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Doctor Who Series 11 |OT|- She’s Here, and It’s About Time
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This basically sums up the entire series. Better production values but worse writing.
Yeah that was okay. The whole series has been pretty unambiguous writing wise, everything's so basic and predictable and boring. But at least it hasn't been bad.
It's a double-whammy! Deeply meh finale and the Beeb has just announced Series 12 isn't until 2020.
Good finale. Nicely built up rather than manic, visually gorgeous, and the resolution made proper sense. Mark Addy is a hell of a guest star too.
That trailer for the New Year special would suggest you are about to get your wish...
Ended up really enjoying the finale, though it sagged a bit in the middle. Tim Shaw has been an enjoyable villain and Graham's struggle over wanting to kill him was the best thing about the episode - especially the resolution.
How absolutely dull was that? You couldn't write a more lifeless episode of doctor who. Jodie is the most boring doctor ever.
'I like precautions'
'I'm a bit headachy'
Every other Doctor would have a more interesting way of expressing themselves than her. The new showrunners and the writers have totally failed at selling her as the Doctor. She's also a massive step down as an actor from Capaldi that's its even more noticeable.
I'll take mad shit like dobby doctor in a cage over watching paint dry.
Seriously annoyed at how much they have fumbled the first female doctor. There's no way this series will remembered fondly
'I like precautions'
'I'm a bit headachy'
Every other Doctor would have a more interesting way of expressing themselves than her. The new showrunners and the writers have totally failed at selling her as the Doctor. She's also a massive step down as an actor from Capaldi that's its even more noticeable.
I'll take mad shit like dobby doctor in a cage over watching paint dry.
Seriously annoyed at how much they have fumbled the first female doctor. There's no way this series will remembered fondly
And things get worse.
CC, the gift that keeps on giving. Hopefully he regenerates before 2020.
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Well, next series better have some serious ambition going into it. The one and dones were nice and all, but now it's time to ramp it up. (tbh, they could have ramped it up midseason, but with this episode, I get what Chibs was going for).
I liked this episode though.
I liked this episode though.
Utter tripe. Easily the worst series of NuWho and by a considerable margin.
Tim Shaw was awful the first time around. Hopefully he never returns.
Tim Shaw was awful the first time around. Hopefully he never returns.
The episode was pretty good but it's like.. nothing eventful happened?
My main issue this season is that with no season long arc, it was just a bunch of disconnected episodes and the "finale" just felt like another episode, with the only connection being a returning villain .
There was nothing built up to be excited about, no cliffhanger for next season. There's no feeling of "So what now?" after some big crisis was averted or a companion left or anything like that. It just ended
My main issue this season is that with no season long arc, it was just a bunch of disconnected episodes and the "finale" just felt like another episode, with the only connection being a returning villain .
There was nothing built up to be excited about, no cliffhanger for next season. There's no feeling of "So what now?" after some big crisis was averted or a companion left or anything like that. It just ended
Should've been a two-parter; there was a lot of room for exposition. Also that Ux lady seemed to give in pretty easily to the Doctor's point of view, and, Ryan just gave up on his "no weapons" argument pretty easily too.
I really hope CC learns how to pace the episodes for 2020.
It was very Classic Who in that sense. A little TOO Classic though; NuWho viewers have a different criteria when it comes to episode structure and season structure. And Chibs is clashing with that HARD.
I'm still leaning on the worst part of this season is that. Visual though, whew, fantastic.
But I gotta say, they really need to figure out a way to make these seasons quicker. Is it because of BBC here? Or just CC?
I can't honestly say I thought it was the absolute worst series because the guest-written episodes elevated it above Series 8 and 10 for me but this was supposed to be a shot in a arm for the series and instead it's limping along as badly as ever under the leadership of someone who clearly isn't capable for writing for the show.
Classic Who had longer stories, not just wrapped up in one episode though.
Rumours in this thread suggest that CC can't handle the workload.
I'm glad they put Tim in stasis on an abandoned planet so he can be found and brought back for the regeneration episode.
Hmmmm, was kind of thinking the most dangerous creature in the universe was going to be the doctor though.
