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Not being able to swear really hurt Keitel.
And 'pretty bad' falls so short or describing that ending. That ending was utter garbage.
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And 'pretty bad' falls so short or describing that ending. That ending was utter garbage.
Great, I guess I'll watch it all then. I'm willing to put up with some iffy stuff if I've got something to look forward to.
It would've been great to see interaction between the new Doctor and the Brigadier
A shame, but that does get me thinking that I'm looking forward to seeing interaction between the new Doctor and Kate.
Another example where The Curse of Fatal Death beat them to the punch (even if the Canadians flipped the joke).
CharmingCharlie
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For science I just searched for "My Little Pony" on Google and to be honest I was fucking disgusted at what I saw and what these children could be exposed too. I mean £25 for a fucking plastic horse, disgusting.
On topic it is all very meh. The traditionalist part of me feels that the Doctor should be male (not fussed what colour), but not something I am overwhelmingly gonna rage about. I really do not see this female Doctor doing the franchise many favours. The ratings were on the slide with Capaldi's doctor and I can easily see them tanking with this new Doctor. I seriously do not feel the Doctor Who franchise has the strength to push through a change like this.
Unless this is all one big conspiracy by the BBC to finally kill off Doctor Who once and for all. After all the BBC has a long rich history of hating Doctor Who because it isn't intellectual or high brow enough.
On topic it is all very meh. The traditionalist part of me feels that the Doctor should be male (not fussed what colour), but not something I am overwhelmingly gonna rage about. I really do not see this female Doctor doing the franchise many favours. The ratings were on the slide with Capaldi's doctor and I can easily see them tanking with this new Doctor. I seriously do not feel the Doctor Who franchise has the strength to push through a change like this.
Unless this is all one big conspiracy by the BBC to finally kill off Doctor Who once and for all. After all the BBC has a long rich history of hating Doctor Who because it isn't intellectual or high brow enough.
You can go straight from 1 to 3 of Broadchurch, I think. I've only just started 3.
2 hurts 1. Don't.
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You mean I finally have a reason to watch.
Reach for her kidneys.
RadioactiveLobster
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The thing that upsets me is they missed a perfect opportunity.
The Doctor regenerates and the first they they see is their hair hanging in front of their face, they grab at it and see it is ginger.
*Que 5 minutes of The Doctor freaking out because they are finally ginger*
Literally 5 minutes of them going about whatever they do, checking out the new Tardis, new screwdriver, etc... Like literally on a ginger high.
The euphoria of being ginger overshadows all else to the fact that they don't even notice the gender change.
The Doctor regenerates and the first they they see is their hair hanging in front of their face, they grab at it and see it is ginger.
*Que 5 minutes of The Doctor freaking out because they are finally ginger*
Literally 5 minutes of them going about whatever they do, checking out the new Tardis, new screwdriver, etc... Like literally on a ginger high.
The euphoria of being ginger overshadows all else to the fact that they don't even notice the gender change.
plagiarize
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Trying to think of the key stuff. Spoilers to Broadchurch season 2...
Alec gets cured. We find out he has a daughter. Beth and Mark split... oh and dick bag gets off Scott free and chased out of town.
I think that's about it.
Ginger snaps
If the character keeps to form she will:
- Check her hearts.
- Check her hair (to see if she is ginger).
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
99% sure she'll make a reference to her old one seeming like it was compensating for something
That's good, I imagine most people will want to watch it that way then. But if I'm gonna watch 3 I just know I'll want to watch 2 anyway just to know what the big deal was, so I might as well get it over with. Yes, I do it to myself.
Personally I'm hoping to see River again (I know unlikely), and Madam Vastra.
BTW, would've loved to see the new Doctor with Missy, and Missy qupping something along the lines of welcoming the Doctor to the Master Race ! (yes I know women aren't a race
)Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS is underrated! But I do admit the subplot with the salvage brothers is really really bizarre. Not just badly written, but so out of place that it's genuinely confusing why it's happening.
I mean, the show will no doubt address The Doctor being a woman specifically. And it would be dumb to assume it wouldn't. Besides the initial examination of the Doctor's new body we're going to see a new dynamic of the Doctor as a woman taking charge in times and places where that was not considered acceptable. I assume they are going to address this in certain episodes but will probably eventually be just something they explain in a couple of lines.
I'm not sure why the show being about the doctor being a female instantly means shopping for some sex lipstick or whatever you were implying. The show is most definitely going to address the Doctor being a female now. Probably in both subtle and obvious ways. Especially if the Doctor runs into old characters like Jack Harkness. Overall I don't think the structure of the show is going to change all that much though besides the usual things from changing showrunners, so I don't think there should be any real concern.
