@winston

Apparently it will be the last TN novel. 🙁

I’d love to see Fforde do an episode of Who.

@ps1l0v3y0u

Excellent work sir/madam.

It’s a pretty loose tender really, so it can be interpreted in many ways, which I guess is the Beeb saying “we don’t really know what we want apart from a new Doc and (at least) one Companion”

I just hope it is a fresh team that wins it with some great ideas. Who are looking for willing writers (helloooo,…[Read more]

The BBC officially put Doctor Who out to tender today.

New series in 2028/29 is the plan.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/news/doctor-who-invitation-to-tender-september-2026/

@winston

 I have a Jasper Fforde on my tablet right now.

Ah -ha ! Another Fforde fan. The last Thursday Next novel is out next month.

@translatorcircuit

Yeah, the link I posted is to The Unmade Season. I’ve just watched it. It was interesting although I do wonder how long it will stay up on YouTube, given the potential copyright issues.

I’d presumed it was all pretty much AI, but must confess I am not sure.

I got 3rd Doc vibes of it – probably the pacing and the present-day…[Read more]

AI reaches the DW world via a fan-produced 55 min episode:

https://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-fan-reboot-ai-107380.htm

I’ve not seen this yet, but here it is on youtube:

https://youtu.be/-aAYUBOqfRM?si=KBzzZXDWSYpMNgkm

Also this.

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-hollywood-production-company-exclusive-newsupdate/

Not much by the way of solid news, but at least it shows there is some interest.

Update from Billie Piper on her appearance at the end of The Reality War. Minor spoiler if you click through:

https://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-fans-chill-out-piper-107348.htm

@thane16

@dentarthurdent

@winston @nerys

Whitaker’s Tardis was “off” so her opinion on Gatwa’s is …..but I think it was more a nod to Moffat’s lines: “I don’t like it.”

This goes back quite a way. In The Three Doctors, Troughton’s Doc is in the Tardis with Pertwee’s Doc and he looks around before saying something like “You’ve redecorate…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent @janetteb @winston @nerys @thane16

the most concerning was Dacron’ ableist issue; the sonic better as a telly remote than a gun & TenDoc regenerating back into his 2006+ clothing as keeping 13’s outfit would be an insult to drag performers

Agreed. Also the hypocrisy. The sonic is too gun-like but then the Doc shoots Omega in the fa…[Read more]

@thane16 @ps1l0v3y0u

As the Doctor was male, he couldn’t let go of the Dr/Donna crisis

Which is weird if you think about it. Imagine it had been written the other way around.

Also the Doc had just been female and this “ability” to shrug this off had never been explored.

The messaging is fine, but the delivery was woeful. There seemed to be a l…[Read more]

@thane16

yes, the more we focus on identity politics, the less focus exists on working class & middle class oppression thru an overall mismanagement of economic opportunity & the foundational roots of exploitation & marginalisation

Agreed. Class is the one thing that’s never mentioned, and some studies have shown it is this one single factor that…[Read more]

@thane16 @dentarthurdent @janetteb @winston

@ps1l0v3y0u

It’s an interesting discussion.

On the etymology of woke: IIRC it came out of the Civil rights movement in the US (pre-Covid) with the phrase “Stay woke” meaning stay awake i.e. be alert to what’s going on around you. It was taken on by liberals and it started to appear in the le…[Read more]

@thane16

What were 3-4 issues you had with this iteration or series.

I would say (in no particular order):

1. Too crowded a Tardis. Consequently not enough story for all the leads.

2. The first female Doctor. There was not enough written about the gender change. What a wasted opportunity. Instead, he decided to turn the Doctor – traditionally a…[Read more]

All this talk of removing insects. Try this tip:

Instead of killing flies, spray them with hair lacquer mid flight and they’ll simply glide out of the window.

@ps1l0v3y0u @dentarthurdent @thane16

Was this tendency because the Doctor was (then) male, and the companions, as ever, were female

I mean, yes I think so. The companion does tend to riff off the lead and, with Moff’s previous writing, we know he likes to explore the sexual politics of the traditional male-female relationship.

I liked RTDs take:…[Read more]

@thane16

On screwball, did you see Bringing Up Baby in ‘39 with Katharine Hepburn?

Oh, yes. Many times. It’s great, She’s great and a young Cary Grant is also great.

Anything with Hepburn, Grant or James Stewart is always worth my attention. And The Philadelphia Story has all three. Would recommend, if you’ve not seen it.

That trio are p…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent    @thane16

@ps1l0v3y0u

Ah, the infamous Bechdel test, aka the Bechdel–Wallace Test, was developed in the 80s, named for Alison Bechdel and Liz Wallace.

It’s pretty broad and, yes, limited in its usefulness. I believe it was originally developed to bring a focus on the roles of women in film, with their being quite the numbe…[Read more]

@classiccar

Welcome, just post a question on a forum and someone will respond if they have an answer.

Suggest The Winchester may be a more appropriate forum, but it doesn’t matter too much.

Have you watched the tape?

My first thought was the 1996 Doctor Who Movie which had McCoy and McGann in it.

And I found Jim McManus on…[Read more]

@thane16 (and son)

And I don’t understand how RTD could speak so fluently (or should I say in his usual slightly rambling, breathy way) about a Christmas Special that hadn’t been made at all?

He’s basically lied to the fans and admitted it. Not sure why he felt the need to do that but it’s not a good look. I’m assuming the pressure behind the sce…[Read more]