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[BritBronco]

There are lots of audio plays from Big Finish with Paul McGann if you need more of the 8th.

[DConnell Member]

31 minutes ago, BritBronco said:

There are lots of audio plays from Big Finish with Paul McGann if you need more of the 8th.

Yup. And the other classic Doctors Who, as well. Colin Baker is far better in Big Finish than he was on TV, in fact.

[FloatingFatMan]

On 18/01/2016 at 3:47 PM, DConnell said:

Yup. And the other classic Doctors Who, as well. Colin Baker is far better in Big Finish than he was on TV, in fact.

 

Yeah, because you can't see that bloody coat!

[DConnell Member]

52 minutes ago, FloatingFatMan said:

 

Yeah, because you can't see that bloody coat!

Well, that certainly didn't hurt. But Colin puts in a less bombastic performance in Big Finish - he's still playing the same character, but less over-the-top. The 6th Doctor we see in Big Finish is what we might have gotten if he hadn't been fired - he was better in the Trial of a Time Lord season. This is an extension of the character's evolution in the series.

[FloatingFatMan]

10 minutes ago, DConnell said:

Well, that certainly didn't hurt. But Colin puts in a less bombastic performance in Big Finish - he's still playing the same character, but less over-the-top. The 6th Doctor we see in Big Finish is what we might have gotten if he hadn't been fired - he was better in the Trial of a Time Lord season. This is an extension of the character's evolution in the series.

I used to have the video's of that show he did during the hiatus, The Stranger, where he played an almost but not really version of the Doctor during the show's hiatus (and it clearly WAS the Doctor to anyone with 2 brain cells). He was a lot less bombastic in that too, which was good.

 

I've never liked it when the Doc is too bombastic or arrogant. It distracts from the story too much (Matt Smith took the arrogance WAY too far, IMO.)

[BetaguyGZT]

^^ This. Maybe that's why I am such a fan of Capaldi's work as the Doctor now. He only breaks out the bombastic arrogance when needed. Season 2 of Capaldi's run really let him work out the kinks compared to Season 1. 

[Draconian Guppy]

On ‎18‎/‎01‎/‎2016 at 11:43 PM, Unobscured Vision said:

I wonder ... /thinkingcap

 

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I know they've done this before, during David Tennant's run, but this was just one Episode and it was explained away as a "Fugue", but could the next seasons' "epic story arc / Moffat's completely gone all thirteens now" thing be a crossover with a possible future Doctor? 

 

Hear me out on this one. To make the "you blighters had better make the next Doctor a female" crowd happy, as well as give The Doctor something interesting to do along with giving the writers something interesting to explore, as well as not needing to write Capaldi out (because I'm enjoying his work, finally), as well as not necessarily giving him a Companion to run around with just yet ... why not have him do a Crossover of "Epic Proportions" with a possible Thirteen? And make this Doctor female. Not as an arch-nemesis (we have Missy/The Master for that), but as a "Multiverse Crash" scenario.

 

Barring that, if Moffat wants to please the fans, give us what we want -- guest appearances. 

 

Sylvester McCoy -- I want to see him get an episode or two of "New Who" under his belt. He's a lovely chap who has more than earned the right for a guest appearance as the Seventh Doctor again. What would have happened had the events of the 1990's movie never transpired? Gotta love Multiverse Theory, because that's our out -- and the TARDIS can travel between Universes, with enormous difficulty.

 

Tom Baker -- Who wouldn't want to see him do a bit more, if he's up for it?

 

David Tennant -- The banter between him and Capaldi would be legendary. 

 

Matt Smith -- Erm ... not sure how I'd feel about seeing him and Capaldi together. I don't think it would go well, sorry.

 

John Hurt -- I want to see him again. It's John Hurt .. he could act the part of limp broccoli and make it good. Enough said.  

 

Paul McGann -- I want more canon from him. Come on, he got one movie and one little web episode. He needs much more. He's such a good actor, and deserves more.

 

Chris Eccleston -- Too bad he's said he wouldn't do anything more. I'd like to see his Doctor and Capaldi's argue.  

 

I'm open to suggestion?  

Didn't moffat at one point say there would be more crossovers after the 50th special, like for the 10 year show reboot anniversary

[BetaguyGZT]

43 minutes ago, Draconian Guppy said:

Didn't moffat at one point say there would be more crossovers after the 50th special, like for the 10 year show reboot anniversary

And so far that's the only crossover we've seen since.

 

I really want to see Seven get a Crossover Episode or two before Sylvester becomes too easily tired out to pull a full days' shooting schedule. He's not a young man anymore. He's certainly still got the wit, without question. Charming fellow, and I admire him a lot.

[DConnell Member]

2 minutes ago, Unobscured Vision said:

And so far that's the only crossover we've seen since.

 

I really want to see Seven get a Crossover Episode or two before Sylvester becomes too easily tired out to pull a full days' shooting schedule. He's not a young man anymore. He's certainly still got the wit, without question. Charming fellow, and I admire him a lot.

Dye his hair and you've still got a pretty good Seven. I'd love to see Sylvester and Sophie/Ace return!

[FloatingFatMan]

18 hours ago, DConnell said:

Dye his hair and you've still got a pretty good Seven. I'd love to see Sylvester and Sophie/Ace return!

I always found Ace to be the second most irritating of all the companions, the first being, of course, Bonnie Langford's brief stint as Mel.  My god that woman is annoying...

 

Mind you, they all pale next to Liz Sladen, so maybe my standards are too high...

 

[DConnell Member]

2 hours ago, FloatingFatMan said:

I always found Ace to be the second most irritating of all the companions, the first being, of course, Bonnie Langford's brief stint as Mel.  My god that woman is annoying...

