Dr. Who: Series 6, Part 1 on Blu-ray & DVD [Review & Giveaway!]
Behind the Scenes in Dr. Who, Series 6, Part 1
BBC recently released Dr. Who Series 6 Part 1 on Blu-ray and DVD, and they let THIS Whovian review it for Geekadelphia! Let me tell you, this is a must have item for any Dr. Who addict. You already know that the cinematic quality of Dr. Who has risen dramatically in the past few years, and watching this Blu-ray will put you in the center of HD greatness.
I took it upon myself to watch the first two episodes right off the bat, and the outdoor scenes shot in America look STUNNING. You can really appreciate the fine detail in color, and the grotesqueness that is The Silence.
Speaking of The Silence, another great feature on the Blu-ray are the Monster Files. If you love the creatures in Dr. Who, and you’re a special effects enthusiast– then you’re going to love this. The Monster Files explores the different aspects that make up The Silence and The Gangers. It tells you everything from the initial idea of these creatures, to the back-story of how they came to be and why they are so terrifying.
Pew pew pew!
Dr. Who Series 6 Part 1 hit stores on July 19th, and we have three DVDs to give away! That’s right. Three!
So… comment below with your favorite Dr. Who quote. I’ll select three of you at random next week and mail you a copy. Good luck!
Bow ties are cool!
“It’s on the tip of my mind”
Fantastic!
The turn of the earth. The ground beneath our feet is spinning at a thousand miles an hour. The entire planet is hurtling around the sun at sixty seven thousand miles an hour. And I can feel it. We’re falling through space, you and me, clinging to the skin of this tiny little world. And, if we let go…
Sums up The Doctor for me: “Amy Pond, there’s something you better understand about me, ’cause it’s important and one day your life may depend on it. … I am definitely a madman with a box.”
“People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint – it’s more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly… time-y wimey… stuff”
“Come along Pond!
I am definitely a madman with a box
It’s OK, she still all yours and really, you should call her mummy. Not big milk thing
A glorious summation of the whole series from Eccleston’s doctor:
“Do you wanna come with me? ‘Cause if you do, then I should warn you – you’re gonna see all sorts of things. Ghosts from the past. Aliens from the future. The day the Earth died in a ball of flame. It won’t be quiet, it won’t be safe, and it won’t be calm. But I’ll tell you what it will be: The trip of a lifetime!”
Am I…ginger?
“Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Well, not actually, but give me time. And a crayon.”
Would you care for a jelly baby?
You were a little girl five minutes ago!
The Doctor: Uh, Amy, this is, well, she’s my TARDIS. Except she’s a woman. She’s a woman and she’s the TARDIS.
Amy: She’s the TARDIS?
The Doctor: And she’s a woman. She’s a woman and she’s the TARDIS.
Amy: Did you wish really hard?
The Doctor: Fascinating race, the weeping angels. The only psychopaths in the Universe to kill you nicely. No mess, no fuss. They just zap you into the past and let you live to death.
Bow-ties are cool.
The first thing I ever heard the Doctor say, and the thing that made me fall in love with the whole series:
“I’m the Doctor by the way, what’s your name?”
“Rose.”
“Nice to meet you, Rose. Run for your life!”
What’s the point in being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes?
“Many things about this are not good.” – The 10th Doctor
Remarkably easy to add to one’s everyday speech.
“That’s something else I’ve always wanted to say: Allons-y, Alonso!”
“Captain Jack: “Who look’s at a screwdriver and goes “that could be a little more sonic”?
The Doctor: What? you never been bored? Never had a long night? Never had a lot of cabinets to put up?”
Oh it’s you! You’re my favourite, you are! You know why? Cos you’re so… thick! You’re Mr Thick-Thick-Thickity-Thick Face from Thicktown, Thickania! And so’s your dad!
The Doctor: Now drop your weapons or I’ll kill him with this deadly jelly baby.
Warrior: Kill him, then.
The Doctor: What?
Warrior: Kill him, then.
The Doctor: I don’t take orders from anyone.
[Eats jelly baby]
The Doctor: Take me to your leader.
Matt Smith’s Doctor has had ton of great lines. The christmas carol episode was full of great lines. these are the two I thought of immediately.
When using the Psychic paper The Doctor: I think you’ll find that I’m universally recognized as a mature and responsible adult.
Kazran: It’s… just a lot of wavy lines.
The Doctor: Yeah. Shorted out. Finally, a lie too big.
or the cloud machine
The Doctor: That’s what brought me here. Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually. Give me time and a crayon.
