/who/ - Doctor Who General

Reminder Nardole is a Cyberman

reminder nu thread is like nu who


S H I T

>>81994133
Nardole is a Voord, in the first stage of their transformation into Cybermen.

t. Grant Morrison

>>81994076
The multiple Cloister thing is getting old and annoying. It's an eye sore. There is only one Cloister and that is Cloister Wraith our old man. The rest of you pick another name, because it's not funny, it's not smart it's just an eye sore.

Can someone remind me of his backstory again

>>81994167
You realise these indignant, rambling replies only encourage them?

Grant Morrison's worst idea ever.

>>81994215
That's not "daring to oppose Alan".

Thread theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqpzv6v5KBM

Some carry-over posts:

Is the "Clara and the TARDIS" minisode fucked up? >>81994025

Is a TARDIS in the Vault? >>81993168

Is there a press announcement in 3 hours GMT (3pm)? >>81993162

Is David Bowie relevant to S10 beyond being quotes in Smile? >>81993154

What website was used for the massive /who/ rates Who poll?

David Bowie has nothing to do with Doctor Who S10. There was more than just Doctor Who at the showcase you know...

>>81994250
I'm pretty sure it was a google survey.

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>>81994249

>>81994283
thanks anon

>>81994249
PCaps has said in multiple different interviews that he's a big fan of david bowie

>>81994281
>The Doctor quotes "Ashes to Ashes".
>"Ashes to Ashes" is the sequel to the show "Life on Mars", but without John Simm.
>John Simm went to Doctor Who instead.
>"Ashes to Ashes" is also the sequel to the song "Major Tom".
>I shouldn't have to explain how that relates to episodes 6-8.

>>81994281
is joke

>>81994249
I wonder who added the Ashes to Ashes quote? Capaldi talks about Bowie all the time (eg, he recently said Time was the one song he'd like to play while flying in the TARDIS, despite the fact that it contains the words "whore", "quaaludes", and "wanking"). On the other hand, Cottrell-Boyce seems to be a huge fan too, and was going to write a Bowie-themed musical for Danny Boyle until Bowie turned down their request for the rights.

>>81994190
Nardole's?

"Nardole was a companion of the Twelfth Doctor and former employee of River Song.
While working for Dr Song on Mendorax Dellora, he was beheaded by the body of King Hydroflax, who used him to obtain information on her whereabouts. (TV: The Husbands of River Song)

Following twenty-four years on Darillium, River went to her death in the Library and the Doctor reassembled Nardole out of fear of being alone. (TV: The Return of Doctor Mysterio)"

>>81994371
Capaldi seems pretty hands-on with his characterisation but I imagine the writers play into his fandom too by adding Bowie references in sometimes

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>>81994365
>>"Ashes to Ashes" is also the sequel to the song "Major Tom".
Curator return confirmed.

>>81994411
Fuck that gif wasn't supposed to be reversed

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>>81994411
Greetings, greetings, greetings! Well, I seem to be stuck in the sodding Time Vortex, AGAIN! So I can’t assist you. This is one of the many regrets in my life. Goodbye, my dears!

Has anyone pointed out the david bowie references besides whovians?
how the fuck did that show turn out to be alright?

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>>81994133
Nardole is Bill

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>>81994465
>how the fuck did that show turn out to be alright?

Cause based Rove.

Also the cast is generally decent apart from Bajo.

>>81994395
>tfw Bowie will never guest-star as a future incarnation
There's got to be some Bowie character we can meme into being the Doctor through Brain of Morbius-type bullshittery. The Man Who Fell to Earth maybe?

>>81994510
>Reminder Bowie was meant to play Sharaz Jek, but a scheduling conflict with a tour fucked it up

>>81994411
The back half of this season is going to be crowded. Missy, Simmaster, pre-Delgado Master, First Doctor, Early Thirteenth Doctor, Curator, Watcher (Nardole), Susan, Second Susan (Bill), Valeyard…

There's really no room for any more characters, so presumably all the Mondasians who become the first Cybermen are actually not just like humans, they're the Doctor and his Time Lord family and friends.

Here are all the spoilerS for thin ice.

3.Thin Ice: Rich sadistic and racist British Lord has a gigantic pet Eel that lives beneath the thames. Giant Angler Fish follow the Giant Eel and the Lord feeds the poor to his pets. He calls Bill a worthless negro and the Doctor punches him in response. His own Eel eats him. Big Eel is released back into the deep ocean by the Doctor. The end.

>>81994076
Why did they choose such an offensively ugly companion lads?

