/who/ - Doctor Who General

>>79147665
Why'd you link to my post lel

>>79124443
Actual last thread

>>79146652
Pretty good. I like being known as the "get stuffed" anon. There have been two other occasions where I saw other people using the phrase, and I got a tiny bit jealous, but at least I'm not a tripfag.
And you?

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Assume that Chinball shits the bed with Series 11 and now you've been appointed with taking charge of Series 12 (because you're fucking awesome). Also assume that for the time being you're short a team of writers and instead it's up to you to pen 13 episodes (but that's fine cause you don't fucking need them). Post the tiles to your thirteen episodes as well as anything else you'd like to include.

1. The Sea of Steel
>Cybermen decide to convert aquatic life as a suitable mass of expanding their empire and they decide to take their siege on land (inspired by Gyo by Junji Ito).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgMJbwR9MpY
2. Full House
3. The Dark Abyss Pt. 1
4. It Came from Beyond Time Pt. 2
5. Crossroads
6. Familiar Faces
>After a particularly difficult adventure, the Doctor revisits and old companion or two for a "one for the road adventure" and gets a range of unexpected reactions.
7. Tragedy on New Earth Pt. 1
8. The Return of the Horned Ones Pt. 2
9. Wrench In the Machine
10. Smooth Sailing
11. Tailor Made
12. The Forgotten Arsenal Pt. 1
>In the Time War the Time Lords had an arsenal of unthinkable weapons that could rewrite the fabric of reality. All of the arsenal were extinguished during the Last Great Time War but millenia later a second arsenal was discovered on a secluded asteroid belt and it's up to the Doctor to retrieve it before it falls into the wrong hands.
13. Sin Pt. 2

Why don't people like Series 6? Black Spot was the only bad episode.

>>79147808
get stuffed and never respond to me again

>>79147898
go to bed moffat

>>79147893
nobody reads these

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>tfw you realize Hayley Atwell is an evolved version of Billie Piper
Is Doctor Hayley meant to be?

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>I am 6 years older now than Billie and Karen were when they filmed series 1 and 5 respectively

Where does time go mang?

>>79148621
If you makes you feel any better, Karen Gillan is also 6 years older now than she was in 2010. As are most of us.

>Where does time go
Even Chronovores gotta eat.

>>79148621
It's when I get to the age that Moffat was when he got his first show is when I'll start feeling like a failure

>>79149085
What was he, 27 when he got Press Gang?

But he had an MA in writing and a couple of plays by that point, I think.

>>79149245
>But he had an MA in writing and a couple of plays by that point, I think.
Really? I'm 24 and only just starting my BA in writing this year. I'll be 27 by the time I finish it and won't have my own show.

>>79149386
>I'm 24 and only just starting my BA in writing this year. I'll be 27 by the time I finish it and won't have my own show.
Maybe follow RTD. At your age, he was a college dropout and a washed out comic book artist begging for jobs writing or illustrating for Welsh kids' TV, but he had Dark Season… I think not quite as young as Moffat, but before he was 30.

>>79149481
And at 25 Sarah Dollard was in the writer's room for Neighbours. I wish I hadn't wasted the last 6 years doing nothing.

I guess before 30 is the goal, but even that is quite ambitious, especially considering where I am in life at the moment.

>>79149668
Don't worry so much about what happens before some magic age. The 35+ years after that point are a lot more important than the 6 before it, unless you're a one-hit wonder. RTD isn't remembered for doing Dark Season before 30, but for doing Queer as Folk and Doctor Who in his late 30s. And does anyone remember the first series Sydney Newman produced for Canadian TV (a hockey preseason report thing, I think)?

>>79149893
Yeah, I know that but the early works helped them secure the later jobs. I'd love to work on some completely unimportant crappy show right now if I could, just for the experience and because it's a stepping stone to bigger and better things.

>>79149976
>I'd love to work on some completely unimportant crappy show
Yeah, that's good experience even if you don't get connections or an episode to your name out of it.

So, where are you going for your BA?

>>79150321
It's just some Australian university. Not one of the well-known ones.

Our television industry isn't great, which doesn't help. But I think there are internships here and there.

>>79150554
As long as they have a program focused on TV/film writing, not general creative writing. Even if it's crap, it's forcing you to spend years writing what you actually want to learn to write and listening to people tell you the parts that suck, and hopefully teaching you some of the business side of things, like how to pick the right agents to target and how to tailor your query letter to them.

>>79150735
For my first year I'm majoring in both creative writing and film, and then I'll decide which one to continue as my major for next year. I get the feeling that neither are very focused on writing though, especially screenwriting. I think mostly I'll be analysing film/books, at least in my first year. But it's still better than nothing and I could always defer if I find a better program somewhere else.

Who would Dr. Who have been rooting for in the super owl?

>>79150929
>super owl
Is that some kind of Paul Cornell thing?

>>79150950
I meant to say superb owl.

>>79150995
>I meant to say superb owl.
Is this something to do with on of your American sports, Peri? How many times do I have to tell you that I have far more important things to think about, and so should you, my dear.

So how does it feel knowing that people in the future will be ranking the nuwho Doctors
10 > 11 > 12 > literally who > 9

>>79151747
12>9>11>10
Mine

>>79151307
No, Doctor! Geez, why is everything about being American ? It's about the giant owl that literally just picked up the TARDIS!

Ten years from now 12 will be the Doctor that Tumblr skips, just like 9.

>>79151984
Ten years from now, Tumblr will be the social media platform that people skip when making jokes about MySpace, Facebook, and LiveJournal.

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Wow, /who/ is looking dead m8s

Hope you guys have been watching fivey

>>79152316
>Hope you guys have been watching fivey
Listening to him.

