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Vinylshadow posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCIzc-rlINo It’s truly a testament to Doctor Who that River can have three effective farewell scenes that not only don’t contradict each other, but actually complement each other. 
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Oct 10, 2023 17:21
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I know people hate her, but she's my absolute favorite character in the canon.
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Oct 10, 2023 19:59
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Husbands of river song is my 2nd favourite Christmas special. She's so good in that.
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Oct 10, 2023 20:04
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Absolutely criminal we got Jack instead of River interacting with Thirteen I want cute BTS pictures of Jodie and Alex being adorable together, dammit 
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Oct 10, 2023 20:07
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Confusedslight posted:Husbands of river song is my 2nd favourite Christmas special. She's so good in that. Sometimes she comes close to smarm, but the moment when you can see River realise who she’s been standing next to this entire time is such a good one. She actually sees him for the first time, and her mind is reeling. https://youtu.be/BgVJDd5vHfw?si=BUNmMcMdIR4eh-Be
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Oct 10, 2023 20:10
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Vinylshadow posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCIzc-rlINo Rewatching this, and during my rewatch of the revival, I'm not sure if I'm more excited for Ncuti as the Doctor or the return of Murray Gold
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Oct 10, 2023 20:31
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jisforjosh posted:Rewatching this, and during my rewatch of the revival, I'm not sure if I'm more excited for Ncuti as the Doctor or the return of Murray Gold I can't wait for more Murray Gold. I'm just as excited for his Fifteenth theme as I am Fifteen himself.
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Oct 10, 2023 20:37
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One of the best things about River is that she has an ending. It adds so much to the character. I've heard Once and Future has disapointed a lot of people, so I'm glad I didn't pre-order it, like I considered. It's a great idea, but seems like a vaguely connected episodic stories based on what actors were around at various points to record, rather than a cohesive story. Like, Zagreus is strange, but Zagreus knows what story it wants to tell. The Light at the End is a great, if straight forward story where everyone gets to have a moment to shine, and The Legacy of Time is a well connected series of stories, so they can do it, but it sounds like Once and Future needed more editoral oversight. Wild guess, but there's a weird hanging plot thread at The Legacy of Time where River doesn't erase Eight's memory of their encounter, and tells Benny he'll need that memory later, so maybe that'll tie in. Aside from the ending of Dark Universe, and exit stories for the audio original companions who don't have them, that's one of the biggest hanging plot threads from the pre-boxset era.
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Oct 10, 2023 22:13
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The_Doctor posted:Sometimes she comes close to smarm, but the moment when you can see River realise who she’s been standing next to this entire time is such a good one. She actually sees him for the first time, and her mind is reeling.  : "You are so doing those roots." : "What, the 'roots of the sunset'?" : "Don't you dare!" : "I'll have to check with 'the stars themselves'."And then there's the Last Night on Darillium which a) deserved to be on TV and b) is just the exact sort of ending you need on Christmas Day. 
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Oct 10, 2023 22:52
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OldMemes posted:One of the best things about River is that she has an ending. It adds so much to the character. I just miss her terribly. I'd love to see Jenny and Susan too, but I don't know if those ideas are things they should do either. Plus if they were gonna' do Susan, it should've been for Twelve.
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Oct 10, 2023 23:22
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The problem with Susan is if you brought her back on TV, you'd have certain issues to deal with - her nature is mysterious and vague on purpose (can she regenerate? How do Time Lords age in each incarnation?). The audios with Eight trying to patch up thier relationship before losing her to the Time War was enough closure for the character. She should remain a background bit of the Doctor's character. Little things, like Eleven remembering he once came to a planet with her, or Seven admitting he thinks about her everyday are better bits of character buliding.
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Oct 10, 2023 23:47
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I wouldn't mind hearing "hello sweetie" said to the new doctor. Actually probably could've worked with 13 once they were set on trying to do romance between Doctor and young human passenger again.
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Oct 10, 2023 23:54
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OldMemes posted:One of the best things about River is that she has an ending. It adds so much to the character. The funny thing "The Light at the End" wasn't going to happen; it only came about when Tom asked during a recording "So when I am recording the 50th with the other Doctors?" Since he had declined doing the "The Five Doctors", BF figured he wouldn't want to do anything with the other Doctors on audio.
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Oct 11, 2023 00:07
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The_Doctor posted:Sometimes she comes close to smarm, but the moment when you can see River realise who she’s been standing next to this entire time is such a good one. She actually sees him for the first time, and her mind is reeling. 12's "Hello sweetie" is incredible but I also love the savage satisfaction in River's voice when she tells the guy who thought he had her trapped,"I'm an archeologist from the future... I dug you up." 
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Oct 11, 2023 00:29
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Gods, I just love her so much. 
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Oct 11, 2023 01:56
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The_Doctor posted:Sometimes she comes close to smarm, but the moment when you can see River realise who she’s been standing next to this entire time is such a good one. She actually sees him for the first time, and her mind is reeling. Capaldi is so good: you see him distressed listening to River and then when she’s at risk of exposing him he pivots very quickly from “don’t tell them to scan” to “I love you.” The shock for River isn’t just that he’s there, it’s how much else she was wrong about along with that. And their exchange of “I hate you”… “No, you don’t” at the end is so obviously saying something else.
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Oct 11, 2023 03:56
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What's up w Donna's beetle? I mean, I've seen the arc before and am getting to it again, but what I mean is, why a beetle? Doctor Donna best Doctor.
