Logopolis Edition
What does /who/ think of TBakers last serial?
Thoughts on Australian Tits?
>>70614633
>>70664682
Disappointing way for T. Bakes to go out
>>70664682
This is Lawrence Miles' favourite serial.
>>70664682
This is one of those stories that's so important you almost can't judge it as good or bad. It just is what it is. Would there be any way for Tom Baker to leave the show that wasn't anticlimactic? I doubt it. There are definitely some things I'd change though, like the newly reintroduced Master almost destroying the entire universe out of sheer mental retardation. But the atmosphere and tone are spot on and story is full of neat ideas. Also I continue to maintain that 4 and Adric worked well together. They were both intelligent outcasts, with Adric being a younger and edgier version of the Doctor and the Doctor being like a father figure to him. After the Baker to Davison regeneration the Doctor wasn't as authoritative and let Adric's cuntiness get out of hand, it just ruined the balance they had.
Less than an hour and this thread is already a PHUCKING CORPSE!!!
So what's /who/ with you? I just finished pic related, and I don't really grasp why everyone thinks it's so GOAT. I mean, the plot was interesting cause it's one of the few sans-aliens stories post First Doctor, and the twist at the end is pretty neat, but Eveleyn's character annoyed for about 3/4 of the story, and I only really settled into her in part 4. It was good besides that, but I don't understand the love everyone has for it.I thought WoT was way better.
Now I'm about to resume my Who from the beginning run with Mission to the Unkown. Is The Daleks Master Plan any good or just slow as shit and incredibly difficult to get through? 12 episodes is a really long serial.
>>70666432
Sorry it didn't grab you anon. I think the main thing with Evelyn is she's dramatically different from other JNT companions, especially Peri, and the dynamic with Six having someone older brings out a different side of Colin (it's similar to Ten/Wilf in that way). What did you find annoying?
Whispers is good too of course, maybe a more experimental story with the whole "sound" aspect.
>>70666432
>Is The Daleks Master Plan any good or just slow as shit and incredibly difficult to get through? 12 episodes is a really long serial.
Like Trial of a Time Lord, it's better if you think of it as a few related serials rather than one long one.
>>70666636
Her character just seemed really out of whack. She's a history professor, but is far more concerned with drinking cocoa than being about and meeting people and expereincing history? I dunno. She just seemed incredibly unintelligent for someone that was kind of built up in part 1 to be very knowledgable and level headed. I guess that's what bothered me; for someone who IS older, she acts a lot more LIKE Peri than I expected. Her just seemed in the clouds a lttle too much. Maybe she'll grow on me. I guess we'll see.
>>70666672
Ah okay. I guess that makes sense.
>>70666432
>Now I'm about to resume my Who from the beginning run with Mission to the Unkown. Is The Daleks Master Plan any good or just slow as shit and incredibly difficult to get through? 12 episodes is a really long serial.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO BEGIN THE BASED WILES ERA. IT IS GOAT. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED
cheers. jon bum
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-06-09/there-is-a-dalek-in-the-bbc-that-could-actually-help-save-your-life
>>70667095
>not exterminating a race, but saving one
>literally exterminating bacteria
Written by a fucking idiot
Dat underbite
>>70664682
Good old fashioned silly fun with a great introduction to the new Master and a decent farewell to the old Dr.
>>70666636
>Whispers is good too of course
It makes me happy to see Whispers getting some love.
>>70668260
I loved Whispers. It was my first proper Sixie story, as I had never actually seen one of his episodes when I first listened to it. I thought the whole concept was really clever, and that Colin absolutely nailed it. I don't know why it doesn't get more love.
>>70668522
I've actually yet to hear a Six story I don't like tbqh. I've not been listening to Big Finish for very long but Six has shot right to the top of my favourite Doctors ranking. McGann has the second spot.
Reminder that Series 9 was pig shit.
>>70668667
But still better than 6, 7, and 8.
>>70668727
Which in turn were better than 2, 3, and 4.
>>70668667
Did you guys not like it? I did.
https://twitter.com/Jamti/status/741173676138237952
Is this research for his next episode?
>>70668913
It's just a guy memeing.
>>70668913
I didn't like what I saw of it but I haven't watched a full episode.
>>70668913
I found it thematicaly all-over-the-place and ultimately unsatisfying. But it was crafted well.
Don't let me piss in your Cheerios.
>>70669100
>but I haven't watched a full episode
>>70669197
>caring about the viewing habits of others
Literal autism.
>>70668913
I thought it was 'enh' and that was about it.
