@janetteb

I’m also watching Andor – about 2 eps in (similarly slow in watching things). Apparently, there are three lots of three eps, each representing a year, so three years in total. It does pick up from where Season 1 left off.

Would recommend watching this season and then Rogue One afterwards (if you’ve not already seen it).

@ps1l0v3y0u

Anyone seen Silo?

I saw the first season and enjoyed it. I’ve not seen the second in full (yet) but found the early eps a bit repetitive.

My understanding is that there will be four seasons in total based on three books by Hugh Howey – Wool, Shift and Dust   – with the first two seasons basically covering Wool only. This probably e…[Read more]

On a more positive note, there are rumours that the BBC are talking to both HBO and to Netflix about stepping into the vacancy apparently left by D+.  HBO already have a working relationship with Bad Wolf, and if they do come on board I can see their ethos aligning well with the essence of Who. Likely to have longer runs too.

@translatorcircuit

I really couldn’t care less is such a petulant way to start a post, but OK.

However it works must be destroyed, then the way it used to work or a way similar to that established.

Bear in mind that the way it used to work led to a gap of 16 years between TV series, then that’s not the solution you think it is. If it was even…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u

Specifically, at some point in 2021 say, The BBC contact Russ and say ‘we need help. That show you really like is heading for the bin. This is our wish list. What can you do?’

Not sure how that negotiation played out but, at a guess, Gatiss, Whithouse and Matthieson were all considered too adult.

Nonetheless, having had 5-10 yea…

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@translatorcircuit

Comments such as the above accepting another gap indicate that the people posting them have been brainwashed into accepting this

Or maybe people who understand a little bit about how the television industry works have realised that, given there is no agreement in place with Disney+ and no filming currently ongoing, there has to…[Read more]

@nerys

Yes, I’ve seen a couple of YouTube videos on this very subject. RTD’s statement is pretty equivocal, but I am expecting Who to be offscreen for at least two years.

Interestingly RTD also posted somewhere about all the speculation around Billie Piper’s role, mentioning several of the theories found on this very board, so maybe he is…[Read more]

@miapatrick

Because there’s a canon explanation right there, Rose has been exposed to the Tardis energy, which the Doctor has then taken on, and he’s just used his own regeneration energy to manipulate the time vortex.

I like this very much. Well done.

@dentarthurdent

Smith’s early debut left me cold. So I lost touch with watching it on TV

I too, had some reservation with Smith’s early portrayal, finding it a bit too manic at times and with a bit too much posturing (I Am the DOCTOR), and it spoilt some eps for me (yes, even Vincent). I often take time to adjust to a new Doc though.

Once I had a…[Read more]

@janetteb

Agree with your analysis, I think that is exactly what’s happened.

@miapatrick <hello, welcome back> @blenkinsopthebrave

I suggested in an earlier post that Piper might be another version of Idris from The Doctor’s Wife, so similar to your Tardis idea.  I hope this is what pans out on screen as it’s the most palatable option, for me…[Read more]

Ah, yes Amy’s Choice, which I had watched but missed from my list.

Interesting that a number of my favourite episodes are not written by either Moff or RTD (or Chibs or Gatiss):

Dalek

Amy’s Choice

Vincent

Father’s Day

Human Nature/ Family of Blood

The Waters of Mars

The Doctor’s Wife

The Rebel Flesh / Almost People

Zygon Invasion /…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave @ps1l0v3y0u @dentarthurdent

As a bit of a palette cleanser, I’ve just been watching a few eps from Smith’s first season (aka Series 5):

The Eleventh Hour (still the best regen story imo)

Pandorica / Big Bang

Plus a couple of other eps: the Angels two-parter, and Vincent.

It’s like watching a different (and much better)…[Read more]

@all,

It strikes me that all this talk about Billie Piper, entertaining as it is and allowing for much bonkers theorising as it does, actually does a bit of a disservice to Gatwa’s tenure. All the Internet is talking about right now is BP’s appearance in the last ten seconds of an hour-long episode. Nothing about the outgoing Doc’s tenure, as…[Read more]

@scaryb

My theory about Billie is that she may be a temporary interim Doctor till the future becomes clearer.

I make that 3 theories now:

1. @jimthefish ‘s Interface theory

2. Your interim Doc theory

3. My she’s The Moment theory.

To which I’d add something I briefly saw online:

4. She’s a version of Bad Wolf.

and another thought:

5. She’s…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

@mudlark

I have been thinking (over-thinking?) about Poppy and the question of whether we are in a world of reality or not at the end

Unfortunately, we just don’t know. And, in actual fact, we have more questions now than we did before the finale. That shouldn’t be the case. I’m fine with leaving a few threads hanging and to…[Read more]

@janetteb

and it It still doesn’t fully make sense I will watch again, and again

I’d recommend watching The Reality War, as they are basically one story split over two parts; it might provide context (or it might leave you more confused).

@thane16

they didn’t address how the Doctor tortured Kid

I think this was a massive mis-step tbh. I found it…[Read more]

@jimthefish

Welcome back.

The return of Billie P. Think it’s probably a given that she’s almost certainly not the next Doctor

I tend to agree, although all bets are off. If she’s not the next Doctor, then what else? As you say maybe an interface between 15 and 16 (RuthDoc? She was again seen in the montage).

The vibes I got off Piper’s, very sho…[Read more]

It looks like I am out of step with almost everyone on here, barring perhaps @thane16 . I really didn’t enjoy it at all; I wanted to, I really did, but it was an incoherent mess in the main. Spectacle over storytelling, which meant that the big story beats didn’t resonate with me.

I’d expected a regeneration but it didn’t hit home as previous…[Read more]

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Just started watching Andor season 2.

First episode was very good, and I’ve heard a lot of good things about it. Rogue One is in my top three Star Wars movies, and the first Andor season was excellent, so have high hopes for this one.

Would recommend, even if you are not into SW as it strips back a lot of the lore-related aspects e.g. the Force.…[Read more]