@blenkinsopthebrave

Absolutely. You describe all the reasons why I’ll be tuning in. I think they’ll want to do something new, on top, with the setting. I’m not sure what, but I expect it’ll be interesting.

@whisht

I think Gatiss probably produces his best when someone else is involved, to tone down his ideas

@blenkinsopthebrave and all – Moffat and Gatiss doing Dracula?

Completely coincidentally I was watching a panel at a ComicCon last night (it was from maybe a year ago? Coleman, Gomez and Peter Capaldi were asked which monster they would most like to play….

Capaldi’s answer – Dracula.

Gary Oldman’s Dracula to be precise.

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@blenkinsopthebrave

I’ll be interested to see what they do with the Dracula story. I dont think they’d want to redo the original story without some major changes. A Modern day setting has also been done quite recently. A steampunk (ish) version was very recently done with Jonathan Rhys-Meyer as Dracula. It must be a new take.

One possibility…[Read more]

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@BlenkinsopTheBrave  @MissRori

Someone on twitter just pointed out that Capaldi would make a great Dracula…

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@blenkinsopthebrave Well, the Moff and Gatiss aren’t fearing any competition from Universal’s attempt at a monster movie universe then are they?  (That Mummy movie with Tom Cruise is meant to launch one.)  😉

Interesting bit about the Doctor translating. I knew the TARDIS did a sort of auto-translation, so that everyone, whether human or alien (or humans of different languages or eras), understands one another. But how does that explain what happened last week on Mars, when the TARDIS was largely absent? How were Iraxxa and Friday able to understand…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave @nick

“avoiding something else” I can only think that this is his regeneration.

i had a thought that perhaps he nose about his coming regeneration, because he had a peek into river’s diary? “a thing happened.” and so he’s suffering from existential dread, knowing it’s coming…

it often seems to me that the doctor has a bit…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave  @countscarlioni  The key point I thought came from Bill when she realised that everybody must seem like a child to the Doctor. Well, not everybody, and so no wonder he’s yearning for more `grown-up’ conversations with Missy.

Good point — “Grow the Hell up!” was a surprise.  It’s another sign of “wearing thin” — I wonder…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave @janetteB @nick

It is very easy to get sucked into a distorted perspective. I have been around the tracks enough times to remember the IRA letting off bombs without warning, including trying to assassinate Thatcher and her entire cabinet, but also detonating bombs in many places with no regard for civilians. The centre of…[Read more]

@janetteB @blenkinsopthebrave

You both describe exactly what I think and feel. I’ve started and restarted trying to write something in response to both of you

Perhaps, because I’ve been out of the UK for four years – back for less than a year – I hadn’t appreciated just how much anger there is in the UK right now even as communities draw…[Read more]

@arbutus  @soundworld and everybody else who loved this — I loved it too!  It seemed to rip right along, was full of good jokes, and ended with a beautiful set-up for the end of this series — the idea of the Doctor being a tad irresponsible (as well as off-handedly heroic, of course) in signing up for who knows how long as the guardian here, a…[Read more]

@nick and @blenkinsopthebrave yes sadly it  seems that hate had struck again, and as Blenkinsop says it is about hate, about exacerbating division, mistrust and resentment. An eye for eye makes the whole world blind. There are some that want a blinded world. It is no coincidence that in the latest series especially Dr Who has been promoting a…[Read more]

In Canada, I am watching 19-2, a Canadian series (originally produced and aired in French, then developed separately in English). Stellar series, and not just because it’s Canadian. Season 1: superb window into the world of law-enforcement stress. Season 2, Episode 1, is one of the best (and most harrowing) things I’ve ever seen. Season 3 started…[Read more]

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@blenkinsopthebrave:  Capaldi’s first outing as the Doctor has one important characteristic that has stayed with him throughout…self-doubt.

Forgive me if I am misquoting, but I remember Nardole telling the Doctor that  he knew everything. The Doctor replies that he doesn’t. Nardole answers that he always acted as though he knew everyt…[Read more]

Initially I was not sold on Capaldi’s Doctor, but I decided to be patient, and over time he has won me over. Especially compelling for me was “Heaven Sent,” in which he delivered a tour de force performance.

@blenkinsopthebrave I agree with you about the self-doubt. And maybe that’s why, for some, he isn’t their Doctor. Certainly Eccleston,…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave If you look at attempts to do those sorts of story construction elsewhere on TV, I would single out three examples: Babylon 5, The X-Files, and (the new) Battlestar Galactica. I have a real soft spot for Babylon 5, partially because of the way it married its long sci-fi arc with its referencing of fascist militarism and its…

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@blenkinsopthebrave

I assume you’re talking about the lack of local government response ? If so, I found that very shocking when I read some of the news coverage. I like most people who work and are earning anything above minimum wage really don’t come into contact with any of the local authorities other than by the annual tax bill. I writing…[Read more]