Old Enemy Returning, Maybe

[Marc]

Since there's a big huge picture of the returning aliens on the home page of BBC's Doctor Who site declaring they're returning in A Good Man Goes to War I saw no need to spoiler code anything. But just in case someone is trying to maintain total secrecy, the third returning alien has been announced by the BBC.

Spoiler: in the interests of preventing anyone else from crying

The Sontarans

Whooo, that should be quite interesting but didn't I read something prior to series six that no bad guys from series 5 would show up in series 6 save for the silence?

The only thing I read is that there were no plans to use the Daleks in S6 or to re-introudce any classic era aliens that hadn't yet been in the nu show. Everything so far has been consistent with that claim.

I suspect that cost is the real rationale behind that decision. If they've been in the nu series, the costumes etc have already been made and can be re-used thus getting more use out them and not having to fork out for new costumes.

 

[RevdKathy]

The thing that hacks me off about the BBC and spoilers is the double standard. Everything they choose to release in advance is a 'teaser'. Someone else releases it and they wail abotu spoilers ruining things for people. Pot, kettle black, I say.

 

[StCoop]

The thing that hacks me off about the BBC and spoilers is the double standard. Everything they choose to release in advance is a 'teaser'. Someone else releases it and they wail abotu spoilers ruining things for people. Pot, kettle black, I say.

Indeed. It's possible to work out with almost 100% certainty the "jaw-dropping" cliffhanger to this week's episode based purely on officially released information.

 

[Dac]

If you ask me, if they take the makeup from the flesh clones and add some cybermen implants, you have a perfect, terrifying looking Cyberman.

And yes, they would look like the Borg.

 

[Starkers]

The thing that hacks me off about the BBC and spoilers is the double standard. Everything they choose to release in advance is a 'teaser'. Someone else releases it and they wail abotu spoilers ruining things for people. Pot, kettle black, I say.

Indeed. It's possible to work out with almost 100% certainty the "jaw-dropping" cliffhanger to this week's episode based purely on officially released information.

Yeah, although it was just as annoying during RTD's reign as I recall, Dalek Sek on the front cover of the Radio Times was a bit of a reveal really!

 

[PorthosShadow]

The thing that hacks me off about the BBC and spoilers is the double standard. Everything they choose to release in advance is a 'teaser'. Someone else releases it and they wail abotu spoilers ruining things for people. Pot, kettle black, I say.

Indeed. It's possible to work out with almost 100% certainty the "jaw-dropping" cliffhanger to this week's episode based purely on officially released information.

Yeah, although it was just as annoying during RTD's reign as I recall, Dalek Sek on the front cover of the Radio Times was a bit of a reveal really!

Yeah but to be fair, was it really that much a shock that the Dalek's or that particular Dalek would be back?

 

[captcalhoun]

no, but the problem was, the photo was Human-Dalek Sec. from the frickin' cliffhanger. ie, the bit you were supposed to be shocked by.

 

[PorthosShadow]

no, but the problem was, the photo was Human-Dalek Sec. from the frickin' cliffhanger. ie, the bit you were supposed to be shocked by.

I don't why but I just now remembered seeing the scan of that picture from a newspaper. Honestly though I don't seem to remember feeling like I was spoiled.

 

[Kelso]

Personally I find this particular enemy a bit boring. I also find the whole discussion about the original vs the new series version a bit boring as well. Regardless of if it's one or the other, as far as I can see they'll act pretty much the same as each other unless they somehow write them differently.

Quite.

 

[Whofan]

I wonder why people have a problem with the design-apart from the Cybus logo-which is gone anyway-they sure look like Cybermen to me. They even brought back the 'teardrop' from the 60s/70s Cybermen. The voice is also more in keeping with the 60s Cybermen than the 80s type.

I think what most people are missing are the big 'earmuffs'.