Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 1 minute ago, Evil-Lyn said: One of the best Who episodes was the one where Clara is the star while The Doc is trapped in a shrinking TARDIS, and he's disturbed by how much he's rubbed off on her at the end. Okay, that might have sounded lewd, but you know what I mean. A woman as The Doctor isn't exactly a role model. Flatliners! Great episode. I liked Rigsy a lot. Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 I don't even remember that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Point is, people saying a female Doctor is a role model don't really seem to understand the source material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 And you do? You only started watching the show a few months ago. You're hardly the expert here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 I'm now the biggest Who fan here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 You wouldn't even watch it past Doomsday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 That was just a phase. Hell, I watched the first season last! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 You're just a noob! I've been watching since the beginning, 2005! I lived this show, not caught up in a month or 2 courtesy of Netflix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter Boelen 740 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 6 hours ago, Stefancos said: Just spotted David Tennant at Wimbledon! 100% confirmed! David Tennant to return as the 12th Doctor! That's just brilliant. The "as the 12th(!) Doctor" bit is the icing on the cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 That's Dutch math. Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter Boelen 740 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 16 minutes ago, Woj said: That's Dutch math. Totally. To be exact, THIS math: Sarcasm + Dutch = mat(c)h made in heaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 It has to be Dutch math because we all know Stef's spelling is impeccable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Fabulous news, I've only seen Jodie in Broadchurch but she was very good in that. She's very charismatic and a wonderful dramatic actor, and I assume she's got the comedy chops that the Doctor requires these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 I just watched this old Broadchurch-related interview and was surprised to hear she has a thick Yorkshire accent. I hope she keeps it for the Doctor! Lots of planets have a north! Marian Schedenig and Pieter Boelen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 17, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2017 Wojo, Arpy and Pieter Boelen 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 I think it was risky to change up the gender, a male Doctor is as monolithic and unchanging as the blue phone box. If it wasn't a female Doctor we would've ended up with Matt Smith 2.0. Was honestly surprised by the news but I think it will be interesting to see how different this incarnation. Next question is, will the companions be male or female, or a new lesbian relationship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 1 hour ago, RPurton said: If it wasn't a female Doctor we would've ended up with Matt Smith 2.0. Random factoid: Whittaker is almost exactly the same age as Smith. I think she's a few months older. 1 hour ago, RPurton said: Next question is, will the companions be male or female, or a new lesbian relationship? Now is when I'd be ok with bringing River Song back! Probably not of course, she (like Missy) will be a Moffat-only character I think. Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Technically River Song was introduced in the RTD era, but you are correct. I believe Moffat is the only person to have ever written her. As much as i love Alex Kingston, the show needs to move away from old characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 1 minute ago, Stefancos said: Technically River Song was introduced in the RTD era, but you are correct. I believe Moffat is the only person to have ever written her. As much as i love Alex Kingston, the show needs to move away from old characters. Yes but have you seen the video of Alex Kingston finding out literally while on stage at a convention that Whittaker had been cast? Starting at 1:16: I'd love to see those two work together, but I think you're right. It's for the best to leave all old characters behind, including RTD-era ones. Marian Schedenig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 20 hours ago, Evil-Lyn said: I don't recognize those characters. The person on the left is a character named "Starbuck" from a 1970s tv show called Battlestar Galactica. I've never seen it either. The person on the right is a character named Kara Thrace, who has a callsign of Starbuck, from the 2004-2009 TV series also called Battlestar Galactica (it was a reboot/reimagining of the 70s show). I actually think you would like this show a lot if you were to watch it. Note that the first episode is a 4 hour (3 hours w/o commercials) miniseries, and not quite indicative of the pace and tone the rest of the series would have, so watch until at least the next episode after the miniseries if you don't like it right away before making judgement to continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Doctor Who can finally be like Buffy or Xena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 I've been meaning to take a look back at season 