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Doctor Who (BBC & Disney+ 2023)
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BrianLo
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Ditto. At least the overlying Toy Maker plot has been hitting.
I'm too finding it a mix of one really good episode and then the stand-alone, frankly single set piece episodes are merely ok. For a show with a bigger budget, it doesn't feel like some of the episodes have that. Standing on a Roomba in a Void film location is hardly breaking the bank. Same with the Tennant Christmas specials.
Though I guess that's the old school charm?
Overall I'm still much more into it than I have been in a decade.
KeithVH
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Oh, I do. I do.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
So why continue to watch, if you do, as its been this same way for 20 years now (longer if you really think about how progressive the original series really was)?
KeithVH
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I stopped watching in the middle of Capaldi. I realized eps like "The Girl in The Fireplace", "Voyage Of The Damned", or "A Christmas Carol" (I love Katherine Jenkins voice) were becoming VERY few and far between. Got tired of some of the crap going on with the show. I won't even go into detail about missing Leela
. Am I the only one who can't understand Capaldi sometimes (my family is from the Highlands too)? And it's not just Davies fault, there's enough blame for Moffat too.
Disney Irish
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Sorry to hear you don't enjoy it anymore. To me as someone who grew up watching Who here in the States since the day it landed on PBS in the 70s, its always been progressive, a mirror if you will, based on the current societal trends. Davies and Moffat just continued that tradition.I stopped watching in the middle of Capaldi. I realized eps like "The Girl in The Fireplace", "Voyage Of The Damned", or "A Christmas Carol" (I love Katherine Jenkins voice) were becoming VERY few and far between. Got tired of some of the crap going on with the show. I won't even go into detail about missing Leela
MarvelCharacterNerd
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That explained why it disappeared from the Esplanade here. Although they do have a poster for the show in DCA.
Doctor Who Season 2 Wraps Production
Doctor Who showrunner Russel T Davies has confirmed that production on Season 2 has wrapped.
BrianLo
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Oh wow. Two really strong episodes! I had this one pegged to be a dud with how they were pacing them out. Very black mirror, a masterclass in body language wrapped in a vapid shiny conceit of a tech story.
I sought out afterwards how people were reacting. And there's almost this strange societal commentary about how the point of the episode was almost not heavy handed enough. Maybe from a naive source of privilege?
www.ign.com
I honestly want to reach out to the editorial team with how spectacularly this reviewer didn't get it.
www.denofgeek.com
I sought out afterwards how people were reacting. And there's almost this strange societal commentary about how the point of the episode was almost not heavy handed enough. Maybe from a naive source of privilege?
Doctor Who Season 1, Episode 6 – "Dot and Bubble" Review - IGN
While it has some interesting ideas, “Dot and Bubble” struggles to adapt to its Black Mirror-like concept, resulting in a wholly unremarkable episode.
I honestly want to reach out to the editorial team with how spectacularly this reviewer didn't get it.
Doctor Who Series 14 Just Gave the Doctor a Jesus Moment
This Doctor is here to save the universe, even the bits that don’t deserve him.
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Disney Chief Backs ‘Doctor Who’ As “Really Good Fit” After Ncuti Gatwa’s First Season — Edinburgh
Disney has voiced its support for 'Doctor Who' amid chatter over whether its co-production with BBC Studios was a success.
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Robbiem
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I don’t know how things went down intern but the Christmas show this year was a flop on the BBC with very low viewership and poor reviews. Wallace and Gromit fared much better (a BBC / Netflix collaboration).
The BBC also colourised and edited the last Patrick Troughton story, the War Games this year, after doing similar to the first Dalek story last year. No idea if these are coming to Disney plus internationally or not
The BBC also colourised and edited the last Patrick Troughton story, the War Games this year, after doing similar to the first Dalek story last year. No idea if these are coming to Disney plus internationally or not
MarvelCharacterNerd
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I enjoyed it.
osian
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I've only just binge-watched the "first" series from last summer over the weekend, it was just languishing on my PVR for...various reasons. Anyway, FWIW, I thought the first few episodes were a bit naff but, OMG, 73 Yards. The best psych horror since Blink?? Dot and Bubble also was very strong.
However, I digress. I spotted something in Dot and Bubble. It's a Tower of Terror! I went immediately to IMDB to see if it was mentioned in Trivia. It wasn't. But it did mention that there was a boiler room scene, also that a Jungle Cruise boat appeared in the end sequence (which I hadn't clocked). And in Boom, it says that Canterbury is referred to as "Canto"...which is suspiciously close to Encanto.
Anyone else noticed any Disney Easter Eggs in Doctor Who?
However, I digress. I spotted something in Dot and Bubble. It's a Tower of Terror! I went immediately to IMDB to see if it was mentioned in Trivia. It wasn't. But it did mention that there was a boiler room scene, also that a Jungle Cruise boat appeared in the end sequence (which I hadn't clocked). And in Boom, it says that Canterbury is referred to as "Canto"...which is suspiciously close to Encanto.
Anyone else noticed any Disney Easter Eggs in Doctor Who?
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michmousefan
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Nice find!
BrianLo
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That’s neat. I assume it’s just a co production nod as something like the bad wolf storylines are less blink and you’ll miss it subtle.
Also ya I was generally pretty happy with that season. It was mixed but had a few big stand outs.