For some reason, he doesn't shout "Erimem! Look out!" nearly as often when you can see him.

Wow, I forgot how much the Toclafane were borrowed from Singularity.

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>>79147665

More like Sarah DULLARD.

>>79153842
Face the Raven was literally the GOAT non-Moffat ep of series 9

>>79154075
I know I just wanted use that joke. She's actually cool.

>>79154107
Apologise.

>>79154209
ごめんなさい.

>>79154075
Eh, Girl Who Waited could beat it.

>>79155133
what are you on about m8, that's a series 6 episode.

>>79155252
Meant "Girl Who Lived".

She waited three extra years, and she got to live instead of getting Angel-Weepy.

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>>79155321
But do you mean The Girl Who Died or The Woman Who Lived?

just watched in the forest of the night

>>79155518
...the Viking village one.

>>79155626
That was a Moffat episode.

>>79155678
no it wasn't, but it wasn't better than face the raven either

>>79155726
Yes it was, look it up.

>>79155742
I don't need to look it up because I don't have a terrible memory. You're probably referring to him being a co-writer. The showrunner basically cowrites everything, Moffat just started actually adding his name in recent years it seems.

>>79155899
No, RTD always cowrote everything, but Moffat doesn't.

He only added his name in two episodes, because those are the only ones he cowrote.

>>79155899
>Moffat as co-writer
>not a Moffat episode
Get stuffed desu.

>>79155970
>RTD always cowrote everything
If by "cowrote" you mean "sent it back three times with extensive notes and then just rewrote the whole thing from scratch and, if there was time, asked the original writer for comments and then ignored them". I'm not sure why he even bothered commissioning other writers.

>>79155970
>No, RTD always cowrote everything, but Moffat doesn't.
What makes you think this? Of course Moffat would tweak scenes, and especially dialogue. Maybe not the extent that RTD did, but there's a line in The Doctor's Wife that is lifted straight out of a previous Moffat show.

>>79155984
You get stuffed. They're obviously not Moffat episodes.

>>79156276
>Of course Moffat would tweak scenes, and especially dialogue.
That doesn't count as cowriting.

Which is why Moffat didn't list himself as cowriter in the 6 episodes where that's all he did, but did list himself as the cowriter in the 2 episodes where he did a lot more than that.

Or do you think he just made that distinction because he thought Jamie Mathieson could handle it, Catherine Trigenna would cry, and Peter Harness could handle it half the time but would cry the other half?

>>79156395
No, I think he probably got to the point where he'd rewritten a large enough chunk of it that he felt entitled to add his name. Where are you getting the "2" number from, btw? He starts doing it in S8, probably because he wrote the Danny scenes.

I do think some of them are a more traditional cowriting setup though. The Zygon episodes for example.

>>79156446
The "2" and "6" number come from S9, where there were 4 episodes he wrote solo, 2 he cowrote, and 6 he didn't write.

Anyway, just adding a couple scenes, or rewriting a few lines of dialog, does not count as cowriting. Well, at least not by WGA guidelines; otherwise, every sitcom episode would have a dozen writers listed instead of one or two. I'm sure the BBC or WGGB or whatever rules are different, but it's probably not just "do whatever you feel like to your writers".

Also, for the Zygon episodes, the first is credited to Harness alone, only the second to Harness & Moffat. But it's possible it was a more traditional arrangement—maybe they worked together on it with the original intention of roughly splitting things one episode apiece, but a lot more of Harness's stuff ended up in the second half than originally expected, or something.

At any rate, whatever the distinction is, there clearly is a distinction that means something to Moffat between The Girl Who Died and, say, Mummy on the Orient Express, or the former wouldn't be credited to Mathieson & Moffat and the latter to Mathieson alone.

>>79156545
>Anyway, just adding a couple scenes, or rewriting a few lines of dialog, does not count as cowriting. Well, at least not by WGA guidelines
That's a good point.

>At any rate, whatever the distinction is, there clearly is a distinction that means something to Moffat between The Girl Who Died and, say, Mummy on the Orient Express, or the former wouldn't be credited to Mathieson & Moffat and the latter to Mathieson alone.
My thought was that Moffat probably wrote the scene about Capaldi remembering his face, and a couple of other things, and that's what justified slapping his name on it.

>>79156616
Again, I don't know UK rules, but I suspect it would take a lot more than that.

If it was just one thing, it would probably be something pretty big. Like maybe he hadn't decided that Me had to be one of the characters from the Viking episode until after Mathieson had submitted his draft, so he had to change Ashildr's character and beef up her scenes accordingly?

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When this fuck said the Daleks were in unearthly child

>>79156715
When I started this conversation, I honestly forgot there were guidelines for these sorts of things. I knew about the rules when it comes to movie scripts, but hadn't thought about television before.

It probably helps that Moffat is the one who comes up with the story prompts. Like he'll tell them the basic setting and possibly plot. That would work in his favour if he wanted to attain credit, but yeah. I really don't know actually.

>>79156795
Yeah, good point; Doctor Who is not like a sitcom, where the story ideas barely matter and usually come from someone in the writers' room.

But I don't think Moffat is grabbing as much credit as he can just to be a dick, or I'm sure he could have claimed a lot more than 2 episodes out of S9 for himself. He just doesn't bend over backward as far as RTD did.

Wow, the closed caption subtitles for S9 really suck, like as bad as most American TV shows. Did the BBC lay off most of their captioning department between S8 and S9 or something?

chinball who is going to be absolute shite

How would /who/ feel if Briggs was the 13th Doctor?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2033983624/american-version-of-a-doctor-who-pilot-episode/description

Hahahaha

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>>79157813

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>>79157813
Is he s-stripping?