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>yfw after Chibnall kills the show and they bring it back 10 years later, we've skipped ahead by an unknown number of Doctors
>literally anyone could be a past incarnation of the Doctor, there are jokes about this
>guest stars keep turning up as doctors from the gap

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>>81994589

>>81994589
Alopecia representation

>>81994365
kek, here's an actual list of bowie references, intentional or otherwise in twelve's era
>Original outfit based on the Thin White Duke
>Kill the Moon features correspondence with 'Ground Control'
>Twelve yells 'LET'S DANCE' in The Caretaker
>Namedrops All the Young Dudes in The Magician's Apprentice
>Has a novel called Diamond Dogs
>Twelve in The Zygon Invasion: "Protect [the country] from the Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

>>81994583
>the doctor
>resorting to physical violence over words
I don't know how anybody can justify this, much less the doctor

>>81994617
Yep

He's never, EVER done that before

Ever

>>81994617
he already memories raped an entire new lifeform
he just doesn't care anymore

If Bowie was still alive he should have played the Corsair he was made to be the Time Lord the Doctor looks up to and admires. Capaldi is a Bowie Fanatic and wanted him to appear on the show. It would have been great as Bowie was a GOAT actor too :(.

TFW there is an parallel world where Bowie is alive and was on Doctor who.

>>81994371
It was Boyce, I asked him on twitter

>>81994395
ah thank you
wasn't sure if it was the same character or not

>>81994615
Plus the one we just saw in Smile

Plus (spoilers) regenerating into Tilda Swinton in a different Bowie outfit.

>>81994617
this is how i know you haven't seen pre-tennant who

or even tennant who really

>>81994617
He just smacked a ''sentient'' robot with a crowbar the other day.

>>81994617
Fake fan - sad!

>>81994365
I know you're probably (hopefully) joking, but I feel uncomfortable without pointing out that the song is not in fact called Major Tom

>>81994690
But it wasn't because the robot said something rude
Are you all ignoring the very conditional that was the point of my post? Physical violence over words is unjustifiable in any context

>>81994617
good bait

>>81994659
To be fair, it's hard to imagine a lot of other Doctors doing the same thing. I mean, if there was a cyanide-soaked rag around for Sixie, or a button to blow him up for Two, or a way to trick him into killing himself and all of his allies for Seven, would they even think of punching him?

>>81994617
Kek. The Doctor has snapped peoples necks buddy.

never watched any dr who pre nuwho

are the oldies worth watching or are they shit?!

>>81994465
yeah i posted here when the episode came out and asked boyce about it on twitter

>>81994739
i legitimately cannot tell if you are trolling or not, given those specific examples youre using :/

>>81994759
do you have a link to his tweet?

>>81994720
T. Cuck

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>>81994617

>>81994704
Yes, but the whole point was to get someone to make the leap to "Curator confirmed", and "Space Oddity" wouldn't do that nearly as well as "Major Tom".

what's /who/'s favourite david bowie album? Station to Station is unrivaled for me

>>81994720
>rude
Minimising the psychological impact of white supremacist rhetoric, are we? Tut tut. Anyway, more to the point, the Doctor has done plenty of things that are disproportionate displays of force.

>>81994758
Yes, start with An Unearthly Child.

>>81994780
>I think you're dumb
>*punch them in the face*
You don't seriously fucking think that's an appropriate reaction do you?

>>81994803
>letting a word have a strong psychological impact merely because of some history that you had no part in

The Doctor is not a pacifist and never has been. He fights back every single time.
A pacifist vs a knife wielding lunatic will be killed.
A pacifist trying to talk sense into a lion will be killed.

>>81994758
Some are kino. I recommend Time and the Rani, The Happiness Patrol, Timelash, Timeflight, and Terror of the Vervoids.

>>81994810
Don't listen to this racist

>>81994791
Never Let Me Down

>>81994778
https://twitter.com/frankcottrell_b/status/856039832296075264
reactivated my years-old twitter account because i was curious

>>81994775
Seriously? Do you not understand the concept of irony or something?

but I thought he is a MAN WHO NEVA WOULD

>>81994811
The point is that it's in-character.

>>81994791
Apart from the obvious ones I really like 1. Outside

>>81994873
>Never Let Me Down
the only correct answer his updated remix of Time Will Crawl is unironically earkino though

>>81994791
Coney Island Baby

>>81994791
I've only heard ground control to major tom
it was okay I guess

If Dubs based Marcelo will come back soon and leak all the episodes in glorious black and white.

thoraxtime was a superior stream

>>81994791
>tfw i've never really listened to bowie besides what was played on the radio
>tfw about to listen to every album he's made

what am I in for lads?

>>81994601
I unironically hope for this.
>mfw one of the guest Doctors from the gap (eg, Tilda Swinton) regenerates into someone fucking absurd (eg, Prince Harry) as a joke cliffhanger ending

>>81994951
>Not Fun House

>>81994983
Imagine the havoc it would wreak on the numbering though!

>>81994980
Good music. How old are you?

Dubs confirm the rest of series 10 will be even shitter.

