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| Matt Smith |
An exciting day at San Diego
Comic-con this past Sunday! The big Doctor Who panel was held at 12:30 PM in
Hall H, the biggest panel room in all of Comic-con! I can't begin to describe how big
it is when compared to other panel rooms. No, wait! I lied! I can tell you a bit about it! It's big enough to hold a good few
thousand people, and has extra viewing screens in the mid-section so everyone
can enjoy the stars of various media and discussion.
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| Steven Moffat |
Joining the fans at Comic-con was show
runner and head writer Steven Moffat, stars Matt Smith, Karen Gillian, and
Arthur Darvill, and executive producer Caroline Skinner. I was a bit sad though
that Alex Kingston or Jenna-Louise Coleman weren't in attendance. Making this
an exceptionally emotional and unique panel were the discussion and emphasis
about Karen and Arthur departing as companions in the upcoming season. A small
clip was played from the end of the episode The Girl Who Waited in
tribute to the two characters. An exceptionally touching bit was when Karen
admitted she was exceptionally prone to bursting into tears for two weeks after
the news had sunk in that she'd be leaving the show.
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| Karen Gillian |
While there wasn't a new trailer for
the upcoming season, as many including this writer thought there would be, we
were treated to a short preview from the upcoming episode A Town Called Mercy.
However, at the end of the panel was a longer preview for the newly confirmed episode
entitled Dinosaurs on a Spaceship. Yes, you heard me right. Dinosaurs
on a Spaceship! Now some of you may be thinking that the title sounds not
just out of this world but downright prehistoric in nature. Well, I can confirm
for you that the clip showcased not only has a space ship, but indeed there were
dinosaurs on it! Mark Williams will be playing Rory's father whom
unintentionally joins Amy and Rory on the adventure. The episode is written by
Chris Chibnall who also writes the fourth episode of the new season Cubed.
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| Dalek |
Having been to a few panels this
Comic-con Doctor Who was certainly the most high energy one I attended. Quite a
few people were clapping down the last minute before the panel started. The
young lady behind me and my darling companion also began sobbing and turning bright red
with a smile on her face as the panel started, she was one happy tomato indeed! For me
though the highlight was that the second person to ask the panel a question was
dressed up as a Dalek, complete with Dalek voice and working stick and plunger arms! The
Dalek even asked one of more daring questions.
"Will there be a multiple
Doctor episode?"
To which Moffat replied, "I'm
not going to tell you."
Of course, if you ask me that only
means the future looks bright for a multi-Doctor 50th Anniversary special! No news is good news!
Hopefully including the eight Doctor! It'd be a terrible loss not to include
the eighth Doctor as I personally feel he deserves more time on the television
screen and Paul McGann has proven himself one of the best Doctor's through the
Big Finish audios.
A YouTube clip can be found here: http://youtu.be/hsOidpkp_Nc?t=7m35s
It really was a wonderful panel, my
only real complaint is I feel the panel could of been another hour longer as
the line to ask questions for the DW panel started two panels
beforehand and still less than half of them got to ask questions. It seemed
more people than normal camped out the night before for this specific panel so
I'm quite sure the want for an extended panel is there.
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