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Tweeted by TVMoJoe, a Vulture writer:
”DOCTOR WHO wraps up its first Jodie Whittaker season Sunday, and at least as far as Nielsen is concerned, it's been a hit. Overall audience (including replays) is up 20% vs last Capaldi season, to 1.6M L+7 viewers. And the move to Sunday has helped same-day viewership spike 47%
Driving the DOCTOR WHO gains: Millennial women. The show has doubled its female 18-34 audience from its last season, and is now a top 15 cable show in that demo, per BBC America.”
It sounds like he’s talking strictly about BBC America and not BBC
Of course, some of the improvement is due to the move to Sunday (I’m sure the same is true for the BBC ratings), so it’s a bit of an apples-oranges comparison
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jodie-whittaker-confirms-return-doctor-who-season-12-1167388
Per the Hollywood Reporter, Jodie confirms she’s doing Season 12. It also sounds like they will start filming the season in early 2019
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http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/uk-premiere-time-confirmed-for-new-years-day-special-89853.htm
The UK premiere time for the New Year special has been announced
https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/doctor-who/61805/2018-christmas-special-new-years-day-episode-news
The above article shows an additional picture from the New Year's special
http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-11-episode-10-the-battle-of-ranskoor-av-kolos-gallery-89893.htm
Promo pics for season finale
^ I’m intrigued by whatever those devices are on their heads
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This is much more enjoyable on subsequent viewings, especially the mirror world scenes. The anti zone stuff could have been cut down to make more time for other parts
I’ve noticed the Solitract entity never confirmed what it was, though it never denied the Doctor’s theories about it. The only thing it confirmed was that it wanted a friend
It was interesting to see the Doctor alternate between empathy for the bereaved widowers and trying to be tough on them to get them to leave. Number 13 has way more empathy for others than probably many of the previous Doctors, certainly more than #12
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19 hours ago, futurechemist said:
No clue about next week, but we haven't had a Dalek yet. My understanding is that there needs to be a Dalek once a year or else the BBC loses the rights to them.
I don’t think that’s really true
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8 minutes ago, Gummo said:
So is next week it for real, or is there a Christmas special?
There’s a New Year’s Day special. Chibnal decided they had run out of Christmas ideas
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I have to say, I’m not that into high concept far out stories like this one because they just tend to confuse me, but I can accept this one because the rest of the season has been far more grounded
The reviews are pretty mixed on this one. It’s obvious it’s a polarizing episode given how far out it is
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I really liked the music used when they all were running to get back through the portal
I really liked that Jodie committed to the scenes in spite of the WTF nature of it all, especially when talking to the frog. She was really good when she was convincing it to let her go
i have really enjoyed this season so far. Even some of the more middle of the road episodes were fun to watch. I’ve really enjoyed Jodie as the Doctor.
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1 hour ago, phalange said:
Love that in a couple hundred years there's going to be a sheep uprising. I, for one, welcome our new sheep overlords.
The two bits about the sheep were pretty funny
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4 minutes ago, chitowngirl said:
i loved the detail that Erik’s shirt was the reflection of Slayer in the mirror world and the correct way when they got out.
I think everyone was swapped
I like that the Doctor embraced the absurdity of the frog given how absurd it really was
A reviewer made an interesting observation that the alt Universe only presented as female and the Doctor readily offered to stay with it
This was so weird for me that this might have to go on its own list separate from my favorites for the season
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Here’s the Doctor’s speech to the alt-Universe offering to stay, thanks to a review:
“Congratulations, Erik wants you. Just one thing: this world is falling apart. I reckon you can only keep one of us. You sure he’s your best option? ‘Cause the Solitract doesn’t want a husband. You want a whole universe. Someone who’s seen it all, and that’s me. I’ve lived longer, seen more, loved more, and lost more. I can share it all with you, anything you want to know about what you never had. ‘Cause he’s an idiot with a daughter who needs him. So, let him go, and I will give you everything.”
That was kind of amazing speech
I’m still not sure how I feel about this, especially the bonkers third act.
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That was kind of bonkers, especially the talking frog entity. Pre-show teasers said this was going to be very different and it certainly was. I had just expected it to be a lot about grief or something based on speculation but I guess it was more about a consciousness being lonely and putting lives at risk. It wasn’t as good as I hoped it would be based on the pre show hype, but I enjoyed it overall, but it wasn’t quite the show I was expecting
The Doctor offered to stay with the thing to keep it company which was quite a sacrifice. I guess she was amazed by it and understood its loneliness
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On 11/25/2018 at 3:42 PM, MarquisDeCarabas said:
What did the Doctor say when she put on the witch finder hat?
Something like "it's a flat team structure", similar to what Graham said to King James during their initial meeting
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First image from the BBC from the New Year's special http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2018/11/first-new-years-day-image-271118223008.html
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Just now, ganesh said:
That was like that in the classic era iirc. The Time Lords were basically the government.
It also seems like a Gallifreyan had to go to school to learn how to be a Time Lord, learning things like regeneration. Do we know if offspring of Time Lords, like the Doctor's granddaughter Susan, had the same powers and abilities like The Doctor does?
