Official Doctor Who Thread

Started by Old Man Whirly!181 pages

Originally posted by Badabing
I'm not liking season 9 nearly as much as the previous seasons.
the decline was marked with Capaldi, it was the writing, not him. I don't think he got a fair crack of the whip.

Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
the decline was marked with Capaldi, it was the writing, not him. I don't think he got a fair crack of the whip.
Capaldi seems to be doing all he can for the character and show.

Capaldi was an amazing Doctor, which is a testament to his skills cause I just really didn't like Moffat storylines. It's why Smith is probably my least favorite of the NuWho. Smith was relatively new, so he couldn't make me like him while disliking most of everything else except Rory Pond being like my 3rd favorite companion. Capaldi has been great in all 3 of his roles in DWuniverse.

Yeah, we all agree Capaldi wasn't the problem.

Season 10 isn't looking promising. I may restart the series. mmm

Edit: Brit Box has all the original Doctor Who episodes.

Originally posted by Badabing
Season 10 isn't looking promising. I may restart the series. mmm

Edit: Brit Box has all the original Doctor Who episodes.

yeah l, it actually improves when the girl becomes the Doctor believe it or not.

Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
yeah l, it actually improves when the girl becomes the Doctor believe it or not.
I'll give her at least 1 season. The show and writers still deserve credit for last so long.

Originally posted by Badabing
I'll give her at least 1 season. The show and writers still deserve credit for last so long.
Go with the latest 6 episode season "Flux", it"s self contained. I enjoyed it very much.

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a39016893/doctor-who-flux-gamble/

Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
Go with the latest 6 episode season "Flux", it"s self contained. I enjoyed it very much.

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a39016893/doctor-who-flux-gamble/

Thanks for the heads up. I'm deciding whether to get Brit Box and stream the original Doctor Who series. Otherwise, the prospect of downloading several hundred episodes is daunting.

Originally posted by Badabing
Thanks for the heads up. I'm deciding whether to get Brit Box and stream the original Doctor Who series. Otherwise, the prospect of downloading several hundred episodes is daunting.
yeah Bada, for me the Hartnell and Troughton stuff is too dated. Except zoe (Wendy padbury) was serious english rose wank material. Pertwee and Baker were my Doctors as a kid and I still think had the best writing of the original series.

Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
yeah Bada, for me the Hartnell and Troughton stuff is too dated. Except zoe (Wendy padbury) was serious english rose wank material. Pertwee and Baker were my Doctors as a kid and I still think had the best writing of the original series.
Jodie Whittaker seems very likable. I like her take on the doctor too. A bit mad scientist and zany genius mixed. I think she does as well as she can with the stories.

Originally posted by Badabing
Jodie Whittaker seems very likable. I like her take on the doctor too. A bit mad scientist and zany genius mixed. I think she does as well as she can with the stories.
Agree all round, I think she seems lovely... in a crazy neighbour way.

Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
Agree all round, I think she seems lovely... in a crazy neighbour way.
I thought I was going to hate her. For some reason I thought she was like Brie Larson.

Originally posted by Badabing
I thought I was going to hate her. For some reason I thought she was like Brie Larson.
Nah, she's lovely. Honestly nothing Dodgy about her tbh.
It's like you know, way back in the 90's for a short time Valiant replaced XO with a girl... no one cared, because the stories were good. She's actually a good Doctor. It's a bit weird I mean if I ****ed her would I be ****ing Tom Baker by proxy, truthfully, I wouldn't care, she's friendly, fun snd likeable. She does look a bit like Brie Larson i guess, who if I'm honest I fancy the pants off too, great ass. 😂

Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
Nah, she's lovely. Honestly nothing Dodgy about her tbh.
It's like you know, way back in the 90's for a short time Valiant replaced XO with a girl... no one cared, because the stories were good. She's actually a good Doctor. It's a bit weird I mean if I ****ed her would I be ****ing Tom Baker by proxy, truthfully, I wouldn't care, she's friendly, fun snd likeable. She does look a bit like Brie Larson i guess, who if I'm honest I fancy the pants off too, great ass. 😂
I don't know where I got a negative vibe from? I've never seen her in anything else.

I'm not 100% familiar with Doctor Who lore, so I don't know if the Doctor being a woman goes against any established canon. But I like Jodie Whittaker's Doctor.

It's a time travel show. If the lore was messed up they can always retcon it.

Originally posted by Badabing
I don't know where I got a negative vibe from? I've never seen her in anything else.

I'm not 100% familiar with Doctor Who lore, so I don't know if the Doctor being a woman goes against any established canon. But I like Jodie Whittaker's Doctor.

It's a time travel show. If the lore was messed up they can always retcon it.

I honestly at this point give up on Canon, It's like Star Wars, fans pick their cannon almost.

I first became aware of Jodie here: YouTube video

But the dirty old man aspect of my persona is well known here by now 🙂 She was Beverley. Mostly, in the red top!

Season 10 was my least favorite. I see Jodie Whittaker gets some hate from Youtube reviewers, mainly because of the writing, if that makes sense. I think she's done the best she can given the writing. Same as Capaldi.

Originally posted by Badabing
Season 10 was my least favorite. I see Jodie Whittaker gets some hate from Youtube reviewers, mainly because of the writing, if that makes sense. I think she's done the best she can given the writing. Same as Capaldi.
Exactly, this will be her last season coming up. Then a big reboot is coming. RTD returns and **** what the haters say he gets Dr Who.

Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
Go with the latest 6 episode season "Flux", it"s self contained. I enjoyed it very much.

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a39016893/doctor-who-flux-gamble/

I watched those episodes once. There was so much happening that I need to rewatch them again.

I generally liked the episodes. My biggest gripe is that The Doctor almost seemed like a background character because the story was so dense. I would have liked The Doctor to have been more prominent.

It's a minor gripe against an otherwise good story arc.

Originally posted by Badabing
I watched those episodes once. There was so much happening that I need to rewatch them again.

I generally liked the episodes. My biggest gripe is that The Doctor almost seemed like a background character because the story was so dense. I would have liked The Doctor to have been more prominent.

It's a minor gripe against an otherwise good story arc.

Yeah, I agree Flux was a wacky head trip. Too much going on, no simple point of reference, very good mind you!