>>70669197
leave melanon alone!
>>70669171
>thematicaly all-over-the-place
What do you mean?
>>70669171
It's all good. I was just curious if that was the general opinion around here.
Why do spaceships malfunction spectacularly if you name them after french nobility?
>Gatiss never wrote for Torchwood
Does that mean he's out when Chibnall takes over
>>70669236
I'm not m-anon. I'm doesn't watch nuwho anon.
>>70664682
When is Class coming out mateys?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOLVxDxuS2w
Why can I see Twelve humming along to this?
>>70669399
The announcement said autumn this year I think
>>70669399
Do you really care about Class or are you just memeing?
>>70664953
Agreed my good fellow.
Although the Watcher was a lot of nonsensical bollocks
>>70669279
>>70669420
Class is gonna be GOAT though.
>>70669420
>implying Class isn't going to be SHEEP
>>70669408
Because 12 is into Metal.
>>70669489
>>70669497
So you are memeing?
>>70669569
No. It's gonna be the best spin off.
>>70669620
Are you also the anon that was hyped for Foreskin?
>>70668204
Good old fashioned silly fun? The Doctor is literally haunted by his own imminent demise and spends most of the serial either mopey or angry, in contrast to his usual carefree charm. The story centers on the idea that our entire universe is past its expiration date, that we shouldn't even exist at this point and have only been surviving by using other universes as the cosmic equivalent of toxic waste dumps. Of course, that was just until the Logopolitans could work out a more permanent solution, but now they won't because they're fucking dead along with Nyssa's people, not as part of the Master's evil plot but just because he fucked up, their deaths are completely pointless. And of course there's the episode's ostensible theme, that entropy inevitably increases, which is one of the most depressing facts about the physical universe there is. Even if the Doctor manages to stop it from consuming the whole universe, he can't reverse it. Honestly, the fact that the Doctor even regenerates at the end almost feels like a cop out. Everything about the story feels like it's building to a legit death scene even though you know going in that it's not. It's is one of the most grim stories in the series.
>>70669460
Thanks m8. I keep missing these. Didn't get to vote in the last one either. I could have given Hartnell a higher rating. ;_;
>>70669650
I don't think anyone was unironically hyped for Foreman. It looked like it was going to be a complete shit show and everyone people wanted a good laugh. It's probably never happening though since Claudia left and the whole thing died.
>>70668631
Fair enough and agreed. While Six isn't my favorite, he's defintely up there and so is McGann. For me it's probably
>Smith >Hartnell >C. Baker >McGann
>>70669659
That's how I saw it m8. Just a bit of lighthearted Saturday teatime entertainment. That's not to say that you don't have a valid opinion. Simply that I don't agree with it.
>>70669698
Woah wait when did she leave? I knew she had like "muh breakdown' but I didn't know she backed out entirely.
>>70668631
what did you think of Six before you heard any audios?
>>70669683
Yeah Hartnell is a little too low. Hurt at the bottom is lame too imo. Not sure how Tennant got that high when there doesn't seem to be many people here who like 10 but who nose.
>>70669520
>Pet Shop Boys
>Metal
Huh?
>>70669753
I think she had a video where she said she was leaving and stuff. Moffat probably sent his Mafia team out to get them.
>>70669759
I never really disliked Colin's performance but overall his TV era was pretty shite. Varos and Revelation are still two of my all time favourite stories though.
>>70669771
I misread your post. I thought you said why you "can't" see 12 hum that.
>>70669764
Hurt will probably always come last since he had less onscreen time in the role than anyone else. Nice to see Troughton up so high though. I don't hate Tennant like some around here but I probably would put him near the bottom.
>>70669809
I can honestly say I'm a little disappointed; I needed something new to lel over after finishing Luke's material.
Also, after doing like 5 minutes of googling, according to the people behind Foreman a teaser trailer has a TBA date for sometime this year. So maybe there's still hope yet.
>>70669878
>Hurt will probably always come last since he had less onscreen time in the role than anyone else
Yeah that's fair. Maybe the BF audios will bring him up for next year.
> I don't hate Tennant like some around here but I probably would put him near the bottom.
Yeah same. I don't hate him but he's my least favorite.
Also we did the polls in January so be around that time next year if we do it again and you want to vote in it.
>>70669924
Yeah it would have been a laugh riot if we got to watch it. There was that one anon who snunk into Foreman pretending to write episodes for them and leaked the scripts to us.
What's this? Is /who/ finally alive again?
>>70669979
Maybe. How are you doing anon?