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>>79157813
>puzzle pieces
wew

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>>79157858
>shaved armpits
he could be familiar with stipping

>>79157813
>he wants to spend 70000 on an 8K red camera

>>79157705
And water is wet. More coming soon, stay tuned.

>>79157769
>How would /who/ feel if Briggs was the 13th Doctor?
Well, that one comic did make it pretty clear that the Briggs Doctor is a future incarnation… as long as he wears a toothbrush.

>>79157904

Cool costume.

Just watched Dark Water for the first time since broadcast. It's pretty good, apart from the Cyberman reveal.

>>79158039
>Briggs Doctor
Speaking of, anyone have any suggestions for which of the AudioVisuals to listen to first?

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dude
puzzles

If I were going to beg for $200K on Kickstarter to write and produce a video that the BBC can't actually look at because of their spec policy, I think I'd ad least ask someone who knows how to speak English to look over my proposal so that it doesn't sound like it was written by a 12-year-old who's trying to use all his big words.

I also love that he's going after the Hispanic and Caucasian markets, and also females, and teen females. Just better not being any Asian men watching him, or he'll get annoyed.

>>79158321
Seems more Downs syndrome than autistic to me.

you really want this to become the next /who/ meme, don't you?

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>>79158352
>Seems more Downs syndrome than autistic to me.
Lorry driver! Honk Honk!

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I shouldn't laugh but I just did.

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Revelation was my first classic episode, is that a bad thing?

>>79157813
>bacelor of science in animation and media arts
so he got a meme degree that taught him nothing and how he's trying to create himself a job

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>>79158452
But anon
it already is
http://julpuma512.wixsite.com/raritythatisme/

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>calls himself a model because he created some unofficial poster ads with himself

Exactly the kind of new up-and-comer who should get the role desu

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>>79158715
one person spamming images/posts about something doesn't make it a meme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIFstdtZ7cY
feel kind of bad for him desu
this is the kind of shit you expect a child to do when they're just messing around and learning programs as a kid but this guy seems well into his 20s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4v9hbB1AXI

>>79158806

He's 26.

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>>79158779
>one person spamming images/posts about something doesn't make it a meme
You weren't here for the Chicky invation of /who/ where you?

>>79158806
Pathetic, and why is he wearing a vest?

>>79159153
vests are fashionable anon

>>79159139
Make /who/ Chicky again

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MISSY IS BACK, GET HYPE

https://youtube/8\OJJA8gMXQ

>>79160433
This tickles my pickle

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>>79160433

Sorry for mistyping

https://youtu.be/8zOJJA8gMXQ

Anyone seen the new Missy video they revealed? She's got her own TARDIS!

>>79160521 see
>>79160494

>>79160494
i don't get it

Why is Missy wearing a bow tie?

Is 11 coming back?

Is Missy 11?

Is 12 actually The Master?

Time will tell. Always does.

I'm starting to feel like Matt Smith might come back for the finale? I don't know why I feel that way.

>>79160494
HYPE
Y
P
E

>>79156053
I know you're memeing but this is actually true., If you read The Writers Tale he literally takes over the Fires Of Pompeii script. Politely says his script was shit and then takes over I'm not sure why the guys name was still on it as he had nothing to do with the episode anymore.

>>79156787
Charisma black hole

My sources tell me Missy is going to regenerate in the Christmas special with Capaldi. Male actor will replace her.

I wonder if Chibnall will continue the production notes column for DWM? Apparently he did it for Torchwood Magazine (I'd forgotten that was even a thing) Moffat's is pretty funny so I'll be sad to see it go

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Literally tell me ideas more creative than this

Let's get him instead of Chibs desu

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>>79161132
>potential sponsors
>to choose the best brands

>>79161062
My sources tell me your fake spoiler meme has gone too far

missy is the best thing moffat has ever written

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>>79155585
What did you think of it, anon?

My thoughts at the time were that it wouldn't have looked out of place in a series of the Sarah Jane Adventures. Kids probably liked it, less so the adults.

The Caretaker = the best Capaldi episode.

Prove me wrong.

Oh, wait. You can't!

>>79161813
weak bait

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>>79161813
I wonder who could be behind this post.

le epic banana man goes whee haha so funny XD LOL

fuck K9

Is Missy's TARDIS also a police box? Shit if so.

>>79161862
What did he mean by this?

>>79161722
Not him but I actually unironically enjoyed Forest for the first 30 minutes. The idea of the Earth getting covered in vegetation overnight was interesting, and I was curious to know the explaination.
Then the explaination came.

>>79158628
Remembrance was mine...

>>79161936
It'd be pretty funny if she purposefully broke her TARDIS chameleon circuit just to piss the Doctor off

http://www.doctorwhohub.tv/2017/01/03/gareth-roberts-returns-for-series-11-will-craig/

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>>79163412
>http://www.doctorwhohub.tv/2017/01/03/gareth-roberts-returns-for-series-11-will-craig/

>>79152316

Not a lot to talk about. We've been on break for well over a year. Capaldi's leaving (sad) but so is Moffat (good!*) Most of this has been known for a while if not quite formally announced.

The show is kind of stagnating. That's happened many times before but needs new writing to perk things up. That was the mistake with Capaldi-- a new doctor with the old writing team was just a new voice to say the same old things.

I wouldn't mind a female Doctor, but it has to be someone with larger-than-life acting chops. The only actress I can think of who could handle the role is Helena Bonham Carter (maybe w/ Neil Gaiman in the writing room?) Both would be slumming it since they're already very big names, but she could rock that role and catapult to the top tier of Doctors.

