• Dr Who

    From Nick Mackechnie@21:1/142 to All on Mon Jun 3 09:50:00 2024
    Hiya,

    Anyone else finding the new season of Dr Who disappointing?

    Nick

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  • From n2qfd@21:1/154 to Nick Mackechnie on Sun Jun 2 18:48:07 2024
    Anyone else finding the new season of Dr Who disappointing?
    I gave in some time back.

    The holiday specials were good, I quite liked the war doctor one but it just got to be too much stuff and felt like a little too much pandering for me.

    I grew up with Tom Baker too, so we had a board game and I can remember my cousin had some question mark lapel pins. People would try and make the K9 dog but I don't know it just feels like there came a point of jumping the shark with it as regeneration became a forever thing.

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  • From TheNerd@21:1/230 to Nick Mackechnie on Sun Jun 2 19:56:39 2024
    Anyone else finding the new season of Dr Who disappointing?

    I'm not hating it... The Musical Epsiode was pretty fun. I need a few more episodes before I start worrying about it too much.


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  • From niter3@21:1/199 to Nick Mackechnie on Mon Jun 3 05:52:38 2024
    On 03 Jun 2024, Nick Mackechnie said the following...

    Hiya,

    Anyone else finding the new season of Dr Who disappointing?


    It's been disappointing since they moved away from David Tennant and Matt Smith.

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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to Nick Mackechnie on Mon Jun 3 08:30:06 2024
    Anyone else finding the new season of Dr Who disappointing?

    Yes, but only in the sense that we no longer receive it here without a streaming service that I do not have.

    I was looking forward to seeing David Tennant again. ;)

    The previous seasons, which I did receive, were also disappointing. They
    made a big deal of having a female doctor and even, IMHO, picked a decent actress but the scripts for most of the episodes were rubish. Plus they
    went through and retconned a bunch of stuff that had happened during the
    tenure of previous doctors and writers. I would like to have seen what
    she could have done with the character if some of the previous staff, and
    not Chinball, had been involved.

    Is it even worse than the 13th doctor seasons?



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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to niter3 on Mon Jun 3 08:34:18 2024
    It's been disappointing since they moved away from David Tennant and
    Matt Smith.

    Of the revival series, those have been my two favorite doctors, but I
    also liked 12 once they got passed the first couple of episodes. His
    stories did seem a lot darker, overall, than those of Tennant or Smith.

    13 is where they started to lose me but, as I said in a previous post, I suspect that had a lot more to do with who was in charge and not to do
    with the actress who played 13. That cast didn't have much to work with
    when it came to stories. They might start out with what seemed like a
    good story but then they'd spend too much time on some subplot and rush
    the ending to conclusion.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Nick Mackechnie on Mon Jun 3 06:43:00 2024
    Nick Mackechnie wrote to All <=-

    Hiya,

    Anyone else finding the new season of Dr Who disappointing?

    It's been diminishing returns for me. I loved David Tennant, but thought
    the writing was lackluster. Loved the writing for Matt Smith, but DT was
    still the Doctor to me. Peter Capaldi, it wasn't until later that I
    started appreciating his portrayals. I only watched one of the Jodie
    Whittaker episodes, and haven't watched any of the new season. I guess
    I'm done.

    My favorite has switched from DT and Rose Tyler to MS, Amy and Rory.




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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Nick Mackechnie on Tue Jun 4 20:23:29 2024

    On 03 Jun 2024 at 09:50a, Nick Mackechnie pondered and said...

    Hiya,

    Anyone else finding the new season of Dr Who disappointing?

    Nick

    I have not watched much Dr Who but did tune in to the first episode of the 'new' doctor a week or so back watching it on Disney+

    It didn't do much for me but then again it's been years since Tom Baker :)

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to n2qfd on Tue Jun 4 20:23:57 2024
    On 02 Jun 2024 at 06:48p, n2qfd pondered and said...

    I grew up with Tom Baker too, so we had a board game and I can
    remember my cousin had some question mark lapel pins. People would try

    I loved Tom Baker and K9 and Romana etc.. those were some good shows.

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  • From Gryphon@21:1/101 to niter3 on Sat Jul 20 04:20:07 2024
    On 03 Jun 2024 at 05:52a, niter3 pondered and said...

    On 03 Jun 2024, Nick Mackechnie said the following...

    Hiya,

    Anyone else finding the new season of Dr Who disappointing?


    It's been disappointing since they moved away from David Tennant and Matt Smith.


    Capaldi will always be my favorite. He had some dogs like Knock Knock and Sleep No More, but even with those, his portrayal was absolutely engaging.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Gryphon on Sat Jul 20 08:40:00 2024
    Gryphon wrote to niter3 <=-

    Capaldi will always be my favorite. He had some dogs like Knock Knock
    and Sleep No More, but even with those, his portrayal was absolutely engaging.

    I liked the older, cynical doctor - wondered what he'd done and seen
    between he and Matt Smith. Wasn't he something like 900 years older?

    Hated the Sonic Shades.

    Loved The Husbands of River Song. The look on River's face when he
    whispers "hello, sweetie", and the culmination of their relationship
    (again) was wonderful.

    I missed the Doctor, Amy and Rory. Got to like their dynamic.



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  • From Gryphon@21:1/101 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Aug 6 04:10:34 2024
    On 20 Jul 2024 at 08:40a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...

    Gryphon wrote to niter3 <=-

    Capaldi will always be my favorite. He had some dogs like Knock Knock and Sleep No More, but even with those, his portrayal was absolutely engaging.

    I liked the older, cynical doctor - wondered what he'd done and seen between he and Matt Smith. Wasn't he something like 900 years older?
    Doctor #11 had lived over 900 years. He mentions that he's 900 years at one point, but that was before he spent over 300 years on Trenzilor. I think by the time 11 regenerated, he was pushing 2000 years.

    Hated the Sonic Shades.

    I wasn't a big fan of the sonic being shades, like I'm not a big fan of the sonic now being something that looks like s silver tv remote. But I can say that Capaldi and his shades prompted me to by my own classic Ray Ban's like his. I still have them and wear them today. Had them for years now.


    Loved The Husbands of River Song. The look on River's face when he whispers "hello, sweetie", and the culmination of their relationship (again) was wonderful.

    River Song was alway a great addition to the story. I love HoRS.

    I missed the Doctor, Amy and Rory. Got to like their dynamic.

    I loved how Rory was always Amy's first in her life and The Doctor was second.

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