>>70669971
Seriously? I missed that. You wouldn't happen to have them/know where to get them would you? I remember when the bible leaked, and we all had a good laugh over that.
>>70669408
Can't remember where I read it, but Capaldi likes The Killers, British Sea Power and anything Bowie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGdGFtwCNBE
>>70669939
>Maybe the BF audios will bring him up for next year.
Different anon here. The stories themselves are a little disappointing but Hurt is pretty good. I'm also liking Jacqueline Pearce as Ollistra.
>>70670013
Pretty good, watching some comfy Davison. What's /who/ with you?
>>70670102
I think I remember reading he liked The Killers too.
The Killers are BOAT.
>>70670107
Cool. I thought both boxsets were pretty good imo. Excited for the third.
>>70670130
Reading /who/ desu
>>70670013
I was rewatching Ice Warriors but I'm gonna stop for tonight at part 3. I might be one of the handful that liked the reveal in Cold War that their armor is a shellsuit. I can easily see it that way now while watching this serial.
>>70670268
I replied to that post thinking it was a 'What's /who/ with you?' for some reason. Time to sleep.
>>70670268
>their armor is a shellsuit.
It worked for our Jimmy.
>>70669924
>I needed something new to lel over after finishing Luke's material.
Well, not to worry, Luke is coming out with more shit soon.
>>70670609
we call that a track suit
>>70670763
In Britain we call it a shell suit. It's a type of track suit. They were very popular among the lower classes back in the early 90s until it was revealed just how flammable the fabric was.
>>70670609
Pertwee really let himself go
>>70670886
He sure did. All over this kid's face.
Revenge of the Adipose
The Slitheen's Master Plan
>>70670967
>>70671060
Shh this is a good thread.
>>70671099
Okay I'll come back later
>>70671126
Nah, stick around. A bit of memeing always improves a thread.
>>70671144
Get out of here too!
>>70671144
Is it true memeing if I actually want to see those episodes
>>70671171
I'm not going anywhere m8. If you have a problem with memeing then maybe it is you who should leave.
>>70671200
You claiming you want to see those episodes is clearly memeing.
>>70671240
I've watched every episode of Doctor Who available, I don't have the highest standards
>>70671200
>>70671284
I mean, it's hard to see what the Adipose would even want revenge for.
>>70671284
>I don't have the highest standards
That's where you're going wrong. To be a true fan your standards must be unattainably high. You must watch and hate every episode as well as being able to write a ten page article full of pretentiousness about why you think it is shit.
>>70671343
Shitlords and anti-fat acceptance.
>>70671343
They grew up being shunned by the other Adiposians for being born from Earth pleb fat
Anyone know why the serial generator, no matter how many you choose to generate, will only generate 1?
>>70671778
This?
http://www.saberpunk.net/DoctorWho/DoctorWhoSerialGenerator.php
I dunno, i assumed it was only happening to me. Must be a problem with the code
>>70668794
>Which in turn were better than 2, 3, and 4.
You have to be fucking kidding me right?
Seasons 1-4 are 10/10. I liked 5 but after 5 the show really dropped
>>70672560
>Seasons 1-4 are 10/10
nah.
>>70672560
>Seasons 1-4 are 10/10.
Kekkerinio
>>70672582
>>70672658
if you think seasons 5-9 are better then you are the biggest pleb ever
>>70672560
>Seasons 1-4 are 10/10.
I like RTD but this has to be bait, there were some fucking garbage episodes in those seasons.
>he doesn't like kill the hitler
>>70666432
Agreed that it's overrated.
Some of the later Evelyn/Six stories do deserve their praise though. But the first few ones can be kinda weak.
>>70664682
>Thoughts on Australian Tits?
It's weird to indtroduce new companion in regeneration story. As weird as think of Tegan as of Fourth's companion.
>>70673299
>he doesn't like kill the hitler
The only true Kill the Hitler
>>70672560
>Series 2... higher than 5 - 8... lol
Confirmed b8
>>70672110
Yeah that one. I thought it was because I was on a phone but it doesn't work on my laptop either
Logopolis is an excellent story, packed with universal philosophy and metaphysics, unfortunately made when they had no money left and directed by a cunt.
Looks like night /who/ has gone to bed but day /who/ has yet to wake up, leaving /who/ dead once again.
FUCK
http://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/supremacy-of-the-cybermen-1-signed-forbidden-planet-variant/
There is a new logo after all
>>70676309
The little school pricks will be arriving in the next hour and then the silence will be destroyed by the sound of reeeing and masturbating and parroted phrases, m8.
>>70676355
Or it's a cyber styled logo for that one item.
