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<wipes off the dust, turns the big lever> We’re back! Apparently Chibnall is going to have everything on super lockdown under his watch, so spoilers might not leak out like previous years. He’s already asked for this pic of Jodie in Peter’s costume to be taken down, but it was thankfully saved before deletion. 
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Whittaker actually rocks that Capaldi costume, to be honest. I like her new costume too, but I wouldn't mind if she kept Capaldi's wardrobe for an episode or two.
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Nov 12, 2017 13:13
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If Chibnall messes this up i'm going to have a field day making GBS threads on him like the olden days of RTD, boyo. Oh wait, capri pants. There's mess#1.
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Nov 12, 2017 13:14
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please be good Please don't be poo poo
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Nov 12, 2017 15:46
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So, the Radio Times for the week after next is going to have a big cover story on the new series and a summary of some of it has been leaked. Or allegedly leaked. Obviously I'd be skeptical, but, anyway:quote:As has been long rumoured the series will be fully serialised telling one (main) story. What hadn't been mentioned before is that Chibnall will be writing the lot, which is the main reason why it's only ten episodes. The plan is to bring back other writers for subsequent series and add a couple more episodes back to the length. The BBC will also be heavily promoting this as a brand-new jumping on point, so don't expect any returning characters/enemies/monsters.
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Nov 12, 2017 22:33
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That's either a fantastic premise or an absolute mess and I can't wait to find out which.
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Nov 12, 2017 22:37
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That Okay sure okay fine okay sure
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Nov 12, 2017 22:41
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So it's a bit like Jubilee.
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Nov 12, 2017 23:34
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Oh sweet. Ten extra-long episodes all written solely by Chris Chibnall. I cannot wait.
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Nov 12, 2017 23:46
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I'm hoping for a giant train wreck that'll at least be entertaining. Hopefully Jodie won't be the third straight Doctor wasted on terrible scripts.
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Nov 12, 2017 23:59
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Timby posted:So, the Radio Times for the week after next is going to have a big cover story on the new series and a summary of some of it has been leaked. Or allegedly leaked. Obviously I'd be skeptical, but, anyway: Sounds interesting, although I assume they'll have the Chron--O-John fixed for the Christmas special.
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Nov 13, 2017 00:31
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2house2fly posted:Oh sweet. Ten extra-long episodes all written solely by Chris Chibnall. I cannot wait.  quote:The main narrative thrust for the series will be the Doctor(s) trying to put themselves back together again; each of them will have a distinct personality and they are able to communicate, so we get a multi-Doctor experience with only one Doctor. This seems like a horrible idea. We have a new Doctor and the first season is always dicey as the actor, writers and us try to figure out this new Doctor's personality. So instead we will have 3 different new personalities, none of which may be the "actual" Doctor as she will end up. Not a great introduction.
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Nov 13, 2017 02:07
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Episode 10 will end with a 1-800 number to call in and vote for your favorite personality. The contest results will be widely invalidated when it's discovered that one man called the number 900 times.
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Nov 13, 2017 03:54
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Episode 10 will end with a 1-800 number to call in and vote for your favorite personality. The contest results will be widely invalidated when it's discovered that one man called the number 900 times. 
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Nov 13, 2017 10:18
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Ah! A new thread! I don't like it.
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Nov 13, 2017 11:42
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Look, if one section is in 1968 there’d better be a reference to The Invasion and an attempt to fix UNIT dating. 
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Nov 13, 2017 11:54
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Well, if that's true, it's certainly ambitious. 
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Nov 13, 2017 17:37
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I do wonder if we’ll get three different variations on the outfit if that’s true.
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Nov 13, 2017 18:15
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That... doesn't sound very credible to me. But we'll see. I'll probably be proven wrong.
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Nov 13, 2017 20:11
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Fair Bear Maiden posted:That... doesn't sound very credible to me. But we'll see. I'll probably be proven wrong. This was my initial thought, but I've always been wrong again I say it, so I've made an effort not to anymore.
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Nov 13, 2017 23:13
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Clip from the X-Mas special: https://twitter.com/BBCCiN/status/931609236769067011
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Nov 17, 2017 20:59
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Okay ignoring that the music is kind of annoying That's not how the First Doctor would react to seeing a future version of himself. He'd immediately be jumping down Capaldi's throat about how his hair was and the clothes he was wearing and his eyebrows. For the love of Christ we KNOW how the First Doctor responds to future iterations of himself- casual insulting dismissal! "So you two are my replacements are you? A dandy and a clown!" is one of my favorite lines in all of Doctor Who.
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Nov 17, 2017 21:15
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Side note: Capaldi is older than Hartnell was when he left the programme (which is a massive 17 years younger than David Bradley is now) Other side note: I agree with Burkion, it's not very well characterised Dabir posted:So it's a bit like Jubilee. City of Death
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Nov 17, 2017 21:55
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It's important to judge it in full context, but it does feel a bit off in that clip. Moffat's written similar scenes twice before (Time Crash and DOTD), which work quite well together. It just seems a bit awkward here. (I've got to rush off, and mull over it for a bit).
