Doctor Who

It seems a little to safe in my opinion. It seems too similar to RTD old era. I will still watch and enjoy either way though.

Edited by Bullman on Mar 22nd 2024 at 6:06:44 AM

And that's why people will love it.

I can understand why people would think it looks to similar. However, going off the recent episodes as well, it feels like RTD is doing at least some experimenting. I think Wild Blue Yonder is the perfect example of this, lots of RTD staples with various changes that make it feel, to me at least, fresh. And given the Tennant episodes were anniversary episodes that were clearly meant to build nostalgia for 10, I think it's a good sign that all 3 still felt at least a bit different from RTD's first run. 15's first episode also felt RTD, while also feeling different, such as: a more dashing doctor, a focus on fantasy and fairy tales (leading on from the Toymaker in the previous episode) as well as mystery boxes from the get go (what the identity of the lady played by Anita Dobson is). I definitely feel like RTD will be willing to experiment with the new season.

Obviously though, I'm biased as RTD was my favourite showrunner, so I might overlook anything that's too similar.

Edited by king15 on Mar 22nd 2024 at 12:27:24 PM

11 is the fairytale Doctor. 15 is the guy who deals with fairy tales

Huh. No recognizable monsters in the teaser. Guess RTD doesnt want to repeat his Dalek trend.

no Daleks or Cybermen

He might do something similar to Chibnall's first season and limit the Daleks (and other returning monsters) to Christmas (I know in Chibnall's case it was New Year but it's the equivalent) Specials. That's a good way of avoiding the series becoming too reliant on old concepts while still continuing the use of series staples. That's assuming that there'll be any returning monsters, which would also be fine.

Edited by king15 on Mar 23rd 2024 at 1:39:15 PM

Still don't like that they call it season 1.

New Doctor new season

thus its season 1

Tell that to every Doctor who isn't Eccleston or Hartnell.

Who?

I don't mind them calling it Season 1 necessarily. It allows it to be a soft-reboot that will attract people who might be put off by having to catch up with 13 previous seasons. It's even counted as a separate show (called Doctor Who (2023- )) on the BBC I Player. What I don't understand is why the 14th Doctor Specials have been included with the 'soft-reboot' on the I Player.

The Church on Ruby Road had enough continuity to mean it still feels like part of the series, but for the most part is accessible for new comers. While the Tennant specials can still be enjoyed by newcomers, they certainly aren't vey accessible for them. As the specials end with the Doctor's 14th Inarnation settling down and dealing with the pain that has built up over the recent seasons, as well as concluding some of the dangling threads left by 10's era, wouldn't it make more sense to consider them a sort of 'Grand-finale' of the show before ushering in the new era, and start the soft-reboot with Church on Ruby Road?

Edited by king15 on Mar 23rd 2024 at 11:09:39 AM

I think it's mostly just that Disney+ doesn't want to be like "hey, try out our new show! It's season 14!" Because like, who's gonna jump into a brand new show at season 14, especially when they don't have the rights to the previous seasons yet?

I just don't like because now we have Season 1 starring the First Doctor, Series 1 starring the Nineth Doctor, and now Season 1 starring the Fifteenth Doctor. Like it is just a headache to keep track of.

To be fair, I don't think Classic Who is relevant to post-revival Who outside of references, at least production-wise, so that's probably not a big deal.

I don't lke it because we have seaon one because f Disney and a 12am premiere because of ... disney. I am not one to assume the worst but I can't shake the feeling that Disney is digging its corporate claws into doctor who and it just feels wrong.

Define corporate claws? Like.. buying it up? Putting the Doctor in Kingdom Hearts? Or just influencing the stories?

I rather suspect it's to let those in north American timezones watch it at a decent hour, rather than waiting for the BBC debut after midnight their time.

Well of course, but that is still favoring the american audience over the british (and european) one. It may make sense from a business sense, but it still sends a bad message.

Anyone notice the little 13th Doctor Easter egg in this week's Invincible?

Edited by Zarius on Mar 29th 2024 at 10:42:45 AM

Deadline has an article on Russell T Davis’ thoughts on the Disney Plus deal… and it’s a bit grim towards BBC’s future.

https://deadline.com/2024/03/doctor-who-russell-t-davies-bbc-on-its-way-disney-plus-1235870522/

The current British government really doesn't like the BBC. Davies really doesn't like the current British government.

He's not wrong, but it should also be read in that light (as should some of RTD's comments and creative decisions regarding the UK culture wars) - if this builds discontent and becomes one more reason to vote (this year) for a political party that might preserve the BBC rather than erode it... that's a feature, not a bug.

Edited by Mrph1 on Mar 28th 2024 at 12:08:47 PM

Yeah, I can never tell if BBC is a private company or state sponsored… this does clear it up a bit.

All eight episode titles for the new series will be announced on Sunday, and they'll be a new trailer

Not sure about only eight episodes.

Shorter seasons are okay with other series, but Doctor Who is more about standalone adventures than big epic yarns. More episodes means more stories.