>Return of the Whoodie
>Black Velvet with blue lining
>qt companion
SERIES 10 CONFIRMED FOR GOAT
>>71220763
first for Foon
CHOMP CHOMP
>>71228279
Thread theme?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkXNEmtf9tk
>>71228372
<3
That look in her eyes.. HNNG
>>71228372
Where did you get the pic?
>>71228279
I hope series 10 is good. Moffat needs to go out on a high note.
>>71228279
fuck me that's beautiful
his hair looks awesome tooit'd be an interesting costume to wear
hype
>They ain't gonna lick themselves, are they?
>>71228279
RIP red lining
>>71227851
>Rhinos were cool though
I don't know, i've never been too fond of them. The costume is amazing of course but the aliens themselves always felt a bit generic.
>>71228592
They are generic, but good enough at it. I guess they can go into borrowed category.
Reminder to spot the stalker.
https://twitter.com/simon_watkins/status/746459703186694145
>>71228460
it might not be, because it's basically being forced on him by the BBC
series 9 was really supposed to be is last
>>71228718
>literally the same shit he pulled with Rose
>>71228838
huh?
COMFY
O
M
F
Y
https://twitter.com/ryxnf/status/746463814883905540
Moffat humour or the TARDIS doesn't want Bill onboard (again)?
>>71229125
Trying to show off and the TARDIS being cheeky
Bill has at least three different outfits for episode 1 then. Is this another "2 years after the events of the episode" like with Amy?
https://twitter.com/ryxnf/status/746467659928207360
>>71228624
Could he look any creepier?
>>71229527
qtqt
>>71229854
When hes peering through your window
>mfw black velvet + buttoned-up look
There might actually be hope for S10
what does the referendum result mean for the Chibnall era
>>71230454
it means there'll be a heavy handed episode where the doctor calls us all xenophobic morons
>>71230454
I think even disregarding the referendum result specifically, with any luck the country's general collapse into Tory hell and the complete disintegration of politics will provide adequate levels of despair for Doctor Who to fight against.
>>71230889
>>71230611
what about funding and production-wise?
I support a transgender companion.
>>71230979
How much long will this shitty shtick last?
>>71230922
Probably won't make a big difference when it comes to the BBC producing TV shows.
>>71231010
I presume it is only logical to assume that the shtick will continue until the British science fiction program, Doctor Who, adds a transgender character to serve as the main protagonist's travelling companion or until the person behind the shtick either gets bored or dies.
5-ish Doctors sequel when?
>>71228279
>blue lining
SAPPHIRE AGE CONFIRMED
>>71228511
You fucker
>>71223576
>series 9 soundtrack will never come outnot that it's anything special
>>71231772
shit, this fucking when
it should've been out by now desu
>>71231772
>not that it's anything special
>implying
if we dont get heaven sent tracks im never fucking watching this show ever fucking again i swear to fucking bbc on my fucking fruck fucking fuckers fucking little FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
Senpai I use 2 dress like doctor hoop long b4 he dress like dat
Trust I been workin da hoodie an velvet jacket 4 time u get me
Now breds think I tryin to b doctor hoop but dat ain't me cuz
I ain't doctor hoop I'm gully senpai you get me? I'm a badman I'd slew doctor hoop
>>71231830
What?
>>71230454
Cartmel Era Deux.
>>71228279
>qt companion
Kill yourselves, whomblur
You guys are really more cancerous than you were in 2014.
>>71232085
hi pol
>>71232085
Bill is cute. Cute!
>>71232085
Gosh, as recent as 2014. Isn't that cute? Look at the little child upset that other people don't follow the sway of his prickly little peener! Golly guys we sure are cancerous, don't you feel just awful?
>>71232085
Go back to making your paper airplanes
>>71232439
Phucking hell, Orford put on weight.
>>71232085
what color is your tinfoil fedora and how often do you tip it
>>71232512
That combed-forward hair is just...JUST
>>71232529
so what's the state of the DW comics right
are we just gonna have solo 12 adventures until 2017
is he getting a comic-exclusive companion
are we getting Bill earlier than expected
>>71232631
Frobisher & 12 Adventures when?
>monitor media and assist from afar
top kek
>>71231830
I feelz you hope slice
>>71232877
Who is she meant to be assisting exactly?
Remember This?
>>71233264
remember this?
>>71233264
I don't think anything quite captures the creative deficit in Doctor Who fans so much as that text blurb.
