With Chinball taking the reins and everything else changing, it was always going to be a safe choice though
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Doctor Who Series 10 |OT| He's Back, and It's About Time
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With Chinball taking the reins and everything else changing, it was always going to be a safe choice though
Jason Frost
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Fuck, I missed yesterday's episode.
The Elite
BOSS
Good thing you live in the 21st century.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Just watched The Pilot, not bad at all! The ending was a little underwhelming but I loved the episode itself. I enjoyed Bill much more than I initially thought I would.
paradox121
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I saw this linked in the Aftershow thingy on the official Youtube channel and don't think it's been brought up in one of these threads yet.
Pretty accurate recreation of the Curator scene (with a little extra) from Day of the Doctor with Jon Culshaw and Jake Dudman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAY-tgKr52s
Pretty accurate recreation of the Curator scene (with a little extra) from Day of the Doctor with Jon Culshaw and Jake Dudman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAY-tgKr52s
Succinct Verbosity
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Pretty good, right? I feel like in the age of Netflix, Doctor Who is one of the few British shows to hold up amongst that generation.
Chezzymann
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So are the puddle people the strongest alien in the universe since they can eat daleks
Sir_Crocodile
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Moffat does stupid stuff like that all the time, we're just not supposed to think too deeply.
Although in this *specific* instance, it's a dalek/movellan war era dalek, who are waaaaaaay less powerful then Time War daleks, so it's fine.
It beat Take Me Out and it'll consolidate to a good figure. I can't tell if the BBC were expecting higher ratings for the move back to spring or not.
Also, courtesy of me having to hunt down a Telegraph article to find out ITV's ratings:
MHWilliams
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Never said he wasn't good actor. Said he was bland. He's a safe choice. A very safe choice to usher in Chibnall's era. The first potential pick where I just sort of look at him and go:
Nope, but it would be interesting and different.
Other random folks:
Dan Stevens: Hot!
Freddie Fox: Reasonably good-looking and got that David Bowier androgynous thing going on, interesting!
Lennie James: Against type, so interesting!
Oona Chaplin: Killing it in Taboo.
Sanjeev Bhaskar: Pretty good in Unforgotten and he's done comedy before. Versatile actor, against type. (Mike, he was already in Doctor Who as a one-off character. So what?!)
Kristian Brunn: Got a bit of meat to him, and has a unique look with glasses on. Unfortunately, not actually British.
White isn't the problem.
Never said he wasn't good actor. Said he was bland. He's a safe choice. A very safe choice to usher in Chibnall's era. The first potential pick where I just sort of look at him and go:
Nope, but it would be interesting and different.
Other random folks:
White isn't the problem.
After watching Legion, I'd definitely believe Dan Stevens could pull off the whole slightly-unhinged Doctor angle. Sadly, even if he were in the running, he's probably tied up filming Season 2 of that show, anyway. There are loads of other good choices, too.
That and any new work post Beauty & The Beast is going to involve a price tag that Doctor Who is never going to be able to match. Dude's price is going way up for future work.
Static Veins
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Regarding the "no series 11 casting decisions have been made" quote, one place that was reporting on it (it may have been The Independent but I can't remember exactly) made a good point...
If the new doctor DOES turn up earlier than we expect, it would be a series 10 casting decision, not a series 11 one. So the BBC could be playing coy, though I personally doubt it.
If the new doctor DOES turn up earlier than we expect, it would be a series 10 casting decision, not a series 11 one. So the BBC could be playing coy, though I personally doubt it.
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Kris Marshall would be underwhelming. I've never particularly been impressed by him. I've never thought he was bad, or anything, but he just totally slipped past me in anything I've ever seen him in. Intuitively, I feel it would be a big step down from Capaldi.
Never said he wasn't good actor. Said he was bland. He's a safe choice. A very safe choice to usher in Chibnall's era. The first potential pick where I just sort of look at him and go:
Nope, but it would be interesting and different.
Other random folks:
White isn't the problem.
Gonna have to agree with you on this.
I'm not totally on-board with Chibnall in the first place, going with an uninteresting cast is just gonna kill any interest I had.
Yabberwocky
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Urrrgh, man, I don't think I could ever get my head around that casting. I've never seen
Death in Paradise, but every time I see Marshall all I can think of is Nick Harper from My Family. Now he'll possibly haunt me as Doctor Who, I will never be freeeeee.
Yeah, double urrgggh.
I really like Bill as a new companion. I look forward to the rest of the series.
Referring to fries as chips still throws me off.
And I couldn't really tell if this was an acting problem, but when her foster mom told her about the photographs she seemed so nonchalant about it. I mean they're photos of her biological mother. You'd think she would've handled that with a little more tact than sounding like she found some old clothes in the back of your closet that she's gonna give to goodwill.
Referring to fries as chips still throws me off.
