Time Lord Eleven's 11 Questions: Tom MacRae

Our own exclusive interview with The Girl Who Waited writer himself, Tom MacRae.

Do YOU Want to Write For Time Lord Eleven?

Have you ever wanted to write for Time Lord Eleven? Well now it's your chance!

The End of the Holiday (Final)

I'm back. Again. Finally.

Upcoming Who Reviews

Hello again. As you know, Who Reviews are exclusive to Time Lord Eleven and there have only been two since they began. I'm currently working on the third review but there are a load of other ones still to come. Below is a list of the Who Reviews in the order in which I will film them in:

• Who Review 003 - The Curse of the Black Spot
• Who Review 004 - The New World
• Who Review 005 - The Doctor's Wife
• Who Review 006 - The Rebel Flesh
• Who Review 007 - Rendition
• Who Review 008 - Paradox Lost
• Who Review 009 - The Almost People
• Who Review 010 - Touched by an Angel
• Who Review 011 - A Good Man Goes to War
• Who Review 012 - Borrowed Time
• Who Review 013 - Apollo 23

Remember, these may vary as the Who Reviews for the Adventure Games will be slotted in there as well. As you can see, I have a lot of work to do and I'm going on holiday on Thursday so some of the reviews will be a long time away.

Time Lord Eleven Has Twitter

Hello. Time Lord Eleven now has Twitter (as the title suggests)! The username is TimeLordEleven and you will see updates regularly on your home page. And so... that's the end of the post! A very short one, I know.

New Title Picture

Hello. Today, the title picture at the top of the page has been changed. It's the first time it has been changed for a month and I hope you like it. Unlike before, when you had to scroll down a long way to actually find the news, you only need to scroll down a small bit to see the latest news and info on Doctor Who. You can see the picture below (and at the top of the page!):

Character Evaluation: Amelia Jessica Pond

Hello. The first Character Evaluation has been published! You can watch it below and watch others on the Time Lord Eleven Videos Channel. Here it is (sorry if there are some pauses, it's hard to speak for 3 minutes straight without stopping!):

Another evaluation is coming soon...

One Month Anniversary!

HELLO! Today marks the one month anniversary of Time Lord Eleven! One month ago, the 'Doctor, Save Our Souls!' Competition began. One month ago, a simple site began. One month ago, Time Lord Eleven had few readers... and look at it now! To the next month!

HAPPY ONE MONTH ANNIVERSARY TIME LORD ELEVEN!

Character Evaluations

Hello. Some of the characters starring in Doctor Who have a lot of mystery surrounding them. Time Lord Eleven will be using YouTube to post Character Evaluations for you to watch and contemplate. There will be five upcoming Character Evaluations that will definitely be posted but others will be posted in the future. At the moment, they are a mystery to you but all will become clear later on. The first one is coming soon...

We'll see you soon...

Time Lord Eleven Has YouTube

Hello. Time Lord Eleven now has YouTube! The useranem is TimeLordElevenVideos and it will bring you information in video articles that will also be posted here. Here's the introduction to the Time Lord Eleven Videos:

There we go! The link to the channel is here.

The Time Lord Eleven Doctor Who Awards 2011

Hello! The time has come for the first ever Time Lord Eleven Doctor Who Awards for 2011! The results will be posted today and tomorrow and will be based on my opinion. When more people visit the blog, you will be able to send in your answers by email. Another set of awards will commence after the Christmas Special of Doctor Who later this year. Here's a list of the categories:

1. Best Doctor
2. Best Companion
3. Worst Doctor
4. Worst Companion
5. Best Alien Species
6. Worst Alien Species
7. Funniest Alien Species
8. Best Companion Moment
9. Best Cliffhanger
10. Worst Cliffhanger
11. Biggest Mistake
12. Best Returning Character
13. Best Returning Alien
14. Best Villian
15. Best Episode (Christopher Eccleston)
16. Best Episode (David Tennant)
17. Best Episode (Matt Smith)
18. Worst Episode (Christopher Eccleston)
19. Worst Episode (David Tennant)
20. Worst Episode (Matt Smith)
21. Best Writer
22. Best Director
23. Best Landscape Shot
24. Best Contempary Character
25. Funniest Quote
26. Saddest Moment
27. Most Emotional Moment
28. Best Fight Scene
29. Matt Smith's Best Moment
30. Karen Gillan's Best Moment
31. Arthur Darvill's Best Moment
32. Alex Kingston's Best Moment
33. Best Spin-off
34. Best Doctor Who Book
35. Best Extra Item of Clothing

The first few awards will be coming soon...

