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[Doctor Who] Anything but Sue!
Butler
89 episodes or bustRegistered User regular
89 episodes or bustRegistered User regular
Welcome to the new Doctor Who thread! A vast improvement over the feckless charm of the old one, don't you agree?
Doctor Who is the longest running science fiction show of all time, and celebrated its 50th anniversary in November of last year. I will leave the explanation of the show's premise to the superior hive mind known as Wikipedia:
We covered a lot of ground in the last thread: The return of nine missing episodes, Matt Smith's departure, the 50th Anniversary, the casting of Peter Capaldi and the entirety of season 8 culminating in - alright I'll spoiler it but you really should have caught up by now, shame on you -
So what does the future hold for Doctor Who fans?
- While Season 9 may be a long way off, Doctor Who isn't quite finished for the year just yet. There will be a Christmas Special this, well Christmas, starring Nick Frost as "Santa" and also something that looks like a sort of gummier version of the Xenomorph from Alien.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waSvCQSNruE
- Rumours persist about Jenna Coleman's (who plays the Doctor's current companion Clara) possible departure from the show at the end of this year, but when questioned Jenna has consistently played coy, something she could almost have been genetically engineered for.
- In missing episode news, a Bleeding Cool source has painted a very grim picture of snowballing lies and broken promises behind the scenes of Phil Morris' negotiations with the Beeb. Still, if this is true then we will at least get Marco Polo back at some point.
- Lastly, the BBC has tweeted that we'll get a sneak peek at a clip from the Christmas Special for this year's Children In Need appeal. It will broadcast tomorrow night, London time, and should be up on YouTube pretty soon after.
Doctor Who is the longest running science fiction show of all time, and celebrated its 50th anniversary in November of last year. I will leave the explanation of the show's premise to the superior hive mind known as Wikipedia:
Wikipedia wrote:The programme depicts the adventures of a Time Lord—a time travelling, humanoid alien known as the Doctor. He explores the universe in his 'TARDIS', a sentient time-travelling space ship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, a common sight in Britain in 1963, when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, the Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilisations, help ordinary people, and right wrongs.
We covered a lot of ground in the last thread: The return of nine missing episodes, Matt Smith's departure, the 50th Anniversary, the casting of Peter Capaldi and the entirety of season 8 culminating in - alright I'll spoiler it but you really should have caught up by now, shame on you -
The surprise return of The Master as a woman, a.k.a. The Mistress or Missy, played by Michelle Gomez.
So what does the future hold for Doctor Who fans?
- While Season 9 may be a long way off, Doctor Who isn't quite finished for the year just yet. There will be a Christmas Special this, well Christmas, starring Nick Frost as "Santa" and also something that looks like a sort of gummier version of the Xenomorph from Alien.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waSvCQSNruE- Rumours persist about Jenna Coleman's (who plays the Doctor's current companion Clara) possible departure from the show at the end of this year, but when questioned Jenna has consistently played coy, something she could almost have been genetically engineered for.
- In missing episode news, a Bleeding Cool source has painted a very grim picture of snowballing lies and broken promises behind the scenes of Phil Morris' negotiations with the Beeb. Still, if this is true then we will at least get Marco Polo back at some point.
- Lastly, the BBC has tweeted that we'll get a sneak peek at a clip from the Christmas Special for this year's Children In Need appeal. It will broadcast tomorrow night, London time, and should be up on YouTube pretty soon after.
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...I don't like it.
We've got two Sixies in here now.
I never finish anyth
Granted, Doctor Who isn't above recasting actors in different roles.
Not that I missed her, but where was River Song this series?
It probably looks like that because the rest of them are in US tv shows and movies. There aren't many US shows without at least one Brit
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Chilling in the Matrix. She could always pop back out, but her timeline is done as far as her interacting with the doctor as far as we know. I think.
ahh okay - thanks!
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Fuck you, Stephen
Still though my first complaint stands
Right but I'm talking about
I think she's a fun character and there wasn't any purpose served by having the Master disintegrate her
I just watched the finale today and yeah that really sucked especially after
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See for me that moment just made me think
Ah well I thought "that's a nice moment for a minor character that's shown up a few times and is pretty cool"
But no
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I don't think it was a particularly good reason, though.
Capaldi would like the roundels back (and also a more Bauhaus console room, which would be super cool).
And a Rani fake-out was filmed for the Missy reveal.
Well that's bullshit, Moffat
You don't need to fucking sell me on the Master being a bad person
Sims put him in a cage and made him old and gross and gloated a lot?
I mean, the kiss was pretty hilarious so whatever, but this all felt so much more weird in terms of their dynamic
We can talk about how this wouldn't provoke the same discussion if the character were still male, but really, he's not so it does make a difference
Contrasting it with Clara doing what I thought was a really great Doctor impersonation/interpretation makes me even sadder for some reason
but then he gets shot
and the second arc is basically completely them teaming up to a certain extent and the revelation that his madness was induced and that he might have been a pretty alright guy, had he not been made crazy, and the doctor feels bad for him and they are like frenemies. And sims eventually saves the day by tackling the head time lord back into the portal.
Or like a cat that brings you a dead mouse and doesn't understand why this is gross and then scratches you if you try to pet it
Also I really, really hope that Missy/Michelle Gomez isn't done with the series, because I can watch her for days and not get bored. I think it's a shame there's people complaining about her behaviour in the role, because by and large I think that's mostly come from her. No idea how much character the writers gave her to work with, but I'd wager that a fair bit was given over to her to contribute or ad-lib.
edit: and guys, it's John Simm. He's not an EA product.