› ›

'Anyone for a jelly baby ? ' - Doctor Who discussion thread.

1…117118120122123…163

Comments

  • GerardGerard
    edited April 2019 Posts: 6,016
    Next series to get the Blu-Ray treatment, the fourth season of Jon Pertwee's Doctor :

    image.php?pid=26960&w=300

    doctorwhonews.net/2019/04/season-ten-160419120008.html

    One of the best, IMHO.

  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    Posts: 12,837
    https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/mysterious-signs-popping-up-around-16118595

    Could just be some fan having a laugh or could be related to filming so possible spoiler here.
    If it's true then I'm not sure how I feel. I think this is the perfect way to bring the Master back. I said after the series 10 finale that they should just bring Simm back if they ever wanted to use The Master again, and have him regenerate into a new actor when he eventually doesn't want to, and going from there, keeping Missy as a future regeneration so that her perfect ending can actually be the end of the character.

    But still, I don't know if I want this to happen right now. John Simm is a brilliant actor that the show hasn't used nearly enough but I think scripts like we got in the last series would be pretty wasted on someone as good as him. And it feels too soon. We've had a lot of that character over the last few years and Steven Moffat used them perfectly. I don't trust Chibnall to do the same.

    When the Master eventually comes back (I'd be happy if they never did after that brilliant ending but I'm sure they'll bring him back at some point), I do think it should be Simm. But I don't really want that to happen right now.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,361
    thelivingroyale wrote: »
    https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/mysterious-signs-popping-up-around-16118595

    Could just be some fan having a laugh or could be related to filming so possible spoiler here.
    If it's true then I'm not sure how I feel. I think this is the perfect way to bring the Master back. I said after the series 10 finale that they should just bring Simm back if they ever wanted to use The Master again, and have him regenerate into a new actor when he eventually doesn't want to, and going from there, keeping Missy as a future regeneration so that her perfect ending can actually be the end of the character.

    But still, I don't know if I want this to happen right now. John Simm is a brilliant actor that the show hasn't used nearly enough but I think scripts like we got in the last series would be pretty wasted on someone as good as him. And it feels too soon. We've had a lot of that character over the last few years and Steven Moffat used them perfectly. I don't trust Chibnall to do the same.

    When the Master eventually comes back (I'd be happy if they never did after that brilliant ending but I'm sure they'll bring him back at some point), I do think it should be Simm. But I don't really want that to happen right now.

    Probably best to do that after Chibnall leaves, if memory serves Chib and Whittacker are only doing one more season thankfully.
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    Posts: 12,837
    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »
    thelivingroyale wrote: »
    https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/mysterious-signs-popping-up-around-16118595

    Could just be some fan having a laugh or could be related to filming so possible spoiler here.
    If it's true then I'm not sure how I feel. I think this is the perfect way to bring the Master back. I said after the series 10 finale that they should just bring Simm back if they ever wanted to use The Master again, and have him regenerate into a new actor when he eventually doesn't want to, and going from there, keeping Missy as a future regeneration so that her perfect ending can actually be the end of the character.

    But still, I don't know if I want this to happen right now. John Simm is a brilliant actor that the show hasn't used nearly enough but I think scripts like we got in the last series would be pretty wasted on someone as good as him. And it feels too soon. We've had a lot of that character over the last few years and Steven Moffat used them perfectly. I don't trust Chibnall to do the same.

    When the Master eventually comes back (I'd be happy if they never did after that brilliant ending but I'm sure they'll bring him back at some point), I do think it should be Simm. But I don't really want that to happen right now.

    Probably best to do that after Chibnall leaves, if memory serves Chib and Whittacker are only doing one more season thankfully.

    I agree, don't have any faith in Chibnall to pull it off and think Whittaker would be completely outclassed against someone that charismatic and scene stealing, but I've got a bad feeling that this will turn out to be true. The whole brand new, fresh start thing didn't seem to work out very well for them with the last series so I could easily see them wheeling out some old favourites to try and win the fans back around.
  • Escalus5Escalus5
    Posts: 628
    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    https://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-Wheel-in-Space/dp/B07FDNRPJW/ref=sr_1_824?fst=as:off&qid=1555015465&refinements=p_n_format_browse-bin:2650304011&rnid=2650303011&s=movies-tv&sr=1-824

    The listing looks to have been up for a few months (nothing on the UK site), going of the dates of the reviews. Following a bit of digging around I found this:

    https://sciencefiction.com/2018/12/06/doctor-resurrects-macra-terror-animated-dvd/

    "Following on the heels of last month’s announcement that the Patrick Troughton-era story ‘The Wheel in Space’ would be coming to DVD with the missing episodes reconstructed with animation, the BBC has announced another classic serial will be receiving the same treatment."

    Apparently, an animated release of The Wheel In Space was announced last year. I don't remember an announcement. Anyone else?

    I remember reading somewhere that The Wheel in Space would be a telesnap reconstruction rather than animated.
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 6,016
    There's an extract among the bonus of The Macra Terror.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited April 2019 Posts: 25,361
    thelivingroyale wrote: »
    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »
    thelivingroyale wrote: »
    https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/mysterious-signs-popping-up-around-16118595

    Could just be some fan having a laugh or could be related to filming so possible spoiler here.
    If it's true then I'm not sure how I feel. I think this is the perfect way to bring the Master back. I said after the series 10 finale that they should just bring Simm back if they ever wanted to use The Master again, and have him regenerate into a new actor when he eventually doesn't want to, and going from there, keeping Missy as a future regeneration so that her perfect ending can actually be the end of the character.