>>81995037
37

>>81995037
20

>>81995037
11

Dubs confirm series 10 will go down as one of the best.

>>81995042
the last two episodes were GOAT though

>>81994791
The soundtrack to Omikron and Hours. Really, it's the three Berlin albums, but those are too obvious, and then Outside and Earthling are also really too obvious, so…

>>81995069
Dubs confirm Empress of Mars will be the highlight of series 10.

Dubs confirm NuWho will go down and the Trips will die in their sleep

>>81995037
82

>>81994647
>TFW there is an parallel world where Bowie is alive and was on Doctor who.
There's a legitimately good piece on this specific idea by Chris O'Leary (author of bowiesongs.wordpress.com):

http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/guest-post-david-bowie-and-doctor-who/

>>81995106
Dubs confirm all of series 10 will be GOAT.

Dubs and I give the discord link

>>81995037
it's my fourteenth birthday today

dubs confirm the only bad episode will be the gatiss one

>>81995142
Dubs confirm McGann is in the vault.

Dubs and the monks three parter will be a modern classic

dubs confirm series 10 is the best of nuwho

>>81995165
Dubs confirm the Eaters of light will be the worst episode.

>>81994791
Ziggy Stardust but Blackstar is close.

>>81995200
o shit

>>81995080
They were decent. End of the last episode was kind of anti-climactic but 12 and Bill have good chem.

Dubs confirm the Cheetah people are the true villains of series 10.

I really love Blackstar

>>81995200
GOAT confirmed

>>81995200
Fookin' finally!

>>81995233
pleb

I'd love to dock my white dick into pearls huge mouth. Her massive lips would entomb of my dick like a ship under a magnetic clamp. My Dick would be sosafe docked in her big beautiful mouth and I would be happy.

>>81994980
Start with Ziggy. Expect some soaring, cinematic songs with a little bit of fuck-off-rock-'n'-roll sprinkled in.

From there, pretty much anything he made in the 70's is gold (Except PinUps, his covers album.) If you want really fucking comfy acoustic-based music with GOAT songwriting, go for Hunky Dory.

Aladdin Sane and Diamond Dogs are sort of mangled versions of the glam rock sound that normies associate him with.

Young Americans is a straight up retro-soul record.

Station to Station is funk-disco-rock, but with a razor-sharp sinister edge to it that can be attributed to Bowie being out of his mind on cocaine for the entire recording.

Low and "Heroes", Low in particular, are seminal avant-garde records which incorporate more conventional styles, but apply them in esoteric ways, usually involving innovative electronic sounds. These are considered his most definitive artistic statements and represent his divorce from the mainstream. Don't be put off by the 'experimental' label though, they're extremely listenable and will blow your dick off.

There seems to be a significant overlap between Bowie fans and Doctor Who fans, idk why. enjoy your listen dude.

>>81995290
Imagine being the kind of person who takes time out of their day to make this

>>81995259
M8, i'm a huge Bowie fan. The Man Who Sold the World, Heroes and Ziggy Stardust are all incredible. Blackstar just really resonated with me. Sorry for having an opinion!

black tie white noise is underrated

>>81994791

The Next Day is a solid album.

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http://www.strawpoll.me/12807719/
http://www.strawpoll.me/12807719/
http://www.strawpoll.me/12807719/

why hasn't he posted ittttttt

>>81995323
chuckling to themself all the while, thinking earnestly "boy the lads on /who/ are gonna give me plenty of (You)'s for this sidesplitter"

>>81995337
lol i've never come across anyone with this opinion before. what in particular about it appeals to you?

>>81995365
I'm sure it'd get some (You)s in the /pol/ threads where they complain about the BBC inserting black people everywhere

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>>81995365
calm down your 'tism is showing

>>81995323
Wew no thanks

>>81995365
"It's funny because Slavery in the United States was the legal institution of human chattel enslavement, primarily of Africans and African Americans, that existed in the United States of America in the 18th and 19th centuries after it gained independence and before the end of the American Civil War. Slavery had been practiced in British North America from early colonial days, and was legal in all Thirteen Colonies at the time of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

By the time of the American Revolution (1775–1783), the status of slave had been institutionalized as a racial caste associated with African ancestry. When the United States Constitution was ratified (1789), a relatively small number of free people of color were among the voting citizens (male property owners).[1] During and immediately following the Revolutionary War, abolitionist laws were passed in most Northern states and a movement developed to abolish slavery. Most of these states had a higher proportion of free labor than in the South and economies based on different industries. They abolished slavery by the end of the 18th century, some with gradual systems that kept adults as slaves for two decades. But the rapid expansion of the cotton industry in the Deep South after the invention of the cotton gin greatly increased demand for slave labor, and the Southern states continued as slave societies. Those states attempted to extend slavery into the new Western territories to keep their share of political power in the nation; Southern leaders also wanted to annex Cuba to be used as a slave territory. The United States became polarized over the issue of slavery, represented by the slave and free states divided by the Mason–Dixon line, which separated free Pennsylvania from slave Maryland and Delaware.

