All I can say is what the feck is Chibnal doing I’ve never seen an episode I didn’t understand more

@blenkinsopthebrave

Oh I agree the Monk as played by Peter Butterworth (famous for his appearances in the Carry On series of films) as you say was more of a lightweight villain than the Master ever was ( I actually managed to watch  the story on Brit Box after posting earlier) as you said the story appears to be about the dangers of…[Read more]

I really need to dig into my BritBox subscription and see if The Time Meddler is available, I’ve never actually watched it other than a couple of clips and the impression I got the Meddler is almost a proto-Master like character that may have later inspired the creation of the Master

Hi fellow whovians set your, set tops, vcrs for 18:25  BBC1 next Sunday for the first episode of the new who season. Of course the Episode is titled Halloween Armageddon.

@missy must have missed a post or two didn’t  realise you we’re actually talking about Elementary, which in my opinion is probably a good example of why Americans TV  shouldn’t attempt to Americanise what is a British  literary character there is always something off about the production.

@dentautherdent I agree having a companion or companions who compliment or more accurately push or challenge the Doctor is important it’s been stated in the past that the Doctor works best when he/she has companions. Remember Who started out with multiple companions, and I have always felt male companions seem to be stronger or fair better when t…[Read more]

@missy what on earth do you mean the real doctor, though I do agree RDT’s return might repair the damage Chibbers  lack-lustre  story writing seems to have created. If RTD had been in charge for Jodies stint I feel her tenure would have been so much better. Not that I have any issue with the Timeless Child concept in general terms,  I’ve always…[Read more]

Does anyone know what the ‘have you seen the aliens’ terms and conditions is about on the BBC Doctor Who site.
My only guess is that it’s some kind of quirky way of telling us about the sites updated terms and conditions but I would have thought it would have just restated the current BBC website T&C’s

Just did a bit of web surfing, and although the BBC 1 trailer/teaser didn’t give any dates evidently BBC America is saying the world wide launch of Season 13 is October 31st.

hoping this link to a yahoo news article which gives more info w…[Read more]

Woohoo did anyone else seethe next teaser on BBC1 just prior to Strictly Come Dancing definitely a Who Ad lasted about 15-20 secs still no start date but mentioned sontarians and the Weeping Angels dint see it all as was busy with the Family  so wasn’t concentrating on it 100% but given the spacing I’ll expect another teaser/trailer next Satu…[Read more]

Agreed, it does appear a low key ad campaign, my current guess is that the season 13 will launch either 13th or 14th November. That puts it 6 weeks before Xmas with the last episode landing the weekend before Xmas-day and a little under 2 weeks before New Years Day. It’s also just over 4 weeks away which may be why the low key first teaser with t…[Read more]

@ blenkinsopthebrave just googled  when is the new series starting  and on of the responses came up with an article which seems to back up what I’ve seen saying a brief teaser has been seen prior to the BBC’s One Show leading fans to believe the new season is about to start. Unfortunately I’m a bit nesh (read crap) at including links , tried t…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave its not on the official site but randomly on the BBC1 channel usually immediately at the end of programs and in the evenings. I think I’ve seen it 3 times now the first time I wasn’t sure it’d actually seen it . Its almost like when they are showing a brief teaser clip for a series in the weeks  prior to a new shows start but…[Read more]

Hi all, have any of our other British members spotted the strange 5 second Dr Who ?preview/advert that has being aired on BBC1. All it consists of is a kind of fuzzy testcard and a couple of words by Jodiedoc  and lasts a max of about 5 seconds.

@dentarthurdent yes there was at least 1 pre gap  story that contained a future doctor can’t remember exactly the story’s name and to my shame can only remember that it had ironically Colin Baker playing a Gallefrayan Citadel guard. If my memory serves I think it was a DavidsonDoc adventure.

@dentarthurdent what you have to remember is that before  the  Timeless Child reveal and after the War Doctor reveal Capaldi can actually be considered Doctor 2.1 with the sequence actually  being

HartnellDoc 1.1, TroughtonDoc  1.2, PertweeDoc 1.3, T BakerDoc 1.4, DavidsonDoc 1.5, C BakerDoc 1.6, McCoyDoc 1.7, McGannDoc 1.8, HurtDoc 1.9, Ecc…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent no need to bow to my minor knowledge of pre-gap who as it is much less than other contributors to this site it was just prompted by my knowledge that the Producer for the first 2 seasons was Verity Lambert and was as I understand it was quite influential in the direction of early who.

The Tardis’s look has constantly changed o…[Read more]

@aidan It was a conscious decision by Eccleston when Who was relaunched to become what we now call post gap who or NuWho that he only wanted one season. In his words he didn’t want to be trapped into the role of Doctor Who even though he was well known for other roles as well at that point. He even went as far as refusing to do conventions for a w…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent

Dr who has a long history of female members of the senior production staff going right back to its beginnings so having a female show-runner should not surprise any of us should this occur. In my opinion it is this mix of the sexes involved in its production that has given Who its overall longevity, and at the risk  of and not…[Read more]

Lol @nerys you don’t admit that blame autocorrect instead