November 16th, 2012
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Matt and Jenna introduce the Doctor Who Christmas Prequel, The Great Detective, in which Vastra, Jenny and Strax try to persuade the grumpy Doctor to engage again.
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The Renegade Steve
November 30th, 2012 - 3:02pmHave you no idea of how a Tardis works? It’s a device that can travel in time & space, therefore Strax lives in Edwardian London for a reason…..
Whovian
November 25th, 2012 - 5:09pmHe might just be sick of losing everyone he knows. If he is I feel sorry for him.
McGann is the Doctor
November 19th, 2012 - 10:12amI thought it was interesting/funny and Matt Smith was good (not to mention he LOOKED good, the best he has looked in a while) but I cannot believe the Doctor would give up and “retire”, even after losing Amy and Rory.
I know it was a sad episode, but really, the Doctor has had far worse than that. The Timewar anyone ? The Trial of a Timelord ? The Trial of a Timelord when he thought Peri was dead ?
He never gives up. ❗
Whovian
November 18th, 2012 - 7:59pmOkay; there’s a potato man and a giant reptile and no victorians are freaking out?!
Hector Sandler
November 18th, 2012 - 8:31amThe new assistant look goddess.
Tuku
November 17th, 2012 - 11:04pmTophat….that is one of the only tophats that i have ever seen that I liked….All bent and slightly crushed….I like tophats now….tophats are cool.
doctorwhoone
November 17th, 2012 - 9:46amMatt Smithy – Thanks mate 😉
The Tardis – True, unless it’s another Sontaran called Strax or a clone of the original Strax, despite the fact Sontarans are a clone race.
The TARDIS
November 17th, 2012 - 9:42amBut what is Strax doing in the Victorian era when he was from the future and died in A Good Man Goes To War?
The 14th Doctor
November 17th, 2012 - 9:33amlol it looks like it will be funny
matt smithy
November 17th, 2012 - 9:29amactually, in victorian london while digging the metropolitan underground the workers stumbles across a silirian city. They kept on drilling and dug through the city, killing all the silirians exept vastra. See began to seek revenge killing “apes” but the doctor stopped dher and made her good. Thats why she lives there. Also strax was a nurse (the greatest punishment in the hole sontaran empire) so he probably desided to stay with vastra, as he was already so ashamed, and left the empire. Hope this helped! 🙂
doctorwhoone
November 17th, 2012 - 8:09amVastra surely must screw up Doctor Who’s continuity when it comes to the Silurians, cos she’s from the Victorian era, and her kind and type of Silurian don’t end up being woken up until 2020 as seen back in series 5’s ‘The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood’, so why is she not with the rest of them in hibernation ?. There shouldn’t be any Silurians on the surface of earth during the Victorian era, not until the 1970’s when the original version of the Silurians are woken up and encountered by the 3rd Doctor.
Same with Strax as well, he should surely be with his own kind, getting ready for another fight with some enemy like the Rutans.
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
November 16th, 2012 - 11:15pminteresting.
TheMadManWithABox1
November 16th, 2012 - 9:48pmDamn moon! XD oh strax!
Tardis’nt
November 16th, 2012 - 8:51pmgreat “minisode” 😀
T4RD1S
November 16th, 2012 - 8:44pmIt was wicked and snowmen were scary
Anonymous
November 16th, 2012 - 8:36pmsnowmen
doctorpond393
November 16th, 2012 - 8:33pmIt’s called “the snowmen”
Anonymous
November 16th, 2012 - 8:33pmSnow men aliens 🙂
Anonymous
November 16th, 2012 - 8:31pmTrailer is now !!!!!!!
Mr Evil Fez
November 16th, 2012 - 8:29pmWhere are you Trailer!?
Sebatron
November 16th, 2012 - 8:29pmWoah!!
Doctor Stu
November 16th, 2012 - 8:26pmThe first time Vastra and strax met was on demons run and they came from completely different places so this means strax must have survived and Vastra and Jenny took him back to Victorian times. We may see what happened after the doctor, Amy and river and Rory left demons run
dr who 1999
November 16th, 2012 - 8:07pmi don’t know, its probably one of those Wibbily Wobbly Timmy Wimmy things
Anonymous
November 16th, 2012 - 8:05pmBut it would mess the time line up wouldn’t it. ??
dr who 1999
November 16th, 2012 - 8:04pmcant wait for the trailer, should be within the next hour. by the way, what are some suggestions on the title of the episode?
dr who 1999
November 16th, 2012 - 8:03pmthis might be set in strax’s and the others past?
Mr Evil Fez
November 16th, 2012 - 7:56pmWow! Just what I wanted! This Doctor is so dark, can’t believe the Doctor has retired! Why is Strax still alive though? When’s the trailer?
Adam
November 16th, 2012 - 7:53pmso did i
Anonymous
November 16th, 2012 - 7:52pmSame…….. Maybe he survived?
Anonymous
November 16th, 2012 - 7:49pmI thought strax died ?