Congress during the Jefferson administration prohibited the importation of slaves, effective in 1808, but illegal smuggl

WTF is wrong with you lot liking David Bowie music.Are you all fucking ancient?

>>81995441
just got home from school m8?

>>81995473
Instantly clicked 'hide'

>>81995302
>There seems to be a significant overlap between Bowie fans and Doctor Who fans, idk why.
Both massive English pop-culture artefacts that originate in and permeate the second half of the 20th century and have huge normie appeal but a weird underbelly of avant-garde material for weirdos to obsess over. Plus both appeal to people interested in reinvention and shifting aesthetics. The links are pretty clear.

I hope the next episode gives Bill more to do. They wasted her in Smile. For a first TARDIS trip episode she was surprisingly superfluous. And for all the time spent on just 12 and Bill they learned very little about each other. She found out he helped people (didn't The Pilot tell her that?) and he tried to keep her out of the action until... he didn't cause he needed her to hold something. The main plot of the episode didn't make up for it since the 'mystery' was revealed in the opening and then all that's left on that account is to watch the Doctor try to figure out what we already know. At least the episode looked great.

>>81995498
why would you do that, it's not a very good episode

The Doctor never fancied a black woman kek.

>>81995569
he fancied martha but was still too cut by rose to act on it

Dubs confirm Moffat will come out as trans midway through series 10 airing.

>>81995502
yeah that's pretty much it. when I said 'idk why' I pretty much meant 'can't be arsed articulating my thoughts abt it', but you put it well

>>81995164
HAPPY FOURTEENTH BIRTHDAY

>>81995599
I respect Moffat's decision and wish him the best of luck transitioning

>>81995599
Uh oh

>>81995599
based moffat

>>81995441
WTF is wrong with you lot liking Doctor Who show.Are you all fucking ancient?

>>81995685
nice b8

>>81995703
shit b8

>>81995389

I honestly don't think there's a weak track on the album.

Some of my other favourites include Low, Reality, Diamond Dogs...

I guess I'm just a general fan.

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>Moffat thinks that in LIBRARY a slowly speaking voice interfaces is better than touch screens with information

Only 11 Capaldi episodes left. He needed to stay one more series. The man is too insecure about himself in real life.

>>81995823
>He needed to stay one more series. The man is too insecure about himself in real life.
Mate, three series is the same amount that far younger and more physically capable actors have done. He's hardly being a pussy here.

>>81995823
>wanting chinballs to write him
no thanks

>>81994980
>>81995302
Oh, yeah and stay away from his first two albums. The second one's got Space Oddity on it, but the rest of it's pretty dull.

>>81995883
>LE CHINBALLZ MEME!!!!! HAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peter will do Big Finish without a doubt. Give him 1-2 years to have a break and he'll be back doing based audios.

>>81995907
get back to work chris

LOL did Gomez actually get nominated for best supporting actress for Missy as the Baftas? so overdramatic, cringe filled bad acting gets you nominated so easily in bongland?

Peter will do Big Finish without a doubt. Give him 1-2 years to have a break and he'll be back doing based audios.

t. Nilso

>>81995907
Name ONE (1) good chibnall episode

>>81995992
>so overdramatic, cringe filled bad acting
Great critique there.

>>81996001
t. simmchad

>>81996056
Broadchurch Episode 1.1
Broadchurch Episode 1.2
Broadchurch Episode 1.3
Broadchurch Episode 1.4
Broadchurch Episode 1.5
Broadchurch Episode 1.6
Broadchurch Episode 1.7
Broadchurch Episode 1.8
Broadchurch Episode 2.1
Broadchurch Episode 2.2
Broadchurch Episode 2.3
Broadchurch Episode 2.4
Broadchurch Episode 2.5
Broadchurch Episode 2.6
Broadchurch Episode 2.7
Broadchurch Episode 2.8
Broadchurch Episode 3.1
Broadchurch Episode 3.2
Broadchurch Episode 3.3
Broadchurch Episode 3.4
Broadchurch Episode 3.5
Broadchurch Episode 3.6
Broadchurch Episode 3.7
Broadchurch Episode 3.8

Is it me or are all of capaldi's "bad" episodes actually "most of it was good but there's this one dumb thing that ruins all of it"?

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Paul McGann has shot up on the betting sites for 13.

>post yfw he returns to play 13

>>81996090
>listing all episodes
This is how I can tell you've never watched it.

>>81996071
t. capaldo

>>81996091
Yes. Forest of the Night was one of series 8's best episodes. Just the Maeve girl ruined it.

>>81996115
I've watched it all, and the Series 1 epilogue, and the Series 3 deleted Hardy date scene. It's kino.