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Oct 12, 2023 01:03
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Looking forward to those specials, that'll be special. Yes indeed. And that's cool to hear the composer is coming back too. I haven't rewatched the show, and fell off a couple seasons back, so it'll be interesting and fun to jump back in. The explanations and jargon often felt made up on the fly, but any references to classic tidbits I forgot will definitely be over my head this time. But I'm sure they're hoping for plenty of returning and new viewers. In general, even if it's really complex and a lot of people don't remember it, it's nice when a long series tries to keep some continuity going anyway.
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Oct 12, 2023 03:39
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RTD Says None of the 60th Anniversary Specials Will Air on November 23quote:Davies promises a flurry of “Who-ness” content for “years and years”. He adds: “If content is king, then we’ve got a right royal regal procession coming your way, so stand back!”
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Oct 12, 2023 13:00
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"Annually." Please God, I only ask for a ridiculous amount, so give me this too in addition to all that other stuff 
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Oct 12, 2023 13:21
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Good to see the detail of a "Christmas special" there too, hopefully back in the big primetime Christmas Day BBC1 slot.
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Oct 12, 2023 14:26
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The back catalogue being on iPlayer is enormous, for uk viewers at least
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Oct 12, 2023 14:31
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quote:Production is in full swing on Series 15. Like Series 14, it will have 8 regular episodes and one Christmas special. Booooo I thought 14 was only getting 8 because of the specials.
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Oct 12, 2023 14:42
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The_Doctor posted:Booooo I thought 14 was only getting 8 because of the specials. Well just remember that it's 9 episodes of Doctor Who, 9 episodes of Unleashed and eventually (2025, maybe late 2024 for one of them) two spin-off series that are bound to feature the Doctor at least once each, so that's still way more content that Doctor Who has been getting for nearly a decade now, and most shows never get.
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Oct 12, 2023 14:44
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Annually!? ANNUALLY!?The_Doctor posted:Booooo I thought 14 was only getting 8 because of the specials. This is what I heard (in this thread?) but tbh I wasn't persuaded. Eight seems like the ugly baseline we're getting these days.
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Oct 12, 2023 14:46
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I’ll gladly take 8 episodes + 1 special if they actually come out every year. The show hasn’t been that consistent since before I started watching, over a decade ago.
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Oct 12, 2023 14:54
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I'm hoping they also do a follow up to The Writers Tale.
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Oct 12, 2023 15:10
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PriorMarcus posted:I'm hoping they also do a follow up to The Writers Tale. They already put out a sneak peek video of RTD working on scripts: 
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Oct 12, 2023 15:30
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Why the big emphasis on behind the scenes coverage?
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Oct 12, 2023 16:13
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Transparency? The Chibnall era was very closed doors.
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Oct 12, 2023 16:16
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Khanstant posted:Why the big emphasis on behind the scenes coverage? It's a great way to build hype and connection for a franchise for very little cost, and RTD says he's met a lot of people who are now in the industry who say Doctor Who Confidential giving them an idea of how BTS worked inspired them.
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Oct 12, 2023 16:17
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Ah cool. Just never saw any before, so it seemed like the odd point out but that makes sense and it's good to inspire people to make more stuff I like.
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Oct 12, 2023 16:21
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PriorMarcus posted:RTD says he's met a lot of people who are now in the industry who say Doctor Who Confidential giving them an idea of how BTS worked inspired them. It's well-timed too, what with the US writers' strikes being heavily driven by the need to return to getting them involved in productions, writers' rooms, etc., and away from the (lovely, exploitative) model defined by the streaming companies. I'm sure RTD has his eye on the ball in using BTS to make sure that the labour-friendly model stays appealing, and remains entrenched in the UK (and internationally).
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Oct 12, 2023 16:58
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It seems like a nice way to spotlight the work of the huge amount of (incredibly skilled, no matter what role) work that goes in to tv/film production. RTD seems like a real “don’t pull the ladder up behind you” kind of guy. It’s an almost an anachronism these days. The decision to do Confidential back in the mid 00s was in the heyday of DVDs having some sort of BTS short as table stakes. One of the many things that streaming took from us. I’m very glad RTD was able to get it commissioned.
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Oct 12, 2023 17:17
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Calling the first episode The Star Beast is making a couple of sci fi connections, I wonder if RTD is going to lean into those or if he just thought it sounded cool.
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Oct 12, 2023 17:30
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Fil5000 posted:Calling the first episode The Star Beast is making a couple of sci fi connections, I wonder if RTD is going to lean into those or if he just thought it sounded cool. It's just the name of the Pat Mills comic he's adapting, isn't it?
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Oct 12, 2023 18:16
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Fil5000 posted:Calling the first episode The Star Beast is making a couple of sci fi connections, I wonder if RTD is going to lean into those or if he just thought it sounded cool. It’s either a remake of or sequel to a classic 4th Doctor comic adventure (which has also been made into a BF audio).  
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Oct 12, 2023 18:21
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jisforjosh posted:Rewatching this, and during my rewatch of the revival, I'm not sure if I'm more excited for Ncuti as the Doctor or the return of Murray Gold Speaking of, they've just released the new theme: https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1712528794630717704?t=MgBi6HtdV9c1FtR61E1iXg&s=19
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Oct 12, 2023 19:12
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Apart from the prominent piano, that's good.
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Oct 12, 2023 19:14
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Personally I'd like there to be a bit more synth in the mix, but that rules. e: Love how prominent the choral elements are, I inherited a love of Welsh Choirs from my father Matinee fucked around with this message at 19:23 on Oct 12, 2023 |
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