bbc [Official] Doctor Who Thread

[Son_Of_Dad]

30 minutes ago, dragontology said:

Things like the TARDIS being bigger on the inside

That's one thing they didn't always do in classic Who. I did like The Doctor's failed attempt in explaining it to Leela in The Robots of Death.

[Draconian Guppy]

On 12/27/2017 at 12:36 PM, LOC said:

I cried a bit a few times, but when Clara popped in for that two line little cameo I was like OK Moffat you got me. I didn't even find Clara that good to be honest - but Capaldi's Doctor did and you can see it in his face. Plus he got the memories back, so yeah. So many (SO MANY) callbacks to the older series (and I mean older as in like, old lol) but also callbacks to the current run. I believe this was Murray Gold's last Doctor Who also if I'm not mistaken. So all the Doomsday and what not music beats were great to hear again.

 

I loved it personally. I know not everyone did and that's fine. I liked Jodie's small little thing of course and I'm waiting with baited breath for 2019? for the new series. Also, no one else thought the Tardis literally threw her out because it has to redo the inside again? Like doesn't the Tardis do that every time now?

2019?!!?!?!

[LOC Veteran]

Yeah I'm not sure when the show is coming back again, have they confirmed it'll be back like Fall 2018? I hope it isn't in 2019 lol

[Blue-Vision]

Yeah, Fall 2018.

[LOC Veteran]

Well then, that's not to bad. With all the shows getting pushed to 2019, I can't keep up these days Discovery is 2019, GoT even though I don't watch it is 2019, etc etc. I guess having Doctor Who back this Fall is excellent then

[margrave]

Star Trek Discovery? 2019? It returns this Sunday.

[LOC Veteran]

Yes but Season/Series 2 won't be until 2019. The 2nd half of S1 returns this Sunday.

[Steven P. Administrators]

6 hours ago, LOC said:

Yes but Season/Series 2 won't be until 2019. The 2nd half of S1 returns this Sunday.

The Orville season 2 is also 2019  

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

On 27/12/2017 at 7:39 PM, oldtimefighter said:

No where as bad as this...

 

Just trying way too hard to be quirky!

[LOC Veteran]

7 hours ago, Steven P. said:

The Orville season 2 is also 2019  

Wait what? I thought it was coming back this Fall? I wonder if its because the ratings aren't there (could have sworn it had decent enough ratings though) or its time slot etc. Shame all the good shows are so far away now. Westworld is also 2019 no? Meh.

[vishal1082 Veteran]

Better than Sherlock...

[Zathras5]

4 hours ago, LOC said:

Wait what? I thought it was coming back this Fall? I wonder if its because the ratings aren't there (could have sworn it had decent enough ratings though) or its time slot etc. Shame all the good shows are so far away now. Westworld is also 2019 no? Meh.

Westworld is spring 2018,... Orville is 2019 because they need time to do the effects and stuff.

[dragontology]

While we're talking about shows that are getting pushed back another year, 2018 is going to be another huge year for anime. 2012-2013 brought us Attack on Titan and Sword Art Online, which pretty much brought anime into the mainstream for a while (and put huge targets on the backs of those shows by fans who want to keep the fandom small), but they're both getting a third season this year. Titan had its second season last year after a four year break. While Titan is Renaissance era survival horror, SAO is aimed more at the sci-fi crowd, tapping Tron and The Matrix (and actually semi-adapting an older anime series) to spin a tale of a VR game with deadly consequences. And of course no shortage of pretty girls to latch onto the main guy, including his sister, because anime. They're actually getting two seasons, a mainline third season and a spinoff. Tokyo Ghoul, a supernatural horror series, and A Certain Magical Index, a supernatural/school life series, are also getting third seasons.

 

I know which way the anime thread is, but while we're talking about Westworld and Orville and STD, I figure these are or could be just as relevant to DW fans.

[LOC Veteran]

6 hours ago, Zathras5 said:

Westworld is spring 2018,... Orville is 2019 because they need time to do the effects and stuff.

Oh right, I forgot Westworld came out in 2016, not 2017 lol Mannnnn, 2019 woulda sucked real bad for Westworld if that was the case.

 

But yeah, a ton of shows delay returns because they don't want to put to much out there or because the creative team needs the time to make *good* TV and not rushed TV.

[Draconian Guppy]

On 1/6/2018 at 12:59 PM, vishal1082 said:

Better than Sherlock...

aye, we don't even have a ball park date on that

[LOC Veteran]

And isn't Sherlock like 4 or 5 episodes max for a series/season anyway? Sucks fans have to wait so long for new episodes and then you only get a few of them (unless they are like 2 hours long or something, which I doubt).

[Jim K Global Moderator]

3 minutes ago, LOC said:

And isn't Sherlock like 4 or 5 episodes max for a series/season anyway? Sucks fans have to wait so long for new episodes and then you only get a few of them (unless they are like 2 hours long or something, which I doubt).

They are pretty long ... about an hour and a half.  3 episodes per season... about 2-3 years between each season.  I'll probably wait until they wrap everything up to watch them all .. I've seen season 1 and 2...but dang if I can't remembered what happened.

[Zathras5]

New logo...

 

 

 

I like it... very minimalist.

 

[BritBronco]

It does look good. looking forward to seeing more.

 

[margrave]

Love the new logo!

[dragontology]

New logo looks a bit Strange to me... I'm sure it'll grow on us. Wonder if we'll get a new theme and opening. I just hope they keep that thing they used to do and brought back for Capaldi, where the Doctor's face is shown in the clouds or a nebula or whatever. They didn't do it with Nine or Ten and I think it started with Twelve, though Eleven's last year may have had it, too. I don't quite remember. TARDIS redesigns are always nice. Who got the round seal back? I believe that was Eleven. And a finer grain finish, I think they just replaced the TARDIS prop entirely. There isn't much they can change about it (it's really just a box) but it's nice to be wowed. Of course it's a given they'll change the interior. (I'd love to have a man cave inspired by one of the TARDIS interiors. Without looking at them again, I think Eleven had my favorite. 

[PsYcHoKiLLa]

On 21/02/2018 at 9:42 PM, Zathras5 said:

New logo...

 

 

I like it... very minimalist.

 

There were a few people saying the new logo gives a nod to the new Doctor being female, if you rotate it 90 degrees anti-clockwise, the O forms the feminine symbol. Whether that's by design, who knows.

[DConnell Member]

9 minutes ago, PsYcHoKiLLa said:

There were a few people saying the new logo gives a nod to the new Doctor being female, if you rotate it 90 degrees anti-clockwise, the O forms the feminine symbol. Whether that's by design, who knows.

 ... and the D in Doctor looks like a shovel head, which fits the quality of writing for the last several years. 

[+John. Subscriber¹]

44 minutes ago, DConnell said:

 ... and the D in Doctor looks like a shovel head, which fits the quality of writing for the last several years. 

Good thing they've got a new writer in then! 

[FloatingFatMan]

18 hours ago, John. said:

Good thing they've got a new writer in then! 

Yeah... They've had new writers before, look where that went.  I'll reserve judgement on that one...