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I was done with the show once Chibnall took a dump on the shows history with the timeless child abomination, so i am not surprised RTD has continued to destroy the show. RIP Who 1963 - 2017
Great show again 👏 Ever since RTD came out and said he was making decisions based on social media engagements, I knew the show was officially done for me (haven't seen an episode since the Giggle). The activist character that will be in the spin-off is just a vehicle for them to spout their woke shite so they can please the only audience they've got left (The "Doccy Who" activists on Twitter). It's just sad to see what the show has become now, and I think it's all there to distract and stop people from seeing the reality. Which is that Doctor Who just isn't good television anymore. Nobody talks about the actual storyline of the show anymore because there pretty much isn't one. It's all about these 30 seconds scenes that push a message. I'm watching the penguin at the moment, and it's just refreshing to have a show that builds characters, has an engaging story, and has actors who can frickin ACT. Feels like we haven't had that in Doctor Who for almost 10 years now.
Hard agree! I just started the second episode and even in the first few minutes I picked up on the way Sophia Falcone was dressed, with a burnt orange pantsuit and leapord printed jacket symbolizing her still feeling trapped in Arkham while trying to put on a manicured, upper class exterior. It's the little details that will keep people engaged and talking about the show for years to come.
Awesome show guys, loved this one. Trying to pick a favourite during the Hinchcliffe era is a hard one, but I'd have to say mine is The Seeds Of Doom. It's a great 6 parter ( though episode 3 is mostly filler). The horrific transformation of Keeler, the Antarctica setting, Chase's gothic mansion, gives this story such a grand scale. The only thing I wish this story had was the Brig. As for favourite cliffhanger, I agree with Simon, that freeze frame moment of The Doctor in colossal danger, is a great one. I'm not sure how people coped for 7 days, waiting to see how The Doctor got out of that one!!
One of the first vhs releases I got as a kid was the Talons of Weng Chiang. From the first time I watched it till now, my opinion remains unchanged. It's the greatest Doctor Who story ever written, by the peerless professor of prose, Robert Holmes!
@@type40doctorwho thanks! It is such a brilliant story and the dialogue is just the best! "Some slavering, gangrinous vampire....". Holmes at his finest. Glad someone else appreciates it, I've been called racist for voicing my love for that story!
Has there ever been a more handsome 80 year old man. He has always had such grace, poise and a calm dignity. A legend largely responsible for the 'golden years'.
*Thanks Dan and lovely panel for a great longer lasting show. *Many Happy Returns of the day to Philip Hinchcliffe, our Clint Eastwood of Doctor Who [but better]. *Houdi Elbow walks on screen with a mattress tied to his back. Chris Tarrant asks: "Why do you have a mattress tied to your back?" Houdi replies in a Dan and Simon accent: "Well Chris, it's like this, my mother always said I should have something to fall back on..." *These shows are like the equivalent of a warm blanket filled with 'Instant Whip'. *It's worth struggling through the bird droppings [to use Dan's analogy] of current emetic Disney Who at the beginning of the show, for the sole reason that it makes all the sweeter the 'Dream Topping', of the Diary... Especially this time, with nearly a whole three hours plus, dedicated to the best Doctor, and co-best production team Doctor Who ever had. P.S. 'Do the Rock Steady' [1980] by the female Two Tone group 'The Bodysnatchers', based on the original Ska hit by Dandy Livingstone [1966]. 'Rocksteady' and offshot of Ska and a precursor to Reggae.
@@alexanderbeta-werburghii6176 Nice Lex, Bob Carolgees a legend, they all are The whole show for me was gripping, I was in my early teens when I found Tiswas and it grew and grew over time eventually ending about 1983? unsure and OTT late night Tiswas, think that lasted only one series? I have a few pieces about the show, must post it as a memory. 👍
Just caught up with this great chat in its entirety. We that were young in them days (I hit my 7th birthday the day before Revenge of the Cybermen, episode 4 - the same day we got a colour telly) were bloody lucky. I will die choking in my own blood - an image of which they would no doubt approve - defending the view that Phil, Bob and Tom’s Doctor Who was the show at its absolute zenith! Btw: ‘Bouquet of Barbed Wire’ was on ITV on Friday evenings, the night before The Brain of Morbius and The Seeds of Doom. One for the sex and our little show for the violence - they were two of dear old Mary’s absolute favourites that year! 🤣
I have seen Barbed Wire and loved it. I think Trevor Eve starred in a "spiritual" sequel, called A Sense Of Guilt in the early 90s. When they went through a phase of trying to recapture the golden age. So we got a new Upstairs Downstairs in House of Eliot etc. too.