![51x2x+RC0VL._SY300_[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/hGHGDUz.jpg "51x2x+RC0VL._SY300_[1].jpg")
>>70676355
You dummy, it's just a parody of this.
>>70676451
No it isn't. It's the new series 10 logo.
>>70675229
Bidmead wrote a final battle between the Doctro and the Master on a radio telescope, which is moving/rotating, worthy of a Bond film.
Filmed with CSO and an Airfix model. I think you would struggle to make this epic scene look worse if you deliberately tried.
>>70676517
Fuck off cfarley
>>70676517
>they designed a new logo for the show specifically to parody some obscure album cover
>and they make people aware that it's a parody and not an original design
yeah no
>>70676555
Yeah Biddy has the actual destruction of the universe starting with whole galaxies falling apart and the one planet stopping this from happening turned to dust by the Master, so it seems nothing can stop the end of reality.
Nyssa's home is wiped out. Aunt Vanessa is tissue compressed. The Doctor is haunted by a Future Ghost of his possible self.
The Doctor and the Master battle in a dangerous location, fighting for the fate of the universe.
The Doctor halts the destruction but plummets to his own death.
If this story is considered bad it's not the writer's fault.
Just finished this, it features an alien people who fled from their own planet because it was fucked, get accepted into another planet, pretend to be " a minority" and "oppressed" despite being more numerous than the native, insist to keep practicing their traditions while despising the native's and call every action against them "a hate crime".
They're also called the Slithergees (get it ?).
It has to be the most /pol/tastic who story I've ever heard.
>>70677445
>the trolls have arrived as predicted
>>70677485
I'm not from /pol/, I just find it funny.
And it seems that this aspect was intended, so it's not just me memeing.
>I have reiterated, until I'm sick of iterating, that "DOCTOR WHO" is the name of the programme and not the name of its central character.
- Robert Holmes, 20th December 1974
>>70677511
>it's racist to write a story about people using subversion to invading somewhere
>because I can relate it to something that is happening in real life but don't want to call out because reasons
shit like this is why I reject the left
>>70677445
>>70677511
It was intended, to a point.
http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.ke/2011/05/jonathan-morris-interview.html
>Politically, with the Slithergees I was playing devil’s advocate; the intention was never to be anti-immigration, but against some of the excesses of a certain type of patronising political correctness. I enjoyed Dan’s performance but I think some lines which were written as throwaways got a bit laboured-over. And I was surprised by the Slithergees appearance on the CD sleeve; in my imagination, they were just giant slugs, whereas on the cover they look like caricatures of Jewish old men.
>>70677593
>in my imagination, they were just giant slugs, whereas on the cover they look like caricatures of Jewish old men.
kek
>>70677593
Oh thank you, I didn't see it like that.
>against some of the excesses of a certain type of patronising political correctness.
That's pretty based actually.
I liked the story by the way, even though the characters were a little flat.
>>70677445
I like subtler stuff, like Zygon Invasion/Inversion which tries to assert some kind of peace and tolerance points but goes way off the rail.
Love the new logo!
>>70677522
>Today, I am sorry to say, it has even crept into the end titles
Too kekworthy to be real.
>>70677912
http://twitter.com/NothingLane/status/741209815813361664/
This guy is doing some research about the old annuals for a fanzine.
Also, apparently Hinchcliffe wanted to change the name of an alien to avoid confusion with the villain of The Enemy of the World. So much for "nobody cared about continuity back then".
>>70677445
It's a truly Garethalicious story, Morris has never done anything remotely as Garethesque in the years since. I suppose it was pretty easy at that point in the decade to be a Brit and fall into the whole meme, like in a "ooh this is in the papers let's do a Doctor Who story about it" sort of way, even if you didn't peg yourself as a Garethite.
>>70678246
Pretty interesting to think how they didn't want to say "oh my god", while these days we casually get that along with "what the hell" and "bitch" every so often
>>70678246
Nothing at the End of Lane is awesome, I just wish it would be easier to get a hold of.
>>70677445
>>70677511
>the two discs can be listened to in either order and it still makes sense
Why don't BF experiment with format anymore?
I don't want Missy to ever fucking return.
>>70679509
Why?
>>70679549
Because the two stories she's already been in have been absolutely dreadful. Not down to her of course but both Death in Heaven and The Magician's Apprentice are the two single worst stories of the Capaldi era.
Also Chibnall will probably want to do his own thing with the Master, if he uses the character, and that will probably mean a recast so that's all good.