Haven't watched the finale yet but I'm disappointed about the series 12 date announcement. I guess Chibnall really can't handle the workload, and he really only made a subpar season with a few standouts.
It's a shame that the first season with a female doctor and such a fantastic actress was marred by such terrible writing and directing.
All it is going to do is give ammunition to the anti-femalr doctor crowd who will pretend the season (kinda) flopped because of that when really it's got nothing to do with it.
Before the season started I was excited about the new Doctor, but very hesitant about the change in showrunner and the fact the show was essentially being rebooted. And at this point I genuinely don't think the showrunner knows what made Doctor Who so popular. All the best episodes were written by guests
All it is going to do is give ammunition to the anti-femalr doctor crowd who will pretend the season (kinda) flopped because of that when really it's got nothing to do with it.
Before the season started I was excited about the new Doctor, but very hesitant about the change in showrunner and the fact the show was essentially being rebooted. And at this point I genuinely don't think the showrunner knows what made Doctor Who so popular. All the best episodes were written by guests
I'd go as far to say the worst episodes of the previous seasons were more interesting and entraining than this season. This was just entirely boring.
I've been rewatching season 9 and 10 and how anyone can watch series 11 and even think it's anywhere close to that level.. New Dr Who is just horrible, the Doctor, the companions, just horrible compared to previous seasons.
That's the most disappointing thing I've heard out of all of this, just stop dragging this out. 6 episodes in 2019 and then letting this era die would have been nice.
It won't be until at least 2021 that we have good Doctor Who to look forward to.
Haven't watched the finale yet but I agree that this has been the worst series by far.
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Anyone else get the feeling that the BBC wouldn't give them the budget for a full series and a Christmas special this year, so the producers decided to carve out the actual finale to air as a special? It just doesn't feel like that episode was originally intended to be the season finale.
May's deal is better than no deal... err I mean CC's Who is better than no Doctor Who...
Does BBC really want to have bad press?
First an absymal series, and then a gap year? Seems very strange.
First an absymal series, and then a gap year? Seems very strange.
2020... And who wants to bet it's going to be another 10 episode series? :/
What a disappointment.
What a disappointment.
There's a Doctor we'll be introduced to in 2019 it's the Brexit Doctor who will turn up and increase our licence fee by 90%
Not having any more Who for over a year just reeks of mismanagement.
The writer/showrunner approach barely worked for RTD and Moffat because they were - for all their faults and writing quirks - utter machines at churning out material and keeping the show moving. Even then, there were times when it fell apart and either the quality or the schedule suffered because of it.
The Beeb should have insisted on having a showrunner who wasn't writing the show (or at least not more than "guiding" things and contributing one or two scripts), given the script editor/s more power, and put together a core writing team of two or three to drive the show. Instead of which, we have the "auteur" approach that puts enormous pressure on one person and means they can't get the show on a one-series-a-year schedule, even with several fewer episodes.
The writer/showrunner approach barely worked for RTD and Moffat because they were - for all their faults and writing quirks - utter machines at churning out material and keeping the show moving. Even then, there were times when it fell apart and either the quality or the schedule suffered because of it.
The Beeb should have insisted on having a showrunner who wasn't writing the show (or at least not more than "guiding" things and contributing one or two scripts), given the script editor/s more power, and put together a core writing team of two or three to drive the show. Instead of which, we have the "auteur" approach that puts enormous pressure on one person and means they can't get the show on a one-series-a-year schedule, even with several fewer episodes.
Remember when Moffat decided to stay on for last year's Christmas special to ensure Doctor Who would keep that slot? Chibs is making real good use of that huh.
haha...
haha...
I think I've reached the point where I'm more excited about Big Finish plans for audio adventures in 2019 and 2020 than I am for the showrunner and BBC's plans for the actual show.
It's laughable that RTD managed to churn out 56 episodes over four years without a gap year, and Moffat managed to churn out 60, and yet CC barely managed to put out 11 episodes, and now Doctor Who is on hiatus until 2020.
Weren't the rumours that he and Jodie hated the schedule? Seems like they didn't know what they were in for
I don't know whether that's true, CC has worked on Doctor Who before, and it's not like JW would have been unaware of the filming schedule. Therefore, imo, I don't think that particular rumour is true.