Mr Lee! How goes it Sir. Please come and talk to us soon. You know, it's impossible to argue otherwise really. if there are any Who fans out there who do disagree, I'd like to hear their take! but it'd be a tough sell.
Tiswas first aired on 5th January 1974, while Swap Shop first aired on 2nd October 1976, although I believe at the time Tiswas was then only available in the Midlands. Here in Granadaland, by twisting one of our TV's spare channel knobs, we were able to get HTV Wales, enabling my brother and I to watch Tiswas a year or more before most other people in the region. Many of our schoolfriends did the same. The Saturday Banana was Southern Television's version, first airing on 8th July 1978. I can't remember if we got it officially or via the fuzzy picture on our telly's ITV2 button. It was hosted by Bill Oddie and I watched it mainly for him. It was shot on the Runaround set painted yellow, and one of the presenters was Susan Tully. Which did I favour, Tiswas or Swap Shop? I assume I did what most people did, I flicked between the two, but probably mostly watching Tiswas as Swap Shop had more boring bits. I made the right choice, for Tiswas had Sylvester McCoy, who every so often would drink a bubbling potion and drop behind the desk to slap adhesive patches of fur onto his face, lifting his head up mid-transformation to emit a few comic growls, then dropping back down to stick on more fur and pop in a set of joke shop rubber teeth, to arise as some sort of werewolf / Dr Jekyll hybrid, who'd then lollop around the set terrorising the giggling children. And then, of course, there was the time that we saw the meeting of the two most evil men in the universe, Darth Vader and the Phantom Flan Flinger. By an amazing coincidence, Dave Prowse had been on earlier, demonstrating press-ups for children who wanted to get into body-building.
Tiswas was seen on HTV Wales from 1975 but wasn't broadly networked until the 1979/80 series. Tyne Tees and Ulster only showed the final series, by which time Chris Tarrant had left and had been replaced by Gordon Astley.
@@crimpleendoubloon Yes Tiswas I found by accident here in the Granada area. Can't remember when but it was not the later line-up, Tarrant came a little after. As time went on it just grew introducing Lenny, Bob and John Gorman. It seemed like anarchy and probably had a running order, well you just can't go on. I remember a little kid dressed as a rabbit, bright eyes played, Mike Palin, Compost Corner, Cough the Cat, Charlie monkey, oh Frank Carson ( legend ) Trevor MacDonald and most definitely Sally James, oh Sally. Swap Shop tbh is pieces and mostly Dr Who, usually promoted in the Radio Times, I'd flip over to catch Who. Do remember early swapping, some cheeky kids asking for extortionate swaps. Keith Maggie and John yes bits and pieces, Noel was too smug for me.
My favourite Philip Hinchcliffe story? A difficult choice, particularly as I love the two that are perhaps the least well-regarded, The Android Invasion and Revenge of the Cybermen. But for me I think it has to be Terror of the Zygons. The atmosphere, built up beautifully by the direction and the music. The unfolding mystery, the characters of the Duke of Forgill, Caber and the scary nurse / Zygon in the woods. Not to mention the duplicate Harry impaled in the barn. And, of course, the Zygons themselves, perhaps the most alien of all Doctor Who aliens, certainly possessing the most alien spaceship, operated not by pressing computer banks of multi-coloured buttons but by fondling toadstools of melted cheese. Oh, and the noise inside the ship! It was all so real, so believeable. As was said by the panel, all the stories from this era took us to the scariest places the Doctor had ever been - was he ever in more danger? And we as kids were inside that TV alongside him, having those adventures week after week. It wasn't silly; it wasn't lightweight; no story could ever be described as "a romp." It was taken seriously and, as a result, was utterly compelling, terrifying, and completely unmissable. This is what Doctor Who should be. And I have no regrets, Simon. I was in that video tent at Longleat in 1983 watching Terror of the Zygons. Who was I missing in the interview tent? I still don't care. I'd just watched Terror of the Autons, of which I had no memory at all, which is no surprise as I was only two at the time. And then came Terror of the Zygons, which I did remember. How brilliant to see it again, and to not only meet but to surpass my memories of it. Although, I don't know if you know, there was an attempt by some American fans in the tent to have Terror of the Autons played again. They tried to persuade the organisers to re-show it, as they'd never seen it and had seen Terror of the Zygons multiple times on PBS in the States. Thankfully the intended schedule was adhered to and I got to see, to my mind, truly one of the most wholly satisfying Doctor Who stories of all.
