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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2018 19:07:29 GMT
Starting a new thread now the series has actually started. I'd say consider this a spoiler thread, otherwise we'll never be able to discuss the actual episodes.
"I'm the Doctor" has never felt quite so emotional. I loved it. Not perfect but name me a first show runner episode that was (even Rusty T's and Davey T's) but a solid introduction. I love the leaving behind all the old.
Shout out to Sharon D Clarke for being the utter legend she is. Bradley I really liked too.
And a dypraxic companion. My heart actually couldn't take it. (Us dyslexic/dyspraxics are only ever mocked, for falling off our bikes and the like)
Proper review later, it's all been a bit emotional.
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Post by vdcni on Oct 7, 2018 19:13:24 GMT
Loved it. I wasn't fond of the Moffat era and gave up on it mid way through Capaldi. To me this was a return to the best of the RTD years. Ok the alien plot line wasn't amazing but the characters and script were fun and Whittaker nailed it.
Plus travelling by accident with a bunch of mates, to me much more engaging than the Impossible Girl.
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Post by david on Oct 7, 2018 19:23:09 GMT
A nice opening episode and introduction for Jodie as the new Dr. I was really surprised by Bradley Walsh. I know he has been in Corrie, but when he was first mentioned for DW I wondered whether he would work as a companion in the show. After tonight, I’m actually starting to warm to him. As for the other two companions, it’s nice to see a bit of depth to these characters even after just one episdode.
As for Jodie, I thought she gave a solid performance, even if there were traces of Matt Smith at times. A big shout out for Sharon D Clarke who was brilliant in her role. I would loved to have had her as a kind of reoccurring character in the series.
The writing overall, I thought was solid enough, and certainly better than some of the previous stories that have been shown which were terrible in my opinion ( the moon as an egg episode is definitely one to forget). A promising start to the series. I loved the fact it was based in Yorkshire, it gave us some nice scenery as a backdrop.
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Post by dontdreamit on Oct 7, 2018 19:36:08 GMT
Not a bad start at all. Sharon D Clarke is just awesome in everything she does, so I am hoping that she’ll be back at some point in the season.
It was also the first time of having New Who without Murray Gold and that was ok too. I liked the remixed theme tune, although waited with baited breath to see if the middle 8 was included. It was, and that makes me very happy!
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Post by itsemily on Oct 7, 2018 19:41:56 GMT
Really enjoyed the 1st episode, Jodie Whittaker was great, can't wait to see more from her! Have to be honest this was the first episode I watched since David Tennant left!!
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Post by poster J on Oct 7, 2018 20:08:24 GMT
Well Jodie Whittaker will do nicely! I agree there are echoes of Matt Smith in her portrayal but I don't think that detracts at all, I thought she was fab.
Sharon D Clarke was her usual brilliant self and hopefully they'll go back in time at some point so she can reappear, though I suspect not. I would rather have her as a companion than Bradley Walsh, but he wasn't as irritating as I expected.
Hate the new version of the theme tune, and the Doctor was a bit too preachy at times (too much for one episode anyway), but that didn't detract too much from what was a very strong debut overall I thought.
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Post by shady23 on Oct 7, 2018 21:04:47 GMT
I haven't watched it for years but tuned in out of curiosity and loved it.
Jodie was perfect. Lovely to see such overwhelming positivity online too, instead of all the usual trolling.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 7, 2018 21:19:22 GMT
3.5/5 from me
Grandma death was a bit obvious Liked the charity shop New Sonic looks more sex toy than it should Some things a bit heavyhanded
JW is fine - will see how she develops
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Post by kathryn on Oct 7, 2018 23:21:54 GMT
Rule of thumb is that you have to give a new Doctor 3 episodes to bed in, and I’m not quite sold on JW yet - but she is miles better than Capaldi, who I actively disliked and broke up with after ep 3.
Not quite as good as Tennant (who will always be my Doctor) and Smith just yet, but I saw promising flashes of both of them in there. I’ll be back for more next week.
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Post by shady23 on Oct 8, 2018 6:09:48 GMT
For all you Sharon DC fans, she's in a new BBC drama, Informer, that is airing on October 16th.
