
The End of the World

"Space:5000000099", "Cosmetic
Surgery Lives", "Doctor Who and the Monsters"

"The One We Haven't Seen Yet" (USA), "Doctor
Who and Three Million Lost Viewers” (Tabloid Press)

Doctor Who and Rosemary visit
the year five thousand million where he flirts with wood and she is nice
to a pretty young pleb.

*** -
The world ends. Finally.

Rose: Where am I going to go? Ipswich?!
Doctor: Will you stop droppin' yer
aitches!
Rose: Ipswich doesn't have a haitch at
the start.
Doctor: Wooo - see - I'm alien I am.

Doctor: I give you air from my pants.

Joan Rivers launched a lawsuit against
RTD, the BBC and Zoe Wannamaker alleging that the character of Casandra
was clearly meant as a slur on her and her amended face.
Joe Royal launched a similar claim but centring around the Face of Boe.
The air from the Doctor's lungs was supplied by Christopher Eccleston.
He received an ex gratia payment of ten pounds. A paper bag was kept on
stand by in case he hyperventilated.
Eccleston's dog, van Nistelrooy, disgraced himself by weeing on one of
the trees between takes.
As reported in several of the lower class newspapers, Welsh first
minister Rhodri Morgan was mistaken for a member of the cast and rushed
into make-up when he visited the set. It wasn't until he was half way
through the phone call to Jackie that the mistake was noticed and the
real Billie Piper was located.
Michael Aspel surprised Christopher Eccleston with the legendary "This
is Your Life" book at the end of the third studio day. Recording of
"Life"
was going very well during the formative months of his life before he
suddenly walked out just before Aspel could talk about his first
birthday party.
Doctor Who has always used highly realistic three dimensional computer
generated space ships. However, up until 2005 no one thought to use
these on screen. Previously they had simply served as blueprints for the
BBC's model making department (aka "the Egg Box Boys")

...is that the flames of passion and a
girlfriend made of wood don't make a good combination.

Si Hunt

"I was very pleased to see the switch-flipping in the
latest episode. One of my concerns about the new console is that it
wouldn't lend itself to much interaction with the Doctor. Instead, it
seemed like there was plenty there for him to play with."
"who else thought at the end
that Billie Piper actually managed to make the act sniffing out chips
sexy?"
"If I was going to be pedantic
(heaven forbid) then I might say that, as the simplest nitpick, there is
no conceivable way that a Jukebox / vinyl record could survive 5bn years
without either time travel or acceleration to a significant fraction of
the speed of light being involved."
"Maybe I've missed them somewhere
in all these posts but I haven't seen anybody complaining about the fact
that the Doctor unquestionably fancied the bark off Jabe."
"I was just so happy that
Ipswich got mentioned as it's my home town. Anyone else had their home
town mentioned before? (apart from London)"
"i don't understand how rose
could still speak to her mother 10 billion years later wouldn't she be
dead? could someone please help me understand the storyline be really
appreciated."
"Why was Britney Spears' song toxic in a 45 vinyl
record format when it appeared in the juke box? Surely they don't make
those any more other than perhaps very rare picture discs (which this
wasn't). It should have been in CD format. What the hell does RTD think
he is playing at? Does he take us all for fools? He will have to clear
his act up pretty sharpish if he wants the new series to be taken
seriously by the general public."
"Showing Rose the Tardis controls
& showing off by taking her somewhere way in the future. Classic male
behaviour when trying to pull a woman - like taking her for a drive in a
big flash car"
"A thought crossed my mind
watching The End of the World, how does the Doctor's watch work? I'm
guessing it's tied in with the TARDIS to ensure it keeps accurate time
for the relevant circumstances....has this ever been clarified?"

Tom Baker - "Oh - I think the pancake woman would've
made an excellent assistant." Peter
Davison - "I think Tegan and Jade would've made a nice couple - Tegan
could supply the butchness and Jade the necessary wood." Colin Baker - "The
Moxx reminded me very much of Sil - would you like me to drone on about
what a good character Sil was?"
Sylvester McCoy - "The end of the world was last
Saturday? I must've forgotten to be blown up."
Paul McGann - "Sunday mornin' - a couple of Doctor 'oo fans
came up to me and shouted 'We've come to the end of the world by
mistake'. They thought it was funny. I told them I wanted twenty grand
to reply." |