 

Mind you, they all pale next to Liz Sladen, so maybe my standards are too high...

 

Wow, you thought Ace was 2nd most annoying? I gave that slot to Mel, with Peri taking the crown as most annoying. Her horrible "American" accent that she couldn't hold for 2 full lines, and general whinyness made her the worst companion, at least until Rose came along. They got an actual Australian to play Tegan, would it have been so hard to get a real American for Peri?

[FloatingFatMan]

Just now, DConnell said:

Wow, you thought Ace was 2nd most annoying? I gave that slot to Mel, with Peri taking the crown as most annoying. Her horrible "American" accent that she couldn't hold for 2 full lines, and general whinyness made her the worst companion, at least until Rose came along. They got an actual Australian to play Tegan, would it have been so hard to get a real American for Peri?

I almost agree with you, alas my teenage hormones at the time meant I had a huge crush on Nicola Bryant, sooo...

 

[Gio Takahashi]

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-01-22/doctor-who-showrunner-steven-moffat-quits-to-be-replaced-by-broadchurch-creator-chris-chibnall
 

 

Gonna be a hell of a long wait until the next Doctor Who now.

[DConnell Member]

15 minutes ago, Gio Takahashi said:

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-01-22/doctor-who-showrunner-steven-moffat-quits-to-be-replaced-by-broadchurch-creator-chris-chibnall

YES! YES! YES! Moffat is gone! While I respect his dedication to the show, in general I really didn't like the direction he took things in. May he do well on his next project.

 

Good luck to Chris. It's a big responsibility.

[Boo Berry]

Thank God.

[DConnell Member]

9 minutes ago, Gio Takahashi said:

 

Gonna be a hell of a long wait until the next Doctor Who now.

But at least it might be worth waiting for again!

[BetaguyGZT]

There is a God. Whew. Interesting to see where things go from here now.

[Gio Takahashi]

The wait will suck, then there will be one more season with Moffat, and then we'll see new stuff afterwards.

[Louisifer]

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While Torchwood was created by Russell T Davies, Chibnall was the co-producer and de facto head writer of the Doctor Who spin-off for the first two series, writing eight episodes in total before departing for pastures new. Notably, he also wrote the finales for both series one and two, and the opener for series two.

\o/ I'm sold, Doctor Who needs to grow up. I've missed Torchwood and its 'adultness'.

Doctor who just seems so watered down to be kid friendly these days and leaves you with like 2 good episodes per season.

[BetaguyGZT]

I just read about that. One more season with Moffat after a hiatus, then the new direction. Uuuuuuuugh ....

 

Hope they aren't planning on replacing Capaldi. He's finally making the role his own ... that being said, he's been the victim of some bad writing choices that shouldn't have been allowed to see the light of day. Not Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy bad, but enough to put Moffat into a time out. And since this was Clara's last season, more should have been done to emphasize her increasingly reckless behavior and how The Doctor needed to bail her out of it -- up to and including landing her in Hospital or in Jail. 

 

No, pike that -- he should have been put into a high stool with the conical hat for the bad writing choices he made, and forced to sit at the front of the class.

 

I enjoyed this Season, in general -- but did it require two-part stories for the things Moffat was trying to say most of the time?  We could have had "Heaven Sent / Hell Bent" midway through the Season, an Episode or two to explore The Doctor being truly alone (no River, no Clara, nobody), and then some nice, rich, dense "build-story" to set Season 10 up nicely. He's well and truly screwed over Missy/The Master, whom I had gotten the distinct impression had wanted to be a companion or a "travelling buddy" in the short-term (and what a Story Arc that would be!), but that's a non-starter now (thanks Moffat ... you arse).

 

The storyline about "The Hybrid" that ended up being filmed for Hell Bent?? What a CROCK. Die-hard Whovians already knew who The Hybrid was -- Meta-Crisis Doctor. It was always supposed to be a way to get David Tennant and (maybe) Billie Piper back onto the show for an epic story-arc. A Galifrean-Human Hybrid with the mind of The Doctor and a piece of the TARDIS. Who's to say that piece didn't grow more quickly than anticipated -- or that someone (Missy?) didn't go FETCH him/them? So many possibilities ...

 

Season Nine could have and should have been so much more dense from a story-arc perspective. What a wasted opportunity.  

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4 hours ago, Louisifer said:

\o/ I'm sold, Doctor Who needs to grow up. I've missed Torchwood and its 'adultness'.

Doctor who just seems so watered down to be kid friendly these days and leaves you with like 2 good episodes per season.

Amen. RTD totally ruined TW with his dire need to crack America. Even though I've been a DW fane since the early 80's and own every episode I can, its more often than not that I go back to the TW box sets. 

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Good riddance. 

[heslo]

I can't understand how he's lasted this long to be honest. He utterly ruined the show for me (and a lot of other people I know who were fans) I know some people have liked the direction he took the show but I can't fathom why. It's a shell of it's former self with boring writing and silly, nonsensical stories. Hopefully now the show will be able to recover, just a shame we have to wait so long!

[Veiva]

I think Davies was all-around terrible, while Moffat was generally somewhere between poor and average overall (though I thought this season had some good ideas, though the implementation left much to desire) he had some wonderful one-offs here and there...

 

Hopefully the new writer does a much better job. I've never seen Broadchurch, though I've heard it's good.

 

I know I would like Doctor Who to be bit more serious (though not necessarily mature or dark) and cohesive. I don't watch much TV so I don't know how to properly explain it, but I very much enjoyed how Avatar: The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra handled their storytelling--an overall cohesive story with discrete plots in 1-2 episodes, with appropriate humor/comedy and serious/mature stories, and therefore is good for children, teenagers, and adults alike.

[Draconian Guppy]

so we wont see a new direction until 2018 basically