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 Doctor Who is a long-running British television programme about a time-travelling alien, alias 'the Doctor', who goes around solving problems in time and space. There are good times and there are bad times to be a fan of Doctor Who. We're not in a good time. When Jodie Whittaker was announced to be the 13th Doctor, there was much rejoice over the casting of a woman. The issue many people forgot was that Chris Chibnall was the new showrunner. During his run, all the goodwill Whittaker's casting gained has evaporated after episodes that range from 'inoffensive' to 'offensive' aired. Now, with an even smaller season (due to the COVID-19 pandemic, not ineptitude), there are rumors that we may move on to a 14th Doctor after next season. Again, Doctor Who isn't going anywhere (thanks to foreign sales of future seasons), but there are an abundance of problems with the show going forward. Oh, and we're getting a new companion named Dan next season. The previous thread can be found here. Now for the formalities. We have a designated spoiler thread, but under Chibnall the amount of spoilers have dried like the lake in that one episode. Use your best judgement. Episode titles can be spoiler-y, so use discretion when discussing episodes yet to air. For example, 'Hide' doesn't spoil anything, but 'OH poo poo IT'S THE DALEKS' does. WHERE DO I START? The Woman Who Fell to Earth is a good starting point, as the current Doctor makes her first starring appearance there. This is not to discount Doctors 9-12, but so far their stories have not made a major point in the tenure of Whittaker's Doctor. If you want to watch the original series, there are plenty of places to start. You COULD start with An Unearthly Child and watch everything in chronological order. You could also watch individual serials of all the Doctors and determine which you like the best. Keep in mind, don't shotgun a whole Hartnell or Troughton in one go, or else you'll get complacent. Those 60's episodes are meant to be seen one at a time, and if you only just rented the DVD, wait a few hours between episodes. The most popular serials for the original series you can jump into are: First Doctor: An Unearthly Child, The Aztecs Second Doctor: The Tomb of the Cybermen, The Enemy of the World Third Doctor: Spearhead from Space, Carnival of Monsters Fourth Doctor: Pyramids of Mars, The Robots of Death Fifth Doctor: Kinda, Frontios Sixth Doctor: Vengeance on Varos, Revelation of the Daleks Seventh Doctor: Dragonfire, Remembrance of the Daleks WHERE CAN I WATCH DOCTOR WHO? BritBox is the place to watch almost every episode of the original series. In addition, you're in luck if you're an American, as you can watch the original run of Doctor Who on honest-to-goodness TV (Retro TV and some PBS stations)! For the current run: ON TELEVISION UK - BBC One (first run), W USA - BBC America (first run), most PBS stations Canada - CTV Sci-Fi Australia - ABC (first run), ABC ME, Syfy STREAMING UK - Sky Go, BBC iPlayer USA - HBO Max Canada - Crave Australia - BritBox, Stan SHOULD I BUY THE DVDs AND BLU-RAYs? Just for the bonus features alone. THE ALL-NEW GUIDE TO BIG FINISH There are literally THOUSANDS of Doctor Who and Doctor Who-related audio dramas released by Big Finish Productions. In previous threads, I would pour over all the individual lines and describe them. With the great restructure of Big Finish lines, though, I have to adapt. So, here are some bullet points: -Doctors 1-12 have their own individual lines now, although obviously the first three Doctors are not played by Hartnell, Troughton, and Pertwee. Here's a handy guide: if it's current series Doctor Who, "Adventures" means it's the actual actors, while "Chronicles" means it's not. -The Companion Chronicles & the Early Adventures generally do not feature the Doctor, and some of them are essentially audiobooks with sound effects. Check the cast list if you want to know which is which. -If you have ever asked "what about <random character x>?", boy are you in luck! There are so many spin-offs featuring characters both familiar and unfamiliar that you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a series that makes you say "THEY got a box set?" Some are good, some are bad, most are unremarkable. -Everyone has a taste, so don't rely on other people's opinions. For example, I don't care for or about the Charlotte Pollard, but some people do! Some crazy people enjoy the story Nekromanteia - you do you! THE DISCORD Here it is. The future is now! FINALLY, let's take a look back....all the way to ten years ago! Discussion about Victory of the Daleks was steering into the Doctor acting chummy to Winston Churchill. Payndz posted:Pertwee's Doctor was friendly with Napoleon, and Chairman loving Mao - during the Cultural Revolution. To wit: Chairman Mao posted:Wonderful chap, all of them.
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Jan 13, 2021 22:12
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Lyons wrote the Witch Hunters, not the Witchfinders, which was an actual episode.
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Jan 15, 2021 08:15
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Big Mean Jerk posted:On the one hand I applaud the attempt at doing his own thing without leaning on past success, but on the other hand... it’s uh definitely okay to lean a little, Chibs! Doubly especially when you end up writing 50% of everything.
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Jan 18, 2021 22:12
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The reason the Doctor doesn’t go back to the far past is because that story happened. It’s hard to imagine another Doctor Who story involving cavemen without people saying “wait a minute, this is just An Unearthly Child!”
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Feb 6, 2021 20:05
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What about the Virgin Missing Adventures, huh? You thought about those?
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Feb 9, 2021 19:47
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bessantj posted:I've been thinking about starting to collect the Big Finish monthly stories do I need to collect them chronologically or can I pick and choose the ones I find most interesting first? Chronologically in terms of release, or in terms of where it fits in the Doctor's timeline?
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Feb 11, 2021 02:50
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Every so often I remember that Queen Elizabeth II is still ruling England, and I’m amazed that it’s been that way since the events of M*A*S*H.
