It must be one heck of a first minute!

[23skidoo]

The BBC has announced that the Red Button service (a digital TV amenity of a type we've never seen in North America for some reason) is going to make the first minute of The Eleventh Hour available as a preview beginning on March 24:

http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/03/red-button-preview-of-eleventh-hour.html

Assuming this doesn't include a recap of the regeneration or what-have-you, that gives the impression that first minute must be pretty jam-packed, huh.

I still think Eleventh Hour is going to go down as the most extensively previewed DW episode ever. Let's see: we have the Red Button preview, special screenings in a half-dozen cities at the end of the month, the WonderCon showing (which is the same day as the UK showing but still a preview for North America), and I'm sure a press screening will happen too like it always does a week or two before the season starts so the media can get their reviews in before broadcast (though we'll find out if they hold any grudges for being shown a version of Partners in Crime that omitted the Rose Tyler cameo).

Alex

 

[davejames]

I'm sure it will be all over youtube, so there won't be a problem with us seeing it.

 

[Samurai8472]

Apparently Moffat seemed fine with it

On twitter

Piers Wenger on ep 1: "it's Independence Day on the village green."
Just confirmed: Doctor Who back for sixth series and Xmas special. More soon..
Also confirmed: cybermen back in new series

Hmm judging from the last 9 months or so there hasn't been any set pictures of cybermen on set.

I'm going to guess they'll be in the finale or they were super secretive.

 

[wamdue]

oh Cyberman, I wonder if they are using the original kind, I think they will be.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

I sincerely hope it's the Mondasian Cybermen. *crosses fingers*

 

[Demonland]

There is no way they will revert back to the classic look cybermen. They will stick with the new series version to save $$$ on props.

 

[wamdue]

There is no way they will revert back to the classic look cybermen. They will stick with the new series version to save $$$ on props.

sadly true

Spoiler: SJA

there are even talking about having the Weepings Angels on the next series of Sarah Jane Adventures. The only scary monster new series Who ever had, is going to be on CBBC.

 

[Captain Pike]

It's not so much the look of the cybermen that bothers me, only the (screwed up) backstory.

Though I fear that we will indeed be stuck with it as is..

 

[Winterwind]

There is no way they will revert back to the classic look cybermen. They will stick with the new series version to save $$$ on props.

There's a spoiler rumour floating around the the Mondasian Cybermen will be meeting the Cybermen from "Pete's World" in the S5 finale.

 

[Demonland]

There is no way they will revert back to the classic look cybermen. They will stick with the new series version to save $$$ on props.

There's a spoiler rumour floating around the the Mondasian Cybermen will be meeting the Cybermen from "Pete's World" in the S5 finale.

Now that's something I would pay money to see. Hopefully the Mondasian's kick Pete's World abortion's asses.

 

[Samurai8472]

Could it be possible for the Mondas Cybermen to evolve into something really close to the Cybus Cybermen?

That way they can keep the suits but modify them to reflect the real cybermen.

Take off the "Cybus" logo and change a few things.

Even the Daleks are being updated.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

There is no way they will revert back to the classic look cybermen. They will stick with the new series version to save $$$ on props.

It's not so much the look of the cybermen that bothers me, only the (screwed up) backstory.

Though I fear that we will indeed be stuck with it as is..

I want both. I don't necessary want the classic series design, but I want something very different from the current Cybermen design. Something that gives the feeling that they were constructed with spare parts instead one giant metalic body that stomps around all over the place.

There is no way they will revert back to the classic look cybermen. They will stick with the new series version to save $$$ on props.

There's a spoiler rumour floating around the the Mondasian Cybermen will be meeting the Cybermen from "Pete's World" in the S5 finale.

Now that would be interesting, but again, you would have to have a very different design for the Mondasian Cybermen.

 

[Cutter John]

Just add some extra fiddly bits and they're golden. (npi)

 

[wamdue]

they have already filmed the Cybermen, the Cybusmen feature in this new trailer

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s7/doctor-who/news/a209692/the-second-who-series-five-trailer.html

Can also spot a Dalek spaceship, in what looks like a Star Trek style space battle.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

^^ oooh, new trailer, cool, can't wait for Easter

 

[davejames]

There is no way they will revert back to the classic look cybermen. They will stick with the new series version to save $$$ on props.

Usually I'd agree, but they're redesigning everything ELSE this year, so it's not a stretch to think they might redesign the Cybermen too.

Although if they could just find a way to make the existing ones a little creepier (and less loud and stompy), that would be good enough for me.

 

[The Wormhole]

they have already filmed the Cybermen, the Cybusmen feature in this new trailer

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s7/doctor-who/news/a209692/the-second-who-series-five-trailer.html

Can also spot a Dalek spaceship, in what looks like a Star Trek style space battle.

The Dalek in that trailer, has the UK flag just below his eye stalk.

So, what up with that?

 

[Count Zero]

The Dalek in that trailer, has the UK flag just below his eye stalk.

So, what up with that?

Spoiler: series 5

The Daleks are helping Churchill win the war. Or at least pretend to.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

they have already filmed the Cybermen, the Cybusmen feature in this new trailer

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s7/doctor-who/news/a209692/the-second-who-series-five-trailer.html

Damn, the same Cybus design. However, I couldn't help but the notice the way the Cyberman moved. It was reaching out and swaying, which isn't the typical movement of the Cybus Cybermen.

Hopefully I'm not grasping at straws.

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

There is no way they will revert back to the classic look cybermen. They will stick with the new series version to save $$$ on props.

I figure it's a given that, even if the Mondasian Cybermen return (which I would like to see), they will probably look like the Pete's World Cybermen. I don't have a problem with that. The look of the Cybermen has always changed without explanation on the series.

Actually, I was surprised when the Cybermen in "The Next Doctor" turned out to be the Pete's World Cybermen, not the Mondasian Cybermen.

Even the Daleks are being updated.

Really? How so?