I've decided I'd love to see Jo Grant appear in the story... she's already a part of the Nu-Who universe having appeared alongside Matt Smith in Death of the Doctor, her background story would make getting her to Australia very easily incorporated into the plot.
This was true of Sarah Jane Smith (the not being heard of bit) before School Reunion
I know there alot of people out there who have heard of her who don't like her, but alot of people do, especially if she was the companion of their era, as SJS was for so many too
I don't think it was, she had her own spin off shows and everything did Sarah Jane and when I was very small I liked them more than Doctor Who sometimes (I wanted to be a journalist when I grew up and I still want a robot dog), I don't think she'd ever be put mid table companion wise.
As for Tegan, no, please don't. Sorry but I don't see how a mid-ranking companion that most people haven't heard of and that has no obvious hook to get her back into the story would benefit the series when it could be introducing new characters or giving more air time to existing (and active) ones.
I do agree that aside from a one-off appearance maybe that Tegan is past and I also think that she was really created as an opposite to Davison's Doctor, so not sure how working with the Eleventh Doctor would work. If is is a one-off, yes, she did accompany the First Doctor in The Five Doctors, but on a regular basis, nah!
I would disagree that most people haven't heard of Tegan. In the Davison Thread last month she was the main topic of conversation!
As for the Aussie thing, i say yes. I think if the show has the budget to do it, it should be able to go anywhere in the world. I always think it's strange that most of the time The Doctor comes to Earth he ends up in the UK. Obviously there's budgetary reasons for that but really the TARDIS should be able to land in more places on Earth!
And I'd welcome back Kylie for another role, maybe even get some Rolf Harris and his didgeridoo!
I don't think it was, she had her own spin off shows and everything did Sarah Jane and when I was very small I liked them more than Doctor Who sometimes (I wanted to be a journalist when I grew up and I still want a robot dog), I don't think she'd ever be put mid table companion wise.
I didn't say she'd be put mid table, I said it was the same situation in that she was unknown to the new young audience before School Reunion
There must be some advanatage to doing it in Australia?
Cost? I would have thought the cost of transporting cast, crew etc over there would have been high. But they do have ready made crew and studios over there.
Plenty of scope for stories as well.
There was bubonic plague in Sydney in 1900. Maybe the Silurians are beneath Sydney harbour.
I guess there is always the publicity which pays for itself. Series 6 helped increase interest in Doctor Who in the USA massively. As I understand it, Australia also has a relatively large following for the show and Series 7 could allow it to grow even more popular over there. Moffat is conquering the world one country, and one series at a time
I'd love an Australian-set story, set in the outback...some of that scenery is amazing. If Series 6 was all 'America', and it did a whole lot of good for the US audiences, then Series 7 could go all 'Australia', as I know there is a big fan base down-under. Of course, I'm getting a bit carried away here, but it would be absolutely amazing.
And I'd love to see what Murray Gold can do with a didgeridoo (aside from an inevitable variation of 'I Am The Doctor' )
on behalf of all Australians: *cringe*.
a very realistic possibility here though is that they are just off-shoring the production.
I've no problem with them setting and filming stories in Australia or anywhere else as long as it retains a mostly British crew and keeps its British feel. I think it gives us in the UK the opportunity to see some great scenery, and experience the Doctor interacting with cultures other than British or alien, and at the same time it will give the show a higher international profile. If I hadn't seen the two American episodes from the beginning of last series I might have concerns, but those episodes proved that Moffat could pull it off. It was still very much a British show, with a British feel and British production values, but set in America. If this is true and they do set some episodes in Australia next series, as long as they do it the same way, I'll be happy.
As long as it doesn't eat up all the budget for the non-Aus episodes, I'd be happy with it. It seemed to me like the last series episodes in Iowa ate up a rather large chunk of budget and quite a few other episodes suffered for it.
And I'm happy for them to recruit crew from Aus to shoot over there if it helps keep the costs down.
