Amph Doctor Who Discussion (Russell T. Davies returns)

It's also worth bearing in mind this is going to be BBC 3, which is switching to online only in 2016, with the channels budget cut by 50%. So expect a small budgeted affair.

 

School dramas sell, scifi sells, BBC already has the sets and uniforms, and Coal Hill is where Doctor Who (a show for children, young adults and the whole family) started. I'm not unhappy, and I'm quite excited to see what, if anything, they're going to do with Ian and Barbara (who SJS claimed still worked there and haven't aged a day since the 60s)...

Would I have preferred 6 extra episodes of DW instead? Maybe, but let's wait and see. If it follows the DW spinoff rules there should be an appearance of The Doctor anyway. Think of it as an old fashioned classic series 6 part Doctor-Lite. No need for negativity just yet.

 

http://www.cultbox.co.uk/news/headl...aled-for-maisie-williams-ep-the-girl-who-died
This sounds promising. Anyone else getting Arya Stark/GOT vibes from this?

 

Other than the TARDIS noise and Ten's hand, I'm 99% sure he didn't appear in Torchwood.

 

Martha and Mickey (Pretty sure he did anyway) appeared and mentioned the Doctor.

 

It's K-9 and Company all over again!

 

With the decline in ratings of late, i'm really surprised the BBC are taking further risks like this with the Doctor Who IP. I doubt there will be many new comers to the DW universe with a spin-off ten years following the show's re-launch.

 

Mickey never actually appeared, but both he and Martha were due to appear in Children of Earth, before other commitments got in the way. Martha would've played the role of Lois Habiba, infiltrating the government meetings, like she did in Reset.

 

That was an interesting episode. Obviously, could come down with whatever happens in Part 2, but having an actual deaf actress was a really nice thing to see.

 

Star Trek did it first.

Another really good episode with a brilliant cliffhanger (This multi-part episode renewal is working really well). Kudos for killing off Colin McFarlane within the first few minutes.

However, the crap about Orion's Belt really annoyed me. There is no place in the universe where the 3 stars of the belt are aligned. Total nonsense.

 

I forgot: the note cards may have been one of the best jokes in recent memory.

 

Oh they were fab. And the Sarah-Jane reference was amazing. I'm loving all the callbacks to the "original" series".

 

Really good. Loving the multi part stories, and this one is creepy and - gosh - another time travel story! 3 episodes in and this season is looking strong.

 

Assuming it's the Aberdeen one, I love how that can also double as a generic Scottish insult...

 

This was a good episode that really relied on its atmosphere and setting. Eager to see how it'll play out next week.

 

Will be watching soon.

This worries me...

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/bbc-scrap-doctor-who-series-6567112


I hope that's rumour though it is fact that the ratings are at their lowest...and not just by a million or so, almost by half of what the ratings were a few years ago.

 

I have a couple of suspicions on how this will work out, but I could be wrong. I'll wait and see how part 2 works out.

A couple of other points, not really related to the episode: first, I think BBC America is part of an insidious plot to make people buy the DVD sets. There can be no other reason for them running commercial breaks every six or so minutes, and running the same commercials over and over and over. (Yes, I'm sure "Jay Leno's Garage" will be interesting, but you don't need to tell me three times in ten minutes.) Second, when is someone at the BBC gong to say, "You know, running the promo for next week three seconds after the cliffhanger kind of ruins the effect,"?

 

Just saw it then...for some reason I just predicted that the ending would involve

Spoiler

..seeing a ghost version of the Doctor. Kind of like how we saw a ganger version of the Doctor back in series 6 as the cliffhanger.

 

So I guess the "Sonic Shades" are thing then, huh.

Good thing is that they're not particularly designed to be unique, so it won't be subject to merchandising.

 

I wouldn't mind the show going off air for a couple of years. Feels like it needs a hiatus, to me.

 

Soon to be available from BBC Enterprises: SONIC SHADES! They're cool-looking Ray-Bans which make a snazzy trilling noise when you put them on! With an official DOCTOR WHO logo on the frames. U.S. price: $12.95 plus tax.

 

halibut

 

I regretfully agree...I don't think Doctor Who needs to disappear for a couple of years, but it needs a solid chance to get life breathed back into it. Of course I'll be happy with new episodes, new adventures - but the fanbase is definitely feeling, well, tired.

One thing I have been entertaining is returning to the past. I'm not sure how they would manage that, but perhaps taking a break from the show as it is now, and pursuing other media for a while. Not too long, but a while.

 

yeah , how would they do that ?

 

I'd just advocate leaving it for a while so that when it does come back (in two, three, four years) both the fanbase and the production team themselves are gagging for it. Ten years is a long time, and right now it feels like Doctor Who is on autopilot. Everyone is cruising through, which has meant some really bad decisions being made into the bargain. It's a shame because Capaldi is pretty much my dream casting for The Doctor, but needs must (though they probably won't).