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I know it’s a light comedy skit for charity, but I really didn’t enjoy that at all. The tone, the music, the performances…none of it bodes particularly well.
Trying not to get my hopes too down, but I was like "Oh yeah, this seems like the stuff I found cringey watching series 1 in 2006."I know it’s a light comedy skit for charity, but I really didn’t enjoy that at all. The tone, the music, the performances…none of it bodes particularly well.
Big Finish will be way ahead of that!Do you think Nicholas Briggs is counting the days until Fourteen regenerates just so he can start producing multi-Doctor stories starring only David Tennant?
"FROM BIG FINISH PRODUCTIONS...Big Finish will be way ahead of that!
Using a Briggs written script
I don't feel like any of them quite sound like it did on TV, though, which was... pretty much like older ones.To operate the screwdriver--press and hold for soundFX.
There are five modes to access, so for extra FX:
Double tap and hold.
Triple tap and hold.
Quadruple tap and hold.
Quintuple tap and hold.
It is not possible to get BBC One with your provider where you live?Gonna be tough avoiding spoilers until the middle of next month when Spectrum is allegedly giving all subscribers Disney+.
Not in the States, no. I could go the VPN route to watch on iPlayer, but I'm far too lazy for that, haha.It is not possible to get BBC One with your provider where you live?
He's shamelessly been that way since 2006. His run - especially when he was the one writing the episode - was always campy and cheesy. For a lot of people it's the right sweet spot for this sort of show, for me it crosses into cringey at times. But I take it for how well done the characters and their relationships are.“I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards.” - RTD, 2023
Hahaha.“I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards.” - RTD, 2023
I agree. It felt very....hamfisted? The whole "binary, and now non-binary" line at the end particularly didn't make a lick of sense. It's like your supportive Aunt bursting onto the scene without really understanding what's going on.Just watched The Star Beast…
I enjoyed the episode, and it’s great to have Doctor Who back again…but I really did not care for how they handled the trans stuff in the plot. And I say this as a non-binary trans person myself. Just felt really sloppy and didn’t really make much sense. I absolutely love the fact that we got a trans actress playing an in-universe trans character, and it is great to see the show being so unashamed to feature trans characters and concepts so openly—especially with how disgustingly transphobic the BBC has been—but I just feel like the execution was really poor or even misguided. Honestly I’m starting to worry about this more now with RTD, because he totally fumbled the Thirteen-to-Fourteen regeneration scene too by bizarrely not allowing Fourteen to wear Thirteen’s clothes and then giving the most absurd, out of touch reason to defend his decision. Like, I had hoped that the queer representation would get even better with RTD back, yet so far it’s been really shaky. I still can’t get over the whole regeneration costume thing and how ridiculous that was…
I'll be honest, it's a nice (and very necessary!) message, but when the "male-presenting Time Lord" line came up, I just lost it. That felt like a bit too much.“I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards.” - RTD, 2023
Exactly. It feels like they didn’t even consult any actual trans/non-binary people when writing this script, which is very strange considering they had Yasmin Finney. Like, that scene acted as if her character was non-binary, and to be fair she totally could be, but there was absolutely no set up for that and nothing seems to suggest she was anything but binary trans, so that whole non-binary part just came across as a fundamental misunderstanding of what non-binary is and conflating it and trans to be one and the same. Plus, y’know, the whole thing just didn’t really make any sense at all. The comment about the Doctor not being able to understand as a male-presenting Doctor was also very…not good, especially considering this comes right after the Doctor wasn’t a man. Kinda spits in the face of the Doctor’s technically genderfluid identity across regenerations.I agree. It felt very....hamfisted? The whole "binary, and now non-binary" line at the end particularly didn't make a lick of sense. It's like your supportive Aunt bursting onto the scene without really understanding what's going on.
