Dr Who

(17-07-2017 12:08 )HannahsPet Wrote:  Lancelot is right doing it 20-30 years ago or Russel t davis doing it would have been brave now it looks like they were scared of Femi Nazi public condemnation if it had been another male

Where is the BBC's 'bravery' when it comes to the same sex couples row on Strictly?

(11-09-2017 12:18 )ShandyHand Wrote:  Don't you think it just didn't know what it wanted to be and fell between two stools? The gore and overt violence (on occassion) was decidedly adult Torchwood territory but the narratives and teenage 'angst' was strictly 6pm Buffy level. Most 16-18 year olds, if that was the target audience given its post-watershed content, don't want to watch something set in a school - they just spent years trying to get out of there!

Well yes, I suppose that's what I was saying, in a sense. If they'd made Quill the central character with just Ram and April as sidekicks, and allowed her to actually be the violent monster-killer they spent the whole series alluding to, they could have aimed it squarely at an adult audience.
Quill's solo episode was easily the best one of the series, I thought.

Btw, BBC2 used to show a post-watershed 'uncut' version of Buffy late night Fridays

Maybe they should have done a 'cut-down' for Class and it might have found an audience? ... Not you and by the looks but some more.

The rumoured Shada DVD complete waste of time has now been confirmed:

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2017/10/sha...etion.html

More interestingly & importantly, the new proper series of the show is reported to be facing changes to the format:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/chang...s-11309547

Hmm

And more cast news announced now:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestn...=corporate

Some already foretold, some surprising. A wider cast does tie in with the longer running time (in theory).

^ They forgot the one in the wheelchair. I'm writing to the beeb.

Seriously, they might as well let a computer do the casting based on passport details of applicant actors.

Again the writing is going to have to be on its toes to accommodate a TARDIS of four. Peter Davison's crew got uppity on double the runtime for each story.

(23-10-2017 08:09 )ShandyHand Wrote:  Peter Davison's crew got uppity on double the runtime for each story.

It was more of an issue that they couldn't act their way out of a paper bag

(23-10-2017 13:49 )Doddle Wrote:  

(23-10-2017 08:09 )ShandyHand Wrote:  Peter Davison's crew got uppity on double the runtime for each story.

It was more of an issue that they couldn't act their way out of a paper bag

You have a point. Their characters were hardly sterling work either. The thing was though that just fitting in stuff for them to do led to problems.

To be fair, just because the new three are going to be regulars doesn't actually mean they'll be on the TARDIS every trip. The press release is deliberately vague on those sort of details. Walsh maybe the only 'proper' companion - we don't know.

(23-10-2017 15:14 )ShandyHand Wrote:  

(23-10-2017 13:49 )Doddle Wrote:  

(23-10-2017 08:09 )ShandyHand Wrote:  Peter Davison's crew got uppity on double the runtime for each story.

It was more of an issue that they couldn't act their way out of a paper bag

You have a point. Their characters were hardly sterling work either. The thing was though that just fitting in stuff for them to do led to problems.

This is a whinge often used by people who write for the show. "ooh, we need 45 minutes... ooh we need arcs that run through every story... ooh we need lots of regular characters... ooh we need a female lead... etc"

If you're asked to build a table, you build a bloody table. You don't whinge and turn up with a coat-hanger and say it was better.

(23-10-2017 08:09 )ShandyHand Wrote:  ^ They forgot the one in the wheelchair. I'm writing to the beeb.

Seriously, they might as well let a computer do the casting based on passport details of applicant actors.

I can imagine the conversation :

woman ... check
person of colour ... check
asian ... check
cunt ... check