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Nov 17, 2017 22:02
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Just Okay let me make this clear. The actor is fine. He's great. He plays the role in a fundamentally different way but, like JaKiri just pointed out, dude is nearly 20 years older than Hartnel was when he took the role. Of course he's going to be a bit slower in delivery. It's the writing that I'm talking about here. This is not the First Doctor. I don't know WHAT Moffat is going for here, but this is not how the First Doctor acts. The First Doctor is all about using understated comments to great effect, and while he had a sense of humor it wasn't anything like this. Honestly given the look of the TARDIS and Capaldi's demeanor, I would imagine the first doctor would compare him to an excited teenager It's yet another actor being let down by the writing. But Hopefully it'll get better?
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Nov 17, 2017 22:05
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Oh I can’t hate that at all. I always love inter-Doctor bickering, and this is no exception. 
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Nov 17, 2017 22:57
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Sneak peek, not peak. Can the BBC not afford a copy editor? Burkion posted:This is not the First Doctor. I don't know WHAT Moffat is going for here, but this is not how the First Doctor acts. He doesn't giggle enough either.
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Nov 18, 2017 01:01
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That was fairly funny. I liked "what do you mean, one?"
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Nov 18, 2017 01:43
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Does the first Doctor ever really refer to his time machine as "the TARDIS"? I remember him usually referring to it as "the ship".
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Nov 18, 2017 02:43
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He called it that once or twice, yeah quote:DOCTOR: What did you say, my boy? It's all over. It's all over. That's what you said. No, but it isn't all over. It's far from being all over.
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Nov 18, 2017 02:48
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The_Doctor posted:Oh I can’t hate that at all. I always love inter-Doctor bickering, and this is no exception.  "I AM YOUNGER!!!!!" This is gonna be awesome, gently caress the hatas. I could watch 90 minutes of just those two in the TARDIS arguing and comparing notes. Also for anyone saying the characterization of 1 is off, remember he's himself supposed to be very close to regeneration himself. He's probably in quite A Mood, same as 12.
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Nov 18, 2017 03:27
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A few false starts but you get there eventually.
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Nov 18, 2017 03:46
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Was "I'd say stop being an idiot but I kinda know what's coming" a dig at 2? 
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Nov 18, 2017 05:15
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I actually don't mind the writing, but Bradley just doesn't feel like One. He seems to be trying to play vaguely out of it and upset instead of indignant, self-assured and wiley. There's a way to deliver "I thought I'd be... younger" that carries One's dignified distaste, and instead the direction feels like they're going for "Hartnell's frustrated confusion as he watches the world leave him behind." I've always been impressed with Bradley as an actor, but I don't think much of him as an impersonator. Bicyclops fucked around with this message at 06:49 on Nov 18, 2017 |
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Nov 18, 2017 06:41
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He's not impersonating Hartnell, and that's for the best. He's playing and older First Doctor on the brink, and I think he does a good job personally. To be honest, considering the tone of this adventure versus the first time One was a guest, I also think Moffat made the right choice characterization-wise. A melancholic look at the end of Capaldi's run, the first of a new generation of Doctors, reflected in a melancholic First Doctor, who has to confront the idea of having to leave and isn't quite as self-assured and energetic as before. P.S. "Replacement" was always a bad word to use IMO. It almost feels like it's breaking the fourth wall and puts too much stress on the idea of the actor changing, rather than the character itself.
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Nov 18, 2017 09:24
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Fair Bear Maiden posted:He's playing and older First Doctor on the brink, and I think he does a good job personally. Yeah, the fact that this is the Doctor, drained after his encounter with the Cybermen and Mondas, right on the edge of regenerating for the first time, accounts for at least some of the "vaguely out of it and upset"ness at least, I think. Though on the other hand, he was fairly indignant right before the point where we're picking up from: "What did you say, my boy? 'It's all over.' That's what you said. No, but it isn't all over. It's far from being all over!" I still don't think what we've seen so far is really capturing the spirit of Hartnell's Doctor, but I'd be lying if I said I hadn't enjoyed that clip all the same.
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Nov 18, 2017 09:37
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2house2fly posted:That was fairly funny. I liked "what do you mean, one?" I think it was meant to be somber rather than funny but y'know, Moffat.
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Nov 18, 2017 15:27
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Szmitten posted:I think it was meant to be somber rather than funny but y'know, Moffat. Why would you think that? It’s a comedic scene and it’s delivered as comedy. Of course it’s supposed to be funny. EDIT: I think I’m going to start criticising everything in this way. “Dunkirk? Oh, it’s all very dramatic, but it’s a dreadful romcom.” cargohills fucked around with this message at 15:58 on Nov 18, 2017 |
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Nov 18, 2017 15:55
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I don’t know, it is a sombre moment (and clearly horror on the soldier’s part), but it quickly gets undercut by comedy. I can definitely hear some Hartnell’s cheekiness on ‘I thought you’d be younger’. He’s not above a jab like that.
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That line is somber but the Doctor casually revealing the future and just steamrolling past it with "sorry, spoilers" is funny. Apart from the tone I also like that the line parallels Bradley's Doctor, who I can imagine saying "what do you mean the first Doctor?"
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