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'Midnight' needs to be up there, for sure.
BigBrotherCritic
Like working a job 24/7, for 2 days on the trot
Of course, that episode was fantastic!
Kill the Moon with Peter Capaldi could be up there, such a good story!
BigBrotherCritic
Like working a job 24/7, for 2 days on the trot
Count on me, will do it now
BigBrotherCritic
Like working a job 24/7, for 2 days on the trot
I will make a straw poll, what episodes should I have? Should I just use the radio times posts?
BigBrotherCritic
Like working a job 24/7, for 2 days on the trot
...that vote was easy for me... I've spouted on before on so many occasions about "Blink' being my favourite... (or are we supposed to keep our choice secret?)... mind you... there were so many episodes of Capaldi's last year that could've beaten 'Blink' but I really do love that episode so much so it stays on top for me... cheers.
...yes I meant to tell everyone last week and forgot to do so... (Sticky gives himself an upper-cut)... they had the first ever episode last week methinks... 'Rose'... I missed it too... don't worry... I've got it on my 'record' list to do now... thanks for posting the info tickytoc... cheers.
>>>>SPOILER ALERTS<<<<
...if you do not wish to spoil it for yourself read no further... (although from what I read it doesn't give too much away as far as I'm concerned)... but I won't go into too much details here for the sake of others ... from this website below there is some exciting news of this upcoming season of Dr Who... ...
http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-...ries-9-cryptic-production-snaps-appear-online
...although it has already passed by this photo for 'Valentine's Day' from another website cracked me up.... it's so clever... cheers.
...if you do not wish to spoil it for yourself read no further... (although from what I read it doesn't give too much away as far as I'm concerned)... but I won't go into too much details here for the sake of others ... from this website below there is some exciting news of this upcoming season of Dr Who... ...
http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-...ries-9-cryptic-production-snaps-appear-online
...although it has already passed by this photo for 'Valentine's Day' from another website cracked me up.... it's so clever... cheers.
...something that I find to be quite disturbing and I hope never eventuates is the news of a potential 'crossover' episode of 'Dr Who' and 'Sherlock' if Steve Moffatt has his way... (he writes both shows apparently)... (and taking note that the news was released on 'April Fools' day too is a tad bit suss)...thankfully Benedict Cumberbatch/ Martin Freeman and Mark Gatiss along with the executive producer of 'Sherlock ' (Sue Vertue) have said 'no' because it could "create a major ripple" in each of the series' canons... I totally agree to be honest... what do you think?...
...here is a link to the article... it is an interesting read to be honest...
http://screenrant.com/doctor-who-sherlock-crossover-episode-update/
...but in saying all of that I do love this video clip that was done so well by a fan by the name of 'John Smith'... (hmmmm... where have I seen that name before?... lol!)... it really is cleverly done but as I have already said... I hope that it never eventuates... cheers
...here is a link to the article... it is an interesting read to be honest...
http://screenrant.com/doctor-who-sherlock-crossover-episode-update/
...but in saying all of that I do love this video clip that was done so well by a fan by the name of 'John Smith'... (hmmmm... where have I seen that name before?... lol!)... it really is cleverly done but as I have already said... I hope that it never eventuates... cheers
BigBrotherCritic
Like working a job 24/7, for 2 days on the trot
We can only hope 
We can only hope
...I'm sort of in two minds as to whether I'd ever like The Doctor to really find and get in touch with Gallifrey once again.. I like the idea that The Doctor and The Master were the only two Time Lords left alive... the fact that The Doctor has always felt alone was what I initially liked about him when I started watching it at 10 years old... when The Master eventually came along it was a massive 'wow factor' that blew me away... to think that another Time Lord was alive was so amazing!... the fact that The Master was like The Doctor's 'Moriarty' to Sherlock Holmes was so great to me... instead of them being the best of friends they always want to battle each other... it's been such a great formula up until now...
...I feel that if The Doctor becomes involved with Gallifrey again it will lose a lot of that... for instance... will they again hold him up for trial for past crimes on Gallifrey?... will he become involved in the Planets politics again?... will they demand that The Doctor is not allowed to roam free and be able to meddle in trying to save other Planets all the time?... they will in effect stop The Doctor being just who he is... a saviour on many occasions...
...I fear that it will stifle The Doctor and his adventures... besides... if there are hundreds and thousands of other Gallifreyan Time Lords out there then it doesn't make The Doctor and The Master quite as unique as they once were in my opinion... another thing... he ran away from Gallifrey in the first place so why does he so desperately want to go back there?... he shouldn't...
...anyway... if we want some more Gallifreyans in the show then why doesn't The Doctor just simply Schtoomp The Master as she is now in the female form to give us some mini Time Lords to re-populate the Universe with?... at least it won't stifle The Doctor's adventures as much as finding Gallifrey would!...
...well that's my take on it anyway... I may be the only Whovian on the planet Earth that probably hopes this but that's how I feel about it regardless... cheers.
inumeenu
Well-Known Member
you have some good points Mr Sticky.