Great show. Many thanks, Dan, Charlotte, Matt, Simon and Char. Why is the Hinchcliffe era so good? Yes, as was said by the panel, Philip HInchcliffe and Robert Holmes knew what they were doing; from what had gone before, they knew what worked best for the show. But I think it was also the same convergence of talent that made that whole time at the BBC so great. Through the 1950s, 60s and early 70s, people with talent had worked their way up the BBC ladder, and had helped to train those coming up after them. BBC Television Centre was a well-oiled machine, each department achieving their own minor miracles on limited budgets. An alien jungle? No problem. A palace in Renaissance Italy? We'll adapt a set from The Cliff Richard Show. An undisputed Golden Age, the like of which we shall never see repeated, but thankfully one that we can revisit again and again and again.
What show, the time zoomed by. Excellent panel, the tribute to Philip Hinchcliffe Wunderbar. Those days as kid, the BBC telly list for Saturday night will never be matched in my eyes. It may be coming from rose tinted eyes what the hell, we never had it so good. This was the second age of Who. Hartnell and Troughton must have been so exciting to kids ( I was alive, merely a rusk crunching, nappy filling, nose picking nipper. ) first airing, Dalek mania, on nearly every week for 6 years, WOW! it's part of many older people's experience, it can never leave them. Forever it will be part of their judgement and connective tissue. I was in my early teens when Hinchcliffe's era arrived, just right to get those horror references. I watched a bit with my mum, late night runs of Hammer, to hold her hand you understand. 😊 After Pertwee I thought what of this new Doctor? That first season bang! out the park. Wirrn, Davros Sontaran return, wonderful . Then the second season, oh my, a beautiful blend of sci-fi and horror together with the perfect team and behind the camera team we could wish for. It will never happen again. Thank you again on the panel and the always fab chat, Thursday is Type40 night, tea, biscuits, chat and sad when it ends, it can't go on forever, until next week. 😊 Cheers. Dan and the team. ❤
Really enjoyed tonight's lively and engaging show. Wonderful tribute to the Hinchcliffe era. For me, this time of year is so synonymous with watching Tom's early days as the Doctor. 50 years on - seasons 12-14 are a peerless era, the current show is instantly forgettable by comparison. I really miss the cliffhangers, loved android Sarah's face falling off! Would be great to have the new series split into 16 half hours with cliff hangers. 16 weeks at 7pm on Saturday night would make a much bigger impact. The adverts were great - a real pleasure spotting the Who stars involved. Sarah Sutton was very much blink and you miss her. The Diary was well worth waiting for. Adored Swap Shop and predicted Simon would mention it. I have posted a few pics from the nascent Swap Shop in the Type 40 FB group. Planet of Evil is seriously underrated. Roger Murray Leach's jungle set is sublime. The art work particularly the image of The Doctor, Sarah and Harry gets better and better. Overall a vintage show. Thanks so much Dan, Simon, Charlotte, MVP Char and Matt. I would like a deep dive on The Hand of Fear, once Char has finished watching it of course! She and Stephen would be a great double act for that one 😊. Cheers, Rob
Not much chance of that, Rob. I fear Char’s Hand has been taken by a Bin Man called Ray from Bassetts Pole. (I wonder if his surname’s Handy; oh, no - he was a milkman from Llanfairfach, wasn’t he?) The only hope is that he’ll ’cop it in a crash, like’. Ah well, we’ll always have Judith Paris! 😁
I am watching The robots of death now on the season 14 blu ray (I have watched it many times on VHS, dvd and now blu ray), and I love the character of D84. I was so sad when he sacrificed himself to save everyone by operating the communicator and blowing up the the other robots and himself and saying "goodbye, my friend" it was heartbreaking. I often wonder if he inspired Graham Williams to bring in K-9 as a companion, as I would love to have seen D84 travel with the Doctor and Leela in the TARDIS.