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Post by martello736 on Oct 8, 2018 6:43:20 GMT
I mean this was the Sharon D Clarke show really, wasn’t it? She was stunning from start to finish and to be honest I’m gutted Bradley Walsh didn’t die instead so she could go zipping through time and space with Jodie and the crew. I really like Jodie, I agree some of the dialogue was a bit preachy, I kept feeling like they were writing scenes deliberately to go in the trailers because most of her monologues did make it into a trailer or two. Tosin was very good, as was Mandip, Bradley wasn’t bad either. I’ve watched every Who episode on first transmission since 2005 (even the crap ones in 2012/13) and I have really high hopes for Chibnall’s era.
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Post by jaqs on Oct 8, 2018 7:42:39 GMT
I gave up on Capaldi but enjoyed last nights episode. Despite the death it felt very much a kids episode which was fine, it’s meant to be family viewing.
Echo all the above about Sharon d Clarke, I was especially impressed she was able to stand up on the edge of that hill without falling off it.
Still not keen on the three quarter length trousers.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2018 7:50:50 GMT
Rule of thumb is that you have to give a new Doctor 3 episodes to bed in, and I’m not quite sold on JW yet - but she is miles better than Capaldi, who I actively disliked and broke up with after ep 3. Not quite as good as Tennant (who will always be my Doctor) and Smith just yet, but I saw promising flashes of both of them in there. I’ll be back for more next week. Exactly! none of them hit it pitch perfect the first night (Tennant came bloody close, because he's well, Tennant) Smith convinced me by episode 3 for sure, Capaldi I liked but never loved. But given it's a whole new team, not just new Doctor, it's going to take a while for it to really bed in, which is fine. Because I really feel it's only going to get better. Fun fact, they started filming on Halloween and the crew made a cake to look like the tentacle alien thingy! (a friend's wife works on it and I saw a picture, looked erm, questionably delish)
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Post by mistressjojo on Oct 8, 2018 8:25:15 GMT
Well, I enjoyed it ( we have to wait till Monday evening to watch because of those damn time zones! I have a quirky critera for whether a new Doctor works - would this script work for any Doctor? Because despite the regeneration, the character should essentially be the same person.( Well yes I know, Ten did say after regenerating he's a whole new person, but I think he was just having a bit of a tanty at that moment) And this passed. I could see echoes of Capaldi, Tennant and oddly enough Davison. Maybe it was the hair? Looking forward to seeing Alan Cumming coming up.
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Post by kathryn on Oct 8, 2018 8:43:52 GMT
Rule of thumb is that you have to give a new Doctor 3 episodes to bed in, and I’m not quite sold on JW yet - but she is miles better than Capaldi, who I actively disliked and broke up with after ep 3. Not quite as good as Tennant (who will always be my Doctor) and Smith just yet, but I saw promising flashes of both of them in there. I’ll be back for more next week. Exactly! none of them hit it pitch perfect the first night (Tennant came bloody close, because he's well, Tennant) Smith convinced me by episode 3 for sure, Capaldi I liked but never loved. I actually think that The Christmas Invasion is a belter of an episode, and only seems to improve the more I look back on it. I mean, The Doctor's in bed for half of it! How did RTD and Tennant pull that off?! And I really enjoyed Matt Smith's first episode too. Fish fingers and custard - brilliant. I can't actually recall Capaldi's, which is how little impact it had on me.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2018 8:49:36 GMT
Exactly! none of them hit it pitch perfect the first night (Tennant came bloody close, because he's well, Tennant) Smith convinced me by episode 3 for sure, Capaldi I liked but never loved. I actually think that The Christmas Invasion is a belter of an episode, and only seems to improve the more I look back on it. I mean, The Doctor's in bed for half of it! How did RTD and Tennant pull that off?! And I really enjoyed Matt Smith's first episode too. Fish fingers and custard - brilliant. I can't actually recall Capaldi's, which is how little impact it had on me. I think because i saw them backwards (so I saw the xmas special after the first 'proper' episode) i forget that it was the first. You're right, and I would say the best Christmas episode (also Daniel Evans! belter!) I love Matt in that first episode but don't care for the episode if that makes sense? he's brilliant, all drunk giraffe finding his feet as The Doctor but for some reason the episode itself leaves me a bit 'meh'. I just had to google Capaldi's it's 'Deep Breath' with Madame Vastra and co and the Victorians...even reading the description I can't quite recall it!
