• TranslatorCircuit replied to the topic Dr Who News (5)

    Here’s a link to a video covering various rumours and things that actually happened recently in Doctor Who. It all seems to make sense. I don’t think it’s good news, though. It seems the problem is Disney+, as well as the BBC trying to do things the Disney+ way. Let me know what you think.

    https://youtu.be/LvTT6h65Trc?si=YBhL-ubwRrsV7vuE 

  • TranslatorCircuit replied to the topic Dr Who News (5)

    @ps1l0v3y0u
    @devilishrobby

    The BBC is a waste of money! Doctor Who fans should complain about as many programmes they produce as possible! Doctor Who pays for itself with all its merchandise. The BBC continued to receive this money during the 1990-2004 gap years. There’s no problem financing Doctor Who at all! A lot of the money from Disney+ w…[Read more]

  • TranslatorCircuit replied to the topic Dr Who News (5)

    @Whohar @blenkinsoppthebrave

    Doctor Who has the most flexible series format possible. The Doctor travels through space and time in their TARDIS, so that the location and scenery changes completely at least once in each story. Companions come and go and the Doctor’s face and body change as well. The regular cast at the beginning of any series or s…[Read more]

  • TranslatorCircuit replied to the topic The Reality War

    The season finale! The final part of a two part story which takes up 25% of the whole series because it was reduced to only 8 episodes thanks to Disney Plus.

    It featured a star studded lineup, including Ruby, Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, both current versions of The Rani, and The Thirteenth Doctor.

    I think this episode was better than all the…[Read more]

  • TranslatorCircuit replied to the topic Wish World

    At first, I wondered what was going on here, but it soon became obvious that everyone was brainwashed and living in a fantasy world after The Rani had kidnapped ababy who was the seventh son of a seventh son of aseventh son from 19th Century Bavaria. The Baby had magical powers.

    Conrad the podcaster from “Lucky Day” kept appearing on TV tel…[Read more]

  • This story is obviously based on The Eurovision Song Contest. It even refers to The Eurovision Song Contest as the form it originally took, although at some time it became The Interstellar Song Contest.

    The word Mavity is mentioned yet again, showing that we’re still in an alternative timeline created by The Fourteenth Doctor and Donna.

    We h…[Read more]

  • After the sub standard first three episodes, this series is continuing to improve with “The Story and The Engine”!

    It’s all based around a barber’s shop, but then we discover that it’s actually a complicated spaceship which has an entrance that’s in two different places at once!

    The thing about collecting stories to power the ship was really…[Read more]

  • TranslatorCircuit replied to the topic Lucky Day

    It was disappointing that The Doctor and Belinda hardly appeared in this episode. I don’t think there can be any excuse for that. It should be in all Doctors’ contracts that Doctor Who takes priority over any other plans they may have, so they mustn’t  make any such plans! It was great to see the lovely Ruby again, as well as her being featured…[Read more]

  • TranslatorCircuit replied to the topic Lux

    I liked it! I think it was great how characters on film could be brought to life and I started to have fantasies about using this technique. I think the fans watching on TV was a nice touch, as well. It was a shame it was set on Earth, though. I want to see some stories which are completely set on other planets. We haven’t had this so far in this…[Read more]

  • TranslatorCircuit replied to the topic Dr Who News (5)

    The main thing is that it’s not possible to tell a story with about two thirds of the original deleted! It was originally shown as ten episodes of 25 minutes each. The main selling point of this version is that it’s IN COLOUR! I once saw and recorded a version of “Genesis of The Daleks” which was cut down from six episodes to four episodes and…[Read more]

  • TranslatorCircuit replied to the topic Dr Who News (5)

    Well, I’ve seen it now. It’s a pity that this production hasn’t even got its own thread on here.

    It was fairly obvious that various important information was deleted. I think even viewers who had never seen the original would have noticed this. It included the introduction of the other resistance fighters, especially Arturo Villar who led the…[Read more]

  • TranslatorCircuit replied to the topic Dr Who News (5)

    I’ll be watching the new colourised and edited version of The War Games, which I watched the original version of only 2-3 weeks ago, but I can’t remember how many times I’ve seen it before. It will be good to see it in colour, but I dread to think how many details have been edited out. I’ve been trying to write my own summary to make a quick check…[Read more]

  • TranslatorCircuit replied to the topic 73 Yards

    I really liked this episode! A few things weren’t explained though. Why did The Doctor have to disappear? What year was it at the beginning of the episode? It seems like it was after 2046, because of the fairy circle notes mentioning “Mad Jack”. Also £5 for a Coke in a pub is more expensive than in 2024. If it was after 2046, then how could Ruby…[Read more]

  • TranslatorCircuit replied to the topic 73 Yards

    I was quite worried about this episode as soon as I heard the title was “73 Yards”. I wondered if it meant 73 back yards. I didn’t think it was referring to the antique measurement of length.

    Unforunately, my fears were confirmed while watching the episode. Ruby said that the woman kept her distance at 73 yards away from her!

    Even though Star…[Read more]

  • TranslatorCircuit replied to the topic Dr Who News (5)

    I don’t know what to make of the viewing figures in the UK for the four recent specials, or the news that Millie Gibson has already left and been replaced! What do people on here think of all this news? Of course, there are also some YouTube channels saying that Doctor Who is dead.

     

  • TranslatorCircuit replied to the topic Dr Who News (5)

    This sounds like great news! I don’t know what to make of the UK viewing figures, though. It sounds to me like lots of traitors who abandoned Doctor Who because there was a female Doctor haven’t returned to watch these specials. I watched “The Star Beast” and “Wild Blue Yonder” both live. It sounds like a big shakeup is coming. “Timeless Child V2″…[Read more]

  • TranslatorCircuit replied to the topic Dr Who News (5)

    @janetteb what the cut to nine episodes per year means that there will be fewer stories per year! Russell T Davies said this was because it was so expensive, after being given loads of money by Disney! Of course, this is no excuse.

    Star Wars films are very expensive, but the main things about Star Wars is that it’s a series of films which come…[Read more]

  • TranslatorCircuit replied to the topic Dr Who News (5)

    TERRIBLE NEWS! As predicted by me some time ago, the number of episodes in future series has been cut down instead of being restored to 13 or more per year. I thought this would happen because it was being financed by Disney Plus. Russell T Davies has announced in SFX magazine that from now on Doctor Who will have only NINE new episodes per…[Read more]

  • TranslatorCircuit replied to the topic Dr Who News (5)

    @janetteb @mudlark Well, I’ve watched the new COLOURISED version of “The Daleks” and here’s what I thought of it.

    In general, the colours used worked quite well. Some of them looked very bright and lurid, though. This might just have been because of the colour schemes the Daleks themselves actually liked. Of course, it’s an alien planet with…[Read more]

  • TranslatorCircuit replied to the topic Dr Who News (5)

    Reposted due to messy tabs, etc.

     

    Hello Janet B! I am here anyway! This morning I watched the very first Doctor Who episode “An Unearthly Child” as I do on every Doctor Who anniversary day. I followed this up with the original rejected pilot episode of the same story. After that I watched “Tales from The TARDIS: Earthshock” Which include…[Read more]

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