New Doctor Who Trailer for series 6 part II (spoilers):

[The Romulan Republic]

Just found out about this today, thought others might be interested:

http://www.britscene.com/2011/07/brand- ... tuff/24363

Some points of interest:

-The Silence and the Weeping Angels will be back.
-River is shown wearing what looks like the eyepatch of the evil lady from "A Good Man Goes To War".
-Apparently someone is going to save Hitler's life.

[Darksider]

I like the shot of The Doctor punching Hitler in the face.

[Eternal_Freedom]

I think that was Rory not the Doctor. It would also appear the Cybermen are back, as is the fat bloke from "The Lodger."

[The Romulan Republic]

Yes, that was Rory. Once again demonstrating that he's the most bad ass companion.

Also, here's a better looking version of the trailer on the official website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/videos/p00jb05r

[andrewgpaul]

Was that Churchill again at 00:08?

[Raxmei]

Was that Churchill again at 00:08?

Looks like a Raxacoricofallapatorian wearing Winston Churchill's skin as a disguise.

[Crossroads Inc.]

Was that Churchill again at 00:08?

Looks like a Raxacoricofallapatorian wearing Winston Churchill's skin as a disguise.

I really hope it IS a Raxacoricofallapatorian and not just another "Slitheen". According to the Doctor they where a relatively peaceful race aside from the rogue family.

[Dartzap]

Those poor cybermen never seem to catch a break with those splitting headaches....

One of the scenes certainly made me think about Alice In Wonderland, for some reason.

[NecronLord]

Was that Churchill again at 00:08?

Looks like a Raxacoricofallapatorian wearing Winston Churchill's skin as a disguise.

What? How?

And that tends to involve flaying the person to be copied.

[Dartzap]

So the Docs not the clown? Well thats a few theories out the window.....

[CaptainChewbacca]

In the trailer, is that the Doctor's roommate at 20 seconds in?

[The Romulan Republic]

Also, when did Amy learn to sword fight? In the pirate episode she uses a sword, and in the trailer she's duel-wielding a sword and what looks like some sort of staff or poll weapon.

My theory is that Rory learned some sword-fighting skills as a Roman Centurion and that he's been teaching Amy since then.

[Dartzap]

In the trailer, is that the Doctor's roommate at 20 seconds in?

Yep, that's Craig

[Big Orange]

^Spoiler

There's been behind the scenes footage and photos out there showing Craig and the Doctor bickering over a Cybermatt in a street in Cardiff; Cybermatts are rodent sized robot probes used by the Cybermen.

Where is that hotel, why is the hotel such a weird, windowless place inhabited by a scary minotaur like monster, a drooling weirdo tied to a chair, and a miserable clown? So incredibly random and out of context.

And here's what the Fuhrer has to say about being punched by Rory in one of his time-honoured bunker rants.

[Stark]

'Cybermatts'? Are they related to the deadly Cybersteves?

About the only good thing in that trailer was no Daleks, which I guess is ... something?

[PREDATOR490]

Hmmm Karen Gillian in a hotel...

Would be kinda funny if the story of her walking around naked at 7AM was a result of the series somehow. Got completely smashed and thought she was banging on Doctor's door perhaps ?

Assuming it is true naturally, I doubt the validity of any story that has a guy staring through a peephole at Karen Gillian knocking on their front door naked. When opportunity knocks like that... you open the door as soon as humanly possible.

Amy - Dual wielding swords. Really ?
Even if Rory has been teaching her I find this kinda stupid.

Rory - Punching Hitler
Might be interesting but I sense another convoluted mess occuring

Cybermen - Sigh

Weeping Angels - Come on... are these going to be the new Dalek staple pin of Doctor Who now ?

Doctor Death Date: 5:02 pm 22/04/2011

This is shown on the TARDIS screen, so either the TARDIS has the ability to discern when someone is going to die or has access to that information. Cant say I really care since its a no-brainer all this bullshit about the Doctor dying is exactly that. Would have a better chance of making it Rory or Amy that dies although in the former I think thats a given considering he is Doctor Who's equivelent of a Red Shirt.

