Oh, Brilliant!
July 19, 2018 1:03 PM   Subscribe

 
Can’t wait (though I must)
posted by Thorzdad at 1:06 PM on July 19, 2018 [2 favorites]


Oh, it's so exciting! We stopped watching when Capaldi came on because the writing and production just didn't hold up to the past few seasons (and maybe a few of the last Smith episodes). I so so so hope we have to use our imaginations again and dream of the romance of traveling with The Doctor again! And a feminine Doctor, to boot! Oh so good...
posted by Snowishberlin at 1:10 PM on July 19, 2018 [2 favorites]


Hmm, I found the Capaldi seasons very good...
posted by Pendragon at 1:15 PM on July 19, 2018 [9 favorites]


Yay! Peter Capaldi was great but Steven Moffat's hollow puzzle box approach to plotting became very tiring, though not as much as in the absurd series 3 & 4 of Sherlock.

Really looking forward to this and Jodie Whittaker looks awesome! And I like the companions, who look just like the people on my bus...

Hang on...
posted by fallingbadgers at 1:16 PM on July 19, 2018 [17 favorites]


Hmm, I found the Capaldi seasons very good...

It wasn't that they weren't good, just not imaginative enough, or too easy, or something. More about the show runners and writers than Capaldi himself that did it in, I think.
We've been rewatching from Ecclestone and every time I see a good episode I think of that Craig Ferguson cold open thing and the line "it's all about the triumph of intellect and romance" that I feel the last couple of seasons didn't have. Maybe with a new woman doctor we can see that more, or imagine more, or something even better!
posted by Snowishberlin at 1:22 PM on July 19, 2018 [12 favorites]


Too early to call on Chibbers but I think she is going to be very good.
posted by Artw at 1:28 PM on July 19, 2018 [3 favorites]


Hmm, I found the Capaldi seasons very good...

Agreed but could have gone with going straight to Bill.
posted by Artw at 1:30 PM on July 19, 2018 [7 favorites]


Anyone know if my August Bank Holiday assumption's right?

Too excited about this, not least because we now have a 3 year old Who fan!
posted by threetwentytwo at 1:30 PM on July 19, 2018


If this trailer makes you start to feel a swell of nostalgic nerd-rage because THIS Doctor doesn't fit YOUR personal mental image of the Doctor, just remember: lots of planets have a North!
posted by The Tensor at 1:32 PM on July 19, 2018 [19 favorites]


Watched most of the Twitch marathon, and you can see where the writing falls off of a cliff, hope this season is better.
posted by Sphinx at 1:34 PM on July 19, 2018


I LOVED the final Capaldi season and wish Bill had stayed on as companion. Can you imagine the romance of Bill suddenly having heart-eyes for a Doctor who'd gone from crusty old Professor to Jodie Whittaker?
posted by Pallas Athena at 1:37 PM on July 19, 2018 [17 favorites]


I liked the vast majority of Capaldi, but it's noticeable to me how little of the plots I actually remember from any individual episode. I can't even remember what happens to Bill without looking it up. Unlike pretty much any other companion-and I liked Bill!
posted by threetwentytwo at 1:37 PM on July 19, 2018


Capaldi had what I think is the best Doctor Who episode (of the new era): Heaven Sent.
posted by Pendragon at 1:39 PM on July 19, 2018 [6 favorites]


Watched most of the Twitch marathon, and you can see where the writing falls off of a cliff, hope this season is better.

Not as good as it used to be since 1963.
posted by Artw at 1:39 PM on July 19, 2018 [23 favorites]


I can't even remember what happens to Bill without looking it up.

Really? Because it’s a pretty amazing 2 parter.

(Her reprise in the special maybe not quite as great, but I liked it)
posted by Artw at 1:41 PM on July 19, 2018 [2 favorites]


Not as good as it used to be since 1963.

If only there was some way, some kind of "temporal mechanism" if you like, that would allow one to travel from the present day back to 1963...
posted by fallingbadgers at 1:42 PM on July 19, 2018 [1 favorite]


I checked out of the Capaldi era pretty fast, not due to anything wrong with him but just because I was sick of Moffat. Definitely looking forward to a new era, and this trailer just steps that up more.
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 1:48 PM on July 19, 2018 [5 favorites]


Please, please, please Chibnall, bring your Broadchurch game, not your Cyberwoman game. I'm begging you.

