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Series 9 Set Reports Thread (SPOILERS)

It's gotten to the point that I'm not even going to subscribe to the Space Channel for the next batch of episodes. The absolute stupidity of this past season made me feel cheated.

I can see it for free on Daily Motion, but my enjoyment will depend on how fast they get rid of Clara and if they remember that there are people in the audience who are older than 8.

I've nothing against Capaldi. But he's saddled with the worst companion ever, plus some monumentally dumb stories.
 
Well there is no telling when Peter Capaldi would even want to step down from being the Doctor. He looks like he is having fun.

He's having fun with the role and being the Doctor, but I have heard that he found the shoot last year more exhausting and physically demanding than he expected. If he called it a day after series 9, I wouldn't be greatly surprised.
If you listen to what fans have said, Capaldi has been near death ever since filming his first episode.
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I think Capaldi knew entirely what he was getting into when he signed on and probably would have pulled an Eccleston if the role was physically too hard for him.
 
Its nonsense. It starts off promisingly, and doesn't get bad until the mind-numbingly dumb River-is-Amy-and-Rory's-daughter twist. Really, that, and the awful Lets Kill Hitler permanantly disinterested River to me.
 
Meanwhile, "A Good Man Goes to War" and "Let's Kill Hitler" are my two favorite episodes of the season. :p

So, again, to each their own.
 
Aside from the Gatiss episode I love the second half of series 6. It has a wonderful bonkers energy to it.
 
Its nonsense. It starts off promisingly, and doesn't get bad until the mind-numbingly dumb River-is-Amy-and-Rory's-daughter twist. Really, that, and the awful Lets Kill Hitler permanantly disinterested River to me.

I LOVED that twist. I thought it was great and unexpected.

Meanwhile, "A Good Man Goes to War" and "Let's Kill Hitler" are my two favorite episodes of the season. :p

So, again, to each their own.

I totally agree with this. Well, mostly agree. "A Christmas Carol" is my favorite Series 6 episode, but if we're not counting Christmas specials then those two episodes are my favorite of series 6, and they're two of my favorite Nu Who episodes period.
 
Say hello to my little friend.

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And her rocket launcher.
 
On the show, they have NOT made it clear. Moffat has said it, but it has not been established on the show it can be done (without Karn-Aid™ or any other outside influence). When Moffat leaves, the next show-runner may or may not confirm ON-AIR.

As far as the show goes, the Corsair changed gender and the Master has changed gender - period. The fact that the Doctor was not shocked when Missy revealed herself as the Master could mean it's always a possibility or it could mean he knows that the Corsair switched with Karn-Aid™ and the Master may have done so too.

Why is it important how The Master or The Corsair changed genders?

Is there something to be gained by calling those two individuals out as having 'non-normal' regenerations?

I have to jump in here.. when Missy said her name was short for Mistress, and couldn't keep calling herself the Master anymore, I don't know what more you needed for a shocked Capaldi face then what I saw.. so the whole notion of the doctor not being shocked.. I just don't agree with that assessment. Just because he didn't comment on it doesn't mean he wasn't shocked by it, I mean sometimes people are at a loss for words over things that are crazy and shocking..

And why is there always this big push to switch someone's gender? I mean really..
 
Fan reaction the Day BBC announces the Doctor is Regenerating as a woman..

Always a bad idea to try an speak on behalf of what the "Fans" will feel about something. It does rather smack of, "If I think it, then everyone must think it." (It's also trying to tell anyone who doesn't agree that they're not really a Fan.)
 
On the show, they have NOT made it clear. Moffat has said it, but it has not been established on the show it can be done (without Karn-Aid™ or any other outside influence). When Moffat leaves, the next show-runner may or may not confirm ON-AIR.

As far as the show goes, the Corsair changed gender and the Master has changed gender - period. The fact that the Doctor was not shocked when Missy revealed herself as the Master could mean it's always a possibility or it could mean he knows that the Corsair switched with Karn-Aid™ and the Master may have done so too.

Why is it important how The Master or The Corsair changed genders?

Is there something to be gained by calling those two individuals out as having 'non-normal' regenerations?

I have to jump in here.. when Missy said her name was short for Mistress, and couldn't keep calling herself the Master anymore, I don't know what more you needed for a shocked Capaldi face then what I saw.. so the whole notion of the doctor not being shocked.. I just don't agree with that assessment. Just because he didn't comment on it doesn't mean he wasn't shocked by it, I mean sometimes people are at a loss for words over things that are crazy and shocking..

