Hey,<\/p>\n
Sorry it\u2019s so late but here\u2019s the live blog for Christmas Day\u2019s Doctor Who. What poor sod\u2019s got to check the site on the day? Make sure they keep an eye out for when it actually TXs: I\u2019ve done all the timings from 6:15pm but last year BBC ran it two minutes late and we looked right prats.<\/p>\n
Also, the BBC preview doesn\u2019t include the ending so I\u2019ve just finessed that a bit.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m off until the 4th now but you\u2019ve got my number. Phone any time except Tuesday: I\u2019ll be stuffed rigid with the worst Christmas dinner you\u2019ve ever imagined.<\/p>\n
Have a good one and thanks for putting this into the CMS for me,
William<\/p>\n
PS I\u2019ve put in as many Google Adsense words as I can but could you add our Amazon affiliate links before it goes live? I\u2019m below my quota for monetising this month.<\/p>\n
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DOCTOR WHO\/LIVE BLOG\/GALLAGHER<\/p>\n
*****RUN FROM 18:14 ON 25\/12\/2012*****<\/p>\n
18:14 Who\u2019d have thought that pair would win Strictly? Well deserved, mind.<\/p>\n
18:15 And we\u2019re off, this is what we\u2019re here for. Doctor Who at Christmas. Does it get any better than this?<\/p>\n
18:16 That\u2019s rubbish.<\/p>\n
18:16 Oh, pardon me, did you hear that? I belched. Just had the most delicious Christmas dinner of all time. I wish you could\u2019ve been here for it. Bit drowsy after it, if I\u2019m honest.<\/p>\n
18:20 What? Missed that bit.<\/p>\n
18:21 Oh-hoh, here we go, here we go. New title sequence! New arrangement of the theme music! I love that they do this, it\u2019s so exciting.<\/p>\n
18:22 Hate it. What was your favourite Doctor Who title sequence? Bring back Delia Derbyshire. (Did you know that there\u2019s a Delia Derbyshire Day<\/a> on 4 January?) \u00a0The story goes that Ron Grainer penned the Doctor Who theme music and when he heard how the Radiophonic Workshop had realised it, asked if he\u2019d really written it. Delia says: \u201cKinda.\u201d Or something.<\/p>\n 18:23 I\u2019m not following this plot at all. Typical Stephen Moffat. [XXXXXX EDITOR TO CHECK: is it Stephen or Steven? XXXXXXX]<\/p>\n 18:24 I do like this new look for the Doctor. What do you call that hat he\u2019s wearing? Top hat, topper, black silk\/fur melusine top hat, grey silk\/fur felt\/melusine top hat, black cloth\/silk opera hat, black silk\/fur melusine top hat with mourning band. Something like that.<\/p>\n 18:24 Hang on, I\u2019ve got a mince pie<\/a> left somewhere. Just have some nice Bell\u2019s Whisky<\/a> to wash it down.<\/p>\n 18:25 I love Doctor Who. We don\u2019t need this bit, this is just running around.<\/p>\n 18:27 Still running around.<\/p>\n 18:28 What\u2019s great about live blogging is that we\u2019re doing it together. I\u2019m here, you\u2019re there, the telly\u2019s on. We can talk all the way through the show.<\/p>\n 18:29 Didn\u2019t see that coming. As I was saying, I\u2019ve nipped in from the family to see this as it airs. BBC has a previews site now where journalists can download programmes in advance, we don\u2019t get tapes or DVDs anymore but there is just nothing like the real deal, on the TV, on the night. I\u2019m your Doctor Who expert in the corner, pointing out what you need to know to enjoy this properly.<\/p>\n 18:30 Oh, come on. The Doctor did exactly the same thing in that other episode. See for yourself right here [XXXXX ADD AMAZON AFFILIATE SEARCH FOR ANY OLD DOCTOR WHO DVDS WE CAN SELL XXXXXX<\/a>] \u00a0 Moffat just can\u2019t write anything original.<\/p>\n 18:31 I think we\u2019re supposed to get that the Doctor\u2019s upset over losing Rory and Amy. I think he\u2019s just twigged that the Statue of Liberty can\u2019t be a stone Weeping Angel as it\u2019s made of copper. I went to New York last year, you know. Got a very good deal with Virgin flights<\/a>.<\/p>\n 18:32 Finally, some action. That was a good bit.<\/p>\n 18:35 What\u2019s happening there is that the Doctor has realised.<\/p>\n 18:40 Now we\u2019re in trouble.<\/p>\n 18:45 And a corridor.<\/p>\n 18:46 Hate this. Bring back Patrick Troughton.<\/p>\n 18:47 While you\u2019re watching this, have a look at the many, many galleries of photographs we\u2019ve done on the site from this episode.<\/p>\n 18:48 We\u2019ve also got my preview of what all the rumours said would be in this episode and my take on what makes a great Doctor Who Christmas.<\/p>\n 18:49 I said they\u2019d do that. It\u2019s so predictable.<\/p>\n 18:51 The new companion is rather good. [XXXXX ADD IN HER NAME XXXXX] Of course, I knew how they\u2019d get her in after that Dalek thing.<\/p>\n 18:52 Aren\u2019t you glad you\u2019ve got me to explain these things to you? It doesn\u2019t say a lot about a show that I\u2019ve got to tell you what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n 18:55 What\u2019s going on?<\/p>\n 18:56 Matt Smith should do Strictly Come Dancing.<\/p>\n 18:59 Heading for the endgame now. This is what us professional writers call the third act on the hero\u2019s journey from the inciting incident to the last-beat reversal on the story mountain. I could do better than this Moffat.<\/p>\n 19:00 [DID MOFFAT WRITE THIS OR WAS IT GATISS AGAIN? CHECK]<\/p>\n 19:02 That was good.<\/p>\n 19:04 The problem is that it\u2019s just not setting up the scene correctly. Back at the start, it should\u2019ve told us that these snowmen were dangerous so we\u2019d understand it now. Not everybody’s concentrating as much as I am. Amateur stuff, it really is.<\/p>\n 19:05 That was good.<\/p>\n 19:06 I see where this is going<\/p>\n 19:08 Oh. Didn\u2019t see that coming.<\/p>\n 19:11 Listen, I\u2019ve worked out the ending now, but I won\u2019t spoil it for you. You just watch the rest and then get straight on the comments page afterwards. That includes you, Mr Moffat, though I bet you won\u2019t. You never come on comments pages, you just keep writing the next episodes like that\u2019s what\u2019s important.<\/p>\n 19:12 Christ, my mum just came in with more mince pies. I\u2019M TRYING TO WATCH DOCTOR WHO! What\u2019s the matter with people?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hey, Sorry it\u2019s so late but here\u2019s the live blog for Christmas Day\u2019s Doctor Who. What poor sod\u2019s got to … Continue reading