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I'm gonna wait until part 2 to pass judgement, but this was "ok." As in, I've seen worse and I've seen better.
Doctor Who Season 12
- Thread starter Eggs Mayonnaise
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Eggs Mayonnaise
All In With The Nuts
I zoned in and out of it while it was on. And I think I've pinpointed what bugs me about the Jodie era. I can't stand her plucky Sheffield manner and accent. Thank God for closed-captioning, otherwise I'd miss half of her dialogue. Apologies to anyone who lives near there or talks that way, but you're not being asked to carry a sci-fi show with a lot of technobabble.
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I have this problem too. Military service took me to a lot of places, so I normally don't have a problem with non-American accents and dialects. However, I have a hard time understanding what the fuck she's saying half the time.
Eggs Mayonnaise
All In With The Nuts
I watched it again and paid more attention. Still not warming up to this incarnation. (I know it's just Part 1 of 2...)
The Bond spoof angle was kind of fun, sort of. But overall I have the same complaints with the storytelling as last year. Only now instead of i being CSI: TARDIS, it's more like The X-Files. Why is The Doctor just as surprised as anyone that aliens might be involved? And the companions are too easily turned into experts in everything to suit the circumstances.
Also (and maybe this is because I've been watching a marathon for a week), I have fatigue for "the world is going to end in 5 minutes" stories. Maybe because the solutions that Jodie finds to fix everything involve a quick burst of technobabble, explained through that wide-eyed accent. It's totally anti-climactic. And this cliffhanger is just overkill.
So who do we want as the next Doctor?
The Bond spoof angle was kind of fun, sort of. But overall I have the same complaints with the storytelling as last year. Only now instead of i being CSI: TARDIS, it's more like The X-Files. Why is The Doctor just as surprised as anyone that aliens might be involved? And the companions are too easily turned into experts in everything to suit the circumstances.
Also (and maybe this is because I've been watching a marathon for a week), I have fatigue for "the world is going to end in 5 minutes" stories. Maybe because the solutions that Jodie finds to fix everything involve a quick burst of technobabble, explained through that wide-eyed accent. It's totally anti-climactic. And this cliffhanger is just overkill.
So who do we want as the next Doctor?
CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
Angela Lansbury.
Eggs Mayonnaise
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Here's an idea -- Daniel Radcliffe.
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Rowan Atkinson.
Oh wait...
Oh wait...
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Benny could pull it off with style. He could be an assholish Doctor in the same vein as Colin Baker.
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Hugh Laurie. He's also good at being an assholish Doctor.
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Correct.
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"A Bit Of Fry & Laurie" was bigger. The Hobbit stuff is just more recent and middling notable.
The Tomtrek
Love Wookiee
That was probably the best episode Chibnall has written so far and it still felt like a mid-tier RTD script.
CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
It was pretty good, I liked the unexpected time travel stuff. It felt more exciting than part one. Sacha Dhawan was good as the Master. But the ending all seemed a bit too easy (The Doctor basically just shows up and says "haha I beat you in the past or something!") and I'm not sure why they let Lenny Henry get away because there's not much more his character could offer.
whisky
Boobie inspector
It was a bit bill and Ted, the problem with any fatal delema in this show is the main character has a time machine. Which they seemed to have forgotten in the first episode where the fam was getting in trouble for too much time off work. 11 always brought Rory and Amy back the moment they left.
CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
Damning with faint praise is fun.