I'm thrilled to know that Doctor Who will be around to the year 2020 at least
...now THIS is bloody great news!!!... from this website below...
http://www.kasterborous.com/2015/04/moffat-bbc-planning-least-another-five-years-doctor/
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BBC Planning At Least Another Five Years for Doctor Who!
Doctor Who will run for at least another five years, according to Steven Moffat in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine.
In the new issues, #485, out now, the showrunner recalls that the BBC had enough faith in the show even if ratings plummeted as they predicted in 2010 to keep it going:
“Ten years on, our ratings are pretty much the same. Actually, internationally, bigger. No show does that! You’re meant to go down! Doctor Who just stays. It’s extraordinary!
“When I first took it over, the BBC said to me, ‘We’ve done all our calculations. The ratings will now fall. Expect to lose quite a bit. We don’t mind that. We’re going to keep it going. So long as it’s a good show we won’t mind if the ratings stop being quite as amazing as they were. That’s absolutely fine.’ And they didn’t. They pretty much stayed the same.”
Most pleasingly, however, is the BBC’s insistence to keep the show on air, and Steven reveals that the corporation has long-term plans:
“I thought it would last ten years. I didn’t think it would last ten years with BBC Worldwide trying to get me in a room to talk about their plan for the next five years! So it’s going to do a minimum of 15. I mean, it could do 26! It’s not easy to find new people. It’s not easy to find new Doctors. That could be the danger – that you start to think that it’s easy. There’s nothing easy about doing Doctor Who.”
What’s interesting here, putting aside the joyous hope for the future, is that former showrunner, Russell T Davies, thought the show would only last one year (hence why Series 1 was so amazing), whereas Moffat predicted a longer reign.
So there we have it: at least another 5 years for the Doctor and the TARDIS. That’s reassuring, particularly as, in the past, news about recommissioning was not forthcoming, leaving many fans worried that each finale would be the last. We’ve not really had that concern recently: even though the Beeb rarely announce these things for Doctor Who, Moffat constantly talks about the future of the show, so we’ve sort of had it easy. Nonetheless, this is certainly welcome news.
BBC Head of Drama Commissioning, Ben Stephenson, also sheds some light on why he thinks Doctor Who lasts on TV:
“The brilliant thing about Doctor Who is that it’s so adjustable. It doesn’t have to be ‘There are 13 episodes and they start in September’. Of course, the fans want it to keep coming back with regularity but we could choose, as they did with David Tennant, to do a year of Specials. I’m not saying we’re planning that, because we plan to keep it regularly in the schedules. But because it’s such an amazing format, because you can constantly revive it and re-imagine it, then as long as the people looking after it are passionate about it and the BBC is passionate about it, there’s absolutely no reason why it can’t do another 50 years.”
Personally, I think it’s so ingrained in the nation’s consciousness that even those who don’t watch it have memories from their childhood. And everyone knows what a TARDIS is, who the Doctor is, what a Time Lord is, who the Daleks are…
This obviously is fantastic news. It’s also great to hear the BBC has such faith in the show after its tempestuous past.
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...and just to confirm that... from this website... cheers.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...or-Who-will-last-a-minimum-of-five-years.html
Steven Moffat: Doctor Who will last a minimum of five years
Showrunner Steven Moffat has revealed that he has long-term plans for Doctor Who
It was never likely to be going anywhere any time soon – Doctor Who pulls in millions of viewers every week in the UK alone and attracts millions more fans around the world. But showrunner Steven Moffat has said that he has long-term plans for the sci-fi series.
“I thought it would last 10 years. I didn’t think it would last 10 years with BBC Worldwide trying to get me in a room to talk about their plan for the next five years!” he told Doctor Who magazine.
“It’s going to do a minimum of 15. I mean, it could do 26!
The relaunched series recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, with five actors having played the role of the Doctor during that decade: Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith, John Hurt (for one episode) and Peter Capaldi.
In the interview, Moffat revealed that it has been hard finding actors to play the Time Lord.
“It’s not easy to find new people,” he said. “It’s not easy to find new Doctors. That could be the danger – that you start to think that it’s easy. There’s nothing easy about doing Doctor Who.”
The ratings for the series have also stayed relatively consistent over its 10-year stretch, said Moffat: “When I first took it over, the BBC said to me, ‘We’ve done all our calculations. The ratings will now fall. Expect to lose quite a bit. We don’t mind that. We’re going to keep it going. So long as it’s a good show we won’t mind if the ratings stop being quite as amazing as they were. That’s absolutely fine.’ And they didn’t. They pretty much stayed the same.”
“It’s not easy to find new people,” he said. “It’s not easy to find new Doctors. That could be the danger – that you start to think that it’s easy. There’s nothing easy about doing Doctor Who.”
The ratings for the series have also stayed relatively consistent over its 10-year stretch, said Moffat: “When I first took it over, the BBC said to me, ‘We’ve done all our calculations. The ratings will now fall. Expect to lose quite a bit. We don’t mind that. We’re going to keep it going. So long as it’s a good show we won’t mind if the ratings stop being quite as amazing as they were. That’s absolutely fine.’ And they didn’t. They pretty much stayed the same.”
http://www.kasterborous.com/2015/04/moffat-bbc-planning-least-another-five-years-doctor/
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BBC Planning At Least Another Five Years for Doctor Who!