[I have a tattoo on my arm of the number ten in new-series-style Gallifreyan if that tells anyone where I am coming from here.]
posted by soren_lorensen at 1:49 PM on July 19, 2018 [14 favorites]


Really? Because it’s a pretty amazing 2 parter.

Just Wiki'd and yeah, it was a good story, just forgot that's where she.. departed. Anyway, we've rewatched up to School Reunion so far so only 80 odd to go before we see it again!
posted by threetwentytwo at 1:53 PM on July 19, 2018 [1 favorite]



Not as good as it used to be since 1963.

If only there was some way, some kind of "temporal mechanism" if you like, that would allow one to travel from the present day back to 1963...


This sounds very timey-whmey.
posted by MrGuilt at 1:53 PM on July 19, 2018 [2 favorites]


that would allow one to travel from the present day back to 1963...

How do you think Kennedy got shot, huh?
posted by threetwentytwo at 1:56 PM on July 19, 2018


This sounds very timey-whmey.
Really, it's more wibbly-wobbly.
posted by petrilli at 1:59 PM on July 19, 2018 [4 favorites]



Please, please, please Chibnall, bring your Broadchurch game, not your Cyberwoman game. I'm begging you.


This, so much this.

I have a tattoo on my arm of the number ten in new-series-style Gallifreyan if that tells anyone where I am coming from here.

I would like to see this, please and thank you.
posted by ApathyGirl at 2:03 PM on July 19, 2018 [3 favorites]


I checked out after the first Capaldi season, both for the writing and the acting but this looks fun.
posted by octothorpe at 2:18 PM on July 19, 2018


OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!
Was that enough OMG's?
Better add more just in case...
OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!
posted by evilDoug at 2:43 PM on July 19, 2018


And a feminine Doctor, to boot! Oh so good...

Still not a ginger.
posted by Fizz at 2:46 PM on July 19, 2018 [8 favorites]


This is a small huge thing, but the fact that I could cosplay this Doctor and look right with the body I have... it feels like a big big big deal.
posted by lauranesson at 3:02 PM on July 19, 2018 [11 favorites]


Her accent makes me happy in a way I choose not to examine.
posted by misslucyjane at 3:13 PM on July 19, 2018 [4 favorites]


I could really go for some intellect and romance triumphing over brute force and cynicism this October (and even more so in November)!
posted by kimota at 3:24 PM on July 19, 2018 [7 favorites]


If only there was some way, some kind of "temporal mechanism" if you like, that would allow one to travel from the present day back to 1963...

The problem is that the earth spins, goes around the sun, the solar system orbits the black hole at the center of our galaxy, and the universe itself is expanding at a hell of a clip. You don’t just need to travel chronologically, you need to maneuver in both time and relative dimension in space.
posted by jenkinsEar at 3:25 PM on July 19, 2018 [16 favorites]


Broadchurch game

Ugh. Faux Scandinavia angst, characters staring pensively out to sea constantly, and grossly manipulative characters and storylines? No thanks. Let's hope Chibnall just brings good stories that are not Broadchurch, Cyberwoman (or any of his episodes frankly), or his Torchwood episodes but good quality Who. I hope remembers his teenage self when he's working on the episodes.
posted by Ashwagandha at 3:50 PM on July 19, 2018 [2 favorites]


I checked out of the Capaldi era pretty fast, not due to anything wrong with him but just because I was sick of Moffat.

Same.

The trailer itself was... Very much a trailer for a fandom property. Out of context quotes! Lots of vague things happening on screen because we need to convey action! and! excitement! but god forbid we "spoil" anything.

Cautiously optimistic anyway, and I'll definitely try to watch at least the premier somehow.
posted by tobascodagama at 3:52 PM on July 19, 2018


I'm a big fan of the Capaldi series, particularly Clara's last season. They are just so well suited to each other, and they stopped trying to make Clara into a mystery and just let her be a fascinating, broken person.
I really wanted to like Bill but she just didn't quite have the charisma of Clara. Not that she's not great of course, we're talking relative levels here. Doctor Who is almost always at least good.

I may be a fanboy. :)
posted by PennD at 4:10 PM on July 19, 2018 [3 favorites]


As happy as I am that Moffat has stepped down, I am 10x happier that Murray Gold will no longer be scoring the show. On top of that, the new composer, Segun Akinola, is not another white man which is far, far too rare. I have reservations about what Chibnall will bring, but I am cautiously optimistic.
posted by acidnova at 4:20 PM on July 19, 2018 [11 favorites]


I'm so ready for this.