10 and I'll keep it quick. The season started out very promising then had the weird 3-episode arc with the Monks that ended real bad and then kind of boringly limped to a spectacular finish. Great Episodes, Ones I'll Be Returning to Soon World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls Extremis Thin Ice Pretty Good Episodes With Lots to Recommend Oxygen Knock Knock The Pyramid at the End of the World Decent Episodes The Pilot Smile Zzzzz Wake Me Up When It's Over Empress of Mars The Eaters of Light Oh God What Were They Thinking The Lie of the Land Yes, I know I liked "Thin Ice" more than a lot of people. That one just really hit for me. Great character work. Capaldi Seasons, Ranked: 1. Season 9 2. Season 8 3. Season 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted July 17, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2017 Nice to see reasonable responses here ... from the reaction of some people online last night, you'd have thought their lives were over FFS. She at least deserves a chance, no? Pieter Boelen, Disco Stu and Naïve Old Fart 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Whittaker herself is so talented, if season 11 is a failure I think the fault will lie squarely with Chibnall. Not sure what to expect, the 2 seasons of Torchwood he ran were embarassingly stupid IMO. But Broadchurch season 1 is one of the greatest seasons of television ever for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,551 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 . Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 1 minute ago, Disco Stu said: Whittaker herself is so talented, if season 11 is a failure I think the fault will lie squarely with Chibnall. Not sure what to expect, the 2 seasons of Torchwood he ran were embarassingly stupid IMO. But Broadchurch season 1 is one of the greatest seasons of television ever for me. Broadchurch season 1 is indeed excellent. 2's pretty damn good, and the 3rd and final from earlier this year is back up to excellent again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 I like seasons 2 and 3, but I could never shake this feeling that the first season was so perfect on its own, that maybe it'd have been better to leave it alone. Also, season 3 kind of fizzled by the end. It was amazing at the start, brutally straightforward portrayal of the aftermath of a rape. Awful and fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,551 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 9 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said: Nice to see reasonable responses here ... from the reaction of some people online last night, you'd have thought their lives were over FFS. She at least deserves a chance, no? Oh......alright, then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 I mean ... I'm not the most PC person, or anything. But seeing jokes like 'It's OK, the Tardis doesn't need to be parallel-parked', 'Will the show now be 'Nurse Who'?', 'Even Cybermen need sandwiches' and 'Will the sonic screwdriver now be from Ann Summers?' do make one think 'Is it 2017 ... or 1977?' Also, the 'this is the modern BBC for you, overrun with liberal lefties' stuff makes me chuckle ... one of the suggestions of show co-creator Sydney Newman at the very start back in '63 was that the Doctor could be possibly be female. And the initial producer back then (Verity Lambert) was female, and the initial director (Waris Hussein) was a gay bloke from an ethnic minority. Marian Schedenig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,207 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 5 hours ago, Disco Stu said: Random factoid: Whittaker is almost exactly the same age as Smith. I think she's a few months older. But of course, he was 7 years younger when he became the Doctor. Becoming-Doctor-age-wise, Whittaker is pretty close to Tennant. 7 hours ago, RPurton said: Next question is, will the companions be male or female, or a new lesbian relationship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 1 minute ago, Marian Schedenig said: But of course, he was 7 years younger when he became the Doctor. Becoming-Doctor-age-wise, Whittaker is pretty close to Tennant. And I actually thought she was older than that before I looked yesterday. It's not because she especially looks older, I think she just radiates maturity or something. A "wise beyond her years" quality should be perfect for The Doctor. Brónach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,207 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 40 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: I like seasons 2 and 3, but I could never shake this feeling that the first season was so perfect on its own, that maybe it'd have been better to leave it alone. Also, season 3 kind of fizzled by the end. It was amazing at the start, brutally straightforward portrayal of the aftermath of a rape. Awful and fascinating. I had the feeling that the rape case in series three, or at least its development and resolution, didn't have nearly as much impact as it could/should have. Probably because the plot was muddied up with all those legacy characters that weren't really relevant to the new plot anymore. I forget which Who episodes Chibnall wrote, but I think none of them ranked highly on my list. But judging from Broadchurch, I hope he'll do some good season arcs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 18 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: I forget which Who episodes Chibnall wrote, but I think none of them ranked highly on my list. But judging from Broadchurch, I hope he'll do some good season arcs. His best Who episode is "The Power of Three." Which is actually one of my favorites of the Smith era. