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This reads better on the page than it does on screen, and I liked the episodes as they went out.
The neutering of the Doctor's ranting in Davros's chair is a crime.
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Doctor Who Series 9 |OT| Let Zygons Be Zygons
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This reads better on the page than it does on screen, and I liked the episodes as they went out.
The neutering of the Doctor's ranting in Davros's chair is a crime.
If the next companion is not another cute girl, I will be dumbfounded. The Doctor has a type when it comes to who he offers keys to the TARDIS and he rarely deviates. Though I don't think it's so much he's attracted to a certain kind of girl as it's like how if I had unlimited funds, I would pretty much always have a Scottish Fold kitten as a pet. Because they're completely adorable. When Missy told Clara she was the puppy, she told no lies.
She is immensely distracting in a way I do not mind in the least.
peanutbutterlatte
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Just make a proper game already
Not paying £120 for 2 levels.Maybe not so incidentally Matt Smith was reported to be considered for, and interested in, that role.
Asylum was quite an introduction.
tonysidaway
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infiniteloop
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From the Mirror, so salt and all that:
http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-10-will-reportedly-be-halved-77722.htm
http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-10-will-reportedly-be-halved-77722.htm
BrokenFiction
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This is weird to interpret. They say their halving the series, but then say they pushed for more than 12 episodes? I don't understand.
Assuming it's true. BBC wants more episodes per series, more episodes means more to sell, and it's easier to make more episodes when you've already got everyone to need to make them and you get extra budget for each episode. Capaldi wants to do other things at the same time as it takes up most of his year, and doing more episode would be too hard on everyone, so they are doing less episodes next year to keep him and the crew happy.
It's from the Mirror though, like anything Doctor Who related I would wait for an official source.
Better than a year of specials. Hopefully its 6 episodes + christmas special.
BBC wanted more than 12, Capaldi wants significantly less than 12. Guess Capaldi won that argument.
He doesnt want less than 12. He just didnt want more than 12.I think he underestimated how the 9th month shoot would impact his life. Its tough for someone his age. Its a young mans game.
Well if his position was that he wants time to spend with his family, work on other projects, etc. that he couldn't get under the normal 12-episode/9-month commitment, then wouldn't that mean he wanted fewer than 12 episodes? To me it sounds like he wants to cut down on the amount of time spent filming Who in a given year, which would mean doing less than the 12 he does now.
I believe BBC productions are government-funded, hence the lack of commercials.
Not sure about other channels with commercials...
I'm American so there could be this whole process I don't know about
The fact they're self-contained stories and not episodic probably doesn't help.
Per year yes. But they still want 12 episodes a season. I wouldnt be surprsied if the rest of capaldis era is split seasons.
I was thinking the same thing but it's not really uncommon in the US depending on the show. Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Ash vs. the Evil Dead, Rick & Morty, and Archer are all examples, to varying degrees, of shows that run for a shorter season a year. I mean, for a science fiction show, I can see where you're coming from. Star Trek, Stargate, Battlestar Galactica, and other shows always about 20 episodes a season.
I was even reading up on the history of Doctor Who and the old shows in the 60s ran from week to week throughout most of the year.
I'd think for an actor, cast/crew, writers ... the more demand for work with little to short gap is a blessing. You come back after a year to shoot a half dozen episodes and you might lose focus on what you're doing.
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I hope that's not true.
A straight unbroken run in Spring 2017, please.
A straight unbroken run in Spring 2017, please.
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Season 7...I find it hard to pay attention when Jenna Coleman is on screen, jebus she's totes adorbs.
Yup, cutest and most attractive NuWHo companion by far.
Physique, personality, style, acting... she's just outstanding, it's a shame she got screwed by the writers.
US shows that film 22 episodes a year film long days (12-16 hours) and pay lots of overtime. Bill Mumy talks a little bit about that type of filming on Deep Space Nine.
I know the BBC doesn't do overtime which is why it takes so long to film Doctor Who. Still it would be disappointing if they didn't do the normal 12+1 episodes next year.
