So basically, "I'm worried that if they have a younger man, he'll get to do all the fun action sequences instead of me. That's why they should hire another woman, because women can't be action stars."
I don't really like engaging the feminism button on the internet, but that one is a little too obvious, Capaldi.
CALLED IT.
Are you calling me a Tumblr?
Pistols at dawn.
I'm not calling Capaldi a misogynist. That thing he said certainly comes from a place of unequal expectations based on gender, whether those expectations are his own, or just his fear about the writing staff, is uncertain, but unimportant. There's plenty of historical precedent to back his statement, sure, but c'mon.
Yes but I still can't dredge up outrage over it. With so many more egregious examples going about I can look past an older man making an off the cuff jokey comment that unfortunately makes light of an ongoing social issue in the tamest possible way.
You don't have to get outraged. In fact, that's dumb.
The best thing to do in these situations is to acknowledge it as a thing and move on. Simply keeping aware that it exists is good enough, because over time, as we as a society note these minor things, we slowly break the antiquated ideas they formed from.
So, Xmas Special? Are we going to see a return of River proper? Is Capaldi actually the "much older" Doctor alluded to way back in the Library?
If they ever bring the Valeyard back it will be a sign the show is at the end of its second life and should be put to sleep again.
C'mon evil Doctor is awesome. This episode might have been way better if Clara wasn't in it. I want to see the Doctor do crazy Time Lord shit and fight Omega and crazy aliens in space. Capaldi especially is so good at playing the dark Doctor I'd love a few more episodes of the Doctor going off the rails and fucking up Gallifrey. Hell maybe he goes "Well I can't do that, obviously. But screw those guys so lets see what I can do without destroying the universe" and then goes to plague them for a bit.
Or have the Dream Lord come back, that was also very cool.
No, it's a thing because of the words he used and the order in which he used them.
Except those other people disagree with you.
This is silly and I doubt anyone thinks Capaldi is intentionally suggesting anything sexist.
I'm still disappointed we didn't get the Valeyard though. We were so close!
It doesn't have to be intentional to be sexist. He wants a lady because he thinks that they won't write a lady to do the man things he likes doing. He's afraid that if they bring in a man to be a companion that he won't get action scenes but a lady is safe. I don't think he's accidentally saying "I'm a sexist - men are the best!" I think he's admitting that, in this instance, sexism will let him keep doing action scenes if they give him another female companion.
And that stinks. Ladies can do action things. Men can do not-action things.
They don't need the Valyard to have the Doctor be awesome and fucking shit up.
"Get off my planet"
Honestly if at some point they called him the Valeyard during that, that would have been fine. Remember with 11 ran around for like 200 year on adventures by himself? Just do that again. Give me some more of the awesome stuff they had this episode
"Drop your weapons!" *Lays down spoon*
and have him run off to fuck shit up for a few years before his companions or whoever intercept him to pull him out of evil mode. Tons of ways to do it without being crazy and overblown. The times the Doctor has gone dark have been some of the most memorable and interesting moments.
While I do love a good angry/dark Doctor as much as the next chap, I think it would be a mistake to go on too long in dark phases. I mean, sure there are always injustices the Doctor can find in all space and time to rage and fight against, but also remember that the dark Doctor is in many ways a selfish one. What makes the dark Doctor good is that it adds some layers to the character, that he can't be the paragon of helping the weak all the time and that somethings do affect him. However, in the end, he *has* to go back to being the paragon, otherwise he just wouldn't be the Doctor.
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Speaking of evil Time Lords...
Wonder how Rassilon got to hang on to his presidency after the whole 'destroy everything everywhere' plan failed. Maybe after he regenerated into Sumpter he realised how batshit that was and convinced everyone else it was a prank.
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I would like to propose that Sleep No More is one of the best horror episodes they've done in New Who so far.
It was so close to great, but the need to have family friendly rubber monsters killed it.
Clearly the proper way to do things is to have the Morpheus machine's meddling turn you into a murderous psychopath rather than growing one from your eyes. But it's pretty obvious why they didn't go down that route.
they obviously are planning on doing another episode with them (or else that ending was like, the dumbest addition ever), and I hope they do better next time. It might retroactively make this better.
they obviously are planning on doing another episode with them (or else that ending was like, the dumbest addition ever), and I hope they do better next time. It might retroactively make this better.
No. They can't save it, the entire concept is pants on head and there is no amount of talented writing in the world that can salvage it.
It was so close to great, but the need to have family friendly rubber monsters killed it.
Clearly the proper way to do things is to have the Morpheus machine's meddling turn you into a murderous psychopath rather than growing one from your eyes. But it's pretty obvious why they didn't go down that route.
Would that have been any scarier than
Are you my mommy?
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. ~ Terry Pratchett
they obviously are planning on doing another episode with them (or else that ending was like, the dumbest addition ever), and I hope they do better next time. It might retroactively make this better.
No. They can't save it, the entire concept is pants on head and there is no amount of talented writing in the world that can salvage it.
I though the flying
diner was a nod to the bistromatics of douglas addams fame
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they obviously are planning on doing another episode with them (or else that ending was like, the dumbest addition ever), and I hope they do better next time. It might retroactively make this better.
