Ncuti Gatwa is the 15th Doctor

[Rich Watson]

Must be a parallel earth episode seeing as we have two lamp posts right next to each other............parallel...........two lamp posts next two each other................no!...............tough room.

i'l get me coat.

They're not lamp posts. It's not even a real campaign headquarters. IT'S ALL LIES!!

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

The design parallels to the Captain America logo are 100% intentional, yes?

 

[Haggis and tatties]

They're not lamp posts. It's not even a real campaign headquarters. IT'S ALL LIES!!

Or..............it is a cunning plan by the Sontarans to put.........wait for it.........Boots on the ground!

Aye thang yaw. lol

 

[Rich Watson]

More set dressing. Not Cybermen already?

 

[David cgc]

The design parallels to the Captain America logo are 100% intentional, yes?

Whenever I see anything remotely zig-zag in sci-fi, I immediately assume it's riffing on the SS's double-lightning-bolt logo.

 

[Qonundrum]

Getting set up for shooting in Cardiff this afternoon. It's giving me a "Years and Years" vibe.

Edit: The actor is Aneurin Barnard, who was one of the leads in the (sadly just cancelled) "1899".

He's about 15 years too young, and looks too much like the unmasked Kylo Ren, unless he's Jack Robertson de-aged or is a parody of Build Back Better or an ad for that new drug whose name rhymes with "See Alice"? Amazed there's not a barrel full of bananas and cucumbers on display. Didn't they do the voting shtick with John Saxon? And parallel universes solely to flesh out Rose's super family and not to explore trite venues like what Inferno did?


Besides, the real emphasis is on "DIT" - it's clearly a reference to "Dimensions in Time" and is a placard over that utility tub for some daffy reason...


The two lampposts --> https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging and https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeWearing

 

[Qonundrum]

More set dressing. Not Cybermen already?

Uh-oh. Cybusmen strike again in yet another cliche overdone since the 80s with Androzani, Sil, and everyone else! Not a big deal, wave that magic sonic screwdriver and they'll all turn the other direction and all that tension is resolved.

Oh, is Jackarts Jack Robinson's startup too?

So, the real question is, what's the real misdirection being done in this advertising? (I can't deny it, I am curious, but the last time anyone could suss out the villains so easily and so readily was in series 3... )

 

[Rich Watson]

Last couple of bits of info. The episode is set in 2046 according to people who got a close look at the office set dressing. There was no Ncuti on set but Millie was there in a suit and glasses, possibly going undercover.

 

[Rich Watson]

There's a giant slug monster on the loose on Swansea University Campus. (Which is funny as they normally don't come out until Friday nights.)

 

[Captaindemotion]

There's a giant slug monster on the loose on Swansea University Campus. (Which is funny as they normally don't come out until Friday nights.)

Insert Piers Morgan joke here

 

[Rich Watson]

It seems to be a big model being used for reference rather than a man in a suit.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Isn't that part Ricky Gervais played?

 

[Captaindemotion]

Isn't that part Ricky Gervais played?

Do you mean Peter Kay?

Edit - my bad, I get your reference now; I thought you were referring to Love & Monsters, I forgot about the Karl show

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Do you mean Peter Kay?

Edit - my bad, I get your reference now; I thought you were referring to Love & Monsters, I forgot about the Karl show

Actually, I was referring to Extras.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Actually, I was referring to Extras.

I’d forgotten about that too!

 

[matthunter]

The design parallels to the Captain America logo are 100% intentional, yes?

If you mean the stylised "A" next to Albion, that's the Avengers' logo, not Cap's.

 

[Tuskin38]

Whenever I see anything remotely zig-zag in sci-fi, I immediately assume it's riffing on the SS's double-lightning-bolt logo.

British Union of Fascists used a white lightning bolt over a blue circle, sometimes on a red flag.

 

[Rich Watson]

It really is basically what Ricky Gervais was wearing in that episode of "Extras", only not done as a joke.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

^^^Ok, what is it with all these pictures of poles? Lol

 

[The Nth Doctor]

It really is basically what Ricky Gervais was wearing in that episode of "Extras", only not done as a joke.

Is it bad that I want Gervais to actually voice the creature now?