*Moffat was very good for a long time but direly outstayed his welcome. Especially once he got distracted by other ventures, but even before then his style was much less personal than RTD and that approach would have made Capaldi's Doctor far more engaging. I feel like we'll always wonder how 12 would have been with different/better writing than we got with Moffat at the end of his rope.

Also Moffat missed a great opportunity with the War Doctor. John Hurt did a fine job and RIP in peace he was great in the episode, but he was a one-off. Why not fix the OTHER one-off by bringing back Paul McGann? The swagger we saw from him in that webisode left me very hungry for more.

>>79151984
Yep. Whouffaldi will die off eventually.

https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/hangar-of-shame

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Nardole is the best girl

GARETH DID NOTHING WRONG

>>79162142
The idea that ancient creatures have been on earth, since the dawn of time, to protect Earth from solar flares isn't a bad one. Maybe just a bit too 'magical' for a sci-fi show, imo. Anyway, not a big fan of this particular episode, was reasonably entertaining but nothing special. Average, but not bad, low budget 'series filler' episode.

>>79164544
>Rufus Hound is a Time Lord with a massive mustache
Who could that be? New Castellan?

>>79164869
He's playing the Meddling Monk in Big Finish

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>>79164233
>Moffat missed a great opportunity with the War Doctor. John Hurt did a fine job and RIP in peace he was great in the episode, but he was a one-off. Why not fix the OTHER one-off by bringing back Paul McGann? The swagger we saw from him in that webisode left me very hungry for more.

Google Big Finish.

>>79164722
It's not as bad as the worst of Tennant/Smith. It was just boring and kind of stupid.

http://doctorwhogeneral.wikia.com/wiki/Chris_Chibnall_Era

>this is all becoming true

RIP Doctor Who

>>79164233
>Helena Bonham Carter

/Who/ tries to be realistic anon. Beeb couldn't afford her, plus she's mother of a teenager and a ten year old. No way is she going to commit herself to the long filming schedules, conventions, and other promotional stuff for DW, for the salary the Beeb could offer her.

>>79164971
For the Monk I think we can all agree:
Graeme Garden > Peter Butterworth >>>>>> Rufus Hound

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Too bad, the show was picking up. Also RIP War doctor.

>>79165153
Agree.

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Should Doctor Who remain a 'family show' or become darker and scarier, also broadcast after 9pm in UK so that more adult themes can be explored?

Viewing figures fall slightly because parents feel the show has become too adult, but the core fan base keep watching and appreciation index goes up?

>>79165677
I'd love that.
People alwyas praise darker/scarier episodes.
Have you seen how people are hyped for TRUTH mummies? There are literaly no info, but the monsters are scary.
IMO, the format of "every monster is creepy and scary but the doctor is always funny and lightens the sutiation" is perfect for NUWHO.

REMINDER 11, AMY, RORY, RIVER AND CLALA ARE ALL RETURNING.

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>>79165807
git hype

>>79166250
wrong hype train anon

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Daily reminder.

>>79165807
Would be great. But all of them (with the possible exception of Alex Kingston) are all busy.

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>>79166349
Reminds me of Masterson

>>79166363
Karen's finished filming her movie.
Arthur will soon finish filming Legends.
Matt and Alex have nothing.
Jenna is the wildcard but she'll be in the Christmas special anyway.

>>79166363
>implying Moffat hasn't asked them months ago to be free in February/March

I'm going to rewatch Listen.

First time I've seen I thought it was okay, but nothing special.
I was convinced that people just wanted Capaldi to have something outstanding in his first run, and just imagined things and imagined Listen being outstanding and 'classic' for not being dissapointed.

I have clear mind now, I've rewatched Hell Bent . Hated it for the first time, I enjoyed it more when rewatching, but it is still nowhere close to great finale.

Let's see how my opinion on Listen will change.

>>79160494
missy is based desu senpai

>>79165740
It's tricky. Heaven Sent, for example, had almost unanimous praise from fans and critics, but an AI score of 80 from casual viewers (note that an AI of 80 or 8/10 isn't bad, but lower than average for DW).

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>>79166349
can we meme her into the show fellas?

>>79165677
>Broadcast at 9pm

One of the main reasons why the Capaldi era has failed - namely series 9 - is because of the late time slots. Capaldi himself said this

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>no puppet episode

Why?

S10 episode titles leaked looks GOAT
1.A Star In Her Eye
2.Tragedy Day
3.Zamper
4.The Haunted Hub
5.The Plotters
6.Extremis
7.The Highest Science
8.The Well-Mannered War
9.Vortex of Fear
10.The Eaters Of Light
11.The Cat Came Back
12.Bing Bong

Reminder that there is an alternate universe where Gareth Roberts is showrunner, there's a huge budget, Capaldi is the Doctor, and this is the theme tune:

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

>>79167320
https://youtu.be/LJxxHDTz8J4

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>>79167320

>>79167330
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPAyUXHOweU [Embed]
fuck off.

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>implying this wouldn't be GOAT

I love Gridlock.
I think its underrated. Very underrated.

>>79167555
trips confirm

>>79166755
I don't know, but I sure as hell support us trying.

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Best episode of Doctor Who?
Pic related is my choice

>>79166570
>but it is still nowhere close to great finale.
its the best finale though

>>79167977
Caves of Androzani

>>79167977
The Unicorn and the Wasp

>>79166755
Doctor Hayley has the potential to be the greatest era.

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>tfw Chibnall asks you to return for his series

>>79168645
HNNNGHH

>>79167986
You are unironically incorrect.