No. They can't save it, the entire concept is pants on head and there is no amount of talented writing in the world that can salvage it.
I though the flying
diner was a nod to the bistromatics of douglas addams fame
Believe they mean Sleep No More's cliffhanger! Had no resolution
they obviously are planning on doing another episode with them (or else that ending was like, the dumbest addition ever), and I hope they do better next time. It might retroactively make this better.
No. They can't save it, the entire concept is pants on head and there is no amount of talented writing in the world that can salvage it.
I though the flying
diner was a nod to the bistromatics of douglas addams fame
It's the space restaurant The Doctor spoke of in Sleep No More :P
[Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
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Man -what-
A.) The ending to Sleep No More was creepy as all hell.
B.) Organic nano-machines, suspension of belief reacctivated
C.) As a concept it's not any more silly than the Vashta Nerada
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Nanomachines (SON) explain everything 'magical' in Doctor Who, even if/when they're not explicitly stated to be the cause or effect of something.
Like the TARDIS's 3D (manufacturing-anything-you-can-imagine) fibre-optic 'tree'.
His first, "The Unquiet Dead", was the third episode of the revived series in 2005; the second, "The Idiot's Lantern", aired the following year in the second series.[34] Although he acted in the third series and proposed an ultimately unproduced episode for the fourth, involving Nazis and the British Museum, it took until 2010 for Gatiss to return as writer. He wrote "Victory of the Daleks" for that year's fifth series and went on to contribute "Night Terrors" for series 6, "Cold War" and "The Crimson Horror" for series 7[35] and "Robot of Sherwood" for series 8. He also wrote "Sleep No More" for series 9.
Some of those episodes are quite good! Gatiss is fine.
The Unquiet Dead was an excellent episode. Victory of the Daleks was pretty good, as was Cold War. Robot of Sherwood wsa great until the dumb bit with the arrow but I don't care about that as much as some. The Crimson Horror was perfectly acceptable fare.
The Crimson Horror was good. It carries a special place in my heart as the moment I was introduced to Diana Rigg. Which I think just makes me uncultured, given her career. But Mrs. Gillyflower was a pretty amazing villain.
It's my daughter's school's Christmas play next week. I've just heard that it involves both Dr Who and Frozen. I'll be intrigued to see if l'il Baby Jee gets a look in anywhere.
It's my daughter's school's Christmas play next week. I've just heard that it involves both Dr Who and Frozen. I'll be intrigued to see if l'il Baby Jee gets a look in anywhere.
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You don't have to get outraged. In fact, that's dumb.
The best thing to do in these situations is to acknowledge it as a thing and move on. Simply keeping aware that it exists is good enough, because over time, as we as a society note these minor things, we slowly break the antiquated ideas they formed from.
So, Xmas Special? Are we going to see a return of River proper? Is Capaldi actually the "much older" Doctor alluded to way back in the Library?
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Except those other people disagree with you.
This is silly and I doubt anyone thinks Capaldi is intentionally suggesting anything sexist.
I'm still disappointed we didn't get the Valeyard though. We were so close!
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C'mon evil Doctor is awesome. This episode might have been way better if Clara wasn't in it. I want to see the Doctor do crazy Time Lord shit and fight Omega and crazy aliens in space. Capaldi especially is so good at playing the dark Doctor I'd love a few more episodes of the Doctor going off the rails and fucking up Gallifrey. Hell maybe he goes "Well I can't do that, obviously. But screw those guys so lets see what I can do without destroying the universe" and then goes to plague them for a bit.
Or have the Dream Lord come back, that was also very cool.
It doesn't have to be intentional to be sexist. He wants a lady because he thinks that they won't write a lady to do the man things he likes doing. He's afraid that if they bring in a man to be a companion that he won't get action scenes but a lady is safe. I don't think he's accidentally saying "I'm a sexist - men are the best!" I think he's admitting that, in this instance, sexism will let him keep doing action scenes if they give him another female companion.
And that stinks. Ladies can do action things. Men can do not-action things.
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I mean it depends how they do it?
they have mentioned the Valeyard i think once in the new show
it's not impossible they could introduce it in a way that is fun and makes sense to new viewers
Honestly if at some point they called him the Valeyard during that, that would have been fine. Remember with 11 ran around for like 200 year on adventures by himself? Just do that again. Give me some more of the awesome stuff they had this episode
Disagree, It was so dumb it thoroughly prevented me from suspending my disbelief.
No. They can't save it, the entire concept is pants on head and there is no amount of talented writing in the world that can salvage it.
Would that have been any scarier than
I though the flying
Believe they mean Sleep No More's cliffhanger! Had no resolution
A.) The ending to Sleep No More was creepy as all hell.
B.) Organic nano-machines, suspension of belief reacctivated
C.) As a concept it's not any more silly than the Vashta Nerada
Like the TARDIS's 3D (manufacturing-anything-you-can-imagine) fibre-optic 'tree'.
Iirc hes apparently the top contender to replace moffat so better get used to him
Even his Sherlock episodes tend to be the worse ones.
Robot of Sherwood was fine, I wouldn't ever watch it again though.
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Some of those episodes are quite good! Gatiss is fine.
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" And I thought the Rani was an Ice queen"
I'd be alright with it.