I'm not at all ready for the online hand to hand combat that will happen between supporters and haters of a woman doctor.
posted by lownote at 4:34 PM on July 19, 2018 [1 favorite]


Vast improvements over Murray Gold could be achieved simply by not playing the score louder than the dialogue, or even not playing music under the bits where people are talking at all.
posted by Artw at 4:35 PM on July 19, 2018 [23 favorites]


I thought Capaldi's tenure was extremely uneven, mainly due to writing. It had some of my all time favorite episodes like "Listen" and "Heaven Sent" but also lots of mediocre episodes.
posted by justkevin at 4:37 PM on July 19, 2018 [1 favorite]


Yeah, the sound mix of Dr. Who has been annoying me for a long time. Why is the dialog mixed so low?
posted by octothorpe at 4:38 PM on July 19, 2018 [6 favorites]


@drwhoscholar
At the #DoctorWho #SDCC press conference, Chris Chibnall said there are 5 guest writer slots, 2 of whom are women, and at least one is of color, and that there are 4 directors: 2 men, 2 women. Matt Strevens added that all but 1 of the editors are women.

So hopefully he’s got a good crew, even if I’ve never been that sold on Chibnall’s own writing.
posted by Artw at 4:41 PM on July 19, 2018 [3 favorites]


Also agree that it's hard to gauge much from this trailer. I do like the idea of going to a larger Tardis crew. They had a larger crew in late Tom Baker/early Peter Davison and it allowed for more variety in character interaction.
posted by justkevin at 4:42 PM on July 19, 2018 [4 favorites]


Tom Baker/early Peter Davison and it allowed for more variety in character interaction.

It did but if you ever hear or read interviews with the actors or the writers of the time they all complain that it was hard to keep track of everybody and make sure that everybody had something to do. Mind you that was a long time ago and ensemble casts are more common now so I think personally it could work in its favour. But again the writing has to be there or its just "let's see who falls and needs to be saved this week"

I've never been overly enthusiastic by any of the contemporary show runners (tho I have plenty of impatience for fat shaming RTD) but hearing that Murray Gold is no longer doing the music has me convulsing in joy. The constant music and how it is mixed (especially over dialogue) in Nu Who is, for me, one of the most tiring aspects of the rebooted show.
posted by Ashwagandha at 4:56 PM on July 19, 2018 [1 favorite]


Broadchurch game

Ugh. Faux Scandinavia angst, characters staring pensively out to sea constantly, and grossly manipulative characters and storylines? No thanks.


I thought the third season of Broadchurch, especially, was very good, and respectful of women in a way that I don't see that often on TV. It dealt with sexual assault in a straightforward but sensitive manner. It featured strong but human female characters. It passed the Bechdel Test. Maybe my standards are low, but I came away from that thinking very well of Chris Chibnall (and Jodie Whittaker!). It's enough to make me think I ought to start watching Dr. Who.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 5:22 PM on July 19, 2018 [6 favorites]


I’m excited for the show to re-invent itself as an ensemble. “White male lead plus young hot actress” was a dated formula when the show came back with Eccleston, and I’m glad to see them moving beyond it, as good as some of the companions have been. The Moffat Era has been one of the highlights of Doctor Who’s history, but it’s time to move past it. And the greatest strength of the show is its ability to become a completely new show when it’s time.

And if you don’t like what Chibnall does with it, good news! It’ll be a completely different show in a few years.
posted by EarBucket at 5:27 PM on July 19, 2018 [2 favorites]


I checked out of the Capaldi era pretty fast, not due to anything wrong with him but just because I was sick of Moffat.

Maybe my favorite Doctor, but I haven't even seen all the episodes because I just drifted away.

And now we don't have BBC America.

Yeah, the sound mix of Dr. Who has been annoying me for a long time. Why is the dialog mixed so low?


We had to watch with the subtitles on.
posted by bongo_x at 5:52 PM on July 19, 2018 [2 favorites]


I would like to see this, please and thank you.

allons-y

posted by soren_lorensen at 6:16 PM on July 19, 2018 [4 favorites]


Gonna do a home Jodie Whittaker film fest in advance of the premiere, so far have (re)watched _Venus_ and _Attack the Block_ , now am looking with some suspicion at the _St Trinian's_ movies, even if it does include Lena Headey (and Juno Temple, and, well, quite a few others). And, there was a movie about Feargal Sharkey and the Belfast punk scene (_Good Vibrations_, 2012)? And one with Emilia Clarke about trying to see the Stone Roses? Starting next with _Good_, a movie about Nazis, with Jason Isaacs and Viggo Mortensen.

