1.)When did you first hear about Doctor Who? My mom, who watched it in college.
2.) What was the first episode that you watched? The Five Doctors
3.) Classic Who fan or NuWho fan? Both. The old series can be slow, but its still very good. The new series is faster pace but the plots and characters are sometimes too complex.
4.) Who is your favorite Doctor? Hard to say...All of them?
5.) Who is your favorite Companion? Jamie.
6.) Who is your favorite Villain? The Master. (Roger Delgado or Anthony Ainley)
7.) What is your favorite episode? Hard to decide. The Five Doctors, Blink, The Girl in the Fireplace, etc...

About the season seven finale:

Louloudi, I actually much preferred season six to this season but to each his/her own.
Do you mean you sampled one story from each Doctor? Because one episode of each wouldn't give you much to go on. I'm also watching more classic Who (I grew up with the series but there are many I haven't seen yet). I'm trying to watch more gems than rubbish, which is difficult because there are a lot of mediocre episodes. But some great ones too!

We recently saw the last three episodes, and I was more impressed than I thought I'd be. "The Crimson Horror" was a bit fun, mostly because of the trio from Victorian London showing up again (and their confusion about Clara). "Nightmare in Silver" was good as well, though I wish the kids had been given more character development prior to the episode because I felt like they weren't fleshed out enough to work in this one. Warwick Davis was wonderful as Porridge.

Personally, I think the former theory is far-fetched, but the latter could work, with some timey wimey.

As for "The Name of the Doctor," I was impressed by their use of all the previous Doctors (even if some were easy to miss or misidentify) and their simple but eloquent answer to Clara's mystery. I also enjoyed the Doctor's and River's storyline. It was the best they could have done with those two.

However, the episode as a whole wasn't as flashy as I'd hoped. Series 7 has been up and down, but most shows have off seasons. I'm hoping that the 50th is more on the impressive side, particularly with the guests they have officially included (still crossing my fingers for some more previous Doctors to appear).

I've caught up with the end of Series 7 now and agree with many of the comments already posted. Like shastastwin said, the solution to Clara's mystery was simple yet elegant. I also enjoyed seeing River and the Victorian trio again.

Clara's

Like others have said, this series has had some good moments but on the whole it's been up and down. "Cold War" still reminds me of The Hunt for Red October meets Doctor Who, and that's a good thing.

I quite liked the storytelling device of Melody Malone's book in "The Angels Take Manhattan" but the Weeping Angels just don't seem as creepy to me as they were in "Blink." Maybe it's the way they're written now, or perhaps it's just too much of a good thing (I'm reminded of the Borg in Star Trek - creepy at first but (to me) overuse in Voyager lessened their impact).

Looks like we'll be getting a new Doctor.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/ar ... Doctor-Who

~Riella

Yes, I will definitely miss Matt Smith, as he played a big part in Doctor Who history, but I am a real fan of Doctor Who and watch it for the show, not the actor to portray the Doctor.

I personally would like an older actor to portray the Twelfth Doctor, just to balance out the two younger actors to play him before. Flying rumors, here we come.

I personally would like an older actor to portray the Twelfth Doctor, just to balance out the two younger actors to play him before. Flying rumors, here we come.

I would like an older actor, too. Although, I do have some doubts that Moffat would choose an older actor. His goal in casting seems to be to get someone who can run and talk faster than anyone else (after all, he said what he really liked about Coleman was that Matt Smith had a hard time keeping up with her), and so he would probably look for someone who was younger.

I just really hope whoever they cast isn't a woman. And I don't mean that in a sexist way. It's just that I can't see any way it wouldn't be either (A. Gimmicky, or (B. relating to a feminism agenda. Not that there's anything wrong with feminism, but I already know from other sci-fi shows that women can defeat monsters and be awesome. They don't need to turn a character who's been male for 50 years into a female character to prove that. And if they make him female just for the sake of being "different", I think the novelty would wear off quickly.

