Doctor Who

[eastmidswhizzkid]

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/m ... -whittaker

Who would have thought?

he could well be the final nail in the shows coffin as far as i am concerned

[ruffers]

No one watching Dr Who? I thought the first one was brilliant, especially as an Alien fan but even disregarding that. He could be a great doctor.

And Fallout is very very good..

[Pista]

No one watching Dr Who? I thought the first one was brilliant, especially as an Alien fan but even disregarding that. He could be a great doctor.

I thought the new episodes were a lot of fun & Ncuti Gatwa could be a very good Doctor.
I think he's a bit too full on at the moment though. But that's probably because those who've gone before have been a bit less excitable.

[streamline]

I kinda enjoyed both episodes but I'm still waiting for that "now he's the Doctor" moment.

And Ncuti is a definitely more full-on than he was in the Xmas episode!

[Dan]

I can't fault the acting... but the script... what a load of garbage!

[EvilBastard]

I can't fault the acting... but the script... what a load of garbage!

The scripts have been going downhill since the Capaldi era, haven't they? I watched the first couple of Jodie Whittaker episodes, hoping that a new Doctor played by someone with that kind of talent might be given scripts to match, but 3 episodes in I couldn't stomach it any more.

[sam1]

I've been watching Dr Who since Tom Baker, (I was watching The Ark In Space only last week).....after watching the new episodes last weekend, I'm even more convinced that the original episodes had so-so acting, terrible effects but brilliant stories.......since 2005, (in my opinion, I hasten to add) the acting has been great, the effects are brilliant, but the stories are crap.....I mean...Space Babies!...come on!!!

[Dan]

The stories since 2005 haven't been too bad, but I thought the latest two were a real step down even from that.
They were very well made and would be GREAT on CBBC.
Everything Disney touches turns to s*it. Expect a load of lame spinoffs like they did with Star Wars.

[Pista]

I thought the latest episode (Boom) was really very good.
Even got a fish fingers & custard reference.

[Dan]

Yeah it was so much better than the first two.

[streamline]

It was the first good episode for a while. A proper Moffatt episode - I think he is better writing one off episodes than running the show.

[Pista]

73 Yards was also a good one i think.
Was nice to see Ruby have her own episode

[Dan]

Best episode of the 4, in my opinion.

[timsinister]

Really clever use of suspense and horror - got real Uncanny Valley vibes from the Woman. Will stand up there with Midnight or Blink I reckon! It's definitely improving, and I got a real 'Doctor' experience from Ncuti in 'Boom' - the Doctor really shows themselves when they're angry!

[hellboy69]

Really enjoyed Boom & 73 Yards, trailer for the next one looks promising too!

[eastmidswhizzkid]

i dont think the writing has been any good since Matt Smiths era ended. Moffat can write but as show producer he had s**t writers. Russel T has ran out of ideas. Until the stories get better how am i supposed to get used to this incarnation of the Dr? i really liked Jodie Whittakers take on the character but it took a long time -the Daleks were so badly done that bradley walshs acting wasnt the shows worst feature..

Any supreme beings with f**king time-travel that dont travel through the void & eradicate all the bad versions of themselves (and f**king EXTERMINATE bradley walsh. throw his time-stream into reverse so he never existed) are little more than talking dustbins.

[timsinister]

Fumbled the finale there I'm afraid, not entirely sure what the hell was going on, really ladled on the "emotional moment!" and killing off the UNIT staff in Act One was such an obvious hint towards resurrection in Act 3. Bit of a letdown after so many cracking episodes.

[Pista]

I think the showrunners need to call time on the xmas specials. They get more cringey each year & add no value to the franchise whatsoever.

[ruffers]

Agree with the thought re the Christmas specials.

Having said that I thought the middle third with the hotel manager Anita last night was great, a whole load of story and emotion in ten minutes with an inevitable tragic end. And the actor playing the hotel manager was brilliant. Would be great to see her again.

[Erudite]

At the risk of damning this year's Christmas special with faint praise, I can honestly say that it's by no means the worst episode of Doctor Who I've watched in the last decade or so.

[timsinister]

Again they fumbled it at the end, but otherwise I wasn't entirely disappointed by the Special. Your man Ncuti continues to shine, I'm waiting for them to give him an "Oncoming Storm" moment and show us his dangerous side.

The plot doesn't really hang together, for a show that does time travel as its main plank it's pretty poor at actually negotiating it, although I did enjoy the "bootstrap" mention. But nobody watches 'Who because the plot makes any sense!

Pretty sets, decent cast, and Villengard remains the villain too cool to actually show, apparently.

[sam1]

I'm probably gonna get crucified for this.....but I just cannot get into Dr Who these days....but.......I watched the new colourized version of "The War Games" with Patrick Troughton as the Doctor, and Jon Pertwee getting introduced as the fourth Doctor on iPlayer and if I'm honest.....I enjoyed it a lot more than the xmas special...

[timsinister]

Thanks for the reminder Sam, I haven't watched that yet!

[sam1]

Thanks for the reminder Sam, I haven't watched that yet!

let me know what you think.....especially the ending.....!