Anyway, let me know if there's something I should be particularly looking out for. So far they seem to range from charming and overlooked to, ah, best not look. Debating whether to re-watch all of Broadchurch, as this would necessarily preclude a great deal else. Funny too, I suppose it's no surprise that she's one degree from LotR, GoT, ST:DISCO, Star Wars, Harry Potter...
posted by PandaMomentum at 6:21 PM on July 19, 2018 [1 favorite]


I thought Maisie Williams' two-parter with Capaldi was superb (part 2 especially, fun fact: that script was written by one of the only female writers in the show's 50+ year history up to that point).

But yeah, so ready to move on from Moffat.
posted by Ndwright at 6:35 PM on July 19, 2018


oh god oh god oh god oh god

I'm giddy.

I grew up a while ago, in the US, without cable. We had the three networks and PBS. Doctor Who was FORMATIVE.

My life so far has been kind of a lot to deal with sometimes (and especially with all this.. *gestures around wildly* ..lately) and I've long since grown a cynical carapace. I'm particularly unmoved by anything on the TV, because I've seen the pretend people do that before and I'll see it again and it's never as good as it was the first time I saw that plot 20 years ago, bah humbug.

But Doctor Who cuts right through my tolerance like fentanyl.

Just hook it to my vein.

(It goes entirely without saying, but the Doctor would approve of the Doctor being played by a woman.)
posted by Horkus at 6:50 PM on July 19, 2018 [5 favorites]


(In fact, xe would probably destabilize your planet's entire sociopolitical system just to make sure a woman got to play the Doctor.)
posted by Horkus at 6:53 PM on July 19, 2018 [2 favorites]


I took a several-year break after Capaldi's first season. or first half season. All the actors were good (or, good enough...ahem bland pre-Billy companion) but the weaknesses of the Matt Smith-era writing seemed to only get worse. I recently got caught up, and while the Billy season is a marked improvement, I felt it started strong, only to fall back into the same writing problems. I remember being so thrilled that we were FINALLY getting some stand-alone episodes! And then we were back, slogging through multi-parters with nonsense plots. And frankly, I think Billy got treated very poorly by the end. That character deserved much better.

So I cannot tell you how much I['m looking forward to a true fresh-start in the franchise.
posted by UltraMorgnus at 7:03 PM on July 19, 2018 [3 favorites]


How do you think Kennedy got shot, huh?
Favorite bit of Whovian trivia: The debut episode of Doctor Who was the first thing BBC showed after its live news coverage of JFK's funeral. That lyric in "Life in a Northern Town" should've been "John F. Kennedy and the Doctor", not "the Beatles".
posted by oneswellfoop at 7:09 PM on July 19, 2018


Triple posting to drop in the Capaldi->Whittaker regeneration scene. It seems to be a little dusty in here.
posted by Horkus at 7:12 PM on July 19, 2018


The debut episode of Doctor Who was the first thing BBC showed after its live news coverage of JFK's funeral.

You might be slightly off on your chronology there: the premiere was on the 23rd, the funeral on the 25th. At least, in this timeline.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 7:25 PM on July 19, 2018


Yeah, I'm absolutely joining the chorus of super excited people. Production wise, this new series feels like a complete break from RTD/Moff, which like most I was enamoured of and frustrated by in various parts, but definitely exist as their own coupling-thing.

JW is exactly the sort of "show punching above its weight" person I want to see cast as The Doctor. CE was an absolute GET, DT was an internally fanpowered find, MS was a savvy leftfield, up-and-comer pick and PC a natural retro-Doctor delight. All for a Saturday night, practically Tinkerbell powered family show which only works because its fans (casual and rabid) believe in it.

