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Wheat Loaf posted:Here's an AMA Jamie Mathieson did on Reddit shortly before the episode came out. I'm not nearly as apprehensive about Chibnall as showrunner as I once would have been (he's grown a lot as a writer since the dark dark days of early Torchwood) but this certainly isn't the best news I've ever heard. Then again, I doubt all those decisions have even been made and frankly I'll be happy if we have a Season 11 at all before 2025.
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Chokes McGee posted:Nardole's head is organic, the body is the robot. I mean, the Doctor can't just sew his head onto a corpse after what happened during River's episode. He gave him River's old one. Nardole's... let it go a bit.
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May 14, 2017 23:32
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"Shut up Nardole, and stop wriggling, can't get it in.'
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May 14, 2017 23:37
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There's only so many good tv writers in the UK, especially ones who will happily work on Who. Matthison will be back. Also, yes! I now remember thinking 'ah, respiratory bypass!' while watching the episode.
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May 14, 2017 23:51
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The_Doctor posted:There's only so many good tv writers in the UK, especially ones who will happily work on Who. Matthison will be back. Time Lords can also survive in the vacuum of space (Twelve specifically had zero problems taking his time getting into a spacesuit) so I'm not sure how long they were out there if his eyes boiled in the meantime. 
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May 14, 2017 23:59
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Oxygen was a good episode, but of all the obvious twists this one was the most obvious.
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Chokes McGee posted:Time Lords can also survive in the vacuum of space (Twelve specifically had zero problems taking his time getting into a spacesuit) so I'm not sure how long they were out there if his eyes boiled in the meantime. Have we seen a time lord exposed to hard vacuum for more than about thirty seconds or so? The impression I have is that they were outside for about five to ten minutes.
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remusclaw posted:Looks vaguely in the direction of the woman he hears speaking to him. "You're a beautiful woman, probably."  Capaldi has been channeling Four a little bit this season.
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May 15, 2017 02:46
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The trailer for the next episode reminds me of The Red Lady, which was one of the best of the small handful of BF adventures I've consumed.
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Sad King Billy posted:I don't care what gender, sexuality, colour or whatever 'ism the Doctor is. The important thing it that they are selected because they would make a good Doctor. What if they're blue?
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May 15, 2017 05:22
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Astroman posted:What if they're blue? Great, a racist.
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May 15, 2017 06:31
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That blue alien/racist bit reminded me of the RTD days, but in an endearing way. He loving loved that joke 
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May 15, 2017 06:43
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Astroman posted:What if they're blue? The aliens from Blue by Eiffel 99 have no credibility and should have no part in Dr Who.
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May 15, 2017 07:23
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I agree with others about the twist at the end of last episode; it's either something that's going to be resolved really quickly and be inconsequential or else it will get annoying pretty fast.Doctor Spaceman posted:This is a pretty strong season. So far, best it's been since season 5. Bill's a solid companion, as others have said, Nardole is great comic relief and they don't overuse him too much, and I think they've taken away some of the dire grumpiness from the Doctor and restored his cheerful whimsy without shoving down our throats. I also like some of the more direct reaffirmations of what drives him ("The Universe reveals itself to you most when it's asking for your help", etc.). It's funny that right after we discussed how the Doctor doesn't get involved in rebellions or attack systems anymore, he immediately caused a rebellion against space capitalism by embedding knowledge into two people to incite a workers' rebellion. It's not the same as the subtle ways he used to it, but I thought it was pretty good. I've really loved all four of Mathieson's episodes (I know some people are pretty lukewarm on The Girl Who Died because of the baby translation, but I really liked it). I also hope Sarah Dollard comes back. I'm not sure how I feel about Mike Bartlett yet. Most of what I liked about Knock Knock involved David Suchet himself but most of what I disliked about it were pacing issues in introducing the housemates, which could be either a writing or a directing thing.
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It's been years since I considered this show to be consistently good so I'm glad they're giving Capaldi a strong finish, because man the past two seasons were pretty fuckin bad. No real complaints about this season though, the Victorian London episode was probably the weakest but it was still good.
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May 15, 2017 14:21
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One interesting bit was this:James Mathieson posted:I made the Doctor blind but cured him by episode's end. Moffat took it and ran with it... For how long? I have no idea....