>>81996091
You're almost there, the next step is "the dumb thing is only 'ruining' all of it because I'm honestly a bit fucking weird".

>>81996056
Open Air Doctor Who End Of Season Discussion 1986
BTFO

Reminder not to respond to obvious mongo posting.
>if someone calls you cats or cloister.
>he's reeing now, good
>bored, kiddo?
>he's touching his peepee
>mongo likes candy
>anything about Jason/Billy/Connor/other random names
>this post has given you out
>thanks for confirming [whatever]
>anything about VPNs
Report these and move on. Do not reply to obvious bait.

>>81996152
I apologise for giving you the benefit of the doubt.

>>81995823
>The man is too insecure about himself in real life.
I was saying this during Series 8. He was so pensive about taking on the role in interviews. Clearly worrying about how viewers were gonna react to his Doctor, stressing how he was 'less accessible', asking interviewers what they thought made the classic Doctors memorable and taking recs for what classic Who eps to bone up on. He's a great actor, he should have focused on it as a role instead of worrying so much about the legacy of the show.

>>81994791
No fav albums, but I weirdly associate "Blackstar" with Tara Samms' "Frayed" (one of the Telos novellas).

Does Chibnall's work on Broadchurch tell us that his Who will be weighty and character driven, or that it will largely confine itself to simple genre expectations? Or both? Probably both.

>>81996436
It will also have largely unsatisfactory plot resolutions, although that won't really be new.

chronological anon here, finished Eleventh hour last night, so glad to be out of the davies era.

>>81996458
kek, I don't think Chibnall Who will be much of a culture shock for anyone desu

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>>81996471
dumb moffcuck

>>81996471
Based

Chib's s11 will be 10x60 mins and shown on Sunday at 7pm in the UK
It will be like Netflix series and he will write many of the episodes.
Louise Fox will be his #2 writer and script editor.

>>81996354
How so?

>>81996555
Like they've even decided half of this shit yet.

>>81996555
I'd be okay with shaking up the format like this, it would be refreshingkino

the only good episodes from the RTD era are moffat ones, and the dalek episodes from s1

prove me wrong

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Well I woke up today
And the world was a restless place
It could have been that way for me

And I wandered around
And I thought of your face
That Christmas looking back at me

I wish today was just like every other day
'Cause today has been the best day
Everything I ever dreamed

And I started to walk
Pretty soon I will run
And I'll come running back to you

'Cause I followed my star
And that's what you are
I've had a merry time with you

I wish today was just like every other day
'Cause today has been the best day
Everything I ever dreamed

So have a good life
Do it for me
Make me so proud
Like you want me to be
Where ever you are
I'm thinking of you oceans apart
I want you to know

Well I woke up today and you're on the other side
Our time will never come again
But if you can still dream
Close your eyes it will seem
That you can see me now and then

I wish today was just like every other day
'Cause today has been the best day
Everything I ever dreamed

I wish today was just like every other day
'Cause today has been the best day
Everything I ever dreamed

>>81996606
a connected arc like Daredevil with individual episodes which are resolved weekly

>>81996606
it will debut on BBC1 and stream outside the UK from the broadcast time

>>81996632
wait, you just threw two contradictory statements into the mix. you've lost me. where am i

>implying bbc is making series 11
its being sold off to amazon

>>81996693
Amazon or Netflix will be streaming it, yup. The BBC streaming thing is a dead duck.

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>>81996629
>tfw Neil Hannon will never play the Doctor

>>81996629
Neil Hannon > Tim Phillips.

>>81996576
It was around the same time that I was reading "Frayed" and decided to listen to some Bowie stuff for the first time (and picked that song as my entry level). So it kinda mixed together. And also the dead astronaut from the beginning of the video for Blackstar reminded me of DW.

>>81996555
A series of 10 60 minutes episodes would make it longer than any other series apart from series 4. There's not a chance that the BBC will stump up the cash for that again.
What about Countryfile? What about international timeslots? This info doesn't make any fucking sense at all.

>>81996555
I'd never trust Chibnall to actually do it well, but I've long been interested in what could be done to reformat and reconceive Doctor Who in a way that feels up to date with 2017's big TV hitters. Kids will watch it anyway as long as you keep the iconography, sense of fun and visual imagination, but given the sheer flexibility of Who's storytelling there's surely a way of making it feel essential and addictive to /everyone/ again.

>>81996838
Why do hundreds of other shows not have these problems?
They decide on a tone and don't try to make something that everyone will like. Which is virtually impossible to maintain anyway.

>>81996838
I've often thought that Who would do well as a pure anthology, with a series of unconnected episodes with the common thread of the Doctor all uploaded for streaming at once, Black Mirror-style. It's not a perfect fit, but it fits Doctor Who as a concept far better than leaning heavily on the serialisation of the show, which is what most people suggest as a way of reinvention.

