New Who 4.12, The Stolen Earth

[strange_complex]

OMFG WHOGASM! *pant pant pant pant*

That was completely, utterly and unbelievably awesome.

Still lots to find out, of course. Like what exactly the Daleks' 'human harvest' will entail, and how all the characters we know have got to survive because they have new series coming are going to escape from their apparently hopeless situations. And will the Doctor really regenerate? The beauty is that it's literally impossible to tell right now. I really love that!

Oh, and I got that phone number as 07700 900461. Anyone tried calling it yet?

ETA: hmph, I seem to be afflicted with an anonytroll. He or she is doing creepy things like posting a comment and then answering it with a different point of view, as though the second commenter were a different person. Anyone recognise the IP address 91.104.160.160?

Comments

[big-daz.livejournal.com]

I thought it was brilliant! If he is going to regenerate (and bear in mind that Tennant was seen filming the xmas special recently) then they've done well to keep it under wraps.

The Eccleston regeneration was intended as a complete surprise like this one, but Eccleston blew it by announcing to the press that he wasn't doing a second series.

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

There's now all sorts of speculation that the Xmas special and / or the specials next year will be 'flashback' sequences. But, on balance, I suspect they'll find some way of hand-waving away the apparent regeneration - quite possibly involving one or both of the hand-inna-jar and / or Martha's special key.

[paulgregory.livejournal.com]

Having seen 4x12 a second time (pausing it regularly to explain backstory to current girlfriend) I believe the hand in the jar is most likely - the camera lingers on it early on yet it is not subsequently referenced. I really hope the key isn't another big "undo" button like last year.