Never seen Dr. Who, what's it about?

Sweet. This should be good.

rofl, I didn't think it was possible, but she got uglier, lol

OMG that picture is to epic yay Doctor Who and Ash :D

HOLY CRAP you win at Doctor Who

Awesome picture. I'll probably listen to it at work. The HAWPcast is the best thing to listen to when you're filing papers

@sabiansix - You're a horrible thing to be.

I've heard so much about Dr. Who from this website that I feel I'm at a point where I have to break down and watch it. But how does one get into a story that's been going on since the 50's? Any good pint to jump in?

*clicks "follow" button in front of sabiansix*

*removes sabiansix from friends*

"Friend removed! go back"

Take that, motherfucker.

<3

That is some epic Dr Who fandom

I don't see why people think ash is ugly. She is honestly pretty attractive. Then there is the humor, personality, and the gigantic potential kink factor. Call me 978 664 5561

I'm not downloading the episode now. I haven't watched an episode in 2 years... this may get me back into it.

@timtheterrible: I think the best point to jump in for any newcomer to Dr. Who would be the start of the 2005 series starring Christopher Eccleston. Some of the back story is told in this season and you don't have to not download 200+ gigs of episodes to catch up.

Long hair is better :[

@TheCleaningGuy
it's about being awesome

This is the most amazing and unexpected thing to ever come out from Destructoid.

As someone who lucked out and saw Doctor Who from the very beginning (yes, reruns of William Hartnell's 1960s serials), I've had mixed feelings about the new series. I wonder if RTD will break his trend of ramping up the danger of season finales to ridiculous levels (Daleks attacking future earth to Daleks/Cybermen attacking present Earth to the Master controlling present Earth and threatening the universe to Davros threatening to destroy all existence!), which lead to some deus ex machina situations (literally in Season 1, and in Season 3).

I'm still hopeful for the Eleventh Doctor (Mutt Smith, or whatever his name is...), since the rumour is that he'll be playing him as an older man in a younger body, so I imagine him having the First Doctor's (still my favourite) personality. Too bad about Frankenstein's monster appearance...

I've gotta' know if I'm the only one..

When it was announced that Russell T. Davies was leaving the series and that Steven Moffat would be taking over as head writer and executive producer, I was ecstatic. Moffat penned the majority of my favourite episodes, and the idea of so much new content coming from the mind of my favourite contemporary Who writer, and being spoken from the lips of my favourite (ever) Doctor thrilled me to no end.

Then, of course, it was announced that Tennant would ALSO be leaving the series (following the at-the-time upcoming specials), and another Who would be stepping up to join Moffat, thus crushing my jubilation.

Did this news disappoint you as well, siblings Burch?

I love Doctor Who! The show the new one on PBS. Good stuff.

I think that she's cute but she totally looks like that smosh dude.

@ Squirrelyg

Thanks! I'll have to check it out.

May I suggest next time making it a video with your track over it, so that we know what you're talking about with the scenes?

Can people for at least one episode not talk about how she looks? Anyway that is a badass collection.

timtheterrible:
What Squirrelyg said. If you end up liking the new series (I'd recommend trying to get to at least the end of season two, as its finale is incredible) then you can always go back and watch one or two stories from each of the other Doctors.

Anthony, I love you, and Doctor Who is the best thing to ever exist.

Great commentary track. It makes me realize how tiny my knowledge of Doctor Who really is. A few times I had to google the episodes you talked about because I don't know them all by name.

Wooah, where did you get that shirt? Also that David Tennant action figure is awesome.

I actually had never heard of doctor who until you kept mentioning it on the podcasts, so one night I googled it, put it in my netflix queue and have been a die hard fan since, just starting to watch series 4. thanks!

Finally some hardcore Burch Whovian talk, i've been waiting for this since I saw Anthony sporting a Vote for Saxon shirt in the first HAWP I ever saw (side-note: You should email RTD a link to you mentioning the best Who wii game concept]

I'm bookmarking this for the day I get the new special on DVD.

Oh and thanks for the geek-out moment I got when I saw both the Sonic AND Laser screwdrivers

I've only watched the new Dr Who seasons, I want to watch the old ones but the show has been around since before my father was conceived.

Also Anthony, I personally liked Christopher Eccleston, yes David Tennet was better, but he was a more subtle yet aggressive Doctor, while David Tennet was a more contemplating and clever Doctor. Also Eccleston was brilliant in 28 Days Later.

And also I have mixed feelings about the new guy they've brought in; he looks too young for me to seriously believe he's a 900 year old time traveling genius whose persona is supposed to reflect that of an eccentric college professor.

