Doctor Who IV - Everything Whovian - Would you like a jelly baby?

[LoneNecromancer]

Capaldi says he stepped in to prevent any romantic moments between Twelve and Clara.

Well, we all thought he'd intervene here and there and have some say on the stories. And for the better, it seems.

But the Glaswegian actor did not say yes to the part immediately.

"I didn't want to be Doctor Who in a Doctor Who I didn't like," he said. "I had to be convinced the show was going in a direction I was interested in.

[LoneNecromancer]

Oh, and since Day of the Doctor made so much they figured why not cash in again.

The first episode of the new series will be in cinemas.

[ChrisIII]

I'm curious as to how the series trademark sense of humor is going to work with Capaldi. It's almost like the trailers are a bit too dark, not really showing the 'fun' side of Doctor Who. Even the darkest episodes of Doctor Who-both old and new-have moments of levity.

I haven't seen the leaked Deep Breath so maybe this worry will be nothing.

[LoneNecromancer]

I'm curious as to how the series trademark sense of humor is going to work with Capaldi. It's almost like the trailers are a bit too dark, not really showing the 'fun' side of Doctor Who. Even the darkest episodes of Doctor Who-both old and new-have moments of levity.

I haven't seen the leaked Deep Breath so maybe this worry will be nothing.

They had a T-Rex stomping down the streets of London and you say there's no fun in them?

[saiths]

it's not the first time it's been said but moffat needs to go. preferably somewhere far away where he isn't allowed to have any decisions about the show or any show for that matter. he's such a terrible person to be boasted out in the frontline. it's a shame because RTD really had a sense for the characters on the show and i miss those days, no matter how cheesy, because companions were regular people living life and happened to be in the right place at the right (wrong?) time.

don't get me wrong, i love clara and i'll hopefully love capaldi but moffat hasn't written characters that are just plain jane people in his whole career. it's apparently a difficult task for him between his horribly sexist views and his lacking ability to write, which both make difficult for him to treat women as humans.

i'm bitter because i miss donna. donna was so great. i mean i'm also bitter because moffat hasn't done many things right for the show but donna. donna is everything.

[Mr. Mastermind]

The BBC's marketing for this series is signficantly better than any of the previous ones, isn't it?

he's such a terrible person to be boasted out in the frontline.

Wait, how is Moffat a terrible person? I'm not seeing the crime of making a mediocre (at worst) TV show.

And RTD should never be allowed near sci fi again after that last series of Torchwood.

[Deathstroke]

And RTD should never be allowed near sci fi again after that last series of Torchwood.

AKA - The Big Bad Giant Vagina Did It!

[saiths]

The BBC's marketing for this series is signficantly better than any of the previous ones, isn't it?



Wait, how is Moffat a terrible person? I'm not seeing the crime of making a mediocre (at worst) TV show.

And RTD should never be allowed near sci fi again after that last series of Torchwood.

• "There’s a huge, unfortunate lack of respect for anything male."
• "And there’s a moment with two Amy Ponds in it. If you’re a red-blooded male surely that’s enough!"
• everything about this.
• but more importantly the part about river song
• "Ironically, the woman who is often propped up as proof that Steven Moffat is, in fact, not a sexist was one of the worst in terms of the Bechdel test and overall independence of thought and character."
• he hired no female writers for the upcoming season.

i could go on.

the man just doesn't know what's doing and if someone is incapable of seeing that, i have no sympathy for you.

[Cyke]

• "There’s a huge, unfortunate lack of respect for anything male."
• "And there’s a moment with two Amy Ponds in it. If you’re a red-blooded male surely that’s enough!"
• everything about this.
• but more importantly the part about river song
• "Ironically, the woman who is often propped up as proof that Steven Moffat is, in fact, not a sexist was one of the worst in terms of the Bechdel test and overall independence of thought and character."
• he hired no female writers for the upcoming season.

i could go on.

the man just doesn't know what's doing and if someone is incapable of seeing that, i have no sympathy for you.

The fact that Tasha Lem was a thinly veiled substitute for River just pointed out to me how interchangeable women are for Moffat. I prefer Moffat's scale and method of writing to RTD, but at least RTD gave female companions more agency (though I'm still miffed that he's the one who normalized the "Female Companion Must Crush on the Doctor" trend. He didn't start it, but he made damn sure that it would be template from now on).

[LoneNecromancer]

The fact that Tasha Lem was a thinly veiled substitute for River just pointed out to me how interchangeable women are for Moffat. I prefer Moffat's scale and method of writing to RTD, but at least RTD gave female companions more agency (though I'm still miffed that he's the one who normalized the "Female Companion Must Crush on the Doctor" trend. He didn't start it, but he made damn sure that it would be template from now on).

Well, luckily that's over and done with.

[Mr. Mastermind]

• "There’s a huge, unfortunate lack of respect for anything male."
• "And there’s a moment with two Amy Ponds in it. If you’re a red-blooded male surely that’s enough!"
• everything about this.
• but more importantly the part about river song
• "Ironically, the woman who is often propped up as proof that Steven Moffat is, in fact, not a sexist was one of the worst in terms of the Bechdel test and overall independence of thought and character."
• he hired no female writers for the upcoming season.

i could go on.

the man just doesn't know what's doing and if someone is incapable of seeing that, i have no sympathy for you.

There's a difference between someone not writing female characters very well and someone being a terrible person. Moffat for the most part knows how to write good stories with nice plots and has been in the business long enough to qualify as someone who know's what he's doing.

[Pharozonk]

People actually take the Bechdel test seriously?

Also, what's the big deal if there aren't female writers on Doctor Who? Lots of other film/TV projects don't have any, but there isn't an uproar about those.

[Mr. Mastermind]

People actually take the Bechdel test seriously?

The Bechdel Test: Definitive proof that Caddyshack II is indeed better than The Godfather.

[Pharozonk]

The Bechdel Test: Definitive proof that Caddyshack II is indeed better than The Godfather.

The Bechdel Test: Definitive proof that Mean Girls is a better movie than King Kong.

[Mr. Mastermind]

Mean Girls is better than the Peter Jackson version of King Kong.

Hopefully Peter Jackson's episode isn't as bad as all his movies between LoTR and The Hobbit.