New Dr Who

jimharri said:
I'm not wumming; honestly. It's had it's day.
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Ncuti Gatwa will be a fresh reboot. With Disney backing it will be a brand new animal.

RTD is writing his usual daily mail pissing off type stories for his doctor.

The 3 specials I feel will be a fan wankfest to celebrate the anniversary and close this version of the series.

A bit like the way they handled the bond franchise in the last movie.
 
jimharri said:
I'm not wumming; honestly. It's had it's day.
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It can't have, people must still watch it or else they wouldn't make it.

Generally I'd agree with you if we were still in the time when you kind of just had to watch what was on. We don't though, so if enough people still enjoy it then they should keep making it.
 
Just watched the Daleks in colour. The original was 7 episodes nearly 3 hours long and even as a fan, it did drag. Trimming it to 75 minutes made the story pop along. Didn't think the colourisation added anything tbh. Why oh why did they decide to redo the music with a completely different score? It was intrusive and distracting.

Been watching plenty of episodes on iPlayer and it is extraordinary that for each of the classic Doctors till 1989, they all had stories to define them, to say what their Doctor represented, and how the series reflected it's time. Doesn't mean that there weren't plenty of shit episodes, but you'd tune it hoping for a better story in a few week's time.

Don't honestly think the revival will have the staying power of the original but then I ain't the key demographic they're aiming for. Don't think the animations of missing stories are great either but then I am a miserable sod. The soundtracks though do shine through, listened to Marco Polo from 1964, depth of characters including Alan Bradley from Corrie and the blonde SS chap from Where Eagles Dare. Great stuff.

Take the piss out of the original series all you want but it developed kids imaginations, scared and entertained them, with a heroic lead character who used his intelligence to outwit enemies rather than violence. Contrast that with I'm a celebrity or any other inane reality show or a soap that parodies the community it's supposed to depict. Good luck Doctor for the next 60 years!
 
Aba452 said:
Just watched the Daleks in colour. The original was 7 episodes nearly 3 hours long and even as a fan, it did drag. Trimming it to 75 minutes made the story pop along. Didn't think the colourisation added anything tbh. Why oh why did they decide to redo the music with a completely different score? It was intrusive and distracting.

Been watching plenty of episodes on iPlayer and it is extraordinary that for each of the classic Doctors till 1989, they all had stories to define them, to say what their Doctor represented, and how the series reflected it's time. Doesn't mean that there weren't plenty of shit episodes, but you'd tune it hoping for a better story in a few week's time.

Don't honestly think the revival will have the staying power of the original but then I ain't the key demographic they're aiming for. Don't think the animations of missing stories are great either but then I am a miserable sod. The soundtracks though do shine through, listened to Marco Polo from 1964, depth of characters including Alan Bradley from Corrie and the blonde SS chap from Where Eagles Dare. Great stuff.

Take the piss out of the original series all you want but it developed kids imaginations, scared and entertained them, with a heroic lead character who used his intelligence to outwit enemies rather than violence. Contrast that with I'm a celebrity or any other inane reality show or a soap that parodies the community it's supposed to depict. Good luck Doctor for the next 60 years!
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I have Marco Polo on vinyl, you are right, a cracking score.
 
Aba452 said:
Just watched the Daleks in colour. The original was 7 episodes nearly 3 hours long and even as a fan, it did drag. Trimming it to 75 minutes made the story pop along. Didn't think the colourisation added anything tbh. Why oh why did they decide to redo the music with a completely different score? It was intrusive and distracting.

Been watching plenty of episodes on iPlayer and it is extraordinary that for each of the classic Doctors till 1989, they all had stories to define them, to say what their Doctor represented, and how the series reflected it's time. Doesn't mean that there weren't plenty of shit episodes, but you'd tune it hoping for a better story in a few week's time.

Don't honestly think the revival will have the staying power of the original but then I ain't the key demographic they're aiming for. Don't think the animations of missing stories are great either but then I am a miserable sod. The soundtracks though do shine through, listened to Marco Polo from 1964, depth of characters including Alan Bradley from Corrie and the blonde SS chap from Where Eagles Dare. Great stuff.

Take the piss out of the original series all you want but it developed kids imaginations, scared and entertained them, with a heroic lead character who used his intelligence to outwit enemies rather than violence. Contrast that with I'm a celebrity or any other inane reality show or a soap that parodies the community it's supposed to depict. Good luck Doctor for the next 60 years!
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It was interesting to watch in colour and it seemed okay at first but then the editing got weird, with the flashbacks and annoying soundtrack like you say.

I can’t watch the animated stories either, same with Dad’s Army, they just look shite. I’d prefer the whole story to be re-shot with similar actors, or could they do it like the way they did the TinTin film where a real actor does the acting but animation changes the features.

I’d watch that rather than the shite the last 2 doctors have served up.
 
You could see RTD's hand in the colourised version of the Daleks. The extra bridging scenes to keep the pace up and the camp colouring of the Dalek city.

A few pink/Purple Daleks reminded me of the TV offal sketches.

Still the story pace was more of what we expect today and wouldn't mind seeing versions of other classic stories like the meddling monk redone that way.
 
It appeared to suffer from bad writing but I could only manage a few Jodie Whittaker episodes before tuning off.
 
MCFC Wirral said:
It appeared to suffer from bad writing but I could only manage a few Jodie Whittaker episodes before tuning off.
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It was pretty awful for her and a fair amount of Capaldi. Each only had a handful of decent stories.
Capaldi's last but one for example was excellent.
Whittaker had too many companions for the run-time and some utter dross, including the fluxx awfulness.

I'm no great fan of RTD, he has hobbyhorses and many of the best eps from his era weren't his writing.
I'd be happier without Catherine Tate returning, and am dreading him finding cause to shoehorn Billie Piper back in unnecessarily.
 
MCFC Wirral said:
It appeared to suffer from bad writing but I could only manage a few Jodie Whittaker episodes before tuning off.
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The writting was shite and really meant what shpuld have been a good run from a decemt actress into a forgettable run.
Capaldi was by far one of the best doctors charactor wise, but was given amatuerish writing to work with in many episodes

Chibnall as show runner was a massive error, especially as every episode he wrote before the job wa given him was crap and lets be honest bar the first broadchurch his tv credits are dire
 
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