The Doctor Who Thread

[iank]

Allegedly season 15 is the next Blu ray set coming in February, so the official announcement will probably be soon.

Some good news at last anyway (unless RTD has remade them all for the "modern audience").

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by iank

Allegedly season 15 is the next Blu ray set coming in February, so the official announcement will probably be soon.

Some good news at last anyway (unless RTD has remade them all for the "modern audience").

It's been delayed for 25 years whilst they update the FX shots on Underworld.

[Rob4]

I caught up with The Star Beast. It was alright up to the point of the spaceship trying to take off and then ended disastrously with a ridiculously contrived resolution. It's like RTD came up with the idea of uniting Tennant and Tate to revive the programmes fortunes and then had no real idea of how he was going to resolve the conundrum he had created in the first palce.

On the positive side the dialogue and acting was a step up from the Chibnall era and it's clear that tons of money was being thrown at it for the effects, but RTD seems to have immersed himself in the Chibnall playbook of woke cheesiness.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

With 5.1m it had the highest overnight viewing figure since New Year's Day 2019.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

At least Davies is using his imagination now regarding endings.

It's no longer press a big red button to make everything right. No.

Now it's flick a load of switches.

[iank]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

With 5.1m it had the highest overnight viewing figure since New Year's Day 2019.

5.08. Strictly - which came on straight after - got well over 7. That's nearly half what the 50th got and these things always go down after the first episode.
Not looking good...

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #1332a / Nu-Who #391a

Name: Maggie Service [? - ]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Deep Breath
Character(s): Elsie

Note(s): Appeared in a number of Big Finish Productions audio adventures:

• In the 'Doctor Who Main Range' story 'Revenge of the Swarm'
• In the 'Sixth Doctor Adventures' story 'The End of the Line'
• In the 'Ninth Doctor Adventures' story 'The Curse of Lady Macbeth'
• In the 'UNIT: Nemesis' stories 'Eleven's Eleven' / 'The Curator's Gambit'
• In the 'Missy' story 'Divorced, Beheaded, Regenerated'

Before Who:
Films: To Cancer and Beyond (2009), National Theatre Live: London Assurance (2010), National Theatre Live: Collaborators (2011), Fifty Years on Stage (2013)
Television: Hyperdrive [9 episodes as the voice of the Computer (2006–2007)] / The Omid Djalili Show [2 episodes as the Voice over (2007–2009)] / Foyle's War: The Hide (2010) / Miranda: Before I Die (2010) / The Mimic (2014)

After Who:
Films: London Road (2015), Halcyon Heights (2016)
Television: Call the Midwife (2015) / The Aliens (2016) / I Want My Wife Back (2016) / Red Dwarf: Samsara (2016) / Three Girls (2017) / Quacks: The Duke's Tracheotomy (2017) / W1A (2017) / Man Down: The Home (2017) / Good Omens* [6 episodes as Maggie / Sister Theresa Garrulous (2019–2023)] / Quiz [2 episodes as Kerry the Floor Manager (2020)] / The Remote Read: A Separate Peace (2020) / Life (2020) / The Hillywood Show: Good Omens Parody (2023)

Who: Before And After #1332b / Nu-Who #391b

Name: Mark Kempner [1957 - ]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Deep Breath
Character(s): Cabbie

Before Who:
Films: Tale of a Vampire (1992), The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995), Distant Shadow (2000), Last Chance Harvey (2008), Down Terrace (2009), Sweet N' Sour Recession (2010), Kill List (2011), Sightseers (2012), Everyone's Going to Die (2013), The World's End (2013), The Wolds (2014), Stains of Staines (2014)
Television: London Bridge (1995) / Pie in the Sky: Devil's On Horseback (1996) / The Bill [2 episodes, different characters (1996)] / Get Fit with Brittas (1997) / Wycliffe: Seen A Ghost (1997) / EastEnders [2 episodes, different characters (2004–2018)] / Holby City: Total Recall (2005) / The Worst Week of My Life: Friday (2005) / Vital Signs (2006) / Little Dorrit (2008) / Peep Show: Das Boot (2009) / Rosamunde Pilcher [3 episodes, different characters (2009–2012)] / Comedy Blaps [6 episodes, voice only (2011–2012)] / The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder In Angel Lane (2013)