>>79167202
Drama shows in the UK broadcast after 9pm have lower than expected viewing figures. The BBC, being a public service broadcaster, considers AI figures crucially important for 'niche' shows like DW, often more important than viewing figures. Keeping the 'fans' happy is paramount.

>>79169022
Broadcast Doctor Who at 9pm and watch it die. The Capaldi era has already been criticised for being 'too dark' with quite frankly tame plots such as Dark Water.

I've rewatched Listen.

It would be sertainly better in black and white.
The main thing I hate about it - it's a Clara Who story. Clara made the Doctor who he is. I hate that. This needed to stop long ago.

It was good though.
I have a feeling that it was oddly paced and doesn't really make you follow an episode with your mouth open like Blink.
Or most episodes.
If you think about it, it's really badly paced.

The idea is clever and Capaldi has some insanely good lines.

But still, I don't think it's a all-time-classics. It's a clever episode which suffered from Clara Who influence and lack of "adventure".

>>79168668
name one thats better then you cant

>>79169458
We're not talking about Heaven Sent and Face the Raven.
We are talking about the last episode of the season.
And, if we talk about this, S1 and S4, and, arguably S5 and S3, were better.

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How did they afford Cage in Mysterio? He was fucking GOAT.

>>79169444
>If you think about it, it's really badly paced.
If you have to think about it to notice anything wrong, it's not.

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>>79169537
>S3

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But Maybe bill is streetwise what's wrong with that? not every companion has to be overly intelligent. What's her problem? it's fairly obvious from we've seen so far and heard that bill is more streetwise than academic.

>>79169640
It was fine overall, Jesus Doctor is the only weird part. But, honestly, I dont think it's as bad as people claim it to be.

>>79169664
I think it's a race thing

>>79169664
She doesn't seem like she's any kind of wise desu.

>>79169613
You completely misunderstood my point.

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People defend this while calling every Moffat finale shit

>>79169444
And yes, Blink and Midnight just outclass this one.

>>79169664
GL probably thinks it's racist, when in reality it's not.

>>79169811
This was better than Hell Bent.

>>79169859
go to bed russell

>>79169962
Stop defending Hell Bent, Moffat.

>>79169811
Stolen Earth and Journey's End were only good because of the Daleks
We need more episodes with the Daleks being powerful, menacing and merciless, we literally haven't had an episode like that since this finale, and even that was ruined by the terrible ending

why do people like the big bang

>all of the doctors enemies lock him in a box that can be opened with the sonic screwdriver

that was retarded

>>79170097
why do people like listen

>the doctors biggest fear was jenna coleman hiding under his bed

that was retarded

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>>79165054
Only the Monstrous was a fantastic collection of short stories. The first story was a comfy war story where the Doctor is presumed dead and he chills on a planet that the war has not reached yet.

The second "episode" involves the Doctor having to come behind enemy lines to rescue a Timelord taken captive by the Daleks and during the operation things to not go as planned.

The Doctor attempts to resolve the Keska situation building on the events of the prior two episodes culminating in a satisfying ending that sets the stage for the next set up audios.

VOLUME 2 IS INFINITELY BETTER THOUGH!!!!

>>79170097
Pandorica Opens was brilliant though.
Big Bang was sort of dissapoining for me even when I was Moffat Fan number 1.

>>79169761
What an unhelpful reply.

>>79170186
I wasnt enjoying this when I was watching it, I wasnt hooked.
And if you think about it, why is it not working - you realise that story is progressing in a wrong way - it's badly paced

>>79170245
Fair enough.

>>79170141
agreed listen was awful
people only liked it because paul cornell wrote it and he basically got a free pass
if moffat or rtd had written it people would have trashed it

My S8 rankings. I absolutely loved Capaldi in this, but I am so sorry, It wasnt very good.

Deep Breath - 6/10
Into the Dalek - 5/10
Robot of Sherwood - 7/10 (its fun, literally fuck haters)
Listen - 6/10 for cinematography
Time Heist - 7/10
The Caretaker - 5.5/10 (not sure why I didnt like this)
Kill The Moon - 4/10 (I liked Capaldi's performance in this alot)
Mummy on the Orient express - 8.5/10 (it's really fun and great and clever enough)
Flatline - 7.5/10
In the Forest of the Night - 3.5/10 (reminded me of Fear Her for some reason)
Dark Water - 8/10 great opener
Death in Heaven - 4/10 mess of a story. points for Missy and Capaldi performance, the story MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL

I'm looking forward to series 10 though.
I believe Moffat is going to reinvent his series 5 approach for new companion, which is a good thing in my opinion.

>>79170517
wat

>>79170600
I liked it but it was a bit meh and Danny/Coal Hill stuff was dumb.
S9 blew it out of the water imo. They dropped all the boring school stuff and just had fun adventures.

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>>79170600
>Robot of Sherwood - 7/10 (its fun, literally fuck haters)
>Listen - 6/10 for cinematography

>>79170661
I liked s9 more but it wasn't that good for me too.
I hate goddamn cheesy sunglasses and guitar, I sweat. People seem to defend guitar, guess i'll never understand this.
Heaven Sent was 10/10 though. IMO Listen cant even compete. One Heaven Sent is worth 10000 Listens.

>>79170671
>implying Mark isn't behind that post

>>79170600
Not sure how I feel about your rankings.

Deep Breath - 6.5 (Decent Opener with a grotesque ending)
Into the Dalek - 7 (more than decent Dalek story).
Robot of Sherwood - 6 (Not for me)
Listen - 9/10 (Stellar episode)
Time Heist - 7/10 (rolicking good adventure)
The Caretaker - 7/10 (very comfy episode)
Kill the Moon - 4/10 yeah I hated this one.
Mummy on the Orient Express - 8/10
Flatline - 4/10 (Clara as the Doctor is insufferable).
In the Forest of the Night - 0/10 Abomination
Dark Water - 7/10
Death in Heaven - 6/10

>>79170774
But the sunnies and guitar are good fun. I had a huge grin on my face whenever he pulled them out.