>The Kaleds called it The Hybrid. Some called it The Beast. And others called it Death.
>The Time Lords called it PROJECT VALEYARD!!! WAHEY THAT SHIT VILLAIN FROM THE 80S IS BACK LADS!!!!
>>71233085
I dunno. Set stalkers?
>>71233302
>You'll never eat John Barrowman's ass out
Kill me please.
>>71230454
no Capaldi after series 10.
>>71233388
I'd be amazed if it wasn't already a fan film.
Its been nearly 30 years
When are we gonna get explanation on where he came from?
>>71233749
do you think any explanation would worth giving
>>71233749
>>71233796
They've already done it, more or less, in the Colin ear stories
>>71233888
That was fake
>>71233888
redpill me
>>71233929
6's The Last Adventure box set posits that the Time Lords might have created him as a weapon using their black ops technology.
In the earlier special release Trial of the Valeyard, he offers a probably partially-or-fully fake story about how he was accidentally created by the final Doctor trying to gain more regenerations with dark science, and he ended up being lost, found, sent to Gallifrey and accepted into one of the Shadow Houses (places where wrongly-regenerated Time Lords are hidden from public view) where he met some paradoxed dude who told him to study the science of regeneration and get revenge.
It's implied that the Shadow Houses were a real thing, but that the 'final Doctor' story is actually a weak attempt to blow up Sixie.
>>71228279
I like the lining. Not sure about everything else, looks very bulky. Fuck the glasses but I already tolerated them for one season so it shouldn't be a big deal. Bit weird though since they'd want to be pushing their new sonic toy. Maybe they're Peter's glasses and not the Doctor's.
>>71233929
There's a story where Sixie has to defend the Valeyard from a Time Lord inquisition, and it turns out he came from illegal experiments the 13th Doctor (this was written before War and the new regen cycle) did to try and extend his life. So, from 2016's context, he got created by Old!11 on Trenzalore
>red velvet is now blue
Ready for some moffetesque double-doctors like in Matt Smith's first season or the Gangers.
the valeyard is just a shitty master tbqhwyf
>>71234669
The sad thing is there could be a really GOAT Valeyard story about "how do you fight a version of yourself who already remembers everything you're going to do", but every writer to use him (afaik, haven't infosorbed every story) just goes for "Evil twin archetype, bwa-ha-ha". They should give him to Steven Hall or Mad Larry or someone.
>>71232287
>>71232439
She's a fucking ape
>>71234829
I suppose the answer to that would be, with the help of accomplices, to set it up so that you think you've failed but then your accomplices defeat him separately.
>>71234899
>>71234899
Just like your mom
>>71234965
Damn. She must be an awful person so that her ugly thoughts can be shown that fucking badly.
![745996411066585088-libx264-main-2028k.mp4_snapshot_00.25_[2016.06.23_17.10.15].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/ouwXzWh.jpg "745996411066585088-libx264-main-2028k.mp4_snapshot_00.25_[2016.06.23_17.10.15].jpg")
>>71235157
It's doesn't bode well when you have to ignore half the image to come up with a 'clever' reply to a children's book.
Fact is people find Pearl appealing because her sunny and pleasant personality comes out through her features, even though her gums are in completely the wrong place and she has a fucking massive mouth, nose, forehead and eyebrows. Meanwhile the sort of pasty shut-in who feels the need to make cracks about her looks is probably going to be rotting in visual mediocrity for all time and moaning about it on /r9k/, go figure.
>>71235370
It's not only that she looks like a black, overgrown Hartley Hooligan. The character itself looks like it's going to be shit as well.
Just her intro was the cringiest thing so far. With those awful jokes, that shitty delivery and awful acting. Let's be honest here: they're aiming for the same crowd as they did with Missy: ebin tumblr meme jokes XDDD
It's going to be another Martha. Remember when she told to an alien that what they were doing was inhuman? Same fucking thing.
Also, this goes without saying, but you're a fucking retard.
>>71235458
>that shitty delivery and awful acting
>from a 1 min clip
>same crowd as they did with Missy: ebin tumblr meme jokes XDDD
Who fucking cares? You're still gonna watch this show and shitpost on /who/. Just because it doesn't cater to the fedora wearing neck beard crowd doesn't make it a bad thing
Stop replying to him and he'll slink off back to /b/
>>71235618
I'm not gonna watch it. I consider Who to be dead until they get their head out of theri asses and decidde to do something good, for a change.