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Carbon dioxide posted:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/05/iplayer-login-tv-licence-fee-dodging/ Jesus christ  Is there any way around email registration? Because so far as I know the over 75 licence is still per household and my grandma sure as hell doesn't have an email address.
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Doctor Spaceman posted:One interesting bit was this: I also like this bit about last season: quote:One thing that niggles me about the speech is his naming of the Boneless. There were originally a couple of recurring bits in scenes before this where he was struggling to name them. He would overhear the cleaners call them 'Crawling Death' or somesuch and you could see him in the Tardis considering the name, then rejecting it, making his naming of them The Boneless more of the end of a process rather than a proclamation out of nowhere. e: confused about the comments on Chibnall sticking with Broadchurch writers, though; isn't that just... him? I don't think there are any other writing credits on the show.
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Also was the Ganymede mining company a red dwarf reference I dunno, but Den of Geek saw that and the use of Eurostile in the graphics and sent me an email about it those both being RD homages, then made an article out of my half-guessed ramblings, which is slightly amusing: http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/doctor-who/49433/doctor-who-series-10-the-hidden-roots-of-its-graphic-design This is the ep I left on to do another show. The other show is not very good, and now I wish I'd stayed on for a few more Whos. 
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echoplex posted:The other show is not very good, and now I wish I'd stayed on for a few more Whos. I saw an advert for it and it looks pretty bad.
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May 15, 2017 16:55
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May 15, 2017 17:07
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Oh god, Volume Two: The Smug Year
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May 15, 2017 17:13
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Wow, I guess Tennant really liked Big Finish! Now we wait for a full Five/Ten crossover.
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May 15, 2017 17:18
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The fact that David is willing to come back makes 10's inclusion in the Chronicles line even more baffling to me.
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all-Rush mixtape posted:Wow, I guess Tennant really liked Big Finish! I mean, he worked for them a ton before he even played the Doctor, so of course he'd come back to reprise the role.
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Bicyclops posted:I mean, he worked for them a ton before he even played the Doctor, so of course he'd come back to reprise the role. Oh. Right. 
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DoctorWhat posted:JACKIE'S BACK!!! After her story from the 9th Doctor Chronicles...yeah, this is some of the best news here.
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jivjov posted:The fact that David is willing to come back makes 10's inclusion in the Chronicles line even more baffling to me. Presumably they want as many new series stories as they can do and having David Tennant around once a year to record 3 hours worth of stories is not ideal, especially compared to how 4 through 8 record loads.
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Now they just need to get Eccleston. Him, Piper, and Barrowman together on an audio would be The Best.
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May 15, 2017 17:36
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Too bad Eccleston hates Doctor Who.
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echoplex posted:This is the ep I left on to do another show. The other show is not very good, and now I wish I'd stayed on for a few more Whos. Which show is it?
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AndyElusive posted:Too bad Eccleston hates Doctor Who. That's not the impression he gave in a few statements in the lead up to the 50th. He's just put Doctor Who behind him and (currently) has little to no interest in reprising his role.
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jivjov posted:He's just put Doctor Who behind him and (currently) has little to no interest in reprising his role. Because he loving hates Doctor Who.
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Do you have a source on that? The worst I've heard him say is that he had some disagreements with some of the production staff from his season. That wouldn't be a problem for coming to do Big Finish.
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There's no source either way and he's probably just, as you say, exploring other stuff in his career and busy, but he definitely did have some issues with the direction on the show, enough so that he found the experience unpleasant. It doesn't help that professional, polite actors would definitely say "Oh yeah, wonderful fans, not time for me to go back to that yet, but I hope all the best for the show its & current actors" is just the kind of thing someone would say whether they hated the show or really were just taking some space from it. I think he probably has enough space from the parts of the show that he didn't like that he wouldn't be averse to coming back, but that Big Finish probably just isn't part of his current career path.
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I don't have a source for this but I mean, he said no to the 50th Special, poor Nick Briggs has to voice Nine for BF, and he's the least involved in anything to do with the show of practically every living actor who's played the part of The Doctor. Dude hates Who.
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