Doctor Who: 60 Years of Mayhem (SPOILERS for latest episode)

[Ser Scot A Ellison]

So… will the new Doctor get pants?

[Werthead]

7 minutes ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said:

So… will the new Doctor get pants?

Yes. But they will be space pants.

[Ser Lany]

1 hour ago, Werthead said:

Yes. But they will be space pants.

I was thinking fancy pants, but I like your answer better

[Ser Scot A Ellison]

1 hour ago, Werthead said:

Yes. But they will be space pants.

If they work Peter Dinklage’s “Space Pants” character into the Whoniverse… I’ll watch every episode from now on…

[Spockydog]

2 hours ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said:

So… will the new Doctor get pants?

He's getting a kilt!

[polishgenius]

lmao

[john]

I mean, it doesn’t seem that Christmassy.  

[Werthead]

Chris Eccleston on what it would take for him to come back to the show: sacking RTD and the entire production staff.

Yikes. Billie Piper keeping a diplomatic silence there.

[Spockydog]

3 hours ago, Werthead said:

Chris Eccleston on what it would take for him to come back to the show: sacking RTD and the entire production staff.

Yikes. Billie Piper keeping a diplomatic silence there.

Eek. Barrowman's colonel has a lot to answer for.

[john]

None of those people worked there at the time of the 50th special and he still turned it down. He probably just doesn’t like Doctor Who all that much.

12 hours ago, Spockydog said:

Eek. Barrowman's colonel has a lot to answer for.

I really hope Barrowman kept himself contained for those Ecclestone episodes with all the kids running about in gas masks.

[Derfel Cadarn]

1 hour ago, john said:

None of those people worked there at the time of the 50th special and he still turned it down. He probably just doesn’t like Doctor Who all that much.

I really hope Barrowman kept himself contained for those Ecclestone episodes with all the kids running about in gas masks.

Apparently he didn’t like the script for the 50th, felt he was just comic relief 

[Werthead]

17 hours ago, Spockydog said:

Eek. Barrowman's colonel has a lot to answer for.

It's not that, it was the director of his first block of serials (Keith Boak) being an idiot and taking all the stress and frustration riding on his shoulders (for relaunching the show after 16 years) out on cast and crew, and allowing unsafe work practices resulting in a stuntman almost being seriously wounded, and the producers refusing to back up Eccleston and fire the director.

Eccleston thought Barrowman was an idiot as well, but that didn't really register on the radar compared to the other issues.

4 hours ago, john said:

None of those people worked there at the time of the 50th special and he still turned it down. He probably just doesn’t like Doctor Who all that much.

It appears that Eccleston was willing to do the 50th if the script was rewritten to better reflect his character, or if they got his favourite DW director (Joe Ahearne) on board to direct. They didn't have time to do either of those things, so he decided not to return.

Madly, and I only heard this recently, Moffat's Plan B was to bring in Paul McGann as the Eighth but the BBC vetoed the idea and said they needed a bigger name.

[Derfel Cadarn]

Always wondered why they invented the whole war doctor thing rather than used McGann. Having him being the doctor during the time war always made more sense than Eccleston.

Not got a link, but someone didnsone sound editing to remove the Spice Girls track fron that Giggle scene, and people are now inserting their own music to the scene. Had Last Christmas and ABBA anong others

[Which Tyler]

10 minutes ago, Derfel Cadarn said:

Always wondered why they invented the whole war doctor thing rather than used McGann. Having him being the doctor during the time war always made more sense than John Hurt.

Not got a link, but someone didnsone sound editing to remove the Spice Girls track fron that Giggle scene, and people are now inserting their own music to the scene. Had Last Christmas and ABBA anong others

FTFY

[Maltaran]

27 minutes ago, Derfel Cadarn said:

Always wondered why they invented the whole war doctor thing rather than used McGann. Having him being the doctor during the time war always made more sense than Eccleston.

Not got a link, but someone didnsone sound editing to remove the Spice Girls track fron that Giggle scene, and people are now inserting their own music to the scene. Had Last Christmas and ABBA anong others

That would be a fun way to lose Whamageddon

[Derfel Cadarn]

1 hour ago, Which Tyler said:

FTFY

More sense than Eccleston *and* Hurt

[IlyaP]

Finally watched the final two specials. Man, they really upped the budget and the pacing. Chibnall's era always felt almost glacier-like to me in comparison to these episodes. 

And while nothing made sense (Why is the Toy Master doing a dance number at Aveng- UNIT tower? Why are there two doctors? Dolls and tv screens and scary rooms? O-kay, is that Marvin the Paranoid Android?!), it didn't have to if it was fun, had some good character beats, fun scenes, and a pulse. Which this all definitely had in spades.

[SpaceChampion]

So is the Curator = 14 ?  Considering the Curator didn't have Tennant's appearance, but varied between 4, 6 and 11, perhaps 14 does have some residual regeneration energy that will allow him to do that?

The Curator also said his number was "extraordinarily high" so could be a similar splitting that happens way in the future post-15.

Edited December 20, 2023 by SpaceChampion

[Wall Flower]

On 12/11/2023 at 12:15 PM, Spockydog said:

He's getting a kilt!

I really enjoyed some 'anti-woke' idiot on Twitter complaining about him being in a skirt and then being bombarded by Scots with "it's a kilt, you wanker!"

[Derfel Cadarn]

20 hours ago, SpaceChampion said:

So is the Curator = 14 ?  Considering the Curator didn't have Tennant's appearance, but varied between 4, 6 and 11, perhaps 14 does have some residual regeneration energy that will allow him to do that?

The Curator also said his number was "extraordinarily high" so could be a similar splitting that happens way in the future post-15.

That’s been speculated but woth nothing to back it up.

The theory that when 14 regenerates, he loops back and becomes 15 is probably the most likely, given 15 saying that he’s fine bexause 14 sorts his shit out. His Tardis is probably 14’s brought back in time.