Comments Removed

Hello. I am very sorry to say that I deleted the comments that were on the blog! I was trying to install Disqus and I thought it might help. Again, I am very sorry for the inconvenience but hopefully Disqus should be coming soon!

Suggestions For Time Lord Eleven

Hello everyone. Do YOU have a good idea for a feature on Time Lord Eleven? Do you want your idea to be posted on the blog? Well, if you do, email me your ideas and you could get credit for it! I will write up an article and then write at the bottom:

With credit to ... for their idea for the article.

Email me your ideas at timelordeleven@gmail.com and your simple ideas could become a reality on the blog!

Make Sure You '+1' Each Article!

Hello. A new feature has appeared at the bottom of the screen. It is a '+1' as many of you will be able to see. If you like the article, click on the +1 and it will get one +! It's as simple as that. If you think someone else would want to read the article, click it and with more +1s, the site will get more popular. You do need a Blogger or Gmail account, however, and I would strongly reccommend getting one of these. Please help get Time Lord Eleven more popular.

New Pages (Update)

UPDATE - Who Reviews Page added.

Hello. As most of you will have noticed, above the articles, new pages have popped up. So what are they? This is a guide to help you understand the site better.

HOME

Here you will find the news, updates, articles and polls.



EPISODES

Here you will find all the information you need on the episodes in Series Six including the Fourth Dimension messages, broadcast dates and synopses.

THE DOCTOR

Here you will find info, stats and pictures of the time-travelling, bowtie-wearing alien.

COMPANIONS

Here you will find all the information you need on the Doctor's current companions, Amy Pond, Rory Pond and River Song.

COMPETITIONS

Here you will find competitions that you can enter by emailing me your entries at timelordeleven@gmail.com.

WHO REVIEWS

Here you can find links to reviews for Doctor Who episodes and Doctor Who related books and games written by me.

PLOTS

Here you can find a list of different plots sent in to be displayed on this page. Send in your summaries of Doctor Who stories at timelordeleven@gmail.com for them to be shown here.

LINKS

Here you will find a list of Doctor Who related websites that give regular news and interviews.

I hope this enables your experience on Time Lord Eleven to be enhanced.

Who Review 001 - The Impossible Astronaut

Hello! Before I start, I would like to thank everybody for reading Time Lord Eleven, as it has reached over 1000 views! This is the Who Review 001: The Impossible Astronaut. Who Reviews are exclusive to Time Lord Eleven and will be coming up in the future: episode reviews, book reviews and game reviews will all be covered.

The first episode of Doctor Who Series Six was, of course, the Impossible Astronaut. At the time we didn't know how it was impossible, but then ten minutes in, we saw something that shocked all of the viewers - the death of the Doctor. The episode gave us shocks from the Silence, President Nixon getting some strange phone calls, River showing the Doctor that she can fly the TARDIS better than him (again) and a mysterious little girl needing some help. To start off, here's the official synopsis:

Four envelopes, numbered two, three and four – each containing a date, time and map reference, unsigned, but TARDIS blue – begin the latest series of the time-travelling adventures. Who sent them? And who received the missing number one?

This strange summons reunites The Doctor, Amy, Rory and River Song in the middle of the Utah desert and unveils a terrible secret that The Doctor's friends must never reveal to him.

Placing his life entirely in their hands, The Doctor agrees to search for the recipient of the fourth envelope. Just who is Canton Everett Delaware the Third? And what is the relevance of their only other clue: "Space 1969"? Their quest lands them in the Oval Office, where they are enlisted by President Nixon himself to assist enigmatic former FBI agent Canton in saving a terrified little girl from a mysterious spaceman.

In my opinion, the episode certainly lived up to its expectations. The plot was well thought out and delivered well, the actors and actresses played their parts brilliantly and the Silence - well what can I say? Definitely the scariest and best Doctor Who monster to date. I will go on to say what I thought entirely of the episode later on but for now I'll talk about the plot.