>Just because it doesn't cater to the fedora wearing neck beard crowd doesn't make it a bad thing
Yeah, stupid me for wanting a good character that isn't a total fucking retard. Hey, here's an idea: you can take up to 50 aspirin pills without dying. Go on. Try it.
>>71236006
Where did you pics from retard
>>71236111
Doctor Who
>>71236111
That's a bit of a rude way to ask for a source.
>>71236134
What website?
>>71236111
>>71236426
Chronovore.org
>>71236587
>>71228741
Series 9 would have been a brilliant send off if he had A: actually made use of Gallifry in the last episode instead of jist using it as a generic place to run around on, and B: Not wussed out and given Clara a stupid cop out fake death that leaves her both immortal and with a TARDIS. Her death was fitting and well done, and then the next episode ruined it.
>>71237373
Yeah, it was weird that they tried to do this tragic sort of tone to it like "Oh Clara might be alive now but her death is set in stone, she can't escape it forever" but then also give her her own time machine and state that she's not really going to age. Her ending is just as bad and fanficcy as Rose getting her own Doctor-clone to fuck.
splink these digits
>>71237719
>>71232085
Someone's mad /who/ doesn't self fellate to /pol/ memed about stuff completely unrelated to television and film like the rest of /tv/ does now
>>71238047
When did he stop smiling?
>>71238072
After Orford showed up
>>71237373
>>71237555
Yeah, Clara was Rose but much worse for me. Can't wait to see the Most Important Companion that the Chinballs era gives us
>>71238072
I think fans ask him to look serious in photos a lot or something.
>>71238128
>but much worse
Lets not go crazy now.
>>71238173
>I think fans ask him to look serious in photos a lot or something.
That little boy said "No fucking smiling, grandpa" right before the photo #dwsr
>>71238128
>>71238173
I have hope after they specifically said she would be more like Donna and less like the "Lost Princess" type, so at least they're aware of the issue. Although Donna had some issues with that too...
>>71227413
Reminder that in order to build hype for Planet of the Dead Rusty came out and told everyone that the Tritovore were going to be as famous and loved as the Daleks.
>>71238296
Is this fucking true?
>>71238318
100%. Lemme see if I can find the press release.
>>71238296
I'm about to get to the Specials in my rewatch and I can't even remember what the Tritovores look like.
>>71238318
>"Everyone remembers the Daleks and the Cyberman, but not a lot else if they're honest.
>"The Tritovore will change that. They are disgusting and will last long in the memory."
>>71238318
>>71238364
>>71238430
Yup. Here's the article. http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/doctor-who-exclusive-new-tritovore-373844
I've never watched this shit, but it seems like everyone that's a fan of this show has a tumblr and is a social outcast, ugly and autistic.
Is this a coincidence?
>>71238419
>I'm about to get to the Specials in my rewatch
I'm sorry. I'm so so sorry.
>>71238430
But they're just fly-men. Like how Judoon are rhino-men and cat people are cat-people. And yet the Judoon and cat people are way more memorable.
>>71238488
10 is my favorite nu Doctor, but series 5 is my favorite single series, so it's not that bad.
>>71238534
I was saying sorry because imo I don't like the specials. I've never really done a full NuWho rewatch though.
>>71238430
>"Everyone remembers the Daleks and the Cyberman, but not a lot else if they're honest.
That's surprisingly true, actually. No idea why he'd think flypeople who don't even have lines would change that though. I'm sure he knew full well they wouldn't and was just rusing for media coverage/hype.
anyone remember some radio times thing about martha before s3 where it said she was going to do kick boxing and all kind of cool stuff we never saw? am I making this up?
>>71238697
That sounds hilarious. It makes me sort of wish they just blatantly made shit up all the time.
>Capaldi's catchphrase in S10 is going to be "And that's what I call three bags full"
>>71238760
>And that's what I call three bags full
That made me chuckle. How would it work into a scene though?
>>71238791
>the doctor blows up a dalek fleet
>shards of hot metal are raining down on the planet
>the doctor looks up into the sky
>"And that's what I call three bags full!"
>everybody laughs
>>71238835
Kek I legit like it.
>>71238791
>>71238835
Kek. Someone should tell GB this, I'ma see if I can ruse the #dwsr people
https://twitter.com/terces1996/status/746565794096623616
>>71238932
I'd do it on GB but not sure where since they closed the spoilers and speculation thread. Should I make an own thread for it?
