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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEkC6InjWQ8 (new thread, that's weird) Hey, remember Doctor Who? You know, Doctor Who? It's back for the 60th Anniversary! Russell T Davies is back! David Tennant is back! Catherine Tate is back! Beep the Meep is...well, not back, exactly, but you know what I mean. Now, I know what you're thinking: "why is it 2008 again?" Well, I don't know. What I DO know is that this is only for three sixty-minute episodes before we start the Ncuti Gatwa era of Doctor Who, for which they're already working on episodes to air in 2025. Hey, remember how the last showrunner waited until the season was over before starting work on the next one? Yeah, that was bad. Not as bad as the new international television deal, but we'll get to that in due time. The three specials will air on Saturdays, starting November 25th, and a Christmas special will air...around...Christmas? It's been a while, I don't remember how to do these things. The previous thread can be found here. Now, the formalities. NO SPOILERS We have a designated spoiler thread that is thankfully relevant once again. If you think it's a spoiler, don't post it in this thread! HOWEVER, as soon HRH the K (R.I.P. Liz 2) is able to watch it on BBC One, it is no longer a spoiler. KEEP THIS IN MIND while you try to keep attention while the Doctor is buffering with a wacky look on his face. WHERE DO I START? These upcoming specials are as good a time as any! Maybe. 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? Ah, the elephant in the room. In the UK, everything is normal and you can watch Doctor Who on BBC One and the iPlayer. Outside of the UK, though, it gets complicated. BritBox is the place to watch almost every existing 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, new episodes will not be on TV, but instead streamed on Disney+. With that being said, AS OF THIS TYPING I can still watch Doctor Who on Max here in the United States, and Australians can still watch Doctor Who on Binge and Foxtel Now. It's entirely possible this confusing situation continues onward (Max's contract with Doctor Who reportedly lasts until next series). 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 series?" 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 Charlotte Pollard and her spin-off, 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! Before the Day of the Doctor came the Night of the Doctor, and this was the reaction: DJ Ramshackle posted:HOLY loving poo poo And now you know...the REST of the story.
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Just spotted the new thread. I'm almost done with my rewatch of Davies/first watch of everything else. First time seeing most of Matt Smith and all of Peter Capaldi's seasons. Didn't expect to like Capaldi's Doctor as much as I have
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Nov 3, 2023 00:13
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Apparently 15ths first season is gonna be branded as Season 1, so look forward to that confusing naming scheme.
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Nov 3, 2023 00:31
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Senor Tron posted:Apparently 15ths first season is gonna be branded as Season 1, so look forward to that confusing naming scheme. It's Season 40 to me 
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Nov 3, 2023 00:33
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Classic doctor who Modern doctor who Disney doctor who tm
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Nov 3, 2023 00:35
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This is the first season 1 since 2005, right? RTD really said "I'll loving do it again".
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Nov 3, 2023 00:36
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"You've redecorated! I LOVE it!" (At least Jodie got some good moments from time to time.)
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Senor Tron posted:Apparently 15ths first season is gonna be branded as Season 1, so look forward to that confusing naming scheme. Moffat did the same thing when Smith came on board. Said it was Season 1. Tbh though, the numbering scheme that's been in use for NuWho (i.e. with Smith taking over in s05) kinda doesn't work now. Did Thirteen get three seasons or four? Tennant's "year of specials" always felt like basically a season to me anyway.
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Nov 3, 2023 00:46
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I do not have words for the sheer childish glee I expressed when McGann was revealed in Night of the Doctor.
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Coward posted:I do not have words for the sheer childish glee I expressed when McGann was revealed in Night of the Doctor. Same. It was cool to see, but also for building up hype because WTF this huge thing is just an online short building up to the anniversary special how bloody wild is THAT gonna be?!
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Nov 3, 2023 00:48
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Edward Mass posted:You COULD start with An Unearthly Child. No you can't. 
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Nov 3, 2023 00:52
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I am so excited to be back in 2005 
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Nov 3, 2023 00:53
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Coward posted:I do not have words for the sheer childish glee I expressed when McGann was revealed in Night of the Doctor. "Not the one you were expecting"  Also loved his appearance in The Power of the Doctor where he's not in robes like the others and they grumble about him not playing along  Which in turn reminds me of how much fun it was when Davison, Colin and Sylvester are peeking on him at the convention while he's on the phone in The Five-Ish Doctors, muttering,"I bet that's his agent, he's got a job. He's ALWAYS getting jobs!" 
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Nov 3, 2023 00:58
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TinTower posted:No you can't. Is the Beginning DVD still in print? Get that!
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Nov 3, 2023 01:05
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Edward Mass posted:Is the Beginning DVD still in print? Get that! Physical Media wins again! 
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https://i.imgur.com/WZyKBkW.mp4
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Nov 3, 2023 01:22
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I am excited for more Doctor Who soon, especially since this old cosplayer will get off my screen and the REAL Doctor can start next year.
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Nov 3, 2023 02:31
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dingo with a joint posted:Moffat did the same thing when Smith came on board. Said it was Season 1. Tbh though, the numbering scheme that's been in use for NuWho (i.e. with Smith taking over in s05) kinda doesn't work now. Did Thirteen get three seasons or four? Tennant's "year of specials" always felt like basically a season to me anyway. Haha this makes watching the shows in order a hassle, combined with the Christmas specials sometimes getting their own subsections or paired with prior seasons, especially on standard illegal streaming sites and back when they were on Amazon.
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Nov 3, 2023 03:37
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dingo with a joint posted:Did Thirteen get three seasons or four? Series 11, 12, Flux, and the specials, you mean? ...Honestly I just lump the specials into the whichever Series they debuted after, so Eve/Legends/Power are all Fluxian stories
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Just start the season numbering over with every new Doctor, like Ultraman or something. I feel like it’s already common for us to just say “Smith’s first season” instead of “Season 5”, etc.