Daredevil
Jessica Jones
Iron Fist
Luke Cage

etc

All of these are serials.

>>81996920
That's antithetical to the whole concept of Doctor Who, though. Doctor Who's greatest strength as a format is that it can literally go anywhere and do anything, and that necessitates a huge variety of tones and styles that no other show really needs.

>>81996984
Yes, that is accurate information. I'm not sure what you're trying to tell us here by singling out four Marvel shows.

>>81996984
They all mostly stay in the same place, with a cast of recurring characters and standing sets. Why you'd want a show that's literally about being able to travel anywhere and meet anyone to be that is beyond me. The early Pertwee era tried it because of falling ratings and no budget, and it lasted about a season and a half before they started feeding all that back in again because they were struggling to make decent Doctor Who any more.

I like to think Idris jizzed when the TARDIS consciousness entered her.

>>81996992
Not even close to the truth. Star Trek has comedy eps and serious eps for example.
Doctor Who isn't a special snowflake and people need to stop saying that. It is harming it's potential.

>>81996629
Is this supposed to be Nine's consciousness singing?

"Have a good life, do it for me".

>6.68m for The Pilot
JUST

>>81997089
yes. stop trying to make 'events' and start making a friggin TV show properly and consistently

>>81997083
Girls don't jizz anon, they kinda gush or drool, grool if you will.

>>81997147
The revised version Gold wrote for the soundtrack release includes references to Doomsday. It's Ten's thoughts sung to Rose.

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series ranking

5 > 4 > 9 > 3 > 1 > 7 > 2 > 8 > 6

>>81997089
This is true. For example, season 7 was mostly extremely grounded and serious, while whichever one Douglas Adams did was frivolous and silly. The show didn't implode on either occasion.

>>81997185
>Pulling 6 millions
>In UK
>After ten years run
>While being a sci-fi show

This is truly amazing.

>>81997185
I'm interested that the timeshift has stayed consistently about 2 million for fucking ages now.

>>81997218
>9 above 3
is this bait?

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>>81997215
>mfw I realised Neil Hannon has technically played both the Doctor and Father Ted Crilly

>>81994076
Haven't seen the new episodes yet but this guy seems unfunny.

>>81997337
Based on what? His face?

>>81997346
He looks like that (annoying) guy from little britain

nevermind I've just seen it's actually him

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Stupid sexy Time Lord.

>>81997089
It's not just a case of comedy episodes vs. serious episodes, though. Great Doctor Who needs to flip from comedy to drama to horror to fairy tale to romance to domesticity to epic, often within the same episode. I love Trek, but it doesn't even try for that.

The darkness is coming, /who/. You must be prepare.

>>81997549
This one just looks weird.

>>81997806
Those eyelids look like some Men in Black shit.

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remember to smile

>>81997185
higher than series 9

>>81998072
I just realized Who had an episode about people being forced to smile by emojibots just after a phone app was released that gives people artificial smiles. Spooky.

>>81997185
>Rose - 10.81
>New Earth - 8.62
>Smith and Jones - 8.71
>Partners in Crime - 9.14
>The Eleventh Hour - 10.09
>The Impossible Astronaut - 8.86
>Let's Kill Hitler - 8.10
>Asylum of the Daleks - 8.33
>The Bells of Saint John - 8.44
>Deep Breath - 9.17
>The Magician's Apprentice - 6.54
>The Pilot - 6.68
Will series 9 be remembered as the series that killed the show?

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I think I found my pick for 13.

>>81998474
Looking at the figures wouldn't it make more sense to blame series 8?

>>81998474
nice bait

why is no one pointin out that he looks like cartman

>>81998655
Because we aren't 12?

>>81998541
Series 8's ratings were declining a bit but still within the normal range for Doctor Who. Series 9 suddenly crashed and burned. Series 9's most watched episode had lower ratings than series 8's least watched.

>>81998696
>Series 9 suddenly crashed and burned.
Series 9 was clearly already hampered from the first episode, implying the problem started before it aired.

>>81998696
because series 8 was a steaming pile of shit so people didn't watch 9

>>81998539
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh_Xa9UeF1Q

Series 9 had a problem of the BBC not marketing it all, or when they did it was actively turning off viewers.

>"Clara Oswald and the Doctor in the TARDIS. Same old, same old!"
What a way to entice new viewers.

If I'm honest, I've not seen a whole lot of promotion for series 10 either.

>>81998866
the tories fucked over bbc
they aren't allowed to market much anymore
fuck jeremy corbyn

Anything that wasn't Tennant killed Doctor Who.

>>81998866
BBC tends to advertise less now (probably scared of the government). They've been a bit sneakier with series 10 though, throwing it into every chat show and bit of news coverage they can.