The episode starts with a funny scene involving the Doctor and some Edwardian men involving the Doctor being completely naked. Amy and Rory discover this and they talk about it. It seems to them that the Doctor is trying to get himself noticed in history, especially when he waves at them from a Laurel and Hardy video. Amy finds a mysterious blue envelope with a time, date and map reference inside (as mentioned in the synopsis) and then they travel to America where they meet the Stetson-wearing Doctor and River Song, who also got a TARDIS blue invitation. They all go for a picnik where the Doctor says they are going to 'Space 1969', of course. It's about time the Doctor went to the Moon!

Anyway, during the picnik, Amy sees a mysterious figure in the desert but when she looks away she can't remember it. Creepy. Then, the impossible Astronaut appears out of the water. Someone else waves at the Doctor and he goes to the astronaut. After talking with it, the astronaut shoots the Doctor! He begins to regenerate but is shot again before he can. The trio run forward to the body of the Doctor but they realise he is dead. An old man confirms this, tells them he is called Canton Everett Delaware the Third and gives them some gasoline - never a good sign. They cremate the Doctor and send him out to sea. They then go to a diner and find that the Doctor invited the Doctor to the Doctor's death (confusing, I know)! Amy, Rory and River then realise that the Stetson-wearing  So they talk and they go to find Canton Everett Delaware the Third. He was fired from the FBI because he wanted to marry someone. They land in the Oval Office in the White House whilst Canton and President Nixon are talking. The Doctor cloaks the TARDIS, goes and gets caught. River shows she can control the TARDIS better and takes off the cloak quickly. The three come out and the Doctor is allowed five minutes to show where a little girl is calling the President from.

As the Doctor looks at the maps, Amy sees an alien in the corridor - a Silent. After looking away, Amy feels a bit sick and so goes to the toilet. Inside she finds a Silent, standing there. Another woman comes out of one of the cubicles and looks at the Silent. A comical scene follows as the woman remembers and forgets the Silent. The Silent then takes advantage of the electricity in the bathroom and harnesses it to electrocute the woman! Amy is horrified and takes a picture of it for future reference. The Silent then tells her:

"Tell the Doctor what he must know and what he must never know!"

A bit cryptic the first time you hear but I guess that what he must never know is that he is killed and what he must know... there's a lot of things he must know to be honest. Anyway, she runs out of the toilet and forgets the whole thing. So she goes back to the Oval Office feeling even better than before.

When she gets back, the Doctor knows where the girl is and President Nixon gets another phone call. The little girl says that the 'spaceman' is here and that its going to eat her. The Doctor, Amy, Rory, River and Canton run into the TARDIS to help the little girl. They arrive quickly and come out. The Doctor explains that Jefferson Adams Hamilton (what Nixon had thought the girl's name was) was actually the names of roads. They arrive and walk through the building and we discover that they are being watched by the mysterious astronaut...

The five of them discover a room with alien technology in it. There is a table resembling a surgeon's bed with alien gunk attached to tubes. Not very nice. They then discover boxes of space helmets, space suits and things like that. Amy and River inspect the surgeon's-table-bed and discuss the astronaut. Amy tries to convince River that if they were to kill the astronaut in 1969 then it couldn't kill the Doctor in 2011. River explains that if they killed it then, they wouldn't be able to travel to 1969 where they killed the astronaut, creating a paradox. River then discovers a tunnel. When she goes down, she discovers it is full of the Silence and escapes quickly. Of course, she forgets she saw them all so she tells the Doctor it's clear to go down. River and Rory then go down again to explore. They find a door and River tries to open it. River and Rory then talk about how the Doctor's life is backwards compared to River's and how she must reveal her secret to the Doctor. After a while, they unlock the door and go inside. In the room is a TARDIS similar to the one in the Lodger above Craig Owen's flat. She investigates the TARDIS and tells Rory to keep a look out. Light flashes and River calls out to Rory as he is about to get electrocuted.

Meanwhile, on the surface, while Canton, Amy and the Doctor are inspecting the alien equipment, the little girl shouts out for help. The trio run to the voice as Amy tries to tell the Doctor something important. Canton runs ahead as the Doctor tells Amy there's no time. When the two time travellers reach Canton, he's unconscious. Amy and the Doctor try to help him. Then, without warning, Amy reveals that she is pregnant. Suddenly, footsteps are heard. The astronaut walks into view. In a moment of protection and weakness, Amy grabs Canton's gun and shoots the astronaut as it lifts its visor. The Doctor shouts at her to stop but it is too late. The astronaut is shot and the little girl inside is scared...

