Well, 11 did go into his own timestream after Clara, and she was splintered. The difference being each splinter Doctor then regenerated once.
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Well, 11 did go into his own timestream after Clara, and she was splintered. The difference being each splinter Doctor then regenerated once.
In my mind, it's like a giant multi Doctor cross over--except the viewer doesn't know which order they regenerated in, until they all meet at the end, a bunch go in and fight the Big Bad of the season, but, only one (new) Doctor comes out... and then onto the next series.
I think Kris Marshall will (EDIT: would) be a brilliant Ginge Doc, he's got that dry glib whit like Tom Baker, and can pull that off quite nicely!
http://www.followingthenerd.com/tv/is-kris-marshall-the-new-star-of-doctor-who/
While the article got the regen wrong, I think the BBC stuff is likely given there's corporate money involved..
just look at how safe the Corporate big wigs at no-imagination Disney played Star Wars TFA, a complete ripoff of a New Hope..no risks, equals steady pay or 2.4 Billion dollar bait and switch money making nostalgia machine.
excerpt from the website article below;
"They won’t risk a woman Doctor. They want a David Tennant type.”
It isn’t really unexpected that the BBC would probably go back to a younger Doctor again after Capaldi and, in fairness, we suspected a female Time(lady)lord might be too big a risk for the show and given that recently bookies called a stop to taking bets on Marshall suggesting they knew something we didn’t so we do think there could well be something to this.
http://www.followingthenerd.com/tv/is-kris-marshall-the-new-star-of-doctor-who/
While the article got the regen wrong, I think the BBC stuff is likely given there's corporate money involved..
just look at how safe the Corporate big wigs at no-imagination Disney played Star Wars TFA, a complete ripoff of a New Hope..no risks, equals steady pay or 2.4 Billion dollar bait and switch money making nostalgia machine.
excerpt from the website article below;
"They won’t risk a woman Doctor. They want a David Tennant type.”
It isn’t really unexpected that the BBC would probably go back to a younger Doctor again after Capaldi and, in fairness, we suspected a female Time(lady)lord might be too big a risk for the show and given that recently bookies called a stop to taking bets on Marshall suggesting they knew something we didn’t so we do think there could well be something to this.
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Will? I hope you realize that 1) That article is from April and 2) Nothing has been officially announced.
The odd thing is that Marshall is nothing like David Tennant? Frankly I think Phoebe Waller-Bridge is more like Tennant than KM would be.
And I really take umbrage at Disney playing it safe with TFA. A strong female lead and a strong black male lead, that's not remotely playing it safe (thank god). One can only hope the BBC learn lessons from TFA (and Wonder Woman) and realise that if the material is good only whiny fanboys will care that the Doctor is now a black woman (or whatever).
I'm really hoping Kris Marshall is the same kinda stalking horse Paterson Joseph was back before Matt was announced because he would be such an utterly safe choice, not the worst, don't get me wrong I used to love him in My Family, but I'd just think "Really? He's the best you could come up with?"
But I guess in some ways it would fit in with my classic/Nu Who pattern.
Tom/Tennant- the insanely popular one.
Peter/Matt- the ridiculously young one who has to follow on from the insanely popular one and actually does a great job.
Colin/Capaldi- the grouchy, difficult to love one who sees the ratings fall (unfair on both, especially Capaldi I know but facts is facts)
Sly/Kris- the family friendly, light entertainment one (who in fairness ends up exceeding his remit to become the dark manipulative one!)
And I really take umbrage at Disney playing it safe with TFA. A strong female lead and a strong black male lead, that's not remotely playing it safe (thank god). One can only hope the BBC learn lessons from TFA (and Wonder Woman) and realise that if the material is good only whiny fanboys will care that the Doctor is now a black woman (or whatever).
I'm really hoping Kris Marshall is the same kinda stalking horse Paterson Joseph was back before Matt was announced because he would be such an utterly safe choice, not the worst, don't get me wrong I used to love him in My Family, but I'd just think "Really? He's the best you could come up with?"
