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

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No, they only are when I mention them. In fact, Dan and I got a NO SPOILERS for referring even obliquely to the title of the Gaiman ep. It's enough to make you think there's a conspiracy.

― I said Omorotic, not homo-erotic (aldo), Friday, 8 April 2011 03:55

lol, because I was asleep at A QUARTER TO FOUR IN THE MORNING and not leaping onto the internet in case you took longer than nine minutes to reply? I accidentally read the last one of those titles while scrolling past, and I am indeed mildly annoyed about knowing it.

[and thus being able to draw inferences about characters and plots that might be in an episode TWO MONTHS AWAY, and which will have been built up to by SIX PREVIOUS EPISODES about which I know nothing. except that one's in puɐןɐɔıɹǝɯɐ]

a bunch of us ITT have said that we rly like avoiding reading anything about upcoming Who, and thus bringing a sense of fresh, childlike wonder to our viewing, because a) we are all sappy nostalgists about watching the show as kids and b) it is designed to reward that attitude so why not meet it halfway. it's about a way some people enjoy the show, that happens to not be the way others like and choose to enjoy the show - it's nothing personal about you!

you big nerdy mentalist you.

Ita Buttrock (sic), Friday, 8 April 2011 04:36 (thirteen years ago) link

I've got your back here, I'm pretty much sticking to the "only what's just been on the screen" rule ITT - I only mentioned the prequel because it's not clear whether it's necessary or not. Jim, who posted it, was firmly in the camp you describe in your last paragraph for previous seasons.

I wasn't annoyed when I wrote what you quoted, there probably should have been a winky or something after it.

I said Omorotic, not homo-erotic (aldo), Friday, 8 April 2011 06:34 (thirteen years ago) link

Er yeah I'm 100% hardcore butthurt spoilerphobe but c'mon, episode titles? Those things appear ON SCREEN in BIG LETTERS at the start of the episodes. And even then, I added a line to say "hey, these are episode titles" so that people could still choose to skip over them if they wanted to. "I tried to skip it and read it by accident bah" is...I dunno, nuts.

Apart from anything else, it's been common practice in previous Who threads to make the episode list the top post for a new season's thread.

JimD, Friday, 8 April 2011 08:23 (thirteen years ago) link

blueski actually embedded the trailer. i can't believe he's not banned tbqh.

bantonio banderas (history mayne), Friday, 8 April 2011 08:24 (thirteen years ago) link

If you don't want to know anything at all about the upcoming series you probably shouldn't be reading the thread about the upcoming series. Nothing wrong with posting titles at all.

Matt DC, Friday, 8 April 2011 08:53 (thirteen years ago) link

Those things appear ON SCREEN in BIG LETTERS at the start of the episodes.

Yes, five minutes INTO the episode you are already watching, not two months before

And even then, I added a line to say "hey, these are episode titles" so that people could still choose to skip over them if they wanted to.

I know, appreciated - hence trying to scroll past!

"I tried to skip it and read it by accident bah" is...I dunno, nuts.

my (deliberately here) extreme position is also exacerbated by being unable to get useful information out of the b33b at work, like launch dates and TX durations and.... ep titles, so seeing them bandied about for pre-screening discussion in the ~outside world~ rankles especially

(but, y'know, "mildly")

Apart from anything else, it's been common practice in previous Who threads to make the episode list the top post for a new season's thread.

and fuck that imo

but sorry to everyone who doesn't want to read this thread-clogging nonsense!

Ita Buttrock (sic), Friday, 8 April 2011 10:37 (thirteen years ago) link

Just trying to imagine a season preview thread that contained absolutely zero preview information though.

"ooh, Doctor Who's coming back soon"
"hooray!"
"i love doctor who"
"i wonder what will happen in the new episodes"
"i have no idea!"
"me neither!"
"matt smith is great"
"is he still going to be in it?"
"who knows!?"
etc

JimD, Friday, 8 April 2011 10:50 (thirteen years ago) link

Ha, yeah, I know I'm pro-speculation there, but speculation still needs to be based on something. And episode titles are the right kind of something, really.

