Ha! Brilliant. :lol

Dude, none of that matters.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequ...ermaphroditism

Not to mention the fact that all past regenerations have varied significantly between each other. So given the physiological make up of the species, this barely matters and if the writers are smart, they won't make it matter. Because making it matter is a one-way ticket to a ham-fisted soapbox.

So, who’s everyone’s favourite Doctor?

I'll freely admit I wasn't all that warm to the idea of a female Doctor initially but you know what? I've loved this show my entire life and nothing is ever going to change that. It's been in desperate need of a shake up for years and I hope this is exactly what it needs to find it's footing again. Gender won't matter as long as the writing is good (the whole "writers room approach Chibnall wants to take concerns me a bit but that's a whole other argument) so what's left to do except embrace it with an open mind. As I said in my previous post the amount this means to people is insumoutable, and if the show is bringing that much joy to people then it's still doing what it set out to do.

It's a new era for Doctor Who. It's that moment Hartnell regenerated into Troughton for new generation, plus so much more. To not welcome it or want to be a part of it would be foolish.

I know Moffat like throw stuff from big finish in the show. So what if doctor commented suicide to regenerate to a woman

I dont see that happening, since the series finale ends with the 12th doctor refusing to accept "death" and regenerate, so committing suicide would be kind of hypocritical. Plus if the Christmas special deals with him accepting that his time has come, it'd be a big smack to the face to viewers if he ends up killing himself after coming to terms with it. Plus he's still currently regenerating so if he kills himself, he would die permanently. Also, the General from Day of the Doctor and Hell Bent was killed by the Doctor and regenerated into a female incarnation. SO the whole "committing suicide leads to regenerating into the opposite sex" thing from big finish wouldnt really work with the series canon now.

It seems more likely to me that the episode will end with the Doctor embracing change more than ever, and that's what will trigger it.

A, that's a stupid idea even in the original context. B, dependng on the value of suicide, at least 3-4 Doctors have gone out knowing what they're doing will cause a regeneration, so it doesn't fit. Even ignoring the cross-gender regenerations we've already had.

I think the best way to do this would be to not make a big deal ot of it. He's mentioned that "he could be anything" before, so why not a female form?

(Also, the hero outright comitting full-blown suicide on Christmas probably wouldn't blow over well)

Based on the small portion of what I have seen throughout the years, I always think the 11th doctor played by Matt Smith is the first person that comes to mind when I think Doctor Who. Probably because I was exposed to Doctor Who the most when he was on.

McCoy. It's hard not to prefer my first Doctor. Troughton, Capaldi, and Smith are also really high up the list.

Pertwee is mine, with McCoy, Mcgann and Hurt not far behind.

Tennant, no contest. Tom Baker is probably second followed by Capaldi and Troughton. Smith and Colin Baker are most likely next.

I love them all but Hartnell, Troughton, McCoy, Smith and Capaldi make up my top five<3

Did somebody say Paul McGann? :D

my top number one shared by tom and paul. with the second being 5th and then new who rest as i haven not seen alot of hold whoo mccoy is on the list as well.

*High five*

Double post but oh well. Casting aside what are everyone's expectations for the next series? Do you think we'll get a new TARDIS (both interior or possibly exterior too)?

I'm hoping for a breakaway from season-long arcs, or even stuff that just builds towards one. Series 10 was pretty good in this regard, however ironically the one bit of continuity it had at the end could have possibly done with a bit more foreshadowing I think. Since a Dalek story seems inevitable (there wasn't one this year, they have to show up every series and it's a ratings pull), I'm naturally hoping for a really good one this time around. Magicians Apprentice/Witches Familiar came close, but that felt more of a Davros story than a Dalek one.

I don't think we'll see a new TARDIS, but that's not too bad, since I'm fond of the current one. As for writing, I'm hoping for a bit more towards season-long stuff in terms of character development, but less in plot. Like, have the stories be seperate, but have a character arc for the companion- as opposed to Bill, who I loved, but doesn't have much like that.

And we're almost certain to see a Dalek story- with a new Doctor, its practically traditional now. I don't think Chibnall will save them for the finale- wouldn't surprise me if he cooks up his own threat. I just hope its a good one.

I can assure you it most certainly is not a one way ticket.

Personally I don't agree with it for the same reason I don't agree with gender- and raceswapping characters in general; it's nearly impossible to do it without coming off as pandering, and often that's exactly what it is. But what makes it worse is that there are parties hellbent on making sure any criticism of such is silenced with cries of...well, you can probably guess.

I just don't like having yet another fandom wind up being poisoned by people like that.

Color me both surprised and pleased! According to the RadioTimes (with no confirmation on Big Finish's site as of yet), Georgia Moffett will be returning to Jenny in a line of audio dramas.

Here's the relevant portion of the article:


Source: RadioTimes

Big Finish is preparing a new series of audio dramas, featuring Alex Kingston and TOM BAKER! :D

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/radio...ho-adventures/

So, Twice Upon a Time is out. Thoughts in the spoilers, pls don't ruin it for people.

