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 AND WE'RE BACK!!! For the first time since you could go to a pub and not worry about catching a deadly virus, Doctor Who is back for another season! Not just any season, mind you - for the first time in 35 years, the whole of the season will follow one story, entitled Flux. What is the Flux? Well, that's a very good question. We've got Cybermen! We've got Sontarans! We've got Weeping Angels! We've got Ood! Hell, we'll even throw in this mix of Yorkshire terrier, Wookie, and Sandinista for no additional charge! The season begins on Halloween and lasts six weeks (blame this on COVID-19, not Chibnall): Chapter One: The Halloween Apocalypse Chapter Two: War of the Sontarans Chapter Three: Once, Upon Time Chapter Four: Village of the Angels Chapter Five: Survivors of the Flux Chapter Six: The Vanquishers There's also the New Year's Special, which will air....on New Year's Day. The previous thread can be found here. Now, 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. With that being said, as soon as HRH the Q is able to watch it, it is no longer a spoiler. That means anyone not watching on BBC One should leave the thread and not return until they've watched the most recent episode - that is, unless you don't care about the Earth-shattering, canon-defying, poor-choiceingest developments! WHERE DO I START? The Woman Who Fell to Earth is a good starting point, as the current Doctor makes her first starring appearance 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 Channel Australia - ABC TV Plus (first run), ABC ME STREAMING UK - BBC iPlayer, Virgin TV Go USA - HBO Max, AMC+ (until six months after first airing) Canada - Crave Australia - Stan, BritBox SHOULD I BUY THE DVDs AND BLU-RAYs? Just for the bonus features alone. THE ALL-NEW GUIDE TO BIG FINISH There are literally THOUSANDS of Doctor Who and Doctor Who-related audio dramas released by Big Finish Productions. In previous threads, I would pour over all the individual lines and describe them. With the great restructure of Big Finish lines, though, I have to adapt. So, here are some bullet points: -Doctors 1-12 have their own individual lines now, although obviously the first three Doctors are not played by Hartnell, Troughton, and Pertwee. Here's a handy guide: if it's current series Doctor Who, "Adventures" means it's the actual actors, while "Chronicles" means it's not. -The Companion Chronicles & the Early Adventures generally do not feature the Doctor, and some of them are essentially audiobooks with sound effects. Check the cast list if you want to know which is which. -If you have ever asked "what about <random character x>?", boy are you in luck! There are so many spin-offs featuring characters both familiar and unfamiliar that you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a series that makes you say "THEY got a series?" Some are good, some are bad, most are unremarkable. -Everyone has a taste, so don't rely on other people's opinions. For example, I don't care for or about Charlotte Pollard and her spin-off, but some people do! Some crazy people enjoy the story Nekromanteia - you do you! THE DISCORD Here it is. The future is now! FINALLY, let's take a look back....all the way to ten years ago! Some folks were celebrating Ian Chesterfield, and this comment came up: MrL_JaKiri posted:The first episode of The Chase is more like Father Ted than Doctor Who. Imagine a Dalek going "FECK! ARSE! GIRLS!" and it might be better than that serial! Edward Mass fucked around with this message at 03:43 on Dec 6, 2021 |
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CommonShore posted:I'll watch it all Just think - we're about a year away from the last Chibnall episode!
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Oct 25, 2021 20:41
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Lotus Aura posted:Put that way it really makes Flux seem like Chibnall's version of the Year of Specials..... Except that 2022 is a year of specials.
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Oct 26, 2021 00:10
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The recon of the Evil of the Daleks is airing on BBC America at 8AM Eastern tomorrow, so set your DVRs.
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Oct 29, 2021 22:22
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The episode was interesting, if not confusing.
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Nov 1, 2021 00:21
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LividLiquid posted:Now that you mention it, it is profoundly strange that the show did a GIGANTIC shake-up to the status quo, didn't deal with it in its immediate follow-up because the special wanted to be about something else, which is fine, but then it's just been dropped completely. The Doctor was asking the Karvanista about 'the Division', so I don't think it's dropped.
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Nov 1, 2021 22:24
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The World Inferno posted:What is the timeless child? The Doctor, we are led to believe.
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Nov 2, 2021 02:31
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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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I liked this episode better than the first one because there was a cohesive, singular plot.
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Nov 10, 2021 05:08
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I still don't know what's going on, but at least next week's episode looks promising!
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Nov 16, 2021 23:01
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I think Village of the Angels is the best traditional Doctor Who episode of the Whittaker era, and that's just sad.
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Nov 24, 2021 23:06
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SiKboy posted:What do you consider the criteria for a traditional doctor who episode, just out of interest? Well, there's a villainous creature of some sort, and the Doctor has to use his/her wits to solve a mystery.
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Nov 25, 2021 00:36
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That's what happens when you introduce a whole mess of new characters and need for them to do things while there's exposition being delivered.
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Nov 30, 2021 21:23
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e: nvm
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Dec 1, 2021 18:31
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Eccleston looks like all the members of Genesis mixed in a blender when he has a beard. I might have made this comment before.
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Dec 5, 2021 03:59
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Vinylshadow posted:Well, whatever happens, I'll likely have enjoyed Series 13 overall, such as it was In terms of what appears on HBO Max? Yes. In terms of physical media? Doubtful.
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Dec 5, 2021 05:52
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I felt the same way watching the end of this season of Doctor Who as I did watching the end of Blue Exorcist (season 1): nothing.
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Dec 9, 2021 00:03
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OldMemes posted:The Doctor opens the fobwatch, and sees a vision of the Fugitive Doctor, who says "Looms are canon". End scene. Not even the Fugitive Doctor, it's just Jo Martin on her phone.
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Dec 16, 2021 01:01
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JoJosSiwaAdventure posted:should come with an exclusive Tom Baker Dressed As a Clown variant I think it should come with An Actual Tank, We Swear.
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Dec 18, 2021 01:21
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THE DOCTOR: Yaz I want to ADDRESS this issue [Khan nods] You KNOW I am sensitive to the Holocaust KHAN: Absolutely THE DOCTOR: BUT!
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Dec 26, 2021 18:42
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LividLiquid posted:I go back and forth on this, but sometimes it feels like "sex pest" is too cutesy a euphemism for what these people do. It's a catch-all term, considering it includes both violent and nonviolent actions.
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Dec 31, 2021 20:17
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Happy New Doctor Who day to all. Just three episodes until the Chibnall era is over.
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Jan 1, 2022 08:41
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EASILY the best episode since Chibnall took over. EASILY. Also, the next episode will feature the Sea Devils, if Wikipedia is telling the truth.
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Jan 1, 2022 22:18
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Well, I just saw the
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Jan 1, 2022 22:36
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Jerusalem posted:It's called (spoiler in the title): Legend of the Sea Devils The actual video on YouTube has an error, I know that.
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Jan 1, 2022 22:52
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Not even the first same-sex kiss in the TARDIS!
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New thread for 2022
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