Doctor Who- returns for series whatever it is 11/5/24 | The Grand Moff is back!

8 episodes is all we get? Or are some of those two parters?

Jenuall wrote:8 episodes is all we get? Or are some of those two parters?

Just 8 I’m afraid. The last are apparently a two parter but I haven’t been able to source it yet

Varada Sethu joins the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday in Season Two

Varada joins the Whoniverse from a galaxy far, far away after starring in the Disney+ Star Wars series ANDOR. Now she straps in for another journey through time and space alongside Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday.

Sethu says:

"I feel like the luckiest person in the world. It is such an honour to be a part of the Whoniverse, and I'm so grateful to the whole Doctor Who family - because that is what they are - for welcoming me with open arms and making me feel so at home. I couldn't ask for a better team than Ncuti and Millie to be on this adventure with, this is SO much fun!"

Showrunner, executive producer and writer Russell T Davies says:

"I first worked with Varada on a BBC production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and it's a joy to welcome her on board the TARDIS. Right now in the studio, shooting for 2025, we've got Ncuti, Millie and Varada fighting side by side - we need all three, because the stakes are higher than ever!"

https://www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-featu ... season-two

so it's official now?

Doctor Who has traditionally had a kind of timeless feel to it, so I kind of puked when I saw the latest trailer and heard Ruby saying “This is SO Bridgerton”.

rinks wrote:Doctor Who has traditionally had a kind of timeless feel to it, so I kind of puked when I saw the latest trailer and heard Ruby saying “This is SO Bridgerton”.

Haha fair enough.

i've read that ncuti's first series is gonna use the timeless child as inspiration. so you guys better get ready if like me you thought the idea was terrible

Moggy wrote:

rinks wrote:Doctor Who has traditionally had a kind of timeless feel to it, so I kind of puked when I saw the latest trailer and heard Ruby saying “This is SO Bridgerton”.

Currently doing two separate Doctor Who watches at the moment.

Working through Nu-Who with my Wife and about half-way through Matt Smiths second season. Just watched "The Girl Who Waited" and really couldn't get behind older Amy getting all pissy with Rory about waiting for 30 years. The guy who literally waited and watched over her for 2000 years.
Oh and for me Rory is the best companion from Nu-Who to this point and it's not even close.

Also started classic Who on iPlayer as well. Skipped the first story (Which I had already watched a few years back) and jumped straight to "The Daleks". It's so weird seeing the show in this early form. A lot of the basic structure is in place but it's not quite there yet. The pace is also really tough to deal with as well. But I hope to stick with it as I'd really like to see more of the earlier Doctors.

Cheeky Devlin wrote:Just watched "The Girl Who Waited" and really couldn't get behind older Amy getting all pissy with Rory about waiting for 30 years. The guy who literally waited and watched over her for 2000 years.

Well the context is different. Firstly Rory was immortal and plastic so waiting kind of means less to him. Amy is actually wasting her life away. Secondly Rory knows he is waiting for something and gets to wait on Earth. Amy never knows if they will return to her and is stuck isolated on a planet with killer robots. She could very well die in that place alone. Also ultimately it also shows the difference between the two.

Cheeky Devlin wrote:A lot of the basic structure is in place but it's not quite there yet.

Be interested to know when you feel it is there! See you in about 5 years Seriously always love hearing people giving classic Who a go. Regarding the pacing, even within classic Who some of the longer 60s stories can feel a bit slow. But you get use to it. I do think there are some advantages to it like spending more time with characters. I'm not sure the group of Thals would feel as much like individuals in new Who.

Hexx wrote:

Moggy wrote:

rinks wrote:Doctor Who has traditionally had a kind of timeless feel to it, so I kind of puked when I saw the latest trailer and heard Ruby saying “This is SO Bridgerton”.

Good old Huw Edwards!

The Watching Artist wrote:

Cheeky Devlin wrote:Just watched "The Girl Who Waited" and really couldn't get behind older Amy getting all pissy with Rory about waiting for 30 years. The guy who literally waited and watched over her for 2000 years.

Well the context is different. Firstly Rory was immortal and plastic so waiting kind of means less to him. Amy is actually wasting her life away. Secondly Rory knows he is waiting for something and gets to wait on Earth. Amy never knows if they will return to her and is stuck isolated on a planet with killer robots. She could very well die in that place alone. Also ultimately it also shows the difference between the two.