JimD, Friday, 8 April 2011 11:06 (thirteen years ago) link

Just trying to imagine a season preview thread

if you scroll up I think you'll find 97% of this thread is actually talking about the episodes after they've TXed

Ita Buttrock (sic), Friday, 8 April 2011 11:28 (thirteen years ago) link

(loled at 3than's post in that linked thread, then loled again at ken's)

Ita Buttrock (sic), Friday, 8 April 2011 11:30 (thirteen years ago) link

Ok then

Just trying to imagine a season preview thread discussion

JimD, Friday, 8 April 2011 11:31 (thirteen years ago) link

episode titles have always been posted on who ilx threads in advance tho right? on that basis i'd say mentions of upcoming guest stars are also ok, at least if widely publicised.

it's worth noting that none of the above titles mention actual 'monsters' anyway (assuming The Black Spot isn't really a thing - that one actually sounds fake :/)

black bloc bologna (blueski), Friday, 8 April 2011 11:39 (thirteen years ago) link

maybe under Moffat the titles do feel more important now tho, being increasingly 'arc'd up'

black bloc bologna (blueski), Friday, 8 April 2011 11:40 (thirteen years ago) link

you all know amy dies in episode 2 right

You Say Various Things (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 8 April 2011 12:35 (thirteen years ago) link

really tho no Doctor/Amy/Rory is dead cliffhangers ever again ffs

black bloc bologna (blueski), Friday, 8 April 2011 12:47 (thirteen years ago) link

Real answer: the Doctor is a replicant, Amy is a cylon, and Rory is the island.

VegemiteGrrl, Friday, 8 April 2011 13:46 (thirteen years ago) link

That would make River a Visitor, right?

fat fat fat fat Usher (DJP), Friday, 8 April 2011 13:47 (thirteen years ago) link

River = the Dominion

Yossarian's sense of humour (NotEnough), Friday, 8 April 2011 13:49 (thirteen years ago) link

River is the smoking man

VegemiteGrrl, Friday, 8 April 2011 14:00 (thirteen years ago) link

Haha, there's something written by somebody else since my last post I would get lynched for saying because it was in DWM and there have been a flurry of production team tweets about it. So much controversy (in the Who world) I very nearly posted about it.

I said Omorotic, not homo-erotic (aldo), Friday, 8 April 2011 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link

Anyway, have one of these and all be friends together waiting for the new episodes.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5221/5561066862_bd9f19b89d.jpg

I said Omorotic, not homo-erotic (aldo), Friday, 8 April 2011 16:26 (thirteen years ago) link

Tell you what I hate: walking around town and seeing posters for forthcoming films that GIVE AWAY THEIR FUCKING TITLES.

Alba, Sunday, 10 April 2011 13:54 (thirteen years ago) link

Has anyone else seen the prequel, and are we (or are we not) talking about it since it's only on the website and is not available outside of Britain? (See also trailers, including the US-only one)

I said Omorotic, not homo-erotic (aldo), Sunday, 10 April 2011 13:56 (thirteen years ago) link

we talked about it upthread

the George Washington of butts (sic), Sunday, 10 April 2011 14:00 (thirteen years ago) link

? I see talk about UK trailer 2 only.

I said Omorotic, not homo-erotic (aldo), Sunday, 10 April 2011 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link

isn't the prequel just the 2 minute clip i originally embedded (Tricky Dicky & Moffat-autopilot-but-still-awesome shenans)?

black bloc bologna (blueski), Sunday, 10 April 2011 14:47 (thirteen years ago) link

yes, I think so. and then there was a season trailer. AFAIK that's all that has been released, audio-visually.

I love my puppy -- and she loves me! (Viceroy), Sunday, 10 April 2011 16:15 (thirteen years ago) link

There's more than one version of the Tricky Dicky film, there's a US only trailer that doesn't have anything from the one upthread on it, there's a different UK trailer after it and there is more than one edit of all the trailers (for a specific plot reason).

I said Omorotic, not homo-erotic (aldo), Sunday, 10 April 2011 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link

BBC America trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVAgyBOe84w

black bloc bologna (blueski), Sunday, 10 April 2011 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link

I like the Britisher trailer instead

VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 10 April 2011 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link

But either way OMG EXCITED

VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 10 April 2011 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link

River is the smoking man

― VegemiteGrrl, Friday, April 8, 2011 2:00 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark

irl lol

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 10 April 2011 17:31 (thirteen years ago) link

US trailer gives glimpses of some 'scarier' shit than the previous one but not much else of note

black bloc bologna (blueski), Sunday, 10 April 2011 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link

my real fear remains that their welcome upping of creepiness will just be hampered as usual by Gold's incessant cranked up orchestral shite

black bloc bologna (blueski), Sunday, 10 April 2011 17:35 (thirteen years ago) link

there's certainly a lot of characters holding guns in that trailer... whats worse, Moffat's guns-are-cool agenda or his pro-heteronormtaive agenda? (note I don't think he actually consciously has these agendas but its food for posts maybe)

I love my puppy -- and she loves me! (Viceroy), Sunday, 10 April 2011 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link

^^ marvellously polite trolling

Alba, Sunday, 10 April 2011 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link

Rights holders are fucking idiots.

