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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2017 14:43:37 GMT
Anyone would think women made up about 15% of the population by the amount of representation some people expect us to get.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2017 17:24:22 GMT
In reply to a few of the earlier posts - I suggested maybe updating the Sonic Screwdriver in view of how Missy had the umbrella. I'm sure that Jodie is very useful with a powertool in her hand.
I don't expect her costume has probably been finalised yet, has to be different but practical for her to do the action sequences in.
As regards the nude photos, I don't see what is the reason for publishing them, fair play Jodie is an attractive lady and has a nice body. But Tom Baker has done nude roles, so has Tennant, Smith etc. Colin Baker was topless in the jungle a few years back. Jodie's topless scene in Venus was very well done and was merited in the storyline, I haven't seen the other roles the screengrabs are from.
As regards age Jodie at 35 isn't the youngest Dr by a long way - Matt Smith was 27, Peter Davidson barely 30, David Tennant was 34, Paul McGann was 36/37, Tom Baker was only 40 when he took on the role so Jodie is in the perfect ballpark age wise.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2017 17:30:18 GMT
Having a woman on the £10 bank note was a result of a campaign: the woman who spearheaded this got death threats on social media as a result www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25641941 |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2017 18:15:00 GMT
The "death threat" thing is astonishing. I know of a writer for a TV show who received death threats for writing the "wrong" ending for an episode. Don't the people who send these threats stop to think "I'm saying that someone should die over this incredibly unimportant matter. This is not a sane reaction"?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2017 23:59:51 GMT
Anyone know the likely timeline for Jodie's first series to air - will they do next spring or might it wait until autumn 2018. I'm not keen in the 18 month breaks between series they often do or splitting series in two as they did with Matt Smith's 2nd and 3rd series. I'd happily reduce number of episodes her series to say 8 to ensure you got a series every year.
Also how about Phoebe Waller-Bridge as the companion, they have used well known people before like Catherine Tate and Jodie and Phoebe could be a intergalactic version of Cagney and Lacey or Tess and Claudia minus Northern accent and too much black mascara.
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Post by d'James on Jul 20, 2017 0:06:13 GMT
Anyone know the likely timeline for Jodie's first series to air - will they do next spring or might it wait until autumn 2018. I'm not keen in the 18 month breaks between series they often do or splitting series in two as they did with Matt Smith's 2nd and 3rd series. I'd happily reduce number of episodes her series to say 8 to ensure you got a series every year. Also how about Phoebe Waller-Bridge as the companion, they have used well known people before like Catherine Tate and Jodie and Phoebe could be a intergalactic version of Cagney and Lacey or Tess and Claudia minus Northern accent and too much black mascara. I'd be so much more excited if Phoebe was the new Doctor. Maybe it's an obvious choice. I do trust everyone else who's seen Jodie in other things who say that she's great. As for them working together, it could work. Not convinced myself though. I'd be very interested in them doing an older (say, over fifty) companion. The wonder and disbelief could be mesmerising. A mother/son companion combination could work alongside any Doctor and I'd like to see it. |
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Post by amybenson on Jul 20, 2017 6:29:26 GMT
Anyone know the likely timeline for Jodie's first series to air - will they do next spring or might it wait until autumn 2018. I'm not keen in the 18 month breaks between series they often do or splitting series in two as they did with Matt Smith's 2nd and 3rd series. I'd happily reduce number of episodes her series to say 8 to ensure you got a series every year. It's still unclear. The filming is said to begin in October and November, which makes spring start unlikely, unless they do a split season and broadcast half in spring and half in autumn. At the moment it looks like it'll air in late summer-early autumn 2018. But there is a rumour about reducing number of episodes to 10 and even about a possible Easter special. At the moment it's all just speculation. |
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Post by Backdrifter on Jul 20, 2017 9:28:19 GMT
A bit late in to this, I'm not sure if all the brouhaha/kerfuffle/furore has died down, it might already have been mentioned but it's slightly irksome there are so many references in social media to "fanboy" rage. There is plenty of it, but I've seen loads of similarly negative whiny reactions from women.
While I've liked Capaldi I've recently felt the show as a whole is in need of not just the new start of a regeneration but a general all-round kick up the rear end. A female Doctor will go some way to achieving that but it will need strong stories and scripts and, I feel, a jarringly, maybe shockingly different kind of companion. It'll be really disappointing if the automatic reaction is to have a male Bill or a fresh-faced Clara-boy. Whatever happens there though, I do hope that really is the end of Bill as I found her very annoying.
A new showrunner is of course also a good thing on paper but I've heard a number of fans saying they don't rate Chibnall and have low expectations.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2017 16:58:16 GMT
An Easter Special to give Jodie's Dr time to develop her persona and introduce any new companions would make sense as she'll only likely appear at end of Xmas Special. Then the following episode can kick on with the storylines. A 10 episode series would make sense then we should be able to get a series every year at same time. I had no problem with them taking a year off or just doing specials for one year like they did in Tennant's last year but other times series should be in roughly same space each year,
Chibnall has done a lot of Torchwood and has written for Dr Who before so I feel he'll be a good choice. We might see John Barrowman back as Cpt Jack given Torchwood link and a two Dr storyline with David Tennant must be a possibility in due course given the Broadchurch links.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2017 9:08:33 GMT
I think it would be clever if Chris Chibnall manages to squeeze in a guest star from 'Broadchurch' into each episode every week.