    But still, I don't know if I want this to happen right now. John Simm is a brilliant actor that the show hasn't used nearly enough but I think scripts like we got in the last series would be pretty wasted on someone as good as him. And it feels too soon. We've had a lot of that character over the last few years and Steven Moffat used them perfectly. I don't trust Chibnall to do the same.

    When the Master eventually comes back (I'd be happy if they never did after that brilliant ending but I'm sure they'll bring him back at some point), I do think it should be Simm. But I don't really want that to happen right now.

    Probably best to do that after Chibnall leaves, if memory serves Chib and Whittacker are only doing one more season thankfully.

    I agree, don't have any faith in Chibnall to pull it off and think Whittaker would be completely outclassed against someone that charismatic and scene stealing, but I've got a bad feeling that this will turn out to be true. The whole brand new, fresh start thing didn't seem to work out very well for them with the last series so I could easily see them wheeling out some old favourites to try and win the fans back around.

    I will be glad when this current era of DW is over though I am not sure anything that follows it will be any better. The best we can hope for is to at least have good writers/story tellers in the future.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,361
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 6,016
    Still brings a tear to my eyes, that one does.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited April 2019 Posts: 25,361
    Gerard wrote: »
    Still brings a tear to my eyes, that one does.

    It's a great scene

    ----

    Doctor Who is at its best when understated, I am due a Pertwee era revisit.

  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,361
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 14,662
    Series 12 new pics revealing the return of some familiar villains:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48366782
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/doctor-whos-jodie-whittaker-laughs-16200087
  • GerardGerard
    edited May 2019 Posts: 6,016


    I still get a chuckle out of that one.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 14,662
    Looking forward to seeing them return, they were very memorable.

    I miss Tennant in the role - I'll get to rewatch his era in around 2-3 months. I've been viewing the series in order since earlier this year, and have just started on the 6th Doctor. I'll try to time it perfectly to get through the remainder of old/new Who episodes before Jodie returns.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,361
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 6,016
    Nic !

    Now, here's a rumour that's making the rounds right now. I put the link under spoilers, because if it is true...
    https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2019-06-03/doctor-who-billie-piper-rose-tyler-return/

    But I am very skeptical about that.
  • St_GeorgeSt_George Shuttling Drax's lovelies to the space doughnut - happy 40th, MR!
    Posts: 1,699
    I've been rewatching, these past few weeks, the Smith seasons for the first time in years and years. Still love 'em. So my 'Nu Who' era. Smith, along with Tom Baker (of course), is definitely *my* Doctor. The Ponds depart in the next episode - eek! ;)
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 6,016
    It's official : The Faceless Ones is being animated, and will be out on DVD and Blu-Ray in 2020 :

    https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2019/06/04/the-faceless-ones-to-be-animated-for-dvd-and-blu-ray/

  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,999
    Gerard wrote: »
    It's official : The Faceless Ones is being animated, and will be out on DVD and Blu-Ray in 2020 :

    https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2019/06/04/the-faceless-ones-to-be-animated-for-dvd-and-blu-ray/


    Nice. I'm still waiting for Fury From The Deep, but this is still another Troughton story for the collection. Roll on 2020.
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 6,016
    Just heard that a familiar face is going to appear in the 12th season : Anjli Mohindra. But she won't be playing the same part as in The Sarah Jane Adventures, although there's a connection :

    https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2019/06/11/a-sarah-jane-adventures-actor-is-starring-in-doctor-who-series-12/
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,999
    Get your wallets ready, as B&M will be selling more Doctor Who figure sets sometime in the next few weeks. One is believed to be a 5th Doctor & TARDIS set, an 8th Dotor set is also on the cards, as well as a 7th Doctor set this is possibly linked to Big Finish. Given how scalpers were with the 3rd Doctor and TARDIS set (seriously, look at the prices on ebay :-O ), I would recommend having you wallets or purses on standby.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,999
    I guess this is our first proper look at BCS' 1:6 Third Doctor:

    33b96d431b2d75569c28f60c221a1d52.jpg

    Looking pretty good.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    Nice Doctors I loved Pertwee.
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    Pertwee will always be my favourite,i grew up with him and then Tom Baker.
    Happy days.
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTYLdsAakiP9OrNHqKED1q8NDAE0TdYjonE2LqQkAqPzgEDjQpP6Q


    pqTCsK6.jpg

    latest?cb=20161223215255
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 6,016
    Next in the classic series blu-ray collection, series 23, AKA "The Trial of a Time Lord :

    http://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/doctor-who-season-23-blu-ray-full-details-special-features/

    season-23.jpg

    And here's the trailer :



    I must say, I laughed out loud at the end.
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    That is pretty impressive!
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 6,016
    We now know why Cardiff was made up to look like Paris during the Occupation : the next historical figure the Doctor will meet is none other than SOE agent Noor Inayat Khan, played by belgian actress Aurora Marion.

    https://cultbox.co.uk/features/doctor-who-series-12-episode-2-features-french-resistance-heroine

    Noor-Inayat-Khan-600x337.jpg

    Rumour also has it that K-pop BTS would appear in a musical episode. But I don't believe it.
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 6,016
    The trailer for the blu-ray release of series 10 (the fourth Pertwee series) has landed, and it's glorious :

  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 6,016
    The 2009 Specials ("The Next Doctor, "Planet of the Dead", "The Waters of Mars" and "The End of Time" parts one and two) will be released as a Blu-Ray Steelbook on september 2nd 2019 :

    doctorwhonews.net/2019/07/david-tennant-specials-blu-ray-steelbook.html

    image.php?pid=27062
Sign In or Register to comment.