recently watched the entirety of Downton Abbey for the first time.

Didn't Patrick Troughton wear a dodgy stovepipe hat in some of his earliest appearances? The transformation is nearly complete.

Yes, he did. That's why I'm so excited that Matt is wearing one!

Cutter John · December 6 2012, 04:13 PM

I'm enjoying those Moffat videos. Makes me wonder, has there ever been an extended sit down interview with the man about his thoughts on DW, and writing?

Chris3123 · December 6 2012, 08:39 PM

Day 6: Doctor Who Christmas Quiz

Cutter John · December 7 2012, 11:16 AM

Whooo! 170 Pts!

Only missed the one question about the name of the baddie in this years Special.

Emh · December 7 2012, 02:42 PM

Got 164 points and 1 question wrong. same question...seriously, I haven't heard Richard E. Grant's character name yet. *shrug*

Day 7: Jenna-Louise Coleman: Becoming the Companion, Part 2

No YouTube link yet that I can see.

Cutter John · December 7 2012, 03:29 PM

Thankfully it doesn't look like the clip is region blocked.

Emh · December 7 2012, 03:48 PM

Yeah, I'm quite surprised by that. Unfortunately, my internet is somewhat slow right now so I'm going to have to wait for the YouTube link.

December 4 2012, 04:22 AM	#1
Chris3123 Vice Admiral Location: Pensacola, Florida	2012 Adventure Calendar Every December the official DW website has a feature called the Adventure Calendar where, just like an advent calendar, they reveal something special each day from the 1st through Christmas Day. You can see the Adventure Calendar page here, and I'll be posting/linking here what they reveal each day. Since I'm starting this late I'm posting the first three days all at once. Day 1: A 2-minute mini-featurette called "Jenna-Louise Coleman: Becoming the Companion". Day 2: Five new wallpapers for this year's Christmas special, "The Snowmen". Wintry Wallpapers Day 3: The first in a new series of videos where Steven Moffat discusses the history of the Daleks. He begins with their debut story, "The Daleks". __________________ "Geronimo!"

December 4 2012, 08:57 PM	#2
Chris3123 Vice Admiral Location: Pensacola, Florida	Re: 2012 Adventure Calendar Day 4: The second entry in Steven Moffat's Dalek retrospective video series. This time: "The Evil of the Daleks". Link (No Youtube video yet.) __________________ "Geronimo!"

December 5 2012, 03:04 AM	#3
The Borgified Corpse Admiral Location: Making closing arguments with Jack McCoy & Michael Cutter	Re: 2012 Adventure Calendar So, I just watched the 1st video about Jenna Louise Coleman. I've mostly been avoiding spoilers for the new Christmas special but I'm very squee! to see in brief glimpses that it seems to have Sontarans & Silurians in it! __________________ Kegg: "You're a Trekkie. The capacity to quibble over the minutiae of space opera films is your birthright."

December 5 2012, 03:44 AM	#4
Chris3123 Vice Admiral Location: Pensacola, Florida	Re: 2012 Adventure Calendar Day 5: A couple of "The Snowmen" image galleries and six new wallpapers. Gallery 1 (episode stills) Gallery 2 (promotional images) Wallpapers __________________ "Geronimo!" Last edited by Chris3123; December 5 2012 at 07:25 AM.

December 5 2012, 01:28 PM	#5
Emh The Doctor Location: Japan	Re: 2012 Adventure Calendar YouTube link for the second Dalek video (because I can never remember how to embed videos). Interesting insight from Steven that Daleks have slowly gotten bigger and bigger model design and they're scarier when they're smaller. And yet, he's just as guilty of this: "Victory of the Daleks." Looking through the gallery, I have to say it's really cool to see The Doctor in the period costume (complete with dodgy stovepipe hat!), especially having recently watched the entirety of Downton Abbey for the first time. __________________ "Eccleston was a tiger and Tennant was, well, Tigger. Smith [is] an uncoordinated housecat who pretends that he meant to do that after falling off a piece of furniture." - Lynne M. Thomas "I'm in Hell and it's full of Avons!" - Vila

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December 6 2012, 04:13 PM	#10
Cutter John Rear Admiral Location: Beyond the wall of sleep, just south of Seattle.	Re: 2012 Adventure Calendar I'm enjoying those Moffat videos. Makes me wonder, has there ever been an extended sit down interview with the man about his thoughts on DW, and writing? __________________ "The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don't always soften the bad things. But vice versa, the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant."

December 6 2012, 08:39 PM	#11
Chris3123 Vice Admiral Location: Pensacola, Florida	Re: 2012 Adventure Calendar Day 6: Doctor Who Christmas Quiz __________________ "Geronimo!"

December 7 2012, 11:16 AM	#12
Cutter John Rear Admiral Location: Beyond the wall of sleep, just south of Seattle.	Re: 2012 Adventure Calendar Whooo! 170 Pts! Only missed the one question about the name of the baddie in this years Special. __________________ "The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don't always soften the bad things. But vice versa, the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant."

December 7 2012, 02:42 PM	#13
Emh The Doctor Location: Japan	Re: 2012 Adventure Calendar Got 164 points and 1 question wrong. same question...seriously, I haven't heard Richard E. Grant's character name yet. shrug Day 7: Jenna-Louise Coleman: Becoming the Companion, Part 2 No YouTube link yet that I can see. __________________ "Eccleston was a tiger and Tennant was, well, Tigger. Smith [is] an uncoordinated housecat who pretends that he meant to do that after falling off a piece of furniture." - Lynne M. Thomas "I'm in Hell and it's full of Avons!" - Vila

December 7 2012, 03:29 PM	#14
Cutter John Rear Admiral Location: Beyond the wall of sleep, just south of Seattle.	Re: 2012 Adventure Calendar Thankfully it doesn't look like the clip is region blocked. __________________ "The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don't always soften the bad things. But vice versa, the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant."

December 7 2012, 03:48 PM	#15
Emh The Doctor Location: Japan	Re: 2012 Adventure Calendar Yeah, I'm quite surprised by that. Unfortunately, my internet is somewhat slow right now so I'm going to have to wait for the YouTube link. __________________ "Eccleston was a tiger and Tennant was, well, Tigger. Smith [is] an uncoordinated housecat who pretends that he meant to do that after falling off a piece of furniture." - Lynne M. Thomas "I'm in Hell and it's full of Avons!" - Vila