OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLY: nu-Who season 8

Thanks for the info! I guess in those cases they didn't try to explain why some random character looked like the future Doctor, like they're doing now with Capaldi?

― Tuomas, Thursday, August 28, 2014 5:40 PM (1 year ago)

Here's Paul Cornell, a contender for the most prolific and longest-running (though peripatetic) Dr Who writer ever, theorising about the choosing-your-face aspect, yesterday:

www.paulcornell.com/2015/12/the-12-blogs-of-christmas-one/

Interesting and fun. Although it should be noted Cornell has only written two (Very Good) TV stories (Father's Day and Human Nature/The Family of Blood), the rest being the fancy fan fiction of the spin-off books and such

Four Doctors is the only one that's fan fiction bcz Titan doesn't count imo*. Shalka was BBC too if that's yr cutoff!

*also easy to discount because it suuuuuucked.

yeah, tried the four doctors, but couldn't be bothered past issue 1

on the topic of spin-offs, have swallowed some of my reservations and bought the new Big Finish War Doctor set of audios. Hope they're better than the last ones I tried (Paul McGann, Doom Coalition, which was very uninspired meat-and-potatoes stuff with a good actor wasted as a potentially interesting but actually boring mustache-twirling villain)

Who's writing those? I mean, I assume it'll be meat-and-potatoes at very best, even if doing stories in the Time War wasn't a completely stupid and painfully small-minded thing to do from the jump.

(Was it this thread or the previous where I gave a recommended list of actually good Big Finishes?)

They're by Nicholas Briggs, so three veg if we're lucky, sadly. I really like John Hurt and his voice, so decided to get these in a moment of weakness. Maybe I'll be happily surprised.

ALL Nick Briggs? You fool.

oh, i know it

i finally got around to finishing last season. the final couple of episodes were really quite amazing and moving. i really liked the "conclusion" to the Clara storyline, at least it is better than Rory/Amy got (and they did get a mention in that diner TARDIS). i would have been really mad at the Doctor had he wiped her memory so i'm glad they went w the ending they did there.

Christmas episode was cool and fun and weird. those guys with their heads sliced down the middle were pretty crazy. the ending was fucking brilliant. not going to spoil it here in case anyone hasn't seen it, it's wonderful. is this really the last we see of River Song? it was a great send-off if so. easily one of the best River episodes.

Looks like Capaldi is going to stay for a while from what I've seen headlined on facebook. Looked like he might be leaving with Moffat for a while.
Still wish there was a full season before 2017 instead of just a special.

I dunno I don't begrudge them a chance to recharge every few years. Keeps things fresh I think.

glad capaldi's not leaving, because after moffat's gone i feel like he's gonna have a lot of heavy lifting to do...