River Song: “No spoilers!”
The Doctor: I’m your new undercover agent, on loan from Scotland Yard. Code name: The Doctor. These are my top operatives, the Legs, the Nose and Mrs. Robinson.
“It’s a fez. I wear fezzes now.”
Can’t wait for the rest of the series and to see what happens with River.
Something here doesn’t make sense. Let’s go and poke it with a stick.
The Doctor: Come on! We can all have a good flirt later!
Shakespeare: Is that a promise, Doctor?
The Doctor: Oooh, 57 academics just punched the air!
The Doctor: Hermits United. We meet up every ten years and swap stories about caves. It’s good fun. For a hermit.
The Doctor goes Badass:
“There’s one thing you never put in a trap, if you’re smart. If you have any plans about seeing tomorrow, there’s one thing you never, ever put in a trap: Me.”
I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool.
“Hello, I’m the Doctor.”
Not canon, but this is from Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death:
“Doctor, listen to me. You can’t die, you’re too… You’re too nice. Too brave, too kind and far, far too silly. You’re like Father Christmas! The Wizard of Oz! Scooby Doo! And I love you very much. And we all need you and you simply cannot die!”
Beans are evil. Bad bad beans.
House “Fear me, I’ve killed hundreds of time lords”
The Doctor: “Fear me, I’ve killed all of them”
Gives me chills every time.
“This is my timey-wimey detector. It goes ding when there’s stuff. Also, it can boil an egg at 30 paces, whether you want it to or not, actually, so I’ve learned to stay away from hens. It’s not pretty when they blow.”
David Tennant Doctor: Need this?
[offers the Peter Davison Doctor his sonic screwdriver]
Peter Davison Doctor: No, I’m fine, thank you.
David Tennant Doctor: [sarcastic] Oh no, of course, you mostly went hands-free didn’t you? It was like, “Hey, I’m the Doctor, I can save the universe using a kettle and some string! And look at me, I’m wearing a vegetable.”
People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint – it’s more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly… time-y wimey… stuff.
You two! We’re at the end of the Universe. Right at the edge of knowledge itself. And you’re busy blogging!
The Doctor, sitting at a table of street urchins during an air raid:
“I’m looking for a blonde wearing a Union Jack. Specific one, mind you. I didn’t just wake up with a craving.”
Fascinating race, the weeping angels. The only psychopaths in the Universe to kill you nicely. No mess, no fuss. They just zap you into the past and let you live to death.
The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. Hey. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice-versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.
from the Van Gogh episode
“Excuse me, I’m making perfect sense. You’re just not keeping up.”
Kind of a sad one, but the 10th Doctor’s last line “I don’t want to go” kills me every time. It summarized how I felt about Tennant leaving the show as he was the first Doctor that I was introduced to. Good thing Matt Smith is pretty great!
*Hello Sweetie! A favourite line by River Song – love it!
from the christmas carol episode:
Young Kazran: Aren’t you going to tell me it’s dangerous?
The Doctor: “Dangerous?!” Come on, we’re boys! And you know what boys say in the face of danger!
Young Kazran: What?
The Doctor: “Mummy!”
and the doctor’s wife episode:
The Doctor: Uh, Amy, this is, well, she’s my TARDIS. Except she’s a woman. She’s a woman and she’s the TARDIS.
Amy: She’s the TARDIS?
The Doctor: And she’s a woman. She’s a woman and she’s the TARDIS.
Amy: Did you wish really hard?
The Doctor: Shut up, not like that.
Idris: Hello. I’m… Sexy.
The Doctor: Oh, still shut up
From Blink:
“The angels have the phone box!”
followed by:
“I have that on a tshirt.”
I LOVE when he and River Song interact!Mine’s from “Time of Angels” when she flies the TARDIS…
The Doctor: Parked us? We haven’t landed!
River Song: Of course we’ve landed – I just landed her!
The Doctor: But… it didn’t make the noise.
River Song: What noise?
The Doctor: You know, the…
[imitates Tardis noise]
River Song: It’s not supposed to make that noise – *you* leave the brakes on!
The Doctor: Yeah, well, it’s a brilliant noise. I love that noise.
I love that noise too!(related note: in “A Good Man Goes To War” the baby doesn’t like the TARDIS noise… this made me laugh when all the pieces fell into place!)
I like DVDs and I like Dr. Who. The two of them together might create a naked singularity on my TV.
“Who looks at a screwdriver and thinks ‘Oooh, this could be a little more sonic’?”