>>71239004
Think there's still a "set reports" one, but a thread of its own would probably attract more attention/be funnier. Do as you wilt I guess.
The newest rumour from the spoilerhounds is that this season's arc is aboutWELCOMEandBACK,. Apparently the season finale ends withLEFTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Pic related, although I think it might be a fake.
>>71239049
posted it in the set thread
>>71228413
>what kind of hairline you want, f a m?
>just Tuvok my shit up
>>71239113
Nice one
>>71237555
>Her ending is just as bad and fanficcy as Rose getting her own Doctor-clone to fuck.
Just as fanficcy maybe but not as bad imo. A Tennant Doctor clone and Rose Tylah getting old and fat together is just plain boring to imagine. You have the Doctor Who universe at your disposal and even create a separate Doctor and that's what you do with it? I don't think even Big Finish would bother to touch that scenario.
I haven't been here in a while, the tenth doctor audios are out right? Are they good?
I think Hell Bent would have been better if Clara immediately went back to her death at the end of it instead of the "wiggle room" or whatever. I guess Moffat's leaving it open for a BF spin off or something..
>>71239446
I haven't listened to them myself but the consensus seemed to be they were pretty meh.
>>71239203
>There's an old Earth saying, Captain. A phrase of great power and wisdom and consolation to the soul in times of need... And that's what I call three bags full!
>>71238173
I mean Clara at her worst. Normal Clara is indeed far better than normal Rose.
But Clara took over season 9 in a pretty big way for me.
>>71239447
Nah, he just couldn't bring himself to kill his sooper speshul OC do not steal Clala Oswald™ .
>>71239419
What happened to Chinballs lurking in the tunnel?
>>71239482
>>71239642
>But Clara took over season 9 in a pretty big way for me.
What?
>>71239692
Phrased that wrong. Clara got a lot of focus I didn't like
>>71239664
This is probably, unironicallymy favorite /who/ meme.
>>71239706
I thought Clara had much less focus in S9 compared to S8 imo. Did you not like her in S9 I guess?
>>71239664
Here you go.
>>71239727
Hype train images?
>>71239843
Where's Nardhole?
>>71239843
ty anon, my autism has been soothed
>>71239906
I was waiting for set photos desu.
I thought we were getting a spinoff this year to tide us over while there's no Who? Where is it?
>>71239787
Not much. I did love her in S8 though. Flatline was GOAT.
But we have stuff like Zygon Inversion where it's supposed to be a war and The Doctor besides to stop all that and look for Clara and that just happens to lead to the plot wrapping up as well. Meh.
>>71239936
Okay. Just make sure you place him in front of the train and tied to the tracks when you add him.
>>71240027
wow rude
>>71240010
*decides.
I suppose I can see how one would say she didn't have enough focus.
>>71239984
What, the one about Clara and her group of kids who act like brats every time they show up, except without Clara because she got a free TARDIS with her imortality? Who cares?
>>71240116
Uh, no. The one set at Coal Hill by the YA author.
>>71240169
Wait, I thought it was supposed to be about the kids we've seen already in her class, Courtney and the like. You telling me it's a bunch of completely new chaeacters? Seriously, what is the point of this? What does it have to do with Doctor Who?
>>71239843
Yes.
>>71240169
Later this year. Probably Autumn.
>>71240261
Have you not been on /who/ in awhile? Missed the fady posts?
>>71240313
Autumn? Dang. I guess it will finish airing just in time for the Who xmas ep then. If 12 makes a cameo in it that'll be the first time we see him this year. The Bill intro clip is not canon, before anybody says anything.
>>71240261
One of the characters is 'connected' to the Doctor somehow. Capaldi will be appearing in it in one ep. Apparently, it's going to be a sort of British 'Buffy' type show.
>>71240315
Yeah, basically. I saw a sweet new coat and stepped inside.
EVIL WI-FI
>>71240822
>>71240847
>>71240915
Matt Smith's lowest moment in the show. I bet this is when he got the idea to quit.
>“I cried, actually. I cried. Then I said out loud, ‘This is not why I became an actor’. Unfortunately the microphone was on and the whole studio heard.”
- Peter Capaldi on filming the tank scene in S9
gr8 b8
>>71241299
>“I cried, actually. I cried. Then I said out loud, ‘This is not why I became an actor’. Unfortunately the microphone was on and the whole studio heard.”
- Ian McKellen on filming the Hobbit
>>71241299
Of all scenes, you think the tank scene is the one deserving of misattributing this quote to?