>>70679598
>Not down to her of course
Then why don't you want her to return? (Going to put the low quality of that opinion by the wayside.)
>>70679598
Ah yes, I see, the obligatory "we hate Moffat the devil" post ;)
>>70679598
>Death in Heaven and The Magician's Apprentice are the two single worst stories of the Capaldi era.
>what is kill the moon
>what is forest of the night
>what is sleep no more
>>70679638
Not down to Michelle I meant, the character is just lazily written and the episodes she's been in were even worse. I don't know which turned the other into being even more shit.
>>70679644
Don't be bloody stupid! I'm a Moffat fan and have always appreciated what he's done with the show on the whole.
You know I get really sick and tired of people like you coming on here and having a worthless pop every time someone dares to criticise any element of NuWho, it has its good points and bad, just like any other era of the show.
>>70679652
At least they tried something. Death in Heaven was the most lackluster finale I've ever seen and Magician's Apprentice was Genesis of the Daleks 2015.
>tfw you realise the master will never be male again
>tfw charles dance will never be the master
>>70679755
>Don't be bloody stupid! I'm a Moffat fan and have always appreciated what he's done with the show on the whole.
>You know I get really sick and tired of people like you coming on here and having a worthless pop every time someone dares to criticise any element of NuWho, it has its good points and bad, just like any other era of the show.
Hold up now. I read this exact same text on Gallifreybase a few days ago...
>>70679755
Don't be so bloody rude !!
For your information I do not "come on here and have a worthless pop" I have been watching Who since 1981, I'm fully aware that there are elements of the show that are great, indifferent, and plain damn awful, and have no problems in giving praise where it's due and criticism where needed. What I get "sick and tired" of is people posting unsubstantiated criticism - saying "I can't stand The Witch's Familiar, it really wasn't for me, I thought it was shit" is fine, whereas "Watching The Witch's Familiar makes me realise that Moffat is a 3rd rate hack who shouldn't be allowed to write for TV ever again" is, to my mind, unnecessary and idiotic.
Now I'm certainly not accusing you of that, so I apologise if you took my post as a personal dig at you - it wasn't aimed at anyone in particular, just a comment on the general state of this general right now that seems to be full of people posting about how shit the writers are on the show (Mark Gatiss I think comes in for some really nasty, unwarranted abuse) as if they could do better themselves.
RTD got dog's abuse quite often during his reign once the euphoria of knowing that the show was back had died down - that seems to have escalated since Moffat took over, and he has gone from "wow - Blink, Empty Child, this bloke is brilliant" to "he's destroying our show, he cant write for shit" in quite a short space of time. Chris Chibnall's efforts for the show thus far have not been universally regarded as classics, and yet at the moment people are hailing him as the new Messiah who is going to save Who from the mire that Moffat has apparently plunged it into. That will probably last until the first "clunker" of his first season, or until he hires Mark Gatiss or Steve Thompson or Gareth Roberts to write a script, whichever comes first. I can't quite understand the thought processes behind it.
Heaven Sent should've been a regeneration story. The Doctor committing suicide.
Wonder how 12 will actually go? They've used up all the ways they can kill the Dr now. Unless he drowns
>>70679926
And let's not forget that a few years ago we would never have dreamed that Who would be back anyway, so I'd rather look at trying to accentuate the positives most of the time rather than the negatives - after all, wasn't it Joni Mitchell who said "you don't know what you've got till it's gone"? I'm sure none of us would be happy if they all turned round tomorrow and said "you know what, it ain't worth the hassle", and the show was cancelled again?
>>70679982
>Heaven Sent should've been a regeneration story. The Doctor committing suicide.
I don't follow.
>>70680017
he commits suicide over and over by frying himself after being touched by the blanket monster
Reminder 12 will die hallucinating Missy and past companions as he's dying from poisoning like in Let's Kill Hitler.
>>70679982
Drowning permakills him actually, if Turn Left is anything to go by
>>70679799
It might be a while before another male Master, but it poses some interesting questions if they do decide to do it. Now that the character has transgressed certain borderlines, snogged the Doctor (and been snogged by the Doctor) and various other shit that even RTD was reluctant to do when he was male, do those lines stay crossed? Or will reverting to male automatically coincide with burying all the text back into subtext, for fear of overt gayness?
>>70679982
>Heaven Sent should've been a regeneration story. The Doctor committing suicide.
Wouldn't work. The point of him proper-killing himself billions and billions of times is so that some future copy of him might actually survive and win the day. The final montage is the peak of the episode and there's nowhere within it you could satisfyingly shove a regeneration.
