New "Doctor Who" trailer
POSTED BY: whozit
UPDATED: Friday, January 5, 2018 03:14
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I'm sure the first words spoken by the new Who will be, "Do you know how to fly this thing?"
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I thought the next Dr. Who was a woman?
Was that just an internet hoax?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by whozit:
I'm sure the first words spoken by the new Who will be, "Do you know how to fly this thing?"
Only if Doc #1 is still around to say "as a matter of fact, yes I do"
No, I'd bet the Internet on:
(Looks in mirror) "Oh, no, no, no... still not ginger!"
...or something else fitting the pattern:
"Horrified exclamation... dramatic pause... some comment completely unrelated to new gender."
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I thought the next Dr. Who was a woman?
Was that just an internet hoax?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
This is the Christmas Special, I'm guessing the new Who will show up at the end and lead into the next season.
The "THE" Doctor in this episode is the original Doctor (The First Doctor).
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I thought the next Dr. Who was a woman?
Was that just an internet hoax?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
The next Doctor IS a woman , and I'm surprised there was nothing shown about " her " in the trailer. Absolutely stupid and ridiculous path they've chosen.
William Hartnell played the original Doctor, 50+ years ago. David Bradley is playing the role of 1st Doctor, as he's done so in the past. He bears an uncanny resemblance, which helps.
Jodie Whittaker will show up at the very end and assume the next version of The Doctor.
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Interesting. I've never really watched any Who except for a few episodes with the guy from 28 days later (Chris Eggleston, or something like that). Was pretty cheesy, but enjoyable late night stuff to watch.
I had to laugh when I saw the frame selected for the video in the OP. I thought that was the new female doctor, but I thought it looked more like Dr. House.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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The 9th Doctor ( Christopher Eccleston ) will always be special to me, as it was his performance which finally drew me into the franchise. Pity that he only lasted 1 year, but of course, that gave us 10 ( David Tennant ) which is a very good thing.
Sad to see the series go sideways like this, after 50 years. Kill off the Doctor and start a whole new character, why not ?
Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen
I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.
" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall
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Eccleston... yeah. Him and Billie Piper (right?)
I saw about 8 episodes of it and it was pretty enjoyable. I didn't watch much TV or even play any video games for about 5 or 6 years around that time in my early-to-mid 20's. Way too much socializing at that time. I guess it just kind of fell off my radar.
It's something I've always considered watching from the very beginning one day. At this point though it would be almost a chore to get through. Kind of like starting Game of Thrones since I've never even seen 5 minutes of that show yet.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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It's something I've always considered watching from the very beginning one day.
Since it originally ran from 1963-1989 and the 2005- version is a continuation, not a reboot, that would make re-watching Game of Thrones pretty trivial by comparison :-) That said, its probably easier to pick up part-way through than GoT... since the show is older than VCRs (and chunks of the show from the 60s have been lost) those of us who are under 60 managed to muddle through somehow!
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
The next Doctor IS a woman , and I'm surprised there was nothing shown about " her " in the trailer. Absolutely stupid and ridiculous path they've chosen.
Well, on past form she'll be in the Xmas episode for 10 seconds max, and it will be played as the big cliffhanger, so its not surprising that she's not in the trailer. The silly thing is that these plot developments are "spoiled" months in advance so that the death and regeneration of the Doctor won't be a surprise - however, here in the UK its easily the highest-profile dramatic role in TV and even if the BBC tried to keep it secret the Daily Murdoch would find out and splash it across the newsstands.
As for the "ridiculous path" - know what? I'm going to wait and see what they do with it. Of all the various suggestions for "gender flipping" well-established fictitious characters, the Doctor is the one role that does beg the question "does he always regenerate as a man?". Its a SF show - its meant to explore fantastic possibilities. If the scripts are up to par, they'll have good ideas about where to go with it and temper any politically-correct messages with humour.
E.g. we've just had a black, lesbian companion - and rather than just having lots of stories about her being abused by white straight men we've seen her putting both feet in her mouth when meeting a blue person, and her attempted conquest of a shy young woman was interrupted by the Pope walking into her bedroom. If they can deal with the "gender issues" of a female Doctor like that, then it should work.
(On the other hand, there was Madame Vastra who couldn't say a sentence without mentioning that she was married to a woman... we'll see)
...and in a couple of years time, it will be all change again.
Of course, its a crying shame that Joanna Lumley wasn't available...
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