Will Matt Smith appear? (possible spoilers)
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It might be nice to see him dash by in the background or something, maybe even colliding with Wilf (or Ten!).
It worked with Eccleston, because he did it fast enough it was like he'd been shocked or something and it was an involuntary reflex. Jacobi and Tennant both acted like they were deliberately "assuming the position" (especially since Tennant had to turn around to do it).
Yeah, the thing about Eccleston's transformation was that he had, specific to the script, absorbed an enormous amount of some kind of energy that was burning him up. That it should all have poured out of him in a flash as he was reconstructed made some visual sense.
As much as I think that "The End of Time, part one" is poorly paced and more reactive than active as a story, RTD still manages to write something that is still fun and enjoyable with one helluv a cliffhanger. Can't say the same as many ModTrek episodes that were poorly paced and more reactive than active as a story.
Moreover, I like RTD's use of continuity, or lack thereof as his critics complain. He picks and chooses what he needs to make his story work and ignores the rest. Wish Trek did that more--oh, wait, it did in the latest movie and it worked.
Despite what his critics and detractors say, RTD is fully knowledgeable about Who lore as demonstrated in the latest Doctor Who Confidential.
I forgot about that. It did seem at the time like the regeneration was just incidental to the huge release of energy.
I would be very surprised and disappointed if Matt Smith didn't appear.
Amen. I don't like the new regeneration effect. Yes, The Ninth Doctor absorbed all of that energy and that's fine there, but we also saw The Master regenerate and The Tenth Doctor's metacrisis with the same fiery effects.
well, they said on the Confidential for Utopia that they copied the POTW regen effects so that the wee kids would get that this was a regeneration. so don't get your hopes up about it being any different.
Ah, yeah, I remember that. Still annoying. The wee kids didn't have a problem with the last six times!
I've read that, too.
What's the source for that? I'm just curious.
Will Smith appear? No doubt.
Will there be a regeneration? RTD's cagey on that point. He said in an interview in the Telegraph recently: "Though whether there's a regeneration on its way, or whether we've got some final tricks up our sleeves, you'll just have to wait and see."
"The End of Time"'s narrative perspective -- with Timothy Dalton in the future, narrating events that are already past -- certainly offers the possibility that in Dalton's present the Doctor is already Matt Smith, and we may be seeing a story that brings closure to the tenth Doctor, without actually having a regeneration, leaving Tennant's era open-ended (which would facilitate a potential Tennant movie), while also ushering in Smith for new adventures.
No, that doesn't explain Smith in Tennant's tattered suit, but I'm not sure that Smith is meant to follow on directly from "The End of Time." After all, when would the tenth Doctor have time to change his necktie?
At this point, I'm rating a regeneration at only 30% odds. For that matter, I'm putting odds on Smith being non-contiguous with Tennant (in other words, there are Doctors in between Tennant and Smith, with Smith possibly being an earlier Doctor[/i]) at 10%.
Will there be a regeneration? RTD's cagey on that point. He said in an interview in the Telegraph recently: "Though whether there's a regeneration on its way, or whether we've got some final tricks up our sleeves, you'll just have to wait and see."
"The End of Time"'s narrative perspective -- with Timothy Dalton in the future, narrating events that are already past -- certainly offers the possibility that in Dalton's present the Doctor is already Matt Smith, and we may be seeing a story that brings closure to the tenth Doctor, without actually having a regeneration, leaving Tennant's era open-ended (which would facilitate a potential Tennant movie), while also ushering in Smith for new adventures.
No, that doesn't explain Smith in Tennant's tattered suit, but I'm not sure that Smith is meant to follow on directly from "The End of Time." After all, when would the tenth Doctor have time to change his necktie?
At this point, I'm rating a regeneration at only 30% odds. For that matter, I'm putting odds on Smith being non-contiguous with Tennant (in other words, there are Doctors in between Tennant and Smith, with Smith possibly being an earlier Doctor[/i]) at 10%.
Hmm, I don't think that's beyond the realms of possibility, although the suit Smith's wearing post regeneration seems to be sliced up much like Tennant's is in clips we've seen.
I'd be mightily annoyed if they did pull this, and surely there's plenty of time for unfilmed adventures given the doctor has been travelling alone, plus there's the gap between Waters of MArs and The End of Time where he went swanning off.
I'd be mightily annoyed if they did pull this, and surely there's plenty of time for unfilmed adventures given the doctor has been travelling alone, plus there's the gap between Waters of MArs and The End of Time where he went swanning off.
Ideally I WOULD like to see the 10th Doctor somehow saved at the end. After all the gloom and doom, it would be nice to see him go out as that happy, fun-loving guy we've come to know and love. And to have that be our last image of him.
Maybe Smith could then be introduced the same way Tennant was in Chrismas Invasion-- stumbling out of the Tardis in the previous Doc's outfit after some kind of accident.
Recent pics from production of Pt. II show Tennant wearing the same necktie as Matt Smith.
Trying to find it now.
I don't check very many Who news sites, so I'm pretty sure it's blogtorwho.blogspot.com
If it's not in the news section somewhere, it might be in one of the radio interviews with Davies.