>>70680084
But when would he have regenerated?
>>70679982
The scene in Hell Bent where he loses his memory of Clara would be a better regeneration. They even had a visual reference to Hartnell's regeneration.
>>70679926
>>70679983
I read this too..
>>70679982
>>70680184
Makes sense. I mean it's not like healing a wound or something, even if he regenerates he'd still have no oxygen so it doesn't seem like it would help.
Reminder he's deciding whether to stay RIGHT NOW.
>>70680123
>pic related mirrored with the Doctor and Missy
that would actually be pretty based
>>70669809
The Carmago Unit strikes again.
You haven't heard of Marcelo Carmago? Neither has anyone else, in a while. Think about it.
>>70680206
The final moments when he breaks down the wall, the Veil would've touched him just as he delivered the final punch. The Veil would die too.
Then he would end up in his TARDIS (as opposed to Gallifrey), on the floor and dying. A companion would be there (they have been separated the entire story and the TARDIS faces destruction unless he gets out of the trap) and he would begin to regenerate
>>70680321
Reminder thathe's already decided to leave.Troughton's ghost probably warned him of the three season curse.
>>70680242
>>70680358
I thought more like something like this
https://youtu.be/7Frn7mWULDU
>>70680467
What do you mean?
>>70680731
Uh aaah uh aaah
>>70680818
What?
>>70676355
What is this? A comic?
>>70680867
When you nod your head yes but you wanna say no, what do you mean?
>>70680880
It's a comic which has revealed the new logo which is to be used in Series 10 onwards.
>>70680985
>in series 10 onwards
>implying Chibnall wouldn't change the logo for his era even if that was the series 10 logo
>>70680985
No, it's clearly a parody of the Kraftwerk cover like like others have said. Get some better b8 m8.
>>70681079
It's the series 10 logo. My uncle's friend's brother works at the BBC.
![anigif_enhanced-buzz-14047-1363276805-15[1].gif](https://i.imgur.com/99nBtEK.gif "anigif_enhanced-buzz-14047-1363276805-15[1].gif")
>>70680321
>>70680445
I'm torn. I want Capaldi for s11, but also want another series of The Thick of It. Or Malcom Tucker to appear in Veep.
>>70681209
This is kind of how i feel. I think Capaldi deserves better scripts, but i'd also like to see a totally fresh start with Chibnall.
>>70681267
>chibnall
>better scripts
Serious question. Why wasn't Gareth Roberts chosen to be the new showrunner?
>>70681267
>Capaldi deserves better scripts
Speak for yourself. I think he's had some excellent Doctor Who scripts.
>>70681336
Because the BBC wanted Chris Chibnall.
>>70681344
Heaven Sent and Husbands of River Song are the only stand-out ones. Both of his finales have been terrible.
One of the main reasons his Doctor is so poor is because of that stupid hoodie/pyjama costume.
Notice how the stories where he's worn red velvet have been GOAT?
>>70681399
gr8 b8
>>70681336
Probably because he has never run any shows?
The BBC would want someone with prior show running experience for what is arguably their biggest franchise.
>>70681546
Gareth de facto ran Sarah Jane Adventures. He has also written many Doctor Who novels.
He's a real talent.
>>70681546
>The BBC would want someone with prior show running experience for what is arguably their biggest franchise.
Not to mention someone who shares the same liberal agenda.
So I just finished pic related.
I thought the whole idea of a miniscope was really cool and enjoyed the main plot, but the whole political intrigue subblot with Kalik and Orum was pointless and really started to get on my nerves by the end. I know the serial gets a lot of hate, so how would you compare it to the novelisation? Like I said, I really enjoyed it besides the dumb political subplot.Let it also be noted that I actually haven't watched CoM yet.
>>70682466
>So I just finished pic related.
Just so we're clear, you mean the novel?
>>70682510
Yes, not the actual serial.
>>70682596
Cool. It's been a long time since I read it so I can't really comment. Have you seen the serial?
>>70682682
Not yet. The girlfriend has, and she absolutely hated it; I haven't seen /who/ give it much priase either. Which fine I suppose, but I thought the idea and the way in which it was executed was pretty cool. In the novel at least.
>>70682422
That really doesn't work when you copy-and-paste the same picture. Freema definitely shows emotion.
Now, when it comes to my boy Danny...
>>70682787
Sorry m8 but your GF is a pleb and probably likes David Tennant.
>>70682827
>Freema definitely shows emotion.
Yeah, just not in the least bit convincingly.
>>70682787
>>70682466
It-it's my favorite Pertwee serial guys ;_;
>>70682940
You have good taste, anon.