[Stark]

Isn't it more likely it just looked it up in a database somewhere? 'The Doctor is predestined to die' was last seen sucking in a Colin Baker story, so maybe not such a great plot hook.

And man that shot of Amy flopping around a pair of katanas one-handed with no leverage at all behind them is like something from primary school.

What the trailer reinforces to me is that the new team is just as obsessed with their pets as the old team was. It seems kind of sad.

[The Romulan Republic]

Hmmm Karen Gillian in a hotel...

Would be kinda funny if the story of her walking around naked at 7AM was a result of the series somehow. Got completely smashed and thought she was banging on Doctor's door perhaps ?

Assuming it is true naturally, I doubt the validity of any story that has a guy staring through a peephole at Karen Gillian knocking on their front door naked. When opportunity knocks like that... you open the door as soon as humanly possible.

No idea about this but it sounds like fake tabloid garbage.

Amy - Dual wielding swords. Really ?
Even if Rory has been teaching her I find this kinda stupid.

It doesn't bother me that much, but yes.

Rory - Punching Hitler
Might be interesting but I sense another convoluted mess occuring

Its Doctor Who. Of course it'll have convoluted messes.

Cybermen - Sigh

What's wrong with Cybermen?

Weeping Angels - Come on... are these going to be the new Dalek staple pin of Doctor Who now ?

When they've shown up every season for thirty years you can say they're like the Daleks. That said, the Angels are frightening and almost unbeatable. Overuse could change that.

Doctor Death Date: 5:02 pm 22/04/2011

This is shown on the TARDIS screen, so either the TARDIS has the ability to discern when someone is going to die or has access to that information. Cant say I really care since its a no-brainer all this bullshit about the Doctor dying is exactly that. Would have a better chance of making it Rory or Amy that dies although in the former I think thats a given considering he is Doctor Who's equivelent of a Red Shirt.

Calling him a red shirt is an unjust insult. Rory is a fucking bad ass.

[Stark]

Its Doctor Who. Of course it'll have convoluted messes.

This is so sad. Don't you remember the periods where Doctor Who wasn't obsessed with itself?

[The Romulan Republic]

Well I was thinking more along the lines of "confusing ill-explained time travel plots".

[Big Orange]

'Cybermatts'? Are they related to the deadly Cybersteves?

Spoiler

I'm talking about the Cybermats making a come back, stop pissing around, I only added one "T". Anyway I quite like how the Cybermen have been depicted in the last year or so

As for NuWho sometimes being self-indulgent in the last three or four years, I'm afraid that's a side affect of the head writers (Russell T. Davies and then Steven Moffat) being huge fans of the show as kids from decades ago, so while they've NuWho much more in spirit of DW from 60s/70s/80s than the abortive TV movie from '96, there's going to be trade off since they're so much in awe (and you could tell that RTD was a huge fan of the Pertwee era).

Steven Moffat is a fine writer and his stewardship of the show is still very solid, but he was at his very best when he did less than two episodes a season and I wonder what've happened if Paul Cornell was in charge instead? But quite likely he's next in line anyway; I really dug Neil Gaiman's episode but he's unsuitable as a show runner, since he kinda ballsed up Neverwhere, an obscure for a good reason 1990s show).

[Stark]

What does 'stewardship of the show' even mean, when he's just pressed the 'make my characters awesome' button? If anything, his ludicrous DEM reset ending was even WORSE than previously!

It's pretty funny to read 'xyz guys from the zine/novel scene in the 90s decided to do abc with the show, and now there's nobody to stop them. Bwahahahahahahaha!' stuff, so I hope they don't change anytime soon.

[ChosenOne54]

Moffat's writing as a whole has been far better than RTD, though even he had some good moments and episodes (Bad Wolf/POTW come to mind).

[The Romulan Republic]

As does "The Waters of Mars".

[ChosenOne54]

Haven't seen that one, out of the specials I've only seen Planet of the Dead and End of Time.

To be honest, my favourite episodes up until now go like this:
1. Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways
2. The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit
3. The Girl in the Fireplace