The rise of AI is scary. I recently came by a short 'movie' reel someone had done for Hanna Barbera's Wacky Races - wonderful stuff in a way, but we are moving to an era where you will be able to (re)make your own entertainment - literally! That is frightening.
You are right on the importance that cheap affordable merchandise had in 2005-2010 on attracting and keeping the younger end of the audience. Books like the 'Quick Reads', activity books, Doctor Who Adventures comic, 'Carry Packs', clothing... Some of the very first merchandise in 2005 was actually stationary, not the character Options stuff. Cheap school-friendly goods, aimed at the youngsters, and useful - there were Writing pads, Ring Binders, pens, pencil cases, backpacks. Party ephemera such as Paper cups, wrapping paper, invite cards, Paper plates etc. The Battles in Time cards were a phenomena. The stickers and sticker books were also extremely popular. There were the Micro-minature figures at £2.99 for a pack of three, ball-bearing things called 'Rollers' which you used like marbles... It's hard to know what might recreate that zietgeist, that sense of appeal. But the original promotional marketing for the series always went hard in on the monsters to come in the series, the exciting designs, and this hook has been missing for years in Doctor Who - Russell Davies always said he was inspired by the Letts/Dicks era, and you can see that in the way he always had his finger on what might visually hook children and adults alike. The press like visuals, the media like visuals, and the average punter happening to glance at a Doctor Who monster in the media 'likes' the visual... Ncuti Gatwa's debut series gave us the exciting and memorable visual of... 'Jinx Monsoon'. And a CGI 'dog-thing' with a Cape, hunched over the Tardis, which just sat there...🤕
@@type40doctorwhoI double-checked on this, and it's a strange one - a 'Carry Pack' consisted of a sort of A4 sized card-folder (with incorporated carrying handles) which contained several bits of ephemera within such as a height-chart you pinned to the wall, a poster, stickers, and two or three other similar bits. It's very 'Doctor Who Adventures'... they cost £4, were sold at Debenhams for one example, and as far as I can tell there were three over the years - one with Doctor/Martha on the front and interiors, the second with Doctor/Donna, and the third with Doctor/Amy. There was a lot of this sort of cheap & cheerful merch in those years, very affordable, and being the devotee I am, who lived through the 90s, I bought a heck of a lot of it...!
Funnily enough, I've ben trying to hunt down The Prisoner on Blu Ray, but it appears it's out of print. Hope I don't have to wait until 2027 for an anniversary release!
it's been a casualty of the closure of Network DVD. Imprint from Aus have recently put out a new set, which I understand is just as pretty. But it's importing the swine. Costs more than the set
@@type40doctorwho Ah, I see. The prices are ludicrous online, but it makes sense if they've gone into receivership. Hope the license is picked-up by a UK distribution soon.
@@Problembeing Network had all the Gerry Anderson stuff and they've been picked up elsewhere in the UK. I can't think it'll be too long until The Prisoner is back in print.
44:58 @Jon Youlden that wasn't a dream, Jon, that's just something you witnessed in person and have since repressed into being a nightmare as a coping mechanism for the trauma. ❤️🙏🏻
Great show, thanks Dan. It's still raining where I am, at just gone 4.30pm. Good for the plants and the reservoirs, I suppose. Cold as well. I've just found a box of tomato cup-a-soup, so I thought I'd have one to warm myself up. I don't know how long I've had it in my cupboard. It's supposed to be a powder in the sachet, isn't it, not a flat rubbery block? I had it anyway. It eventually dissolved after a good bit of stirring. But tomato soup is supposed to be red, isn't it, not brown? I don't feel ill ... yet.