I'm not trans and don't have a lick of an idea of the exact goings on of the subject. But Rose is a trans woman and never claimed to be non binary, everyone (well nearly everyone) treats her as a woman and everyone call her Donna's daughter... So where does this non binary stuff exactly slot into this? I genuinely had no issues with any of the episode until that moment from Donna's supposed death and everything afterwards.I agree. It felt very....hamfisted? The whole "binary, and now non-binary" line at the end particularly didn't make a lick of sense. It's like your supportive Aunt bursting onto the scene without really understanding what's going on.
Honestly, I kinda like that it's projecting an interface now, makes its role as a sort of omni-tool a bit more believable, better than just pretending to see anything on the small (and in a lot of revisions non existing) display. Just the projecting a shield was a bit much for my liking. But I'm a grumpy old man who yearns for another "The Visitations" where they just burn that damn thing to a crisp for a couple seasonsMostly liked the episode, but what's up with the Sonic being more overpower then ever before, even more so than during the 13th era. Also the whole: "If you were still a woman." had me rolling my eyes...
I always figured the Doctor looking at the Sonic was a linking mechanism as to how the older Docs would establish contact with each other, not literally looking at a display but sharing a mental link with each other. But man, I'm with you on that page of the Visitation. Kill the fucking thing already and have the Doctor go by his wits for a while before bringing it back or just deadlock the actual Sonic for all I care. Just get rid of it for a few series, please!Honestly, I kinda like that it's projecting an interface now, makes its role as a sort of omni-tool a bit more believable, better than just pretending to see anything on the small (and in a lot of revisions non existing) display. Just the projecting a shield was a bit much for my liking. But I'm a grumpy old man who yearns for another "The Visitations" where they just burn that damn thing to a crisp for a couple seasons
I feel like the Doctor is resourceful enough this would be hard to pull off believably. Thirteen was dumped on Earth without anything but the clothes on her back and had a replacement built within an episode. But I did enjoy how she had to make do those first few episodes without the TARDIS, and thought it would've been fun if that chase had gone on a bit longer.But man, I'm with you on that page of the Visitation. Kill the fucking thing already and have the Doctor go by his wits for a while before bringing it back or just deadlock the actual Sonic for all I care. Just get rid of it for a few series, please!
Honestly, most stories can be put on without much of an issue in terms of having it connecting to another. Yes, there are storylines throughout certain sets, but you don't need all the context to appreciate it. The only thing I'd recommend to listening in order are the eight Doctor monthly adventures until at least 51 (Scherzo), though it's not required, it does enhance the story until this point. Separate stories such as: Doctor Who Monthly (with other Doctors) The Diary of River Song, Torchwood Monthly, Class or the (insert number here) Doctor Adventures, go and listen to whatever you feel like. I recently bought the Tenth Doctor Dalek Universe trilogy and Out of Time, and without any context, they're still terrific stories.Big Finish is possibly more intimidating to get into than the show. Both have hundreds of episodes, but at least the TV show has a pretty straightforward chronological order and only a handful of spinoff shows. While Big Finish has all kinds of different lines and subseries and new stories from any point in any particular Doctor's existence might release at any time. I've listened to a handful I got from Humble Bundles, but are there any particular recommendations on places to start? Or just choose a character I like and see what they've got for them?
Pick a Character/Doctor and look what they got or what interests you isn't too bad an idea, though especially the newer releases do get pretty expensive. For McGann there just recently was a sort of soft-reset with a new companion in "In the Bleack Midwinter", though you can also start with the original Storm Warning (which is his first outing on BiFi), Blood of the Daleks (new companion, new story format) or Dark Eyes (another new companion and story format). Just like on TV, there's usually a couple new jumping on points sprinkled within the releases. I don't think most of the other Doctor's stories have that big heap of continuity though, so you're more open to the "this looks interesting!"-methodBig Finish is possibly more intimidating to get into than the show. Both have hundreds of episodes, but at least the TV show has a pretty straightforward chronological order and only a handful of spinoff shows. While Big Finish has all kinds of different lines and subseries and new stories from any point in any particular Doctor's existence might release at any time. I've listened to a handful I got from Humble Bundles, but are there any particular recommendations on places to start? Or just choose a character I like and see what they've got for them?