And I couldn't really tell if this was an acting problem, but when her foster mom told her about the photographs she seemed so nonchalant about it. I mean they're photos of her biological mother. You'd think she would've handled that with a little more tact than sounding like she found some old clothes in the back of your closet that she's gonna give to goodwill.
I told my daughter that people in England refer to fries as "chips". She asked "what do they call chips?"
Crisps.
Cookie Crisp Cereal must get weird.
With Gallifrey back, why not just have a new Time Lady character, and have her own adventures? Have her show up in Doctor Who, and if the character is in demand make a spin-off.
Bobby Roberts
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Because then, with this new Time Lady safely set off to the side in her own spinoff on BBC 2 or 3 or whatever, people can safely ignore her while saying "isn't it cool there's a thing over there I'm never going to watch?"
Whereas you make the Doctor a woman now people have to pay attention to her if they want to watch Doctor Who.
People paying attention to Doctor Who is the point.
It's really salty.
I liked the little callback to
Do you think they were putting a little too much weight on
The Doctor having his mind wiped with Clara with that little sound cue of her theme.
Do you think they were putting a little too much weight on
her relationship with Heather? She didn't know her for that long. but they way that they used it you'd think that they'd known each other for years.
Tizoc
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Return of the Rani?
A Mistress spn off where she goes messing about the universe?
Because the show has repeatedly emphasised over the last few seasons that Time Lords can and do change sex and race during regenerations. Keeping the Doctor a white male after setting precedent for him to not be becomes increasingly problematic.
Angelus Errare
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Bill is awesome. Also her mom (the photos) looks so familiar
Okay, I want a Dan Stevens Doctor now please.
Never said he wasn't good actor. Said he was bland. He's a safe choice. A very safe choice to usher in Chibnall's era. The first potential pick where I just sort of look at him and go:
Nope, but it would be interesting and different.
Other random folks:
White isn't the problem.
Okay, I want a Dan Stevens Doctor now please.
SlipperyFishes
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This is as close to "the doctor is a bloke and women can go make their own show" as you can get without stating it explicitly.
I think the weight was there because of the scene in the nightclub. I think she was "the one" for Bill.
The Giant
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Chips is the superior word.
In Australia, we say chips for both.
Fries = chips (aka hot chips)
Crisps = chips
No Aussie who goes into Macca's says fries.
Tizoc
Member
I swear if this is like
Lister's origin
Like Clara & Maisie Thrones in their space Diner? That's Big Finish stuff if ever.
Ignatz Mouse
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That was pretty good. Pearl Mackie is pretty excellent.
It's not something that I'd normally care about with this character, but if we're getting another white dude as the Doctor he better at least be hot.
ClivePwned
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finally got to see the new ep. Loved it.
I like Bill.Plus, seeing the Movellans fighting the Daleks was a nice touch.
of course next week's ep is from my least favourite Nu Who writer so we'll see how that goes.
I like Bill.Plus, seeing the Movellans fighting the Daleks was a nice touch.
of course next week's ep is from my least favourite Nu Who writer so we'll see how that goes.
This was great fun. Worked much better for me than the christmas special, which I really didn't like.
In for a great last ride with Capaldi and Moffat. Love both those guys.
Also, bonus points for some great music in this one, and especially bonus points for Bill's Prince shirt. Maybe an easy way to make me love a character but damn it it works.
In for a great last ride with Capaldi and Moffat. Love both those guys.
Also, bonus points for some great music in this one, and especially bonus points for Bill's Prince shirt. Maybe an easy way to make me love a character but damn it it works.
aHebrewMenagerie
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Does anyone know the name of the classic serial with the Movellans?
Destiny of the Daleks (fourth Doctor).
Not really one of my favorites but it does really work as a fun callback.
Sir_Crocodile
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Yeah, the episode itself is pants.
It's especially bad as it's the first Dalek serial since Genesis, which is one of the best.
It's especially bad as it's the first Dalek serial since Genesis, which is one of the best.
And when the show tanks because of the outrage and negative press? Remember the all-female Ghostbusters? Better be safe than sorry. Create a Time Lady show spin off, if it's a hit THEN make the Doctor a woman.
Edit: unless you get Joss Whedon to be the showrunner. So far as I know he's the only person who knows how to make strong female characters interesting without being preachy.
Exterminieren
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We already have a highly successful Time Lady- just ask the BAFTA-nominated Michelle Gomez.
Great little epsiode, and a nice jumping on point for new viewers, The Pilot indeed ha.
Thats not how it happened, she copied it, a bit like the T-1000 did you not pick that up?
Thats not how it happened, she copied it, a bit like the T-1000 did you not pick that up?
I wasn't really feeling it. They used that nightclub scene a lot but didn't expand on it enough. A montage of them hanging out might've helped.
I thought she assimilated it like The Thing. That seemed to be what she was trying to do to Bill.
SlipperyFishes
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It was the DW equivalent of the 90s fish tank scene in Romeo and Juliet
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