>>70682852
>>70682940
On another note, I'm about to start The Genocide Machine. It's my firast audio with the Daleks and I'm pretty hype.
BILL: Doctor, what is it?
DOCTOR: Get back to the TARDIS. It's not safe.
BILL: But what is it?
DOCTOR: It doesn't matter. Do as you are told. Go.
BILL: Doctor. I'm not going until you tell me.
DOCTOR: That, Bill. That'sGareth!
>>70683101
It's a good audio. Unfortunately, every time I've listened to it, I've been very tired for unrelated reasons, so I never listen to it to the end.
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-06-09/doctor-who-fan-clears-out-house-discovers-rare-1966-dalek-worth-38000
>sold his rare 1966 Dalek for a record price after his wife told him to get rid of his memorabilia so they could downsize.
C.U.C.K.
How would your feel if your wife>implyingtold you to get rid of your Who stuff?
>>70681399
>Husbands of River Song
>standout script
>there will never be a version of this with Hurt and Capaldi
>>70683497
4>3>6>5>1>7>2>9>8
>>70683602
you're missing a lot of doctors in those rankings m8
>>70683299
I know. It was a nice bit of Christmas fun to watch when overstuffed with roast turkey (or cranberry nut roast if you're that way inclined). But standout? Really?
>>70683850
I think it's a series ranking
either way it's shit
>>70683861
It's the best Christmas special.
The final scene at the singing towers was brilliant, and genuinely one of the best moments in Doctor Who. It's even more amazing when you realise that Moffat has had it planned since 2008 (Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead). The man's a genius.
>>70683850
I tend not to include the NuWho Doctors when I rank the others because I never really got into NuWho. I'm guessing >>70683602 has similar reasons.
>>70683861
Yeah, it was watchable. Not much more.
>>70683937
kek
>>70683915
Oh yeah. It could be that.
>>70683861
It was just b8. It was a good episode but Capaldi has had some way better episodes than that one.
How do you go from this...
Capaldi will regenerate to a slow, vocalized version of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrRQapIdaMU
Calling it now
>>70684040
...to this?
>>70684074
Simple.
Dinosaurs was a brief by Moffat who commissioned Chibby Chibbers to write it
Broadchurch is Chibnalls original concept
>all series long Martha has a painfully obvious unrequited crush on the Doctor
>in the finale the Doctor is trying to explain how the perception filter works
MARTHA: It's like I know you're there, but I don't want to know.
DOCTOR: And back again. See? It just shifts your perception a tiny little bit. Doesn't make us invisible, just unnoticed. Oh, I know what it's like. It's like, it's like when you fancy someone and they don't even know you exist. That's what it's like. Come on.
JACK: You too, huh?
>mfw
>>70684148
Tenth Doctor wasn't alien enough for this to work. I mean, maybe it does if you count his ego but I can't remember if that was emphasised that much in series 3.
>>70684148
That scene was so forced and dumb. The Unrequited Love shit really wasted Martha.
Also reminder if Catherine said no to returning we would have literally had Rose 2.0 with "Penny" who 10 would have fallen in love with.
>>70684197
10 is more alien than 12
>>70679388
>Why don't BF experiment with format anymore?
>>70684306
>>70684055
Man, what a fucking GOAT episode. If only Moffat could churn out 12/10 episodes like this every time.
I haven't watched this show since the ISIS two parter, which really put me off.
Is there anything I'm missing out on?
>>70683937
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the ep. Wouldn't count it as one of my faves tho.
>>70684280
she saved Who that time
>>70684377
You missed Heaven Sent the best episode of NuWho.
>>70684377
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>>70684377
skip the next one, watch the last three episodes
>>70684411
>>70684427
>>70684429
alright thanks boys
apparently chibnall is showrunner now or something? what's the consensus been in these threads, you guys think he'll do a good job?
>>70684377
This one really works better as gay episode.
>>70684499
We don't know that yet, nobody knows.
But his writing is okayish so I'll give him a chance.
>>70684499
>apparently chibnall is showrunner now or something?
Yes, he's taking off from Moffat in series 11
>what's the consensus been in these threads, you guys think he'll do a good job?
No
>>70664682
the waif can run across threads now
>>70684377
hi Gareth
>>70684499
I think he'll surprise people desu, especially when it comes to gathering a talented pool of writers. We might finally be rid of Gatiss.
>>70684551
What's the story here?
