Doctor Who Series Topic Discussion - May Contain Spoilers

[Vortex]

After all of the mention of the Shadow Proclomation, and finally getting to see them:

THEY WERE BLOODY LAME!! They did nothing!

[Dalek]

:lol I know! In the trailer for series 4 of DW it shows Ood, Daleks and the Judoon marching about all over the place. Ood and Daleks do lots, Judoon don't! Its silly!

[Vortex]

I think Judoon are back in one of next years specials, or 2010.

A full out war with the Judoon, Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans and others fighting each other (On two sides) with The Doctor caught in the middle would be kick ass. Or The Doc rallies everyone to fight the Daleks.

[Dalek]

Yeah...or they play intergalactic football.

Possible scenarios:

The Daleks get sent off for exterminating the opposition.
The Judoon are timewasters as they are checking the players to know what race they are.
The Cybermen get sent off for deleting the Ood who have no idea what's going on.
The Ood won't stop singing and get sent off.

And the referee is the Doctor.

Managers: Ood-Ood Brain
               Cybermen-Cyber Controller/Cyber Leader
               Daleks-Davros
               Judoon-Albino Shadow Proclamation

[Dalek]

I think this is funny. Its the message the Doctor leaves Martha in series 3 episode "Human Nature"

[Vortex]

Ah yeah, that video is cool.

Here's some speculation for the special and series 5:

"Speculation:
One of the Specials may be taking place partially or entirely in a location outside the UK.

For the Christmas Special:
Many have speculated this is based on the audio "The One Doctor" - according to "very good, close sources", this episode is indeed based on that audio, and is a light comedy after the tearjerker of the finale. DM is the fake Doctor, and the Cybershades are fakes made by Morrissey's character, only for the real Cybermen (and the real Doctor) to show up...

Casting

    * Ace (Sophie Aldred)
    * McGann rumoured to return in the second 2009 special, in an episode directed by Graham Harper (heard by a few people but apparently the "latest sources" say this is not happening)
    * Brian Blessed may make his return to the show
    * Agynes Deyn is reported as being in one of the specials.
    * Rumour on IMDB that Bad Girls star Alicia Eyo has been offered a companion role for one of the specials; a role that may play into full-time companion for series 5
    * John Simm - instead of a small cameo in series 4, plans were changed to bring the Master in a much bigger way in the specials
    * Georgia Moffet may also be returning as Jenny.


Heroes and Villains

    * Sea Devils. "The return of The Sea Devils is definitely planned and all preliminary work has long since been concluded."
    * Winston Churchill (for specials or series 5) - reputedly TV people asked for his removal from "Revenge of the Judoon" so he could be kept in reserve.
    * According to Julie Gardner, characters and storylines from last series will not necessarily be picked up for the specials



SERIES 5

RTD is leaving and Moffat taking over for series 5. It'll be back to the original 13 episodes format. As for writers of the episodes, there are rumours abound that Neil Gaiman and Rob Shearman may be writing episodes for series 5

When asked what he knew about the rumour Rob Shearman replied "Only that it's news to me!"

Gaiman says on his blog that Gaiman HAS had dinner with the Moff but "if it ever gets to the point where I know that I'm actually, definitely, for certain, writing an episode of Doctor Who, I'll post it here. In big red letters. Or green. You'll know when it happens, trust me."

According to DWM, apparently "THEY'RE BACK"
Although we don't actually know what or who "They" are.


The Doctor
RTD refuses to say whether Tennant will return for series 5. RTD says he "knows when David is leaving..." DT has made his decision and the BBC knows what it is. He then went on to say that he blatantly lies about the future of Doctor Who....

According to the Sun, DT will leave after the four specials "and a movie"

A rumour from "a fairly good source" says that Andy Pryor has cast DT's replacement. There was a short list of names - including one woman. The rumour also suggested DT would not be in all specials...

There is also a rumour that the last special is being filmed with two endings to allow DT maximum time to consider his return (they did this for Parting of the Ways as well)


Supporting Cast

    * Kylie to return? Old rumours from early 2008
    * Negotiations in train to get back Alex Kingston (River Song) and Georgina Moffett (Jenny) for series 5?
    * Tom Baker?!"

[Dalek]

Ah yeah, that video is cool.

Here's some speculation for the special and series 5:

"Speculation:
One of the Specials may be taking place partially or entirely in a location outside the UK.