I also hate The Masta being turned into overly attached girlfriend.
It just doesnt work for me.

>>79170931
>implying the master hasn't always been overly attached

>>79170966
At least he was evil

My sources are telling me that Sacha Dhawan has been meeting with Chibnall. He's #13. Screencap this.

Reminder we will never see the Master again.
Chibnall or Moffat will regenerate Missy later this year into either another Missy, or a young, hip, cool, sexy, wacko called Mister if we get a female Doctor.

The woman Doctor will be called the Doctress and the show will die.

>>79170988
>implying Missy isn't evil

>>79171037
>Doctress
Women can be Doctors, too

...PFFt

So with her reveal video released today is Gomez likely to be filming in public tomorrow?

>>79171199
Don't know, don't care.
I'm sure Adam will let us all know, though.

>>79171199
That was filmed ages ago back in December for episode 6. BBC just only woke up and remembered they had a new series of Doctor Who coming up soon they have to promote.

My S9 rankings. I absolutely loved Capaldi in this, it was pretty good.

The Magicians Apprentice/The Witches Familiar 8/10 (Great opener when watched together as a movie. Capaldi and Bleach are fantastic. Gomez and Jenna are also fun. People should rewatch as when it's watched separately with a week in between its meh.)

Under The Lake/Before The Flood 7/10 (It was good, but not great. Villain being underwritten and generic ruins it. Waste of a great design too.)

The Girl Who Died 7/10 (its fun, literally fuck haters)

The Woman Who Lived 5/10

The Zygon Invasion/The Zygon Inversion 8/10

Sleep No More 4/10 (fuck off gatiss)

Face The Raven 9/10

Heaven Sent 10/10 (Literally the best episode of NuWho)

Hell Bent 8/10 (One of the better finales. Capaldi was GOAT as a villain. It's better after the hype has died down)

My series 7 ranking.

Asylum of the Daleks - 6/10. Daleks parliament is shit. Daleks asylum is unbelieveble. Dalek humans are worst design and idea to ever invented. Amy/Rory story is forced and dull.
It still somehow delivers though. Needs rewatching.

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship - 6.5 or 7. Can't decide. I dont remember much of an actual story, Solomon isnt impressive villain, story isnt catchy, but this episode has some brilliant parts: Rory's dad for example. Was it Moff's idea to finally develop family background or Chibnall's?

A town called Mercy - 5.5/10. Forgettable. Didn't impress me at all.

The Power of Three. 6.5 I absolutely hated it the first time. Clever idea was ruined so terribly it hurts. But after a rewatch... I realised it was a good sitcom episode and we've had some developement (Chib's episode again). But I cant let go shit ending anyway.

The Angels take Manhattan. - 5.5/10
Call me autistic, call me whatever you want. If the teaser is the dullest bullshit (HAHA STATUE OF LIBERTY IS ANGEL) I cant keep watching episode with a clear mind. I dont like angels in this episode. I cant remember being impressed or scared or anything. River Song wasnt very annoying, I think.
But the ending sucks ass. It's shit. Terrible farewall. It's bad.

Snowmen - 6 rewatched it recently. It's alright? Maybe. Still not very impressed not hooked to care about great intellegence who was le generic enemy mastermind in this interpretation.

The Bells of Saint John - 4/10 I have no idea what people like about this episode. Lack of ideas. Have never had ANY urge to rewatch this.

The Rings of Akhaten - 5.5/10 Speech touched me. If we talk about actual storytelling and logics, one End of the World is worth ten "Rings" of value

Cold War - 6/10 Cant remember anything. I only remember I wasnt that dissapointed this time.
Hide - 7/10 It was fine. No urge to rewatch tho.

Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS - 7/10. People said its bad back in a day, it was KIND OF fun though.

>>79170600
>Deep Breath - 8/10 Solid opener
>Into the Dalek - 6/10 A bit too by-the-books
>Robot of Sherwood - 7/10 Agreed, it's fun
>Listen - 10/10 Top kino
>Time Heist - 6/10 Too by-the-books again, thinks it's smarter than it actually is.
>The Caretaker - 6/10 Fun
>Kill The Moon - 7/10 Solid for the most part, ridiculous ending.
>Mummy on the Orient express - 8/10
>Flatline - 8/10
>In the Forest of the Night - 3/10 Worst Capaldi so far
>Dark Water - 9/10 spooky
>Death in Heaven - 6/10 mostly a shambles but has it's moments

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>>79170813
>Flatline - 4/10

>>79171522
The Crimson Horror - 6/10
I swear to god I hate Paternoster.

Nightmare in Silver - 4/10
Cybermen are fucking joke villians in this. It's bad. As I rewatched it, my opinion hasnt changed much.

The Name of the Doctor - 5/10
Fuck off.
Scene before opening titles is good, Scene before ending titles is great.
The rest is just a mess. I didn't like that at all.

That's all.
Series 7 is just criminally forgettable.

>>79171278
She's also in the finale though and they usually announce big actors just before they're spotted filming in public.

>Girly LETTERS is a Trump supporter

KEK

>>79171750
link?

https://twitter.com/GirlyLetters/status/828714909164765186

holy kek she is

>>79171819
1. nobody cares about girly letters

2. that tweet makes it pretty clear that she ISNT a trump supporter you dolt

>>79171023
Hindu actor would be cool.