Yeah, the green screen stuff wasn't flattering. The whole thing was a bit iffy in that department. Even the double effect felt really cheap, which is mind boggling, since you can super easily just split the image rather than green screening it... But overall, I liked it, though I don't understand the utter secrecy surrounding the episode. It was just an average story episode...Need to rewatch the new episode before having a real opinion. There was a lot of stuff I liked but also a lot of stuff that took me out of it... especially some of the greenscreen was yikes.
Somewhat Midnight with a lot more bells and whistles?
I'm so curious if they're going to acknowledge the change in race and have it be part of the plot throughout the series, or just ignore it (almost) completely like with 13 and ignore what could be an interesting take on the character, reflecting back on themselves.
Curtesy of the new teaser trailer, I think.
Honestly, the former really depends on the writer, though stories that actually make full use of the medium are rare in the newer outputs. Though I generally like to see those as "stories they couldn't do on TV due to budget reasons". The latter is definitely a fair point though (and to be fair, it's kind of in their DNA with coming from old fans wanting more Doctor Who while it wasn't on TV) but it also depends on the story.Personally, I'm not a fan of Big Finish output -- their stories often feel like "TV episodes with the picture obscured," and they rely too much on nostalgia / continuity-porn.
While the double effects looked a bit cheap too, it still was probably better than anything we had on the show before ^^"Even the double effect felt really cheap, which is mind boggling, since you can super easily just split the image rather than green screening it... But overall, I liked it, though I don't understand the utter secrecy surrounding the episode. It was just an average story episode...
I do hope it gets acknowledged and with RTD in charge I kinda expect it to. I get that writers and audience maybe don't want to see the same sing and dance everytime they travel to the past earth or so but I think pretending like the Doctor is still a white man and nothing changing is kind of a disservice.I'm so curious if they're going to acknowledge the change in race and have it be part of the plot throughout the series, or just ignore it (almost) completely like with 13 and ignore what could be an interesting take on the character, reflecting back on themselves.
I can see (no pun intended) where you're coming from, but I personally don't have this issue, but Torchwood absolutely bloody nails the fact that the audio stories are only audio, some of those stories could never be done as a show as it entirely relies on the medium. torchwood_cascade_ CDRip.tor (though it requires Zone 10 to be fully appreciated (and yes, that the actual title)) is a masterclass in how to really use the medium to its full potential. Tropical Beach Sounds and Other Relaxing Seascapes #4 is entirely done as a self help audio tape, though it gets really funky eventually. Restricted Items Archive Entries 031-049 are audio recordings which Ianto is making about the archive.Personally, I'm not a fan of Big Finish output -- their stories often feel like "TV episodes with the picture obscured," and they rely too much on nostalgia / continuity-porn. But among the first 50 releases and the EDA first series, there are some genuinely good-to-great stories, and Shearman deserves to be remembered as one of the best DW writers of all time.
Honestly, the double body stuff was done way better in Series 4, this was just... Bad... Didn't take away from the episode, but man, it was weird to see the effects take such a step back.While the double effects looked a bit cheap too, it still was probably better than anything we had on the show before ^^"
It's bizarre, because it legit pushed the Doctor himself and his and Donnas relationship forward in quite some interesting steps. That certain mention alone had me extremely interested in how Davies is going to handle it forward. Because the way way it was introduced was just absolutely terrible. Though I still hope for a simple: 'Nah, lol, The Master was just fucking with ya!"And yeah, all the secrecy and stuff didn't really do the story any favour, might be due to there actually not happening a whole lot and you can't really tease much without spoiling the whole thing?
I'm personally mostly just apprehensive of the situation after 13. But Davies is no Chibnall, so time will tell and we'll see.I do hope it gets acknowledged and with RTD in charge I kinda expect it to. I get that writers and audience maybe don't want to see the same sing and dance everytime they travel to the past earth or so but I think pretending like the Doctor is still a white man and nothing changing is kind of a disservice.