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Post by randomjc on Dec 30, 2015 14:53:30 GMT
That was more for a general cause, I don't think her loved ones were affected. And I have a love hate with Older Nyssa... I'll hold my tongue on that since it has spoilers for Prisoners of Fate, but I think she ran her course in that story. Most of that crew's stories had been rather good up until that point, but the E-Space trilogy was three steps too far, they just didn't work. I think that's been Nyssa in general. I'd like a Fifth Doctor story without Nyssa...
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Post by Timelord007 on Dec 30, 2015 16:03:00 GMT
Gomez would be getting her P45 immediately if i was the show runner. You said that only a couple of posts earlier on this very thread and within the last day as well. I know you don't like her but its really just quite nasty to bring it up again for no reason. You made the point fine the first time. Yeah apologies for that, the demon that is manic depression has returned so I'm feeling numb, emotional, angry & full of self loathing at the minute.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2015 16:32:45 GMT
You said that only a couple of posts earlier on this very thread and within the last day as well. I know you don't like her but its really just quite nasty to bring it up again for no reason. You made the point fine the first time. Yeah apologies for that, the demon that is manic depression has returned so I'm feeling numb, emotional, angry & full of self loathing at the minute. Now worries bud, my fault for not reading the signs. You get someone you love on the phone and have a good talk - don't let it fester.
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Post by Zagreus on Dec 30, 2015 18:31:30 GMT
I would cast Tilda Swinton as the next Doctor.
I would have a male companion, in addition to a woman.
I would get rid of the Sonic MacGuffin and have The Doctor make do without.
I would avoid contemporary Earth like the plague. The first season or two of the Eighth Doctor Adventures managed it, so can the show.
I would have one UNIT/Torchwood/similar spin-off, aimed at older viewers.
I would have another spin-off in the mold of SJA, possibly starring Jenny (who still calls the Tilda Swinton Doctor "Dad", natch), for younger viewers.
I would steer clear of returning monsters, or at the very least the usual suspects. No Daleks/Cybermen/etc for at least a season or two.
I would have at least one pure historical, without any alien involvement.
Between the main show and the two spin-offs, I'd try to make sure some form of Who was on the air more than it wasn't. Thirteen (at least) episodes per show means you could have Who on thirty six Saturdays out of fifty two, and that's before you even get into holiday specials and the like.
And that's all just off the top of my head...
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Post by paulmorris7777 on Jan 1, 2016 18:02:09 GMT
Not killing off so many characters in the new series altogether. A companion that you don't have to worry about dying on you, in any way, shape or form, and they just leave like they did in the old series [with one or two notable exceptions]. Seriously? More characters need to die, not less. Without bringing them back!
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Jan 1, 2016 19:14:55 GMT
Seriously? More characters need to die, not less. Without bringing them back! Exactly. In fact, I think they should kill off Kate Lethbridge-Stewart because if it wasn't for her connection to the Brigadier, she would be a largely forgotten-about character.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2016 20:00:08 GMT
When these two ^ start teaming up, I think the end of days is nigh My first thing I'd change - and it looks to be happening reading between the lines - is get Doctor Who back to its earlier timeslot where families can watch it together and it's not subject to the scheduling of the behemoth that is Strictly Come Dancing. Spring 2017 seems to be the earliest this can happen now and it's when a good few of us have suggested the show should come back. It means a gap year but thats unavoidable now if they don't start filming till May.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2016 1:55:04 GMT
Without bringing them back! Exactly. In fact, I think they should kill off Kate Lethbridge-Stewart because if it wasn't for her connection to the Brigadier, she would be a largely forgotten-about character. Kate really desperately needs that UNIT series in order to flesh out her character. I thought she was terrific in Downtime, but hardly someone you'd point to and say, "Yep, there's a recurring character right there." At the time of writing this, Colonel Mace seems the more memorable and notable of the two. Poor Stewart is a scientist who so far hasn't been allowed to do anything scientific. From her introduction way back in The Power of Three, she strikes me as the kind of character who wouldn't ask her men to do anything she wasn't willing to do herself, so she should be performing autopsies, running forensic tests or manufacturing extraterrestrial countermeasures (viz. the Doctor's cybernetic jamming device from Remembrance of the Daleks). She really just isn't being utilised properly. She is not her father, so she should not be used as such.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2016 2:24:23 GMT
Yeah, it's amazing that Kate on tv has been in six episodes yet she's had painfully little development, it rarely on top of things and seems to just be in the same room as whoever actually solves problems...it's like Wales are intentionally keeping her as a blank slate for BF to develop!
