I appreciate that point, but since there's such a long break between seasons, I'd want as many stories as possible. That's just me.
Series 9 Set Reports Thread (SPOILERS)
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Meh. We're still getting twelve episodes plus Christmas special, so there's an equal amount of material to last year. Whether they're twelve one hour stories or six two hour stories really is a non-issue for me. Besides, no one seemed to mind back when SJA was on the air, all its seasons consisted entirely of two-part stories.
A wider variety of stories/situations is preferable, and with 12 or 13 episodes there's less time for that variety vs. 20+ episode seasons.
The time between series' is longer because they're shorter series', as long as they start the same time every year.
I agree, if the stories are good it shouldn't matter either way.
The time between series' is longer because they're shorter series', as long as they start the same time every year.
I agree, if the stories are good it shouldn't matter either way.
I thought it was stated we were getting the full 13 episodes, plus Christmas Special?
At any rate, yea, doesn't matter if it's half the stories as 2 parters. We're still getting the same amount of episodes and weeks of entertainment. in fact, if used properly, all 2 parters could result in a deeper season, storywise.
I haven't seen the episode count definitively stated either way, beyond "full series plus Xmas". So it could be 12 or 13.
Last year had a feature-length opener, plus several extended episodes, meaning the 12 episodes totalled the same runtime in hours and minutes as the previous seasons did over 13 - so I suppose it'll depend whether there's a feature-length one somewhere in the mix (won't be the first, as that's a two-part story) - or whether the Beeb just think viewers will have short memories and assume 12 is the regular number (which will save on budget)
I wouldn't be surprised if the slap them together to get another cinema screening event out of them, though.
I much prefer two-parters because, in many cases, they allow the stories to breath and not be at such a high-octane pace which is often a deterrent of the plot. I grant there are some cases where it would terrible to have a story stretched out into two episodes. However, with a few exceptions, my favorite episodes of new Doctor Who are the two-parters and I was very disappointed when Moffat decided to stop doing them. This is great news as far as I'm concerned.
Not sure if this has been posted yet but here's an unofficial look at Capaldi's new costume for series 9. Shades of Tenpole-Tudor with those trousers:
http://www.latintimes.com/doctor-wh...paldis-new-costume-plus-11-other-juicy-308245
http://www.latintimes.com/doctor-wh...paldis-new-costume-plus-11-other-juicy-308245
It could be a one-off or just a variation... We've seen pics of him in the already established black hoodie, holey sweater, black pants and the ubiquitous crombie coat.
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Damn.
Brian Blessed, sorry, BRIAN BLESSED was supposed to be appearing in the currently shooting story as Odin (well, he couldn't go back to a mere King) but had to pull out due to illness.
David Schofield (who's a perfectly fine actor) has been cast in his place but it won't be the same.
Brian Blessed, sorry, BRIAN BLESSED was supposed to be appearing in the currently shooting story as Odin (well, he couldn't go back to a mere King) but had to pull out due to illness.
David Schofield (who's a perfectly fine actor) has been cast in his place but it won't be the same.
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Damn, I hope it's only a temporary ailment, and not a deterioration of old age, I've been hoping he'd play at least one more great SciFi/Fantasy role before his working ability had passed.
Unfortunately, he is 78 already, so, it may indeed be past his ability to play more roles
A possible spoiler from The Mirror (I know, but it might be cool is true)
British tabloid The Mirror (so take this with a major pinch of salt) claims that the first two episodes of the next season will deal with The Doctor facing a moral quandary: whether or not to murder a young child who will grow up to become a ruthless dictator responsible for the deaths of millions. That child? A young version of the scientist Davros, the villain who created the Daleks.
The storyline is an alleged callback to the classic Tom Baker story Genesis of the Daleks, in which the Doctor actually asks his companions if it would be morally right to kill a small child who would grow up to become a mass-murderer. In this new version, the Doctor is allegedly captured by the young Davros and forced to help the scientist save the unborn Daleks from destruction.
Meanwhile, there are some set photos from the latest round of Doctor Who filming — the show is returning to St. Fagan's National History Museum in Wales, for an episode that apparently takes place during the Middle Ages. This is apparently the two-parter guest starring Maisie Williams, called "The Girl Who Died"/"The Woman Who Lived."