Things I'm worried about: only 10 episodes, Earthbound Dr Broadchurch PI aka The Crime Traveller, the trousers

Things I'm excited for: the new take on everything, the MUST DO BIG IDEA that comes with a showrunner's first series, the Five-y coat and the awesome t-shirt, that accent, a Team TARDIS again, the literally endless possibilities, all of Time and (Rel Dim In) Space

Things I kinda want despite myself: a quarry
posted by I'm always feeling, Blue at 7:41 PM on July 19, 2018 [6 favorites]


Question! Do we know yet if Chib et al have burned their entire 13/14 Holby-equivalent episode budget on this 10 part series or what? I don't want to wake up on Christmas Day and not have a charmingly naff Who special to look forward to post turkey!
posted by I'm always feeling, Blue at 7:47 PM on July 19, 2018


They have confirmed a Christmas Special.
posted by Gary at 8:01 PM on July 19, 2018 [2 favorites]


Star!
posted by I'm always feeling, Blue at 8:11 PM on July 19, 2018


Correction:
The debut episode of Doctor Who was the first thing BBC showed after its live news coverage of JFK's funeralassassination. The American TV networks pre-empted all regular programming until after the funeral; the BBC didn't go that far but pre-empted everything for a whole day, until the scheduled debut of that new sci-fi show. The awkward scheduling depressed the first episode's ratings so the Beeb re-ran it a week later right before the second.
posted by oneswellfoop at 9:45 PM on July 19, 2018 [2 favorites]


The quarry's back... so all is good.
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 11:28 PM on July 19, 2018 [1 favorite]


Dr Who and her "best friends" is a bit goofy sounding, but otherwise this looks very very fine.
posted by rokusan at 11:52 PM on July 19, 2018 [1 favorite]


> Yeah, the sound mix of Dr. Who has been annoying me for a long time. Why is the dialog mixed so low?

It's done a lot when a TV show tries to pull off that "theatrical" effect.

I can't stand it either, but it sort of works. You feel the rumble.
posted by rokusan at 11:53 PM on July 19, 2018 [1 favorite]


The "Will you be my new best friends?" was delivered like Victoria Wood would have done it. That would have been good but now I'm a bit sad.
posted by hawthorne at 1:42 AM on July 20, 2018


I am 100% here for no more Moffat and some different types of companions. The "feisty young woman who is in love with the Doctor to a greater or lesser degree" thing had really worn out its tread and was starting to ride on the rim by this point.

(I don't count Bill, though, partly because she wasn't remotely romantically interested. It felt a lot more like an affectionate professor/student kind of relationship to me, and I wish they'd done more with her.)
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 3:12 AM on July 20, 2018 [4 favorites]


That 12 suit - I'm fairly sure that continuity forgot that it came decidedly pre-worn.

I'm glad Moffat's gone as a showrunner too. I like Robin Hood, and I like Mark Gatiss. But letting both get together for a story that's as vomit-inducing as they managed, well - it's on you Moff. I won't mention the moon though.

But that said, Moffat certainly does get a bit too much of a hard time. This is, after all, the writer who gave us the best nine episode (Empty Child/Doctor Dances), the best ten episode (Blink), the best eleven episode (Eleventh Hour) and the best twelve episode (Heaven Sent). Also, lest we forget, the beeb was pretty damn worried that the show would die when Tennant left. Moffat is a big part of why the show is still alive.

Anyway, you all of course will remember that when Eccleston quit, one of the reasons was that he was asked to lose his accent. Well, my goodness, I bet he's pissed now.
posted by Juso No Thankyou at 4:47 AM on July 20, 2018 [6 favorites]


Moff did indeed write some fantastic single episodes, he was just very bad at telling a long-form story, especially when it came time to wrap things up.
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 5:08 AM on July 20, 2018 [6 favorites]


False! The best Nine episode was Dalek, the best Ten episode was Midnight (or Human Nature, or Waters of Mars) and the best Eleven episode was The Girl Who Waited. I give Moff no quarter.
posted by soren_lorensen at 5:12 AM on July 20, 2018 [2 favorites]


Can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t wait! I’m so excited.
*Typed while wearing my Doctor Who Weaping Angle glow-in-the-dark tee shirt.*
posted by Gadgetenvy at 6:07 AM on July 20, 2018


I stopped watching when Capaldi came on because...
Canadian Netflix stopped carrying it. :( :( :(

I should put some effort into finding a way to watch it again.
posted by arcticwoman at 6:14 AM on July 20, 2018


I am a bit concerned about the size of the TARDIS crew. The last time this happened, the show had to tell the story of the new Fifth Doctor, while also giving some time to Tegan, Nyssa, and Adric. Five's debut show, Castrovalva, was Adric's sixth, Nyssa's third (though she had scant screen time in her first two episodes), and Tegan's second, and a lot of the first half of Castrovalva involves Tegan and Nyssa. The episode also dealt with the reincarnated Master, who effectively killed off the Fourth Doctor, so he (or his disguised character) also had a story to portray. Castrovalva had too much going on, and even with the four-part, 25-minute episode format, they arguably didn't have the time to do it.

