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I've always wanted to do that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l15eSAmoDEc How are you this fine Christmas Day? It's fine, I guess. There's a new episode of Doctor Who coming on New Year's Day, and then we have to wait for them to finish the next season. We're lucky to be getting ANY new Doctor Who, given the pandemic, so I'm not mad they're only making eight episodes (as opposed to the Chibnall-standard 11). When we last left our hero, she was trapped in a prison that looks an AWFUL BIT like Shada, while Yaz, Ryan, and Graham are back in Sheffield. What now? Well, if the episode title gives any indication, there will be Daleks. Also, Captain Jack Harkness will appear in the special, hopefully actually meeting the Doctor for the first time in over a decade. Maybe this episode will explain things about last season and have them make sense, but I doubt it. The previous thread can be found here. Now for the formalities. We have a designated spoiler thread, but under Chibnall the amount of spoilers have dried like the lake in that one episode. Use your best judgement. Episode titles can be spoiler-y, so use discretion when discussing episodes yet to air. For example, 'Hide' doesn't spoil anything, but 'OH poo poo IT'S THE DALEKS' does. WHERE DO I START? The Woman Who Fell to Earth is a good starting point, as the current Doctor makes her first starring appearence there alongside her current companions. This is not to discount Doctors 9-12, but so far their stories have not made a major point in the tenure of Whittaker's Doctor. If you want to watch the original series, there are plenty of places to start. You COULD start with An Unearthly Child and watch everything in chronological order. You could also watch individual serials of all the Doctors and determine which you like the best. Keep in mind, don't shotgun a whole Hartnell or Troughton in one go, or else you'll get complacent. Those 60's episodes are meant to be seen one at a time, and if you only just rented the DVD, wait a few hours between episodes. The most popular serials for the original series you can jump into are: First Doctor: An Unearthly Child, The Aztecs Second Doctor: The Tomb of the Cybermen, The Enemy of the World Third Doctor: Spearhead from Space, Carnival of Monsters Fourth Doctor: Pyramids of Mars, The Robots of Death Fifth Doctor: Kinda, Frontios Sixth Doctor: Vengeance on Varos, Revelation of the Daleks Seventh Doctor: Dragonfire, Remembrance of the Daleks WHERE CAN I WATCH DOCTOR WHO? BritBox is the place to watch almost every episode of the original series. In addition, you're in luck if you're an American, as you can watch the original run of Doctor Who on honest-to-goodness TV (Retro TV and some PBS stations)! For the current run: ON TELEVISION UK - BBC One (first run), W USA - BBC America (first run), most PBS stations Canada - CTV Sci-Fi Australia - ABC (first run), ABC ME, Syfy STREAMING UK - BBC iPlayer, Sky Go USA - HBO Max Canada - Crave Australia - Stan, Prime Video SHOULD I BUY THE DVDs AND BLU-RAYs? Just for the bonus features alone. THE NOT-AT-ALL BRIEF GUIDE TO BIG FINISH There are literally thousands of Doctor Who and Doctor Who-related audio dramas released by Big Finish Productions. This is not a post telling you what audio dramas to listen to, because everyone has an opinion that is different from everyone else (some people like Minuet in Hell, believe it or not). This is a post telling you the basic info on the different series of titles there are. I'm only covering ongoing ranges, since devoting a paragraph to the Stage Plays seems a bit silly. If you're wondering why I'm about to spend a good portion of the OP about audio dramas, you are clearly new to the Doctor Who thread. The Monthly Adventures Since 1999, Big Finish have released, on a consistent basis, mostly standalone stories featuring the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh (formerly including Eighth) Doctors. Ending this March after 275 releases. The Fourth Doctor Adventures Tom Baker gets his own line of releases. The Eighth Doctor Adventures / Dark Eyes / Doom Coalition / The Eighth Doctor - The Time War / Ravenous / Stranded Paul McGann's Doctor also gets his own line. Goons love 'em. The Tenth Doctor Adventures David Tennant reprises his role in mini-seasons every chance he can get, and the results are very RTD-like. In a good way! The Companion Chronicles / The Early Adventures This is important: SOME OF THESE ARE NOT AUDIO DRAMAS. These are "enhanced audiobooks" for the most part, which means that one person does all the parts while another gives narration, but also contains sound effects and music cues. The Companion Chronicles originally were one-handers, but now may contain small casts, which the Early Adventure always have. The Ones with Fake Doctors The First Doctor Adventures, the Third Doctor Adventures, and the Ninth/Tenth/Eleventh/Twelveth Doctor Chronicles feature people who are not the original actors playing the roles of the title Doctor. If you're OK with that, by all means give them a try. Spinoffs There are a ton of these, ranging from good (I, Davros) to who gives a poo poo (anything involving a companion from the audio series). THE DISCORD Here it is. The future is now! FINALLY, let's take a look back....all the way to ten years ago! Behold, dramatic irony! Detective No. 27 posted:I don't mind River Song. I just kinda hope we don't get an explanation of her. She's better all mysterious. 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Hey! There's new Doctor Who tomorrow!
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Davros1 posted:2021 will be the 25th anniversary of the TV movie. Wow, 25 years since I became obsessed with Doctor Who. I was seven years old, OK?
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That certainly was an episode of Doctor Who written by Chris Chibnall.
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Well, that's one more Doctor for the 60th Anniversary.
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Everyone knows you refer to the Twelfth Doctor's actor as P-Cap.
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Season 39 is where Jack Robertson (I had to look up that character's name) teams with Tzim-Sha for some MacGuffin that is never defined.
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Homora Gaykemi posted:Doctor Who and The Shoes That Fit Perfectly We have our new thread title for the hiatus thread!
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Jerusalem posted:I agree with Big Mean Jerk, there should be a televised 8th Doctor Adventures that runs during the off-season between new episodes of modern Who I keep telling you this, but that would just give the misogynists ammo for their 'not my Doctor' movement.
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