Shame for her, but props to the writers.
There's also the fact that Doctor Who has basically one set, the TARDIS, so most of the episodes have to be filmed on location somewhere or in sets built for just one episode, which is a lot of work and takes time to organise. There's not a lot of bottle episodes or reused locations which would reduce filming time.
That's true, having so few standing sets no doubt slows down production, and in many episodes they don't spend a ton of time on the Tardis.
JonathanEx
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I'd be surprised if the BBC wanted more than 12 though, they already cut down the generic series length by one episode. Sure there's more to sell internationally, but it's already long for a British series. Plus - Moff's in charge, the BBC will want him to have time to work on Sherlock too.
So I can only guess it's a slightly odd thing of being a bigger run, maybe wanting to do a half series and a series over a bit longer than a year? I don't know. There's more to this than we know.
So I can only guess it's a slightly odd thing of being a bigger run, maybe wanting to do a half series and a series over a bit longer than a year? I don't know. There's more to this than we know.
acheron_xl
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She's immersion-breakingly attractive. Almost unrealistically attractive. If she was slightly less so, I might like her more.
trudderham
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I'd be okay with a 6-part serial, so long as they're an hour in length and all quality episodes.
CrimsonFist
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Might be interesting to see them try a Children of Earth style serial, but I'm not really sure how well that would work with the current format of the show. It worked with Torchwood because that show normally has a fixed cast and setting anyway.
Plus there's the risk that it would turn out crap like Miracle Day, then you've effectively wasted a year of episodes.
Plus there's the risk that it would turn out crap like Miracle Day, then you've effectively wasted a year of episodes.
River Song's return in the christmas special is to set up a 6 month serial about her. Get excited
The BBC can give Moffatt all the time in the world to do Sherlock - it's the availability of the actors that causes most of the delay between series there.
Yeah I can't see BBC wanting more then 13 or 14 episodes a year of Who, but I can believe that they don't want less episodes. Even though they aren't supposed to consider the money Who brings in worldwide with the budget shortfalls they've been having I imagine they want Who to continue to bring in as much money as possible to help make up for any budget shortfalls.
tonysidaway
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I hope that works out. Alex Kingston is one of the best things ever to happen to Doctor Who.
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This wouldn't shock me if it was true.
SigmasonicX
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He was joking.
lol, what a great way to broach the subject.
"Fans will be awfully disappointed if you say this!"
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His contract will say when he films the episodes, not when they're broadcast.
Sneaky, Mr. Capaldi!
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You can't have half if you have zero.
APZonerunner
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There's some weird shit coming out of their camp generally, to be honest. I get the impression they're upset with stuff that's going on behind the scenes and the way the show is being treated. Here's Capaldi having a pop at the BBC:
Then this from Moffat:
Then this from Moffat:
I like it at this time of the year, but Strictly completely balls up the scheduling.
I'd say showing it at 7pm-8pm GMT is the ideal time to show Who. Any later and the younger audiences will miss it as their in bed and/or the older audience will have something more suited to their maturity to watch. Any earlier and people generally won't be relaxed in front of the TV ready to watch it. 7pm is prime time.
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They are, of course, absolutely right, but them's the breaks of the time of year that the show's going out.
I don't care if we get fuck-all next year, just get it to the start of the year. January-March 2017 would be marvellous.
Another interesting thing that's come out over the last few days, and one which might explain why next series has seemed so up in the air- Moffat apparently thought the Christmas special this year might be his last episode when he started it, and it wasn't until he was done that he was signed up for series 10.
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Moffat- "We're making a full series of 12 episodes and a Christmas special next year."
He explicitly says that when it goes out is not his decision (that'll be early 2017, then), but at least we know that we aren't being fobbed off with specials or a half season instead.
He explicitly says that when it goes out is not his decision (that'll be early 2017, then), but at least we know that we aren't being fobbed off with specials or a half season instead.