DanaK
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Does anyone know the name of the narrator of the opening and closing sequences?
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Guest actor Charlotte Ritchie did a really nice job as Lin. The guy playing Mitch was more sidelined but he was still helpful
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2 hours ago, The Companion said:
My other "that guy" comment is the weird narration at the end. Totally unnecessary and distracting.
I believe it was to match the opening narration. For me it worked
Did it seem like the Doctor had never been in Graham and Ryan’s apartment before, given she had to ask where the kitchen was when they first arrived with the Tardis?
I’m still tickled at Polly the security helpline operator. The actress used the perfect inflection for at least the stereotype of an irritatingly unhelpful helpline operator
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4 hours ago, LiveenLetLive said:
Resolution lost viewers--->https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6547721/Doctor-New-Years-special-loses-MASSIVE-1-5-million-viewers-rounding-major-ratings.html
IMO not a highlight of the season which was mediocre but Jodie wasn't at fault, I love her, the writing is problematical.
You can’t really compare a New Year special to a Christmas special that easily. Plus it needs to be seen as relative to the rest of the programming for the night, which was lowered ratings all around. It was the 4th most watched program of the night and I believe the 2nd most watched BBC program of the night, which sounds pretty good to me
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Another good bit, before the last bit
Doctor, to Dalek: No matter how many times you try, no matter how long you wait... I will always be in your way, backed up by the best of humanity.
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Funny bit near the end
Doctor, to the team: I’m fast enough, right? I’m fast enough for this plan?
Ryan: Uh,probably
Yaz: Maybe
Graham: Possibly
Doctor: Well, that one needs work
A lot of funny dialogue in the special
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14 minutes ago, WatchrTina said:
That reminds me -- how did the Dalek reassemble itself (its organic self)? How did the other two pieces get to Sheffield? Or are they still on earth, buried in six inches of loose sand or snow, waiting to wreck havoc in another episode?
And another thing -- that whole bit with The Doctor not being able to reach UNIT -- was that a slam at Brexit? I think that was a slam at Brexit.
I think the other 2 pieces rejoined with the Sheffield one after it was bathed in the ultraviolet light. Look carefully and you will see the other two transported away
At the very least, it was a Brexit joke and a pretty funny one to this American
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Besides the junkyard confrontation, I also enjoyed the Doctor/Dalek virtual confrontation on the Tardis and the end one at GCHQ and then on the Tardis
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That was very entertaining, with the right amount of drama, thrills, humor, heart and explosions. I thought Jodie did a great job leading as the Doctor and the rest did well also. I really liked the Doctor’s faceoff with the Dalek in the junkyard
The look was different than the usual episode
As an American, the UNIT shutdown bit had me in stitches, especially given we are in a Government shutdown right now due to a funding dispute.
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I have another 3 1/2ish hours before I can watch it, but I decided to read the commentary and spoilers beforehand because I didn’t want to wait 6 hours. I can’t wait to see it
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Golly, it seems the 13th Doctor isn’t the first one to garner disagreement among the fan base lol
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The BBC head programming guy said the show will return with Series 12 in “early 2020”. There also seem to be hints there will be a New Year’s special in 2020 before the actual season begins
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I’m looking forward to it. It looks like it will be entertaining
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1 hour ago, benteen said:
Season 11 was a disappointment to me but 30% sounds more like trolls than anything else.
Hopefully, the New Year's special will be the beginning of a promising future for Doctor Who storywise.
Given IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes are known for having trolls spiking things and given the over the top hate from some quarters on social media against Jodie and the show, including the #NotMyDoctor nonsense, it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if the RT user scores were being driven by trolls
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A radio promo for the New Year special that someone captured I guess or the BBC put up. There appears to be a lot more dialogue than the TV promo
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Just now, One4Sorrow2TooBad said:
Can someone explain why on Rotton Tomatoes reviews site, Season 11 Doctor Who audience rating is only 30% and the critics rate it at 94%? I've been watching the nonstop older episodes of past Doctor Who on BBCAmerica . Honestly, they've been awesome compared to the crap sandwich of season 11 episodes.