Cheeky Devlin wrote:A lot of the basic structure is in place but it's not quite there yet.

Be interested to know when you feel it is there! See you in about 5 years Seriously always love hearing people giving classic Who a go. Regarding the pacing, even within classic Who some of the longer 60s stories can feel a bit slow. But you get use to it. I do think there are some advantages to it like spending more time with characters. I'm not sure the group of Thals would feel as much like individuals in new Who.

That difference in context is the only reason I wasn't advocating for them just strawberry floating leaving her there.
Still, it does seem a little bit off to complain about having to wait that long to a guy who literally had to wait millenia.

It's the only episode (so far) where I've not really liked the choices they made with Amy.

It's going to be interesting as my experience with Classic Who is really limited to what I saw as a young kid. One Pertwee story that I must have seen on repeat (Pretty sure it was Spearhead from Space) and I definitely remember seeing some of Sylvester McCoys run as it aired. Which is why I've always had a real soft spot for him as the Doctor. Plus the TV movie. Strangely enough the TV movie is the only one that I remember any detail of so it'll all be new to me, assuming I can stick with it.

The pace is going to be the tough part. I'm hoping it'll let the characters breath a bit, but "The Daleks" could very easily be trimmed down to 3/4 parts and wouldn't lose much. It's just a different style of storytelling that we just don't see anymore and it's hard to go back to that.

So far though the main thing is that the Doctor doesn't feel like the Doctor yet. He's literally just a smart old guy. But that's to be expected when you go back 60 years to the start of something. I'm assuming that will change as time goes on though.

Definitely enjoying it for now.

EDIT: I'm also trying to up the pace of getting through Nu-Who. Want to get it finished before starting the new stuff later this month. I wasn't going to but RTD saying that stuff from Chibnalls run will be important means I should probably watch that first. Which will be interesting as I skipped his entire tenure as showrunner and I've heard "mixed" things about some of the narrative choices he made.

Rory

Cheeky Devlin wrote:

The Watching Artist wrote:

Cheeky Devlin wrote:Just watched "The Girl Who Waited" and really couldn't get behind older Amy getting all pissy with Rory about waiting for 30 years. The guy who literally waited and watched over her for 2000 years.

Well the context is different. Firstly Rory was immortal and plastic so waiting kind of means less to him. Amy is actually wasting her life away. Secondly Rory knows he is waiting for something and gets to wait on Earth. Amy never knows if they will return to her and is stuck isolated on a planet with killer robots. She could very well die in that place alone. Also ultimately it also shows the difference between the two.

Cheeky Devlin wrote:A lot of the basic structure is in place but it's not quite there yet.

Be interested to know when you feel it is there! See you in about 5 years Seriously always love hearing people giving classic Who a go. Regarding the pacing, even within classic Who some of the longer 60s stories can feel a bit slow. But you get use to it. I do think there are some advantages to it like spending more time with characters. I'm not sure the group of Thals would feel as much like individuals in new Who.

That difference in context is the only reason I wasn't advocating for them just strawberry floating leaving her there.
Still, it does seem a little bit off to complain about having to wait that long to a guy who literally had to wait millenia.

It's the only episode (so far) where I've not really liked the choices they made with Amy.

I forgot to add I also think you have to bare in mind Amys abandonment issues and the gooseberry fool she goes through in series 6. She is pretty insecure and does lash out (she bites her psychiatrists )

Cheeky Devlin wrote:EDIT: I'm also trying to up the pace of getting through Nu-Who. Want to get it finished before starting the new stuff later this month. I wasn't going to but RTD saying that stuff from Chibnalls run will be important means I should probably watch that first. Which will be interesting as I skipped his entire tenure as showrunner and I've heard "mixed" things about some of the narrative choices he made.

Oh god no Getting a bit concerned about some of the stuff RTD has been coming out with lately. I think the last thing was they changed the Sonic so it would look less like a gun.

The Watching Artist wrote: I think the last thing was they changed the Sonic so it would look less like a gun.

it gets even dafter when you see the promo pics of Ruby with a gun