>>70684499
I think he'll do fine. But I liked RTD and Moffat's eras too so your mileage may vary. I haven't been blown away by any of his Doctor Who scripts so far but I don't think that's the definitive indicator of what his era could be like.
>>70684499
gonna be shit
>>70683937
>It's even more amazing when you realise that Moffat has had it planned since 2008 (Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead). The man's a genius.
>>70684306
I know the other ano said you're baiting, but it's interesting that you said that. 12 in Series 9 acted so warmly, that i could see people saying he was too human. I disagree, but I could see it.
Whjereas Ten is spefically acting human, and maybe if yo think he's just acting, you might see his "humanity" just shows how alien he is--he has to act human, to get people to relate to him.
>>70684632
"The Waif" in Game of Thrones...is played by Faye Marshall, who played "Shona" in Who.
>>70684730
What do you mean by warmly?
>>70684730
10 was more alien. He used to mix French words such as Allons-y! into English spoken sentences, which just proves he didn't have an understanding of human language and vocab and was thus incredibly distant and alien.
12 just speaks in a Scottish accent and has wacky glasses and a hoodie. He's far more human, just more socially awkward. But then again, so are autistic people, and they're still human.
>>70684730
I dunno, Ten never seemed to be just be acting human to me. He seems very clued in to human behavior and social norms prior to and after this. He easily picks up on Rose's hints about wanting to be in a relationship with him during series 2, thinking specifically of the scene in the Satan Pit 2 parter where she talks about them getting a mortgage/living together and he tries to doge the tricky subject.
>>70684812
>10 was more alien. He used to mix French words such as Allons-y! into English spoken sentences
>which just proves he didn't have an understanding of human language and vocab and was thus incredibly distant and alien.
All it proves is that he was a bit of a wanker tbqh fampai.
>>70684812
>10 was more alien. He used to mix French words such as Allons-y! into English spoken sentences, which just proves he didn't have an understanding of human language and vocab and was thus incredibly distant and alien.
>>70684797
"Warmly" in comparison to Series 8 12, who was even more prickly. But in Series 9, he basically had some character development, resulting in people saying things like what >>70684812 says about 12.
>>70684812
10's alienness is mostly shown in his rage, and his behaviour in Pompeii (before Donna snaps him out of it.)
>>70684812
Wut? He said Allons-y because he liked the word.
>>70685027
How come the tardis didn't translate it? In the French dub does he say "Let's go!"
>>70685027
Reminder that 10 really liked French things.
>>70685193
Like your mom
>>70685073
Because the TARDIS translates intention as well as what you say. If you mean to speak foreign language, the TARDIS will translate it. Like when Donna speaks Latin to Romans in Fire of Pompeii, and they hear Gaelic.
![tumblr_nvofgs5ktS1uy3dvuo8_500[1].gif](https://i.imgur.com/PDiS4Xe.gif "tumblr_nvofgs5ktS1uy3dvuo8_500[1].gif")
>>70684797
<warmly
By s9, Twelve is following Clala's lessons in social skills.
>>70685073
>In the French dub does he say "Let's go!"
No he says allons-y.
>>70685010
Oh I see what you mean. Yeah he was warmer compared to Series 8. I think he had plenty of serious scenes too though imo.
>>70685222
What do you mean? He does mean to speak in French doesn't he? Or are you saying the Tardis knows he specifically likes that word and doesn't translate it?
it's really odd to see pictures of Ainley without the fake-beard. Kind of sad there has never been an episode where he was clean-shaven.
Series 10 will probably be Michelle Gomez's last appearance so let's hope it's a good one.
>>70685414
>last appearance so let's hope it's a good one.
Because? You're implying she wasn't good?
>>70685242
And Series 8 12 probably would have left Ashildr to die.
It's because of his ruminations of what being the Doctor means during Series 8, and about his responsibility, and whether or not he's being too cold, that Series 9 12 does what he does.
Alternatively, Ten don't really give a damn. What;s scary about him is that he is alien, but he's deluded himself , to into thinning he's being human. That's why he's confused when Joan rejects him in Human Nture--he thinks that he's just like John Smith. It's his confidence in himself, that makes him seem so alien.
>>70685456
Because the two stories she's already been in have been absolutely dreadful. Not down to her of course but both Death in Heaven and The Magician's Apprentice are the two single worst stories of the Capaldi era.
Also Chibnall will probably want to do his own thing with the Master, if he uses the character, and that will probably mean a recast.
>>70685414
Why do you think that? Chibnall is a long time fan, he's just as likely to keep her around as the Master as he is likely to cast a new Master or rest the character. There's no way of knowing what he's gonna do.
