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DuhSal posted:I haven't watched a lot of Doctor Who (maybe a couple episodes from a random season) and just started watching this season but I was wondering why the aliens in this episode all looked human? Like no make up/prosthetic at all to make them a bit more alien. Is that normal for Doctor Who? The first ep had a very alien creature... Yeah, that type of humanoid is common in Doctor Who, along with the more alien creatures. A couple of non-TV stories have tried to explain it away (like the audio Zagreus positing that the creator of Time Lord society seeded the universe with humanoids).
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DuhSal posted:I haven't watched a lot of Doctor Who (maybe a couple episodes from a random season) and just started watching this season but I was wondering why the aliens in this episode all looked human? Like no make up/prosthetic at all to make them a bit more alien. Is that normal for Doctor Who? The first ep had a very alien creature.. That's pretty normal. Usually they don't bother with any prosthetics unless the story is specifically about them being aliens, like it's a monster of the week thing or they're trying to do a story about how Appearances Are Deceiving We're The Same Inside. A bunch of aliens in Dr Who look exactly like humans but with silly outfits
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Oct 16, 2018 18:51
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The only thing I'm not digging about Jodie is her "DRAMATIC POSE" every time she uses the sonic.
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Oct 16, 2018 18:51
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Loved the episode, loved Jodie, loved the new opening, loved the new Tardis, loved everything. So excited for this season. New Tardis interior reminds me of 9 and 10's, if darker. More organic, both built and grown.
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Oct 16, 2018 18:54
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Davros1 posted:The only thing I'm not digging about Jodie is her "DRAMATIC POSE" every time she uses the sonic. Haha, I noticed that too
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Oct 16, 2018 19:05
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Davros1 posted:The only thing I'm not digging about Jodie is her "DRAMATIC POSE" every time she uses the sonic. I'm exactly the opposite in opinion. Her sonic pose is right on loving point. But what a weird thing to be critical of though.
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Oct 16, 2018 19:11
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It feels like she’s using a Harry Potter wand every time she does it.
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Oct 16, 2018 19:13
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Lets be honest though, since around 11 it's been the sci-fi equivalent of a magic wand.
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Oct 16, 2018 19:17
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DuhSal posted:I haven't watched a lot of Doctor Who (maybe a couple episodes from a random season) and just started watching this season but I was wondering why the aliens in this episode all looked human? Like no make up/prosthetic at all to make them a bit more alien. Is that normal for Doctor Who? The first ep had a very alien creature.. The show's original budget was two pounds and half an empty candy bar wrapper, so even now that they have money the expected aesthetic is pretty minimal. One of the classic enemies is "upside-down trashbin with some styrofoam and a plunger stuck on". The first episode this season had "guy with teeth on his face", "tangle of rubber hoses with some lightning effects", and "paper mache lump covered in glitter". It's just a matter of making that look good.
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Oct 16, 2018 19:28
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That looked like a very expensive tangle of rubber hoses
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Oct 16, 2018 19:30
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AndyElusive posted:Lets be honest though, since around 11 it's been the sci-fi equivalent of a magic wand. I sort of wonder if there's a required minimum number of times they have to use the sonic screwdriver in each episode. They just use it for such pointless things, like scanning the robot to determine it's a robot. Wouldn't it've looked better for the Doctor to pull back its hood to reveal it's a robot? Sometimes the screwdriver seems designed to make things less interesting.
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Oct 16, 2018 19:36
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Safeword posted:The robots ire had been drawn by moving in front of them, though. They were already aggressive and out to kill. It was the "on my own" guy who took a shot at one of the robots; they started shooting after that. Presumably, they were then in self-defense mode, and not engaging their primary programming or operating with any specific direction. I did find myself wondering if they'd been deliberately programmed to miss, either by the race organizer or as guards for the captive scientists. (If your sniper robots shoot to kill your prisoners, then they are dead.) Then again, accuracy in a firefight is rarely as high as people who just watch TV or movies thinks. The sheet-creatures were deliberately called out as "clean-up." Presumably they left a bunch of them to get rid of all the corpses. They look like sheets and activate at night, so I presume they are stealth weapons. Your sheets kill you at night while you're asleep. I'm fine with the show shifting back towards the old-school "if you step out of the room for a minute and come back, you probably haven't missed anything vital." Moffat, in particular, wrote for rewatch, but the frenetic and packed episodes, while more engaging, were more demanding as well. No surprise that fans serious enough to post their thoughts online are likely to prefer the frenetic to the casual. But this seems like a better pace for family viewing that mixes hardcore fans and occasional fans. What was being explored didn't end up being as interesting as I hoped, but I'm glad to see exploration over time being readded to the show's grammar. I'm also OK with them not flying one or two extra cast members on location just to demonstrate the flesh-eating water with an expensive and unnecessary effect. "Show, don't tell," sure, but not slavishly. Personally, I think adding a character just to fall in and demonstrate the flesh-eating water is lazy writing, too. Not framing the water as an ongoing threat (a room starts flooding, say) may have been a missed opportunity, but it is also a deliberate choice to have a lower intensity to the episode, and I'm unsure whether that's a problem or not. Chibnall does seem to have a different attitude towards Doctor Who as a children's/adult show which I'm not yet sure about. But I think we need at least a whole series to judge. Edit: Also, I hope that little TARDIS on the console is a seed.
