Matthew Graham to write for Series Fred+1?

[Starkers]

The single best thing about "Fear Her" is the sexual tension between the Doctor and Rose.

Yeah, we really needed that. No one felt beaten over the head by it by that point yet.

That's like saying you feel beaten over the head by good food or air. Doctor/Rose sexual tension is always a good thing.

Oh! TOS fans should appreciate at least one thing about "Fear Her," though: It was only the second episode of the new Doctor Who to feature a reference to the Doctor having once been a father (and, by implication, a grandfather), and the first in which he says it to a companion. (The first was "The Empty Child," where the Doctor says he knows what he's talking about to Doctor Constantine's remark that before the war, he was a father and a grandfather, but he is still a doctor.)

Ahem....doesn't he mention being a father/grandfather in Father's Day?

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Because the BBC seems to be calling the next series, Series 1, people aren't sure if it's Series 1, or Series 5, or Series 31 or do the Specials count as a Series, and so on that it's easier just to says Series Fred (though who coined it exactly I'm not sure).

And of course "Fred" comes from The Ribos Operation.

Ahhh, I'm not as up on my classic Who.

It comes from a conversation between The Fourth Doctor and Romana about her name:

The Doctor: One more thing—your name.
Romana: What about my name?
The Doctor: It's too long. By the time I've called out, 'Look out'—what's your name?
Romana: Romanadvoratrelundar.
The Doctor: By the time I've called that out, you could be dead! I'll call you Romana.
Romana: I don't like Romana.
The Doctor: It's either Romana or Fred.
Romana: All right, call me Fred!
The Doctor: Good. Come on, Romana!

 

[Sci]

Yeah, we really needed that. No one felt beaten over the head by it by that point yet.

That's like saying you feel beaten over the head by good food or air. Doctor/Rose sexual tension is always a good thing.

Oh! TOS fans should appreciate at least one thing about "Fear Her," though: It was only the second episode of the new Doctor Who to feature a reference to the Doctor having once been a father (and, by implication, a grandfather), and the first in which he says it to a companion. (The first was "The Empty Child," where the Doctor says he knows what he's talking about to Doctor Constantine's remark that before the war, he was a father and a grandfather, but he is still a doctor.)

Ahem....doesn't he mention being a father/grandfather in Father's Day?

In arguing with Rose, the Doctor says, "My entire planet died. My whole family..." He doesn't directly allude to being a father or grandfather (though we as fans know that he was one); Rose certainly seems to have assumed he was referring to family other than children, because she's quite startled when the Doctor rather casually notes that he was a father once in "Fear Her."

 

[Turbo]

Been busy for awhile. Where did "Series Fred" come from?

Because the BBC seems to be calling the next series, Series 1, people aren't sure if it's Series 1, or Series 5, or Series 31 or do the Specials count as a Series, and so on that it's easier just to says Series Fred (though who coined it exactly I'm not sure).

Thanks!

And of course "Fred" comes from The Ribos Operation.

Well, I knew that.