Sea Devils And Die: GeroniMoffat's Doctor Who In The 2010s

Going back a way now but it’s worthy to keep going, to keep fighting to protect and help others, rather than laying down and dying. Which is their only other option

Their only option sure, but not Moffat's. Minutes later we see the pilot pilotting the tardis. Bill is with her. But Bill doesn't shout "Great, let's go and save Nardole and those innocent kids!" because...what? Bill in character absolutely would have gone back for them (even if timescale considerations made that difficult/impossible) but it doesn't even occur to her because hey, we're in wrap up mode, and Nardole's had his ending, and now Bill needs to have hers, and urgh.

I do not watch this show for the same reasons any of you guys do, is what I have surmised from the past 48 hours or so.

hey

Hated the finale, alternately ponderous and drippy and without bringing any of the characters to a particularly satisfying end but the very last scene was amazing.

Exclusive News: It’s Almost Time. #DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/rB4t1RH8Dx

— Doctor Who Official (@bbcdoctorwho) July 14, 2017

a lot of people had better wind up being really pissed off on Sunday. I'll be really pissed off if one of them is me

The next Doctor is... ADAM CAMPBELL!

This is a few weeks earlier in the year compared to when they announced Capaldi whose name didn't really feature at the top of rumour mills and betting markets much at all until just a few days before the announcement iirc(?) so if looking to be spoilered it'll probably be whoever's more recently jumped up or about to jump up the odds list. Must say I didn't expect to see Jodie Whittaker as third fave on Oddschecker and that's quite a gap between her and Tom Rosenthal...

I suspect Jodie Whittaker is up there as people scrabble for people who Chibnall has worked with in the past. Have just looked at Oddschecker - pretty much anyone who's ever been on TV ever seems to be on there.

i am nostalgic for the OMG HES OOOGLY reaction tbh

I tried very hard to "like" VG's post before remembering this isn't Facebook.

fleabag still the leading contender?

awful lot of tennant references in that ad

wouldn't it be funny if eccleston came back

I just read an article the other day that broke down the length of time between the announcement of a Doctor's retirement and the announcement of his replacement, and it looks like this iteration might wind up just being a few days shy of breaking the record.

I have no idea why I hardly ever post itt, as I've been watching in some semblance of real time since Tennant's days. But this was a good season with a great companion, and also a good Doctor and Moffat has been a good showrunner who will be missed and I am not looking forward to Chibnall like even a little bit but I remain hopeful.

we're watching Broadchurch Season 3 and I am incredibly stoked for Chibnall actually

I would not be prepared for a Jodie Whittaker Doctor though. That might be too "for the dads" even for this dad

The denouement of Broadchurch season 1 is almost certainly somewhere among my top ten worst endings ever. God, it still makes me IA just thinking about it. My gf seems to still enjoy watching it on her own, though. But, yeah, between that and Chibnall's Who and Torchwood eps, I'm not psyched.

which Torchwood eps did he do?

'Cyberwoman' for a start...

"Day One" (2006)
"Cyberwoman" (2006)
"Countrycide" (2006)
"End of Days" (2007)
"Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" (2008)
"Adrift" (2008)
"Fragments" (2008)
"Exit Wounds" (2008)

"Cyberwoman" was terrible but "Countrycide" was the best episode of the first season and "Fragments" and "Exit Wounds" are two of the best episodes of the entire show,

I will have to review what some of those episodes even are. Didn't realize I hadn't seen any Torchwood for the better part of a decade.

Countrycide is the one with the village of cannibals
Fragments is the one where the whole team is about to die and we learn how everyone but Gwen came to Torchwood
Exit Wounds is the season finale with that fantastic final scene between Tosh and Owen

still haven't watched any torchwood beyond the first three episodes, I really should get on that.

Yeah, excepting Countryside then Chibbers might be the best Torchwood writer (noting he didn't do They Keep Killing Susie or the PJ Hammond ones or Jack in the train carriage in the Indian Uprising).

announcing the next doctor after the wimbledon men's final

men's final

men

Countrycide was at least good for still being the only episode of nuWho/spinoffs where the answer to the mystery wasn't 'aliens'.

Just for fun (*) I'm going to remove this bookmark and unsubscribe from a few news feeds and just see whether there's any way I can stay unspoiled on this until Christmas.

(*) It won't be fun, it'll be annoying.

Hang on, when I typed Countrycide last night I meant Cyberwoman.

after the men's final, so it could be on Monday as well?

Unlikely, because they'll close the roof on centre court and get the final finished tomorrow.

oh, right - I forgot about the roof

Interesting choice for the new Doctor pic.twitter.com/GHUuoXBtxM

— Jesse Hawken (@jessehawken) July 15, 2017

that would be fine

For those like me who just got lost temporarily that's Pierce Brosnan

But let us salute his audition scene in full.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXcgt6l_LcA

who is the worst person they could cast? (as in worst person who is halfway plausible, not like Nigel Farage or someone) (I think someone might have mentioned James Corden as an answer to this question upthread?)

Ricky Gervais?

Vinnie Jones?

tom allen

him out of cold feet

I'm slightly bemused that Tom Allen has spread to Australia - is it because of his Who history?

terry jones

Bonnie Langford? Is she still with us?

Johnny Depp.

James Corden is hopefully making too much in the U.S. to ever consider it.

I think that Merlin guy might be pretty good.

Bill Bailey

the other guy from little britain

Corden is the one I cannot see being redeemed by any amount of good writing. I didn't like the chances of Capaldi but he turned out okay afaict. Corden though just seems to lack the appropriate strings in the harp of his being

corden was quite good in his two who performances. I don't think he'd be a good doctor though.