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Jan 2, 2016 10:36:51 GMT
When these two ^ start teaming up, I think the end of days is nigh My first thing I'd change - and it looks to be happening reading between the lines - is get Doctor Who back to its earlier timeslot where families can watch it together and it's not subject to the scheduling of the behemoth that is Strictly Come Dancing. Spring 2017 seems to be the earliest this can happen now and it's when a good few of us have suggested the show should come back. It means a gap year but thats unavoidable now if they don't start filming till May. Actually, it's not unavoidable. Atlantis started filming round a similar time with episodes broadcasted in Autumn whilst they were still making upcoming episodes. It is also of course the way the classic series of Doctor Who used to work. No reason why the new series of Doctor Who couldn't follow in Atlantis's footsteps.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Jan 2, 2016 10:42:03 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2016 12:09:45 GMT
Yeah, it's amazing that Kate on tv has been in six episodes yet she's had painfully little development, it rarely on top of things and seems to just be in the same room as whoever actually solves problems...it's like Wales are intentionally keeping her as a blank slate for BF to develop! Good point. As a matter of fact, ever since Matt Smith's third year I've noticed all the gaps and holes that have begun to emerge in the Doctor's timeline where Big Finish and other publications can slot in their own stories. So much so, that I'm very nearly tempted to place Clara as a recurring character rather than as a companion. The Ninth and Tenth Doctors feel positively lived in by comparison, we saw a great deal of their lives on television; the Moffat era Doctors not so much. The fact they keep going back to the same companions they met at the beginning of their lives (the Ponds and Clara, respectively) lends them a certain clingyness actually. But anyway, Kate well and truly fails the Sphinx test. She has no agency and is not someone who I would have faith in to run a paramilitary organisation like UNIT. Get Ed Straker or Colonel Lake in, they'd be able to handle it.
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Post by marie1964 on Jan 2, 2016 12:14:18 GMT
Yeah, it's amazing that Kate on tv has been in six episodes yet she's had painfully little development, it rarely on top of things and seems to just be in the same room as whoever actually solves problems...it's like Wales are intentionally keeping her as a blank slate for BF to develop! Good point. As a matter of fact, ever since Matt Smith's third year I've noticed all the gaps and holes that have begun to emerge in the Doctor's timeline where Big Finish and other publications can slot in their own stories. So much so, that I'm very nearly tempted to place Clara as a recurring character rather than as a companion. The Ninth and Tenth Doctors feel positively lived in by comparison, we saw a great deal of their lives on television; the Moffat era Doctors not so much. The fact they keep going back to the same companions they met at the beginning of their lives (the Ponds and Clara, respectively) lends them a certain clingyness actually. But anyway, Kate well and truly fails the Sphinx test. She has no agency and is not someone who I would have faith in to run a paramilitary organisation like UNIT. Get Ed Straker or Colonel Lake in, they'd be able to handle it. ...Promote Osgood?
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Post by paulmorris7777 on Jan 2, 2016 13:12:46 GMT
I'd definatley kill off Osgood, PERMANENTLY!
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Post by randomjc on Jan 2, 2016 14:33:07 GMT
Yeah, it's amazing that Kate on tv has been in six episodes yet she's had painfully little development, it rarely on top of things and seems to just be in the same room as whoever actually solves problems...it's like Wales are intentionally keeping her as a blank slate for BF to develop! Good point. As a matter of fact, ever since Matt Smith's third year I've noticed all the gaps and holes that have begun to emerge in the Doctor's timeline where Big Finish and other publications can slot in their own stories. So much so, that I'm very nearly tempted to place Clara as a recurring character rather than as a companion. The Ninth and Tenth Doctors feel positively lived in by comparison, we saw a great deal of their lives on television; the Moffat era Doctors not so much. The fact they keep going back to the same companions they met at the beginning of their lives (the Ponds and Clara, respectively) lends them a certain clingyness actually. But anyway, Kate well and truly fails the Sphinx test. She has no agency and is not someone who I would have faith in to run a paramilitary organisation like UNIT. Get Ed Straker or Colonel Lake in, they'd be able to handle it. You know, that is a strange sense of a niggling feeling I've had with Moffats run in general. Maybe the next Showrunner/Doctor Team should a Unit Year. Have him stuck on earth, make Kate a regular for a year, and allow her character to be something. It's kind of the exact opposite of what I'd want (No earth, no Human companions) but actually having a chance to re-establish Unit better, and Kate, that'd be kind of nice.