I agree about the new Tardis. I don’t think it’s too big, it’s just doesn’t have anything in there while being big. I think of the 8th Doctor’s Tardis. It was big but had all those lovely furnishings. When it was smaller, it needed that minimalist approach to look bigger. I’m sure there were other concerns but the point is that it worked. I like the jukebox because it does break up the monotony. I don’t know for sure, but I have a strong suspicion some people don’t like it because they think there’s too much dancing at the moment 😂
Thank you for the thoughtful tribute to David Graham Dan, my first memory of hearing him would have been the monkey in 'Supercar' or Mat M. Matic in 'Fireball XL5'. <3
R.I.P. David Graham 😢 I have to confess i knew who he was I knew him as the voice of a Brains and various other characters in "Thunderbirds" but I had absolutely no idea until recent years that he was one of the original voice of the Daleks that's amazing I thought I knew it all so rest in peace mate. With RTD I feel fatigued more than frustrated I still maintain and I think it was a mistake bringing him back and they should had went with someone younger and newer for the job as showrunner/producer but that's just me. I think Ncuti Gatwa is a great actor but I think he's been given the wrong direction and advice for his character by RTD and crew because he can be great and there were some episodes where he's almost there then it gone backwards and making him cry every bloody episode (sorry excuse my language) and over dramatic emotion is a put off to his character and makes it uninteresting for me that's not how i viewed the Doctor i always saw him as an out- of-this-world eccentric 900 year old a-sexual alien who has got no time for human emotions and just gets on with saving the universe. I also agree with Matt Smith on the trigger warnings i've been hearing that they been putting trigger warnings on the old James Bond films as well which is just plain ridiculous and completely unnecessary people are getting just far too over sensitive it's just over the top in my opinion because otherwise where's the creativity in that? You have to take a risk otherwise you might as well not bother to making this stuff whenever I watch comedy I go back to the old classic stuff like "Kingswood Country" or "Fawlty Towers" or "Dad's Army" because I just can't get into the modern stuff and I don't find them funny because it's too real life we need more actors like Matt Smith to speak out the entertainment industry's dead it's just all political now reality television and social media killed it.
@@type40doctorwho Oh ok. You don't have it in the UK? It was an 80's australian sitcom it's very australian but it's very funny about a bumbling politically incorrect character called Ted Bullpitt Matt Pott would know what it is.
With regard to trigger warnings, I often hear Radio 4 Extra tell me that an episode of an old sitcom features language and attitudes of its time, and I listen, and I enjoy them, and rarely do I notice anything untoward. But then I suppose that I too feature language and attitudes of my time. Speaking of Terry & June, I was watching an episode of its precursor the other day, Happy Ever After. Terry and June's son was returning from working in Hong Kong, bringing his fiancé with him. This was John Alkin from Planet of Fire and Pik-Sen Lim from The Mind of Evil. Terry jumped to conclusions about his future daughter-in-law, exhibiting stereotypical views. The audience laughed at him; he was making a fool of himself. June corrected him; she was the voice of reason. Could this episode be shown today? It certainly featured language and attitudes of its time, but would that make it offensive?
Great show. Many thanks, Dan, Charlotte, Matt, Ian and Garry. Has it really been three years since the announcement of RTD's return? I think it's a testament to our love for and faith in the show that we're still here, some of us still watching, but all of us (I think) still hoping and believing that with the right medicine and loving care the Doctor can be returned to good health. We know that the potential is there, and while many of us believed that Russell's heart was in the same place as ours, experience has taught us otherwise. But the potential still remains. I suppose that once rock bottom has been reached, the only way is up. Russell and Bad Wolf must surely know now what not to do, if they still can, if a third season is still viable. I do wonder how Russell feels now. He did what he thought was right, and now he may be thinking about how that time might have been better spent on wholly new projects. There must be other things that he wants to do. That surely must inspire him to do his best to refloat this ship and then as soon as possible hand over the command, perhaps stepping back and taking an executive producer role, extricating himself in such a way that it doesn't look to one and all like he's mucked up so very completely and then just run away leaving it to somebody else to tidy up his mess. I do hope that my expectations aren't once again misplaced by thinking that both he and Bad Wolf must now be redoubling their efforts to give us a bold, new version of the programme that at the same time restores its core values and traditions. It can be done. Come on, Russell, we may be taking the mick sometimes, but we're also here ready to cheer you on.
With the ditching the other international broadcasters, from a uk perspective, i think its perfectly fine to do it because we pay a tv licence to fund the bbc. I expect the bbc fo make as much money off doctor who as possible and re-invest that into the British tv industry (whether or not that actually do that is a separate discussion all together.). With these other international tv distributors though, they were not offering nearly as much money, or potential either. We had torchwood and sja when netflix had a streaming deal, but not when they dropped it and we had them international distributors. With disney we are now getting the war between the land and sea and there is supposedly more coming. As someone who pays £159 a year for the bbc, they should do whatsver they can to bring us more and better content!
