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jwhouk:
It's incredibly funny. I never got into the original Who back when I was in HS (during the Baker-Davison era), though my friends would throw in occasional references. I always thought it was a snooty PBS show imported from Britain.
And then, years and years later... I got pulled in by some of the Matt Smith shenanigans. For some reason, the new Who stuff made sense, in a way the old stuff didn't. Unfortunately, I came on board during the "dead year" between Clara's departure and this past season.
I found this past season to be intriguing enough, interesting enough, and funny enough to want to keep watching through next season. And I'm also thrilled to see how a super-long-running show does a take on a complete gender swap of the main character.
I do agree with something that Sylvester McCoy said in a YT video clip: the role will completely change Ms. Whittaker's life. It is like no other role in the universe (literally).
Tova:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 21 Jul 2017, 19:12 ---And then, years and years later... I got pulled in by some of the Matt Smith shenanigans. For some reason, the new Who stuff made sense, in a way the old stuff didn't. Unfortunately, I came on board during the "dead year" between Clara's departure and this past season.
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It's interesting you say so, because I recall feeling during the Matt Smith period that their episodes were much more aimed at their growing U.S. market. Various episodes took place in the U.S., and the general feel of the show somehow seemed to cater more to U.S. market tastes (I can't really justify this, it was just my feeling at the time).
jwhouk:
Oh, brilliant.
BenRG:
I honestly disliked that episode and felt that an hour had been taken from me that I should have enjoyed. It could have been the closing five minutes of The Doctor Falls and been several order of magnitudes better.
(click to show/hide)Was that an episode? It seemed to me to be a dramatisation of a meeting between the producers to hash out how they can justify continuing a story about a profoundly broken character who wants out after a way had been presented, in-universe, that couldn't be avoided. Frankly, the implication that he was the universe's counterbalance to evil struck me as wrong in lots of ways and I was left with the unsettling implication that it was an attempt to present a justification for continuing the show no matter what.
FWIW, My mother, who is even more of a fan than I, said that The Doctor was hurting badly enough that the producers 'should let him die' rather than force the character to continue to suffer for our amusement.
IMHO, Jenna Coleman's Clara is good enough a character (as well as having her own TARDIS and being functionally immortal) that her 'taking up the mission' after The Doctor's death is plausible way out rather than find artificial means to extend The Doctor's life beyond the character's ability to tolerate continuing to live. Heck, she could even adopt the name and mantle, deciding the universe needed 'The Doctor' as a symbol more than any one actual person (what I call the 'Dread Pirate Robbards/Codename: V' trope).
Pilchard123:
(click to show/hide)I'm honestly trying to decide if the ending was just for the cliffhanger, the TARDIS is jealous/angry that the Doctor is a woman (I don't know if The Doctor's Wife or similar would be relvant), or if it's "lol women can't drive".
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