microdave Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Could Mrs Flood be the master or be assisting him/her in some way? Or maybe even Ruby's birth mum in a timey-wimey way as she'd likely be too old to have given birth 19 years ago? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Decided to dive back in tonight where we left off last time we were watching. The Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead two parter. Simply stunning TV. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 16 minutes ago, Craig fae the Vale said: Decided to dive back in tonight where we left off last time we were watching. The Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead two parter. Simply stunning TV. Possibly my favourite of the rebooted show. The bit where he saves River at the end is fantastic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGMilne Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 It's good that there's a small haven where people are actually positive about the show. Twitter at the moment is an absolute cesspool (although maybe it's always been that way) with people - usually middle aged, white English or North American males - spouting 24/7 vitriol because they don't want a black gay man in the role. The three specials were great and the Christmas episode was a positive start to the new era. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 10 minutes ago, SGMilne said: It's good that there's a small haven where people are actually positive about the show. Twitter at the moment is an absolute cesspool (although maybe it's always been that way) with people - usually middle aged, white English or North American males - spouting 24/7 vitriol because they don't want a black gay man in the role. The three specials were great and the Christmas episode was a positive start to the new era. I agree. Go online and the complaints have been the same for years. It's gone woke. Not been the same since [insert name here] played the doctor. Box ticking Politically correct rubbish Ad nauseam 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Just now, scottsdad said: I agree. Go online and the complaints have been the same for years. It's gone woke. Not been the same since [insert name here] played the doctor. Box ticking Politically correct rubbish Ad nauseam I know I'm preaching to the converted here. What I love about those numpties is they are ignoring that Doctor Who has been "woke" since 1963. Putting women, then BAME then LGBTQIA+ in key roles long before it was cool. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGMilne Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Themes aren't the problem; the way it's written makes or breaks it. The 'Doctor Who is now woke/Doctor Who has always been woke' debate reared its ugly head when Chris Chibnall was in charge, mainly because he was such a bad writer in Who (although he's clearly a capable writer at times - e.g. Broadchurch). Orphan 55 was the show at its worst with terrible, sledgehammer subtle lecturing. Compare that to the Green Death which was about pollution but not talking down to the audience. I think RTD wrote the stuff with Rose in The Star Beast really well. It wasn't in your face, but it acknowledges that people out there get a hard time and also people in the older generations get stuff wrong in knowing how to be considerate around others. But it hardly took over the episode. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 2 hours ago, SGMilne said: Themes aren't the problem; the way it's written makes or breaks it. The 'Doctor Who is now woke/Doctor Who has always been woke' debate reared its ugly head when Chris Chibnall was in charge, mainly because he was such a bad writer in Who (although he's clearly a capable writer at times - e.g. Broadchurch). Orphan 55 was the show at its worst with terrible, sledgehammer subtle lecturing. Compare that to the Green Death which was about pollution but not talking down to the audience. I think RTD wrote the stuff with Rose in The Star Beast really well. It wasn't in your face, but it acknowledges that people out there get a hard time and also people in the older generations get stuff wrong in knowing how to be considerate around others. But it hardly took over the episode. Utterly agree. Orphan 55 was the real low point of new Doctor Who. I just felt for Jodie Whitaker. Good actress in the role given utter dross to work with. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocketman Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 On 30/12/2023 at 19:33, SGMilne said: It's good that there's a small haven where people are actually positive about the show. Twitter at the moment is an absolute cesspool (although maybe it's always been that way) with people - usually middle aged, white English or North American males - spouting 24/7 vitriol because they don't want a black gay man in the role. The three specials were great and the Christmas episode was a positive start to the new era. The three specials were meh. In my opinion a mistake to reinsert Tennant and Tate. The last special though much much better than the preceding two - I think they both fall into the whimsical and child-friendly category of quite a few RTD episodes. When he writes darker stuff, it is very very good but of course the Dr Who target audience is a wide spectrum and I completely accept that many of the fanbase lap-up the "timey-wimey" type dialogue/plots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawpar Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 New companion Millie Gibson to be replaced by Varada Sethu in 2025. https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/doctor-who-companion-millie-gibson-31924485 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 she was in the later seasons of Strike Back and was good in them 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 (edited) Quite happy for the show to change companions when they don't change Doctor. It keeps it fresh. I liked Clara at first, but she should definitely have gone before she did. Conversely, the show could have benefited from Bill being the companion when Jodie Whittaker first turned up. Edited January 20 by Bully Wee Villa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChilliTomatoSoup Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 So I liked the post McCoy format for Doctor Who because 7-10 episode stories (that's going back a bit) were never my thing. Firstly I was worried that 1 or 2 episode stories may be too short, but the RTD & SM combination proved me wrong. Now I'm worried that RTD with Disney pulling the strings with the BBC is making this show too childish (based on the Christmas special) And the woke level was laughable in the specials: it's telling that this popular show didn't spark a national conversation about incorrect use of pronouns (presumably because the writers think those who do misapply pronouns should be criminalised, as was attempted in Canada), unlike the way Mr Bates vs The Post Office basically kick-started Parliament into doing something (compensation pending). It doesn't bode well that RTD seems to have cast an actress who can't get beyond one series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 1 hour ago, ChilliTomatoSoup said: So I liked the post McCoy format for Doctor Who because 7-10 episode stories (that's going back a bit) were never my thing. Firstly I was worried that 1 or 2 episode stories may be too short, but the RTD & SM combination proved me wrong. Now I'm worried that RTD with Disney pulling the strings with the BBC is making this show too childish (based on the Christmas special) And the woke level was laughable in the specials: it's telling that this popular show didn't spark a national conversation about incorrect use of pronouns (presumably because the writers think those who do misapply pronouns should be criminalised, as was attempted in Canada), unlike the way Mr Bates vs The Post Office basically kick-started Parliament into doing something (compensation pending). It doesn't bode well that RTD seems to have cast an actress who can't get beyond one series. On 30/12/2023 at 19:46, scottsdad said: I agree. Go online and the complaints have been the same for years. It's gone woke. Not been the same since [insert name here] played the doctor. Box ticking Politically correct rubbish Ad nauseam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 New series starts May 11th. Episodes released midnight every week on the iPlayer then shown later that day on TV. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawpar Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 18 hours ago, The Naitch said: New series starts May 11th. Episodes released midnight every week on the iPlayer then shown later that day on TV. Same day as the eurovision song contest final. Will be a big saturday. Hopefully big wins for Ncuti and Olly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhopping Adventures Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Mind this starts tonight? Been totally overshadowed, for me anyway, by the clusterfuck happeneing in Malmo. Really looking forward to see how Ncuti and Millie get on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 47 minutes ago, Groundhopping Adventures said: Mind this starts tonight? Been totally overshadowed, for me anyway, by the clusterfuck happeneing in Malmo. Really looking forward to see how Ncuti and Millie get on. It’s been on iPlayer since midnight (really need to start getting used to that) so going to watch it in 4k before the Malmo shitshow gets started. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Just watched both episodes… Spoiler Can tell this a full reset with the explainer for beginners at the start of the first episode. Story was ok, I suppose. 2nd episode was much more like it. Jinkx Monsoon was superb as the villain, need to see more of them at some point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhopping Adventures Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Spoiler Space Babies is a steaming pile of jobby. Ruby stuff all good but literal bogie man made of snot is shite. The Devil's Chord was so much better. Camp as hell. Jinkx Monsoon was out of this Universe. I liked that as a storyline. The dance number at the end (Shirley and JoJo!!) Will annoy a few folk but I thought it was great. My review 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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