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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Sept 25, 2017 9:11:06 GMT
It worked in the 70s, but they had UNIT and according to the rumour my Gallifrey Base friend told me about there's not even going to be that. But how often has this friend been right? He's not the one who created the rumour. I don't know if I believe it or not.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Sept 25, 2017 17:11:13 GMT
It worked in the 70s, but they had UNIT and according to the rumour my Gallifrey Base friend told me about there's not even going to be that. There's got to be some reason he's bringing it back to Earth, though... Interesting. Very interesting. If the rumour is true. We don't know for sure yet.
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Post by mrperson on Sept 25, 2017 18:34:20 GMT
Small (possible) bit of news. Series 11 will only be 10 episodes but they'll be an hour long, so in overall time we come out ahead of the last few series. One of the New Series* big problems has always been its rushed endings, so hopefully (if true) this could sort that out. *Can we really call keep calling it that at this point, though? Hope that's true. An hour often doesn't feel long enough, but at least it's better than 45ish minutes.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2017 11:20:19 GMT
Small (possible) bit of news. Series 11 will only be 10 episodes but they'll be an hour long, so in overall time we come out ahead of the last few series. One of the New Series* big problems has always been its rushed endings, so hopefully (if true) this could sort that out. *Can we really call keep calling it that at this point, though? Hope that's true. An hour often doesn't feel long enough, but at least it's better than 45ish minutes. Agreed, there's a lot that can be done with just that extra ten or so minutes. Journey's End benefitted quite a bit from that little extra bit of breathing room. I'd be okay with a slightly shorter season if it meant we could spend more time dwelling on the times and places the Doctor and her companions arrive in.
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Post by constonks on Sept 27, 2017 3:12:20 GMT
If that 10*60 rumour is true, I'm pretty pumped as that's exactly what I would have done with Who given the reins.
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Sept 29, 2017 16:15:41 GMT
Yeah, I'd take less but better over more but weaker.
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Post by newt5996 on Oct 1, 2017 15:23:51 GMT
Yeah, I'd take less but better over more but weaker. Exactly, would McCoy’s final two seasons be nearly as good if they had to have more stories.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2017 5:16:31 GMT
Yeah, I'd take less but better over more but weaker. Exactly, would McCoy’s final two seasons be nearly as good if they had to have more stories. It's possible, but the production values would definitely have suffered. Particularly if the budget remained the same as previous (and considering the apathy towards the programme at the time, that's more than likely). In terms of scripts that could've turned up in the interim, Storm Over Avallion (which would later become Battlefield) was being developed before Remembrance of the Daleks was pushed to the fore, so it opens a fairly wide circle coming in. Among them include the spare script by Robin Mukherjee's Alixion, an early version of Ben Aaronovitch's Transit, David A. McIntee's Lovecraft-inspired Avatar (which later morphed into White Darkness) and potentially Marc Platt's Shrine, which dealt with an alien pilgrimage to Tsarist Russia. With a dramatic change in setting, Illegal Alien could also have filled whatever spare slot turned up during the vetting process. More writers might've been encountered through the BBC course that Cartmel attended, which was where he found Rona Munro. I get the impression that Cartmel was known to mentor new writers and collaborate with Ben Aaronovitch on various story ideas, so his influence would probably have been seen in these other stories as well. All in all though, those final two seasons did pretty well with what they had. With Ben Aaronovitch potentially groomed as a replacement script editor, we could've had a very fun set of 1990s Doctor Who ahead of us. They might've finally been able to snag Graeme Harper for a season opener and start it with a bang.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2017 15:21:17 GMT
Can we expect the TARDIS interiors to be pink now 😀 since 13 is a girl.
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Post by stcoop on Oct 14, 2017 16:15:32 GMT
Can we expect the TARDIS interiors to be pink now 😀 since 13 is a girl. Christ almighty. Get a life.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2017 16:19:11 GMT
Can we expect the TARDIS interiors to be pink now 😀 since 13 is a girl. Christ almighty. Get a life. That was my opinion. We are all entitled to ours.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Oct 14, 2017 20:04:40 GMT
Doctor Who has always had a rather grueling production schedule, so if they can knock a few weeks off filming, while still producing the same or a slightly greater amount of material....12 episodes at an average of 47 minutes gave us 564 minutes while obviously 10 episodes at 60 minutes gives us 600 minutes of new Doctor Who.....then more power to them. And no, I'm not counting the Christmas Special as part of the series proper.
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Post by shutupbanks on Oct 15, 2017 0:34:04 GMT
I've had a bit of an issue with some stories feeling as though they've rushed their ending over the last few years so a little extra time would make me happy. An extra scene or two for the endings and a little more character work would be great.
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Post by Ela on Oct 15, 2017 15:09:14 GMT
Can we expect the TARDIS interiors to be pink now 😀 since 13 is a girl. Who says pink has to be for girls, anyway? In any case, I hope they stay the heck away from sexual stereotyping.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2017 15:43:17 GMT
Can we expect the TARDIS interiors to be pink now 😀 since 13 is a girl. Who says pink has to be for girls, anyway? In any case, I hope they stay the heck away from sexual stereotyping. Like I said it’s my opinion.hence said so. Nothing wrong in pink.
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Post by Ela on Oct 15, 2017 15:51:18 GMT
Who says pink has to be for girls, anyway? In any case, I hope they stay the heck away from sexual stereotyping. Like I said it’s my opinion.hence said so. Nothing wrong in pink. You're entitled to your opinion. However, I'd like to point out that the new Doctor is a woman.Not a girl.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2017 15:53:51 GMT
Like I said it’s my opinion.hence said so. Nothing wrong in pink. You're entitled to your opinion. However, I'd like to point out that the new Doctor is a woman.Not a girl. Noted. Thank you for correcting me.
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Post by mark687 on Oct 16, 2017 15:31:42 GMT
Serious question if there are going to be more historical stories from periods farther back then 40 years should the Doctor always start them in a position of authority and respect?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2017 15:46:45 GMT
I don't think we need to have her be defined by her gender every time she travels back in Earth's past. I'm sure it'll come up once or twice - as did Bill's race for example - if only to call out the wrongness of the times. The Doctor has always earned authority and respect in anachronistic time periods simply by taking charge no matter the status quo. I'm sure that's how Jodie will do it too.
Part of the success of Missy was not being a female Master....but just being a terrific character in herself. That's how I think Chibnall will want it for The Doctor. Not a female Doctor...just a new Doctor seems to be the M.O.. The gender I'm sure will absolutely inform the character and will come up from time to time but I don't think the character will be expected to justify herself every time she travels to a more misogynistic time period. That would be reductive and get old narratively quite fast.
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Post by J.A. Prentice on Oct 16, 2017 17:05:49 GMT
Serious question if there are going to be more historical stories from periods farther back then 40 years should the Doctor always start them in a position of authority and respect? Regards mark687 I quite like the idea of the Doctor not being in a position of authority and respect. I think it would be more interesting to watch her struggling as a complete outsider to a society than for her to just walk in and have everyone respect her. The Doctor has to be subtler, working in the shadows, avoiding the authorities who'd probably have her locked up as a madwoman, protecting a world she can never be part of.
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