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quote:But when Davies’ tenure begins in 2023, he will instead work with Bad Wolf Studios to make the show Whoa, so wait, are we in for a year+ minimum hiatus before new who again after flux? sadly in my head for some reason i thought that basically once flux had aired they would be starting on the next one.
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Khanstant posted:Whoa, so wait, are we in for a year+ minimum hiatus before new who again after flux? There'll be three specials from Chibnall/Whittaker next year before the regeneration scene, which will presumably be filmed by RTD and his new production crew as has been the tradition up till now, then the new Doctor's first series will air in 2023.
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Nov 4, 2021 02:31
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Khanstant posted:Whoa, so wait, are we in for a year+ minimum hiatus before new who again after flux? Flux will air this year, thern there's 3 specials next year, including Jodie's finale (including the regeneration, presumably).
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Nov 4, 2021 02:32
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Sydney Bottocks posted:I read that article earlier as well; from what I gather, the BBC will no longer be responsible for producing DW (or any of the spinoffs RTD wants to do). They retain merchandising rights to the series, and I think distribution as well, but the actual production, creative control, etc. all go to Bad Wolf now. That's maybe the best of both worlds in some ways (in this specific case, at least). It means Doctor Who will continue after RTD decides to pass the torch, but that they're not going to stick their fingers into his creative vision and that any spinoffs he wants to produce, he'll have to pitch on their own merits and leverage his existing relationships to get them going. He's still going to spread himself too thin because that's who he is, but we know what that means for main line Doctor Who, and his abundant love for the series coupled with some outside voices on what's going to actually work for a spin-off in the current age of streaming services competing to become prestige TV will limit what new material they come up with.
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Nov 4, 2021 03:49
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BooDooBoo posted:That's what they said about Noel's House Party. I'm not sure I want to know, but what'd be the Who equivalent to Crinkley Bottom in this analogy?
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Nov 4, 2021 08:36
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Lotus Aura posted:I'm not sure I want to know, but what'd be the Who equivalent to Crinkley Bottom in this analogy? Crinkley Bottom = Earth Gunge tank = Tardis Noel = Reverend Wainwright Mr Blobby = Fenric
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Nov 4, 2021 10:09
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The_Doctor posted:Flux will air this year, thern there's 3 specials next year, including Jodie's finale (including the regeneration, presumably). Does the new year's day episode count as one of the 3 specials?
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Nov 4, 2021 10:39
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Garvey posted:Does the new year's day episode count as one of the 3 specials? Looks like it, yes. I bet we get Christmas Day episodes again when RTD comes in.
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Nov 4, 2021 11:26
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jesus christ, this is trash  *bishop meets the dog-thing* ……jesus christ, this is trash 
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Nov 4, 2021 14:04
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I’m so annoyed that my favourite part of this episode is the white dude lmao but Bishop is really good and funny. The rest is very poo poo, obviously, but with enough intrigue that I’ll check out at least one more
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Nov 4, 2021 14:27
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The_Doctor posted:Looks like it, yes. I bet we get Christmas Day episodes again when RTD comes in. I never liked any of the DW Xmas Day episodes, but with that said it was absolutely nuts for Chibnall to shift them to New Year's Day. On Christmas Day you have the whole family together, either watching DW or at least putting it on for the kids while the grownups start cleaning up/passing out after dinner. On New Year's Day people are recovering from hangovers...but then, given how bland Chibnall's DW tends to be, maybe that's the TV equivalent of "white toast and a glass of milk" to a person with a particularly nasty hangover and/or upset stomach. 
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Nov 4, 2021 19:49
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I'm pretty meh on all the Christmas stories except for the Christmas Carol one. That I think is on my top five of all doctor who stories, it's so good.
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Nov 4, 2021 20:14
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I don't really understand most of what happened in this episode. There was a storm (the "flux") that was going to destroy the Earth, but the dog ships blocked it? Which they always had the power to do, but they never thought to do it in a way that would protect the Earth? They were just going to take every person off the planet instead? And, while the Earth is (maybe?) saved now, the Doctor is not, right? And the dog was being chased by the Doctor for...reasons? And the one guy's house was shrunk...why? Some defense mechanism left behind by the dog? And then there's also the super evil alien who has been in a prison for thousands of years but is now free because of something? And he has a girlfriend who was trapped as another person? And they were warned of the evil alien being free, but the other person this girlfriend was trapped inside destroyed the warning system only to be turned back into the girlfriend? What happened here? And then the Sontarans are...around? Maybe caused the flux as a first strike, maybe just taking advantage of it? Oh, and the one woman who recognized the Doctor but was then grabbed by the Weeping Angel out of nowhere and sent to god knows where? I feel like there's more that confused me that I forgot. And it's just the first episode of a six part series. So fine, I'll keep waiting. But it's hard to even say I don't like it, because I have no idea what the hell I just watched.
