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Figgy
Canada1788 Posts
On August 05 2013 03:35 ThomasjServo wrote: I am a bit disappointed it isn't a woman, not shattered at it but I think it would have been refreshing. When they cast a woman you know they've jumped the shark. | ||
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ThomasjServo
15244 Posts
On August 05 2013 04:40 Figgy wrote: When they cast a woman you know they've jumped the shark. I don't really think so. It depends a bit on the timing though. With three young, male actors playing the doctor in a row I get why they opted for an age change rather than changing the sex of the doctor, it is a bit more congruent with the show. I could see the next incarnation making that change though (Regeneration debate notwithstanding of course.) | ||
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UdderChaos
United Kingdom707 Posts
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Rudolph
United States161 Posts
On August 05 2013 05:40 UdderChaos wrote: so glad the rumors they are bringing back that over-rated arsehole David Tennant are false. His overacting was so bad and cringeworthy had to stop watching until mat smith came along I'm the opposite. I stopped watching during Matt Smith's time with the show. I don't know if it was just the acting or if it was the writing, but I did not like it. Looking forward to the twelth doctor though! :D | ||
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CutieBK
Sweden227 Posts
Think he will bring a great take on the Doctor. Really sweet with an older dude as well! | ||
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thezanursic
5489 Posts
I hate my fuck out of her. I'm so happy they got rid of her. | ||
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Dazed.
Canada3301 Posts
On August 05 2013 04:40 Figgy wrote: Yeah I agree. I mean even them explicitly showing the timelords can regenerate different genders is...stupid, frankly. Because then its like, why did the doctor have 12+ regenerations which were all male? What are the chances? Not to mention, changes of a body and temperment...there still quintisentially the same person, but a change in gender is a leap too far. It wouldnt be the same person anymore.When they cast a woman you know they've jumped the shark. On August 05 2013 06:18 Rudolph wrote: Yeah David tennant was amazing, and I found Matt Smith tiresome. Which to be honest I largely blame on Moffat, I really hope he retires from Dr.Who soon. He's good at writing an episode here and there but hes just NOT suited to be the main writer.I'm the opposite. I stopped watching during Matt Smith's time with the show. I don't know if it was just the acting or if it was the writing, but I did not like it. Looking forward to the twelth doctor though! :D edit: "Count me as one of the many people totally over Steven Moffat's rule of Doctor Who. If you still aren't convinced that his story lines have become totally ridiculous, then check out the random Doctor Who plot generator at Us vs Th3m. Here's one I just created: A flashback sequence introduces us to the Paradise Faction homeworld, but the Sonic Screwdriver picks up a gravity anomaly. The Doctor, Clara, and Clara’s two charges have tough choices to make about the Macra. The Doctor’s tears save the day. Katy from CBeebies features in a flashback sequence. Sounds like a legit Moffat episode to me." | ||
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Aelip
Denmark321 Posts
On August 05 2013 05:40 UdderChaos wrote: so glad the rumors they are bringing back that over-rated arsehole David Tennant are false. His overacting was so bad and cringeworthy had to stop watching until mat smith came along If i'm not mistaken they are bringing him back for the 50th anniversary special, which has been the plan for a while. Also i loved Tennant as the doctor but i much prefer the writing with Matt, and that has resulted in me liking the Matt seasons the most. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_(2013_specials) On August 05 2013 06:33 thezanursic wrote: Why does everybody love Riversong at least on that shit-hole called tumblr? I hate my fuck out of her. I'm so happy they got rid of her. I'm with you man, i hated her from her very introduction. My doctor who watching partner loved her from the start, we never could convince eachother. | ||
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tyr
France1686 Posts
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radiatoren
Denmark1907 Posts
On August 05 2013 05:40 UdderChaos wrote: so glad the rumors they are bringing back that over-rated arsehole David Tennant are false. His overacting was so bad and cringeworthy had to stop watching until mat smith came along I somewhat agree. The overacting was pretty unfortunate and not very doctor-like. They could bring his wife back, though. "The Doctors Daughter" could easily make it back as her arc was barely touched! As for who should be the doctor: I find the chap to the younger side actually. I will love to see a true classic gray-haired doctor in the style of Jon Pertwee or William Hartnell and how such a character can do in the modern setting. The only other interesting bookmaker candidate was Idris Elba, but that would have been far more controversial! | ||
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babylon
8765 Posts
I think Smith did what he could with the material. Not his fault that he was constricted by the writing. Shame there's no word on Simm coming back though ... then again, after they turned him into a hungry electric deinonychus, I am not sure he can be salvaged in his role as The Master even with good acting. Ahhhh, Eccleston was the best New Who Doctor. I also thought that River Song was generally hated by everyone in fandom? Note: I haven't watched past Matt Smith's first season, so I have not been too overexposed to her yet. I liked her at first in the Library two-parter, but then again, at that point, I had also been under the impression that she had more purpose to her life than being the Doctor's wife. Also this was before I had realized that all of Moffat's women are the same, Jesus Christ. | ||
