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BBC Confirm All S8 Titles. (Some Slightly Spoilery.)

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I think there's only two in there that weren't already known.

Episode 1: Deep Breath.
Episode 2: Into The Dalek.
Episode 3: Robot Of Sherwood.
Episode 4: Listen.
Episode 5: Time Heist.
Episode 6: The Caretaker.
Episode 7: Kill The Moon.
Episode 8: Mummy On The Orient Express.
Episode 9: Flatline.
Episode 10: In The Forest Of The Night.
Episode 11/12: Dark Water/Death In Heaven.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/New-Series-All-the-Episode-Titles-and-More
 
It's interesting, to me anyway, that Moffat is writing four episodes and cowriting three more. (Full list here) Perhaps he feels he needs to be more hands-on in the writing department this series because he's introducing a new Doctor?

And does his heavy load on the series proper mean that someone else will be writing Christmas?

I'm surprised, honestly, by Gaiman's non-appearance. For some reason, I had it in mind that he was again in the mix for series 8.
 
It is kind of odd some episodes have two writers. Almost all the modern episodes have only had one writer. The only exceptions were Planet of the Dead and Waters of Mars, and even then, RTD explains in The Writer's Tale those episodes were pretty much written solely by Gareth Roberts and Phil Ford, respectively with RTD only providing the usual script supervision he did with all scripts when he was running the show, and that it was BBC who wanted him listed as a co-writer to "attract big name guest stars."

Interestingly enough, two of the three being co-written by Moffat are by those very same writers.
 
Allyn Gibson said:
It's interesting, to me anyway, that Moffat is writing four episodes and cowriting three more. (Full list here) Perhaps he feels he needs to be more hands-on in the writing department this series because he's introducing a new Doctor?

And does his heavy load on the series proper mean that someone else will be writing Christmas?

I'm surprised, honestly, by Gaiman's non-appearance. For some reason, I had it in mind that he was again in the mix for series 8.
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Well I read an interview where Gaiman said doing Nightmare in Silver had taken a huge amount of his time, so maybe he just doesn't have the capacity to write one this series?
 
I too was a little surprised by Moffat's heavy presence this season. Maybe it is because it's a new season with a new Doctor and he wants his hands in the cookie jar as much as possible.

Also, w ith less than a week to go before "Deep Breath" premieres, should we have seen one of those movie-style posters for the episode by now? I sure hope they do those again this season.
 
Worf2DS9 said:
Also, w ith less than a week to go before "Deep Breath" premieres, should we have seen one of those movie-style posters for the episode by now? I sure hope they do those again this season.
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I've been wondering the same thing. I hope they're going to continue with them, they were so cool.
 
The Wormhole said:
It is kind of odd some episodes have two writers. Almost all the modern episodes have only had one writer. The only exceptions were Planet of the Dead and Waters of Mars, and even then, RTD explains in The Writer's Tale those episodes were pretty much written solely by Gareth Roberts and Phil Ford, respectively with RTD only providing the usual script supervision he did with all scripts when he was running the show, and that it was BBC who wanted him listed as a co-writer to "attract big name guest stars."
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There's some speculation on Facebook that they've adopted American-style writing credits where if the showrunner steps in and does a rewrite, he gets a credit on the episode.
 
Allyn Gibson said:
The Wormhole said:
It is kind of odd some episodes have two writers. Almost all the modern episodes have only had one writer. The only exceptions were Planet of the Dead and Waters of Mars, and even then, RTD explains in The Writer's Tale those episodes were pretty much written solely by Gareth Roberts and Phil Ford, respectively with RTD only providing the usual script supervision he did with all scripts when he was running the show, and that it was BBC who wanted him listed as a co-writer to "attract big name guest stars."
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There's some speculation on Facebook that they've adopted American-style writing credits where if the showrunner steps in and does a rewrite, he gets a credit on the episode.
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But doesn't the showrunner do rewrites of all the episodes? At least I recall it being implied in The Writer's Tale that RTD basically rewrote everyone's scripts with a few exceptions (Moffat's scripts being ones RTD never touched).

Yeah, I know, Moffat doesn't have to do things the way RTD did them. Still, I would think he'd had involvement in more than three episodes he didn't write. Or maybe those particular episodes have scenes written by Moffat which aren't really related to the episode itself but do contribute the season's story arc, like River's scene in Closing Time, which I believe was written by Moffat even though only Gareth Roberts was credited for the episode.
 