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Nov 3, 2023 04:36
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yeah the Season 1 reset is bullshit but probably something Disney asked for
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I thought the series number reset was because it’s being co-produced by Bad Wolf now, rather than BBC Wales.
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Jerusalem posted:"Not the one you were expecting" If there's only one thing I would've changed about that scene is, after Eight said "I don't do robes", instead of Seven saying "There's always one", I would've had Six say that, then have him morph into Seven, to reveal Seven is now wearing his trademark hat. And his silly grin.
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Autisanal Cheese posted:yeah the Season 1 reset is bullshit but probably something Disney asked for Yeah it might not be Disney but it's definitely some marketing bullshit about audiences not responding well to numbers.
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Edward Mass posted:Outside of the UK, though, it gets complicated... Wait is BBC's Doctor Who NOT airing on BBC America? 
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Nov 3, 2023 14:11
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Welcome back to Russell "Rusty T "The" Davies
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So excited to see the 10th/14th doctor in series 1/14/40.
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Nov 3, 2023 15:39
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jisforjosh posted:Wait is BBC's Doctor Who NOT airing on BBC America? Disney Bux swiped the US rights.
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Nov 3, 2023 16:53
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Pretty sure that BBC America is pretty independent from the BBC proper. The BBC only has like a 50% ownership stake and doesn’t/can’t give them any license fee money. And a lot of their programming has little or no connection to the BBC at this point. If someone else is willing to pay more for Doctor Who rights, they’re not gonna turn them down.
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Diabolik900 posted:Pretty sure that BBC America is pretty independent from the BBC proper. The BBC only has like a 50% ownership stake and doesn’t/can’t give them any license fee money. And a lot of their programming has little or no connection to the BBC at this point. If someone else is willing to pay more for Doctor Who rights, they’re not gonna turn them down. I think this came out sometime in the early/mid-2000s, when they stopped airing episodes of classic DW (which, to be honest, were just the same three or four Tom Baker stories on an endless loop). When BBCA were asked about why they stopped showing them, they basically said "classic DW got too expensive for us to license" and went on to explain that they weren't actually the BBC's cable channel in America, but rather a completely separate entity. An entity that devolved into an endless loop of other BBC shows like Changing Rooms and Casualty; and then further devolved from there into "we'll air any show, regardless of its country of origin, so long as it has least one person speaking with a British accent". And I'm pretty sure that these days, they aren't even enforcing that slender requirement anymore.
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Beep the God Damned Meep
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BBC America is essentially a franchise. Not really affiliated with the main company, except for use of the name and trademarks.
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Look if the B bring stuff over to the A we are just going to give it liberty every time.
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Loki S2e05: “It’s not what… it’s Who.”
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Yeah I absolutely loved that
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How is that show, with the caveat the viewer might prefer to never see disney marvel material ever again? Is it the kinda thing where it stands on its own or do you need to be all up ins marvelsphere to make sense of cross-events and cameos?
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Khanstant posted:How is that show, with the caveat the viewer might prefer to never see disney marvel material ever again? Is it the kinda thing where it stands on its own or do you need to be all up ins marvelsphere to make sense of cross-events and cameos? I thoroughly enjoyed S1, and the same's held true with S2, and I stopped watching/caring for Marvel movies after Endgame (with the last viewed movie being Far From Home) Still plagued by Marvel Quip To Undercut Serious Moment, but it worked just fine for me regardless I'd recommend it
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Khanstant posted:How is that show, with the caveat the viewer might prefer to never see disney marvel material ever again? Is it the kinda thing where it stands on its own or do you need to be all up ins marvelsphere to make sense of cross-events and cameos? First season is very good, second season has been a mixed bag but the last couple of episodes have really improved and it looks like the last episode is gonna recontextualize the season as a whole. The set design is absolutely top tier, just incredible, and looks vastly different from almost everything else Marvel has been doing. There's a 70s sci-fi/film aesthetic to the whole thing that absolutely works within the context of the setting of the show. Also, there are a lot of jokes made about it, but there are seriously a lot of ideas, concepts and at times what appear to be straight up references to Doctor Who (the line "You're the criminal with the blue box" from the first ever episode certainly made me go  haha). When the Chibnall era was really not setting the world on fire, it did feel like Loki Season 1 was the next best thing for Doctor Who fans who weren't getting what they wanted from the show.Edit: I mean, you could legit summarize season 1 as "A non-human time traveler escapes from an overly bureaucratic group of time travelers, and meets several incarnations of himself as he travels through time and to alien worlds seeking to stop an evil being that believes it is superior to all other life in the universe" Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 03:54 on Nov 5, 2023 |
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Khanstant posted:How is that show, with the caveat the viewer might prefer to never see disney marvel material ever again? Is it the kinda thing where it stands on its own or do you need to be all up ins marvelsphere to make sense of cross-events and cameos? My gut instinct says you won't like it. Like most MCU shows it's not the kind of thing where you need to know an awful lot of context to make sense of things (tbh being familiar with the lead's earliest characterisation makes it harder to get along with what the show's attempting), but it's also not actually doing anything particularly good or interesting in and of itself. It's passable entertainment, which makes it stand head and shoulders above near most things the series has put out over the last four years. However, it's still got the same negative qualities that are shared by a lot of its ilk -- an constant return to flat centre framing shots by the cinematography, poor editing (including an absolutely laughable fight scene in the first season), and a plot that's more driven by busywork than drama. If you like the MCU then I suspect those things won't bother you, but like you said that's not your shizz.
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