And why is there always this big push to switch someone's gender? I mean really..

I took his shock look as to being surprised it was the Master and he didn't detect a Timelord like he (10) said he'd be able to.
 
Fan reaction the Day BBC announces the Doctor is Regenerating as a woman..

Always a bad idea to try an speak on behalf of what the "Fans" will feel about something. It does rather smack of, "If I think it, then everyone must think it." (It's also trying to tell anyone who doesn't agree that they're not really a Fan.)

I am free to speak what I please within reason, if you took my comment that way, then that sounds like a personal problem to me..

let me amend this, I don't want to get on anyone's bad side here.. I was merely being tongue and cheek with my comment, and NO, I DIDN'T SAY ALL FANS, just fans.. so take it for what you will there.. but on the other side of the coin, and with My humble opinion, I don't see the BBC ever going that route unless out of desperation or some fundamental social Justice campaign to get a woman behind the console... which is just absurd.. In the mind of the BBC execs, or just logically speaking why would you change a formula that for the past 50 years has worked, and shown to work well just for the sake of saying we had a woman? It doesn't make financial sense to me.. but that is just me..

you may and have a differing opinion, that is fine, but I never said I speak for all fans, and if you took it that way, again, that is ALL on You.. I will not apologize for you reading into a comment clearly meant in fun, and not a serious commentary on all fans.. stop being so picky and touchy about what you read..

But what's funny is Moffat said mostly women said no to a female doctor, and in addition Peter Davidson also said the same, in the UK daily mail Back in 2013 when this subject was at its height.

The reality is that there is a constant push by a minority to always get the majority to aqueous to their demands. This political correct behavior is destructive to traditional institutions, and when adhered to and it fails, the reaction of the majority rejecting the minority demands, the minority always resort to denigrating either by calling the majority sexist, white washers, bigots, homofobs, and even evil all to justify it's failures. The truth is the majority should always call out these tactics and not be cow towed into making changes simply to appease a few or for fear of being attacked for their position. If having a woman play doctor who is so important, those people should run out and create their own show about a woman time traveler and stop making demands that aren't clearly the majority opinion.
 
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Why is it important how The Master or The Corsair changed genders?

Is there something to be gained by calling those two individuals out as having 'non-normal' regenerations?

I have to jump in here.. when Missy said her name was short for Mistress, and couldn't keep calling herself the Master anymore, I don't know what more you needed for a shocked Capaldi face then what I saw.. so the whole notion of the doctor not being shocked.. I just don't agree with that assessment. Just because he didn't comment on it doesn't mean he wasn't shocked by it, I mean sometimes people are at a loss for words over things that are crazy and shocking..

And why is there always this big push to switch someone's gender? I mean really..

I took his shock look as to being surprised it was the Master and he didn't detect a Timelord like he (10) said he'd be able to.

I blame that on the continuity of the writer..I mean, it is entirely possible Missy was wearing some kind of perfume that masked her scent as a time lord. I still think he was surprised it was the master in female form.. I mean the shock of her being a time lord was already established inside the building with the cybermen waking up.. so outside it was the identity at that point and apparent sex change. I mean up until the masters name was mentioned I was 50/50 it was either the master or the Rani..
 
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Between The End Of Time and Death In Heaven, roughly 1100 years have passed for the Doctor. The Master has got to be a name from antiquity even for him, and although the Doctor usually came off better from their encounters, he didn't do it by underestimating his old frenemy. Also, the Doctor has been a bit of a buffoon all season, maybe getting back into the swing of adventuring after lifetimes on Trenzalore. Given all that, and that he probably hadn't consciously looked for a Time Lord in several centuries, I don't think his reaction is very over-the-top.
 
900 years on Trenzalor. Plus his two hundred year farewell tour and his grumpy loney days on a cloud before Clara. He is a little out of practise.

He is also getting use to the idea of his regenerations being reset yet having an older body. And while Clara is his most recent companion from Earth, aside from going around with her every once in a while as the 11th Doctor, and seeing her a few times on Trenzalore, he's not had a companion from Earth is 900 years. He's rusty. As rusty or even rustier than he was as the 9th Doctor recovering from the very long Time War.
 
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