>>71241432
>“I cried, actually. I cried. Then I said out loud, ‘This is not why I became a poster’. Unfortunately the microphone was on and the whole thread heard.”
- Me when you made this post
>>71241460
What scene do you think is more appropriate?
>>71241532
I dunno, Clara running off with her own TARDIS? The blantent contridicgions all throughout Angels Take Manhatten? Ten somehow using the healing part of a regeneration, then send the rest into his hand before he changes, as if those were two seperate parts of the process and the change was completely pointless and unneeded? The ending of Love and Monsters?
>“I cried, actually. I cried. Then I said out loud, ‘This is not why I became a producer’. Unfortunately the microphone was on and the whole studio heard.”
- Sydney Newman on filming the first episode of Doctor Who
>>71241641
None of those are Capaldi scenes and most of them don't fit the quote at all.
>“I cried, actually. I cried. Then I said out loud, ‘This is not why I became an inventor’. Unfortunately I haven't yet invented microphone, so nobody heard.”
- David Edward Hughes
WO
HO
HO!!
>>71242431
I literally have no recollection of which episode this new meme comes from
Matt's later era is pure forgettable droning
>>71239093
>>71240822
>>71240847
>>71240915
>>71242400
>>71242431
>>71242461
>>71242486
Power of Three I think
Wait, have they announced the new companion? Who is she? Is it that black chick?
>>71242825
get. out. tourist. reeeeeeeee
>>71242897
If they wanted to force a black companion on us they could have at least chosen a qt one :(
>>71242922
leave
>>71242922
the only qt blacks are half castes
>>71242996
OUT OUT OUT
>>71243021
prove me wrong m8
>>71242486
But that first season of his... peak Who right there.
>>71243213
Former peak. Capaldi surpassed it.
>>71242486
Besides
>Having to organize anniversary shit too, meaning less preparation
>Essentially being two short seasons because of that
>Amy and Rory leaving halfway into the story
>Clara's season arc leaving little for her to actually have character moments
>Depression for both the staff and audience since Sladen and Courtney died
>Gaiman's episode being misdirected
>Those kids
>Great Intelligence doing fuckall as a villain
why was Series 7 such a shitshow?
>>71243640
>why was Series 7 such a shitshow?
Didn't you just answer that question?
>>71242922
They did that last time.
And she was horribly written.
HEAVEN SENT OST WHEN
>>71244069
Just listen to 'I am the doctor' on one of the million other albums...murray is a hack
>>71243290
I couldnt make it through his first season. I got the episode with fake Robin Hood, and fencing with a spoon - and it was just more of the same - i.e. the same as Smiths last few seasons.
Probably a bit silly of me, really. I want more stuff like The Almost People, but I have to remember - this is a kids show.
>>71244465
It's really strange that your measure of quality is The Almost People.
>>71232631
apparently he's going to get a comic-only-companion who looks a hell lot like Bill
>>71244541
I haven't seen any drawings of her posted since Bill was announced. Maybe they've changed their minds?
I hope Moffat puts his all into Series X.
The last few seasons (IX in particular) have been very weak, I want it back to chapter III/V levels.
>>71244588
Bad post.
>>71244588
Vade ad lectum.
>>71244588
gr8 b8 m8
>>71244539
Not that anon but it did have some interesting concepts. The ideas were better than the actual episode though.
>>71244541
>>71244564
Oh come on. That IS Bill. Rachael Stott was back tracking after she tweeted the pics before the new companion reveal.
Literally Martha 2.0
https://twitter.com/DocW_ilmigliore/status/746475141924782080
>>71244878
Of course it is. I was the first to report that she leaked it but you guys wouldn't trust me. Then pearl was announced and you were all "coincidence" that was in February or March and that comic still isn't out. There's a reason.
>>71244880
Nice visual reference.
>>71244912
>>71244878
It isn't. It's a coincidence. Why would Rachel know in advance?
>>71244880
The outfits aren't even remotely similar, or the hairstyles.
>>71244880
OMG she's wearing a vest and trousers! She's exactly the same as Martha!
>>71244939
>O_o
>>71244880
>2016 phone picture quality is better than 2007 TV quality
Where has time gone?
>>71244961
dumb frogposter
>>71244940
It's not about the outfits it's just that she's wearing a top like Martha's and has a vest in her hand. That's just a nice little reference.
>>71244939
And no-one believed a word of it. She'd already been shown some pics of Pearl (maybe even met her), to reference for artwork for future comics.