>>79169640
2 minutes of cringe > 45 minutes of whouffaldi fan fiction

>>79171494
OK, won't argue.

>No!
>What is the meaning of this negative?

Are Daleks retarded?

>>79171986
why?

>>79170634
paul cornell wrote human nature/family of blood so people gave him a free pass
like moffat for series 5

>>79172255
Moffat wrote Listen though

>>79169664
It's a British description of someone who is intelligent but not necessarily highly educated., with experience and knowledge necessary to deal with the potential difficulties or dangers of life in an urban environment.

Sounds a lot like Rose.

>>79171750
She hates Trump.

>>79172201
Because I moreorless agree.

Will the Doctor do dabbing in the next season? I can't wait to find out.

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What did he mean by this?

>>79172531
Why are you assuming its gender?
Xe is pointing and saying That's Gareth!

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

>>79172393
oh I see

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>>79168645
What's up with Doctor Who? Does it make actors younger?

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>>79172531

>>79172617
i love how all those people in the comments will be complaining about chibnall in a few years

if its true there's going to be another long hiatus after series 10 i think that will probably be the real reason capaldi left. i doubt he wanted to be a part of another one of those.

>>79172780
>chibnall is bad meme
Fuck off.

>>79172780
I just find it strange that allegedly Capaldi was fired because he asked for a pay rise?

>>79172813
where did I say that?

>>79172813
>42
>Dinos on a Spaceship
>The Power of Three
>Broadchurch Series 2

The only above average thing he's done is the first season of Broadchurch.

Bring RTD back

>>79172318
It's more a description of someone who knows how to survive in the ghetto.

>>79172885
Nice cherrypicking.

Chibnall is a great writer. You may as well say "Russell is shit because of those 'FUCK MY ARSE!!!' lines in Cucumber".

>>79173125
Get back to work Chris.

I'm hearing from my super secwet source that John Noble is being eyed up as the next Doctor.

What happened to Ian Levine? Is he still alive?

>>79173125
>cherrypicking.
That's, like, most of the stuff he's written.

>>79173213
I wish.

>>79173212
You're going to love what I've got planned for the upcoming series - especially if you're a fan of Time Flight!

Oh, and we've got some scary new monsters too, don't you worry. Really scary. And really good scripts too. The show is fine. Really fine. In fact, it's never been finer!

"The Highest Science" and "Tragedy Day" are the working titles for episodes 11 & 12 according to a Gallifrey Base spoilerhound.

>>79173377
Where on GB? I only read the main spoiler thread.

>>79173471
It's a thread that only those who have been metaphysically erased from Doctor Who can access.

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DOOO WeEeEeE OoOOOOoooO!!!

OoOoOOoOo WEEE oooOoooOooooOOOoo!!!

>>79173622
Seriously though? I feel like I'm missing something.

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>>79173889
Not at all. It's in the spoiler thread.

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>>79173889
You're being rused my dude.

>>79173377
>"The Highest Science" and "Tragedy Day" are the working titles for episodes 11 & 12 according to a Gallifrey Base spoilerhound.
You forgot to include "The Well-Mannered War", "Zamper", and all the other Gareth novel titles which are always included in this joke leak.

>>79174098
Also, the Doctor gets a new companion who will stick around through series 11, and she's a Chelonian colonel.

>>79172821
Nobody asks for a pay rise in the UK. If somebody wants to earn more, they look for other employment.

>>79174302
>Nobody asks for a pay rise in the UK.
Tennant asked for and got one.

>>79174302
What a bunch of cucks.

>>79172812
There's only a long hiatus between series 10 and series 11 now because they have to find someone to play 13
There wouldn't have been one if Capaldi stayed, which was the original plan.

>>79174368
They've probably already cast someone

>>79174328
Are you sure?

>>79174404
>implying Chibnall will even start working on the show until this autumn

A couple of episodes in series 11 will have been written for Capaldi, like how The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone was a Tennant script.

>>79174404
To be fair, Chibs may have genuinely been concentrating on Broadchurch 3, then plans to give DW s11 his full attention after that work is finished. Incl the 13th Doctor search.

>>79174583
The whole arc of S5 was planned with Tennant in mind.
Chibnall by his own admission hasn't started working on S11 yet, so I doubt he'll write any of it with Capaldi in mind.

>>79174467
He got either £400K or £500K for S2; his final salary was £1M. And those numbers come from the Telegraph, not a tabloid.

I doubt they hiked his salary without him asking, although I suppose it's not impossible. I'm guessing he asked when the Jonathan Ross deal went public and it was obvious that the BBC were willing to negotiate.

>>79174826
>getting paid for playing doctor who
What did he mean by this

https://youtu.be/goADyxmt1vM

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>>79175184
what

>>79175282
I was listening to a Howell remix and it was just there in the recommendations.

>>79175344
It just raises so many questions. Why did she post herself sitting and doing nothing while listening to a song? Why did she title it "Doctor Who Music" when it's not? WHAT DID SHE MEAN BY THIS?

My mom just caught me masturbating. I dont know what to do.

>>79175636
Be honest - was it to Doctor Hayley?

>>79174368
not true
chibnall hasn't even started yet
series 11 wont air until autumn of 2018

>>79175636
>I dont know what to do.
Oh I think you know exactly what to do. The answer is yes, without further ado, give her the D. Which you were going to do anyway but asking /who/ helps alleviate the guilt.

>>79175636
You must castrate yourself to restore your honor.

>>79175636
To what episode?

I feel like Chibnall's era is going to be fantastic. A writer's room, new locations, a complete reboot for the show, and a new Doctor and Companion. I'm optimistic to say the least.

