Meh, but I'll give her a chance. Never cared much for Capaldi.
Meh, but I'll give her a chance. Never cared much for Capaldi.
I'm cautiously optimistic. I'm a little worried that the new Doctor has been cast as a woman for the sake of it, but I'm hoping she's a good enough actress and the writing's strong enough to justify the change.
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I'm excited. I'm not the biggest fan of hers, but when I saw her name, I immediately remembered her from Broadchurch.
Actually, she was the only one of *all* the people who auditioned, of all genders or non-genders, who blew EVERYONE away. That was why she got the role. She was chosen for her amazing acting, and I am excited to see if the writing and the acting go well together <3 <3
You know, no matter how many times I watch it, The Night of the Doctor never fails to blow me away. For a story six minutes long, it achieves so much in that time. I re-watched it again for the story's fourth anniversary, and it's still awesome. I also listened to the first Time War box set. Anyone who's a fan of Who needs to check that audio series out, if possible. The stories are great, McGann's as amazing as ever, and it perfectly depicts how a Time War should be: not just a load of sci-fi battles, but we get a load of time weapons and changing histories. It's awesome.
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is that "Carrie from Homeland"?
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
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The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
No, it's Jodie Whittaker.
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I’m actually binging the entire series now on Prime, but this is cool if you don’t have it:
I’m following this handy guide to include all the miscellaneous special episodes as well as the spinoffs (Torchwood, SJA, and Class) :
https://whovieworder.com/lists/main?...r=recommended#
Yeah, there have been quite a few marathons, lately. Video gaming streaming platform Twitch had a marathon of the Classic Series for a couple of months. It wasn't the whole existing run (most notably, some of the later Dalek stories were missing), but it was close. I came up with the bright idea of doing summaries for each of the days stories and making recommendations for the site. It was a fucking nightmare! SO much writing to cram in every day! Worth it, though.
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I've very excited by the blu-ray sets the BBC has started putting out for Classic Who:
Only two seasons (12 and 19) so far but I wonder if they plan to eventually put out all 26 seasons in this fashion, and include all the missing 97 episodes as complete reconstructions. That would be an amazing achievement to eventually have everything Who in season sets. I don't think even the current New Who season sets collect every miscellaneous episode or scene. Most things are incuded but as an example, the Tardisodes for Series 2 are not inlcuded for some reason, so you have to find them on YouTube in dubious quality.
Yeah, I am happy they're releasing them by seasons on blu-ray. I do wonder how they'll do the early eras. That's definitely the big question. It's definitely easy to see why they kicked off with Tom Baker, though.
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I wonder how expensive it is to redo the effects.
I know that in the Star Trek world, Deep Space Nine will probably not get the same remaster treatment as TNG because so many of the scenes set in space were done in standard definition CG. TNG was easier because they could use the practical model shots (on film) as a starting point and redo just the additional effects. Even then, TNG was very expensive, and DS9 would be prohibitively so, even despite its popularity.
So I have to wonder how the costs of restoring a Doctor Who season compare. If they are recreating whole scenes in CG, that can get expensive.
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I haven't seen any of the remastered episodes, but from what I'm reading, the later seasons used film for location shoots and those scenes can be presented in HD quality and perhaps lend themselves to updated effects. But most of the show was shot of videotape so there will never be a true remastering. Still, the BBC can present the upscaled videotape, even for the initial 1960s episodes, on blu-ray since it will still look (slightly) better than DVD. Plus it would be nice just to have one box per season.
I don't suppose there's anything like Amazon Prime for the audio stories? There are so many of them I wouldn't know where to begin even with various guides and wikis.
Ah, okay. That would make remastering considerably less expensive, then, I would think.
Another reason the TNG remaster was so expensive was that although they shot the episodes on film, they edited to videotape, integrating the SFX in SD. So there were no HD masters of the completed episodes, just the film containing the original takes. So the remastering team painstakingly found the takes used for each ep, re-edited them based on the precise timestamps of the original eps, and recreated the SFX in HD CG.
By comparison, upscaling an existing SD master of a completed episode is considerably easier and cheaper, even if they have to redo some of the SFX in HD. So it's conceivable we'll see remasters for all the classic seasons that they have good sources for. I'd love to have the Key to Time series on Blu Ray.
(And I'll stop talking about Star Trek now. Sorry for the diversion. I'm just interested in how these DW remasters were done).
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I don't know how they were done, there doesn't seem to be too much technical information and I don't have the blu-rays themselves, but you can clearly see that even upscaled videotape looks very good, much better than muddy DVDs here in this trailer for Season 12 (make sure you're watching in 1080p):
What an amazing series that was. Five iconic story arcs. Seeing that trailer makes me want to get the Blu Ray!