As Five's debut season progressed, all this jostling for storytime proved problematic. The companions were largely reduced to flimsy stereotypes in service of the Doctor, with "character development" being conveyed by having everyone snipe at each other--it's seriously unpleasant at times. Adric's death was a cheap way to provide drama, and minus a couple scenes in the follow-up episode, he was largely forgotten once he was gone. Tegan and Nyssa received very little character growth in the stories until their departures, and it's even debatable whether that was truly the case with Tegan.

Anyway. With the new season being shorter than usual (10 episodes plus Christmas), I worry that history will repeat with the new Doctor and her companions. The show will want to firmly establish Thirteen, but they also have to deal with the debut of Graham, Ryan, and Yasmin at the same time. I foresee too much story in a 65-minute debut episode, and that the character growth we saw with the prior companions will be forsaken for broad generalizations and sweeping stereotypes during a shortened season. I don't want to wait until these companions leave to find out more about them. So yeah, while I am happy to see what develops in Series 11, I have some worries.



I also don't like being reminded of the last time Doctor Who featured a fair-haired Doctor making their debut after a memorable regeneration, or with the Doctor's crew numbering three people, or with new graphics and sound on the show, or with a new producer at the helm. Much has changed since John Nathan-Turner ran the show and oversaw the Tom Baker/Peter Davison transition with three companions, so I don't expect history to repeat here. I don't like the parallels with the past, though.
posted by stannate at 6:30 AM on July 20, 2018


I made the mistake of imagining an HRC JW Doctor hybrid and started crying in this weird happy sad way
posted by angrycat at 7:24 AM on July 20, 2018


This season also has the first woman of color to write an episode and gender parity in directors, according to this twitter thread. It's the first time any POC has written for Doctor Who.

Everything they've revealed takes me from pretty excited to stupid excited. Yes, TARDIS ensemble cast. Yes, evident sense of wonder. Yes please, a Doctor with an inherent playfulness.

I'm sure that I will be disappointed at some point because the fundamental ride of Doctor Who is that sometimes it is brilliant and sometimes it is mindbogglingly incomprehensible. That's part of the charm.
posted by JustKeepSwimming at 7:59 AM on July 20, 2018 [3 favorites]


Capaldi's Doctor was great; Moffat's season arcs less so. I feel like Capaldi's amzingness got hampered by the writing and showrunning much in the same way Sylvester McCoy's was by John Nathan-Turner.
Though I will say I did enjoy Capaldi's final season quite a bit.

As for the new season, I'm very excited; I've been watching the show since I was about 6 years old and they would play entire seasons in one go on Saturdays on PBS - this was back in the 80s - and I think the casting of Whittaker has me as excited as when they announced they were brining the series back in 2005. I actually miss the ensemble companions from that time period - Sarah/Harry/The Brigadier or Tegan/Nyssa/Adric or even Ian/Susan/Barbara.
posted by eustacescrubb at 4:29 PM on July 20, 2018 [3 favorites]


Moffat certainly does get a bit too much of a hard time.

He's also the person who established that the Doctor (and his people in general) can regenerate into whatever sex. We wouldn't have a female Doctor without Moffat. But haters gonna hate. At least he didn't bring back the farting aliens.
posted by Ashwagandha at 5:23 PM on July 20, 2018 [1 favorite]


I am a bit concerned about the size of the TARDIS crew.

No worries; it's roomy.
posted by rokusan at 1:48 AM on July 21, 2018 [3 favorites]


I am a bit concerned about the size of the TARDIS crew.

When the (now not the) companions were announced I was a bit uh-oh, it's Adric/Nyssa/Teagan time again... but I'm not thinking it's to avoid the potential boyfriend/girlfriend dynamic of Nu Who past and back to may be 'no nookie in the Tardis'... can't judge much from the trailer but I'm guessing it's going to be a proper 'gang' gang (ie Famous Five) with the new Doctor in more of big sister role.
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 2:29 AM on July 21, 2018




Photographs of the new Sonic Screwdriver have been released. I can a definitively say I am not a fan of the design.

Looks like a metal turd.
posted by Faintdreams at 11:33 AM on July 22, 2018 [1 favorite]


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