Static Veins
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In all fairness, the Eleventh Doctor seemed rather panicked when he first came to assume he had changed into a woman.
I'M A GIRL!
Haha yes this was the first thing that popped into my mind. Can't wait to see how Chibnall handles the regeneration scene.
The more I think about this, the more excited I am. You reached peak Doctor with Capaldi and his acting chops, time to change things up.
There's a little tidbit in the canon from ages ago that may well have been jettisoned, but it's an aspect that theoretically could be revisited: When Romana (For non-established fans: Another Time Lord, female, and a 'good' character) changed into her second body seen on the show she was shown to actually have quite a lot of choice and agency in the matter. It's been fanwanked away that the randomness we've seen is due to the Doctor tending to need to regenerate as an emergency measure, which results in less control over the proceedings.
That said, however, there's no guarantee that idea was ever intended, and not necessarily something they'll stick to!
Day of the Doctor already made that joke.
Russell T Davis basically went mad with power towards the end of his time as showrunner, I think.
CloudyTuba
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Yes, I'm aware of the confusing and inconsistent history of regeneration (I've watched much of the classic show as well), but I thought I'd leave that out and not confuse the poor man haha
Russell T Davis basically went mad with power towards the end of his time as showrunner, I think.
I remember how people initially were REALLY looking forward to the Moffat era, because RTD was obviously just so burnt out. His Doctor looked burnt out.
NuWho has clarified and retconned regeneration more than anything else from the classic series.
There is a random element, but there's a subconscious pull to it. Capaldi's Doctor looks the way he did because he took the form of a man he once saved.
Which is in-line with the Romana regeneration. She took the form of someone she had recently met.
Though there, it was in the next story. At least with Capaldi there were a few seasons of space.
funkystudent
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Moffat was totally the standout writer of the RTD era. It was ok to be excited.
Shame he sucked as showrunner and coming up with new, interesting season arch's.
The more I think about Capaldi's act of desperately fighting to cling onto the past coupled with the 60second reveal today of her walking through the deep forest, coming to a clearing, looking nervous almost and then breaking out to a determined smile - I love it
Would have been bummed if it had been Marshall, and am very keen to get into the new run. Bring it on.
Would have been bummed if it had been Marshall, and am very keen to get into the new run. Bring it on.
For me, Series 5 was the bees knees. Loved that season.
Afterwards was when it all went to absolute hell for me.
There's another theory from the literature, although almost entirely fun speculation-
The Time Lords existed at the beginning of the known universe and likely are responsible for the genesis of most/all of the humanoid races. Or at least the material that would eventually create them. So Time Lord DNA persists in all of those races to an extent. It's why that fella from Pompeii has the face of a future Time Lord.
Yeah, but he was actually impressing me towards the end there.
Oh that really wasn't his problem. Especially next to RTD, whose idea for a story arc was "say a word a bunch of times and people will wonder what it means". Bad Wolf, Torchwood, Harold Saxxon.
Moffat just convoluted everything to the nth degree, and while I far prefer that to RTD's ridiculous deus ex machina solutions, I can certainly see how others didn't.
They explained in detail why Capaldi looks like him and this wasn't why.
DiipuSurotu
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Now please get on to Tintin 2 please Moffat.
I know. Hence the "almost entirely fun speculation."
The comments in this are delicious.
I wish she was older. Shes as young as Smith... but well, I need to start accepting that Ill be older than people who play the Doctor for the rest of my life looking at how Capaldi bombed
But hey, looking forward to the next season and hopefully finally regular seasons again!
She's like 10 years older... Smith was 26 was when he was cast, Whittaker is 35. She's closer to Tennant's age.
The "Doctor should be old" people are weird to me.
Three most popular Doctors according to most polls I've seen were 27, 34 and 40 when they started playing the character. It spans both series'.
They're doing Dracula for BBC.
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
Moffat is doing more stuff with Gatiss I think.
The mistake that person made is that she's about as old as Smith is now. Failing to take into account the fact that time elapses.
Napoleonthechimp
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As young as Smith is now (technically he's 34) I imagine is how he meant it.
StopMakingSense
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Get ready for some mind numbingly bad courtroom drama.
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Napoleonthechimp
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The Doctor should be simultaneously young and old in a way that's impossible for anyone else. He is 2,000 + years old after all. That manifests differently in different incarnations but it is fairly consistent. Matt Smith did a better job than most at portraying this aspect of the Doctor.
I think the middling critical and audience reception did that already.
Matt Smith's ability to play old while being so young was the best part of his performance.
IdreamofHIME
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In all fairness, the Eleventh Doctor seemed rather panicked when he first came to assume he had changed into a woman.
I'M A GIRL!
It was a brilliant regeneration.
"Phew, still not Ginger"
Amazing.