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Feb 17, 2021 02:31
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That was the big reveal of Miracle Day.
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Feb 19, 2021 02:52
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Eccleston looks like he could be in a Hammer horror movie with that beard.
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Mar 30, 2021 08:44
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You're obviously forgetting the PM being offed in the Slitheen two-parter.
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Apr 11, 2021 05:06
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I'm pretty sure in the Cybermen two-parter from Tennant's first season that the Doctor mentions that there are no parallel versions of him in parallel universes.
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Apr 12, 2021 02:52
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Harlock posted:I'm sure it would make for a fun comic or audio to have whomever is the Doctor in the parallel universe Age of Steel reality deal with the Metacrisis Doctor showing up out of nowhere. That's because they're human, not Time Lord.
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Apr 12, 2021 03:13
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Let me tell you of a man who thinks like that. Sure, he wrote some Doctor Who, and while it didn't blow anyone away, it wasn't terrible. Then he got a chance to run the show, and he said "I have a story to tell, and drat over 55 years of continuity!" That's how we got the Timeless Children.
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Apr 15, 2021 05:13
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Bless you, Forktoss.
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Apr 15, 2021 18:01
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OldMemes posted:Thank goodness the producers turned down Patrick Troughton's suggestion that he wanted to play the Second Doctor in blackface and a turban (!). It would have taken the fun out of the character entirely. The Enemy of the World, but it's the Doctor matching wits with Justin Trudeau.
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May 2, 2021 20:13
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Skaro year 10963: Daleks develop gravity-variance weapon Earth year 1976: 
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May 16, 2021 22:18
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happyhippy posted:Maybe I missed it in the thread, but where is the '6b' theory coming from for Ruthdoc? Considering she has a TARDIS stuck as a phonebox, it’s the only period of time that works without going stupid.
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May 29, 2021 01:41
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Well, that’s why the Doctor is a rebel - Time Lord life isn’t for them, which is why the First Doctor stole the TARDIS in the first place.
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May 30, 2021 20:43
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Mameluke posted:Pretty much that and the Witchfinders, which was a lost RTD-era historical The Witchfinders was pretty good until the witches showed up. After that it did a speedrun to the finish.
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Jun 5, 2021 19:21
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Zaroff posted:I’ve not seen Spyfall since broadcast, but I didn’t think the Doctor mentioned his colour when leaving him for the Nazis to find. It’s very tone deaf to leave him and something they should have reconsidered after Dhawan was cast, but I didn’t think it was intentionally weaponised. Joss Chibnall
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Jun 7, 2021 18:53
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Narsham posted:But he first did extensive research by watching The Two Doctors fifty or sixty times. I don't know how this is possible!
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Jun 17, 2021 00:03
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I'd bring back the humorous political satire, as opposed to the biting political satire we've had since RTD.
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Jul 2, 2021 18:48
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I probably saw the whole of the original run of Red Dwarf in about a year thanks to KLRU playing back-to-back episodes every Saturday in 1998.
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Jul 14, 2021 01:52
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OldMemes posted:Oh yes, that's it! I do have The Beginning set, so I remember those. That's what W is for.
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Jul 15, 2021 00:44
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That's certainly a teaser! In that it shows nothing, really.
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Jul 25, 2021 18:51
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If reports are correct, Vinder is NOT a companion.
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Jul 25, 2021 20:42
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I don't think anyone holds anything personal against Chibnall - it's just that he's not doing a good job running a TV show that we have enjoyed.
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Jul 26, 2021 05:49
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Rhyno posted:Psh, what a waste. Have you SEEN For All Mankind? It's very good. Of course, it doesn't matter anyway, he just signed a deal with Disney's 20th Television to develop. If we have to sacrifice Whittaker to save Doctor Who, so be it. I'd rather have a new showrunner with a molecule of ability to...run a show...then have her Doctor stay an extra year waiting for Chibnall to improve.
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Jul 29, 2021 18:53
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Think about this - when Chibnall leaves the show, he will have been showrunner for Doctor Who as long as RTD had been.
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Jul 30, 2021 07:07
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I'm less concerned about casting the Fourteenth Doctor right now and more interested in hiring a showrunner who will average more than 5.8 new episodes of Doctor Who per calendar year. Ideally, double that!
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Jul 31, 2021 02:45
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I remember listening to an episode of Radio Free Skaro from, like, 2014, and one of the hosts mentions that he’d prefer a female showrunner come before a female Doctor, and I think we now know why!
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Aug 7, 2021 18:01
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In my opinion, the TARDIS should be called the S.S. More Powerful than Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, and the Incredible Hulk Combined
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Aug 8, 2021 20:28
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Doctor Who is never debuting new episodes outside of BBC One on a weekly basis.
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Aug 31, 2021 18:55
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Will it include Shada('s animated recon)?
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Sep 2, 2021 20:40
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I'm trying to think of a "phucking" joke, but I can't come up with one.
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Sep 5, 2021 19:58
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Hopefully whomever is chosen to show-run Doctor Who after Chibnall leaves can convince Eccleston to do a 60th Anniversary special. Hell, hire Joe Ahearne to direct and sweeten the deal.
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Sep 13, 2021 19:40
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My guess? All the scenes with the Chumblies are super-cheap to animate.
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Sep 15, 2021 18:08
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It’s also the stupidest title for an episode.
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Sep 20, 2021 02:17
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Well, then. Everything old is new again.
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Sep 24, 2021 18:19
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I mean, Amy didn’t know she was going to be a mother until LITERALLY the end of the Ganger two-parter. Plus, Let’s Kill Hitler takes place after a time-skip of a few months.
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Sep 25, 2021 07:57
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