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Post by londonmzfitz on Oct 8, 2018 8:56:36 GMT
I wouldn't call myself a fan of the Who's, watched them with my kid when he was small. Last night it was on in the background while I did other stuff .... I know there's supposed to be brain burps in the transition but the slapping of forehead "gosh aren't I daft I can't remember my name" goings-on felt a bit "gosh aren't I a silly woman" for me. Dithering numptyness. I really hope that gets knocked on the head. Thankful the diversity has extended to a companion of age rather than the usual youngsters with Bradley Walsh - the Who's have a wide age range of fans.
Teaser of Alan Cumming in forthcoming episodes - well, just WOW on that one! I'll have to actually sit and watch.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2018 9:00:03 GMT
I wouldn't call myself a fan of the Who's, watched them with my kid when he was small. Last night it was on in the background while I did other stuff .... I know there's supposed to be brain burps in the transition but the slapping of forehead "gosh aren't I daft I can't remember my name" goings-on felt a bit "gosh aren't I a silly woman" for me. Dithering numptyness. I really hope that gets knocked on the head. Thankful the diversity has extended to a companion of age rather than the usual youngsters with Bradley Walsh - the Who's have a wide age range of fans. Teaser of Alan Cumming in forthcoming episodes - well, just WOW on that one! I'll have to actually sit and watch. To be fair, Matt was a far more 'Ditzy' Doctor than anything Jodie did last night...and every regeneration does the episode where they can't remember anything/get confused.
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Post by mistressjojo on Oct 8, 2018 9:12:59 GMT
I think my only irk with this was the missing opening titles. I missed that familiar swoop into the time vortex. I wonder if that was just a one off for the opener?
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Post by vdcni on Oct 8, 2018 11:32:48 GMT
Yep, opening titles back next week apparently.
8.2m overnight rating, best for a long time.
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Post by david on Oct 8, 2018 12:06:10 GMT
I’m really looking forward to the more historical stories with James I and the one with the Civil rights story if I’ve guessed right based on the guest star list at the end of last nights episode as well as what I’ve read online.
I like the fact that they haven’t given too much away with the forthcoming stories (which according to the new producer is a deliberate change from previous years) means that it will be a real surprise each week as a viewer. Also its great that the producers have gone down the route of an age diverse range of companions rather than sticking with the younger ones which for me was getting a bit boring and repetitive. Hopefully they will use this to great effect over the coming weeks. My only concern is that by having so many companions is whether they will be given enough to do each week and have some character development over the series. This is where I think the new series does fall down slightly in comparison to the classic series. Because individual stories where shown over a number of weeks, it allowed the companions to have their own adventures during the stories as well as linking up with the Dr.
With respect to the theme tune, ok we only got a glimpse of it at the end credits, but I was certainly very happy with what I heard and that the familiar sound was there. I think if there was too much change, I’m sure there would be a social media meltdown. I just hope when we get the full titles next week they keep with showing the actors face during the titles. I missed that when the new series started, but was made up when they reintroduced it later on.
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Post by lynette on Oct 8, 2018 12:35:08 GMT
I’ll end up watching it because it is before Striclty. Not sure I’m the audience targeted these days but I am someone who saw the original series....
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Post by The Matthew on Oct 8, 2018 14:47:19 GMT
Forbidden Planet sent me an email today advertising a Doctor Who Barbie. It actually looks quite like the matching publicity photograph.
There isn't a Funko Pop! one yet but when there is it will no doubt look like disappointment and laziness, just like all the others in the series.
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Post by kathryn on Oct 8, 2018 15:10:36 GMT
I do not understand the appeal of Funko Pop!
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Post by TallPaul on Oct 8, 2018 15:52:12 GMT
If only the real trains used on the stopping service betwixt Manchester and Sheffield were that modern!
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Post by david on Oct 8, 2018 17:44:45 GMT
If only the real trains used on the stopping service betwixt Manchester and Sheffield were that modern! We can but dream!