>>79175636
Freshen ya cock son

honestly just call her back in before you orgasm and make eye contact as you cum

>>79176198
I came to Martha in "Utopia".
She has sexy lips.

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>>79176312
Unfortunately the price we must pay is the loss of Moffat and Capaldi and most importantly, Bill

>>79176312
>writer's room
Has Chibnall actually said this?

The way Chibnall changed the writing for Torchwood S2 was to put the script editor back in the flow, like 80s BBC shows had. Which is nice (might be better with a real script editor instead of a guy who edits fanzines and directs audio plays…), but it's not at all the same as an modern (or, if you don't like it, American-style) writers-room setup.

>>79176312
>a complete reboot for the show
Where's this meme coming from?

>>79176886
>Where's this meme coming from?
Plus, didn't Capaldi just say that S10 was Moffat "completely rebooting the show"? Even Spidey and Batman don't get two reboots less than 18 months apart…

>>79175636
How old are you? How religious is your mom?
Is she likely to bring it up later or is there nothing stopping you from just acting like nothing happened and never addressing it further?

tfw chinballs is going to fuck up the tardis interior too

>>79177032
how?

>>79176975
Surely if anything it rebooted with The Husbands of River Song, since that's when Nardole was introduced.

>>79177391
Because the current one is perfect and he's not going to keep it

>>79177401
Nardole isn't significant enough to be the trigger of a reboot
The introduction of bill is meant to "reboot" the show

>>79177478
doesn't really make sense m8. that's like saying he's fucking up the doctor by replacing capaldi

>>79177637
That's also true though

>>79177565
>The introduction of bill is meant to "reboot" the show
Also "less darkness" and the scripts being more episodic and less arc-focused, and episode 1 being written to feel like the start of a completely new series that you can get into without any prior knowledge.

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snorp

>>79177032
>tardis interior
Do you just mean the console room, or is Chibs going to do another Invasion of Tim/TV Movie/Adventure Games/Doctor's Wife/Journey to the Center story?

>>79177478
Eh, at this point chinballs might as well do a s5 style do over.

>>79177810
I have no doubt that he will (and should)
but do you actually trust him to do it well?

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>>79177767
>Also "less darkness" and the scripts being more episodic and less arc-focused, and episode 1 being written to feel like the start of a completely new series that you can get into without any prior knowledge.
Honestly, sounds absolutely SHEEP. The trailer look good too

>>79177913
>Honestly, sounds absolutely SHEEP.
Remember that S6, S7, and S9 were all promised to be less dark and less arc-driven, and it really wasn't true. Not that I'm complaining if Moffat lies and delivers another S9, just that I don't take his year-in-advance descriptions (especially when they're second-hand from one of the actors or other writers) to mean that much.

>>79178076
S9 was sort of true. They rambled on about the Hybrid a lot but they didn't have scenes completely unrelated to the story slapped in the middle of the episodes like with S8 and other series.

But yeah, I know not to set my expectation too high.

>>79177842
I'm hardly expecting an outing like the eleventh hour given his previous episodes.

But who knows?

Apparently not even chinballs cos he hasn't fucking started

>>79178287
>They rambled on about the Hybrid a lot but they didn't have scenes completely unrelated to the story slapped in the middle
Well, Ashildr appears in 5 out of 12 episodes, and her story is connected to a bunch of other stuff. It's a lot better than the usual "tack on unrelated scenes" stuff, but that just means it's a better-done arc story, not that it isn't one.

I suspect Moffat wasn't even really lying this time, he just changed his mind. Probably all he planned for the S9 arc was occasional mentions of the Hybrid and the confession disc, but then he liked The Woman Who Lived too much to resist expanding on the character, and it turned into Moffat being Moffat again.

But again, I'm not complaining; I really liked S9. I'm just saying a second-hand quote from more than a year before S10 may not tell us much about what S10 will really be like.

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>>79166755
>bump limit reached
>atwellmemeing activated

>>79178741
>Well, Ashildr appears in 5 out of 12 episodes, and her story is connected to a bunch of other stuff. It's a lot better than the usual "tack on unrelated scenes" stuff, but that just means it's a better-done arc story, not that it isn't one.
Oh yeah, I forgot about her. It felt less intrusive because they did the arc in a more natural way. Still, I'd like to see at least one series that has no story arc at all. I have no idea why anybody believed Doctor Who of all shows was a suitable one for story arcs.

>>79177767
>episode 1 being written to feel like the start of a completely new series that you can get into without any prior knowledge
He said that about The Impossible Astronaut, and it really wasn't nearly as good a fresh start as The Eleventh Hour. That's why they needed that whole Amy intro for the world market.

For that matter, Time and the Rani, the TV Movie, and Rose were also pitched as fresh starts, and only one of those was good.

>>79172723
Tell that to William Hartnell

>>79178994
>He said that about The Impossible Astronaut
Did he really? His idea of "fresh start" is very convoluted, then. Honestly it's for the best anyway. It would be a bit of a dick move to make S10 a total "reboot" or whatever they're calling it, when the Chibnall era is just around the corner.

>>79178970
>It felt less intrusive
Moffat keeps getting better at doing arcs naturally when he's actually trying to stop doing them altogether…

>I have no idea why anybody believed Doctor Who of all shows was a suitable one for story arcs.
Because all SF/F shows from after 1989 have them. Because Buffy and X-Files were two of the shows RTD mentioned in his pitch, and he got the show brought back while Cornell and Gatiss and others didn't. Because RTD convinced the press that the reason everyone was talking about Doctor Who was Bad Wolf rather than the stories themselves, so every season had to have something even bigger than the last one.

By the time Moffat took over, critics were writing about nothing but how binge-watching is starting to change everything, which can't have helped…