I’ve seen some comments elsewhere that think it is some fans ganging up and review bombing
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New very short trailer released of the New Year special. The end is a spoiler:
http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2018/12/new-trailer-released-beware-spoliers.html
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One of the things I found I didn’t like about 12 was how he seemed to be 15 steps ahead of everyone in a way that was pretty off-putting. I’m not sure I can explain it well, but It wasn’t about being smarter, it was how he seemed to revel in manipulating people like chess pieces for the lulz or something. The Zygon rebels two parter was one example, where he works to convince both sides to keep the peace (and Capaldi was fantastic with the anti-war speech), but then reveals he’s tried the scenario 15 times already. There are times where he reveals he had already worked out the problem and wasn’t in real danger but pretended to be. He manipulated Bill Potts to try to kill him in the last Monks episode and pretended to die and regenerate, but he was just testing her. The more times he did things like this, the more annoying it got
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Just now, Llywela said:
Funny you should say that as an American viewer you don't feel you need a season-long arc, because it is a storytelling approach that originated in the US and it is rare these days to find a show that doesn't use that narrative structure in some shape or form, on either side of the Atlantic.
That's usually with cable and streaming shows. I watch a lot of procedurals, plus given I'm older, I think I predate the more serialized approach lol
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52 minutes ago, Llywela said:
I think one thing we've all maybe struggled with a bit this season is that the character development and character stories haven't been front and centre, the way we've become used to over the 15 years of New Who - they are there, but have largely been playing out in the background of each episode, subtle and understated, only rarely stepping into focus. Which, combined with the lack of an ongoing story arc to hold everything together, left the season feeling a bit aimless - each episode perfectly enjoyable on its own merit, but with no clearly defined overall theme or focus to give the season any real structure as a whole.
Looking at it as an American viewer who watches a lot of broadcast TV and not that much cable, I don't necessarily need a season-long arc or theme. But I think one theme this season is the characters getting to know themselves and each other and developing as a team
ETA: And there were two small season arcs this season. In the first one, we got various tidbits about the Stenza hurting people and then a revisit with Tim Shaw. The second was Graham and Ryan mourning Grace and growing closer
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In regards to Yaz's development, I think she's had plenty to do, but she hasn't had the same flashy and emotional arc that Graham and Ryan have had. Hers is more understated I think, in that she wanted more to do than she got as a young police officer and now she's mentoring with a 2000 year old alien that she looks up to and likely idolizes and takes initiative to talk to people or investigate things on their adventures. She's also a sounding board for the Doctor, which sometimes can be a thankless task
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There was at least one VIP/press screening of the New Year’s special today or yesterday, so spoilers are starting to come out. The last video from the above Instagram has Chibnall talking about a Dalek in the special
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16 minutes ago, Dobian said:
I don't see why it needs to be defined as a "problem", just that it would be interesting to see what the Doctor feels experiencing things as a female after 2000 years as a male.
We saw her delight at being included in Umbreen’s women-only pre-wedding party in Demons of the Punjab and her annoyance at being dismissed by King James in Witchfinders. In Rosa, after being addressed as Madam, she commented to herself that she was still getting used to that. It’s not a big deal for Time Lords so she would likely adjust quickly. It is how others treat her that has been and will be the bigger thing
50 minutes ago, Cruella said:What a pathetic loser this Tim Shaw creature is - 3000 years and two of the most powerful beings in existance at his full disposal, and yet he failed to destroy one insipid planet like Earth. For 3000 years!
"Not killing" is nice and all, but if they simply locked up this Shaw thing in this cell (I was deathly bored so might have missed something), isn't it infinitely more cruel? I don't know about these species, but humans can go insane in solitary confinement, especially one that long, without any movement or variety. Personally, I imagine someone finding Tim Shaw a hundred years later, insane and drooling, and putting him out of his misery, while wondering what sort of monster had done it to him. And he probably deserves to go insane, if only for his stupidity, but let's not pretend torturing someone into madness is any more ethical that shooting them.
I guess someone might come soon and grab him? Or?... None of that was well explained.
It was a stasis chamber, so he likely would be in suspended animation
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I enjoyed this episode, but one problem that stands out on rewatch is that in spite of the planet having a toxic atmosphere and toxic water, the Tardis crew don’t show any physical signs of distress because of it in terms of being sweaty, thirsty, hot, bedraggled, etc (the two racers apparently had medicine they took)
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The Twelfth Doctor: Let's Not Argue About Numbers
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I haven't watched that much of Doctor Who (I've watched the Capaldi era, Whittaker's first series, Series 1, and I'm currently on Series 2 with Tennent), so I may be missing something, but I don't understand why Capaldi's Doctor would become such a misanthrope and lack such an understanding of humans after being more warm and understanding about them with at least the two previous doctors. I understand that the personalities can be very different from one incarnation to another, but it's like #12 regressed or something. Given that the Doctor's memories are passed from body to body, I don't understand why it seemed like #12 forgot how to be around other people. If it was the result of PTSD or something because of surviving past his last regeneration and getting a new set, that didn't seemed to really be explained well or at all. It's like the showrunner just wanted to play with the Doctor getting real alien-y again and not worrying about it making sense