Overall, I loved the episode. It was a great way to start off the series and it was very funny at times. The plot was imaginative and well thought out, even if it did drag itself out for a long time. The death at the beginning was shocking - hardly any of the viewers were expecting it! I know I wasn't. I thought that Rory had more of an important role in the episode, too. In the last series he was almost a third wheel for the Doctor and Amy but he has become a full companion. River is as mysterious as always and I liked how Rory and River had their first one-to-one conversation. Canton Everett Delaware the Third is an excellent character and fits in with the rest of the TARDIS Crew very well. In fact, all of the characters were displayed well - the Doctor is as mad as ever and Amy is funny and ready for action.

The Silence, as I have mentioned previously, are my new favourite monster. The idea of when you look away from one, you forget it was there is ingenious and it is definitely up there with other Steven Moffat creations such as the Vashta Nerada and the Weeping Angels. Their electricity usage is also creative and scary, not to mention a bit cliche. The interaction between the characters was engaging and sometimes very funny! The scenes in the Utah desert were expertly filmed and the scenes at the junction of Jefferson, Adams and Hamilton were scary and chilling. On the subject of the junction, it was a very clever way to find it. Steven Moffat clearly has a great mind!

Although there were many advantages to the episode, there were some disadvantages. I would have liked to have seen more action. The episode was mostly character-driven and although I do like this, I prefer the Classic Who of running down cramped corridors being chased by a monster, alien or mutation. And, I would have liked to have seen more from the Silence. They only made three, quite brief, appearances and only one of those appearances involved any electrocution. Also, the scene involving the electrocution was quite comical. I would have prefered to have more of a serious tone to it.

So, there you have it. The Impossible Astronaut sent us all into great confusion. And the next episode only gets you more confused...

Reviews Coming Soon...

UPDATE - the dates have been changed slightly.

Hello. Many Doctor Who sites have their own Doctor Who reviews and I think it's time Time Lord Eleven did so as well! For the next week, once a day, reviews of the episodes will be posted. A Review Page will be published and links to the reviews will be put on the Episode Page. So here's a list of the days and reviews that will be posted:

Monday 30th May 2011 -> The Impossible Astronaut

Tuesday 31st May 2011 -> Day of the Moon

Wednesday 1st May 2011 -> The Curse of the Black Spot

Thursday 2nd June 2011 -> The Doctor's Wife

Friday 3rd June 2011 -> The Rebel Flesh

Saturday 4th June 2011 -> The Almost People

Sunday 5th June 2011 ->  A Good Man Goes to War

You'll be reading the first review for The Almost People later today. The review for A Good Man Goes to War will be posted after the episode is broadcast.

New Pages

Hello. As most of you will have noticed, above the articles, new pages have popped up. So what are they? This is a guide to help you understand the site better.

HOME

Here you will find the news, updates, articles and polls.



EPISODES

Here you will find all the information you need on the episodes in Series Six including the Fourth Dimension messages, broadcast dates and synopses.

THE DOCTOR

Here you will find info, stats and pictures of the time-travelling, bowtie-wearing alien.

COMPANIONS

Here you will find all the information you need on the Doctor's current companions, Amy Pond, Rory Pond and River Song.

LINKS

Here you will find a list of Doctor Who related websites that give regular news and interviews.

COMPETITIONS

Here you will find competitions that you can enter by emailing me your entries at timelordeleven@gmail.com.

PLOTS

Here you can find a list of different plots sent in to be displayed on this page. Send in your summaries of Doctor Who stories at timelordeleven@gmail.com for them to be shown here.

I hope this enables your experience on Time Lord Eleven to be enhanced.

I'm Back (Mark II)

Hello! I'm back! I have been in Norfolk for the past five days and so I have missed a lot of Doctor Who information - sorry about that. But, on Time Lord Eleven has over 800 views in the past five days! Thank you all (again) for staying with Time Lord Eleven.

600 Views!

Amazing! In one day, Time Lord Eleven has had 600 PAGE VIEWS! Thank you all for reading and keeping up to date with Doctor Who! It is greatly appreciated!