I take the fact that Russell and Ncuti have been totally silent as the biggest sign that there has been a slap on the wrist and a reigning in from the verbal offense they usually give out. Also Disney you can tell is non plussed by the ratings as they've buried it! If it was a success it would be screamed out at us from every output.
Whilst it is strange for RTD to be quiet...? They have gone right onto doing the spin-off ( it's filming right now!) and Ncuti is in a stage play for several months. Under contract. I am certainly of the belief that it's not done the necessary for Disney though. It depends on what their expectations of it were. Were they expecting it to be a hit on the scale of a Marvel or Star Wars show needing to be? Probably not.
You have to suppose that if Disney _do_ decide not to support another season or two, then that would men Doctor Who faces another rebranding, with the new Tardis design being ditched and quite possibly a new lead actor and/or showrunner. It's impossible not to believe that once series 2 is aired whatever form the 'third' series will take will be *very* different to the previous two. I can't see Russell Davies still being there in this light. The huge budgets involved, the challenges in attracting co-financers, and the needs of both Bad Wolf and the BBC, will all come together to force Davies to step aside. Just as Chris Chibnall was forced to.
@@type40doctorwho It's been evolving yes, but tellingly it hasn't been _growing_ - it's been Deteriorating... It's on this basis that you have to stop, look at it, and accept the reasons why it has been so badly ailing these last EIGHT years now. It isn't enough to blame it all on "Bad Writing"(tm), not after roughly six seasons worth of production, and eight years of sustained evaporating interest from Public and the fanbase alike. The latest relaunch didn't just fall flat in Britain, it fell flat in America as well. What you have here since 2017 is a version of 'Doctor Who'. Based on characters from the BBC television series - such as The Doctor, Davros, Sutekh. Where once there was a "Renegade Timelord from Gallifrey" there is now... errr... _something_ else... ------------- This isn't evolution you speak of, it is a radical stealth reboot of the character and his origins. There's no difference between this, and those 1990s reboot proposals for the series and character. And it isn't what people want. Clearly.
The way everything has fallen silent and flat these last months speaks of a lack of forward-thinking and marketing from Bad Wolf - the new launch airs, but with no follow-up campaign to keep interest up in its wake? Hmm. It's the lack of follow-up yes, but this goes in hand with the complete lack of Public interest in this new series, and maybe on a deeper lever the poor way publicity was managed in the run-up to its airing - how can you throw a marketing campaign behind Millie Gibson's debut series when she is *leaving* after her debut series?! How can you publicise the new monsters upcoming when there *are* no new monsters to market or publicize? How can the kids out there get excited by the new monsters and aliens when the only new monsters/aliens is a Drag artiste and a CGI 'Dog-Thing' that wears a weird cape and just sits over the Tardis...? In the original Russell Davies series the press couldn't get enough of stars like Billie Piper David Tennant John Barrowman and whatever guest star was on an episode. Today... It all feels as if the show is exhausted. The people making it are making it for themselves, it is run by a Clique, and despite their Progressive outlook none of them can see that this isn't what the show needs right now. It needs to be made for appealing to a wide mass audience, not tiny niche's.
I wouldnt say its fell silent, they had a big piece on a sdcc, there has been multiple articles on deadline with interviews from RTD. The bbc made doctor who its star piece on its annual report. I think the difference here is we went from the 60th anniversary, to a new season with a new streaming partner to a bit of a break as it’s 6 months between the series finishing and the upcoming christmas special. Then they will have a new series and a new spin-off and hopefully another new season. They are still banging that drum, but not as aggressively because there is not the new content coming up in the immediate future.
@@the_loveable_fat_man9948 It fell silent immediately after the season had finished. I appreciate you feel that the publicity aftermath and the reception by audiences has been marvellous, and that people are really talking about Doctor Who, that is is still Popular across the country, and that people are really looking forward to the next season and indeed the incredibly exciting 'The War Between Land and Sea', and that Doctor Who is in _very_ rude health at the moment.... But I put it you that you are in a small minority in believing so. Just as I am in a very small minority in finding 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' a perfectly good film to watch. The wisdom comes in accepting such is the case...