But I guess in some ways it would fit in with my classic/Nu Who pattern.
Tom/Tennant- the insanely popular one.
Peter/Matt- the ridiculously young one who has to follow on from the insanely popular one and actually does a great job.
Colin/Capaldi- the grouchy, difficult to love one who sees the ratings fall (unfair on both, especially Capaldi I know but facts is facts)
Sly/Kris- the family friendly, light entertainment one (who in fairness ends up exceeding his remit to become the dark manipulative one!)
Fuck no, we don't want a modern Sylv... Thankfully Capaldi wasn't a modern Colin either, being a great Doctor on screen from the get-go.
But where does Eccleston fit into that pattern?
Hey I like Capaldi, but they were clearly trying to do a successful version of Six and Capaldi got better as he softened.
Never heard of him...
he's the fly in the ointment, and obviously whoever is 13 might bear no relation to McCoy, but I do find the 4/5/6 10/11/12 comparisons interesting.
Yeah, Kris Marshall is like butter on toast. It's fine, it'll do, but meh.
I don't think following up declining ratings with "meh" is a good plan.
Edited to add: has anyone ASKED Kris Marshall?
I don't think following up declining ratings with "meh" is a good plan.
Edited to add: has anyone ASKED Kris Marshall?
Few rumours have made my heart sink as much as that of Kris Marshall.
I thought Colin Baker was solid from the get go (outside of that stupid choking scene in his first episode which was just terrible writing), but I'm used to being the one of the only people on Earth who likes early 6th Doctor just as well as later 6th Doctor
You're not the only one. He doesn't post here anymore, but longtime poster, OmahaStar, loves all things Sixth Doctor and considers him the best Doctor hands down.I thought Colin Baker was solid from the get go (outside of that stupid choking scene in his first episode which was just terrible writing), but I'm used to being the one of the only people on Earth who likes early 6th Doctor just as well as later 6th Doctor
Colin Baker's definitely the most underrated Doctor, even in his early days. Yes, his stories were largely crap aside from Trial, and even that's not quite gold, but Colin Baker always delivered a solid performance as the Doctor, IMO.
Oh, and of course the coat was awful. But that goes without saying.
Oh, and of course the coat was awful. But that goes without saying.
Well the 6th Doctor is my favorite classic Doctor, although for overall Doctor placement he's probably tied with the 11th (with the 2nd Doctor being in a very close second place).
To be fair I love his coat, it is completely ridiculous but somehow having a grouchier, more arrogant Doctor wear it just fits in my opinion. I consider Timelash and Revelation of the Daleks as the only 6th Doctor serials I think are outright bad. Attack of the Cybermen, for example, is one of my favorite Classic Who serials (and my favorite 6th Doctor story). Still, he really got screwed over. If JNT hadn't been there, or if the BBC hadn't been controlled by a complete jackass, Colin Baker could have been much better regarded by the general audience.
The style of it is alright, I just don't like the multicolour thing it's got going on.
I think it works well for who that incarnation of the Doctor was and the time period where the show was made. Objectively its hideous and JNT was out of his mind to go with it, but I think it ended up worki9ng great in a way that couldn't have been predicted. Its certainly impossible to mistake the 6th Doctor for anyone else
I consider the coat an irreplaceable part of his personality/style, even if some noncanon sources like to pretend it doesn't exist and dress the 6th Doctor up like a blueberry instead.I've met Colin Baker and he seems like a nice man. But, he's not a quality actor. He's seems very much one-note to me with a shallow depth of acting skills--a lack of range. Part of the problem with later classic Who is that picking actors who can actually act was apparently not a priority.
I've often said, having seen it enough times, that the coat is actually not that bad in the flesh (so to speak) - it's a lot worse in pictures and on screen...
If JNT hadn't been there, there wouldn't have been any DW. Apparently, there was no one else who was passionate about the series and wanted to take it over. Hence, the BBC told JNT that if he left, the show ends.
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