Series 9 - Coming September 19! (And a trailer!)

[Turbo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB8fh4QUy-A

Exciting trailer. Looks like we're still firmly in "dark fairy tale" territory. The stinger at the end is especially great on a meta level.

Spoiler: Trailer Spoilers!

Was hoping we'd give the Daleks a rest this season but oh well. Also, does it look to anyone else like the shots with the ghostly/not fully formed people are in the same corridors as the underwater stuff? Perhaps we're getting a sequel to Flatline under the sea?

 

[starsuperion]

Ah, it appears

Spoiler: Spoilers

the Round things are back!

nice!

 

[tomalak301]

Seems like the season is starting later than previous seasons. I thought they got going in late august.

It was a good trailer. Not to much to go on but I'm glad the show is coming back soon. Not sure if I like the more hair Capaldi is showing this season but maybe that goes with the more older look.

 

[The Wormhole]

Seems like the season is starting later than previous seasons.

And once again, they've extended the time period of longest gap between episodes, we're now at nine months between Last Christmas and the new season. Remember when Moffat said he was going to cut back on the gap between seasons? Instead it's been extended twice under his reign.

Plus this means the season won't end until December 5, essentially three weeks prior to Christmas. Which I guess means we won't get the traditional Christmas special preview at Children in Need.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Plus this means the season won't end until December 5, essentially three weeks prior to Christmas. Which I guess means we won't get the traditional Christmas special preview at Children in Need.

I wonder if there's a creative reason for that. Perhaps the season finale ends with a cliffhanger, and it will be resolved in the Christmas Special, essentially making that the real season finale. If so, they would want to make the gap as short as possible.

 

[tomalak301]

Plus this means the season won't end until December 5, essentially three weeks prior to Christmas. Which I guess means we won't get the traditional Christmas special preview at Children in Need.

I wonder if there's a creative reason for that. Perhaps the season finale ends with a cliffhanger, and it will be resolved in the Christmas Special, essentially making that the real season finale. If so, they would want to make the gap as short as possible.

I've always liked the idea of the Christmas Special standing on it's own. You had the season, and then a month or two later you would actually get a "special" episode. If this Christmas special is really the season finale, it wouldn't really be a Christmas special, will it?

 

[ATimson]

I've always liked the idea of the Christmas Special standing on it's own. You had the season, and then a month or two later you would actually get a "special" episode. If this Christmas special is really the season finale, it wouldn't really be a Christmas special, will it?

Depends. If it's going to hamhandedly involve Christmas themes just because of when it airs, like "The Night of the Doctor", then it's the Christmas special. If they finally abandon that schtick, then no it isn't.

 

[RoJoHen]

Looks interesting enough. I'm curious to see how Missy fits in.

 

[The Wormhole]

Plus this means the season won't end until December 5, essentially three weeks prior to Christmas. Which I guess means we won't get the traditional Christmas special preview at Children in Need.

I wonder if there's a creative reason for that. Perhaps the season finale ends with a cliffhanger, and it will be resolved in the Christmas Special, essentially making that the real season finale. If so, they would want to make the gap as short as possible.

I've always liked the idea of the Christmas Special standing on it's own. You had the season, and then a month or two later you would actually get a "special" episode. If this Christmas special is really the season finale, it wouldn't really be a Christmas special, will it?

I see it as something similar to The Snowmen, a Christmas special integral to the season arc. Although, I agree, I prefer the Christmas specials to be separate, although I'm okay with the finales ending with a teaser scene setting up for the Christmas special, like Donna in Doomsday, the Titanic in Last of the Time Lords or Santa in Death in Heaven.

 

[Lonemagpie]

Plus this means the season won't end until December 5, essentially three weeks prior to Christmas. Which I guess means we won't get the traditional Christmas special preview at Children in Need.

I wonder if there's a creative reason for that. Perhaps the season finale ends with a cliffhanger, and it will be resolved in the Christmas Special, essentially making that the real season finale. If so, they would want to make the gap as short as possible.

I actually think has more to do with the general Saturday night lineup, and in particular there being no Atlantis between DW finishing and Xmas.

Also the rumour is that the first two episodes may air back to back on the 19th, so the season would finish on November 28th. Dunno about that.

If you want to complain about anything, though, it should be that we're an episode short this season, unless one of them is sexretly double-length like Deep Breath was. Cos if they're all regular-length, we're an episode's runtime short.

 

[chardman]

Ah, it appears

Spoiler: Spoilers

the Round things are back!

nice!

Are they back, or are we seeing another TARDIS where they've never been gone?

 

[The Wormhole]

Ah, it appears

Spoiler: Spoilers

the Round things are back!

nice!

Are they back, or are we seeing another TARDIS where they've never been gone?

Pause at the seven second mark. It's definitely the current console room with round things added, and the Doctor can be clearly seen.

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

Ah, it appears

Spoiler: Spoilers

the Round things are back!

nice!

Are they back, or are we seeing another TARDIS where they've never been gone?

Pause at the seven second mark. It's definitely the current console room with round things added, and the Doctor can be clearly seen.

Difficult to hit, but here you go:

 

[Candlelight]

I'm hoping for a decent Dalek story. There hasn't been one since RTD.

 

[Emperor-Tiberius]

Doesn't Day ... count as one?

 

[The Wormhole]

I'm hoping for a decent Dalek story. There hasn't been one since RTD.

If you want to be completely accurate, there hasn't really been a decent Dalek story since Eccleston's season. Although Into the Dalek did have its moments, I guess.

 

[Emperor-Tiberius]

I'm hoping for a decent Dalek story. There hasn't been one since RTD.

If you want to be completely accurate, there hasn't really been a decent Dalek story since Eccleston's season. Although Into the Dalek did have its moments, I guess.

Not even the Stolen Earth three parter?

 

[Sindatur]

I'm hoping for a decent Dalek story. There hasn't been one since RTD.

If you want to be completely accurate, there hasn't really been a decent Dalek story since Eccleston's season. Although Into the Dalek did have its moments, I guess.

Not even the Stolen Earth three parter?

I personally enjoyed all the Dalek appearances, except Victory of The Daleks and Daleks Take Manhattan

 

[Ithekro]

Victory of the Daleks was one of those rare times the enemy wins.

 

[RoJoHen]

Moffat set up a neat story when he had Oswin erase all knowledge of the Doctor from the Dalek's memory, but it didn't have any lasting consequences. They downloaded Tasha Lem's memories, and suddenly they know who the Doctor is again. Kinda lame.