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Classic doctor who season 15 blu ray available for pre order from hmv , Amazon etc
 
The Christmas episode suggests that there is a (Disney-driven?) move away from straight-out science fiction - it felt a bit like an episode of Grimm for much of it, with a start which was Wallace and Gromit given the glove gadgets and the screwdriver ("only for screws" he says before using it on something that's not a screw?!).

The main two worked well and seem quite likeable - whether the Doctor continues to be an action Doctor will be interesting to see.
I just hope the Flood thing doesn't turn out to be a damp squib. Talking directly through the fourth wall is a curious move.
 
TinFoilHat said:


Only Doctor Who in name for the BBC.

Disney giving yanks first go at a decent time.

Midnight on iPlayer for us on 11th May. Followed by broadcast on BBC one.

Trailer makes this series look like it's gone from Sci Fi to full on fantasy.
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2 eps for uk at midnight which means 2am finish or you can wait to the evening by which time the yanks would of had it for 17 hours or so , considering were the ones paying the license fee it seems like the americas and rest of world get First dibs .
and then you think will the Christmas special be a midnight release too ?
 
mcfcblue20 said:
2 eps for uk at midnight which means 2am finish or you can wait to the evening by which time the yanks would of had it for 17 hours or so , considering were the ones paying the license fee it seems like the americas and rest of world get First dibs .
and then you think will the Christmas special be a midnight release too ?
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can watch them 9am if you wanted or whenever as once on iplayer and disney+ will be available any time
 
mcfcblue20 said:
2 eps for uk at midnight which means 2am finish or you can wait to the evening by which time the yanks would of had it for 17 hours or so , considering were the ones paying the license fee it seems like the americas and rest of world get First dibs .
and then you think will the Christmas special be a midnight release too ?
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It's joint funded. The finances haven't been released but Disney could be paying the bulk of the production costs tbh. So licence fee isn't as important in this instance.
 
urban genie said:
can watch them 9am if you wanted or whenever as once on iplayer and disney+ will be available any time
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yeah I understand that but even with the special anniversary just gone bbc aired it 630 pm here and Disney got after , that worked just fine so I wonder what's changed since then ?
 
mcfcblue20 said:
yeah I understand that but even with the special anniversary just gone bbc aired it 630 pm here and Disney got after , that worked just fine so I wonder what's changed since then ?
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I can only come to the conclusion that the BBC owns the name only.

They subcontracted it to bad wolf studios who in turn flogged it to Disney.

I expect the new series to be more fantasy than sci-fi and possibly the direction it may stay.

I'm hoping this season's arc is that Ruby is an anomaly from the doctor pissing about with superstition at the end of the universe. Eventually he sorts it out. The Bi-generation malarky fucks tennant off and Gatwa's second season is his swansong before Disney cast Ryan Gosling or some other yank in the role to complete the takeover.
 
TinFoilHat said:
I can only come to the conclusion that the BBC owns the name only.

They subcontracted it to bad wolf studios who in turn flogged it to Disney.

I expect the new series to be more fantasy than sci-fi and possibly the direction it may stay.

I'm hoping this season's arc is that Ruby is an anomaly from the doctor pissing about with superstition at the end of the universe. Eventually he sorts it out. The Bi-generation malarky fucks tennant off and Gatwa's second season is his swansong before Disney cast Ryan Gosling or some other yank in the role to complete the takeover.
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Well it’s Disney so it will be as Cartman says “put a woman in it and make her gay”, Panderverse.
 
Blue Maverick said:
Well it’s Disney so it will be as Cartman says “put a woman in it and make her gay”, Panderverse.
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I suspect one of the episode will be a gay love story between the doctor and the character Jonathan Groff plays in the episode Regency.

It's based on a minor national scandal of a wealthy female lesbian marrying a wealthy gay man to avoid any scandal at the time.
 
bumbleblue said:
Entertaining but feels very different. Sort of garish and dumbed down . A little more pizazz and a little less cerebral. Fun nonetheless.
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Spot on assessment.

Dumbed down for yanks. Or part of what seems to be a fantasy stories ark?

The forth wall stuff is starting to piss me off I hope there's a proper payoff from it.
 
just watching Space Babies

All RTD season openers are fast moving, with lots explaining stuff or stupidity

rose, new earth, smith n jones and partners in crime were all daft, this was no different, seems he cannot help himself.

normally he gets darker as the series goes on so hopefully this is his usual first episode guff to softly introduce charactors

the pair of them though are doing a good job as Doctor and Ruby

tbf a snot monster is Red Dwarf level sillyness
 
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