Series 6 prequel planned

[Samurai8472]

A "teaser" for the "prequel" to the "first story" of the "first half" of Series 6, with the proper "Prequel" being available March 25th, 2011 at 4:00PM GMT:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeBKSeGQYIY

 

[Sketcher]

Wouldn't a prequel to Series 6 technically be called....you know...series 5

 

[Mad Jack Wolfe]

Fnord-and-a-half, maybe?

 

[WillsBabe]

A "teaser" for the "prequel" to the "first story" of the "first half" of Series 6, with the proper "Prequel" being available March 25th, 2011 at 4:00PM GMT:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeBKSeGQYIY

Eh?

 

[WRStone]

being available March 25th, 2011 at 4:00PM GMT

Why is it that as an American in the Upper Great Plains I get an odd sense of smugness that I'll be seeing this shortly after noon tomorrow? It's the same totally unwarranted smugness I feel at seeing episodes by mid-afternoon the day they're transmitted.

In reality, I'll see them two hours or so after transmission. They have to be transmitted, then someone has to create a stable swarm and I have to download it.

Admittedly, my bandwidth is so high that I frequently get 2.5MB/sec from a good Doctor Who swarm; I get a warm, fuzzy feeling from that. Also, by using the Internet, I'll be seeing the episode long before most of the rest of North America; that also gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling.

But in reality, even though I'll be watching the episodes in the late afternoon while Britain sees them in the evening, I'll still be seeing it after they do by a couple of hours.

I dunno. It makes no sense. But I still feel smug.

 

[Samurai8472]

A "teaser" for the "prequel" to the "first story" of the "first half" of Series 6, with the proper "Prequel" being available March 25th, 2011 at 4:00PM GMT:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeBKSeGQYIY

Eh?

Basically a prequel to the first episode of the season will be shown tomorrow

 

[23skidoo]

What's happening is basically the TARDISodes again. Back in 2006, each episode of Season 2 was accompanied by a 1-2 minute webisode on the official BBC site that teased that week's story; they also had some deal with a cellphone company that allowed them to be uploaded to people's mobiles in the UK. Most were stand-alone gags or what-have-you, and the one for "Girl in the Fireplace" actually gave one of the major games away right off the top. But the one for "School Reunion" featured Mickey and actually filled in a major plot hole in showing exactly how and why the Doctor and Rose ended up at that school.

Unfortunately BBC Video decided not to include them on the DVD release.

Now the BBC apparently has produced at least 3 such "TARDISodes" for Series 6, though they're calling them "prequels" this time around. Unfortunately, one major change since 2006 is that people outside the UK can no longer view video content on the official DW website, so it remains to be seen if the BBC will put these on its official international YouTube channel (like they did with the Comic Relief mini-episode) or if that'll be left to BBC America and the other broadcasters, and there's no way to predict if these will later turn up on the DVD/Blu-ray release, though the track record for BBC Video/2 Entertain releasing website-based content suggests more unlikely than likely.

Of course, if they are geolocked on the BBC site, they'll end up on YouTube within a couple minutes so I'm not concerned about not seeing them from here in Canada.

Alex

 

[Photoman15]

being available March 25th, 2011 at 4:00PM GMT

Why is it that as an American in the Upper Great Plains I get an odd sense of smugness that I'll be seeing this shortly after noon tomorrow? It's the same totally unwarranted smugness I feel at seeing episodes by mid-afternoon the day they're transmitted.

In reality, I'll see them two hours or so after transmission. They have to be transmitted, then someone has to create a stable swarm and I have to download it.

Admittedly, my bandwidth is so high that I frequently get 2.5MB/sec from a good Doctor Who swarm; I get a warm, fuzzy feeling from that. Also, by using the Internet, I'll be seeing the episode long before most of the rest of North America; that also gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling.

But in reality, even though I'll be watching the episodes in the late afternoon while Britain sees them in the evening, I'll still be seeing it after they do by a couple of hours.

I dunno. It makes no sense. But I still feel smug.

Actually, 4pm in the UK is 11am here in NY, so 11 it is. It also looks like the BBC is now open to the world and they don't block other countries (read the US) from their streams.

 

[Peacemaker]

It's up and viewable from the US! SPOOKY!

 

[Atticus]

Linky.

Nice little setup I thought.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Adam Klaus as Tricky Dick! And I loved that ironic line at the end --

Spoiler

"There are no monsters in the Oval Office."

 

[23skidoo]

It's up and viewable from the US! SPOOKY!

And Canada, too! A pleasant surprise, indeed! Could they finally be coming to their senses over at BBC online? Probably not - let's enjoy it before they realize someone goofed!

Alex

 

[Skywalker]

Ooo, that was intriguing...

 

[wamdue]

yes that was quite good, and better than the TARDISodes, ok that isnt a high bench mark, but its true.

Obviously need to judge it in the context of the episode.

 

[Tom]

It's up and viewable from the US! SPOOKY!

Because the BBC and BBCA are in sync this year showing episodes on the same day so there is no legal reason to hold it back from the US.

As for the prequel, got to love Moffet doing what he does best coming up with scary shit. lol

 

[Rarewolf]

Prequel's what they call it, though I'd have thought technically its a prelude

 

[The Nth Doctor]

The eerie child voice reminds me of "Are you my mummy?"

I can't wait.

 

[Captain Shaw]

Which president is that?

 

[WillsBabe]

A "teaser" for the "prequel" to the "first story" of the "first half" of Series 6, with the proper "Prequel" being available March 25th, 2011 at 4:00PM GMT:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeBKSeGQYIY

Eh?

Basically a prequel to the first episode of the season will be shown tomorrow

Thanks for the heads-up. I would have missed it, else.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Which president is that?

As Allyn said, Tricky Dick, or how he's formally known, Richard Nixon.