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Dismay
United States1180 Posts
People may be mean about Matt Smith but he made me believe The Doctor was truly an alien. So many of the others were just 'a kooky guy'. Smith's Doctor was fucking WEIRD. He looked weird, acted weird, moved weirdly, his speech patterns were weird. He was a believable alien. Source is his twitter.But yeah Eccleston is my favorite. I wish he'd come back for the special. | ||
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thezanursic
5489 Posts
On August 05 2013 06:42 Aelip wrote: If i'm not mistaken they are bringing him back for the 50th anniversary special, which has been the plan for a while. Also i loved Tennant as the doctor but i much prefer the writing with Matt, and that has resulted in me liking the Matt seasons the most. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_(2013_specials) I'm with you man, i hated her from her very introduction. My doctor who watching partner loved her from the start, we never could convince eachother. Actually she was ''OK'' in the introduction episode. Mostly because of the fact that everything else except her was awesome, I mean that library episode was genius. Imagine a sexier Riversong without the dumb accent and a little better written. | ||
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Noocta
France12578 Posts
On August 05 2013 09:30 Dismay wrote: I like Tennant and Smith both just fine. I think Simon of Yogscast fame said it well enough though. Source is his twitter. But yeah Eccleston is my favorite. I wish he'd come back for the special. I agree with that. Smith did a great job making the Doctor what he is supposed to be. Tennant is an actor I really like, but in the end, he wasn't much the Doctor. He had some of the best episodes tho. Blink obviously, but the whole part with the Master was really good. ( beside the stupid ending of it ) | ||
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Thereisnosaurus
Australia1822 Posts
Tennant is an actor I really like, but in the end, he wasn't much the Doctor. He had some of the best episodes tho. Blink obviously, but the whole part with the Master was really good. ( beside the stupid ending of it ) I dunno, I think tennant is the closest doctor to the old doctors. Smith as mentioned does the whole slightly wierd alien thing incredibly well and I love that part of his work, but tennant is just nostalgically familiar if you remember Baker and McCoy. I think what hits strangely about Tennant's stoylines is that unlike baker's emotional side, which was very paternal or fraternal, Tennant seems far more passionate and entwined with the other characters- love, rather than affection. In some ways that takes away from this idea of the Doctor as the incredibly charismatic but distant guy guiding us around the universe. I, for one, really liked that over his arc, and I think it was relatively well managed. Ultimately he maintained his identity and his arc managed to convey the emotional cost to him of doing that- in that he was the first doctor who really, really wasn't ok with regenerating but did it anyway because, y'know, he's the doctor. Part of the joy of the show is that each doctor brings his own wardrobe, as it were. They all wear the same underwear, but in true overdone metaphor style, I'll say that once you get familiar with someone in their undies, you begin to appreciate their fashion choices more than you do before you are familiar  . | ||
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Zaros
United Kingdom3692 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + It's actually a made up trailer | ||
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Mallidon
Scotland557 Posts
On August 05 2013 23:33 Zaros wrote: This is the trailer for the new doctor may be NSFW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Blf073f2Lc + Show Spoiler + It's actually a made up trailer lol! If only  | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On August 05 2013 10:05 Noocta wrote: I agree with that. Smith did a great job making the Doctor what he is supposed to be. Tennant is an actor I really like, but in the end, he wasn't much the Doctor. He had some of the best episodes tho. Blink obviously, but the whole part with the Master was really good. ( beside the stupid ending of it ) I like Tennant and Smith for different reasons. Tennant clearly liked to focus on the human side of the Doctor and the reason why he always found people to travel with, stayed near Earth and was generally lonely. The titanic episode is a great example of that when Tennant says “I can save her, I can do anything”, followed up by the line later on “But think, Doctor. If you could decide who lived or died, (pause) you would be a monster.” Also, the speed call to the Queen was pretty great. Smith's Doctor was more focused on the darker aspects of the Doctor, which he covered up with his child like nature. That he was afraid of becoming what the rest of the Time Lords become and that he traveled with people to avoid that. Also, the Ponds was a focus on how normal people are affected by the Doctor being in their lives. I enjoyed that store line a lot, because I loved the concept of them always having a place for the Doctor at the dinner table. There was something sad, yet amazing about that. Also, River song and the phrase "Never let him see you age, he can't deal with it." and the idea that the Doctor acts like a child to avoid the idea that he will always outlive everyone he loves. Also, Dinosaurs on a Space Ship. I swear they made that episode based on the title alone. | ||
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Dybdal
Denmark67 Posts
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Nebuchad
Switzerland12269 Posts
For about 45 seconds, if the Smith-Tennant change is any indication. | ||
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