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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #50 on: May 14, 2024, 01:22:47 PM »
Or Reece Shearsmith, who played Troughton as the second Doctor in 'An Adventure in Space and Time'.


Possibly Harry Melling, Troughton's grandson, who was Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter films would be a good bit of casting.
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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #51 on: May 14, 2024, 06:43:57 PM »
I iterate that perhaps the time for you to stop spouting bollocks that you imagine to be witty has come. One fairly duff episode doesn't mean that DW has had its day.
Carrying on trying to be funny when you're not IS comedic...
In fact most careers in comedy are built on it...
I refer you to previous posts concerning atheist comedians and Milton Jones, illness, agents and pre-recovery performance.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #52 on: May 15, 2024, 07:11:33 PM »

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« Reply #53 on: May 16, 2024, 04:11:49 PM »
Article on Dr Who and inclusivity (what the Mail-reading trolls sneeringly call "wokeness"). It might also have mentioned increasing awareness of disability - the new TARDIS is obviously accessible, and the new recurring character Shirley Bingham (Ruth Madeley) uses a wheelchair. There's another new recurring character due to appear soon who has a form of dwarfism.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/sorry-straight-white-men-doctor-who-was-never-made-just-for-you/ar-BB1mhLBa
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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #54 on: May 18, 2024, 10:59:08 AM »
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Before we work on Artificial Intelligence shouldn't we address the problem of natural stupidity.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #55 on: May 18, 2024, 03:55:22 PM »
Watched Boom, conscious not to leave any spoilers, sweeties. Thought it easily best of series so far. Quite flabby writing at the end, more fortune cookie than anything meaningful. Bit preachy. Good performance from Gatwa, and good interplay with Gibson. Interesting character introduction .

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« Reply #56 on: May 18, 2024, 07:02:22 PM »
Just discovered that Ncuti is pronounced "Shooti"
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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #57 on: May 18, 2024, 07:18:40 PM »
Just discovered that Ncuti is pronounced "Shooti"
Unless you hear it, it's not an obvious guess.

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« Reply #58 on: May 18, 2024, 08:19:53 PM »
Dull and preachy.

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« Reply #59 on: May 19, 2024, 09:15:46 AM »
Having had a little time to think about it, while it remains the best of the series, all of the problems,  with it seem to revolve around:





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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #60 on: May 19, 2024, 10:34:53 AM »
Watched Boom, conscious not to leave any spoilers, sweeties. Thought it easily best of series so far. Quite flabby writing at the end, more fortune cookie than anything meaningful. Bit preachy. Good performance from Gatwa, and good interplay with Gibson. Interesting character introduction.

Agreed, and given the background of more explicit American involvement and American market-targetting, definitely some phrases and elements aimed at (and against) sections of the American populace, I thought.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #61 on: May 21, 2024, 02:21:41 PM »
A bit of shameless name-dropping for you here. I belong to a FB group called "Dr Who Family". I mainly just read other people's theories on there but I did post after I watched "The Devils Chord". This was my post:

I only watched The Devils Chord yesterday evening so I'm still absorbing it. I must admit at the end I was a little bit WTF have I just seen, but there is so much going on underneath the surface that I can't dismiss it. Remember there's always a twist at the end. Looking forward to seeing Moffat's episode.

Imagine my surprise when the below "like" appeared:


Before we work on Artificial Intelligence shouldn't we address the problem of natural stupidity.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #62 on: May 21, 2024, 02:37:16 PM »
A bit of shameless name-dropping for you here. I belong to a FB group called "Dr Who Family". I mainly just read other people's theories on there but I did post after I watched "The Devils Chord". This was my post:

I only watched The Devils Chord yesterday evening so I'm still absorbing it. I must admit at the end I was a little bit WTF have I just seen, but there is so much going on underneath the surface that I can't dismiss it. Remember there's always a twist at the end. Looking forward to seeing Moffat's episode.

Imagine my surprise when the below "like" appeared:
He's such a huge fan of the show.

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« Reply #63 on: May 21, 2024, 02:41:07 PM »
A bit of shameless name-dropping for you here. I belong to a FB group called "Dr Who Family". I mainly just read other people's theories on there but I did post after I watched "The Devils Chord". This was my post:

I only watched The Devils Chord yesterday evening so I'm still absorbing it. I must admit at the end I was a little bit WTF have I just seen, but there is so much going on underneath the surface that I can't dismiss it. Remember there's always a twist at the end. Looking forward to seeing Moffat's episode.

Imagine my surprise when the below "like" appeared:
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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #64 on: May 23, 2024, 08:14:44 AM »
Liking the look and sound of 73 Yards, this week's episode, with Siān Phillips.
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« Reply #65 on: May 25, 2024, 05:12:09 PM »
Just watched '73 yards'  - the best yet. In fact, each one so far has been better than the last.
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« Reply #66 on: May 26, 2024, 09:01:29 AM »
Just watched '73 yards'  - the best yet. In fact, each one so far has been better than the last.
I mainly agree with that. I thought the first two were dreadful but for slightly different reasons. Last week's was better but flawed because of the huge plot holes. This week was well done, if an episode of Inside No 9 crossed with Years and Years, and enjoyable, and an allowable huge plot hole.
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« Reply #67 on: May 26, 2024, 12:17:40 PM »
Just watched '73 yards'  - the best yet. In fact, each one so far has been better than the last.

Which doesn't say a lot. Don't think this episode's story made sense. A key feature was people running away and shunning Ruby when they had spoken to her older self - but why?

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« Reply #68 on: May 26, 2024, 01:28:15 PM »
Which doesn't say a lot. Don't think this episode's story made sense. A key feature was people running away and shunning Ruby when they had spoken to her older self - but why?
That's the allowable plot hole in this for me as long as it and indeed the Doctor's disappearance get explained later. It's obvious that there's a lot of resolution needed, and I suspect some of it may carry on to the second series.

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« Reply #69 on: May 26, 2024, 02:47:44 PM »
Which doesn't say a lot. Don't think this episode's story made sense. A key feature was people running away and shunning Ruby when they had spoken to her older self - but why?
Good question, which will no doubt be answered, Who-style, in a later episode.
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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #70 on: May 26, 2024, 04:34:17 PM »
If it is answered later then fair enough but as it stands it means I can't say I liked the episode.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #71 on: May 26, 2024, 06:34:35 PM »
 Does anyone else think that the early scene in the pub was a deliberate reference to the opening scene of 'An American Werewolf in London', or am I reading too much into it?
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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #72 on: May 26, 2024, 06:38:08 PM »
Does anyone else think that the early scene in the pub was a deliberate reference to the opening scene of 'An American Werewolf in London', or am I reading too much into it?
Definitely was.

When watching the people running away after the ghost Ruby spoke to them, I kept on thinking of this but not sure that was deliberate


https://youtu.be/Qklvh5Cp_Bs?si=IluCiclMHvJq86T6

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« Reply #73 on: May 26, 2024, 09:37:58 PM »
If it is answered later then fair enough but as it stands it means I can't say I liked the episode.
Apparently RTD has said it won't be revealed and the audience can fill in what it thinks. Which if he is being truthful makes the episode a lot worse.

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« Reply #74 on: May 27, 2024, 07:50:03 AM »
Apparently RTD has said it won't be revealed and the audience can fill in what it thinks. Which if he is being truthful makes the episode a lot worse.

That's ridiculous. Where has he said that?

Edit: I see on Doctor Who unleashed Davies says he won't be explaining what was said and why people ran away.
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