>>81998943
Why are britfags still salty about Tennant 7 years later? Complaining that ever since Smith it's "only made for America" What do they mean by this?

>>81999187
Nothing, they just latched onto America because they started airing it there during Smith and it gets a modest 1 million or so viewers.

>>81999212
We had NuWho since 2006, it was just during the Smith era that episodes were shown on the same day in America and Bongland rather than a few weeks later.

So Thin Ice is about a sea serpent that's not an alien, but an Earth creature that lives deep under the sea. So far, it doesn't seem like there's any sci-fi elements.

Could this be the first Pure Historical since 1982?

>>81999694
I wouldn't call it a pure historical if it has a giant sea serpent living in the Thames.

>>81999694
>sea serpent
>it doesn't seem like there's any sci-fi elements
wot

>>81999694
by that logic none of the silurians episodes count as sci-fi because there from earth

Well what I mean is it's not an alien, it's an Earth creature (established in DWM), and considering Black Orchid is considered a pure historical even though Black Orchids aren't a real thing, why shouldn't this be?

>>81999789
If only you knew...

>>81999848
Name one of the Silurian stories that is set in the past (from when it aired).

Pure HISTORICAL

>>81999923
ok fair enough, unless you count bloodtide

Here's an example of what qualifies as a "pure historical" from tardis (I know, I know)

"The question of just how much prior to the broadcast/publication date a story must be set for it to be considered an "historical" is an open one. If a Peter Capaldi story were now to be set entirely in the 1970s, and the Doctor encountered no aliens, it would clearly be an historical."

>>82000003
This is not a good definition. Most fantastic things on Doctor Who are alien, however some are Earth-based cryptids and fantastic inventions.

The Crimson Horror, for example, does not feature any extraterrestrials beside show's (semi-)regulars, but it features a fantastic prehistoric organism, a fantastic chemical compound as well as ahistorically advanced technology.

>>82000361
This is a good point

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I support a female Doctor.

>>82000000

>>82000361
>fantastic chemical compound as well as ahistorically advanced technology.
Would so called OOParts fit into this? Akin to the bagdad battery or even something a little more shady, like the corso artifact? Asking for a friend.

I have one thing to say to you, /who/. You know what it is.

And you know what happens now. You wouldn't listen. Because you know what I'm going to say.

I forgive you, Gareth

Is it just me or has simmposting died out

>>82000854
I've had a WHOLE YEAR to INTEGRATE with its MATRICES

>>81999694
>So Thin Ice is about a sea serpent that's not an alien, but an Earth creature that lives deep under the sea.

Yes. And the monster/villain is a rich straight white man. It's a Sarah Dollard episode. Go figure.

You're in their HOMES you've got their CHILDREN!!

so the doctor's secret in the vault is missys tardis, recovered from saint pauls cathedral. interesting. might explain how there are 2 masters

>>82000003
For me, a historical has to have an educational element. It's a shame they don't do modern historicals or real science related episodes. It could boost the viewing figures.

Some News sites need to double check their photo references...

https://article.wn.com/view/2017/04/21/Second_Doctor_Arrested_in_US_Female_Genital_Mutilation_Case/

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>>82001208

>>81994791

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLL RIGHHHHTTT
SHE WANTSS THE YOUNG AMERRICAANNNSS

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>>82001208

Anyone up for a rewatch of Smile on /casualwhostream/?

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>>82001666
Awsheet satantrips check'd

>>82001666
This.

How long will Chibnall last as show runner? I can't see him hanging around as long as Moffat to be honest.

>>82001666
Get in here lads.

>>82001666
Yeah, we just at the titles now. anyone else gonna join?

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WHICH DOCTOR HAD THE BEST THEME/MOTIF?

Nine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n02LZX9DCLo

Ten:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=844_IkhcP-g

Eleven:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7VmOZ4Ppj8

Twelve:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JpbE_sVabI&t=311s

>>82001839
God
I just read that as satan's catnip and imagined a bowl of creepy smily doctor faces.
I really should go to sleep

>>82002526
*smiley

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Whats he talking about here?

>>82002408
12 > 10 > 11 > 9

I think they all work better in their reprise forms which is why I wasn't impressed with Capaldi's at first but then the different variants across episodes(ex. https://youtu.be/uPjJ_VAubRs?t=2m48s) made me love it. I think 11's is the only that sounds good in it's vanilla form.

Does anyone find when singing along to Bowie songs they become kinda racist?
Like, I'll just throw in random racist words for no reason while singing. One of my favourites is "Ground control to Nigger Jim"

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>>82002675

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>>81994309
Nope

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>>81994411
>>81994445
Nope again

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Hey guys

ANDREA LAFORD

>>81994617
>resorting to physical violence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzmnPs64K74

>>81994647
That would be one of those rare instances when I'd want them to point out how he blatantly looks a certain way.