I grew up in Australia, and Doctor Who was on constant rotation, with episodes 4 nights a week. We got new seasons as they were released in the UK (although after some delay, I believe), with reruns in-between. I started watching around '76 or '77, I think, so late 3rd and early 4th Doctor seasons were a constant TV presence (with occasional forays into early 3rd Doctor seasons). Season 12 captures some of my earliest memories of Who.
One general Who question I have for the group - was Season 7 (the first Pertwee season) distributed to some countries in B&W?
The reason I ask is that I *think* I remember some arcs from that season being in B&W - The Spearhead from Space, in particular. As I mentioned above, these were reruns, so I had already seen later seasons in colour. I specifically remember this arc, because I had already read the novelization (The Auton Invasion), and so was really thrilled to finally see the TV show - but was surprised it was not colour.
Am I just completely fabricating my memory of this?
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Where did DoctorDodge go?
Unsurprisingly, Doctor Who is taking up a lot of my time, especially as I'm writing for the Doctor Who Watch website. (We need to get in 50 articles a month, and up until now, it's been a very small team, so I've needed to write 2 a day. YOWZA!) I will try and comment on here from time to time though, especially with it coming back soon.
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/li...e-star-1150054
Jodie Whittaker made history on Sunday, becoming the first woman to play the lead role in Doctor Who in its 55-year history.
But any expected backlash against changing the gender of the Doctor, played solely by men since the series began in 1963, was barely visible on social media or from fans. The overwhelming response was positive, indicating that the decision by showrunner Chris Chibnall was the correct one to make.
Even before it had begun airing in a simulcast in various territories around the world earlier Sunday, including BBC America, Doctor Who was trending at the top spot on Twitter and remained there for the remainder of the installment.
A rarity in the show’s history, the episode was almost a soft reboot, having been made by a completely new production team with a brand new cast. The episode in question, “The Woman Who Fell to Earth,” was an hourlong special introducing audiences to the 13th Doctor, played by Whittaker.
“It’s About Time!” boasted the promotional tagline, and it seems, across the board, that everyone has embraced this new era highlighting its cinematography, accents, humor and Whittaker’s performance.
“Dr. Who was a triumph. A brilliant reinvention in so many ways and Jodie Whittaker is superb,” was the verdict of Brit comic Chris Addison, a director on Veep and star of both The Thick of It and In the Loop.
Even British politicians got in on the Whovian love. “‘Swiss army sonic with a touch of Sheffield steel’ Excellent,” MP Yvette Cooper enthused, referring to the Doctor’s choice of accessory and northern English location.
“Woowho all the way! an absolutely brilliant new series on every level edge of sofa totally immersed ! JodieWhitaker gave it to us with both hearts & the whole team made me one very happy old companion knew DW wouldnt let us down,” wrote actress Katy Manning, who played Doctor Who companion Jo Grant in the 1970s.
“Oooooh new #DrWho is good and scary,” wrote former TARDIS traveller Janet Fielding, who played '80s companion Tegan.
“A complete beautiful reinvention of #DoctorWho So relatable, down to earth, with such character and sense of place. A great new Doctor too. And we immediately love all her friends. Drama, scares and comedy for all the family. Brilliant,” writer Paul Cornell, who penned two stories for the show in the 2000s, tweeted.
Fan sites, well known for passionate responses to change — in both positive and negative manners — have come out firmly on the side of Whittaker.
“Jodie Whittaker is truly everything that is the Doctor, and everything you want to see from a Doctor in their first episode,” was the effusive response from The Time Ladies website.
Blogtor Who, established in 2008, was another fan site to heap praise.
“Once she steps out in her new costume and with her beaming smile, there is no question that Whittaker is perfect for the role,” wrote its reviewer.
Running for more than 20 years, Doctor Who Online was another in a long line of positive devotees saying, “by the time the credits roll, there is no question that this is The Doctor and she very much knows what kind of a woman she is. Beautiful dialogue, believable, earthy characters and an emotional vein that makes you care about them. Between Jodie and Chris, the show is truly in good hands, and what an exciting time it is to be a Doctor Who fan!”
“Whittaker owns the role before you see her speak and her combination of chirpy and joyously erratic tempered with Sheffield Steel (literally, not a metaphor) is a delight,” gushed genre website, Sci-Fi Bulletin.
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I liked it. I'm just glad I recorded it and FFwd thru all the bullshit (comic con) and the million commercials. Took about 45 minutes to watch!
I didn't/don't care one way or another that the Doctor is a woman (would that make the Doctor transgender? ) I never cared much for Capaldi and I already like her more. She has all the quirkiness of Matt Smith, maybe trying too hard to be Matt Smith? Either way, so far so good.
Well, the Doctor is an alien so they may not even have our Earthling genders anyway. But someone more well-versed in the Whoniverse could chime in.
Also, my DVR recorded the episode twice, once as a "Special Edition". Anyone know what that is? Is it like pop-up video?