@bluffme this explains the issues over BBC and Doctor Who quite well, I think :here.

@bluffme

Gidday. Welcome from Oz. I think the BBC is strapped for funds. It isn’t like the channels or the huge production areas available in the US. Even Aus’ own series are 6 hour long-shows. The most loved, Rake, didn’t come out each year & had 7 or maybe 8 eps when it did. The TV shows you’ve mentioned have millions -not just in production…[Read more]

@bluffme the shows you mention are from American networks, aren’t they? Can’t really compare that to a BBC show.

@bluffme

Any reference for this, or are you just quoting a ‘my best friend’s mate who is third assistant focus puller at BBC Cardiff and once went within shouting distance of the Doctor Who set said’ article?

I take it you don’t work in TV? Just guessing, because you don’t seem to have a clue how much work an effects heavy SF programme is.

@seeoswald

Thumbs up for that, I should love to watch an updated version.

@bluffme

I had a look for this. For a start it should be 12 episodes a year. Split it up? The man is bonkers!

He should try not hogging the writing, like RTD (although he was fun to watch) and giving more writers a chance as Steven Moffat did.

I did read that he was…[Read more]

@bluffme
Can only hope the latter is true. Good riddance.

@bluffme

one more piece of proof the he is trying to fundamentally change how The Doctor is perceived. From Jodie Whittakers portrayal of The Doctor and the writing this season and now a new year’s episode instead of Christmas episode he has changed the series beyond salvation. I don’t believe I will watch next season in protest. I definitely am…

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@craig

huh? What did I do? I think I chatted REALLY well with @Bluffme. I was discussing the post and asking ‘propa’ questions of the poster?  at post #66594. But if you think that this person just wouldn’t listen – I get that. They probably wouldn’t. Which is why I being genuinely interested in answers!

And I’m not chatting with the untagged…[Read more]

@thane16

That’s wonderful! (the purse, I mean).  I think they’re not over because (I suspect) after another 2 years they may well return to a male Doctor. 

I meant to say that the purse is the Tardis, and I have some news. It got itself noticed again this morning by a married couple -I assume they were married, but who knows nowadays. I got t…[Read more]

@bluffme

To me the whole season seemed to be about trying to conform The Doctor to this world view of making sure no one’s feelings get hurt, this generation of people wearing their heart on their sleeve. Where every child should get a trophy

If it had been that sort of season, Ryan would have ended it by riding a bike. Grace would have s…[Read more]

@bluffme

<p style=”text-align: center;”>making sure no one’s feelings get hurt, this generation of people wearing their heart on their sleeve. Where every child should get a trophy and not learn that regardless of intentions there will always be winners and losers in life.</p>

Here’s the thing…is it possible you’re conflating issues (above) s…[Read more]

@bluffme

I think <strike>more people than will admit feel the same</strike> the ratings are speaking for themselves <strike>but to many scared of this ridiculously stupified PC world</strike> and that confounds my angry entitled ravings

Fixed that for you.

ridiculously stupified PC world and scared of being called a bigit or woman hater for…

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@thane16

I can but hope.

Thing is, at my age 2 years is a long time – I don’t even buy green bananas nowadays! *chuckle*

I stole that from Maggie Smith.

I shall never abandon you, there are other threads on here which do not deal with this series.

@bluffme

Don’t be put off, say what you feel – I do. Just because you don’t agree with the…[Read more]

@bluffme

Welcome to the forum, I’ve been away for a while and cannot catch up now, but do read the posts – if they aren’t too long. *winks*

I haven’t watched any of this series, because I am against a female Doctor and I don’t like JW.

It has been said, that the show was a sort of spoof, a spin off, or a joke, because to them it isn’t Doctor…[Read more]

@tardigrade

Tim Shaw found a new level of ineffectiveness, protected by feeble “sniper” bots and personally able to be bested by one untrained old guy with a gun. His only significant power was by proxy, through his influence on the Ux.

Absolutely! He was “pretty crap” as a villain. Graham and “the gang” had been to a variety of places nipping hom…[Read more]

@seeoswald

It’s called clever. And I’ve been here- regularly for about 5 yrs now, so…you know….read the posts. But you won’t.

Also you’re my age (when my son isn’t me) which makes some of what you write a little ‘weird’ for one so ‘mature.’

@pedant agreed. The show was terrific to me too  @bluffme any dismay was totally understandable but…[Read more]

@bluffme

A sense of perspective is a valuable thing.

Nobody is actually dead.

@bluffme

See, to me she is absolutely The Doctor. While I was critical of the editing and dialogue in the early episodes, it also conspicuously tightened up as the season progressed (I’d be fascinated to see the production schedule). Bradley Walsh (who, personally, I was never sniffy about because I had seen his work in Law & Order UK) has been a…[Read more]

Seconded @kevinwho. Well said.

Welcome, @bluffme. 🙂