Also (god this is a long post) has anyone heard Yatzee’s criticisms of the new Doctor Who seasons. I believe he put it as “In the new Doctor Who everyone seems to be alternating between sucking the Doctor’s balls and asking for more.” I think he has a point, everyone seems a bit too in love with the Doctor at times.

I was on the fence about buying the Masters screwdriver but this patted my booty to buy it and ultimately do nothing with it

I've never seen dr. who, and I'm watching this episode for the first time while listening to this hawpcast.

and you were wrong anthony.

also lol i looked at the picture 4 times before I saw K9

Fan-TAST-ic!

Weeks for a new HAWPcast, and it's a commentary track for a show I don't watch. Dammit. Oh well, I can't really be mad at you guys. After all, if I was a Dr. Who fan, I'd probably think this was the greatest thing ever.

favorite moment of the commentary was when you immediately regretted knowing the planet Raxacoricofallapatorius.

please do a commentary for the last two Tennant episodes. especially if they suck, that way I'll have something redeeming to watch them with. Sort of like how I can't watch Indiana Jones IV or Twilight without a Rifftrax. worst case scenario, but the point still stands.

As a British person, I know that it's impossible to get this far in life without seeing at least three Doctor Who episodes, just through general TV watching (and that's before the reboot).

While my

I was pleased to be mentioned.

I was totally stoked on this podcast. I just can't listen. Anthony's volume is way too low, or he mumbles, or both. Ashly's voice is gonna blow out my eardrums if I wanna hear what Anthony is talking about.... and that would be bad cause then I wouldn't be able to hear either of them.

pakard29

Doctor Who

See where the criticism that the show careing too much about The Doctor kinda falls flat on it's ass? It's like suggesting Deadliest Catch re-locate to the bahamas or making Sam & Dean from Supernatual get desk jobs, the last "Doctorless" ep that did well was overshadowed by Love & Monsters

Sorry *overshadowed 1000 times over by Love & Monsters.


Who the fuck thought a monster designed by a 9 year old with Moaning Myrtles face on a stone for the express purpose of the dirtiest and worst joke in Who history by the way?

God I am king of typo's tonight.

For the final time * Who thought yadda yadda yadda Who history WAS A GOOD IDEA?

You. You two. How DARE you criticize Stephen Moffat. He is the only one in this new series who is capable of restraining Davies's crazy shit soem of the time. Davies constantly writes mediocre-to-great episodes with an over-reliance on meaningless and boring characters and soap opera-like relationship issues. He assumes we care about these people, when what I wan out of this show is contemplative, intellegent, Sci-Fi and not crappy blatant relationship plots. I'd normally not care about this were it doen well(See The Girl in the Fireplace for a romance done well), but he writes so obviously and with such a lack of subtlety that it makes it groan-worthy for me.

The reason Torchwood is so mediocre is simply because Davies was given free reign with no restrictive force, and so it ended up like a ridiculous sci-fi soap opera where everyone was having sex with everyone. Had he written less about who Ianto or Jack were pining after, I would have liked the series so much more.

Davies's plots are good, and turn to excellent when he writes pure sci-fi and drops his pretense of relationship drama. "Midnight" was a spectacular example of this, and he writes extremely well when not focusing on "Doctor and Rose/Doctor and Martha."


Moffat writes with more eloquency than Davies, with plots that are deep and reflective that make you think. He balances good character development with wonderful writing and plot, and he makes it interesting. Moffat can focus on side characters(As in "Blink") without attaching some ridiculous romantic sub-plot. His two-parter in Season 4 "Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead" were two of the best episodes of the new Doctor Who.

I, for one, am estatic to see where Moffat takes Doctor Who.

How the hell did I not release that this was the HAWPcast announcement post, rather than the pre-recording post?

I'm a tarded.

Ninja Cameraman

First off I actually agree with you. I personally think what Yatzee said for the most part didn't hold much water. I just think that view was kind of interesting; it does seem that everyone in Dr Who seems to really either hate or absolutely love the Doctor, but what can you expect with such a character.

And when you say “last "Doctorless" ep that did well..." do you mean Blink, or what, I agree Love and Monsters was complete shit. Blink though (and I know there are probably people who completely hate that ep and are going to rip me a new one for saying this) was done quite well I think because it showed what the Doctor’s time traveling escapades would look like to the normal human public (which was kind of what Love and Monsters tried to do but failed).

I will never understand you people.
I've got noting nice to say about this, so I'll just tune in next week.

Hey now, she's rocking the Mark Hamill look quite successfully and cutely.

When i met Tom Baker, my friends Mum barked at him to get the photo. Tom Baker asked the kid how he copes with her. It was awesome.

Also, Colin Baker got faaaaaaaat.

Doctor Who FTW!
As great as Utopia was, it pales in comparrison to Blink

Finally, an excuse to watch Waters of Mars again...not that I would need one...