One of the MPs is calling for Doctor Who to be filmed down under. Considering I've never heard of this bloke its hardly a big name, and that picture of him is just cringey. Presumably his seat is for Whitsundays and Bowen so he's just trying to raise their profile. The Whitsudnay is a collection of 74 islands and are stunning for an island setting, and Bowen is a fruit picking town north of the Whitsundays close to the coast (though it is where they filmed the bulk of Australia starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman) so perhaps some of the sets are still there
'Multiple episodes' wouldn't have to mean a two-part story. They could use different locations for different things. One episode could be set in Australia whilst another could use the spectacular Australian landscape for an alien planet, in the same way that they filmed material in Spain for two seperate episodes in this last run: for the american Wild West and the mountains for 'Asylum of the Daleks'.
Plenty of scope for stories as well. There was bubonic plague in Sydney in 1900. Maybe the Silurians are beneath Sydney harbour.
A space ship carrying the remains of an alien race lands near Ayre's Rock. The Podean leader emerges and sends his people to colonize their new home. The Doctor must prevent them meeting the peoples of Australia for fear of a terrible explosion; because you know what happens when you mix Podeans and Antipodeans.
Personally I'd sooner they filmed it in a warehouse in Birmingham if the story was strong and the script good.
Some of the recent episodes in Doctor Who have been very cinematic and stylish but I can't help wonder if its style over substance. Yes, it's great that Doctor Who is being filmed in New York, or Spain, or Australia - but if the story is lacklustre, what's the point?
Personally I'd sooner they filmed it in a warehouse in Birmingham if the story was strong and the script good.
Some of the recent episodes in Doctor Who have been very cinematic and stylish but I can't help wonder if its style over substance. Yes, it's great that Doctor Who is being filmed in New York, or Spain, or Australia - but if the story is lacklustre, what's the point?
It's just as well the stories have been top-notch, then...
Anyway, that aside - the recent increase in filming in America could be because of the burgeoning audience there. It seems to have really taken off in the states of late, and could be a major money-spinner for the BBC. Gotta speculate to accumulate, so the saying goes.
This is only a good thing...people requesting the show be filmed in their country shows how the show is continually expanding into new markets. Only last month was Peter Jackson suggesting he'd love a 'New Zealand' episode. Imagine if Series 8 (or whatever post-anniversary is) was able to take advantage of both of these... a couple of episodes in Australia, an episode in New Zealand
As with any location filming, the script would obviously have to be a good one, but I think this would be a wonderful oppertunity. I think there are quite a lot of fans in Australia and New Zealand...it'd be great to give them a moment of their own just as Series 6 gave America a moment of its own
This is only a good thing...people requesting the show be filmed in their country shows how the show is continually expanding into new markets. Only last month was Peter Jackson suggesting he'd love a 'New Zealand' episode. Imagine if Series 8 (or whatever post-anniversary is) was able to take advantage of both of these... a couple of episodes in Australia, an episode in New Zealand
As with any location filming, the script would obviously have to be a good one, but I think this would be a wonderful oppertunity. I think there are quite a lot of fans in Australia and New Zealand...it'd be great to give them a moment of their own just as Series 6 gave America a moment of its own
Surely every ep needs a good script.
I'd love NZ and Oz stories too. Why not anywhere else on Earth? India? Japan? etc., etc.
Or in the Universe? What with the TARDIS being what it is an' all..
I'm afraid it's just the cost of location shooting that precludes them.
A space ship carrying the remains of an alien race lands near Ayre's Rock. The Podean leader emerges and sends his people to colonize their new home. The Doctor must prevent them meeting the peoples of Australia for fear of a terrible explosion; because you know what happens when you mix Podeans and Antipodeans.
Personally I'd sooner they filmed it in a warehouse in Birmingham if the story was strong and the script good.
Some of the recent episodes in Doctor Who have been very cinematic and stylish but I can't help wonder if its style over substance. Yes, it's great that Doctor Who is being filmed in New York, or Spain, or Australia - but if the story is lacklustre, what's the point?
My solution to that worry: have a brilliant setting and a brilliant script. Problem solved.
Really, they shouldn't be shooting a script that they don't believe is top notch anyway.
That was pretty much my point by saying 'obviously have to be a good one'. You get a lot of comments saying things like "I'd rather have a good script than some stunning backdrops". Comments like this are either a dig at the show in general, or people's conclusion that the two elements cannot go hand in hand, which I think they can.