For the Christmas Special:
Many have speculated this is based on the audio "The One Doctor" - according to "very good, close sources", this episode is indeed based on that audio, and is a light comedy after the tearjerker of the finale. DM is the fake Doctor, and the Cybershades are fakes made by Morrissey's character, only for the real Cybermen (and the real Doctor) to show up...

Casting

    * Ace (Sophie Aldred)
    * McGann rumoured to return in the second 2009 special, in an episode directed by Graham Harper (heard by a few people but apparently the "latest sources" say this is not happening)
    * Brian Blessed may make his return to the show
    * Agynes Deyn is reported as being in one of the specials.
    * Rumour on IMDB that Bad Girls star Alicia Eyo has been offered a companion role for one of the specials; a role that may play into full-time companion for series 5
    * John Simm - instead of a small cameo in series 4, plans were changed to bring the Master in a much bigger way in the specials
    * Georgia Moffet may also be returning as Jenny.


Heroes and Villains

    * Sea Devils. "The return of The Sea Devils is definitely planned and all preliminary work has long since been concluded."
    * Winston Churchill (for specials or series 5) - reputedly TV people asked for his removal from "Revenge of the Judoon" so he could be kept in reserve.
    * According to Julie Gardner, characters and storylines from last series will not necessarily be picked up for the specials



SERIES 5

RTD is leaving and Moffat taking over for series 5. It'll be back to the original 13 episodes format. As for writers of the episodes, there are rumours abound that Neil Gaiman and Rob Shearman may be writing episodes for series 5

When asked what he knew about the rumour Rob Shearman replied "Only that it's news to me!"

Gaiman says on his blog that Gaiman HAS had dinner with the Moff but "if it ever gets to the point where I know that I'm actually, definitely, for certain, writing an episode of Doctor Who, I'll post it here. In big red letters. Or green. You'll know when it happens, trust me."

According to DWM, apparently "THEY'RE BACK"
Although we don't actually know what or who "They" are.


The Doctor
RTD refuses to say whether Tennant will return for series 5. RTD says he "knows when David is leaving..." DT has made his decision and the BBC knows what it is. He then went on to say that he blatantly lies about the future of Doctor Who....

According to the Sun, DT will leave after the four specials "and a movie"

A rumour from "a fairly good source" says that Andy Pryor has cast DT's replacement. There was a short list of names - including one woman. The rumour also suggested DT would not be in all specials...

There is also a rumour that the last special is being filmed with two endings to allow DT maximum time to consider his return (they did this for Parting of the Ways as well)


Supporting Cast

    * Kylie to return? Old rumours from early 2008
    * Negotiations in train to get back Alex Kingston (River Song) and Georgina Moffett (Jenny) for series 5?
    * Tom Baker?!"

Where'd you find all this stuff? I heard about McGann, Moffett (Jenny) and Sophie Aldred coming back.

Stuff I've heard:
 
Christmas Special called "The Ghosts in the Machines".
Doctor lands in Victorian London.
Two forms of Cybermen: Parrallel and Diamond helmeted ones.
Cyberwraiths (similar to Cyber mats?(Just learnt they're the Diamond headed CYbermen. They sneak around killing Victorians)).
Cybermen take over a graveyard.

Other:

McGann, Sophie Aldred and Georgia Moffett returning (somehow)
Silurians might be returning (maybe with Sea Devils?).
The Master returning (wahay!).
RTD has written the specials but has left series 5 (does that make any sense?)
In a 2009 Children In Need Special or Christmas Special, the Doctor catches a cold and temporarily regenerates into Jennifer Saunders.
Martha and Mickey full time in TORCHWOOD.
"Tele"movie, featuring Rose Tyler (film called "Rose Tyler, Earth Defender") and the "other" Doctor (half human one) in a two part film, with Hollywood stars to be asked to play the villain.

I found this other site saying what they wish season 6 of DW will be like. And I agree with it.

"Predictions for season 6. Well, of course these aren't true! But if writers are true-to-form, this could be what we'll get!

601. About Time
030410 By Steven Moffat
A darker, edgier season with a much older (1000 years old?) 10th Doctor suffering from his loneliness. Two new assistants (male and female) join him and together they investigate time bleeding and other strange goings on in parks around London. The companions start to develop a relationship with one another.

602. The Dust of Stars
100410 by Neil Gaiman
Kylie Minogue is back as Astrid! Somehow she's found a way to merge with an obsolete TARDIS and, being symbiotically linked with it, she's able to trace the Doctor. It's taken her about 100 of his years to do it, apparently. She needs to warn him about an impending disaster from the centre of the galaxy.

