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Harsh I know, but Moffatt has to take such things into consideration. Fans are fickle.
A black actor is different. No problems - imagine someone like Adrian Lester in the role - he would be excellent. We accept the Dr getting older then younger. We accept him talking with different accents, we can accept him changing colour. But changing sex? That's a tricky one.
Regarding a female Doctor its going to happen for sure, they have already laid the ground work. Me personally would not be against the Doctor being female, man or woman its down to the quality of the actor or actress.
Battlefield is a great slice of the McCoy era, it's the 7th Doctor's U.N.I.T. story. But The Curse Of Fenric is still my favourite.
Call it what you want, but realIy dislike this idea. Gallifreyans come in two sexes, they don't change sex. The Doctor was specifically referred to as Susan's Grandfather, not just grandparent. This will be nothing more than for Moff to shout how PC the show is. I would rather Moff concentrate his efforts on the writing of the show, rather than gimmicky casting.
I have no doubt that this IS the way the show is going, especially after The Master.
Oh dear! What next? Driving Mr Daisy?!!!!! [-X
I loved it. :)
The show did have possibly it's lowest production values at that point, but I fell the writing compensated. And not just the writing, but the performances of the two regulars.
As for Last Christmas, it was ok. The resemblance between Michael Troughton and his father was uncanny at times. The dream, within a dream, within a dream, possibly within a dream, was getting a bit too clever for it's own good. But now we know the name of the opening story for series 9, The Magician's Apprentice.
One last thing : all morning, I have had a slight pain on the side of my head. You don't think ...?
Starlight Robbery was one of a number of 7th Doctor audios I had for christmas. I have just finished it, and I mustard mit that I love this line-up for the 7th Doctor. We've got the 7th Doctor & Klein, who now have had a winding journey together, and Will who, like a puppy, is eager to please both the Doctor and Klein.
I know that in 2015 we will have one audio with the 7th Doctor & Jo, and three with the 7th Doctor & Mel. But I hope we will return to this TARDIS team at some point. Some 7th Doctor & Raine stories wouldn't go amiss, either.
I've just finished with EVOLUTION OF THE DALEKS, so here is my ultimate ranking so far-
DOOMSDAY
THE IMPOSSIBLE PLANET
RISE OF THE CYBERMEN
THE SATAN PIT
BAD WOLF
THE EMPTY CHILD
ARMY OF GHOSTS
THE GIRL IN THE FIREPLACE
THE DOCTOR DANCES
SCHOOL REUNION
THE AGE OF STEEL
THE PARTING OF THE WAYS
TOOTH AND CLAW
NEW EARTH
ROSE
ALIENS OF LONDON
THE RUNAWAY BRIDE
EVOLUTION OF THE DALEKS
DALEKS IN MANHATTAN
THE SHAKESPEARE CODE
GRIDLOCK
THE IDIOT'S LANTURN
THE CHRISTMAS INVASION
SMITH AND JONES
FATHER'S DAY
DALEK
THE END OF THE WORLD
BOOM TOWN
THE LONG GAME
THE UNQUIET DEAD
WORLD WAR THREE
LOVE & MONSTERS
FEAR HER
I'll try and post my thoughts (perhaps a sentence or two) for each episode when I have finished.
Ideas is a program that allows anyone to submit a set to the site, and any set that gets 10,000 votes from the community is reviewed by LEGO, who then decides whether or not to release it as an official set.
https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/blog
Scroll down a bit on the link to see the original Dr. Who set design.
NuWho ultimate ranking:
1. MIDNIGHT
2. DOOMSDAY
3. BLINK
4. THE IMPOSSIBLE PLANET
5. THE WATERS OF MARS
6. THE END OF TIME: PART 2
7. JOURNEY'S END
8. THE UNICORN AND THE WASP
9. THE STOLEN EARTH
10. RISE OF THE CYBERMEN
11. THE SATAN PIT
12. BAD WOLF
13. THE EMPTY CHILD
14. HUMAN NATURE
15. TURN LEFT
16. FOREST OF THE DEAD
17. SILENCE IN THE LIBRARY
18. ARMY OF GHOSTS
19. THE GIRL IN THE FIREPLACE
20. THE DOCTOR DANCES
21. SCHOOL REUNION
22. THE POISON SKY
23. THE SONTARAN STRATAGEM
24. VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED
25. THE AGE OF STEEL
26. THE FAMILY OF BLOOD
27. PLANET OF THE OOD
28. THE PARTING OF THE WAYS
29. THE SOUND OF DRUMS
30. THE HUNGRY EARTH
31. TOOTH AND CLAW
32. NEW EARTH
33. ROSE
34. ALIENS OF LONDON
35. PARTNERS IN CRIME
36. FLESH AND STONE
37. THE TIME OF ANGELS
38. AMY'S CHOICE
39. LAST OF THE TIME LORDS
40. UTOPIA
41. THE RUNAWAY BRIDE
42. THE END OF TIME: PART 1
43. 42 (so close to position 42!!)