"You — You're David Bowie!"
"Clala, that's not David Bowie, that's the Corsair, one of my oldest friends and one of the most revered Time Lords who ever lived."
"No, Doctor, THAT'S David Bowie."

Who frowned me this fucking face, amirite?

But who would make a good Corsair if he ever came back? What if House just took the arm and the Corsair somehow got away?

>>82004066
>But who would make a good Corsair if he ever came back? What if House just took the arm and the Corsair somehow got away?
I think it was suggested that Shopkeeper from SJA was Corsair. But who cares, it never made it on screen.

What's Hugh Laurie doing this days?

>>82004196
>What's Hugh Laurie doing this days?
I think he's got lupus.

Is there a cast list for Thin Ice available?

>>82004734
Peter Capaldi as the Doctor
Pearl Mackie as Bill
Matt Lucas as Nardole
Your mom as Serpent Monster

>>82004734
The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
Ace - Sophie Aldred
Markus Creevy - Ricky Groves
Lt. Raina Kerenskaya/Sezhyr - Beth Chalmers
Hhessh - Nicholas Briggs
Major Maxim Alexandrovitch Felnikov - John Albasiny
Adjudicator/Glarva - Nigel Lambert
Yevgeni/Yasha Lemayev - John Banks

Just finished the Witch's Familiar I love the rejuvenated Master/Doctor friendship. I loved the vibes of a friendship from Delgado and Pertwee. They should have the Master like this more often.

>>82005461
Glad you like it anon

>>82005312
Funny

>>82005312
Was reusing the name an opening shot in a war to officially recall canon status from Big Finish?

Next Doctor is being announced tomorrow. Screenshot this.

Great Vampires back when? with footsoldiers looking like that scary vamp from Salems lot. Kino horror awaits.


Seriously bring back all the demons and shit. The Impossible planet was GOAT.

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Has there been underwater kino in Doctor Who before? Cold War doesn't count.

>>82005920
Menace

Anyone hate that it was the Racnoss that led to the formation of Earth? wished allowed Earth's origin to be natural.

Extremis is going to be best episode of Moffat Era.
Screencap this. NOW.

>>82005920
Under the Lake

>>82005920
Cold War was such a bullshit episode I swear to g*d

1st Doctor and 12 at xmas
>1 Hour long

Okay......yeah this will not work if it's not at least 80 minutes or something.

>>82006330
Er, why?

>>82004196
The guy who played the Shopkeeper was in Class

>>82006486
1 hour is not long enough for a mulit-Doctor story and for us to get enough time to properly say good bye to 12 with the focus solely on him. Another Doctor present diminishes his own presence especially considering its his final episode.

>>82006610
Bradley First Doctor is just gonna be 12's companion

>>82006330
>>82006486
>>82006610
It's taking place inside 12's head, though.

>>82006703
>12 is fatally wounded in The Doctor Falls
>the christmas special is basically Circular Time: Winter
I'd be ok with this.

Are we having a break for eurovision this series?

>>82006848
It does seem odd that we haven't had a Moffat episode that straight-up takes place totally in the Doctor's head, since he's lurching towards it all the time and keeps incorporating that sort of space (most significantly in Heaven Sent). I can see it potentially being how he chooses to bow out.

>>81998474
>tfw the ratings will jump back to S1-8 average levels as soon as Capaldi leaves

THIS IS NAUGHTY

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ok /who/ give me your best recommendation for an entry level 7th doctor televised story to show someone who's only seen the revival and a handful of 4th doctor stories. Which story hits all of 7's beats?

>>82007770
Remembrance

>>82007770
Remembrance of the Daleks or The Greatest Show in the Galaxy.

>>82007770
Your safest bet is Remembrance. Doesn't have any overly weird stuff, moves along at a good clip, contains recognisable elements, and has classic 7 moments.

NEW THREAD
>>82007976
>>82007976
>>82007976

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>>82007837
>>82007893
>>82007939
Cool, that's pretty unanimous. Thanks fellas. I'll be showing it to her later tonight. Might as well stream it if anyone's interested.

>>82005679
>Was reusing the name an opening shot in a war to officially recall canon status from Big Finish?
Of course not.

Moffat doesn't care what's canon. Even less than RTD did. He doesn't even point people to Paul Cornell's essay anymore, he just laughs and implies that anyone who cares about canon is stupid.

But if he did care about canon, he could just declare anything he wants. If Moffat said "Only the TV show, minisodes, and DWM comics are canon", that would be that.

Meanwhile, why would he want to make them noncanon when he just got their license renewed, gave them the rights to use everything up to 2013, and had the Doctor mention some of their characters in the anniversary special?

And finally, even if he bizarrely thought Big Finish being canon was somehow bad for his ability to run the show, why would he care? That's not his problem anymore, it's Chibnall's.