This is a hard one to judge. On the one hand, there were a lot of moments that made me smile. Rusty coming back was an amazingly unexpected surprise, but works pretty well as a bookend, even if his only purpose is a glorified wikipedia. The armistice scene, the regeneration, and his talk with his companions are perfection. Bill coming back, while fake, is welcome, as is the Nardole (and even Clara!) appearance. And that cliffhanger has me so much more hyped for Doctor Who than I have been for most other series.

On the other hand, the plot is threadbare. The villain is brushed under the carpet, despite being telegraphed as obviously evil. The Captain has no reason to be there other than needing to go back (although I don't really mind him being a Lethbridge Stewart), there's so little to link this to Tenth Planet, and the First Doctor... no. His character is assassinated to make sexist jokes that aren't funny on any level, and make Moffat look clever to say "How great am I! I don't insult women and make lesbian jokes!" Hartnell could be patronising at times, and a little off in his own beliefs, but the First Doctor was not like this. And it hurts me that this is how a generation will know his character. Plus, he has no reason to be there. He doesn't further the plot, or provide anything new. Him and 12 talk a little about being scared of regeneration, and that's it. That scene is great, but it's so little. It's like Moffat wanted the surprise twist of "Look, the 1st Doctor", and then realised he had no idea what he wanted to do with him.

So yeah, this special... the bits I like, I really like. The montage at the beginning, showing where the Doctor has been/is going. The fade in from Tenth Planet. The ending, with Twelve's speech... even if his part about "The children can hear it" is way too ToQGer for me to take seriously on any level. Whittaker's first shots, her first line. But the bits I don't like cut deep, and make it hard to enjoy. The constant sexism, even if it is called out, the fake Bill and the big deal they make out of it, the amazing lack of plot... Honestly, I don't love this special. I don't hate it either, but it's not my favourite regeneration episode, by any means. I can't give it a number, because my thoughts are so mixed. I wanted to love this, and I'm sad I don't. But so is life.

Twelve has fallen. But, like a phoenix, she has risen from the ashes. Thirteen is here.

Thing is even in year both character are from was also show difference between then and how far we came as a country.

The problem with the sexist first Doctor jokes is that while that’s true of the era those episodes came from, the show has been pushing extremely hard to create this idea that timelords are above gender roles. So you have this weird juxtaposition of the Moffat wanting to make jokes at the expense of the 60s and tearing down the gateway toward a female Doctor he’s helped to create. It was jarring and didn’t work.

One joke would have been fine. But then they kept hammering it home.

Jodie Whittaker debuts tonight.

I <3 Thirteen already! :3

I’m gonna watch when it premieres in my time zone. Definitely interested to see how she does.

Really liked the new episode. Whittaker did a good job of hitting the ground running. I've been feeling more optimistic about the new season as its approached and I'm happy to say that it's definitely blown me away with how good it is.

Well it’s definitely looking like a lot of positive feedback, definitely excited to watch it now.

Amazing episode! Can't wait to see how this "5 year plan" goes. So far it seems like a really deep and thoughtful approach went into everything.

As for side media nods: We had Zabee cast on armor helmet designs on one alien, which was more poignant in how he kept taking the mask off. Including his meteor like pod(the meteor of the worms in Kabuto), which gives us the cable creature which was essentially made of worms and how it was sent ahead of time. Also some interesting "Darkness Falls" nods with a tooth collecting alien, which is also nodded by the cable creature in it's darkness movements. Which also gives us some Predator nods about trophy hunting, and the mask removal too.

Loved the building her sonic screw driver montage, was very Build with Sento, but also very the Doctor being the Doctor and had some Tony Stark Ironman elements including his classic second season 90s intro with the hammer. Also some spoon elements nodding a host of things, and Matrix nods there too with how there became no spoon. Construction site final battle with a 'leap of faith' element and two cranes attempting to meet in the middle but still having a gap to jump across. Also the "every human is important" element in the self-help tapes, with also some inverted aspects in how he's not the best of humanity with his petty revenge moment. Mork and Mindy style clothing at the end. With a rainbow emblem on the shirt like X-23's rainbow shirt in Logan.

Also got a shade bit of Spider-man in there with Grace acting a lot like an Aunt May type character with an added uncle Ben twist type element. Which tbh, also seems like a callback to Clara and how she ignored what the doctor said, but did so to help save people, and put her life on the line for others. Little more tragic though because, unlike Clara, she did so without any thought of the Doctor saving her. Making her more heroic really and also setting a tone of this Doctor will have casualties, and also expressing the lengths a parent figure will go to protect others. The overall ending also shows directly how the Doctor literally pulls others into adventures too, sometimes by accident. Also seemed to be some nods to Lost, Insterstellar 5555, and some other random nods. Loved that train in blackness near opening shot too. Also the bike riding thing, that was a bit pointed for a metaphor about life, but noted. xD

And that's only a quick overview, I'm sure I missed some other deeper nods in there too. This episode was really jam packed with nods from all over and callbacks to previous episodes.