44. EVOLUTION OF THE DALEKS
45. DALEKS IN MANHATTAN
46. THE SHAKESPEARE CODE
47. WORLD WAR THREE
48. COLD BLOOD
49. GRIDLOCK
50. THE IDIOT'S LANTERN
51. THE CHRISTMAS INVASION
52. PLANET OF THE DEAD
53. THE DOCTOR'S DAUGHTER
54. THE FIRES OF POMPEII
55. SMITH AND JONES
56. THE LAZARUS EXPERIMENT
57. FATHER'S DAY
58. DALEK
59. THE END OF THE WORLD
60. THE ELEVENTH HOUR
61. BOOM TOWN
62. THE VAMPIRES OF VENICE
63. THE BEAST BELOW
64. THE LONG GAME
65. THE UNQUIET DEAD
66. LOVE & MONSTERS
67. FEAR HER
68. THE NEXT DOCTOR
69. VICTORY OF THE DALEKS
Everybody knows that the classic series never aired in France (apart from a few Tom Baker episodes, which aired on Sunday at 6 am way back at the end of the Eighties). Too bad, that could have helped with the problem of the missing episodes. But science-fiction (especially foreign science-fiction) wasn't too big on the minds of the TV programmers of the times.
Now, the new series airs on France 4 since 2006. And even if the channel has done its best to promote it and help it (after all, they aired "The Day of the Doctor" at the same time as in the UK), there have been the occasional mess, such as the first French edition of the DVDs. The first series set contained only the episodes, without any bonus, except for the choice of languages. The second season was also bonus-less, and didn't have "The Christmas Invasion", even though there was a Sycorax featured on one of the discs. And the third season, still missing the bonuses (boni ?) and the Christmas episode, was also missing an English soundtrack. Thankfully, this has been resolved for the second edition, although there's still no bonuses in the sets, and they still couldn't get the rights to include "The Christmas Invasion" on the second season set.
But that's not the worst. The eighth season has had two problems for its French airing. For starters, it was supposed to air in February, but due to various sporting events, it was postponed to March. Meanwhile, while we waited, the DVD set was released in the stores. Which, for those who didn't get it in the UK, was a blessing in disguise, because...
Well, because the season started airing yesterday, beginning with the... second episode, "Into the Dalek". Why, I hear you ask ? Well, because of French regulations. See, as "Deep Breath" was released in theaters in Great Britain, at the same time it aired on the BBC, and as it's longer than an hour, in France, it's considered as a movie, and thus subject to different regulations regarding the delay before its release and its airing. France 4 has put it for streaming on their website (French track only, I'm afraid), but still, that sucks. It only goes to show that the French authorities are dreadfully behind the times as far as media are concerned, and that the regulations must be changed. And soon.
https://change.org/p/bbc-worldwide-please-release-doctor-who-the-underwater-menace-on-dvd
And learned that one of the signatories was Anneke Wills herself. I have already done my bit, and ask you to do the same. With luck, maybe it will speed things along. Maybe...
did so of course.
I've relayed your question on a french forum I frequent. Will give you the answer as soon as I get it.
About the missing episodes on DVD, it might not be the end. Some might turn up in the future (fingers crossed, touch wood, throw salt over the shoulder and all that sort of things). And there's still the possibility of animating them. However, there are two problems with that approach :
1) The number of missing episodes in a particular story must be limited (one or two, maybe three max), because animation isn't cheap, even if it's as lipmited as what I've seen so far ("Reign of Terror", "The Tenth Planet", "The Moonbase"). Which means that stories with a bigger number are out.
2) There must be enough visual references for the animators to work upon. Which means that most of the third year is also out (John Cura didn't telesnap them because the producers at the time had no interest in them, one of the many bad decisions they took during that year). So, we won't see "The Dalek's Masterplan anytime soon.
In fact, the only story that fits the bill would be "The Crusades", but due to the fact that it's a historical, there's not much interest in it (unfairly, as with all the other historicals). So, unless more episodes are found somewhere (possible, but unlikely), I guess "The Underwater Menace" will be "the final end" for the release of classic Doctor Who DVD releases. Sad but true.
doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-8-soundtrack-details-date-73030.htm
And from the webcomics "Scandinavia and the World" ( satwcomic.com/ ), here's a very nice cartoon :
satwcomic.com/im-a-doctor