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Nov 4, 2021 20:53
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thrawn527 posted:I don't really understand most of what happened in this episode. There was a storm (the "flux") that was going to destroy the Earth, but the dog ships blocked it? Which they always had the power to do, but they never thought to do it in a way that would protect the Earth? They were just going to take every person off the planet instead? And, while the Earth is (maybe?) saved now, the Doctor is not, right? Well, we don't know if it actually worked yet, and it's more that the dog guys weren't taking risks - they think their ships should be proof against the Flux, but it's still safer to take everyone out of its path than try to form the barrier (plus even if the barrier works, unless the Flux is dealt with they can't really do much now, other than maintain the barrier). Of course, based on what they know of it, there's no reason it wouldn't eventually reach wherever they went, but I guess a postponed death is better than an immediate one? thrawn527 posted:And the dog was being chased by the Doctor for...reasons? She says something to him about him being the last lead she has for a living member of the Division, so it's something related to the whole Timeless Child thing (unfortunately) that she's trying to follow up on. thrawn527 posted:And the one guy's house was shrunk...why? Some defense mechanism left behind by the dog? Yes. thrawn527 posted:And then there's also the super evil alien who has been in a prison for thousands of years but is now free because of something? And he has a girlfriend who was trapped as another person? And they were warned of the evil alien being free, but the other person this girlfriend was trapped inside destroyed the warning system only to be turned back into the girlfriend? What happened here? Yeah I'm torn between this is either setup that'll make much more sense with context, or they just didn't think too hard about parts of it. We'll see, I guess?
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Nov 4, 2021 22:43
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I'm kind of assuming the next few episodes will each explore one of the mystery questions set-up and then a finale that brings them altogether and ties or unties a knot wrt to the Timeless Child and/or Timeless Childses
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Nov 5, 2021 01:06
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Khanstant posted:I'm kind of assuming the next few episodes will each explore one of the mystery questions set-up and then a finale that brings them altogether and ties or unties a knot wrt to the Timeless Child and/or Timeless Childses This makes the most sense, and I feel dumb for not having thought of it.
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Nov 5, 2021 02:14
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haha i just rewound an old episode because I was confused where tf rory and amy came from, and the doctor just teleported rory, amy, rory dad, and the ladder onto the ship without warning in transit to today's adventure.
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Nov 5, 2021 02:41
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Khanstant posted:I'm kind of assuming the next few episodes will each explore one of the mystery questions set-up and then a finale that brings them altogether and ties or unties a knot wrt to the Timeless Child and/or Timeless Childses Yeah this is what I believe the season's 6 episode idea is about, everything that happens each episode is going to tie together and recontextualize the first episode, and indeed the next 2-3 episdes are likely to continue to introduce things that won't fully make sense till the 6th episode (if then) when everything comes together. If Chibnall can pull it off, good! There was certainly enough going on in the first episode to make me want to see how it gets (hopefully) resolved.
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Nov 5, 2021 03:34
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Keisse J posted:She says something to him about him being the last lead she has for a living member of the Division, so it's something related to the whole Timeless Child thing (unfortunately) that she's trying to follow up on. "The Division" is an interesting name, maybe it's actually talking about the Jo Doctor being split from the "real" Doctor?
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Nov 5, 2021 15:42
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BooDooBoo posted:"The Division" is an interesting name, maybe it's actually talking about the Jo Doctor being split from the "real" Doctor? Chibbers has been very explicit about the show not doing this, since it'd undermine the PoC casting to make her an alternative or a clone or whatever. It'd suggest the first black Doctor didn't, in some way, "count".
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Nov 5, 2021 16:53
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Open Source Idiom posted:Chibbers has been very explicit about the show not doing this, since it'd undermine the PoC casting to make her an alternative or a clone or whatever. It'd suggest the first black Doctor didn't, in some way, "count". I meant more that she's been divided from her own menory, a bit like the War Doctor, except she was hidden with Timelord science, because the Sugarskulls needed to be locked away and forgotten for some reason. She'd have to be an earlier Doctor, because a later one would have just done a Family of Blood to them. She's THE DOCTOR, but she's not remembered by The Doctor, until that gets fixed and she regenerates into Pertwee, and then we can team Jo up with Jamie on Big Finish, because Jamie is the best.