You Say Various Things (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 10 April 2011 22:13 (thirteen years ago) link

lol @ US-style voiceover. half-expecting "from the creator of Coupling..."

Roz, Monday, 11 April 2011 00:06 (thirteen years ago) link

"The genius behind Press Gang brings you..."

You Say Various Things (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 11 April 2011 00:12 (thirteen years ago) link

? I see talk about UK trailer 2 only.

― I said Omorotic, not homo-erotic (aldo), Monday, 11 April 2011 00:22 (10 hours ago)

POTUS seemed to slip into Reagan caricature there momentarily. Also, the "monster in the White House" bit is a good lol.

― Esteban Buttezface (Leee), Monday, 28 March 2011 09:33 (2 weeks ago)

Looked like good old president Bill "Ike" Nixclinton.

― Threadkiller General (Viceroy), Monday, 28 March 2011 10:11 (2 weeks ago)

if it's set in present-times, there's another timeline crunch for aldo to annotate (though last series' reset button gives them a bunch of leeway)

― kris menace isn't even french (sic), Monday, 28 March 2011 10:52 (2 weeks ago)

OR DOES IT, HMM?

I am only going to lurk this year btw. Until I explode in a fit of pique.

― I said Omorotic, not homo-erotic (aldo), Monday, 28 March 2011 17:58 (2 weeks ago)

From the side, I thought it was President Logan from 24 at first.

― ailsa, Monday, 28 March 2011 20:59 (2 weeks ago)

Reel to reel tape recorder suggests nixon era, as does voice (kinda), nose.

― and the hint of parp (ledge), Monday, 28 March 2011 22:33 (2 weeks ago)

yeah, am sure it's meant to be Nixon if any real or real-world-analogue PUSA

― kris menace isn't even french (sic), Monday, 28 March 2011 22:35 (2 weeks ago)

I figured Logan in 24 was based on Nixon as well, so I wasn't far off.

― ailsa, Monday, 28 March 2011 22:37 (2 weeks ago)

also lol:

xp not watching it this year, staying out of thread &c.

― avant garde a clue (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 28 March 2011 21:05 (2 weeks ago)

the George Washington of butts (sic), Monday, 11 April 2011 00:36 (thirteen years ago) link

you're an angry angry man

You Say Various Things (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 11 April 2011 00:42 (thirteen years ago) link

I am smiling when I type "lol"

the George Washington of butts (sic), Monday, 11 April 2011 00:54 (thirteen years ago) link

And now a new new new BBC America trailer, and a CBBC trailer.

I said Omorotic, not homo-erotic (aldo), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 06:34 (thirteen years ago) link

Murray Gold's Revamp of the Dr Who Theme

Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link

One week guys!!

Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Sunday, 17 April 2011 22:40 (thirteen years ago) link

:D

VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 17 April 2011 22:41 (thirteen years ago) link

12 days for legally-minded mongrels

Hypermotard: (sic), Sunday, 17 April 2011 23:38 (thirteen years ago) link

http://www.urlesque.com/2011/04/15/doctor-who-celebrity-tweets-american-accent/

Our pals at Buzzfeed managed to get a sit-down with the cast of Doctor Who, and they did what any respectable American would do -- got Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill to read asinine celebrity tweets in the best American accents they could muster. If you've ever wanted to hear The Doctor struggling with a Sarah Palin quote, this is probably your only chance. The highlight of the whole thing might be The Doctor's lovely companion misprouncing "Ghostface Killah." Instant classic!

Crazed Mister Handy (kingfish), Monday, 18 April 2011 06:12 (thirteen years ago) link

grr the new episode was dangled in front of me on a hard drive this afternoon but I was not allowed to touch it

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Hypermotard: (sic), Monday, 18 April 2011 07:22 (thirteen years ago) link


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