GiGi Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I really didn't like that series from the beginning through the to end. It was rubbish and the acting was so overly cheesy it was boring. Matt Smith was excellent to begin with I think, especially when he moved from lighter to darker moods. That's the Doctor at his best IMO. The episode with James Corden and the Cybermen was just brutal. They've tried to be too funny most of the time and it's ended up almost slapstick and rubbish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Bumped http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118046098 Yates "Harry Potter" director David Yates is teaming up with the BBC to turn its iconic sci-fi TV series "Doctor Who" into a bigscreen franchise. Yates, who directed the last four Potter films, told Daily Variety that he is about to start work on developing a "Doctor Who" movie with Jane Tranter, head of L.A.-based BBC Worldwide Prods. "We're looking at writers now. We're going to spend two to three years to get it right," he said. "It needs quite a radical transformation to take it into the bigger arena." "Doctor Who" follows the adventures across space and time of a super-intelligent alien in human form, who battles a variety of cosmic bad guys aided by plucky human companions. "The notion of the time-travelling Time Lord is such a strong one, because you can express story and drama in any dimension or time," Yates said. The series ran from 1963 to 1989, and then was successfully rebooted in 2005 by writer Russell T. Davies and subsequently by Steven Moffat ("The Adventures of Tintin"). Tranter oversaw the revival when she was the BBC's drama topper in London. "Doctor Who," starring Matt Smith as the 11th incarnation of the Doctor, is now one of the pubcaster's most lucrative global TV franchises. The series airs Stateside on BBC America. Yates made clear that his movie adaptation would not follow on from the current TV series, but would take a completely fresh approach to the material. "Russell T. Davies and then Steven Moffat have done their own transformations, which were fantastic, but we have to put that aside and start from scratch," he said. Yates and Tranter are looking for writers on both sides of the Atlantic. "We want a British sensibility, but having said that, Steve Kloves wrote the Potter films and captured that British sensibility perfectly, so we are looking at American writers too," he explained. There are two previous films, based on the TV series: "Doctor Who and the Daleks" (1965) and "Doctor Who: Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D." (1966), both starring Peter Cushing. The BBC has since made a few unsuccessful attempts to develop a "Doctor Who" feature, and shot a one-off telepic in 1996 at a time when the TV series was dormant. But the combination of Yates and Tranter means this is the most high-powered effort to date to launch "Doctor Who" onto the bigscreen. Before directing "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and both parts of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," Yates worked with Tranter on several BBC TV series, including "The Way We Live Now" and "State of Play." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chico Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 From twitter:- The title for the #DoctorWho Christmas Special confirmed: The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe. More news shortly on bbc.in/bhVPEv Right who's doing the if RTD was still in charge gag? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drs Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 If RTD was still in charge it would at worst be disposable entertaining nonsense under Moffat its likely to be dark timey wimey tedious bollocks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drs Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 (edited) Announcement at 5pm - expected to be the return of Galaxy 4 part 3 and Underwater Menace 2. Edited December 11, 2011 by drs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broccoli Dog Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 i'll take dark, tedious, timey wimey bollocks over a RTD script any day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parparpar Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Didn't really enjoy that Christmas episode. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~ Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Didn't really enjoy that Christmas episode. It was shit. thought Matt Smith was brillant though. Just felt a bit lazy, And what was the point of Bill Bailey? I know it was a bit of a homage to A Lion, A Witch and the Wardrobe. but did the BBC have to show the movie right before it. along with last years "A Christmas Carol" can they not make these Christmas Specials just a bit more original 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broccoli Dog Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 shitey witey 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drs Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 f**k off and die Pond! -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
port-ton Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I always hate the xmas specials as they have to be feelgood and cheesy, even considering that i hated this one more than any other. Flimsy storyline with absolutely nothing exciting happening at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I always hate the xmas specials as they have to be feelgood and cheesy, even considering that i hated this one more than any other. Flimsy storyline with absolutely nothing exciting happening at all. Yep, it was dire. I quite enjoyed last years as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Just got round to watching the Xmas episode. It was fucking dire. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGMilne Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 My run through reviewing Doctor Who from start to finish has reached the end of the Patrick Troughton era. Check it out here and as always, if you agree/disagree, let me know 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drs Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 An apt choice for Number 1 seeing as the death of "Paaaaaackkkkkkkkkkker" was announced yesterday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGMilne Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 An apt choice for Number 1 seeing as the death of "Paaaaaackkkkkkkkkkker" was announced yesterday. Yeah I'd heard about that. Shame. Still, I don't think he was exactly young. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drs Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 New companion announced tomorrow. "pretty and not a household name" according to a medja type. ....and SGMilne you are totally wrong about Ambassadors, Season 7 is a pinnacle that the show has never reached again in 40 years of trying. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 New companion revealed. Well there's no saying she's not sexy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the jambo-rocker Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Yup. I'll settle for a Gillan-Coleman battle on screen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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