After Who:
Films: Criminal (2016)
Television: This Country: The Aftermath (2018) / Doctors: The Comeback (2018) / Not Going Out: Ding Dong Merrily On Live (2018) / Trying: The Sun On Your Back (2021) / Rain Dogs: Jesus Loves A Hustler (2023) / Ted Lasso [4 episodes as Kenneth the Bus Driver (2023)]

Who: Before And After #1332c / Nu-Who #391c

Name: Graham Duff [1964 - ]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Deep Breath
Character(s): Waiter

Note(s):

• Appeared in the Big Finish Productions 'Doctor Who Unbound' audio adventure 'Exile'
• Wrote the Big Finish Productions 'Doctor Who Monthly Range' audio story 'Faith Stealer'

Before Who:
Films: My Mother India (2001), Ketch! & HIRO-PON Get It On (2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1* (2010), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

Television: Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible** [4 episodes, different characters (2001)] / Ideal [51 episodes as Brian (2005–2011)] / Comedy Lab: Totally Tom (2011) / Alan Partridge - Welcome to the Places of My Life (2012), Hunderby (2012) / Hebburn [5 episodes as David (2012–2013)] / The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret [8 episodes, different characters (2012–2016)] / Common Ground: Rupert (2013)

After Who:
Films: High-Rise (2015)
Television: The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells: The Late Mr Elvesham (2016)

Who: Before And After #1332d / Nu-Who #391d

Name: Ellis George [1998 - ]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Deep Breath – Into The Dalek / The Caretaker – Kill The Moon
Character(s): Courtney Woods

Before Who:
Films: None
Television: None

After Who:
Films: None
Television: Small Axe: Lovers Rock (2020) / Grace: Dead Tomorrow (2022)

Who: Before And After #1332e / Nu-Who #391e

Name: Peter Hannah [? - ]
Year(s): 2014
Stories: Deep Breath
Character(s): Policeman

Before Who:
Films: Mr. Turner (2014)
Television: None

After Who:
Films: Above the Clouds (2018)
Television: I Hate Suzie: Bargaining (2020) / Unforgotten (2021) / Casualty: The Choice (2022) / The Serpent Queen: A Queen Is Made (2022) / Six Four [4 episodes as Cameron (2023)]

[Rob4]

Originally Posted by iank

5.08. Strictly - which came on straight after - got well over 7. That's nearly half what the 50th got and these things always go down after the first episode.
Not looking good...

Less and less people are watching the night it's broadcast these days so you have to wait for the streaming results to judge. And also there is Disney to consider and what they consider a good result on their platform. Having said that I'm starting to think the numbers of the noughties are not recoverable. They definitely won't be if it continues in this vein.

If you look at Nu-Who as a whole it's the scary dark episodes or the episodes that evoke pensive reflection and a sense of loss that are the most successful. These wacky ones are generally treated with derision. This episode in particular seems like a missed opportunity - I remember the comic strip being pretty wacky but it also had that hard edge of 2000A.D. type violence and RTD seems to have toned that edge down, probably because it was out of kilter with his feelgood love-in finale.

RTD promises the next episode is very scary so I'll tune in for that one and hopefully the tone changes and we get back to some proper DR. WHO

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by iank

5.08. Strictly - which came on straight after - got well over 7. That's nearly half what the 50th got and these things always go down after the first episode.
Not looking good...

Well it's a lot better than the last lot which were scraping 3m over nights.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Alister Pearson's artwork for the 1990 re-release of the Target book An Unearthly Child (1963)