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Post by Backdrifter on Oct 13, 2018 17:55:47 GMT
Not a bad start at all. Sharon D Clarke is just awesome in everything she does, so I am hoping that she’ll be back at some point in the season. It was also the first time of having New Who without Murray Gold and that was ok too. I liked the remixed theme tune, although waited with baited breath to see if the middle 8 was included. It was, and that makes me very happy! I don't think we should rule out a Clarke re-appearance in some form or other. She was good - I'm not getting this notion it was the SDC show but she was very good; I thought everyone was. I especially liked Amit Shah's brief appearance. Re Murray Gold - oh my word, what a blessed relief he has finally gone. I've generally liked the rebooted show but the one constant irritant has been the appalling choir-saturated music. With this new episode the change in music policy was immediately apparent, it opened up so much space with the music being a lot more unobtrusive and better-suited to the visuals, and adding to the overall very different feel of the show. Previously it felt more like the images were serving Gold's overbearing "LOOK AT ME!" scores. I hope this now means an end to the cloying nonsense of the 'character theme'. Oh look, Martha's a bit sad - quick slap the drippy Martha's Theme all over it. There's Jack - in with the Torchwood blip-blip-blips. It was like the incidental-music equivalent of when you see pigeons pecking buttons in lab tests. The end theme tune was a return towards the original more ghostly lead line after years of it being all high and thin and shrill. The drum track was a bit bolted-on though. Did we see graphics akin to the original swirly diamond-shape stuff as well? I really liked JW, though I hope they have her calm down a bit from now. Her entry and her first line - "What?" - were great. But yes the manic "who am I?" thing wasn't new. The regeneration speech was a lovely bit of writing and performance. I feel a bit sorry for Capaldi, everyone here seems very down on him. I liked him a lot - I tend to like him in anything - and enjoyed the grumpier no-hugs take on the character, but he wasn't well-served by the show. He joined at a time when storyline quality was in decline, companions were annoying and the show generally needed a major kick up the rear, which it now seems to have got. I'm really looking forward to subsequent episodes and some interesting guests, and of course how she tracks down the Tardis and what the new interior will be like. JW's performance was the main reason for my absolute favourite moment of the episode, which was a laugh-out-loud moment for me. With so much that was good in general, it somehow feels wrong it's this bit but I can't help it, even re-watching it I still laughed and enjoyed it even more: "You can tell your children you had the honour of meeting Tzim-Sha!" "Tim Shaw?" "...Tzim-Sha." "Tim Shaw?"
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Post by Peter on Oct 14, 2018 9:59:22 GMT
I liked it well enough as a reboot for the series. Did the job in terms of establishing a refreshed tone, introducing the new character and re-introducing the Doctor. It looked great and, while I enjoyed most of Murrey Gold’s music, the new incidental music was a proper breath of fresh air. Cast were all solid, I agree with others that Jodie Whittaker wasn’t as ‘distinct’ from the default ‘New Who’ character mould as she could have been, but there’s plenty of time for that to develop.
The plot was a little slow moving and basic, but I suppose it worked as providing a backdrop to the main event. I still have reservations about Chris Chibnall’s abilty to deliver quality scrips with him having been responsible for some distinctly underwhelming stories in the past, but it was a decent start and there are plenty of other writers in the mix for the rest of the series. Looking forward to tonight’s episode!
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Post by martello736 on Oct 14, 2018 16:52:02 GMT
Very excited for this week's episode after one of the strongest episodes in New Who's history last week. Rewatching episode 1 on iPlayer now so I can go straight from the end of the episode into the start of episode 2. Anyone else think "the ghost monument" is going to be the TARDIS?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2018 17:05:34 GMT
Details have been released about episodes 3 and 4. 3 is titled “Rosa” (maybe a nod to new-who season one’s premiere?) where they meet Rosa Parks at the height of the racial segregation in the Deep South. Episode 4 is called “Arachnids in the UK” (which sounds extremely literal and lacking in imagination personally) where they return to Yorkshire and Yaz’s family are introduced. This is the episode with ETAJ’s Shobna Gulati. On a side note though, I can’t wait for tonight’s episode!
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