You could almost say the whole thing is pretty disturbing. Guy grows up watching Doctor Who. Becomes an actor specifically to be the Doctor. Then gets into good standings with and marries into the family of the man who played the Doctor when he was growing up. Bonus creepy points for marrying the daughter of the man, who also literally played his daughter in an episode.
Dude could come out on TV, look at the camera, and say "Exactly as planned.", and nobody would have a rebuttal.
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I really don't see the issue, once you factor in that the chronology of the Doctor is fiction.
She was never a part of the Fifth Doctor's tenure. She played a single episode role as an adult, who was a clone, not a daughter, even if that's how they ended it.
Granted, there's an age difference, but she's only two years younger than Billie Piper, and that on-screen relationship wasn't controversial.
Unless the reports that they met on set are wrong, and he's been creeping on her for a good decade plus before that, I just don't see how this is any different to Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter, or any other couples meeting on set with familial roles.
They met, they probably spent a lot of time talking while the cameras were off, they kept talking after the job was finished, fell in love, got married, had children. That she's related to someone who already had that role is just... I dunno how to define how irrelevant I found it.
If Henry Cavill met Alexandra Reeve, as adults, and got married, I can't begin to descibe how little I'd give a crap. It's a nice trivia thing, but nothing beyond that.
I think it will raise the stakes for them to do better episodes.
Hope so. I think I'm in the minority where I enjoyed most of season 11. Definitely felt different from Moffat-era episodes but overall I enjoyed them. Bummed about not having a Christmas special this year.
New Years was close enough, but no new Who over the festive break at all is going to be very weird. Very much settled in the nation’s consciousness at this point I think.
I would think the first Tennant episode was the best Christmas episode. The Chirstmas Carol one was also pretty good.
"A Christmas Carol" is the best standalone Christmas special, in my opinion. I used to use that to introduce my family to Who. Lots of the Christmas specials are very important to the plot (introduction/final episode with a Doctor), but "A Christmas Carol" is just a lovely, emotional, well done episode that uses the time travel element brilliantly.
I actually quite liked the Husbands of River Song, it managed to give her a life and story and goals outside of the Doctor and it was actually quite a sweet ending.
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Please tell me someone yelled, " Donna Noble has left the Con." when you walked out.
Sorry, no. But one woman was looking at Doctor Who backpacks in the shops then turned around and saw us, and in her words "it gave her chills".
Did you tell her you're sorry...so sorry?
Give her a right heart attack.
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The metaness of their relationship is still fucking with me
Sigmund Freud would take one look at the overall structure of that family and go "Nope. I'm out.".
Dude could come out on TV, look at the camera, and say "Exactly as planned.", and nobody would have a rebuttal.
She was never a part of the Fifth Doctor's tenure. She played a single episode role as an adult, who was a clone, not a daughter, even if that's how they ended it.
Granted, there's an age difference, but she's only two years younger than Billie Piper, and that on-screen relationship wasn't controversial.
Unless the reports that they met on set are wrong, and he's been creeping on her for a good decade plus before that, I just don't see how this is any different to Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter, or any other couples meeting on set with familial roles.
They met, they probably spent a lot of time talking while the cameras were off, they kept talking after the job was finished, fell in love, got married, had children. That she's related to someone who already had that role is just... I dunno how to define how irrelevant I found it.
If Henry Cavill met Alexandra Reeve, as adults, and got married, I can't begin to descibe how little I'd give a crap. It's a nice trivia thing, but nothing beyond that.
During a Graham Norton interview Tennant described his marriage as “statistically quite unlikely.”
Must have been very odd for Kingston to play her 'death' scene on her first episode.
And just confirmed how much I liked Tennant.
Interesting thing is she is supposed to be playing the oldest version of River.
Yeah, they covered that, sorta, in the let’s kill hitler episode; she makes an offhand comment about ageing backwards while she’s regenerating.
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I mean, when we're talking about an episode that aired in 2011, yeah it is.
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No Christmas special this year. Next season will be at some point in 2020.
Hope so. I think I'm in the minority where I enjoyed most of season 11. Definitely felt different from Moffat-era episodes but overall I enjoyed them. Bummed about not having a Christmas special this year.
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"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
"A Christmas Carol" is the best standalone Christmas special, in my opinion. I used to use that to introduce my family to Who.