Overall, really enjoyed it and loved all the references throughout too. How they made every reference feel seamless and part of the story without being a hammy forced easter egg but was still there was top notch. And the new sonic is tops. Best one yet. Looking forward to more episodes. Looks like next week is going to tackle a little bit of Enemy Mine, some indie scifi, and some tattooine star wars stuff.

Also digging the "Twice Upon a Time" reference in the title to how Once Upon a Time first started on Sundays, and this is now the new Sunday family adventure drama.

So, those new Doctor Who figures. A mix of some great, and some really odd choices. Assuming I can find them before the scalpers / distrubution chain screws me over, I'm gonna try and get the Daleks, especially the Seventh and Eighth Doctor ones. I love me some Daleks. Especially ones that look as good as this.

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http://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite....ads/BF7th-.jpg
http://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite....s/BR-war-2.jpg

I have mixed feelings about these new reveals.

On the Dalek side of things, the Big Finish Doctor/Dalek packs are pretty underwhelming. The Dark Eyes Eight and TV Movie Seven are nice figures, but the Daleks are all very basic repaints because Character Option are beyond doing any new tooling apart from heads it seems. I mean I'll get them because it's me and I buy every Dalek, but there were way more iconic Daleks from the audios they could have used. Would it have hurt to use the classic mould in at least one of them?

4th Doctor/TARDIS (Shada) and 5th Doctor/TARDIS (Caves of Androzani) sets are nice. I still need a TARDIS so I might pick up the Shada one because the style is quite different to the rest of them.

3-Packs:
7th Doctor/Cyberleader/Cyberman (Silver Nemesis) - Pass since all three figures are re-releases. Great for people who didn't pick them up before, but an Earthshock Cyberleader or Attack of the Cybermen Controller would have been way better.

2nd Doctor/Peri/Stike (The Two Doctors) - Pretty neat set overall. Will probably pick it up.

Harry/Linx/Styre - Hands down the best reveal of them all. Getting a Harry figure is fantastic news and I passed on the original releases of the Sontarans (was not prepared to pay for the spaceship they came with), so a budget release like this is fantastic news.

Doctor Who fans are going nuts for these reveals and I get that it's the biggest news we've had in AGES, but at the same time....we're at a point where the only mass release figure (13) is a shelf-warmer, everything else is exclusive to B&M Bargains (a budget store of all places) and Character Options will do the bare minimum when it comes to new tooling. Given how popular the franchise is the toy line is in an extremely sorry state.

Also Akiba hit me up if you can't find any of them - my B&M is always well-stocked with Who stuff so I'm not worried about them being scarce.

I get why the Daleks are such basic repaints, since presumably, for a line going to BnM of all places, the budget wasn't amazingly high for retooling. Especially since mainline releases were dying back in 2014, and the toy scene hasn't really picked up since, considering what I've seen in Smyths. Seriously, they still had a Dino Charge Megazord proudly on display a couple of weeks ago.

And I don't know what it is, despite the fact this is such a weird, small release, but I can't help but be positive. Maybe it's the Dalek kick I'm on right now, but I'm happy to see some weird varients that aren't just "bronze Dalek, again". Even if, for 2/3, it's just the head and globes. But that TV Movie 7 makes up for it. A classic Dalek would be cool, and probably objectively better, but something is better than nothing.

And cheers for the offer, my local one is decent, but sometimes a little dodgy. And I might be back at uni when they come out, and I've no idea where the closest one there is.

So uhhh. Did anyone else get Capaldi vibes off of Ruth's Doctor suit?

I recently got the Gen II episodes dating back to Rose in the 2018 re issue of Doctor Who through the
12th Doctor. Also the 13th Doctor year 1.

I was missing a bunch of specials and the whole of the 12th Doctor on DVD.

That said currently watching the 11th Doctor on DVD.

I didn't think of that, but I can see it!

Something else that comes to mind is the Sixth Doctor. Crazy, loud colours present but also his much more subdued blue coat and suit from his Big Finish appearances.

I at first thought Ruth was a new incarnation of River.

I had the same thought!! There were so many things going through my head; that episode just... surprised me at every turn. It's gotten me more interested in Doctor Who than I have been in... gosh, I think about a decade actually. This is a mystery that actually manages to intrigue me a lot.

What's interesting to me though is that... a lot of earlier season mysteries lead up to a returning big bad. Bad Wolf culminated in a showdown with the Daleks; Saxon ended up being The Master. But this season's been throwing out all those big returning antagonists left and right; The Master's been at the start of the season, we've already gotten Cybermen confirmed by Jack so it's not a surprise; Jack himself is back; the Judoon and Time Lords were in this one... we're leading up to either something original or building on something that was already there, rather than letting the substance be "oh shit! They're back!", and that's super great. I just hope they don't mess it up.

Well I saw the last series on DVD and it was good. I'm looking forward to this new run in March with the next 10. I wonder however if somehow in Series 39 Jo might become the 14th Doctor. We still have 13 next year so I wonder if as well we get another time lady.