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

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.

oh God yeah, David Walliams would be my nightmare pick. Or Alan Davies or someone. Hugh Dennis. argh.

you know who would be really good is Arthur Darvill, based on his work on Legends of Tomorrow (which is a generally stupid show). He basically plays the Doctor there. He's great.

There's a certain attraction to the idea of a Doctor who dies in every episode..

so... Roger Federer is the next Dr. Who?

We're all the next Doctor Who.

In the future everyone will be Doctor Who for 15 minutes

GET. ON. WITH. IT.

The two finalists to become the new Doctor have to lip sync for their lives

— Keidra (@kdc) July 16, 2017

it's a female woman!

Jodie Whittaker