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Post by ryan on Jan 2, 2016 17:38:07 GMT
Cut the series down from 12 episodes to 6 (three 2-parters) to ensure scripts are as tightly written, imaginative and focused as possible. More time and budget for set design and editing. Reduces focus on an ongoing arc and more on telling clear focused separate stories.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2016 23:39:12 GMT
Good point. As a matter of fact, ever since Matt Smith's third year I've noticed all the gaps and holes that have begun to emerge in the Doctor's timeline where Big Finish and other publications can slot in their own stories. So much so, that I'm very nearly tempted to place Clara as a recurring character rather than as a companion. The Ninth and Tenth Doctors feel positively lived in by comparison, we saw a great deal of their lives on television; the Moffat era Doctors not so much. The fact they keep going back to the same companions they met at the beginning of their lives (the Ponds and Clara, respectively) lends them a certain clingyness actually. But anyway, Kate well and truly fails the Sphinx test. She has no agency and is not someone who I would have faith in to run a paramilitary organisation like UNIT. Get Ed Straker or Colonel Lake in, they'd be able to handle it. You know, that is a strange sense of a niggling feeling I've had with Moffats run in general. Maybe the next Showrunner/Doctor Team should a Unit Year. Have him stuck on earth, make Kate a regular for a year, and allow her character to be something. It's kind of the exact opposite of what I'd want (No earth, no Human companions) but actually having a chance to re-establish Unit better, and Kate, that'd be kind of nice. How about a compromise? UNIT personnel are snatched up out of time from Earth and Kate demands to be taken aboard the TARDIS to each waypoint where the Doctor will be investigating the abductions. That way you get an excuse to bring Kate out into the wider universe of Who, while keeping her relevant to the current situation rather than just out of ambivalence. The United Intelligence Taskforce is set up in such a way that missing scientists should be a very, very bad thing, worthy of their joint attention.
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Post by randomjc on Jan 3, 2016 0:37:15 GMT
You know, that is a strange sense of a niggling feeling I've had with Moffats run in general. Maybe the next Showrunner/Doctor Team should a Unit Year. Have him stuck on earth, make Kate a regular for a year, and allow her character to be something. It's kind of the exact opposite of what I'd want (No earth, no Human companions) but actually having a chance to re-establish Unit better, and Kate, that'd be kind of nice. How about a compromise? UNIT personnel are snatched up out of time from Earth and Kate demands to be taken aboard the TARDIS to each waypoint where the Doctor will be investigating the abductions. That way you get an excuse to bring Kate out into the wider universe of Who, while keeping her relevant to the current situation rather than just out of ambivalence. The United Intelligence Taskforce is set up in such a way that missing scientists should be a very, very bad thing, worthy of their joint attention. That's a neat season run. Though to be honest, I really do want another earth stranded year, but not right now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2016 1:04:03 GMT
How about a compromise? UNIT personnel are snatched up out of time from Earth and Kate demands to be taken aboard the TARDIS to each waypoint where the Doctor will be investigating the abductions. That way you get an excuse to bring Kate out into the wider universe of Who, while keeping her relevant to the current situation rather than just out of ambivalence. The United Intelligence Taskforce is set up in such a way that missing scientists should be a very, very bad thing, worthy of their joint attention. That's a neat season run. Though to be honest, I really do want another earth stranded year, but not right now. Thanks. Have you read the Stranded on Earth arc of the EDAs? It runs from The Burning to Escape Velocity from memory and it manages to stand completely on its own, no prior reading required. They might be just up your alley, I have very fond memories of Father Time and other novels from that particular era. Mmm, I definitely agree with you there. A return to the adventure genre and a more moralistic Doctor would definitely help with some of the issues the show is having at the moment. I'm someone who thinks that the mirror universe in Star Trek and the parallel Inferno project in-- Erm, well, Inferno, should be the main universes to better highlight what exactly the Doctor is struggling against. Heaven Sent was a definite step in the right direction even if Hell Bent stumbled and face-planted halfway through its runtime. I preach it so much it's gotten repetitive, but I really do believe that stories which dabble in totalitarianism and darkness are the way to go. I think a big mistake one makes with Doctor Who is that the Doctor doesn't believe in violent solutions, difficult complications or murder, so you get writers who bend the universe around to his views. The problem there is of course, that you have no conflict and therefore no drama. There are no stakes because there is nothing to fight for or against.
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Post by randomjc on Jan 3, 2016 2:25:31 GMT
That's a neat season run. Though to be honest, I really do want another earth stranded year, but not right now. Thanks. Have you read the Stranded on Earth arc of the EDAs? It runs from The Burning to Escape Velocity from memory and it manages to stand completely on its own, no prior reading required. They might be just up your alley, I have very fond memories of Father Time and other novels from that particular era. Mmm, I definitely agree with you there. A return to the adventure genre and a more moralistic Doctor would definitely help with some of the issues the show is having at the moment. I'm someone who thinks that the mirror universe in Star Trek and the parallel Inferno project in-- Erm, well, Inferno, should be the main universes to better highlight what exactly the Doctor is struggling against. Heaven Sent was a definite step in the right direction even if Hell Bent stumbled and face-planted halfway through its runtime. I preach it so much it's gotten repetitive, but I really do believe that stories which dabble in totalitarianism and darkness are the way to go. I think a big mistake one makes with Doctor Who is that the Doctor doesn't believe in violent solutions, difficult complications or murder, so you get writers who bend the universe around to his views. The problem there is of course, that you have no conflict and therefore no drama. There are no stakes because there is nothing to fight for or against. Like the end of the Silurians.
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