Doctor Who: Countdown to Metacrisis

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What do you think of the new international distribution deal? This poll is closed.
Hate it	12	16.90%
REALLY hate it	16	22.54%
Hello, my name is Bob Chapek	43	60.56%
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jisforjosh: Jun 6, 2006; "It's J is for...you know what? Fuck it, jizz it is"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsid0ssuMYI

4K AI upscale and restoration of the 1982 mini doc featuring Peter Howell dissecting the Doctor Who theme

# ¿ Jan 7, 2023 20:19

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# ¿ May 17, 2024 20:25

jisforjosh: Jun 6, 2006; "It's J is for...you know what? Fuck it, jizz it is"

Dabir posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h8NmjpiY1M

I've been doing my rewatch before the 60th whenever I'm caring for our newborn to let my wife (who has never seen a single second of Doctor Who) get some rest and I swear she only comes in at the weirdest out of context moments like the "Here Comes the Drums" music cue or earlier on walking in on the farting aliens.

She must think this show is utterly insane

# ¿ Aug 3, 2023 17:56

jisforjosh: Jun 6, 2006; "It's J is for...you know what? Fuck it, jizz it is"

Vinylshadow posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCIzc-rlINo

"Since no one else in this room can see you, god knows how that looked."

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

# ¿ Oct 10, 2023 20:31

jisforjosh: Jun 6, 2006; "It's J is for...you know what? Fuck it, jizz it is"

Senor Tron posted:

Speaking of, they've just released the new theme:

https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1712528794630717704?t=MgBi6HtdV9c1FtR61E1iXg&s=19

drat good

Youtube link for those that don't Twitter/X or whatever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rizcm_Q4l2U

# ¿ Oct 12, 2023 20:27

jisforjosh: Jun 6, 2006; "It's J is for...you know what? Fuck it, jizz it is"

https://twitter.com/WilliamWhoDW/status/1712536638788874669

Did 15's theme get posted?

Edit: And Ruby's theme

https://twitter.com/i/status/1712534001175638374

# ¿ Oct 12, 2023 23:27

jisforjosh: Jun 6, 2006; "It's J is for...you know what? Fuck it, jizz it is"

The_Doctor posted:

That is� not great. Bit Thunderbirds, VERY James Bond. The bassoon farting throughout is an odd note.

Plus there�s no central theme I can grab onto? The closest thing was near the end where it sounded a bit like 11�s theme. Maybe it�ll be better on screen with some action?

Yeah, without context I'm not loving it.

# ¿ Oct 12, 2023 23:35

jisforjosh: Jun 6, 2006; "It's J is for...you know what? Fuck it, jizz it is"

SecretOfSteel posted:

I really like Clara's theme too. Gives me a strong "that quiet moment before heading off on an adventure with an old friend" vibe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqAblY4tWJo

Not a companion theme but Madame de Pompadour's theme has always been up there for character themes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACz-gFib8zo

# ¿ Oct 13, 2023 20:38

jisforjosh: Jun 6, 2006; "It's J is for...you know what? Fuck it, jizz it is"

Going through this mammoth piece of work on Youtube. I know longform video essays aren't everyone's cup of tea, but I have to applaud him for giving almost an hour per actor's era (a few times well over an hour). Definitely an example of someone rising above "just a Youtuber"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqpgpED8mXc

He's only up to Matt Smith (which is 2 hours) but it's a great watch/listen

# ¿ Oct 18, 2023 18:11

jisforjosh: Jun 6, 2006; "It's J is for...you know what? Fuck it, jizz it is"

Class3KillStorm posted:

Wasn't Smith the one modern-era Doctor who actually changed his whole style of dress periodically, though? Like, Tennant and Capaldi had variations on themes, but Smith had the multiple tweed jackets, the purple long coat getup, the burgundy coat he wore for most of "The Time of the Doctor," the three-piece suit he wore in "The Crimson Horror"...

I mean, I get your point, but that was the one choice you could make that would largely invalidate it.

Yup, Smith had 2 distinct tweed jackets and then like 3 4 completely different outfits during his run

jisforjosh fucked around with this message at 21:55 on Oct 18, 2023

# ¿ Oct 18, 2023 21:51

jisforjosh: Jun 6, 2006; "It's J is for...you know what? Fuck it, jizz it is"

I may be getting my hopes up with this, but am I wrong to be thinking we're going to be seeing more than just Ncuti and Tennant as the Doctor during the specials? All the secrecy around the 2nd episode has my mind going.

# ¿ Oct 22, 2023 01:19

jisforjosh: Jun 6, 2006; "It's J is for...you know what? Fuck it, jizz it is"

Finally finished Heaven Sent in my rewatch, which I hadn't seen since it's original airing, and Moffat can be so drat frustrating. He's capable of some amazing scripts and stories that my mind tends to gravitate to when I think back on what is Doctor Who. Heaven Sent is quite possibly my favorite episode of the entire revival and Capaldi absolutely knocks it out of the park in a incarnation defining performance...but then Hell Bent...

Give me a season of co-showrunners between RTD and Moffat; they are capable of some amazing scripts and Moffat's Season 5 is one of the best across the board but I feel they're both at their best with editors or just another voice keeping them in line a bit.

# ¿ Oct 23, 2023 18:12

jisforjosh: Jun 6, 2006; "It's J is for...you know what? Fuck it, jizz it is"

PriorMarcus posted:

Pip and Jane is a more a memorable combination of words than anything Chibbers came up with in his tenure on the show and it's just their loving names.

I don't know about you but Timeless Child is seared into my brain, it's not a fond memory but it's there.

# ¿ Oct 24, 2023 14:57

jisforjosh: Jun 6, 2006; "It's J is for...you know what? Fuck it, jizz it is"

Jerusalem posted:

Yep, it was completely carried by his performance.

Sherlock started so strong and by the end it was so bad

At least I still have the boxset of the old Jeremy Brett series

I watched all of Sherlock but I should've checked out when Mary turned into a ninja assassin

# ¿ Oct 26, 2023 17:39

jisforjosh: Jun 6, 2006; "It's J is for...you know what? Fuck it, jizz it is"

Jerusalem posted:

Oh my God you reminded me of the Dracula series

I think the second episode was.... okay? I can't really tell if I just think that because the other two were so bad, and the third one in particular was AWFUL.

Moffat brought me incredible joy with most of his run on Doctor Who but Jesus Christ did late Sherlock and all of Dracula sour me on checking out anything else he's doing. That most recent series he did about the fake pedophile priest(???) sounded so astonishingly terrible too.

The 2nd one was the ship voyage right? That one was alright and Claes Bang was great throughout. Fresh off the end of Series 5 in 2010, riding the high of Moffat's 1st season, I sought out more of his work and decided to watch Jekyll...and I feel insane looking up the show now and seeing 8/10 and 4.5/5 stars

# ¿ Oct 27, 2023 06:13

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# ¿ May 17, 2024 20:25

jisforjosh: Jun 6, 2006; "It's J is for...you know what? Fuck it, jizz it is"

Confusedslight posted:

I wonder when they'll be available to the rest of the world (if ever).

But seriously, is it frowned upon in general to use a VPN and lie about having a license to access iPlayer as an American or should I expect a bobby sometime this afternoon?

# ¿ Nov 1, 2023 13:47

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