There's no evidence to support this, at all. All parties have been clear on the fact a "spin off" production was/is part of this deal. A proof of concept for the Whoniverse expansion.
The fact that you are bigging up this rubbish is one of the reasons why the fans are partly responsible for destroying the Classic Show. The Deadly Assassin it isn't.
What is it we are bigging up that you are so disapproving of, precisely? On Type 40 we like what we like and are happy to explain why. Some of us; maybe most of us in fact, will prefer The Deadly Assassin. Does that mean the Mysterious Planet was rubbish? Or Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, for that matter? I'd say not. Dan
The series is in a worse state now in public and fandom opinion overall than it ever was with Jodie and Chibnell, This preachy politics double down has killed the show in most peoples eyes
If the rumour is true about killing Mel off and the Doctor feeling guilty and wanting to distance himself away from humanity this to me would be a great opportunity for the show and to get the ratings higher of the Doctor having a long period rest from earth and finally get him to the Tom Baker route and have him travelling to different planets and galaxies and meeting alien or robot companions along the way which I been longing for since 2005 atleast it be something completely different from the norm of NuWho because I am getting fatigued of human companions and earth stories which I know I said multiple times before but I feel the show needs to progress to what it's done when it came back. But I doubt it RTD and Moffat don't have enough courage to kill off a character.
@@Timelordsboots ah, I thought it was a Yeti mic. Is it a cardioid mic? Mine is a Yeti and it supposed to face vertically. Apologies if I got that wrong. It's not functioning properly since the update? That's shoddy lol. I am good, thanks. Always enjoy your humorous takes, my friend. I don't want to miss them! Curse you, Logitech.
Here's a mild curiosity for you: The Daily Mirror features daily inspiring quotes from famous people and today's was from John Wayne: "Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway." Naturally enough, that reminded me of the Doctor's speech about bravery in Planet of the Daleks: "Courage isn’t just a matter of not being frightened, you know. It’s being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway." I remember reading an interview with Terrance Dicks years ago in which he was asked what was the last video he'd bought, and he said it was the film Hondo starring John Wayne. Presumably he was a fan. And so it seems likely that Terrance repurposed that quote of John Wayne's to fulfil Jon Pertwee's request for a 'moment of charm'. And he did so beautifully. Thank you, Terrance. Thank you, Duke.
Great show. Many thanks, Dan, Simon, Charlotte, Jon and Gary. To me the most interesting of the rumours was the one concerning Mrs Flood. Will she be the main villain in the finale? I think she ought to be. Perhaps her involvement in Season One was intentionally sparce, to keep her simmering away in the background, intentionally largely forgotten for a time, and the build up will pick up pace through Season Two. On her own she might seem an underwhelming villain for a finale, but I can see her being transformed into a super powerful witch-like character, flinging out colourful magic spells, turning people into statues or weird beasts (even though something similar was done to UNIT troops by the Toymaker). I imagine her being flanked by monstrous creatures, similar to how Miss Hartigan was flanked by Cybermen in The Next Doctor. In the context of the current form of the show, I can see that happening. And I'd certainly prefer to see Mrs Flood as the main villain of the finale than a returning character from either the classic or modern series, or even a brand new villain. The finale could be full of disaster and spectacle, the end of the world, lots of extras running around in panic on the streets, death and destruction, with all of it resolved with the press of a magic button. Again. A fantastical Mrs Flood "reshaping time and trapping the Doctor" sounds far more interesting. Will Mel die? Oh yes, she's bound to. Tears flow. The Doctor leaves, to lick his wounds. And as the TARDIS dematerialises, Mel sits up, somehow restored. Oh yes, wait, I was forgetting. Being the Timeless Child, the Doctor is overflowing with regeneration energy, isn't he? All he need do is lay on his glowing healing hands and she's back up and bounding about and doing high kicks and peddling furiously on an exercise bike, as good as new, if not better. Or maybe this Doctor will have conveniently forgotten his ability to mend all wounds for the necessities of the plot, a downbeat ending, and Russell's half-hearted attempt to make us feel emotionally engaged with these characters. I do want it to be good. The potential is there. Sadly, I am both hopeful and pessimistic.