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I would want to hear a variation like this for 'I Am The Doctor'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbJPCS5xaPg&feature=youtu.be
The Doctor would wear a cork hat, and I'd want to hear what Murray Gold could do with a didgeridoo. It'd be awesome
This is all, of course, hypothetical. I'm getting carried away with ideas
Incredible. It was all so convincing. .
I don't think it was, she had her own spin off shows and everything did Sarah Jane and when I was very small I liked them more than Doctor Who sometimes (I wanted to be a journalist when I grew up and I still want a robot dog), I don't think she'd ever be put mid table companion wise.
I do agree that aside from a one-off appearance maybe that Tegan is past and I also think that she was really created as an opposite to Davison's Doctor, so not sure how working with the Eleventh Doctor would work. If is is a one-off, yes, she did accompany the First Doctor in The Five Doctors, but on a regular basis, nah!
I would disagree that most people haven't heard of Tegan. In the Davison Thread last month she was the main topic of conversation!
As for the Aussie thing, i say yes. I think if the show has the budget to do it, it should be able to go anywhere in the world. I always think it's strange that most of the time The Doctor comes to Earth he ends up in the UK. Obviously there's budgetary reasons for that but really the TARDIS should be able to land in more places on Earth!
And I'd welcome back Kylie for another role, maybe even get some Rolf Harris and his didgeridoo!
I didn't say she'd be put mid table, I said it was the same situation in that she was unknown to the new young audience before School Reunion
Cost? I would have thought the cost of transporting cast, crew etc over there would have been high. But they do have ready made crew and studios over there.
Plenty of scope for stories as well.
There was bubonic plague in Sydney in 1900. Maybe the Silurians are beneath Sydney harbour.
on behalf of all Australians: *cringe*.
a very realistic possibility here though is that they are just off-shoring the production.
And I'm happy for them to recruit crew from Aus to shoot over there if it helps keep the costs down.
When it is officially announced I will come back here and do the "Told You So dance" like they do in "Will and Grace".
Nope, the American filming came with money from BBC America, and no doubt any Australian stuff would have a similar local deal attached.
http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2012/10/campaign-to-bring-doctor-who-down-under.html
One of the MPs is calling for Doctor Who to be filmed down under. Considering I've never heard of this bloke its hardly a big name, and that picture of him is just cringey. Presumably his seat is for Whitsundays and Bowen so he's just trying to raise their profile. The Whitsudnay is a collection of 74 islands and are stunning for an island setting, and Bowen is a fruit picking town north of the Whitsundays close to the coast (though it is where they filmed the bulk of Australia starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman) so perhaps some of the sets are still there
A space ship carrying the remains of an alien race lands near Ayre's Rock. The Podean leader emerges and sends his people to colonize their new home. The Doctor must prevent them meeting the peoples of Australia for fear of a terrible explosion; because you know what happens when you mix Podeans and Antipodeans.
:rolleyes:
Some of the recent episodes in Doctor Who have been very cinematic and stylish but I can't help wonder if its style over substance. Yes, it's great that Doctor Who is being filmed in New York, or Spain, or Australia - but if the story is lacklustre, what's the point?
It's just as well the stories have been top-notch, then...
Anyway, that aside - the recent increase in filming in America could be because of the burgeoning audience there. It seems to have really taken off in the states of late, and could be a major money-spinner for the BBC. Gotta speculate to accumulate, so the saying goes.
As with any location filming, the script would obviously have to be a good one, but I think this would be a wonderful oppertunity. I think there are quite a lot of fans in Australia and New Zealand...it'd be great to give them a moment of their own just as Series 6 gave America a moment of its own
Surely every ep needs a good script.
I'd love NZ and Oz stories too. Why not anywhere else on Earth? India? Japan? etc., etc.
Or in the Universe? What with the TARDIS being what it is an' all..
I'm afraid it's just the cost of location shooting that precludes them.
Well, I liked it.
waay ax
My solution to that worry: have a brilliant setting and a brilliant script. Problem solved.
Really, they shouldn't be shooting a script that they don't believe is top notch anyway.
That was pretty much my point by saying 'obviously have to be a good one'. You get a lot of comments saying things like "I'd rather have a good script than some stunning backdrops". Comments like this are either a dig at the show in general, or people's conclusion that the two elements cannot go hand in hand, which I think they can.