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,551 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Doctor Rug Muncher. Geez. 2 hours ago, Disco Stu said: His best Who episode is "The Power of Three." Which is actually one of my favorites of the Smith era. THE POWER OF THREE contains the most meta DW joke, ever. Funny as. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 8 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said: Nice to see reasonable responses here ... from the reaction of some people online last night, you'd have thought their lives were over FFS. She at least deserves a chance, no? Of course she does! She's a cute blonde white lady! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Oh she's awfully cute. I've never seen her in anything so who knows. Coming in after Capaldi must be hard. My main problem as usual is the writing process and the selection of writers, who in this case tend to be the ones who break or make the show. Two little hopes come to mind: I hope they keep whatever common elements reoccur through incarnations, she can be tomboyish and such. And I hope they don't go "oh the companion has to be a guy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,551 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 The news has been announced of the death of Deborah Watling. R. I. P. Victoria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter Boelen 740 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 On 18/07/2017 at 9:26 AM, Brónach said: Two little hopes come to mind: I hope they keep whatever common elements reoccur through incarnations, she can be tomboyish and such. And I hope they don't go "oh the companion has to be a guy". Cute girl Doctor AND companion? What are all the guys complaining? Imagine the eye candy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Well looked here! It's a video of a theater performance with the 9th and 13th doctors facing off in Antigone! Great actors. Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Awesome. Eccleston is one of those actors who it seems doesn't even need to try. He's just naturally great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter Boelen 740 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Quick questions: - Has there been any word on whether the Chibbnal series will have "a Moffatt episode" just like the Davies series did? - Any word of whether Jack Harkness and/or the Tenth Doctor may return at some point? - How about "the Doctor's Daughter"? I saw there is an audio book lined up about her, but how about on screen too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 48 minutes ago, Pieter_Boelen said: Quick questions: - Has there been any word on whether the Chibbnal series will have "a Moffatt episode" just like the Davies series did? - Any word of whether Jack Harkness and/or the Tenth Doctor may return at some point? - How about "the Doctor's Daughter"? I saw there is an audio book lined up about her, but how about on screen too? All three aren't really on the cards - Chibnall apparently has a fresh slate, yet I wouldn't mind seeing a Jack return. There's no way of telling if Jack or the Tenth Doctor, or Jenny will return, but if they do, they'll most likely survive in the audio books etc. I get the feeling they were more of the Tenth Doctor's companions, and Jack especially had his goodbyes with the End of Time farewell sequence. Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Moffat has said that the end of his tenure as showrunner will probably end his association with Who altogether, so I wouldn't hold your breath for future episodes penned by him. Think I read somewhere that him and Gatiss are now working on a modernised version of Dracula. And given Captain Jack's absence from both Smith and Capaldi's runs (and Torchwood having been consigned to just audio dramas for some time now) doesn't bode well for his return, really. Speaking of audio dramas, think I saw somewhere recently that ones with Jenny are planned. Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 At least the Twelfth Doctor mentioned Jack Harkness on at least one occasion, to the immortal girl so she could find him. Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Wasn't Jack in the montage at the end of "The Doctor Falls" where all the companions were saying his name? I definitely noticed Rory's absence from that which felt like a harsh snub. Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Indeed Jack was. Rory was snubbed, as was Wilf. I think Jack was the only male companion shown, though the modern era hasn't had many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 The Doctor is typically drawn to cute women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Now he gets to be one. I wonder who the Fourteenth Doctor will be. If they go back to a man, the Jodie Whittaker experiment would be seen as a failure. I think 14 needs to be black or Asian to continue the progressive experiment. Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 I can't remember any Asian people in the entirety of nuWho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 The next Doctor will be Idris Elba. Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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