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Nov 5, 2021 17:09
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BooDooBoo posted:I meant more that she's been divided from her own menory, a bit like the War Doctor, except she was hidden with Timelord science, because the Sugarskulls needed to be locked away and forgotten for some reason. "The Division is some weird split thing with the Doctor's consciousness being divided and every character we were introduced to (Claire, Vinder, Karvanista) are versions of the Doctor" - Chibnall probably, extolling the brilliance of revealing the first non-human conforming Doctor
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Nov 5, 2021 17:30
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The_Doctor posted:New thread? Perfect time for the....
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Nov 5, 2021 21:53
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THE 2021 DOCTOR WHO THREAD SECRET SANTA! 
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Nov 5, 2021 23:47
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BooDooBoo posted:She's THE DOCTOR, but she's not remembered by The Doctor, until that gets fixed and she regenerates into Pertwee, and then we can team Jo up with Jamie on Big Finish, because Jamie is the best.  Aww man, 
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Nov 6, 2021 01:05
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I'm guessing that means the K9 vs. Omega movie is on ice then.
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Nov 6, 2021 02:03
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Edward Mass posted:I'm guessing that means the K9 vs. Omega movie is on ice then. From what I read, they intend to continue Bob’s various projects in memoriam of him.
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Nov 6, 2021 02:05
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Caught a late night with signing repeat just now after completely missing it was back. Found it incoherent rubbish even by recent Who standards and couldn’t get past the dog dude looking like the hilarious yappy dog ‘werewolf’ from the end of The Howling. In a just world, Chibbers would be locked up for wasting Jodie and tanking the show so badly but nevermind. Bollocks to Chibnall and his nonsense, more Doomlord chat imo - I loved how the good one rented a room and watched Corrie with his landlady inbetween zipping off to save the world. Give me a Doomlord show, dammit.
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Nov 6, 2021 18:17
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What time do new episodes go up for purchase via Apple? I'm re-entering airport hell tomorrow but I'll try to catch flux episode 2 if I can
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Nov 6, 2021 18:24
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Thanks to Pluto tv, last night I watched my first McCoy serial (Paradise Towers) and lemme just say, red kangs are best. No further notes to give.
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Nov 6, 2021 20:13
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I think I’m really going to like this season! I have so many unanswered questions after watching the first episode. I’m hoping they answer them in later episodes. The flux looks really cool, the evil villain with crystals in his skull, looks amazing. Most importantly Dan! He’s a legend, his opening scene talking about Liverpool and the pride the people of Liverpool feel for their city, great intro! Even if he is from Runcorn and not Liverpool. Think he’s the only wool who’s been given honorary scouse status. The dog! Bad boy to good boy, was a nice twist! I like that his honour morals means he will save his human but he’s really unhappy about it, kind of made me laugh in a way. I kind of relate to it, reminds me of going to work and doing it to the best of my ability but still not being happy I had to go to work. I see a lot of you are not very excited about the writer chibnall but I’m really excited to see we’re this goes but at the same time hoping your not all right and I get let down. I also thought personally this will be Jodie’s best season!
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Nov 6, 2021 23:42
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I thought the first episode was ok, and hope the rest of the season actually answers the questions asked. Also: the bloody flux is old timey slang for dysentery, so that was going through my mind every time they said flux.
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Nov 7, 2021 06:46
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BIgDevine posted:I think I’m really going to like this season! I have so many unanswered questions after watching the first episode. I was impressed by the Williamson Tunnels stuff as well! It seems like quite an obscure bit of history for Doctor Who, shows they have really put effort into getting the know the location.
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Nov 7, 2021 12:09
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Annabel Pee posted:I was impressed by the Williamson Tunnels stuff as well! It seems like quite an obscure bit of history for Doctor Who, shows they have really put effort into getting the know the location. This is a great point! I was surprised also by this, to see such a key liverpool figure in the show was great. Can’t wait to see how the tunnels work in the doctor who context.
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Nov 7, 2021 14:48
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Previously on Doctor Who: A bunch of loud noises and flashing lights with no coherence whatsoever.
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Nov 7, 2021 19:17
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That house is loving awesome.
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Nov 7, 2021 19:18
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The_Doctor posted:
Aww man I don't think I can take part this year but I heartily recommend everyone else to do so!
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Nov 7, 2021 19:19
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Okay, I'm just going to say it; They need to give up on the sontarans being taken seriously as a threat. I dont care how many revamps they give them, that ship has absolutely sailed. Also, I'm assuming the water in the background is the Crimea River.
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SiKboy posted:Okay, I'm just going to say it; They need to give up on the sontarans being taken seriously as a threat. I dont care how many revamps they give them, that ship has absolutely sailed. Now come on that's unfa- watches Sontarans fail to hit Dan from 3 feet away with laser guns, then get beat up by pensioners Oh.
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