Dave McFly
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LOVE the new opening!
What kind of bag? A bag for life or a paper one?t seems like Chibnall is setting them up to be the new 'big bag'.
How about everything?What about it was a "reinvention"?
She’s cracking good. Very Matt Smithian in some ways, though she’s not quite as pushy as a character. Very charismatic though. Loved the custard creams. The Tardis design looks a bit plasticky and cheap though. The central crystal thing isn’t visually appealing. Smith/Capaldi’s is still easily the best of the recent bunch. The theme tune is a VAST improvement over that screechy, unpleasant mess we’ve had to endure for the past three years.
I’m a little worried that other than the Doctor changing genders, not a lot will change narratively. They shouldn’t just do another season of the Doctor and companions constantly stumbling into problems. We’ve had eleven seasons of that. I’d like a change of direction from the lonely old man and his friends in the magic box routine. Time to bring back Gallifrey and the Time Lords, I think. Give the character a little more direction - a different place in the universe.
LOVE the new intro sequence. Stenza mentioned again, getting the feeling the Doctor will be dealing with them in the finale, that along with the "timeless child" comment has me thinking there's going to be more of an ongoing plot in series 11 than Chibnall led us to believe this series would have. I like the crystalline design of the new Tardis, but I'd like to see them turn up the lights a bit, it's too dark, and a bit too much like Tennant/Eccleston's with all the yellow for my tastes, having seen the leaked images of it prior to this there are a lot of cool design elements that are hard to notice the way it's being lit. Liked this episode overall, probably could've done with a few minutes shaved off though for pacing. Interested to see how they tackle next weeks story, they're covering fairly sensitive subject matter and they could easily offend a lot of viewers in the States if they aren't careful.
I meant 'big bad'What kind of bag? A bag for life or a paper one?
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I’m a little worried that other than the Doctor changing genders, not a lot will change narratively. They shouldn’t just do another season of the Doctor and companions constantly stumbling into problems. We’ve had eleven seasons of that. I’d like a change of direction from the lonely old man and his friends in the magic box routine. Time to bring back Gallifrey and the Time Lords, I think. Give the character a little more direction - a different place in the universe.
Considering how many people are probably jumping into Doctor Who for the first time( or drop offs from 9,10,11/Day of the Doctor), I don't think it's a good idea to jump into continuity heavy lifting on 13's first season.
The consequences of Heaven Sent/Hell Bent would have to be referenced.
I think a River Song or Captain Jack one-off would probably be the first step towards continuity the show would make with 13.
So I have had the new intro and TARDIS videos in my subscription box for like 8 hours and it is driving me nuts that the show doesn't start here for another 10 mins. Must not watch them, much hold out.
I noticed that this episode came in under 50 mins apparently. I thought all the new season was going to have hour long episodes to make up for there only being 10 episodes?
It has commercials on BBC America and according to the BBC airing, it was under 50 mins.It was listed as 70 minutes on BBC America on the east coast.
Murray Gold stepped down as the show's composer earlier this year. The new score is brought to you by Segun Akinola.Thoughts:
-LOVE the new opening credits. Probably my favorite yet.
-Someone seems to have given Murray Gold the directive: no more major key, whimsical music and I love it.
-Jodi is... fine. I don't think she's settled in yet. 11 and 12 came storming out the gate so hard. They were such specific takes on the character. I hate to say, but so far 13 is playing as 11-lite for me. I'm open and ready to see her settle in though; I've been pro-Jodi from the second they announced her.
-The companions haven't grabbed me yet either. The stand-alone characters from the latest episode made a better impression.
To be fair, I need to rewatch the first episode. I watched it on BBC America, and holy **** are the commercial breaks relentless.
Oh well. They can't all be series 5!
Oh wow, I missed that news. The end of an era!Murray Gold stepped down as the show's composer earlier this year. The new score is brought to you by Segun Akinola.
So did I.Oh wow, I missed that news. The end of an era!
I'd prefer they just stay away from the Time Lords in general, Gallifrey and the Time Lords have been brought up constantly in the revived show and appeared several times, and I've honestly never really liked the Time Lords in their appearances in either New or Classic Who, the Master and their appearance in War Games excepted, the more they show the Time Lords, the less interesting they become. .
Personally I miss Gold so far, I'm a sucker for his more in your face style and easy to remember themes rather than the more atmospheric subtle background music that Akinola seems to favor. Akinola's done well enough so far, but he has yet to actually impress me, to be fair though Gold took a few episodes before he got really good so I hope it's just down to Akinola's relative lack of experience and that he gets more memorable as the show progresses, so far the only original theme he's done that I've found at all memorable is the one that seems to be Thirteen's theme.So did I.
But after listening to the first episode, I thought it probably had to be someone else, and sure enough.