Doctor Who will run for at least another five years, according to Steven Moffat in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine.
In the new issues, #485, out now, the showrunner recalls that the BBC had enough faith in the show even if ratings plummeted as they predicted in 2010 to keep it going:
“Ten years on, our ratings are pretty much the same. Actually, internationally, bigger. No show does that! You’re meant to go down! Doctor Who just stays. It’s extraordinary!
“When I first took it over, the BBC said to me, ‘We’ve done all our calculations. The ratings will now fall. Expect to lose quite a bit. We don’t mind that. We’re going to keep it going. So long as it’s a good show we won’t mind if the ratings stop being quite as amazing as they were. That’s absolutely fine.’ And they didn’t. They pretty much stayed the same.”
Most pleasingly, however, is the BBC’s insistence to keep the show on air, and Steven reveals that the corporation has long-term plans:
“I thought it would last ten years. I didn’t think it would last ten years with BBC Worldwide trying to get me in a room to talk about their plan for the next five years! So it’s going to do a minimum of 15. I mean, it could do 26! It’s not easy to find new people. It’s not easy to find new Doctors. That could be the danger – that you start to think that it’s easy. There’s nothing easy about doing Doctor Who.”
What’s interesting here, putting aside the joyous hope for the future, is that former showrunner, Russell T Davies, thought the show would only last one year (hence why Series 1 was so amazing), whereas Moffat predicted a longer reign.
So there we have it: at least another 5 years for the Doctor and the TARDIS. That’s reassuring, particularly as, in the past, news about recommissioning was not forthcoming, leaving many fans worried that each finale would be the last. We’ve not really had that concern recently: even though the Beeb rarely announce these things for Doctor Who, Moffat constantly talks about the future of the show, so we’ve sort of had it easy. Nonetheless, this is certainly welcome news.
BBC Head of Drama Commissioning, Ben Stephenson, also sheds some light on why he thinks Doctor Who lasts on TV:
“The brilliant thing about Doctor Who is that it’s so adjustable. It doesn’t have to be ‘There are 13 episodes and they start in September’. Of course, the fans want it to keep coming back with regularity but we could choose, as they did with David Tennant, to do a year of Specials. I’m not saying we’re planning that, because we plan to keep it regularly in the schedules. But because it’s such an amazing format, because you can constantly revive it and re-imagine it, then as long as the people looking after it are passionate about it and the BBC is passionate about it, there’s absolutely no reason why it can’t do another 50 years.”
Personally, I think it’s so ingrained in the nation’s consciousness that even those who don’t watch it have memories from their childhood. And everyone knows what a TARDIS is, who the Doctor is, what a Time Lord is, who the Daleks are…
This obviously is fantastic news. It’s also great to hear the BBC has such faith in the show after its tempestuous past.
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...and just to confirm that... from this website... cheers.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...or-Who-will-last-a-minimum-of-five-years.html
Steven Moffat: Doctor Who will last a minimum of five years
Showrunner Steven Moffat has revealed that he has long-term plans for Doctor Who
It was never likely to be going anywhere any time soon – Doctor Who pulls in millions of viewers every week in the UK alone and attracts millions more fans around the world. But showrunner Steven Moffat has said that he has long-term plans for the sci-fi series.
“I thought it would last 10 years. I didn’t think it would last 10 years with BBC Worldwide trying to get me in a room to talk about their plan for the next five years!” he told Doctor Who magazine.
“It’s going to do a minimum of 15. I mean, it could do 26!
The relaunched series recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, with five actors having played the role of the Doctor during that decade: Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith, John Hurt (for one episode) and Peter Capaldi.
In the interview, Moffat revealed that it has been hard finding actors to play the Time Lord.
“It’s not easy to find new people,” he said. “It’s not easy to find new Doctors. That could be the danger – that you start to think that it’s easy. There’s nothing easy about doing Doctor Who.”
The ratings for the series have also stayed relatively consistent over its 10-year stretch, said Moffat: “When I first took it over, the BBC said to me, ‘We’ve done all our calculations. The ratings will now fall. Expect to lose quite a bit. We don’t mind that. We’re going to keep it going. So long as it’s a good show we won’t mind if the ratings stop being quite as amazing as they were. That’s absolutely fine.’ And they didn’t. They pretty much stayed the same.”
“It’s not easy to find new people,” he said. “It’s not easy to find new Doctors. That could be the danger – that you start to think that it’s easy. There’s nothing easy about doing Doctor Who.”
The ratings for the series have also stayed relatively consistent over its 10-year stretch, said Moffat: “When I first took it over, the BBC said to me, ‘We’ve done all our calculations. The ratings will now fall. Expect to lose quite a bit. We don’t mind that. We’re going to keep it going. So long as it’s a good show we won’t mind if the ratings stop being quite as amazing as they were. That’s absolutely fine.’ And they didn’t. They pretty much stayed the same.”