603. Scherzo
170410 by Rob Shearman
Time continues to splinter throughout the universe and the Doctor and companions fall through a crack into another universe with different rules.

604. Family Reunion
240410 by Stephen Greenhorn
Doctor-lite episode. The Doctor's daughter discovers a world shifted out of phase with the rest of the universe. She finds that her symbiotic nucleii allows her access and discovers Time Lords frozen in time. She finds a way of tracing active Tardii but it leads her to discover other problems.

605. Time of the Zygons
606. Loch Ness Monsters
010510 by Helen Raynor
080510
The Zygons have taken control of a black hole in the centre of the galaxy. They have been experimenting with time travel and discover how to grow almost anything in a fraction of the time. In minutes they have a Zygon army, ready to take over the galaxy with the help of a zetronic beam.

606. Fractured Time
607. Merlin
150510 by Steven Moffat
220510
Jack is back. But he's not the Jack we know. People from the Doctor's past return to haunt him. The unstable black hole is causing ruptures in space time, allowing universes to bleed through from alternative realities. There is a real risk of the Doctor being sucked into one permanently.

608. Ice Time
290510 by Ben Aaronovitch
The Doctor is trapped in a field of frozen time in an alternate reality. It's up to the Brigadier and UNIT to rescue him, with the help of a few friends."

[Vortex]

The Doctor will never become a woman. Regeneration doesn't work like that, and RTD stated that they don't think it's appropriate for a sex change when the show is also aimed at young kids.

http://planetgallifrey.blogspot.com/

http://planetgallifrey.blogspot.com/2008/07/whats-going-on.html

[Dalek]

Well, if its a Children in Need thing, it could only happen for about 5minutes and all the other CIN things have had some humour in, so why not? Jennifer Saunders would be saying "What?" all the time? Just think of this as an unlikely rumour. But the prediction for series 6 looks good. Even if its completely made up.

[Dalek]

Another good storyline would be this:

The Daleks (before 9th - 10th Doctors) had a civil war. Supreme Dalek (Grey Daleks) and Davros's Daleks (Ivory with Gold). We never know if that war ended but even if it did, some of the Supreme Daleks Dalek's were fleeing from a battle to regroup elsewhere. Instead, they got cut off from their main battle fleet. They crashed on a deserted planet, and steadily grew, completely unaware of the Time War. Over the years, their aggression was tamed by the lack of life on the planet, and the fact they did not have the resources to build spaceships. They steadily grew less aggressive and learnt new emotions. They made small, but noticeable changes to their armour, and lived, until stirred by a traveller and his two friends.

[El]

Some of that stuff is quite interesting, and contradictory in a couple of places.
But it has enough elements of truth that sound like bits of it may happen.

Word to the wise; Don't wish for it too much or put too much stock in it, your bound to be disappointed.

[Dalek]

Oh yeah, disappointment is a biggy. It's just, I don't care. In a way, I know none of these things are gong to happen. I just like imagining them. Hhe hhe

[Vortex]

Anything for series five is highly speculative. Anything beyond that is probably people trying to get attention.

We have a two year wait for the next series.

[Dalek]

We have a two year wait for the next series.

DAAAAMMMMN! But hey, specials, they should be good.

[Dalek]

Do you think the DW time vortex could do with a make over now that there's a new theme? Just interested.

[Glempius]

I thought the dalek civil was was to all intents and purposes ended in remembrance of the daleks when the hand of omega blew up "skaro" and the renegade dalek's ship

[Dalek]

Well, if we consider the radio story's canon, the hand of omega destroyed the Daleks sun, but only destroyed most of the outer layer of Skaro itself. Most of the Dalek structures were underground by Patrick Troughton's era as the Doctor. But I still like my idea of lost Daleks during their civil war. Mwahaha!

[Glempius]

I was under the impression that it wasn't actually skaro that got destroyed as Davros had somehow been "brain washed" into thinking skaro was somewhere else

[Vortex]

I don't think anything outside of the actual TV Series is considered canon in Doctor Who. It's like Star Trek, show only.

EDIT: Christmas Specail Trailer:

[Dalek]

Well, Skaro survived in the DW Movie with Paul McGann. And look! Its those Diamond headed Cybermen I was telling you about! Cyberwraiths!