>>71244939
That character still hasn't appeared though and it looks like that comics was in the final stage of drawing.
Daily reminder that doctor who is not britsh but is Jewish and a vehicle for cultural marxism
>>71245028
It's not a reference. I wouldn't even call it a coincidence. She just happens to be wearing vest and trousers whilst carrying a jacket. Not every black woman in a vest and trousers is Martha. Mmkay?
>>71245030
It seems like the most likely explanation to me and I think it's what most reasonable people believe.
>She'd already been shown some pics of Pearl (maybe even met her), to reference for artwork for future comics.
You're delusional. She's a comic book artist, the BBC isn't going to set up meetings between her and secret future companions so she can draw them better.
This is what Rachel drawing Pearl looks like btw.
>>71245028
>It's not about the outfits
>proceeds to tell us it's literally all about the outfits
>>71245054
You're right, but what's the Pearl explanation there? If it was meant to be Pearl, wouldn't they be posting more info/pictures now, not less?
She posted this a couple of days ago. It just occurred to me that it could be the same character and Titan or BBC asked her to make her more distinct from Bill.
This is going to be Peter's final season, isn't it? :(
>>71245130
Erimem confirmed
>>71235458
>It's going to be another Martha.
Worst companion. And yet she was in the single best episode. Really strange how that worked out.
>>71245130
Nevermind, turns out she called Natalie and appeared in last months comics. And Clara is still there.
>>71245285
That's settled that debate then. TY
>>71245251
She was barely in that episode.
>>71245251
>Worst companion
She had potential to be the best, but RTD decided to go with the general 'in love with the Doctor' plotline
>>71245587
I was talking about The Doctor's Daughter
That scene where the doctor is considering whether to shoot that man is pure kino
>>71245718
>The Doctor's Daughter
>single best episode
I wouldn't rate this episode as highly, but if you liked it that much then fair enough.
>>71245885
I guess my shitpost wasn't outrageous enough :^(
>>71245935
Maybe you should try having another rant about the jews.
>>71245954
>implying that's me
Disregarding legitimate political opinions as shitposting because you disagree with them is pretty ignorant though
>>71245935
>>71228279
So any hope that without Clara this show might be decent again?
>>71245285
>>71245523
Apologise.
![doctor_who_2005.9x09.sleep_no_more.720p_hdtv_x264-fov.mkv_snapshot_24.36_[2015.12.23_07.21.42].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/EDq1tGr.jpg "doctor_who_2005.9x09.sleep_no_more.720p_hdtv_x264-fov.mkv_snapshot_24.36_[2015.12.23_07.21.42].jpg")
>>71241532
I think this speech is the only even remotely applicable candidate.
>Every morning, we wake up and wipe the sleep from our eyes, and that keeps us safe. Safe from the monsters inside.
I applaud him for even making it through that with a straight face. Look at him, he's fucking through.
>>71246084
I think that's also the moment, or at least episode, that Phil says you can see Peter going on autopilot for the first time.
>>71246032
Ahem. This is /who/ m8, not the Daily Wail.s9 is /who/'s highest ranked series of the reboot.
>>71245986
>hurr durr the jews deserved what they got
>legitimate political opinion
>>71246115
>>71246084
>But the other real problem, oddly enough, is Peter Capaldi. Every actor to have played the Doctor eventually hits the episode where they go on complete autopilot. Capaldi deftly avoided it in Under the Lake/Before the Flood, where it would have been easy, but here, forced to do the same sort of filler dialogue only with the added constraint of having to stare down a camera lens for most of it he finally finds himself defeated by a script. He’s completely out to sea here, and by the time he has to wistfully quote Macbeth and then deliver an urgent moral lecture on the importance of sleep has visibly just given up caring about anything but what’s for lunch. It’s clear that he’s capable of doing interesting things with the shooting style, as with moments when he looks at an unexpected camera (most obviously the peering at Clara after she’s become a POV character and the look to “CCTV” camera immediately after the scene where he points out that there aren’t any). But there aren’t enough of them to keep him interested, and instead he just sleepwalks through an episode that, to be fair, asked for no more than that.
GATISS BTFO
>>71246084
>>71246115
Will Chinball's eject Gatpiss from the writing team?
>>71246232
Look at this face and tell me what you think.
>>71246232
To the contrary, when Chibnall starts the writers' room Gatiss will subtly exercise more and more control until every episode is a demented hybrid of Chinballs and Gaypiss.
