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@craig—

she said that was definitely not the new look

Boo! I’m all about the coat and hoodie! But, nah, one thing about the AG show is that they’ve always rocked the costume. The only time it was a bit meh (for me) was when they put Matt in that all-burgundy garb. And I definitely second the kick-ass boots concept.

I was really lukewarm about…[Read more]

@exfan — scepticism is good. Pretty much always. I would have been extremely sceptical if Kris Marshall had been announced today but I’d like to think I’d also have been keeping an open mind, which is also a must. So, yeah, do give JW a chance. I’ve got a feeling she’ll merit it.

As to Hartnell convincing from the start, I think most of the…[Read more]

Just to reiterate my extreme delight with this move.

And all those in the ‘RIP Dr Who. I’ll never watch again. Waaah brigade’, perhaps you should ask yourself why this news provokes such a visceral, knee-jerk reaction in you. Might be a sign that you have to take a long, hard look at some of your attitudes.

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I think a really good choice personally. I’m looking forward to it.

Commiserations to Kris Marshall though. (One thing’s for sure, I doubt he’ll even want to hear the words ‘Doctor Who’ for quite some time.)

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@blenkinsopthebrave—

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/researchers-discover-only-british-actor-who-hasnt-been-in-doctor-who-20170626130378

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@sabesjt98

Really don’t think that’s an issue. We saw Bill’s first scenes ‘out of sequence’, after all…

I do wonder if it’ll be another on-the-sofa cringefest a la PC’s announcement or whether we might get a little dramatic snippet in the style of Pearl’s introduction. (I know which I’d prefer.)

Oh, and many congratulations for Sunday, @cathannabel….

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@craig and @missrori—

I’d lay odds that 13 will almost certainly be making an appearance at SDCC.

Also the timing to me still suggests that this is the first time the Beeb could conceivably schedule a Doc announcement, without it stuffing up Wimbledon. It suggests rush-job rather than careful plan to me….

Well, that is a surprise. It thought they would try to keep it hushed up if they could. Maybe they thought that it wasn’t do-able to manage that. That suggests that they’ll be filming s11 soon and the cat would be out of the bag anyway or that the name is already out there (or as good as) and that this is the first opportunity to give an official…[Read more]

Oh, and this might be of interest, if it hasn’t been posted already:

I can’t believe I didn’t leave a comment on this before because it’s really rather excellent and I think easily Gatiss’s best Who-related work. And agree with @janetteb that Bradley is great at conveying not just Hartnell but Hartnell as the Doctor. His last few scenes in this are just heart-breaking — and his ‘I don’t want to go’ moment…[Read more]

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@mccottonthedoctorfan

Either of the first two would work with the coloured scarf but you’re right that the third would need the reddish scarf to be accurate.

I would also recommend this site for some excellent cosplay stuff (it’s apparently very good at screen-accurate reproductions and has a big Who-in-everything-but-name section but it is…[Read more]