Doctor Who - Series 11 (Part 1)

[Malcy]

There's a whiff of Moffats attempted quirky dialogue off that. Hopefully it's good though.

[daf]

Quirky and sassy!

This seems a bit 'Legz Akimbo' to me - subtle it down Chinballs!

[Replies From View]

Hopefully the fact that she's female won't be laboured over more than that.

And hopefully the blue background is particular to this scene rather than a continuation of the teal and orange thing.  No point having those fancy new cameras if you're just going to flatten everything to those two colours.

[Gulftastic]

Someone post it to Daily Motion or something, please.

[Small Man Big Horse]

Someone post it to Daily Motion or something, please.

It keeps on popping up on youtube but only lasts about five minutes before the bbc take it down. It's worth doing a search though as people keep on re-upping it.

[Norton Canes]

This any good?

[Robot DeNiro]

It's hard to tell from such a short clip but the performance seems good while the dialogue feels tired. I'm sure in the classic series all the Doctors were written differently, but from Tennant onwards they've all been the same. For me that ruined Capaldi's tenure as much as anything else *cough* Clara.

[olliebean]

There's a whiff of Moffats attempted quirky dialogue off that. Hopefully it's good though.

Felt more Tennant-ish to me, particularly at the end after the tongue business. Also a hint of Eccleston, although that might just be the similar accent.

[Gulftastic]

This any good?

Cheers, NC.

[Mister Six]

Felt more Tennant-ish to me, particularly at the end after the tongue business. Also a hint of Eccleston, although that might just be the similar accent.

Aye. It's nowhere near as bad as I was expecting, I'm glad to say. Still feels like an echo of better writers' earlier works, but maybe I'm being too harsh.

Looking forward to the Doctor having some more meaty, emotional stuff to work through. Not looking forward to the wanky woke article about how she's now a manic pixie dream girl based on that one scene.

[Alberon]

Clearly still in a post-regeneration muddle, so its hard to pin down her Doctor from that, but I like what little I saw.

[Shaky]

It's hard to tell from such a short clip but the performance seems good while the dialogue feels tired. I'm sure in the classic series all the Doctors were written differently, but from Tennant onwards they've all been the same. For me that ruined Capaldi's tenure as much as anything else *cough* Clara.

Yeah, she's very likeable but that dialogue and delivery... hmmmm. While it makes a certain amount of sense for the Doctor to have some of the same mannerisms & foibles each regenerative cycle it's really starting to seem like lazy shorthand now.

However, only a tiny piece of footage and all that.

[Norton Canes]

Goodness only knows what dialogue is going to accompany this scene...

[Replies From View]

Is that her sonic screwdriver?

A pink-light sonic screwdriver?  Please let's not.


Meanwhile, I am mainly thinking:

In a good way, though.  I like the goggles look.

[daf]

A pink-light sonic screwdriver?  Please let's not.

Particularly as it now looks like a 'dog's lipstick'!

[Thomas]

A pink-light sonic screwdriver?  Please let's not.

It might be red. The lighting, however, is orange. Really goes with the blue of the leaked clip, don't you think?

[Gulftastic]

The goggles are a bit tank girl/whatever Kate McKinnon was called in Ghostbusters. I like them, and I suspect the legions of cosplayers gearing up for upcoming cons will too.

[Deanjam]

The goggles are a bit tank girl/whatever Kate McKinnon was called in Ghostbusters. I like them, and I suspect the legions of cosplayers gearing up for upcoming cons will too.

Available from BBC shop for just £299.99.

[Jerzy Bondov]

That new Sonic Screwdriver looks abysmal. Just get rid of the fucking thing again PLEASE.

Apparently the full trailer leaked (this is where the screwdriver shots are from) including some shots of new Daleks but I've not found anything yet.

[mothman]

New Daleks? Because that worked so well last time.

[Namtab]

That new Sonic Screwdriver looks abysmal. Just get rid of the fucking thing again PLEASE.

Apparently the full trailer leaked (this is where the screwdriver shots are from) including some shots of new Daleks but I've not found anything yet.

Huh? Where did you hear this?

[Replies From View]

New Daleks? Because that worked so well last time.

Well, if they do it properly they might wash away the taste of last time.

We can't be stuck with the RTD ones much longer; it's silly.

[Replies From View]

That new Sonic Screwdriver looks abysmal. Just get rid of the fucking thing again PLEASE.

The fact that they've obviously sat around and thought up ways to make it not resemble a dildo is quite an amusing thought, though.  I mean they clearly would have had meetings about that, wouldn't they.  So imagine it!

[mothman]

Well, if they do it properly they might wash away the taste of last time.

We can't be stuck with the RTD ones much longer; it's silly.

But how much can they change without going too far? The Megane Daleks were crap anyway, it wasn't just that they were new.

[mothman]

The fact that they've obviously sat around and thought up ways to make it not resemble a dildo is quite an amusing thought, though.  I mean they clearly would have had meetings about that, wouldn't they.  So imagine it!

Bet they had lots of pages of sex toy listings printed out from Ann Summers or Lovehoney or whatever and stuck on the wall with a big sign saying NOT LIKE THIS.

[Replies From View]

But how much can they change without going too far? The Megane Daleks were crap anyway, it wasn't just that they were new.

The Moffat 2010 redesign got it wrong by changing the silhouette/outline/whatever it's called.  If they hadn't fattened it up and given it a hump it would have been a welcome addition to the Dalek household regardless of the colours and materials.  They changed the shape of it for the Adventure Games, and it looked instantly fine.  Tons of red soldier Daleks; marvellous.

Considering all the versions between 1963 and 2005, including the Cushing movie versions, it should be possible to get it right again.  How about gunmetal grey/silver with fewer fiddly details than the RTD copper and bronze ones?  That might sound just like the 1963 grey ones on paper, but those don't really resemble metal.

[Blinder Data]

Getting Tennant vibes. Hmmmm. Silly to base opinions on that tiny clip but my enthusiasm hasn't increased

Also, train geek time - were they walking through the mk3 carriage of an intercity 125?

[Malcy]

New composer revealed as Segun Akinola.

https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-06-26/new-doctor-who-composer-revealed-for-jodie-whittakers-first-series-2/

[purlieu]

Well, that's not who I'd been told. I shall have to track down my source...

[mothman]

Sounds good. Though I'm beginning to wonder when the social injustice warriors will announce a funding drive to reshoot series 11 in a way that better suits the misogynistic racist virgin mindset.