Dr Who and the 11th Regeneration of the Queen Mum
The Queen can't hide her disappointment at the 11th Queen Mother, Matt Smith
For an hour and 15 minutes yesterday, Twitter in the UK went silent as the country respectfully witnessed the passing of the much-loved 10th Doctor. The event had a lot in common with the death of the Queen Mother (like the Doctor, she was 905 when she passed), or even the death of Diana. In fact Mohamed al Fayed has already demanded an enquiry into the suspicious circumstances of the Doctor’s regeneration. Truly, David Tennant was the Doctor of People’s Hearts (both of them).
Twitter, who’d shouted so loud and irreverently at the passing of Michael Jackson, removed her cap and bowed her head in respect (Oh my God. I clearly think Twitter’s a girl). There was much tweeting of “Shh!” and calls for respect before the show started. For the first time on Twitter I didn’t dare tweet a sarky comment for fear of having my passport revoked (writer Emma Kennedy found herself in the middle of World War Who when she dared to slag off the show and – heaven help us – David Tennant’s sex appeal whilst it was on).
Cribbins is actually 3 inches tall. CGI was used to make him look normal height.
In case you missed the show it was basically about John Simm and the rest of the population of the Earth turning into Simon Pegg until Timothy Dalton came along wearing some thick red curtains (as a Time Lord with the whole of space and time available to him, he could have surely chosen something a bit better). Bernard Cribbins was an undoubted highlight, doing his best acting since he was Hornby-sized in the 70s advert (one for the 40-somethings there. If you don’t know it here it is – it was the Avatar of its time.) By the end of the show us regular Whoniks were reduced to tears. Mostly by the sight of Matt Smith (Give him a chance, OK?!).
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There had definitely been a danger of overkill over the holidays. Using the same technology for OmniTennant appearances as Santa uses to get presents to all the children on Christmas night, David T was everywhere. It turns out that at the Copenhagen conference on climate change, the UK had reluctantly agreed to a 40% reduction in David Tennant programmes by 2020. I was worried with the Christmas episode that Dr Who had overstretched itself (he should never have jumped that Sontaran shark). But some great performances, a plot you could almost follow and the lap of honour in the last 20 minutes which rewarded us fans by pissing off newcomers brought it round. We were left with only one question on our lips: just how much did Billie Piper ask for that appearance.
Now all we have to do is wait for Matt Smith’s 1st episode – the one where he takes on the Cyniks.
With thanks to @stanandollie for the pics
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Very funny blog. A joy to read. I hope Matt Smith won’t be to David Tennant what Martha Jones was to Rose Tyler. Looking forward to the new series
oh brilliant post. Well said.
I seem to be the only person on planet Earth who has never seen a Dr. Who episode until the other evening. A friend had me see the old episode “The Empty Child” and I was captivated.
I need to see them all! Don’t worry I don’t mind spoilers (WHAT! Dr. Who is dead? WHAT! Dr. Who is alive? And looks like someone belonging to Duran Duran? *sob*
Have a lot of catching up to do.
Enjoyed reading this. By the way, was walking along a corridor and found my way here. We’ve never met but, hello. You’re very amusing.
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Great bloggage there Mr. Schneider, I am much rather looking forward to the U.S spin-off starring Keanu Reeves called Doctor Whoa where he travels through time inside a coin-operated Photo Me booth.
Had a chance to read one of the early scripts where The Doctor’s Tardis stops working because a Dalek has cheekily stuck bubblegum in the coin slot.
Good riddance to the Doctor of People’s Hearts. If I’m honest I always felt he was a bit of a self-obsessed tit. I’m sure Doctor New-Boy will do a better job.
Of *course* he’ll defeat the Cyniks. By the end of episode one. Don’t mourn for the Doctor, he’s alive and well.