The storyline is an alleged callback to the classic Tom Baker story Genesis of the Daleks, in which the Doctor actually asks his companions if it would be morally right to kill a small child who would grow up to become a mass-murderer. In this new version, the Doctor is allegedly captured by the young Davros and forced to help the scientist save the unborn Daleks from destruction.
Meanwhile, there are some set photos from the latest round of Doctor Who filming — the show is returning to St. Fagan's National History Museum in Wales, for an episode that apparently takes place during the Middle Ages. This is apparently the two-parter guest starring Maisie Williams, called "The Girl Who Died"/"The Woman Who Lived."
The Mirror report is
a) probably wrong in detail as the episode titles they quote don't fit (but that might just be them putting 2+2 together in the editing).
b) Something which was rumoured for Capaldi's first season early in 2014... which could mean that it's fannish wishful thinking that has come back again, or that it was an idea for the 2014 season which got knocked back a year.
a) probably wrong in detail as the episode titles they quote don't fit (but that might just be them putting 2+2 together in the editing).
b) Something which was rumoured for Capaldi's first season early in 2014... which could mean that it's fannish wishful thinking that has come back again, or that it was an idea for the 2014 season which got knocked back a year.
The young Davros idea is flawed in oh so many ways.
-It's just a retread of Genesis Daleks.
-If the Doctor couldn't bring himself to sabotage Davros's attempts to create the Daleks, he's not going to bring himself to murder Davros as a child.
-Also, children don't die in Moffat scripts. In the event they do, the death is somehow negated, like CAL becoming a supercomputer, or the kid Danny killed getting sent back from the Nethersphere.
-Even ignoring all that, the Daleks' existence is likely a fixed point in time and we all know those can't be messed with.
-Isn't this basically a variation on the whole go back in time and kill Hitler as a child, which everyone always screws up in the end anyway.
Honestly, this idea has such an obvious resolution already telegraphed that I can't believe anyone thinks there's a compelling idea to it.
-It's just a retread of Genesis Daleks.
-If the Doctor couldn't bring himself to sabotage Davros's attempts to create the Daleks, he's not going to bring himself to murder Davros as a child.
-Also, children don't die in Moffat scripts. In the event they do, the death is somehow negated, like CAL becoming a supercomputer, or the kid Danny killed getting sent back from the Nethersphere.
-Even ignoring all that, the Daleks' existence is likely a fixed point in time and we all know those can't be messed with.
-Isn't this basically a variation on the whole go back in time and kill Hitler as a child, which everyone always screws up in the end anyway.
Honestly, this idea has such an obvious resolution already telegraphed that I can't believe anyone thinks there's a compelling idea to it.
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However....
The opening two parter is supposed to be Missy and UNIT, so I think putting Davros/The Daleks/Skaro might overcomplicate things already. Especially since we just had Missy and Cybermen, her teaming up or involved with another Who bad guy might be repetitive.Although the Master does have a more complicated history with the Daleks, teaming up with them in Frontier In Space, getting exterminated in the TV movie and battling them in the Time War. A TV "Genesis of Davros" story could be interesting, and RTD did write a scene or two for season 4's finale two parter that would've shown Davros prior to his disfigurement and what caused it, but that was cut.
I think Doctor Who has reached saturation point with the Daleks. It feels that every series of the new Doctor Who has had one episode with them. It feels from listening to the commentaries and VADs on the Classic Doctor Who that the people involved then were more attuned to the realization that overdoing something was not a good thing. I would like to see new monsters and villains.
If I'm not mistaken, the BBC's agreement with the Nation estate says that Daleks need to be seen in each "series" of Doctor Who.
^ I thought that was proven to be a myth.
I don't mind seeing Daleks each season, as long as it's a good story. The regular "total destruction of the Daleks, only to have them reappear" got silly.
I don't mind seeing Daleks each season, as long as it's a good story. The regular "total destruction of the Daleks, only to have them reappear" got silly.
Yeah, the Daleks just aren't scary to me anymore. They've become like Saturday morning cartoon villains, who never, ever get fully defeated.
Daleks are an annual thing, but multi-Doctor stories come by once a decade? I wouldn't want multi-Doctor stories to become too common either, but at this point, I'd rather see a Capaldi/Smith/Tennant story before yet another Dalek story. Especially since Tennant just turned 44, and it will soon be difficult for him pull off the haracter so young
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