Doctor Who Appreciation Thread

[Malcy86]

The point is because the DVD serial sets are out of print and some are ridiculously expensive. BBC isn't making money from that and who wants to pay those prices and devote shelf space to all of those serials. They are way overdue to give us entire seasons on blu-ray.

They're sort of cheap if you know where to look. If you can play region free DVD's it would be a help. Only thing is the US & UK artwork is different. When I first started buying them about 15 years ago they were fairly expensive. £20 for Pertwee's debut. As years went on I was getting most of them for around £7.

Second hand places are a help. I get the odd one in CeX but I've noticed prices starting to rise again in the past year or so.

I lost about 15 stories on a recent move which was a bit of a pain in the arse considering they were in perfect condition. I'm going to rebuild it again. I could just download them but I like the extras.

The production subtitles on each release are great. Never bothered with commentaries on any DVD. Who or otherwise.

I wouldn't say the Blu-Ray boxset are long overdue. They're producing them at a large cost and bit making a lot of them. The Baker set sold out extremely quick so that prompted the subsequent releases that are on the way but if they don't sell well they won't make any more.

I'm really sceptical that every series will get a release. Baker will sell well because that's the Doctor from the classic era who is in the public consciousness the most. He's one of my least favourite but unfortunately I don't see sales of the series with missing episodes or the Colin Baker/Sylvester McCoy eras selling as well.

I couldn't care less about the HD quality. It wasn't made for that I'd much rather the arsehole who stole 'The Web Of Fear' episode shortly after the whole story was recovered would hand it back. And for all the other episodes that private collectors are hoarding to be shared.

 

[Malcy86]

Nice new take on a Dalek Story. Design looked good. Some really cringey lines though and the scene of the family realising there's no Wi-Fi was one of the worst scenes in the shows history.

 

[Json]

That Dalek was actually threatening basically being Venom. They could have done without the Dalek casing and keep moving with the ray blast.

That dude should have gone out that door though.

 

[Devilinurear]

Nice ep

 

[Malcy86]

Quiet in here.

There's a few details out for the next series including returning villains and guest stars. The GZA isn't one of them unfortunately but if anyone's interested I'll post them.

Worth adding that the PlutoTV app is supposed to have a Doctor Who channel now. US only so I can't check but it's showing all of the classic series on a loop I think.

 

[Json]

I was wondering when they were going to release a trailer.

 

[Malcy86]

I was wondering when they were going to release a trailer.

Possibly in October. Still no solid airdate yet. I think they are about 3/4 of the way through filming.

 

[Json]

Spoiler filming pics

Series 12 Filming Confirms Return of Classic Foe | Doctor Who TV

Can anyone tell which version this is? Their heads don't look like Capaldi's.

 

[Malcy86]

Spoiler filming pics

Series 12 Filming Confirms Return of Classic Foe | Doctor Who TV

Can anyone tell which version this is? Their heads don't look like Capaldi's.

They've been redesigned based on the historical setting of the episode. There's spikes on the legs as well. More than likely going to be a medieval set story so can see them being a bit barbaric in design.

The armour resembles the newer era or Who but there's nothing to say they aren't from an earlier time and have came through time a bit damaged and made do with what was around them.

One of the earlier episodes will feature Nazis in a WWII Paris setting. It features a real life resistance character as well.

Nice that Stephen Fry will be appearing at long last. He wrote an episode for the RTD era of the show but it wasn't filmed because no matter how much they adjusted the script it was going to be far too expensive to film.

The Judoon will also be making a long overdue return ans with a slight change to their appearance.

I think the mention of UNIT operations being suspended will be revisited this series as well. There is an episode or two featuring an intelligence agency and Graham going undercover I think.

Anjli Mohindra who played Rani in The Sarah Jane adventures is appearing but as a different character. Queen Skithra.

Mary Shelley who wrote 'Frankenstein' will be in an episode. No details on who's playing her yet I don't think. I wonder will it be a Scottish set episode as it was in Edinburgh that she got the inspiration to write the book.

Sea Devils, Autons & Osgood have been rumoured but unlikely. Interestingly though, 'Vote Saxon' posters were spotted around Cardiff. It's more likely that it's just a 2007 set story though and not a return for The Master.

 

[Jello Biafra]

Anjli Mohindra who played Rani in The Sarah Jane adventures is appearing but as a different character. Queen Skithra.

That annoys me.
I have been hoping to one day get a Who episode where The Doctor ends up working a case that Rani, Clyde and Luke are also working on and they get the Doctor's blessing to continue doing Sarah Jane's work on Earth.

 

[Malcy86]

That annoys me.
I have been hoping to one day get a Who episode where The Doctor ends up working a case that Rani, Clyde and Luke are also working on and they get the Doctor's blessing to continue doing Sarah Jane's work on Earth.

Yeah me too. She would have made a great companion as well. It's a shame there was never any real closure for those characters. There was a good few completed scripts ready for the rest of the shortened series 4 and series 5.

One would have featured the return of the 7th Doctor's companion Ace and the idea was toyed with of having her take over but they decided against it. A short minisode would have been enough to close the characters story but it would have been tough for everyone to do I reckon. Better left that the story just went on and on in the imagination.

Bit surprised that Big Finish haven't picked up a continuation by now. They've done just about everything else!

 

[Malcy86]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertainment-arts-49555763

Terrance dikks has died aged 84. He was a writer for the classic series as well as writing numerous books which I grew up reading.

 

[Malcy86]

Trailer. Still no airdate.

 

[Json]

If it’s New Years they should just say it. It’s only barely a month away.

Don’t need anymore trailers.

 

[Mr. Negative]

this is the first time in my entire life I've been for new Doctor Who.

I'm here for it, though.