Doctor Who

J.T · 18 Jul 2017 at 12:05

Glanza said:
Hopefully they take points from WW, no mans land etc could have so easily been a cheesy one liner regarding I'm no man.

I do wonder if we won't get a sidekick for the first series, not sure how it'd work having a young male as the companion with how past companions have worked unless we're now on box ticking and he just happens to be a gay man.

I'm actually hoping it will be a kind of Captain Jack type but not Omnisexual!

Werewolf · 18 Jul 2017 at 12:06

There have been male companions for the doctor on and off since the start*, so I can't see why there would be any problem with the new doctor having a female companion.

*The three companions in the very first series were two women and a man.

SPG · 18 Jul 2017 at 13:08

Dear Lord

Thankyou for this thread, after countless years of having Xmen, Batman and superheros been thrown at us left right and centre rammed down our throts in the name of cool, this thread has resurrected what we knew all along.

NERDS WILL BE NERDS.

NERDS.

p.s

This will probably get me yet another 1 week ban for something about being unkind to nerds.

p.p.s

Game of thrones is normal TV and henceforth is above all NERDISMS.

Tombstone · 18 Jul 2017 at 13:52

SPG said:
Dear Lord

Thankyou for this thread, after countless years of having Xmen, Batman and superheros been thrown at us left right and centre rammed down our throts in the name of cool, this thread has resurrected what we knew all along.

NERDS WILL BE NERDS.

NERDS.

p.s

This will probably get me yet another 1 week ban for something about being unkind to nerds.

p.p.s

Game of thrones is normal TV and henceforth is above all NERDISMS.

Heheh, on a forum, of a website, dedicated to computer hardware and specifically named after people who tweak every tiny piece of their computer hardware in the aim of getting absolutely optimum performance. I'd say its safe to say we're all nerds

SPG · 18 Jul 2017 at 14:04

Tombstone said:
Heheh, on a forum, of a website, dedicated to computer hardware and specifically named after people who tweak every tiny piece of their computer hardware in the aim of getting absolutely optimum performance. I'd say its safe to say we're all nerds

No this is way way more nerdy. Besides I use the home and garden thread way more than the nerdy it stuff, what's all that about anyway

krooton · 18 Jul 2017 at 15:14

So much salt from broflakes, it's hilarious.

Amp34 · 18 Jul 2017 at 15:41

Phonesis said:
I was thinking more about how they might approach a female doctor. Hopefully, it won't be the full feminism stuff every five minutes. Instead, they might play on the whole "this is a new body" angle where the doctor isn't used to the female form. Kinda make a joke about her basically still behaving like a male and having to be taught how to be a woman by a female sidekick or something like that. Might be fun approach.

What they will have to broach, and carefully because it could otherwise get very boring quickly, is misogyny.

Outside of a few societies "people" will behave very differently to a younger woman telling them what to do, over a middle aged man. Hopefully when it is brought up she can be great with the short, sharp comeback.

Converge · 18 Jul 2017 at 19:06

I think the lady from Fleabag would have been a better choice. She's great!

robgmun · 20 Jul 2017 at 07:03

Phonesis said:
I was thinking more about how they might approach a female doctor. Hopefully, it won't be the full feminism stuff every five minutes.

Of course it will, it's the BBC, they're going to ram it down everyone's throat.

J.T · 20 Jul 2017 at 12:55

There have been quite a few occasions over the years where the Female assistant has been the one to save the day/Doctor, I assume this trend will continue even if the Assistant is male.

HeX · 20 Jul 2017 at 16:05

KRIS MARSHALL is being lined up to play Jodie Whittaker’s assistant in the upcoming Doctor Who, according to a report.

http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv...aker-assistant-Peter-Capaldi-Pearl-Mackie-BBC

ci_newman · 20 Jul 2017 at 16:33

So a new equally annoying dumb assistant to replace the annoying dumb assistant that just left...

Glanza · 20 Jul 2017 at 16:47

Wonder if he'll do the same act as when he was on My Family? Can't say I've seen him in anything else since that.

Blackvault · 20 Jul 2017 at 16:52

Glanza said:
Wonder if he'll do the same act as when he was on My Family? Can't say I've seen him in anything else since that.

What was he like in Death in Paradise? I couldn't imagine him going back to a "Nick from My Family" character when he's in his mid 40s.

V F · 20 Jul 2017 at 18:31

Glanza said:
Wonder if he'll do the same act as when he was on My Family? Can't say I've seen him in anything else since that.

Those face expressions.

Vonhelmet · 20 Jul 2017 at 19:22

Blackvault said:
What was he like in Death in Paradise? I couldn't imagine him going back to a "Nick from My Family" character when he's in his mid 40s.

He was pretty good in Death in Paradise, insofar as it's a somewhat silly show that requires the odd bit of scenery chewing.

Lucifurr · 23 Jul 2017 at 22:53

The trailer for the Christmas special looks good. Christmas can't come soon enough

V F · 23 Jul 2017 at 23:09

Capaldi is ghastly. He could be Peter Cushing in Star Wars without the big hair.

jpaul · 23 Jul 2017 at 23:20

Lucifurr said:
The trailer for the Christmas special looks good. Christmas can't come soon enough

it was post announce then ? there are a few seconds of her at 0:17 , but no words, or is that someone else ?

Steampunk · 23 Jul 2017 at 23:24

jpaul said:
it was post announce then ? there are a few seconds of her at 0:17 , but no words, or is that someone else ?

That looks like one of the first Doctor's assistants, rather than the new Doctor.