Allyn Gibson said:
It's interesting, to me anyway, that Moffat is writing four episodes and cowriting three more. (Full list here) Perhaps he feels he needs to be more hands-on in the writing department this series because he's introducing a new Doctor?

And does his heavy load on the series proper mean that someone else will be writing Christmas?

I'm surprised, honestly, by Gaiman's non-appearance. For some reason, I had it in mind that he was again in the mix for series 8.
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I don't know if this has anything to do with it or not (i.e. pure speculation). But, I was just saying to some friends that after Moffat put so much effort into writing the Day of the Doctor, he should've either allowed someone else to write Smith's final episode, or at least co-write it with someone.

He clearly spent all of his effort and creativity on Day of the Doctor, and Time of the Doctor really suffered.

Maybe this changes reflects a realization that while he may want to be involved in all of the big stories, he can't actually write them all by himself?

Mr Awe
 
Well, Moffat didn't have (much) Sherlock to write this year, so he's probably exercising his right as producer to write whatever the heck he wants with whoever he wants. With any luck, working in partnership with writers and less on his own will have a positive effect on his other scripts (which I still tend to enjoy, but agree that they are getting somewhat less special). Plenty of high hopes for this year - a poor Moffat script is still pretty fun to watch IMO, whatever people feel of it later on.

Mark
 
Mr Awe said:
Allyn Gibson said:
It's interesting, to me anyway, that Moffat is writing four episodes and cowriting three more. (Full list here) Perhaps he feels he needs to be more hands-on in the writing department this series because he's introducing a new Doctor?

And does his heavy load on the series proper mean that someone else will be writing Christmas?

I'm surprised, honestly, by Gaiman's non-appearance. For some reason, I had it in mind that he was again in the mix for series 8.
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I don't know if this has anything to do with it or not (i.e. pure speculation). But, I was just saying to some friends that after Moffat put so much effort into writing the Day of the Doctor, he should've either allowed someone else to write Smith's final episode, or at least co-write it with someone.

He clearly spent all of his effort and creativity on Day of the Doctor, and Time of the Doctor really suffered.

Maybe this changes reflects a realization that while he may want to be involved in all of the big stories, he can't actually write them all by himself?

Mr Awe
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I don't follow, since this is actually increasing his workload. On average, Moffat's been writing four of five episodes per season of thirteen, and now he's directly involved in the writing of seven episodes out of 12. Where he was doing 38% of the season, he's now doing 58%. How exactly does this lighten his workload?
 
^ He's spreading out the work by having co-writers. He never did the co-writer thing before.

Mr Awe
 
Mr Awe said:
^ He's spreading out the work by having co-writers. He never did the co-writer thing before.

Mr Awe
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But he's still doing four episodes on his own, like he always has. If he had a co-writer on those episodes, I'd see your point, but instead he's adding three more episodes, increasing his workload.
 
Mummy on the Orient Express? WTF?

For a start that's got to be the most unimaginative title in Doctor Who ever, or at least since "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship", and the premise (that's in the title) sounds utterly dreadful. A mummy on the orient express sounds well quite frankly, like a seven year old came up with the idea. And I can't imagine it's a very exciting episode, just a mummy on a train. Christ.

I'm mainly excited for the finale, Into the Dalek and Kill the Moon.
 
The Wormhole said:
Mr Awe said:
^ He's spreading out the work by having co-writers. He never did the co-writer thing before.

Mr Awe
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But he's still doing four episodes on his own, like he always has. If he had a co-writer on those episodes, I'd see your point, but instead he's adding three more episodes, increasing his workload.
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I'm just saying that it seems like he recognizes his limits rather than just adding and adding. I don't think he should've attempted Time of the Doctor right after Day!

And, it sounds like he has less work on Sherlock now so you've got to look at the larger picture.

Mr Awe
 
I'm relatively Spopiler-Free (Only seen the Cyber pics, and now the titles). Haven't watched any of the leaked episodes or read the leaked scripts, and haven't seen any Spoilers about them).

I looked at the title of Episode 6 The Caretaker, and initially read that as The Curator, and my heart skipped a beat with utter joy, until I realized I misread it :alienblush:
 
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