In regards to the episode, I wonder if the Doctor was just pretending she couldn't get out of the rope tie when she was tied up before the trial in order to get through to King James, or was she really unable to get free? It was obvious that she figured she could wiggle free of the dunking trap because of her ability to hold her breath and get out of chains thanks to Houdini
I somewhat had to feel sorry for Becka with what she was going through. She was terrified and had no understanding what was happening to her. Unfortunately, she went with the superstitions of her time and lashed out in a way she understood and killed 36 women. I think the actress really sold her distress there after the dunking when the "mud-people" were approaching and she told her story.
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21 minutes ago, benteen said:
Really enjoyed the scene with The Doctor and King James where she tries to appeal to him to let her go.
That for me was probably the strongest scene in the episode. Even though the Doctor is an alien, her contention that, essentially, all beings want security and love rang felt pretty real
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I wouldn't mind seeing Cumming make a return. You really had to feel sorry for the King given all the tragedy in his life. He just took things too far given his sorrow and fear
I'll admit the resolution was a bit quick. The accused women who were killed weren't returned alive were they? That was a bit confusing during the battle. I'm pretty sure the grandmother remained dead
According to at least one review, the weather was pretty miserable during filming. Poor Jodie obviously was wet much of the episode so that's taking one for the team
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That was a highly entertaining episode, with good bits of comedy and drama. The guest stars, especially Cumming, did a really nice job
Poor Doctor can't always bull her way through situations now that she's a woman and the writing did a nice job of the historical problems that a woman would face
27 minutes ago, LiveenLetLive said:and the Doctor seemed shocked on how women were treated in previous time periods---even though he/she has traveled for centuries and has landed back in various centuries where women were subordinate and expected to keep quiet and keep docile?
True, but maybe she thought she could just force her way into authority as she typically does and didn't think it would affect her like normal humans. Maybe as her former Doctors, they just didn't think about it until it was happening to her
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I finally finished with Capaldi's seasons and he definitely got somewhat more likeable, particularly once he got together with Bill. There was so much angst and toxicity in the end with Clara that a soft reset in Capaldi's 3rd season with Bill made a huge difference. There was a lot to like about many of the episodes, especially in the 3rd season
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On 11/21/2018 at 6:24 PM, HauntedBathroom said:
They had a larger regular cast, and had multiple standing sets to use each episode. Plus, a 20+ episode season isn't natural for UK television. Either you're a soap on every week, or it's a 6-8 episode season. See The Bodyguard.
It sounds like Doctor Who is perhaps the hardest TV job a British actor can do (for British roles). How long does it take to shoot most regular shows of 6-10 episodes? Maybe 4-5 months?
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3 hours ago, angora said:
Also, them all chiming in on the psychic paper "reference" from the First Lady of wherever was really fun.
This is the second time the psychic paper has been used this season as far as I can tell, but they never explain it. They seem to want the audience to figure out from the context of the episode that it's some kind of special id or something
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2 hours ago, One4Sorrow2TooBad said:
Anybody keeping up with this season's ratings ? Since this season's premier, the ratings have been slipping(at least on BBCAmerica) . Will be interesting to see if the ratings can come up & if BBCAmerica wants to continue running the show in the states.
Beside what call me said, here are the final viewing numbers of the first few episodes for the BBC, per Doctor Who News:
The Woman Who Fell to Earth: 10.9 million viewers; most watched program of the week
The Ghost Monument: 9 million viewers; 4th most watched program of the week
Rosa: 8.37 million viewers; 4th most watched program of the week
Arachnids in the UK: 8.22 million viewers; 4th most watched program of the week
The Tsuranga Conundrum: 7.76 million viewers; 6th most watched program of the week
Demons of the Punjab: 7.48 million viewers; 8th most watched program of the week
It seems to be doing relatively well in total viewership and against other programming and the previous article suggested it's doing fine against previous seasons (though I don't know if ratings are declining a lot year to year as they are in the US)
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I'm a new American viewer and started with the new season of the 13th Doctor, so I've been catching up with previous seasons' episodes when I can. I've seen the first few episodes of Capaldi's first season and my first impression is, boy is he cranky and cantankerous. So I don't especially like him yet particularly after first seeing the warmth and kindness of 13, but at the same time, I love the humor, especially when the Doctor gets into a cranky argument with someone else. I do find it strange how Clara pops in and out on the adventures and otherwise tends to her regular job as a teacher since I thought most companions are regularly on adventures with the Doctor
Something else I noticed, especially after watching 13, is that he doesn't always seem particularly interested in other people's safety. He seems more interested in what alien baddie is lurking about. At the same time, I thought #10 (Tennant) wasn't always so keen on helping other people at the risk of his own. He majorly hesitated to help Donna's granddad(??) at the risk of his own life in Tennant's last episode
I'm still early in his first season, so we'll see how things go
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It sounds more like what if and conjecture for now and still very much in the rumor stages. But the show has done split seasons before so hopefully things will get worked out. I hope Jodie watches out for the bigger picture and doesn't just follow Chibnall if he leaves out of blind loyalty. This is a role of a lifetime for a British actor and especially with playing the first female Doctor
As an American, I still don't understand why it takes so long to make a season of this show. Even the various Star Trek shows managed to make 22-24 episodes in a season and they too were scifi with a lot of effects.
Season 11: Spoilers and Speculation Discussion
in Doctor Who
There are rumors that the foe in the New Year's special will be Daleks