Doctor Who Series 10

[Who PhD]

I thought tonight's was good. Bill continues to delight me. Lucas can fuck off but I like the idea that it seems we're going to be angry with him and not like him later on when he does the knocker's bidding. On that note... I mean, if you've got a thing keep running with it but I wonder when people will get annoyed with it. The knocking. The drums. It was three knocks, then the last time it was four. Gotta be Simm, right?

I think it was 3, but the whole knocking thing had nothing to do with the master himself.

 

[Vintage Paw]

It's shorthand for that though. The knocking was Wilf, but the theme went on further than that.

With the vault, the first few times it was 3 knocks, but the very last one was 4. I counted

 

[ginger_syn]

I liked this week's story simple and unfussy, some excellent dialogue and the costume were lovely but will have to watch it again when the grandkids have gone home.

 

[Gromit]

Episode gave Bill some opportunity for Bill to display some acting range. Nailed it.

Gave Capaldi some opportunity to display acting range. Keanu Reeves'esk.

 

[Who PhD]

I'm thinking that revealing John Simm's presence in the series was a mistake.

I'm also suspecting that Moffat is going to reveal the vault is occupied by the Doctor

 

[Gromit]

The vault is inhabited by the very first PPI claims salesman.
Unfortunately once opened a plague of PPI sales calls is started and continues to this day.
This happens. It is inevitable.

 

[Who PhD]

What if John Simm is the new Doctor!

mind...blown!

 

[Lazy Llama]

What if John Simm is the new Doctor!

mind...blown!

Like Vintage Paw suggested 2 weeks ago?

OH MY wouldn't it be a turn up if he regenerates into John Simm.

 

[stuff_it]

Could see it happening in a kind of twist-fake out moment. Like a not-quite-real regeneration, and then he regens proper later on.

If it is Missy who regens back into Simm, would this be the first time they've ever done a regen that uses a previous likeness?

I wonder how personality works in that case, since personality is always subtly different (while retaining a lot of what went before).

It wouldn't be previous from The Master's POV

 

[Who PhD]

It could also be a flashback.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

When romana regenerated she said it was possible to take on the appearance of people she had previously known, I think that had to be a choice though, not through death or any forced regeneration. She even tried on various bodies before deciding on romana 2.

 

[Who PhD]

When romana regenerated she said it was possible to take on the appearance of people she had previously known, I think that had to be a choice though, not through death or any forced regeneration. She even tried on various bodies before deciding on romana 2.

Same goes for the twelfth doctor

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Really? Who was that?

 

[Vintage Paw]

Pompeii Capaldi.

 

[DotCommunist]

The doc obviously can't control his regens the way its meant to be. Sudden death and so on. The only time he controlled it was when mgann asked the sisters of whatsit for a specific regen and they are supposed to be 'more advanced than time lord science'

which also means the 12 regen limit has been surpassed imo, same as the master burnt through 12 regens and clings to life through various plot mgaffins

 

[Who PhD]

Really? Who was that?

Alistair Campbell

 

[Who PhD]

The doc obviously can't control his regens the way its meant to be. Sudden death and so on. The only time he controlled it was when mgann asked the sisters of whatsit for a specific regen and they are supposed to be 'more advanced than time lord science'

which also means the 12 regen limit has been surpassed imo, same as the master burnt through 12 regens and clings to life through various plot mgaffins

MacGann was dying at that point, if he didn't accept their weird potion he would have died. He just asked them to help him become a warrior.

The doctor got a whole set of new regenerations at the end of Time of the Doctor which is how he morphed into Capaldi.

Yes I am this pedantic.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I'm really enjoying Dr who at the moment. My 10 year old daughter is loving it in the same way I did at ten, and watching it together is a real treat. Capaldi was the doctor that really grabbed her imagination which pisses on the idea that kids want a younger version. Her second favourite is baker, and she now loves vintage who to get the 'back story', she will even sit through some of the worst first Dr episodes for what she calls 'educational purposes' and almost certainly knows more about it than I remember.

Oddly positive Dr who post.

 

[ginger_syn]

My three grandchildren really like capaldi's doctor, his age didn't phase them at all,'though to be fair to them they think mat Smith was a bit old as well

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

My three grandchildren really like capaldi's doctor, his age didn't phase them at all,'though to be fair to them they think mat Smith was a bit old as well

My daughter thinks he is a sap. Hates all the Geronimo, timey whimey rubbish. Quite likes that other dude before him, and really enjoyed the war doctor.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Oh, one comment on the last (not actually had) episode. Frost fairs were a cause of the old London bridge slowing the flow of the Thames. In the episode, they quite clearly used another bridge which would not have been there, and looked suspiciously like the second London bridge (later sold to lake havasu). Might even have been filmed in the area where a small bit of the bridge still remains. Bit jarring that the same small set was used over and over again. Hey, but thats quite true to old Dr who.

 

[Who PhD]

I'm really enjoying Dr who at the moment. My 10 year old daughter is loving it in the same way I did at ten, and watching it together is a real treat. Capaldi was the doctor that really grabbed her imagination which pisses on the idea that kids want a younger version. Her second favourite is baker, and she now loves vintage who to get the 'back story', she will even sit through some of the worst first Dr episodes for what she calls 'educational purposes' and almost certainly knows more about it than I remember.

Oddly positive Dr who post.

In case it's not already clear, I'm obsessed with it. I've allowed myself to get well into Who over the last few months and I do not apologise

I intend to collect all the episodes. Best thing the BBC ever did (apart from that reality TV show where Andrew Neill died accidentally when he fell into a pit of venomous snakes - oh wait, that has yet to happen).

 

[DotCommunist]

I'm obsessed with it

this is what you need when the who-fever grips too much

 

[Who PhD]

I look forward to Sontaran Self Help!

 

[ginger_syn]

My daughter thinks he is a sap. Hates all the Geronimo, timey whimey rubbish. Quite likes that other dude before him, and really enjoyed the war doctor.

Youngest granddaughter who is almost 4 is obsessed with him and has watched the eleventh hour so much she knows amelias prayer word for word , grandson who's 9 prefers Tennant and McCoy and oldest granddaughter like Capaldi best and is very proud of the photo she has with him and I'm still a bit upset Pertwee left

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

I intend to collect all the episodes.

Good luck with that . Although there is audio and reconstructions of the missing episodes I suppose.

 

[Who PhD]

Good luck with that . Although there is audio and reconstructions of the missing episodes I suppose.

All the episodes that have survived, that is.

the animation they've done for the lost visuals is decent

 

[danny la rouge]

I'm really liking this series. And the Teen, who had gone off it, has got back into it. So I'm very happy.

 

[Who PhD]

Well, that was creepy and weird.

A bit like being a student!

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Finally watched the first episode last night.

I've clearly missed something (xmas special maybe?) - why is Matt Lucas in the tardis