Like Johnny Bailey.
And Johnny Bailey.
And Johnny Bailey.
And Johnny Bailey.
Oh and perhaps Johnny Bailey.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2017 9:27:01 GMT
Well, now that we have a female Doctor, there's plenty of scope for a male full-time Companion, so make sure you wish REALLY HARD, Ryan. And no innuendo on my use of the term "really hard", if you please.  |
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Post by mistressjojo on Jul 24, 2017 9:38:42 GMT
I think it would be clever if Chris Chibnall manages to squeeze in a guest star from 'Broadchurch' into each episode every week. Like Johnny Bailey. And Johnny Bailey. And Johnny Bailey. And Johnny Bailey. Oh and perhaps Johnny Bailey Jonathan Bailey was already a guest in a 2014 episode. So you'll have to hope for a Steven Moffat written episode for his character to return. Unless he wears a monster outfit, but that would defeat the purpose for Ryan . Wouldn't it?  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2017 9:41:10 GMT
Ah, but Freema Agyeman and Karen Gillan both played guest roles before being cast as full-time companions (and I suppose you could probably count Catherine Tate here too, even though her guest role and companion role were the same), so there's precedent for his return.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2017 9:42:00 GMT
I think it would be clever if Chris Chibnall manages to squeeze in a guest star from 'Broadchurch' into each episode every week. Like Johnny Bailey. And Johnny Bailey. And Johnny Bailey. And Johnny Bailey. Oh and perhaps Johnny Bailey Jonathan Bailey was already a guest in a 2014 episode. So you'll have to hope for a Steven Moffat written episode for his character to return. Unless he wears a monster outfit, but that would defeat the purpose for Ryan . Wouldn't it? Peter Capaldi did a guest turn before his turn as The Doctor. Anything is possible in the Who world. |
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Post by mistressjojo on Jul 24, 2017 9:58:11 GMT
Well okay yes, actors do re=appear as different characters. Which can work as long as it's explained ( Freema played Martha's cousin Adeola originally. Eve Myles played Gwen's 19th century ancestor before she became Gwen Cooper)
I was talking about Jonathan returning as his original character.
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Post by alison on Jul 24, 2017 12:14:28 GMT
I think it would be clever if Chris Chibnall manages to squeeze in a guest star from 'Broadchurch' into each episode every week. Like Johnny Bailey. And Johnny Bailey. And Johnny Bailey. And Johnny Bailey. Oh and perhaps Johnny Bailey. Good actor, charismatic, and very easy on the eye ... I'm on board that train. Also gives very good hugs.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2017 13:19:46 GMT
Good actor, charismatic, and very easy on the eye ... I'm on board that train. Also gives very good hugs. You've had a hug from Johnny B? Hurrumph. You may leave this forum now. Collect your things on the way out. You needn't come back.  |
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Post by alison on Jul 24, 2017 17:33:07 GMT
Good actor, charismatic, and very easy on the eye ... I'm on board that train. Also gives very good hugs. You've had a hug from Johnny B? Hurrumph. You may leave this forum now. Collect your things on the way out. You needn't come back. First preview of The Last 5 Years at St James last year. I would say sorry, but I'm really not. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 8:36:10 GMT
Bradley Walsh! Now there's a turn up for the books. Three new companions for La Whittaker apparently. I'm sorry, who? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 8:43:13 GMT
Two Hollyoaks alumni then...I guess the Yoof might know them? (Do Yoof watch Hollyoaks? I've no idea it's a soap that's passed me by) anyway I quite like this mix of folks in the Tardis it means if one isn't great then there's a possibility of liking the others!
Also Sharon D Clarke is pretty damn cool. Bradley...may surprise us.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 8:47:50 GMT
Bradley...may surprise us. He may well do. In a way he's quite similar to Catherine Tate joining the show as a companion, being an actor that's already well established and look what happened there. Donna turned out to be the best companion ever. Yep, said it. EVER! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 8:52:43 GMT
Bradley...may surprise us. He may well do. In a way he's quite similar to Catherine Tate joining the show as a companion, being an actor that's already well established and look what happened there. Donna turned out to be the best companion ever. Yep, said it. EVER! Damn right Donna is the BEST EVER. I will fight anyone on that too. And who knows, I don't dislike Bradley Walsh, and he might be dare I say it quite fun? we've had a lot of terribly serious companion stories in the last few years so I'm fine if he's also a bit of light relief! (maybe don't sing though Brad eh? not in the first season) |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 8:54:53 GMT
Anyone who disagrees with the factual statement that Donna Noble is the best companion ever is an idiot, even if it's Russell T Davies with his extreme Rose favouritism.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 9:06:39 GMT
Anyone who disagrees with the factual statement that Donna Noble is the best companion ever is an idiot, even if it's Russell T Davies with his extreme Rose favouritism. Rusty T knows the truth in his heart. And if he doesn't we'll collectively (metaphorically) slap the truth into him. Rose who? there's only one Queen of the Tardis. |
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Post by vdcni on Oct 23, 2017 9:38:13 GMT
I'll go along with Donna being the best companion of the modern series but not of the whole run! That would be Barbara Wright.
It does seem that the new team are determined to shake things up and the show needed it so looking forward to seeing how it goes.
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