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Oct 16, 2018 19:41
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"Sorry Yaz, I forgot you were there"
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Oct 16, 2018 19:46
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the anti-gun sentiment, at least, doesn't feel as grating as HE'S A SOLDIER YOU CAN'T DATE A SOLDIER
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Oct 17, 2018 00:04
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i mean that was obvious self-loathing and projection
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Oct 17, 2018 00:05
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The_Doctor posted:It feels like she’s using a Harry Potter wand every time she does it. She's a space wizard, lol. I like it, it's extremely silly, and I think she's trying to impress her new friends. 
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Oct 17, 2018 00:10
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Rhyno posted:But man do I not care fo the new TARDIS at all. It's just too much of a departure from what we've traditionally known. Let me tell you what happened in 1996...
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Oct 17, 2018 02:50
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Astroman posted:Let me tell you what happened in 1996... I mean, I get how much people love that one and I do like it but it still had a ton of visual cues from the classic styling. The new one just feels EVIL.
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Oct 17, 2018 03:47
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There's just so much amber in the new art direction. The sonic and the Tardis both. All amber and crystals.
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Oct 17, 2018 04:13
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:in Dr Dinosaur voice: CRYSTALS????
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Oct 17, 2018 06:09
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Rhyno posted:I mean, I get how much people love that one and I do like it but it still had a ton of visual cues from the classic styling. The new one just feels EVIL. No what I meant was how much different the 96 console room was from all previous versions.
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Oct 17, 2018 14:24
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Astroman posted:No what I meant was how much different the 96 console room was from all previous versions. Still has a recognizable control console with a time rotor. Hell if you look at the elevated area just around the console it almost looks like the Doctor just dropped the immediate walls. The new crystal design feels very wrong to me.
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Oct 17, 2018 14:28
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Action Jacktion posted:I sort of wonder if there's a required minimum number of times they have to use the sonic screwdriver in each episode. They just use it for such pointless things, like scanning the robot to determine it's a robot. Wouldn't it've looked better for the Doctor to pull back its hood to reveal it's a robot? Sometimes the screwdriver seems designed to make things less interesting. Pulling back the hood only reveals it looks like a robot. Oh, thats a picky distinction I hear you cry, but this is Doctor Who and, as two easy examples, both cybermen and daleks (for the two most obvious examples among many) look like, but are not, robots.
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Oct 17, 2018 14:53
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Spatula City posted:She's a space wizard, lol. I like it, it's extremely silly, and I think she's trying to impress her new friends. Yeah it's charming as hell, which pretty much sums up her take on the role in general. Aggressively positive and charismatic.
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The cover for Doctor Who Comics Day next month: That’s honestly absolutely stunning. The_Doctor fucked around with this message at 16:49 on Oct 17, 2018 |
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Oct 17, 2018 16:47
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precision posted:Yeah it's charming as hell, which pretty much sums up her take on the role in general. Aggressively positive and charismatic. I was going to make a manic pixie dream doctor crack but then I realized that was pretty much Matt Smith's whole run.
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Oct 17, 2018 16:48
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Don't get me wrong guys, I loving love what Jodie's tossing around, she's just the best but her TARDIS is a a hard no for me.
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Oct 17, 2018 16:55
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The_Doctor posted:The cover for Doctor Who Comics Day next month: I'm not often impressed by Doctor Who comics art but I really want this as a poster on my wall
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Oct 17, 2018 17:00
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Rhyno posted:Still has a recognizable control console with a time rotor. Hell if you look at the elevated area just around the console it almost looks like the Doctor just dropped the immediate walls. The new crystal design feels very wrong to me. The crystal would work if it just wasn't a just one solid piece. If they had done something like Superman's Fortress of Solitude, using clear crystals, illumination it from the inside, and letting the light bounce off it. Maybe not having every crystal move in unison either. And not yellow either. I understand they want to tie it in with the sonic, but a white/clear crystal would look so much better
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Oct 17, 2018 17:50
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Possibly yeah but I'm not really feeling the design overall.
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Oct 17, 2018 17:55
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Caught up on it. I am falling in love with this show all over again. I just love Jodie as the Doctor. Even more than I loved Capaldi and I loved him a lot. Frankly it feels like it's only gotten better each time for me. But she's the best.
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Oct 17, 2018 17:57
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I like how in two episodes, the Thirteen's already used the Sonic more than Twelve did his entire run
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Oct 17, 2018 18:00
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Vinylshadow posted:I like how in two episodes, the Thirteen's already used the Sonic more than Twelve did his entire run Did you count times 12 used his sonic shades? Also, it was probably a conscious effort to reduce how much the Doctor relied on his sonic since 11's was practically an extension of himself. And he also might have been compensating for something, since Regeneration is a lottery.
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Oct 17, 2018 18:08
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Vinylshadow posted:I like how in two episodes, the Thirteen's already used the Sonic more than Twelve did his entire run <cough cough> sunglasses <COUGH>
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Oct 17, 2018 18:08
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"Hands-free" doesn't count You can't compensate with your eyes, after all https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1052575314528952321
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Oct 17, 2018 18:19
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He had to push the bridge to activate them!
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Oct 17, 2018 18:22
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Rhyno posted:He had to push the bridge to activate them! It still amounted to him glaring at everything, as is the proper way of things  
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Oct 17, 2018 18:31
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qirex posted:I was going to make a manic pixie dream doctor crack but then I realized that was pretty much Matt Smith's whole run. Yeah  That's why I don't really get why anyone doesn't like her. This behavior is nothing new for Dr Who
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Oct 17, 2018 18:58
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I just rewatched series 10 and drat it's still exemplary. Even the poor Extremis bits can be saved by Mackie, Capaldi and Lucas. Fantastic Who.
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Oxygen is an absolutely incredible episode that stands out even among the excellent front half of that season.
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