I have a feeling that, whoever is cast, it will be someone whimsical and purposely over-the-top, since that's what Moffat likes. But I think it would be nice to have a Doctor who is more serious again, such as the way the Third and Fourth Doctors were. Not that they didn't have several moments of humor; but you have to admit they were nothing like Eleven was. The Eleventh Doctor really reminded me of a child. A kid in a candy store; except, instead of candy being given to him, it was adventures on alien worlds. It would be great now to take a break from having a "kid" Doctor, and go back to the "hero" figure instead.

~Riella

With all the talk about it, I saw a couple of people suggest Richard Ayoade to be the next doctor who. Which would mean he would be a rather sill doctor but as I am not a huge doctor who fan I am not against this choice. Though I don't see it happening.

I heard this news last night. :C So sad! I'm not ready. I'm a relatively new Doctor Who fan (starting watching last July and I'm SHOCKED at how fast I fell head-over-heels addicted to this show), so Matt is really the only actor I've known (as far as seeing him in interviews, behind the scenes videos, etc.). Season 7 was the first season I watched as it was coming out. I'm definitely going to miss him.

I'm with you Riella, I think a woman Doctor would just be...too weird for me. I wouldn't however be opposed to having an older actor play him. Or a ginger. Or both.

It's interesting because now we know (Name of the Doctor spoilers):

ALSO, they're going to need to figure out a way to give him more regenerations since time lords can only regenerate 12 times.

Assuming River Song had the same number of regenerations as a "real" Time Lord, and assuming she didn't regenerate more than the two times we saw her do it, then as she gave the Doctor her remaining regenerations, that's 10 more he has now.

ALSO, they're going to need to figure out a way to give him more regenerations since time lords can only regenerate 12 times.

Assuming River Song had the same number of regenerations as a "real" Time Lord, and assuming she didn't regenerate more than the two times we saw her do it, then as she gave the Doctor her remaining regenerations, that's 10 more he has now.

I've been wondering about that. I'm not certain that the original episode really implies that she's given those regenerations to him. I think that it implies something closer to her using all of her remaining regeneration energy to heal him. There was, apparently, a Classic Who instance of this being mentioned (though I have not seen the episode in question). It would be something like the Doctor in "Angels take Manhattan"

but on a much larger scale.

Personally I didn't take the episode to mean a new regeneration was imminent, and that we would have a new Doctor right away. Rather we were given a "peek' as you were, of a "possible" regenerated body that "might" come to pass.
I base this upon two things.
One is the Valyard. Other than the one time we saw him, that I am aware of anyway, it's been hide-nor-hair.
Second is the whole timy-whimy interpretation of how time can be flexable, and changing.

I've been wondering about that. I'm not certain that the original episode really implies that she's given those regenerations to him. I think that it implies something closer to her using all of her remaining regeneration energy to heal him. There was, apparently, a Classic Who instance of this being mentioned (though I have not seen the episode in question).

Yes, I take your point. I think the episode you're referring to was "Mawdryn Undead" (1983) in which the Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) was coerced into using his eight remaining regenerations to heal a group of aliens who had tried using stolen Time Lord technology to turn themselves into Time Lords, and failed; also to heal Nyssa and Tegan who had been infected by the aliens' virus.

Then again, there's the question of the aborted regeneration by the Tenth Doctor which resulted in his severed hand growing into the Doctor-Donna duplicate. Does that count as a used regeneration?

And the rumors have begun. The most common rumor I've seen concerning who will play the Twelfth Doctor is Ben Daniels.

Thoughts?

~Riella

Allow me to slightly side track this. I know we all are supposed to believe that the Doctor is the only surviving time lord. Then we find that the master was still about. Now side stepping the arrival of river Song, and the Doctor's "daughter", what are the chances of other time lords still hiding somewhere?
Does anyone remember the Rahni? Or the meddling monk?